Interestingly, this cold drink shop is owned by the village itself.

It can be described as a state-owned enterprise, or more precisely, a village-owned enterprise.

For various reasons, this is the first cold drink shop for Shinobi.

In terms of the national economy and people's livelihood, there are too many Konoha and Fire Country after the relatively barren Sand Ninja Village, if it weren't for the recent opening of Konoha ice block export - Mizuki Moon Bai alone doubled the ice-making efficiency of Fire Country, and if Haruno Sakura was added, it could be increased by another ten times - I'm afraid even this cold drink shop wouldn't be able to open.

It may seem strange to open a shop in the name of a village, but it's also something that can't be helped.

In my Airo's explanation, it means that if you are poor, you will think about change. The Sand Ninja Village is not without precedent, and the four generations of Kazekage have deigned to do the thing of making gold dust to subsidize the Sand Ninja finances.

The most worrying thing for the sand ninjas is whether this will be effective. After all, the world has just come out of the chaotic Warring States Period, and the economic theory is still stuck in the feudal era of the previous life. In addition, there are those who think that the ninjas and civilians in the village are very poor, and that opening such a shop will have few customers and will cause serious losses, or that the tradition of ninja is hard and simple, and that such a shop will breed the ninja's hedonistic thoughts and corrode the ninja's will to fight.

But no matter how many reasons there are, they cannot withstand a single reason for approval.

That is, the Sand Ninja Village is very short of money.

The young people, represented by Iro, were more open-minded, believing that this would make money for the village and prosper the economy, so the top management agreed to open a small shop and try it.

Sugar water with carbon dioxide and ice, the taste can even reach the level of Coke similar to Sakura's previous life, plus special smoothies and the like, if it weren't for the fact that most of the people in the store still wore ninja forehead protection, the girl would have the illusion of returning to Earth in a trance.

"It's not bad," the pink-haired girl said as she took a sip of a cold drink and raised her eyebrows, "You're quite attentive." ”

Sand ninjas can concoct precise potent poisons, and it is natural to make a unique and delicious drink recipe.

Sasuke also tasted some snacks and said lightly, "Well, indeed, summer is just the right time to eat such snacks......"

It's just that Sakura could hear a little disapproving in his tone.

Sasuke has never liked sweets very much, and Haruno Sakura is very aware of this habit, including sweet drinks, which are also within the scope of his resistance, so he only tasted the snacks and drinks on the table, and after trying the taste, he was not interested. On the contrary, Sakura's acceptance of sweets in this life is quite high, which is probably due to the influence of the body.

Also, although it is cool to eat ice in the summer, it seems that ninjas who are proficient in fire escape usually prefer hot food.

In addition, the girls next to him who were chirping also made him a little annoyed......

The biggest reason is that Sasuke doesn't agree that ninjas enjoy too much. He was the kind of traditional ninja who leaned towards the puritanical style, believing that too comfortable an environment would corrupt his heart, and that hedonism was a wrong tendency for ninjas. This is the opposite of Sakura Haruno's thoughts, she believes that ninjas are also human beings, and it is useless to stretch yourself too tightly all the time, and one piece of relaxation is the best way to live. As for Iara, he demanded the same thing from himself as Sasuke, as he was from a very temperate and light person, but he had no such requirements from others.

After all, Airo doesn't know Sasuke like a girl, and I don't hear what he means, but I think he really admires it.

He smiled faintly and said, "So the business of the cold drink shop is quite hot." It has opened up a new source of revenue for the village's depleted finances......"

If Sand Ninja Village wants to cultivate new people and restore its strength, it is inevitable to increase investment. Having to pay war reparations, and facing the dilemma of insufficient mission orders and lower financial revenues after the defeat, and the expenses were larger than before, the village of Sand Ninja unsurprisingly fell into a financial crisis, so it was only when this kind of shop that was thought to be crooked in the past was allowed to be built.

"Aren't you planning on opening a few more branches?" Sakura Haruno asked.

"Actually, there are already a few branches," I Ara, nodding, "but there probably won't be more branches, we're ninjas after all." ”

There was no regret in his tone, and it seemed that the new Kazekage-sama also thought that this kind of cold drink shop was just a stopgap measure.

According to the business logic of the previous life, this kind of store with high profits, a large market, and no competitors should open more branches and spread the entire country of wind. Obviously, ninjas and merchants don't use the same logic, and ninjas still believe in strength in their bones. No matter how much money you make, what if you open branches all over the ninja world? Without the protection of powerful ninjas, it's just a bubble.

What's more, in the eyes of the sand ninjas, what they earn by doing this is the money of their own village and their own people, and it is nothing more than spending effort to make the money circulate again, and it makes little sense to do it on a large scale.

With its focus on making money, it is better to think about how to improve the combat effectiveness of the village.

For such thoughts, Sakura Haruno doesn't know whether to say that they have elm heads, or do they see it too thoroughly?

"That's right," Sasuke said approvingly, "that's not what ninjas are supposed to do. What's more, we don't have time to focus on such small things. ”

I love Luo nodding yes.

"When our generation solves the problem and peace is achieved between the five powers, maybe the next generation will be able to sit in this place without being vigilant about the battle ahead!" Sakura said, changing the subject.

"War arises from the struggle for resources," said Ara solemnly, "and it has been a practice for centuries for ninjas to take on and complete missions in order to receive rewards and resources. However, now there seems to be a new approach......"

The girl glanced at the new Kazekage with some surprise, and he also noticed this.

Sure enough, the people who can be movies are not simple-minded people.

"Yes, because now ninjas can also produce resources......" she said slowly, looking at the red-haired boy.

War is the most intense means of the contradictory struggle against the shortage of resources in the ninja village.

Because task orders are always limited, the way to get paid for completing tasks is inefficient and fragile. Compared with the previous tribal system, the advanced ninja village system made the cultivation of ninjas easier, and as the number and strength of ninjas continued to increase, the ninja village gradually could not bear the heavy responsibility of feeding so many ninjas, so it could only expand outward.

From the perspective of resources, an increase in population means that resources are scarce, and they have to expand to lead to war, and after the war consumes a large number of ninja populations, the ninja village no longer needs to feed so many people, the financial pressure is reduced, and the resources become abundant, so that they can live in peace for a period of time until the next time the population swells.

In the past few decades, the ninja world has repeated this cycle, with world wars fought every few years, and there is a tendency to prolong tragedies for hundreds of years, as was the case in the Sengoku period.

Things seem to have changed in recent years, though.

Konoha begins to realize that ninjas are excellent producers in addition to being paid for completing tasks. Whether it is farming in the primary industry or setting up a factory in the secondary industry, the efficiency of ninjas is many times higher than that of ordinary people. Of course, due to the obstruction of various internal and external events, this understanding is still very vague and has not been studied in depth.

As a traverser, Sakura can't apply the social development experience of her previous life to this world, after all, this is a world with chakra and ninjutsu, and the upper limit of human beings is many times higher than that of her previous life, and the ninja world has its own national conditions. But she at least knew that, in principle, ninjas could support themselves without relying on task lists, and that the lack of supplies did not necessarily have to rely on plundering others, but could also produce them themselves.

The Sand Ninja Village has been observing and learning Konoha for the past two years, and naturally discovered this.

When their predecessor Kazekage was in power, he also worked part-time as a worker in the gold dust factory, so the understanding and acceptance of this matter in the Sand Ninja Village was not low.

The part that Sakura Haruno and I'm Airo are talking about involves sociological things, but in fact, the level of both of them is quite rough, but Sasuke can only listen ignorantly.

"So this is the foundation for peace in the future," said Ara, with a faint smile on his face, "I believe that the era without war will surely meet in our lifetime." ”

"It should be a time when there is no world war. The girl corrected.

With her imagination, she couldn't imagine what the days would be like when mankind would be completely at peace, anyway, even in the previous life, the world was only generally peaceful, and local conflicts and even wars were still everywhere. The nature of human beings in both worlds is similar, greed, ignorance, short-sightedness and hatred are even more prevalent in this world, belligerent maniacs abound, no world war is already burning incense, and local wars or conflicts cannot disappear.

"You're all talking about peace, peace or something," Sasuke said impatiently, shaking his head, "Let's wait until the problem of 'Akatsuki' is solved!"

"Akatsuki......" Sakura Haruno sighed.

At a time when Akatsuki could set off chaos in the ninja world at any time and even destroy the ninja world, it is indeed a bit unrealistic to talk about future world peace.

The top priority is to deal with the threat of Akatsuki.

The girl paused for a moment and continued, "After more than a year of hibernation, they are now starting to stir again, and I suspect that they are about to officially start the plan to capture the tailed beast. ”

Akatsuki's information was shared with the sand shinobi, so I'm also aware of the affairs of the country of Taki.

"You must not take it lightly when you go to the country of Taki this time," I Airo said solemnly, "I can't say it, you will meet members of Akatsuki!"

"You have to be careful, too, I love Luo. Sasuke said seriously, "As a one-tailed human pillar force, you are likely to be in their plan as well!"

"Xiao shouldn't be so bold as to dare to attack the shadow of a village?" Sakura frowned slightly and said, "What they have to face is Sand Ninja Village, one of the five ninja villages!"

I Airo said calmly, "It depends on their purpose. “

"If their plan must be achieved by gathering all the Nine Tailed Beasts, then I will definitely be one of their targets. On the other hand, if they just gather enough power to threaten the ninja world, it may not be. The power of One Tail is actually nothing among the tailed beasts, besides, it's not just me protecting the village, the village is also protecting me......"

"In short, we all have to be as careful as possible!"

Sakura Haruno nodded solemnly.

……

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The next day, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke left the village of Sand Ninja and followed the border line of Konoha and headed north.

The goal is the second destination of the trip, Takino Kuni.