Chapter 3: The Interests of Shinobi Villages
Dark clouds covered the sun, and the light rain kept falling.
It rains more than 60% of the time, making it extremely humid.
When you think of the Land of Rain, you can't help but think of a few key words, dampness, poverty, war, and spirits.
The word spirits is somewhat contradictory to poverty, food and clothing are all problems, and you still want to drink? This makes the civilians of other countries not have a good impression of the civilians of the Rain Country, in their hearts, the civilians of the Rain Country are all drunk, wearing shabby clothes, hungry and yellow-skinned.
The shabby clothes and yellow muscles do match the appearance of the civilians of the Rain Country, and as for being drunk, they are completely helpless.
In this extremely humid environment, if you don't drink spirits properly, your body will definitely not be able to bear it, and rheumatism and other ailments will find them sooner or later.
Wine culture is one of the causes of poverty in the Land of Rain, but it is also one of the economic sources for the people of the Land of Rain, because spirits are their daily needs, and their winemaking skills are certainly not bad, and even rank among the top three in many countries.
Just because you can produce good wine doesn't mean you can bring wealth, you also need transportation channels, and one day, the transportation channels of the Rain Country will be opened, which is opened by the 'god' in the hearts of the people of the Rain Country, and in the outside world, this 'god' is called Payne.
With trade, the Rain Country is no longer poor, but recently, the appearance of the Rain Country was suddenly cut off, and although it didn't take long for it to reopen, they were required to pay 40% of the tax.
Of course, the merchants of the Land of Rain couldn't accept it, but after just a few days, they all agreed to this outrageous condition, and there was one more transit point for the export of alcohol, and that was Konoha Ninja Village.
At present, the liquor exported by the Land of Rain can only be sold to Konoha, and not only has to pay taxes, but also has to bear the purchase price that is not too high, and it is conceivable how much the price will be squeezed by this kind of non-competitive acquisition.
More than 50% of the profits from the export trade of the Land of Rain were intercepted by Konoha, and it was not only the merchants who were affected, but also the civilians of the Land of Rain, assuming that each barrel of wine could be sold for 5 taels, then now it is about 2.1 taels at most, or even lower.
Unbeknownst to the civilians of the Land of Rain, the money they were exploited was the spoils of Konoha and the 'victory' after the battle with Nagato.
Naruto Uzumaki, who thinks he has protected everyone, may never know what he has lost to the civilians of the Land of Rain behind his 'influence' of Nagato, and what Konoha has gained at the same time, and what huge benefits are involved behind it.
Naruto Uzumaki became the hero of Konoha because he guarded Konoha? No kidding, Konoha was almost razed to the ground by Su Xiao and Nagato, and Naruto Uzumaki was at most successful in resisting foreign enemies, but Naruto, who was under the ninja, was not enough to become a hero of Konoha whether it was his personal status or his identity background on the surface.
There were three heroes of Konoha who were the Thousand Hands Pillar, the Thousand Hands Pillar, and the Wave Wind and Water Gate.
The reason why Naruto Uzumaki became a hero is mainly because he indirectly helped Konoha seize the economy of a small country.
Before Su Xiao and Nagato attacked Konoha, Konoha was not unable to occupy the country of rain, but there was no justifiable reason, this was an era of peace, Konoha did not dare to take the lead in provoking a war, and now that the reason is sufficient, the shadow of the country of rain took the initiative to attack Konoha and had a connection with the thieves of the Xiao organization.
The person in charge of the affairs of the Land of Rain is not the fifth generation Hokage, and it is a miracle that the current five generations of Hokage are not dead, and it is the head of the regiment who is in charge of this matter.
Let's not discuss Tuanzang's character, his political acumen is definitely very strong, he is not the Hokage, but he has formed a loyal army in Konoha, and Danzo's ability can be seen from this point.
Suppressed by the scheming Tuanzang, life in the Land of Rain will be better than hell, and it may not be long before the increasingly prosperous economy here will be depressed again.
This is the follow-up of Su Xiao and Nagato's attack on Konoha, Su Xiao doesn't care about Yu Ninja Village at all, he has nothing to do with this village, as for Nagato, in more aspects, Nagato's political acumen is only average, and his strength is far from it.
Xiao Nan was very helpless, but there was nothing to do, Obito was very happy, the country of rain was set on fire, which was almost to attract firepower instead of the Xiao organization, he originally had the idea of disbanding the Xiao organization, after all, the combat power in the Xiao organization was not much, and it attracted a lot of hatred.
But after discovering the current situation, Obito immediately gathered the Xiao Organization again, as long as he was not stared at by Konoha to death, there was no need for the Xiao Organization to be disbanded, and notoriety was also famous, just like making good use of it, it would be of great help to his plan.
The Land of Rain, in a remote town.
It was evening, and the streets of the town were filled with pedestrians, dressed in raincoats and dragging their tired bodies after a long day's work, into the ubiquitous taverns.
In a small wine house, Su Xiao, Bubuwang, and Eminem were solving the dinner problem, which was not very rich, just some grilled fish, wild vegetable soup, etc.
Eminem eats very deliciously, with its terrifying appetite, this bit of food is certainly not enough to satisfy his stomach, this is his snack after the main meal.
Su Xiao chewed the food in his mouth, he had rushed here from the central region of the Land of Rain before, and passed through several small towns along the way, he had been to the Land of Rain, and there was not much change here, the only thing that had changed was that a large number of Konoha ninjas had appeared here.
These Konoha ninjas came to support the rain country's lack of combat power to avoid being invaded by other powers, but in fact they were 'moderate' invaders.
The Land of Rain already borders the Land of Fire, not only that, but the Land of Rain also borders the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth, and once Konoha successfully garrisons the Land of Rain and forms a war supply point, it will have a natural advantage whether it is attacking the Land of Wind, the Land of Rain, or defending against the sneak attacks of the two countries.
Bordering the three major countries, this is the main reason for the constant war in the rain country, once the war breaks out, this is the best buffer zone, there is no one, after all, the rain country separates the three countries in a triangle.
Konoha has been peeking at the country of rain for a year or two, starting from the second generation of Hokage Thousand Hands, Konoha wants to station ninjas in the country of rain, but the original leader of the country of rain, Hanzo, is very difficult to mess with, Thousand Hands, Sarutobi and the two generations of Hokage have attacked the country of rain a total of five times, and they have all been repulsed, in these battles, Hanzo gave Jiraiya and others the title of three ninjas.
Now, Konoha has succeeded, and the meritorious one is a shinobi, so Konoha does not hesitate to give this shinobi the name of a hero, after all, he has fulfilled the long-cherished wish of two generations of Hokage.
These things are Su Xiao's conjectures based on the history of the Hokage, and as for whether this conjecture is accurate, it can be seen from the number of Konoha ninjas in the rain country.
As soon as Konoha experienced a big war, he sent so many ninjas to the Land of Rain, and Elder Konoha turned to Koharu to personally sit in the Land of Rain, so as not to interfere with the two sides of Sand Hidden Village and Iwain Village, Sand Hide is indeed an ally, but if the interests are enough, the ally is also unreliable.
Su Xiao already had a general understanding of the situation in Rain Ninja Village, and concluded that it was not advisable to stay here for a long time, once he fought the enemy here, Konoha would immediately temporarily send a large number of ninjas to besiege Su Xiao.
Now the major ninja villages seem to be calm, but in fact, there are undercurrents.
Su Xiao didn't stay in the Land of Rain for too long, he rushed straight to the east side of the Land of Rain, which was the territory of the Land of Fire, and he was going to check the stronghold of the Xiao Organization in the Land of Fire, where he should be able to find traces of the members of the Xiao Organization.