【Security Department】

"Jiraiya-sama, are all five of them resting?"

"Ah, Mizukage-sama, I didn't expect you and I to be the most leisurely person in this war!" Jiraiya held a wine glass in his hand, and watched the moon that came out early with the water shadow, so happy. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"You haven't answered yet!"

"Don't worry, the five of them should be safe now, besides, Shumao told me, as long as you pay attention to it, the other party will not come to the door at this time."

"Why?"

"Because only when they reach a dead end will they think of threatening us with the five of them, but they forget that the true identity of the five of them is just a decoy in this war.

Although the five major countries are very close to the five major villages, and it even seems that the five major villages are attached to the five major countries, the five major villages have long been not controlled by the five major countries, and now the development of the five major villages is still above the five major countries, so these five daimyo are like a puppet, a puppet of the regime! A regime that doesn't have any force in its hands is a puppet regime!

Have you ever wondered why they chose not to declare war on the five great powers, but on the five villages? Isn't this because the five major powers now have almost no force, and basically all the force is concentrated in the five major villages?

Didn't you find out that the influence of the five major villages is still higher than that of the five major countries? ”

Mizukage also took a sip from his wine glass, and thought carefully about what Jiraiya said, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt the deep meaning in it. Take Konoha as an example, the current Konoha can be said to be a unique existence, even if the other five powers combined, they may not be as strong as Konoha combined, but Konoha is still a vassal of the Fire Country on the bright side, but in fact? The Daimyo of the Land of Fire can't do anything with Konoha, and she also heard that the Daimyo of the Land of Fire can still rely on Konoha's relationship, so the Daimyo will put his sister in Konoha. From this point of view, it may be that the Daimyo Mansion of the Fire Country is actually a vassal of Konoha.

She also knew that Konoha no longer needed to receive funding from the Daimyo Mansion of the Fire Country over the years, Konoha's own economic strength was very strong, and the only safe trading place in the entire ninja world was there, and those taxes alone were enough for Konoha's expenses, plus the Shumao snack shop in the famous ninja world, as well as some other service industries, it can be said that the flow of people brought by that trading place and snack shop alone has pulled up the economy of the entire Konoha economy, and even heard that Konoha ninjas don't have to go out to do tasks, And Konoha's economy won't collapse either.

At the same time, as far as she knows, Konoha has a large amount of money invested every year in the resettlement of displaced people and orphans, as well as in the construction of Konoha's environment, medical construction, research department, etc., which is obviously earned by Konoha himself, not by asking the Daimyo Mansion of the Land of Fire, or borrowing.

Thinking of this, she suddenly realized that the water in Konoha was very deep, and she couldn't seem to see a trace of waves, but a dragon palace might have been built under the waterhole, right?

"You ......"

"That's why Shu Mao said, it's okay if those people don't come, if they do, they will be given to us as prey, and the five daimyo below, to put it mildly, are actually our bait, that's it."

"But ......"

"I know what you're trying to say, are you saying that it's not right for us to do this? Immoral? But you have to know that if you want your own people to live well, there are some things that you have to do.

I might as well tell you that we, Konoha, shouldn't say that the Daimyo Mansion of the Land of Fire has been attributed to Konoha and was requested by the Daimyo himself. ”

"Why?"

"Because under the protection of our Konoha can the Fire Country be stable, stable, and peaceful, and we can also bring huge wealth to the entire Fire Country, why don't you choose us? If nothing else, just a few guys from the Daimyo Mansion who know how to eat and drink all day long can govern the entire Fire Country in an orderly manner? Do you think it's possible? Is it realistic? ”

"After all, it's because of your Konoha strength, right?" Mizukage said with emotion.

"Yes, the old man has always said recently, Konoha has changed, it has become more powerful, he has been a three-generation Hokage for a lifetime, but he didn't expect that when it was about to enter the earth, Konoha was able to straighten his waist and harden up, which was also something he didn't expect, of course, not only did he not expect it, but also those of us who didn't expect it. So, now you understand why Shumao is so favored with us in the old man, right? ”

"All this he brought to Konoha?"

"Well, the old man has been telling us that one of the things he is most proud of is bringing Shushige back to Konoha, which is also the thing Itachi is most proud of, and now that Konoha can develop like this, it is inseparable from his advice.

For example, the arena he set up seems to be just a simple place to exchange ninjutsu, exchange combat experience, and even solve some personal grievances, but it is precisely because of the existence of such an arena that Konoha has a lot less actions in secret, and he often fights, which also greatly improves Konoha's ninja combat experience, and even the goods in the shops around the arena are also selling well. Of course, there are also some private occasional bets. But how much impact does such an arena have on the economy and strength of the entire Konoha alone, have you thought about it?

You may only see the Medical Building, the Trading Floor, the New Ninja School, but you've probably never paid attention to the arena, right? That's actually a major source of Konoha income. Do you know what the following five daimyo like to do when they visit Konoha are their favorites? ”

"What is it?"

"It's to let their guards fight in the arena of Konoha to gamble, the amount of money each time is very huge, and some merchants will also set up gambling here, we Konoha can make a lot of profits just by relying on these gambling games, plus the fighting skills learned from it, those things are things that money can't buy, now you are thinking about the arena!"

"Hearing you say that, I suddenly had the idea of building one like this in my own village."

"Don't talk about you, even when Tsunade first knew that the arena could gamble, he also wanted to go, but was blocked by Shushige. Shumao said that they can gamble there, and they set their own conditions, and Konoha only charges relevant management fees, maintenance fees, and commissions, but if Konoha officials go to hold such a gambling game, not to mention whether anyone participates, it is difficult to say about fairness alone, so if you want to manage the arena, you can't have any official nature to participate in the gambling game.

Tsunade was persuaded by the old man and Shumao to dispel that idea. For this reason, she also quarreled with Shumao for several days. Speaking of which, only Shumao can subdue Tsunade! ”

"You're jealous, aren't you? Isn't it? ”

"Indeed, I envy that kid, that kid has never been touched by flowers and grass, but those flowers and plants are desperately pasted on his body, I really don't know what is good about that kid, I don't understand, do you think I can not envy that kid?

Back then, Shuimen directly picked the flowers in his class, and now that kid actually collected all the women's hearts, but he just buried them, and the other women didn't make trouble, you know? On the day he got married, I was expecting someone to make trouble, but I didn't expect that none of those women made trouble, but it seemed that they basically didn't appear. ”

"What are you doing? If it weren't for the fact that I was Mizukage, I wouldn't want to participate. Mizukage muttered something in a low voice, and he didn't hear it even when he was drunk.

"Forget it, let's go down and accompany the five of them." Jiraiya drank about the same, stood up directly, patted his buttocks, and walked downstairs.