Iron Country

Takehara walked into the main hall with two entourages with an indifferent face.

"Konoha Ninja Yamanaka Takebara, I have seen His Excellency the Daimyo of the Iron Country."

Takehara respectfully bowed to the Daimyo of the Iron Country on the throne, and handed over the document of the joint seal of each country in his hand.

Mifune, who was standing on the side of the main hall, quickly took the document and presented it to the daimyo of Iron Country.

The daimyo of the Iron Country waved his hand, didn't even look at the documents, and said with a trace of impatience on his expression: "Our Iron Country is a country of samurai, my ancestors have been heroic samurai for generations, and there is a gap between you despicable and shameless ninjas, if it is a relationship or something, then there is no need to waste time, we are a neutral country, and we are not interested in befriending you Konoha." ”

Hearing this, Takehara and the others frowned, and their faces instantly sank.

Mifune on the side quickly gave the daimyo of Iron Country a quick look, signaling him to pay attention to his tone of voice.

The daimyo of the Iron Country waved his hand indifferently, and said to Mifune in front of the Konoha ninja without any scruples: "I'm busy with things, I'll leave these guys to you, remember to uphold our purpose and be neutral!" All others are refused. ”

After that, he turned around and left the main hall directly, not even bothering to carry out the superficial work of arranging for Takehara and them to sit down and talk slowly.

When the back of the daimyo disappeared, Mifune showed a wry smile a little helplessly, and gave a simple salute to the few people in Takehara: "Guests from afar, our Iron Country is shallow in the news, please forgive me for the rudeness." ”

Although the Daimyo's style is a bit rude, Mifune actually doesn't take it too seriously, and for the Iron Country, all the big and small things in the ninja world have nothing to do with them.

The Daimyo is right, as long as they maintain neutrality, they can ignore it all in any country.

The main reason for this is that the Iron Country does not fight or grab, never participates in the game between large and small countries, and has no conflict of interest with any country.

In this case, the Iron Country, with its powerful military, is something that no country wants to offend.

All politics in the world must be aligned with interests, and it is only a few envoys, not to mention a few ugly words, even if they are directly driven out, it is not a big deal.

As long as it does not involve the face of the country, no one will have a dispute with a behemoth like the Iron Country over a trivial matter.

The daimyo of the Iron Country and the samurai leader Mifune knew this.

Takehara resisted the urge to get angry, shook his head lightly, and showed a smile: "Don't worry about some small things, the contemptible people came this time to discuss trade with the Iron Country on behalf of the Alliance of Nations, I don't know if the leader of the three ships can make a decision on behalf of the Iron Country." ”

Mifune frowned, with a hint of doubt: "Alliance of Nations!" Does it refer to an economic and trade alliance dominated by water, fire, and Sichuan? ”

Takehara nodded: "That's right, but it's not just an economic alliance, it's an alliance of twenty-two countries with political intentions mainly from the three countries. ”

Hearing this, Mifune's expression was solemn, and a hint of bad things rose in his heart.

After a moment of contemplation, he said aloud, "As far as I know, it seems that our Iron Country does not have any related trade with the Three Kingdoms, right?" If you are representing the countries to open up trade relations with our Iron Country, then please allow me to refuse for the first time, the Iron Country does not participate in the trade of any country with political intentions. ”

Takehara glanced at Mifune playfully, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "These words of Your Excellency Mifune are a bit insincere, if we don't investigate clearly, we won't come to the Land of Iron." ”

"As we all know, the war in the ninja world originated from unequal trade between nations."

"In the last ninja war, we paid a great price to quell the war, and feeling the pain of the war, the twenty-two countries led by the three kingdoms decided to restrict the entry and exit of the war through trade."

"Trade to limit war!" Mifune was slightly stunned.

Takehara's expression was solemn, and his voice was cold: "Weapons are the largest materials exported in the war, and they are also the weapons that countries are proud of. ”

Without waiting for the three ships to refute, Takehara continued to say coldly: "The casualties caused by the two countries of wind and thunder, our twenty-two countries have never forgotten, and the bursting of the Mingluo Gorge has brought huge casualties to all countries. ”

"You Iron Nation professes neutrality, but behind the scenes you sell weapons to other countries, exacerbating the cruelty of war."

"Going against the purpose, destroying the harmony of the ninja world, and being hostile to other countries, this is not what a neutral country should do!"

Hearing this, Mifune's face changed, and he replied decisively: "Trade has nothing to do with war, not to mention that our Iron Country has never sold weapons to any country. ”

"It is not reasonable to force what has been left out of the country as an excuse to press on our heads, and it should not be the demeanor of a great country."

Takehara sneered: "Wandering out? This kind of talk seems to shirk responsibility. ”

"As for trade! Your Excellency Mifune, why don't you go and ask the Land of the Wind, why is it going to war against us Konoha? It's better not to say something than to say it, everyone is not stupid. ”

"I am here this time to represent a political alliance of twenty-two countries, we have a common enemy, a common political bias, and a common determination to pursue, I wonder if Your Excellency Mifune wants to refuse to coordinate with us?"

Hearing these threatening words, Mifune's expression was extremely serious.

He walked quickly back to the daimyo's chair, picked up the file on the ground, and narrowed his pupils after a simple glance.

"We in the Iron Country don't want to have conflicts with any country, I think you should have a misunderstanding about us, so please come with me to the conference room to talk in detail." As he spoke, he waved away most of the guards and made a gesture of please.

Seeing this, Takehara shook his sleeves and nodded slightly, with a faint smile on his lips.

After everyone sat down around the conference table, Mifune coughed lightly and took the lead in speaking: "A long time ago, there was no such thing as trade in the ninja world, and countries were also hostile to each other and fierce with arrows, but as a result, the country of fire, which occupied the most prosperous land in the ninja world, was the first to start a foreign trade policy. ”

"Since then, goods from the south have been sold to the north, things from the west have been transferred to the east, caravans have been gushing endlessly, the lives of people in various countries have risen rapidly, and many poor people who have no food or clothes have more choices and less despair."

"The trade-led sales have made countries abandon gaps, put aside strife, and tensions have gradually eased."

"But the forbearance world is too big, there are countless canyons and trails in large and small countries, in addition to fierce beasts attacking people, there are even more unscrupulous people who take advantage of the terrain to rob and plunder merchants for their own survival."

"With the demise of a large number of caravans, countries began to pay attention to this problem, and with it were born all kinds of bandit troops and caravan guards, that is, from that time on, weapons were no longer used as controlled goods, but limited to armies."

"Because the nations understood that the land was too great and the army was of limited use, they had to arm themselves if they were to keep their caravans safe from evil."

"As a result, the merchants who traveled to and from various countries, even if they did not have an escort, put up a lot of things to ward off the enemy, so that they would not run out of people and goods on the way to the merchants, and in this way, all kinds of weapons flowed to all parts of the ninja world as the caravans created prosperity."