Chapter 563 Negotiation and Conditions
When Rope Tree received the news that the Wind Nation had conceded defeat, he ordered the attack to stop, and by this time, most of the eastern part of the Wind Country had been reduced to a wasteland, and the prison of the Celestial Fortress was filled with millions of looted civilians.
In fact, the population plundered from the country of wind and wind these days is far more than that, most of them have been secretly tightened by the rope tree in the Divine Tree Cave Heaven, due to the limited power of the civilians, it is impossible to cause damage to the Cave Heaven at all, and it is later possible to use space ninjutsu and illusion to cover up this matter, so the Rope Tree made an exception to use the Divine Tree Cave Heaven.
Rope tree attaches great importance to this negotiation, and a big plan he prepared before must be realized through this negotiation, so he specially asked the headquarters to preside over this negotiation work with full authority.
Due to the great increase in prestige after this great victory, the Konoha headquarters simply agreed to his request, and even Danzou did not have any objections.
After Chiyo entered the Skywalker Fortress, Rope Tree said very directly the negotiation conditions that he had already thought of, and his attitude was very strong and could not be rejected by Chiyo at all, not so much a negotiation as a direct declaration.
First, the Land of the Wind must draw a line with the S-class traitor Madara Uchiha and issue a wanted warrant.
Second, the village of Sand Hide will return Ichio to Konoha.
Third, the Land of the Wind ceded all of the eastern territories that had been occupied by the coalition forces to Konoha.
If the Wind Country agrees to the above conditions, the Konoha coalition will immediately withdraw its troops and release the three generations of Kazekage.
Since then, the two countries have restored friendly relations and non-aggression, and trade between the two countries has resumed, and the Konoha Group will export enough grain to help the Land of the Wind tide over the food shortage.
Chiyo smiled bitterly after hearing about the conditions of the rope tree, these three conditions seem simple, but one is more harsh than the other.
The first condition is okay, it's nothing more than being an enemy of Madara Uchiha from now on, with Konoha's current strength, Sand Hidden Village can only choose like this.
This second condition is unacceptable, the first tail is an important strategic weapon of the Wind Country, if it is lost, not only will the research of magnetic escape be stranded, but the Wind Country will also lose its deterrence against all countries, and it is possible to become a second-rate country.
This third condition is even more unacceptable! Since the ninja world has been re-stabilized, there has never been a precedent for handing over territory to other countries. Even if this territory is already a desert, the Land of the Wind does not want to hand it over.
But now that the Wind Shadow has been captured by the other party, the morale of the whole country is low, and the army is not an opponent at all, and if it continues like this, the Wind Country can only perish.
In this case, the country of the wind is completely unqualified to negotiate with the rope tree.
And although Chiyo has obtained the authorization of the Daimyo of the Land of Wind in this negotiation, if she really agrees to these three conditions, she will definitely be scolded by the people.
Therefore, Chiyo asked to meet with the three generations of Kazekage to discuss it together on the grounds that he couldn't make the decision on the grounds that the matter was very important.
Rope tree knew that Chiyo wanted to dump the pot, considering that Tianxing Fortress was his base camp, and there were many shadow-level powerhouses, and he was not afraid of the other party's tricks, so he generously agreed to her request, and "invited" the three generations of Kazekage who were imprisoned in the cell to the conference room to participate in the negotiation together.
The three generations of Kazekage, who served as a battery for three days in the black prison, were not only physically weak, but also mentally exhausted.
At this time, he had completely lost his previous fighting spirit and arrogance, so he did not resolutely oppose the surrender of the Land of Wind to Konoha as before.
However, after hearing the three conditions of the rope tree, he still broke his spirit and wanted to bargain with Konoha.
This Kazekage's will and courage are admirable, even if he is reduced to a prisoner, he still has the courage to negotiate conditions with the rope tree.
Even if the Rope Tree threatens to continue to attack the Wind Country, the three generations of Wind Shadow have always refused to agree to the second and third conditions, and threatened the Rope Tree with his own life, threatening that if he dies, his disciple will also lead the Sand Hide to continue the fight with Konoha to the end, and the two countries will never die, and Konoha will not want to get any benefits from the Wind Country!
After three days of calm thinking in the dungeon, the three generations of Kazekage have analyzed that Konoha will not destroy the Land of Wind, but wants to gain benefits through war and negotiation.
So his threat hit the soft underbelly of the rope tree.
As a result, Rope Tree had to "take a step back" and agree to change the second condition, so that Ichio would remain in the village of Sand Hidden under the lease situation, for which the Land of the Wind would provide Konoha with a rent of five billion taels of silver every year. Considering the gold mine production in the Land of Winds, I am not afraid that I will not be able to afford it.
The territory ceded under the third condition was also reduced by half, and was replaced by a narrow area near the southern coast of the Land of Rain and Kawa and the Land of Wind.
Although the total area is more than that of several small countries combined, it is less than one-fifth of the total area compared to the largest area in the ninja world, the Wind Country.
The three generations of Kazekage really couldn't figure out what the use of Skywalker wanted that piece of land.
He knew very well that the area divided by the rope tree was a normal land a hundred years ago due to its proximity to the sea, but with the excessive cultivation of the ancestors of the Land of Wind, it had been completely desertified a few decades ago!
Today, due to the lack of groundwater sources, it is even more barren than in the rest of the east.
And the three generations of Kazekage are very sure that there are no gold mines there, not even oil mines that have only gradually become valuable in recent years!
What's more, that area is completely disconnected to the Land of Fire, with the Land of Rain and the Land of Rivers separated by the continent, and even the country of the Bear in the sea is also a peninsula country. So it's a complete enclave for Konoha there!
Not only did they get this land, but they also had to send a large number of ninjas to garrison it, and they couldn't make it their own, but they only had ownership on the surface.
Therefore, the three generations of Kazekage thought that the Rope Tree must have this territory in order to establish his peerless merit of expanding the territory and improve his prestige and status in Konoha, without considering the interests of the Fire Country at all.
In his mind, as long as he has a tail in hand, whether he completes the popularization of magnetic escape in the future, or only receives the power of the human pillar, Sha Yin still has hope of re-rising. And Konoha may be slowly dragged down by this piece of territory that has been handed over. When the sand is restored and the battle with Konoha is assured, the territory can be snatched back at any time. After going back this time, he must make every effort to build an air force, and the three generations of Kazekage have been thinking about it for a long time, and have made a decision in his heart that is the same as that of other ninja villages.
Then, he pretended to be reluctant, agreed to the rope tree's terms, and signed his name on the contract.
When the news of the signing of the contract between the two countries spread throughout the ninja world, it once again set off a huge wave.