Iron Country

Many high-ranking officials of the Iron Country gathered, and the Daimyo of the Iron Country headed by him was standing in the center of the main hall and roaring angrily.

"In just three years, the economy of our Iron Nation has fallen again and again."

"By now, I can't even afford to raise the guards of the Daimyo's Mansion, you say...... What the hell is going on? ”

Hearing this, a man immediately got up and said, "It's all to blame on those guys in the Land Country and the Water Country." ”

"We have minerals, we also have the land country, we have fisheries, and the water country comes across the sea, which is actually cheaper than us."

"And this trade union, which has no effect, and also restricts a large part of our free exports."

"In the past, there were small countries like the Moon Country that had some deals with us, and now! Because of the wanton price reduction of the land country, several of our newly developed mines are almost completely abandoned. ”

Mifune interjected: "The Land Country is also doing this to maintain the alliance. ”

"The alliance was created to allow everyone to avoid some additional overhead and make all transactions more concise and convenient."

"And in fact, the various stone mines they sell have no profit at all, and they can be said to be doing charity."

A man slapped the table and said angrily: "But their land country has a great cause, and they can survive without these things, what about us!" We can't afford to give up what we can provide for. ”

"If you want me to say, in this case, we might as well just withdraw from the alliance and sell our own."

Mifune's face was anxious, and he hurriedly objected: "No, the land of fire is vast, once we withdraw from the alliance, it is very likely to attract the target of the Konoha ninja, and if we fight hard for the economy, no one can fight the country of fire." ”

The man said helplessly: "Then what do you say, you can't go on like this forever." ”

Hearing the conversation between the two, the Daimyo of the Iron Country quickly discouraged.

He touched his chin and pondered for a moment: "I understand what you mean, the main reason for the economic downturn is from the land of earth and the country of water. ”

"In that case, wouldn't we just start with these two aspects?"

One of the ministers wondered: "How to start with this, the country of earth is doing this for the sake of the alliance, if we oppose it, it will definitely attract the hostility of all the countries of the alliance." ”

"The reason why the water country can sell aquatic products so cheaply is thanks to their advanced refrigerator equipment."

"There is that kind of high-end equipment, and each of their fishing boats is equivalent to a removable refrigerator at sea, so there is no need to worry about the seafood going bad."

"With such a long preservation period, this is a huge disaster for any country that lives by the sea."

Hearing this, a minister sighed with deep sympathy: "We can only work in the shallow sea for half a day at most, and we must prevent the fish from dying due to lack of water." ”

"Even if the catch is completed, the transportation in the middle is a great trouble, because of the existence of seawater, not to mention the small amount of transportation, and there is also the worry that the fish will die, which is more than a little worse than the mobile ice storage in the land of water."

"The most hateful thing is those poor ghosts in the Land of Thunder, who on the surface shout that the dead fish taste very bad and worthless, but behind the scenes, they buy low-priced rotten goods from the Land of Water in ships and warehouses."

"This clearly means that this kind of living creature soaked in the sea water is not more popular than frozen dead goods."

"It's like a country that is close to the sea and loses to a landlocked country in seafood."

As he spoke, the man walked around the hall with an angry face, and began to complain incessantly.

Another minister stood up and proposed: "Your Excellency, in the current situation, I personally believe that if you want to quickly restore the previous economic level, you must also forge your own weapons for export. ”

Hearing this, Mifune immediately objected: "No, we have signed an agreement to promise that the Fire Country will no longer sell weapons, and this will make our Iron Country lose its integrity and bear the notoriety of backsliding." ”

"I think we should talk to the land of the earth to show our difficulties and let the alliance raise its hand."

The daimyo frowned, and his expression hesitated to fall into deep thought again.

After a moment, he asked the man who had just spoken up, "If we produce weapons, how long will it take to return the economy to what it used to be?" ”

Mifune's face was grim, and just as he was about to open his mouth to dissuade him, the daimyo waved his hand at him and turned his gaze to the man again.

The man replied, "Because of the purge of the Fire Nation, many of the small countries sandwiched between the alliance are very short of weapons, and as long as we mobilize the mineral veins of the whole country, we can be even more brilliant than once in a year." ”

A minister interjected: "Mobilize the veins of the whole country, what about the supply to the land of fire?" Have we decided to tear up the agreement? ”

The man was disdainful: "You have already decided to continue selling weapons, do you still care about the agreement?" ”

The daimyo agreed: "That's right, if you want to do it, you will do it to the end, we are also an alliance of dozens of countries, just Konoha ninjas, do they really think that they dominate the ninja world?" ”

"I'm going to teach that junior Uchiha a little lesson this time, let him know what kind of disaster he will face if he offends the lord of a country, and let them understand that although our Iron Country is small, it is by no means weak and can be bullied."

When the words fell, the expression of the Daimyo of the Iron Country changed, and he said slowly: "Of course, when it comes to selling weapons, you still have to be cautious, and you must not leak the news." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly added: "It's not that we're afraid of the Konoha ninja, but because we have an agreement, and it's not good to spread the reputation." ”

"Yes!" Everyone nodded. Knock knock

Seeing this, Mifune's face was anxious, and he stood up again and said: "Your Excellency, our alliance is only an economic alliance, and it is not reliable, not to mention the .......... of the last war. ”

The daimyo of the Iron Country directly interrupted: "Lord Mifune! Coordination with the land of the earth should also be carried out. ”

"If the land country is willing to give in, then it's not impossible for us to stop selling weapons, and I'll leave this matter to the Lord to talk about it himself."

"This ...... All right. Seeing the daimyo's resolute face, Mifune sighed helplessly and responded.

The Land of Rainbows

As soon as the boat arrived, a large number of people waiting on the shore surrounded them.

Jie waved away from the crowd, briefly talked to a few leaders, and then walked towards the big prison surrounded by everyone.

At the gate of the prison, Kaede, who received the news in advance, was waiting here early with a sun umbrella under the protection of a group of guards.

As soon as she saw Jie's figure appear, she was overjoyed, and casually threw away the umbrella in her hand and rushed over.

Sukee lightly pressed the figure running by his side, glanced at her, and walked towards the prison.

Izumi Takatsuki, who was following him, looked at the high wall in front of him with some surprise, his expression full of indescribable shock and suspicion.

It's prison again!

Why are many of the meeting places going to be prisons, could she have guessed correctly before, the other party is really planning some kind of blood sacrifice?

With shallow knowledge and no evidence, Izumi Takatsuki couldn't figure it out for a while, but she was more convinced in her heart that this place was unusual.

Meanwhile, City of Hope

Jiraiya looked at the towering city gate in amazement and patted the dust on his body.

There is such a majestic city-state in such a place, and how much does it cost to have such a great courage?

The gates creaked, the gates opened, and an old man slowly walked out of it.

When passing by Jiraiya's side, the old man suddenly paused, turned his head and said, "Hey, traveler, where are you from?" Where are you going? ”

Jilai also pointed to himself, puzzled: "Me! ”

The old man looked at him like a fool: "Nonsense, there is only you here except me, not who you are!" ”

"Uh, haha, I'm a traveler, I'm here to find a friend, if it's a destination, go where you go."

As he spoke, he smiled heartily and didn't care about the previous embarrassment at all.

The old man nodded: "Young people are very open-minded?" Get! It's not a good idea to find someone in this place, and your friends must have made a big mistake. ”

Zilai also stared at the old man with some surprise: "Why do you say that?" ”

The old man smiled arrogantly: "Young man, don't look at me as just an old man now, think back then, I was a famous explorer of the Boundless Desert, and my insights and wisdom were only a handful in the entire Wind Country. ”

"The people who will come here are either desperate wanted criminals or fearless people with the last glimmer of hope in their hearts."

"However, the choice is not necessarily the right one, and it is a place where the wicked may come to an end, the fearless may lose hope, and even those who inadvertently come here to explore the meaning of life may be completely destroyed by choice."

However, no matter what the choice is, there will be a glimmer of hope with them. ”

"Old man! If you want to find your hope, then why don't you come with me, maybe I can help you. ”

So saying, the old man walked to a sand dune and inserted the strange windmill with a bell tied to it in his hand.

The crisp wind chimes rang, and the self that had been precipitated in the old man's words came back to his senses.

Looking at the old man's rickety back, and then at the strange windmill standing on the sand dune, the strange color in his eyes flashed, and he quickly followed awkwardly.

"Wait, old man, I need your help."

At the city gate, the guards who were watching this scene from a distance pursed their lips and said disdainfully: "Another foolish person who has been deceived, don't we care?" ”

Hearing this, the companion beside him rolled his eyes angrily: "Whatever!" Catch that old man, and take care of his sick granddaughter! ”

"What's more, looking at the man's clothes, he doesn't look like a master who is short of money, the old guy just wants to help his granddaughter heal, and he is very measured, let him go."

"Well, I hope that poor fellow won't be tricked into selling his underwear."

When the words fell, the man sighed: "Alas, it's true, why do we want some poor guys to always come to the city, so that the adults in the city can't be ruthless." ”

The companion took a deep breath and shook his head: "It's all said that it's called Hope City, and whoever will come to this kind of place doesn't have a glimmer of last hope." ”

"yes!"