Makoto's tone was very loud, but the members of the Chamber of Commerce were not children, and they would not shake the thoughts in their hearts just by his words, and there was silence in the conference room, but it was Yanai Masashi who said: "In that case, we are also willing to listen to your plan, Lord Makoto." ”

Cheng who was originally looking imposing at this time was lazy, he said: "In fact, although this plan is very profitable, but it does not require too many people to participate, I will explain it to you in detail, if you are interested, you can invest and participate, if you are not interested, there is nothing, next time you have a chance, it is not too late for everyone to cooperate." ”

No one spoke, so Cheng said bluntly: "Among the many merchants in the Cat Ninja Village, you can be regarded as the best, but as far as I know, there are not no merchants in the five major countries who are more powerful than you, right?" ”

The cat woman sneered and said: "Lord Cheng is joking, although we are confident and have little family resources, but there are countless capable people in all countries, and we don't dare to think that our cat wealth chamber is a great character." ”

Makoto nodded and continued, "You also know how efficient this furnace is to work with the model of this steelmaking furnace that Niwa demonstrated to you just now, but what I really want to show you is something else, Niwa. ”

Makoto gestured, Niwa took out a scroll from his body, sealed it, picked up something made of steel, and held it in his hand.

"Rails?" His eyelids jumped, and a middle-aged man with a low stature but a rich body couldn't help but say.

Cheng didn't answer his words, but said to himself: "You are already a good merchant among the merchants, and there are many merchants who can surpass you, but they have only one common characteristic, that is, they all have a close relationship with the royal families of the five major countries. ”

The merchants were silent, apparently right.

"Those big businessmen, either from extraordinary backgrounds, or with great luck, anyway, they are all related to the royal families of various countries, and the reason why you are inferior to them is not that they are inferior in ability and wealth, but only that they are inferior in one point - that is, the buyers are inferior.

"No matter how many of you have countless shops and thousands of factories, but there is not much of a market, you can only stay in this cat ninja place, for example, Lord Cat Po, although the ninja world says that the weapons and ninjas you produce are excellent, but in addition to those ninjas who come to buy famous knives made by the masters, a large number of weapons and ninja equipment are purchased from the factories under your name, and it is only my Uchiha family, right?"

The cat woman sighed and blocked her mouth with a pipe, which is not wrong at all, the food, grass and weapons needed for the war in the five ninja villages are all provided by the exclusive merchants of the five major countries, and it is not their turn to be touched by these retail merchants, and the cat woman also relies on the average quality of the weapons and ninja tools produced by her own to be superior, so she can occasionally get some orders.

The other businessmen made eye contact, obviously touched by Makoto's words.

"The Chamber of Commerce helps each other, but it can only expand a little more of the market, as far as I know, the business scope of the cat ninja village, only the country of Field, the country of iron, the country of grass, the country of soup, the country of snow is also half due to Lord Yanai, but there is a country of earth in the middle, and the transportation of Lord Yanai's goods is also quite difficult.

"In addition, the land of earth and the land of fire also have a lot of transactions with the Chamber of Commerce, but with the big merchants in the land and fire countries in front, I am afraid that there will not be much profit left for you."

The middle-aged man who spoke earlier said in a low voice: "That's true, is Makoto-sama's plan related to this matter?" ”

"That's right," Makoto swept his gaze, and most of the people's eyes were focused on the long railroad track in Niwa's hand, knowing that they all recognized the key to the matter, so he said: "You all know that if you use my steel-making furnace, the cost of making rails can be greatly reduced, and with the cat's reverse psychic technique, using scrolls to transport raw materials, it will only take some time to lay a railroad track." ”

Although psychic scrolls that can seal objects are not a rare item among ninjas, they are not something that ordinary merchants can afford, so using scrolls to transport goods is just a fantasy, but if you just build a railroad and use scrolls to load raw materials, it can greatly save costs.

Within a moment, these people present had already calculated the inside and outside of this matter, including the cat woman, and their eyes immediately became eager.

Railroad tracks, trains, these things, the ninja world has long existed, and ordinary people outside the ninja world have also set their sights on this thing, but unfortunately, due to cost reasons, the cost of the railroad is extremely expensive, and the five major countries have this kind of financial resources, and they have built a few on several transportation arteries in their own countries, but it is only a superficial taste, and the inter-provincial and transnational railway network that runs through thousands of miles in Cheng's previous life cannot be compared.

These businessmen were born with a sense of what a well-developed line of communication meant for business, and since Makoto had helped them solve the biggest cost problem that plagued the development of the railway, they knew what to do next.

Although Yanai Masa's original posture was straight, he still couldn't help but straighten his body, looked left and right, and the faces of his colleagues in the Chamber of Commerce were also full of irrepressible excitement, no longer hesitating, Chong Cheng bowed slightly, and said: "Lord Cheng, the Cat Finance Chamber of Commerce is willing to work for you and participate in this railway plan." ”

Cheng smiled, but thought in his heart, the cat finance chamber of commerce is not all businessmen like Mao Po who have a production base and are in urgent need of market dumping, there are also long-distance businessmen like Yanai Masa, who buy low and sell high, or service operators like Arima Yukimura who have more than a dozen hot spring baths, this railway plan is not the demand of the entire chamber of commerce.

But these members of the Chamber of Commerce can still advance and retreat together, obviously they have other internal rules and regulations, but how they coordinate their interests, that is their internal affairs of the Chamber of Commerce, and it has nothing to do with Cheng.

It's just that Makoto wants to use this to create a little disharmony within the cat ninja, so that his own forces can intervene in the idea of falling through.

But it didn't matter, Makoto beckoned to Niwa, and the young man didn't say a word, put away a series of things such as the rails and the steel-making furnace again, and stood by Makoto's side.

Niwa Takato is also a member of the Ninja Reform Association, but unlike those who are favored by talent such as Mizumon, Gojuro, and Genma, he is a "waste wood" in the usual sense.

Born into a small aristocratic family, his ancestors were well-known craftsmen, and he was honored for his great service to the Fire Country, Niwa has a wealthy family, but he has a heart for magical ninjutsu, and enters the ninja school when a certain class of three generations of experimental open age students is accepted.

Let's not talk about the other older students of that year, Niwa himself was too late in refining chakra and his qualifications were not too good, so the amount of chakra was very small, so he chose to become a puppeteer with the lowest requirements for chakra. The reason for joining the Ninja Revolution Association is only because the association's vest is "ninjutsu innovation".

"Finding a way to make ninjutsu even non-chakra accessible to people with little or no chakra" is a lifelong volunteer.,Maybe it's the reason for the ancestral talent.,Although he has not made much achievements in ninjutsu.,But there is a unique research on puppet craftsmanship.。

Cheng found him, not because he took a fancy to his nearly 100 strange but ineffective puppets, but just wanted to use his broad thinking and solid knowledge skills.

Something like an iron-making furnace, for Niwa Takato, can be completed in a few days just by listening to Cheng Cheng mentioning his ideas, thanks to Niwa's many years of research on civilian puppets, the machines he made are also simple to operate and do not require many manpower.

The railway plan is only the beginning of Makoto's real plan, and the railway is passed, not only the goods of Mao Po and Yanai Zheng can reach all over the world, but also the goods of merchants around the world have also been given a broader space, and the cat financial chamber of commerce wants to rely on the right to build the railway, taking advantage of the temporary advantage, and it is impossible to monopolize the transportation of the railway.

Merchants outside the Maocai Chamber of Commerce are not fools, in the face of the general expansion of the Maocai Railway, they will not sit idly by, with the intricate network of these businessmen in the local area, if the Maocai Chamber of Commerce does not give up part of the transportation rights, it will be difficult to build the local railway.

These people in the Chamber of Commerce were only carried away by the huge profits in front of them for a while, and when they calmed down, they would understand that without a transportation monopoly, the profits of railway construction were not as high as they imagined.

The criss-crossing railway network and developed transportation have brought about an era of commodity development, in which the real winners and losers are just competing for productivity.

What's more, the technical level of the steelmaking furnace is not very high, not only the monopoly of transportation, but even the monopoly of railway construction, after the countries understand the huge profits brought by the railway, may not be able to maintain it for long.

Although Niwa's puppet technology is high, it is not as high as the sand ninja, who is famous for its puppets, and uses psychic scrolls to transport raw materials, which of the five ninja villages can't do it?

In this era, advanced technology and productivity are still in the hands of ninjas after all, thinking of this, Makoto sneered slightly, and when he turned his eyes, he saw the owner of the hot spring bath, Yukimura, who had nothing to do on the side, just listening to the discussion of Yanai, Cat Po and other businessmen.

The construction of the railway, the expansion of the market for the cat ninja, the benefits obtained by these merchants, how to say that they have to give him a share of the Uchiha they represent, not to mention that in the future, countries will set off a tide of building railways, raw material transportation, and mountain access are all inseparable from ninjas, Konoha is the first in the ninja village, how can the benefits be less than others?

Take 10,000 steps back and say, railways, interests, monopolies, these things are not actually the real purpose of Cheng, these things are developed, it is bound to change the overall situation of today's ninja world, these ordinary businessmen and various countries seem to have achieved great benefits in this change and development, but as just said, the most advanced science and technology and productive forces are in the hands of ninjas after all, and the society has changed and developed greatly, and the status and interests of various classes will inevitably be redistributed, who will be the biggest beneficiary of this, Cheng really has to wait and see.

Thinking of this, the young man's eyes were as deep as the sea, and he slowly greeted: "Lord Arimayu, I also have a model of a loom here, compared with the existing ones in various countries, the manpower required is halved, but the cloth production can be doubled, I wonder if you are interested?" ”