Chapter 237: Seeds of Hope
It took a lot of effort for Conan to escort the villagers back to his village. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Obviously, Conan was well-intentioned, but these people seemed to be facing the end of the world, and they couldn't stop worrying.
Sighing helplessly again, Conan didn't know what to say.
It can only be said that it may have become the instinct of these people to flee as soon as they encounter war.
Their fear has seeped into their bone marrow.
Even in the army that has lost morale on the battlefield, there is often a strange image of one person chasing a hundred people, let alone these civilians in front of them.
In the history of warfare in previous lives, there are also cases where entire nations and even entire countries were frightened to migrate, not to mention that the gap in ninja world strength is so huge.
These people are all people who have experienced war, not to mention far away, not long ago, many people died here in the battle between Konoha and Shanin.
And those who can survive the war will naturally understand the horror of war better.
Even if they told them that the ninjas of Konoha had come to help, they probably wouldn't believe it.
After all, not so long ago, or for many years, every time a Konoha ninja brought death.
For these civilians who think too much, Conan doesn't bother to defend anything, and eventually they will know the truth.
After simply restricting the villagers from leaving too far, Conan continued to lead people to work.
Conan didn't care, but the civilians who were confined were terrified.
It didn't take long for the old man to be elected again and meet Conan.
"Lord Conan, the villagers around here have elected representatives who want to see you."
"Huh?"
Conan hesitated, but still felt that the meeting was good, although in the end they would eventually know the truth, it would be better to make it clear in advance.
"This sir... My name is Mu, and I am a priest in this nearby village. ”
The old man saluted respectfully and looked at Conan carefully.
"I wonder what you're trying to do when you catch us, sir? Please explain that we are well prepared, and if there is anything we can do to help, we will do our best to help. ”
Conan sighed helplessly.
"As I said, we're here to help you, there's no need to run around. It's nothing, but you have to leave your hometown, it's really a lot of things. ”
"Help us?"
The old man was slightly stunned and asked, "I don't know what you mean by help..."
"The information you got earlier is not entirely wrong, we did intend to dig a canal to divert water from the River Country, but it is not at all what you imagined."
Grabbing the map, Conan gestured.
"The river we are going to open will go around a large circle along your Wind Country, and then open up a large number of tributaries to ensure that you can grow food wherever the outer land is okay."
Conan smiled as he spoke: "That way, you won't have to go hungry in the future." ”
"This, this..."
Conan's answer was completely different from what the old man thought,
He was a little uncomfortable.
He had had a lot of conjectures beforehand, but this was the only one he couldn't have imagined.
"How is this possible?"
"Hehe, what's impossible, ninjas are also human, and it's not as scary as you think, you just need to stay in peace, it won't be long before we leave."
The old man was silent for a moment, he understood that the young man in front of him, who seemed to be young but had a very high status, did not have the need to lie to him at all.
It's just that... Why would they do this?
"This lord, aren't you a ninja from Konoha?"
"This, not exactly, there are also some of your ninjas in the Sand Ninja Village of the Wind Country, but it is true that the ninjas of our Fire Country are the mainstay."
The old man was even more puzzled.
"Then why are you here doing such a thing? Are you hired by our Wind Country? ”
"No, didn't I say it before."
Looking at the dazed old man in front of him, Conan smiled and said, "In order for you all to not be hungry." ”
"It's... How is this possible. ”
Conan's reason was not convincing to the old man at all, he didn't believe that Konoha would help them for no reason.
"So what do you Konoha get?"
"What did you get..."
Conan looked into the distance and pondered.
"Haha, on the surface, it doesn't seem like you're getting anything. But we got the most important thing for Yiyang. ”
Conan smiled again: "That's hope." ”
Pointing to the riverbed being excavated outside, Conan said heroically: "This is a river that leads to peace, and it is also a seed full of hope. ”
"It won't be long before this place becomes one of the best grain producing areas, enough for the people of your Wind Country to live a prosperous life, no one will starve to death, and naturally there will be no reason for another war, and naturally there will not be so many innocent people dying because of the war."
"You don't have to do everything for the sake of profit, I just want to... Plant a seed of hope in this world of despair and see what kind of flowers he can bloom. ”
Looking at the old man's incredulous expression, Conan shook his head.
"I know you can't believe it yet, so you just have to wait, I don't have to lie to you at all."
The old man was silent for a moment, and then pleaded, "My lord, I want to stay here for a few days and find out the specific situation, can I?" ”
"Huh? Of course. ”
At their construction site in Conan, the old man kept wandering around, inspecting something.
Although the old man couldn't believe the words of these ninjas, there were many non-ninja people here who were helping, including craftsmen from the Land of Fire and people who volunteered to help after receiving a favor from the Land of River.
"What? Is that young adult Conan, the god of death who is said to have slaughtered a nation? The old man couldn't help but exclaim.
"What Grim Reaper?" A brain-dead fan of Conan from the Land of the River suddenly became dissatisfied.
"And where did you get the news that Lord Conan slaughtered a country, obviously Lord Conan took down all the people of our country from the hands of those bastard nobles..."
After listening to what Conan did in the Land of Rivers, the old man was even more shocked, unlike those ignorant ordinary people, he was more informed and understood what it meant for Conan to do this.
A day later, the old man confirmed that these people had really come to help them unconditionally, and immediately returned to his village with tears in his eyes.
"Lord Priest, what's wrong with you? Is something big going on? ”
The old man shook his head: "Gather all the people, follow me!" (To be continued.) )