Originally, there was no fixed road map after each time Zhenzhou Jianwen went out to check the accounts, which was also due to the fact that the fixed itinerary might give some interested people an opportunity.

And in addition to owning the ship girl and knowing the plot, it is almost the same as the original real boat Jian Min, who is a person's boat Jian Min, so she took into account the weather factors, as well as her own physical condition, and her own ship girl spent a few days to recustomize a new road map.

Since it was spring when they set out from Konoha Village, the group first went to the country of waves, then arrived in the country of birds by boat and then headed north to the country of thunder, then went west along the coastal border of the country of thunder, passed through several small countries to the country of earth, then went south to the country of wind and the country of rivers, then took a boat again to the country of tea, and finally returned to Konoha Village by land.

If you look at the whole trip on a map, it's a counterclockwise walking route.

Although there are not a few countries along the way, and even the other five countries except for the Water Country have been visited, but under the premise that the people of Zhou Jian and his party do not plan to break into the ninja village, there will not be much danger.

What's more, the real Zhou family's industry is indeed all over the countries she has to pass through.

At this moment, Sakura Haruno had already greeted these two ninjas who were responsible for protecting them for the next half a year, and seeing that Zhou Jian Min obviously had something important to discuss with these two, Sakura Haruno left the tea room very obediently under the leadership of Fuso.

And Zhou Jianwen, who stayed behind, handed the two maps he had prepared to the two of them.

Knowing that Bo Feng Shui Gate would arrange two ninjas for him as escorts, Funakami also prepared a map that included their routes, as well as meeting points and contact information in case of accidents.

It's just that she didn't expect Bo Feng Shuimon to value herself so much, and actually sent her student Kakashi Hagi and Uchiha Itachi, who has been in the limelight recently, to her as guards.

Maybe he wanted to take this opportunity to do something too...... But no matter what the ultimate goal of Bo Feng Shuimen is, he is willing to send this two people with strong business ability to him as guards, and Zhou Jianwen has accepted this love.

“…… This is! ”

Kakashi Kakashi and Itachi Uchiha glanced at each other, and then at the map in each other's hands that was exactly the same—Rao was stunned when they saw this map, "Is this really given to us?" ”

Originally, when they heard that this long-term mission with a rating of A was to protect the boat, they only thought that this was a joke on themselves; But after discovering that the four generations were very serious this time, and re-realized the importance of this lone seedling of the Mashu family to the village, no matter what they thought in their hearts, they could only bite the bullet.

In fact, it is not that they have not served as guards before this, but various experiences in the past have taught them that the more powerful people are, the more likely they are to appear all kinds of moths when they are guards.

In contrast, if it is assassinated, it is still a good thing - because it can still fight back; But if the subject of the escort has a bad temper or makes all kinds of strange requests, it will be a headache.

What if they were ninjas who could fight a hundred of these princes and nobles by themselves?

In the end, it depends on the faces of these helpless people and becomes a natural prop in their eyes.

Because his cousin, Uchiha Itachi, who is also an old acquaintance with Zhou Jian Min, is okay; But Kakashi, who has experienced more and is not very familiar with Kakashi Hachiki, has a headache after hearing that this is a long-term mission.

But judging from the current situation - the reality doesn't seem so skinny.

Zhou Jian Wen nodded, in fact, she had prepared two maps, originally to see what kind of ninja Bo Feng Shui Gate would send over to make a decision—such as whether to give them the map, or whether to give them a few.

But now that the Bo Feng Shui Sect has sent Kakashi Hachiki and Itachi Uchiha, Funakami feels that whether he knows the original book or not, he should give them more trust, after all, a good start can make this long-term journey easier and more enjoyable.

"One of you, keep it safe," Zhou Jianwen didn't fail to see the surprise in the eyes of the two, and she also knew the reason.

It is not enough to hand over the route of action to the ninja who is the escort, but it is possible to hand over the emergency contact information and meeting point of the house to the ninja who is on a guard mission...... But not so much.

"All the merchant ships that are going to be changed to waterways are ready, you don't need to worry, it's just ......" Zhou Jian Min carefully looked at the clothes of the two, "No matter how you say this trip, you will check the accounts as ordinary merchants, so the fewer people know that the real boat family has ninjas as guards, the better, if you can......"

"Could you please not dress so conspicuously?"

Kakashi Hachiki and Itachi Uchiha were subtly silent for a moment, but they also knew that this was a reasonable request, so they finally nodded.

"In terms of clothing, the Zhenzhou family will prepare it for the two of you, so please take a moment," Zhou Jianwen coughed lightly, after all, it was her own request, no matter what she said, it was impossible for these two people who had always only worn various uniforms, or regular clothes printed with family crests, to take out "not very conspicuous" clothes at once.

Seeing that Kakashi Hachiki and Itachi Uchiha didn't object, Shunaken continued, "From today onwards, you will act as an ordinary member of the Masushu family, and you can discuss the specific escort arrangements on your own, I believe in the strength of the two." ”

After listening to Ken Funakami's words, Kakashi Hachiki and Itachi Uchiha suddenly felt that the reality seemed to be quite abundantFull.

Because of the sentence "From today on, you are ordinary members of the Mashu family", Kakashi Hachiki and Itachi Uchiha had dinner with her, as well as Sakura Haruno, who is only five years old this year, and several ship girls who ostensibly want to travel with Minu Shuna.

There was no silence in the banquet that they imagined and conformed to the image of the "big family", and it could even be called happy.

The two of them had already gotten a glimpse of the truth from the four generations that "the purpose of Zhou Jianwen's trip was actually her daughter", and at this moment, looking at the situation of Zhou Jianwen and his adopted daughter, he suddenly understood that what the four generations said might be the truth.

Kakashi Hachiki and Itachi Uchiha arranged a night shift after dinner, and then took turns to hold vigil with the deliberate acquiescence of Minu Funakami.

And early the next morning, after a very formal breakfast, the group also left Zhenzhou's house in a carriage under the eyes of the servants of the Zhenzhou family.

Because the number of people traveling is not too much, and it is not too little, the carriage this time is a little bigger than the one that was on vacation when Minu Funaken went to Onsen Besso five years ago, Kakashi and Kaga were in charge of driving outside, while Minu Funaken and Sakura Haruno, Veneto, Akagi, and Itachi Uchiha were sitting in the car.

As soon as the carriage left the village, the little girl opened the book she had been holding when she got into the carriage and read it with relish.

Because of the relationship between Uchiha Tanji, Uchiha Itachi, who was also familiar with her, subconsciously glanced at the cover, but when he saw the "Introduction to Illusion" printed on it, he immediately fell silent.

It seemed that noticing Uchiha Itachi's gaze and his restraint, and Funaken Min, who was just about to open the book in his hand, suddenly put the book aside, and then started chatting with him with a smile, "I remember that Tan Qi has praised your illusion more than once, if you have time, can you please guide Sakura?" ”

Unexpectedly, Zhou Jian Wen would talk to him, Uchiha Itachi was stunned, first nodded, and then asked with some hesitation:

"Miss Jianwen, can I ask you one thing?"

The person in front of him and his cousin had been a classmate, and according to his father, she had also reached out to save the Uchiha clan more than five years ago, so he and Sasuke also had due respect for Minu Funakami.

"You say."

"Why would you choose to travel at this time?" When assigning them this task, the fourth generation revealed that Shunaken did it for Haruno Sakura, but not many ninjas would take their children out before they were about to enter the ninja school—or even take them out on purpose.

On the one hand, it is natural that as ninjas, they do not have so much leisure time, and on the other hand, sometimes seeing the outside world too early may affect the minds of children who have not yet received ninja education.

Zhou Jianwen actually guessed that Bo Feng Shuimen had revealed her main purpose to these two people, so she didn't hide it, but just touched her girl's hair with a smile, "Because I'm her mother." ”

"The ninja school and her future class teacher will guide her on how to become a good ninja, but until then...... I should also do my duty as a mother and guide her on how to be a good person. ”

"Because this is not the responsibility and obligation of the school and the teacher, but the parents," Minu Funaken withdrew his gaze that stayed on Sakura Haruno, and then met the dark eyes of Uchiha Itachi, "And my approach is to take her to all the places where I can take her and where she is now, and expand her horizons......"

Zhou Jian Min paused, "Then tell her that this world may not be flawless, there are struggles, poverty, hunger, and oppressed people, and there are some things that she can't see in Konoha Village, but that doesn't mean they don't exist." ”

Uchiha Itachi frowned, and was about to say something, but Funaken continued.

"But even so, this world is worthy of her deep love."

"I hope that she can bloom as wantonly and dazzlingly as the cherry blossoms in spring, just like her name, but I also hope that she can continue to live bravely and resolutely in the face of unnecessary hardships and dangers, even in adversity and despair, instead of being easily crushed or drifting with the tide and giving up on herself."

Uchiha Itachi looked at the gentle-looking Funaken Min, wanting to say something, but he didn't know what he should say.

Kakashi, who was sitting outside the carriage and was driving the carriage, naturally did not miss these words, his eyes narrowed slightly, but he didn't say anything.

At this moment, the conversation in the car was still going on, and Uchiha Itachi, who had finally come back from the words of deep love that contained deep love, glanced at Sakura Haruno on the other side: the other party was tilting his head and blinking his eyes because Minu Zhoujian mentioned his name, and then responded with a bright smile under Minu Zhou's smile.

"Why...... You'll have that idea. ”

"I guess I've seen a lot of my companions who can't afford to die because of the pain of war."

Zhou Jian Min thought for a moment, and finally nodded his head and said, "I have experienced two ninja wars, although I did not go to the front line in the third ninja war...... But I also know that in every war, there are people who lose their close friends. ”

"For example, I lost my teacher and classmates in the Second Ninja World War...... And my future as a ninja. ”

As she said this, she lowered her head and looked at her legs covered by a heavy blanket, Uchiha Itachi subconsciously followed her line of sight, and after seeing her complicated expression, she remembered some of the old stories that her cousin Uchiha Tanji had mentioned to him.

Back then, Shinshu Jianwen was a genius who was proficient in ninjutsu, illusion, and physical arts, and learned some medical ninjutsu from his friend Tsunade Hime; It can be said that an all-round genius like her is extremely rare even in that era of talent.

Of course, her companions, namely Uchiha Tanji and Shiran, were not too inferior to her aura of genius.

Because the three ninjas in the same group are all very good, the higher-ups in the village will occasionally assign them some slightly higher-level tasks for them as a challenge, which is also the capital for promotion later.

However, in Konoha at that time, there was such treatment in the class where the three ninjas were located, and the class of Zhou Jian Min.

However, the accident happened when everyone thought that Zhou Jian Wen and the others would have a smooth journey: in that accident, Zhou Jian Wen lost her leading teacher and lost her future as a ninja.

In Uchiha Itachi's impression, his cousin Uchiha Tankai still feels guilty for this, although I don't know if the same situation is the case on Bailan's side, but it was indeed after the accident that their class was disbanded.

"I don't want Sakura to happen to me, but no one knows what will happen in the future, and even if it's a non-war time, the hatred between the villages and ninjas still exists."

There are other unspeakable purposes besides hatred.

Otherwise, there would have been no incident with Hinata's family.

"But no matter what happens in the future, whether there will be another fourth ninja war, I hope that she can carry on the path she believes in with hope."

Although there is no blood relationship between her and Sakura Haruno, they are also mother and daughter, and in the case that she is destined to leave this world in the future, Zhou Jian Min feels that it is better to teach her everything he can teach her.

She also wanted to see what the future of the world would become.

Probably understood the intentions of Zhou Jian Min, and in the next seemingly boring journey, both Kakashi Hachiki and Uchiha Itachi had a much better attitude towards Zhou Jian Wen and the others - at least it was not the original business.

Zhou Jian Min also took this opportunity to let the two ninjas teach her daughter well, and in her opinion, even if these two only taught her some basics, it would be enough for her own girl to be used for a long time to come.

The group rested in the woods for the night, and then arrived at the port of a small city on the border of the Fire Nation the next morning.

They got out of the car first, and just as the two ninjas were wondering how to get to the country of waves across the sea and what to do with the carriage, they saw that Zhou Jianwen had already taken his girl's hand and walked towards a rather remote place.

Kakashi Kakashi and Itachi Uchiha glanced at each other, then hurried to catch up, but when they saw the giant wooden ship docked on the edge of the dock......

Immediately, I was a little suspicious of my eyes.

"This—This is ......"

“…… The real boat's private ship, well," Zhou Jian nodded matter-of-factly—in fact, she knew that even with the Victory's redress, the battleship Nelson was still a rather terrifying existence in this era.

After all, even the country of water, as the strongest maritime country in the world, may not be able to come up with a warship of this size.

But the only one of her ships that can show the wooden structure is Nelson's Victory - all the other ships are steel structures, regardless of the type of ship, and if they are really used as ferries, I am afraid that these two people will not be surprised, and the Daimyo of the Fire Nation will come to her first.

In Zhou Jianwen's cognition, Nelson, who definitely belongs to a low-speed ship, has become a proper high-speed ship after running into this world where the technology tree is a mystery.

Dressed in a wooden structure and essentially a steel battleship, the Nelson arrived at a certain port in the country of waves in a short time, and the Chamber of Commerce, which had been sent to inspect the country of waves in the early morning, had already sent personnel to meet them.

It's just that Kakashi Hachiki and Itachi Uchiha found that when this imposing giant ship docked on the shore, no one seemed to sigh or even panic because of it.

- The psychological quality of the people of the country of waves is so high?

Naturally, Zhou Jianwen didn't miss the change in the expressions of the two people—even if it was only subtle, she could even guess what the two were thinking at the moment.

In fact, the answer to this question is very simple, not because of the high psychological quality of the people of the country of waves, but because this port was originally under the control of the Chamber of Commerce under the name of the Zhenzhou family - not only here, but all the ports where ships will dock in Zhoujian are more or less controlled by the Chamber of Commerce under the name of the Zhenzhou family.

In addition to the Land of Fire, the Land of Waves, the Land of Birds, the Land of Rivers, and the Land of Tea are all small countries in the final analysis, and it is completely easy for the Chamber of Commerce with the Mafune family as the background to control a port.

In the original book, Ricardo was able to control the transportation of the Land of Waves, and so could Funaka Min—but judging from the current time, she did it earlier than the other party, and the ports she controlled were more extensive.

— and she's still in serious business.

When, under her early interference, Cardo still dares to interfere in the normal foreign trade of the country of waves, then Zhou Jianwen doesn't mind letting him taste the taste of ruined family - anyway, the other party is not a good person, and killing him is the standard for the people.

…… Maybe the people of the country of waves will celebrate this by auctioning their heads.

However, when it comes to the country of waves, there are a few characters that have to be mentioned, and Zhou Jianwen feels that there seems to be a lot of room for manipulation.

Of course, these things can't be done in front of Kakashi Hachiki and Itachi Uchiha.

But before that...... She had a few other issues to deal with first.

It was noon when we drove to the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce, so all kinds of greetings and preliminary reports naturally happened at the dinner table.

"What's going on lately?"

The person who answered immediately sent the account book, "Thanks to Lord Jianwen, this quarter's performance is really good." ”

Zhou Jianwen replied casually, "Yes", then confirmed the other party's expression, and then suddenly opened the account book and began to look through it seriously.

Because of this move, Uchiha Itachi found that many people sitting there seemed to have very subtle, nervous expressions that should be called nervous no matter how you look at it.

In contrast, Zhou Jianwen's expression became more and more serious.

Uchiha Itachi and Veneto, who were sitting on either side of her, quietly glanced at each other when they saw this, and then Veneto nodded, as if telling the young escort that the young escort Funaka Minu was indeed angry.

Yes, the only people who attended this dinner were Veneto and Itachi Uchiha; Kakashi, along with Akagi, Kaga, and others, was in charge of protecting Sakura Haruno, who didn't attend the dinner, in another room.

At this moment, under the gesture of Uchiha Itachi, who had already quickly finished reading the sinking water behind the ledger, Zhou Jian Wen did not move his chopsticks directly, until the other party confirmed that there was nothing wrong with these drinks and dishes, and Zhou Jian Wen picked up a small piece of fish meat.

But she only tasted it, and immediately picked up the handkerchief to cover her mouth and coughed.

"Is Lord Jianwen alright?" Seeing this, one of the directors of the Chamber of Commerce immediately got up and asked, his expression was nervous and worried.

"It's just an old problem, you don't need to worry."

Zhou Jianwen, whose face was crimson because of coughing, held a handkerchief, glanced at the several supervisors present, and saw that these people had different expressions, but they were more or less nervous, and suddenly showed an expression that seemed to be smiling, "It doesn't matter if I have old problems, but I'm afraid that there are some things that shouldn't have gone wrong." ”

“…… What does this mean? ”

Zhou Jianwen didn't answer directly, but casually threw the account book on the person who opened the door, and his face immediately turned grim, "Naturally, that's what it means." ”

She glanced at the crowd who were getting nervous from her words, and asked in a slow but chilling tone, "Are you not settling accounts, or do you think I can't?" Is there something wrong with this account, or do you think I have a problem with my eyes? ”

"I'll give you three days to settle all the accounts from the last time I came here to this quarter, otherwise you won't have to eat in the trading company under the name of my Zhenzhou family in the future, let alone today's meal."

With that, she got up and walked away.