In the annex, Shiraishi received envoys from various countries here.

However, the envoys received were limited to the envoys of the major countries, as well as the envoys of the neutral countries of the railway, and the rest of the envoys of the small countries were handled by the government, and there was no need for him, the military minister, to come forward in person.

Seeing that Bai Shi, the military leader of the Ghost Country, finally came forward, the envoys of the Great Power and the Iron Country were also secretly relieved, it seems that their entanglement these days is still somewhat useful, and they finally forced the other party out to meet.

But with that comes a lot of pressure.

Chiba Shiraishi, before the War of the Land of Wind, can be said to be a ninja with an infamous reputation. Even if Konoha is defined as a dangerous S-class defector ninja, due to the serious lack of information, the information collected by various countries is very limited.

In contrast, Ruri Uchiha and Ayane Hinata, who have the background of famous families, are more worthy of attention.

But with the end of the War of the Land of Winds, the pair of conveniences became internationally famous.

The other party is not only the military leader of the Oni Country, but also the supreme military leader of the Oni Country, and he is also a powerful ninja who is not weaker than the Five Shadows.

They are just ordinary people, although they know that the other party will not use force in this situation and ignore the rules, but when they sit down, they still feel a lot of pressure.

In the face of ninjas, ordinary people are weaker in terms of momentum.

Even though they were in a high position and a powerful class, Shiraishi was not a ninja in the ordinary sense, and just sitting there made the atmosphere in the room dull.

After Shiraishi sat down, there was no joy or sadness on his face, like a poker face, and he couldn't see any emotion.

After a short silence, Bai Shi glanced at the envoys of the great powers who were also sitting in his place, as well as the envoys of the Iron Country, before he slowly spoke: "I already know the intention of your arrival. Therefore, after unanimous consultations between the military and the government, our side decided to make some changes to the original conditions, completely abandon the market of small countries, and make the arms trade in the country of ghosts very unreasonable. And since this is the initiative of each country, in order to make the country of ghosts give in, each country must also show a certain amount of sincerity. ”

To put it simply, the country of ghosts can make concessions on the export of arms to small countries, but if countries want the country of ghosts to sign arms agreements, they must also give up some interests, compensate the country of ghosts, and carry out the so-called exchange of interests.

"How does the Oni Country plan to change the conditions?"

One of the envoys also had the same expression, as if he had expected such a scene, and asked Shiraishi for advice.

"We will send arms to small countries that have not established ninja villages, and small countries that have established ninja villages, the country of demons will refuse to trade arms."

Shiraishi glanced at everyone, his gaze calm.

Although with the military industry showing its strength, the military power to completely ban ninjas is still slightly insufficient in all aspects.

And many high-level countries are not brainless fools, although the power of thermal weapons is full of vision, but in terms of versatility, it is still far inferior to ninjas.

Therefore, the military power of ninjas is still the mainstream of the ninja world. It's just that because of some of these proportions, they are replaced by the military industry.

This is also the reason why Shiraishi put forward this condition.

A small country with a ninja village has a certain amount of self-preservation power.

Even the country of grass, which is often the grass on the wall between the great powers, has an official ninja organization like the grass hidden village, and the fact that it can stand tall and right among the great powers is enough to prove that this country is not useless.

On the contrary, if there is no military power at all, then it can only be ravaged and manipulated by the great powers.

These small countries without ninja villages undoubtedly have a greater demand for arms from the country of oni than those with ninja villages.

In doing so, it would be possible to ease the bitter conflict with the Iron Nation over the arms trade.

Although the military power of the Iron Country is far inferior to that of the Oni Country, the attitude of the neutral country is also one of the considerations.

In the future, there may be places where the Iron Country needs to be entrusted.

The ninja forces that had already greatly offended the traditional five powers, then, if the samurai group that remained neutral also threw themselves into the traditional five powers, then it would inevitably make the country of ghosts truly isolated in the international community.

The Iron Nation only needs to maintain its original neutrality, which is what Shiraishi needs to do.

Eating alone will inevitably be targeted and suppressed by various countries.

In addition to interests, it is nothing more than human feelings.

Sure enough, after Shiraishi gave this condition, the envoys of several countries began to talk in whispers.

Although the condition put forward by Shiraishi was a bit unexpected to them, it was not unacceptable.

A small country without a ninja village, even if it gets the arms and weapons of the Oni no Kuni, it is impossible to pose a real threat.

Ninjas are not only used for frontal combat, assassination, espionage, but also to threaten the growth of small countries, but these things cannot be communicated in the open.

However, the small country of Ninja Village, which lost the supply of arms from the country of Oni, was unable to expand its military power drastically, and it also did not threaten the status of the great powers, making them have a strong resistance to the big powers.

"Of course, the arms and weapons sold to the small countries of the Wunin Village will only sell the first generation of standard weapons for the time being, and the new weapons will not be sold to these small countries for the time being."

Those first-generation standard weapons were originally only weapons that were rarely used today by the military of the Oni Country.

Selling these obsolete weapons to the small country of the Ninja Village can also dispel the suspicion of various countries towards the country of Oni in a short period of time, and it can also allow the country of Oni to maintain high financial returns.

"What help does the Oni Nation need from us?"

A messenger asked.

In front of them is a concession made by the country of ghosts, and they, who are also big countries, cannot let the country of ghosts suffer in vain, otherwise it will not be conducive to international balance.

"Reduced tariffs on the land of ghosts. In addition, debt collectors and wandering shrine maidens of the Oni Country are allowed to legally settle in the regions of large countries and neutral countries. ”

Shiraishi unceremoniously uttered these requests.

In the past, debt collectors and wandering shrine maidens in the Land of Oni were not allowed to enter the Great Nation region, and the Land of Iron rarely entered.

Every time you enter, you have to go through strict scrutiny, and your movement is greatly restricted.

In many cases, some people who are in arrears to avoid debt problems hide in the area of the five major countries, and it is difficult for debt collectors to go to collect debts, because they will be constrained by the ninjas of the big countries.

After all, it is the chassis of the rest of the big countries, and the country of ghosts also has to consider the issue of territorial sovereignty to some extent, and does not dare to interfere excessively.

"The first condition is acceptable, but the extent of tariff concessions needs to be discussed. As for the second article......"

What is the nature of debt collectors and wandering witches, as the top of the country, they naturally know what kind of role these people play in the country of ghosts.

"The Aster Flower Chamber has accumulated a lot of unpaid debts, and many of those who owe money have taken refuge in large regions, making debt collectors unable to successfully collect debts. I think this condition is reasonable. ”

"In that case, there's no need to ...... with the Wandering Shrine Maiden."

"The Wandering Shrine Maiden is good at medical ninjutsu, and the debt collector is likely to have a conflict with the debtor in the process of debt collection, and the Wandering Shrine Maiden can provide medical support to the injured debt collector in a timely manner. Or can you represent your own country and take responsibility for the medical care of our debt collectors? ”

Shiraishi asked lightly.

“……”

Baishi's words directly made the envoys slightly speechless.

Although it is known that the stuffing of debt collectors and wandering shrine maidens into their country must not be based on the above reasons.

Engaging in espionage work is the true purpose of the Ghost Country.

But the country of ghosts only needs to bite this to death, and it will be difficult for them to refute.

"I have only these two conditions, and if you agree, we will immediately conclude an arms limitation treaty for small countries. If it really doesn't work, the country of ghosts can only decide the future arms market of the ninja world in its own way. ”

"Can you give us a moment to think about this?"

One of the messengers asked, and the rest of the ninjas said the same.

Tariff concessions are a must-have condition, but if they want to legally stuff the debt collectors and wandering shrine maidens of the Oni Country into their country, they need to think carefully and not make a hasty decision.

"Yes, is three days enough?"

Shiraishi pondered for a moment and gave a time limit.

The envoys didn't embarrass Shiraishi either, and nodded in agreement.

"In that case, let's negotiate again in three days."

Shiraishi also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

But this is just the beginning, and there is still a lot of talk to be done about the extent of tariff reduction. However, there is no need for him, the military chief, to negotiate such a matter as tariff concessions, and it will be handed over to special personnel to be responsible for negotiating with other countries.

"Besides, there's one more thing I haven't said yet."

Before everyone was about to leave, the messenger from the Land of the Wind suddenly spoke.

"Oh, what's the matter?"

Shiraishi, who stood up, raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at the envoy of the Wind Country.

The other party raised his head and looked at Shiraishi, and said, "About the matter of the country of bears becoming a vassal state of the country of ghosts......

"This is a private matter between the country of ghosts and the country of bears, and it is also the decision of the new daimyo of the country of bears, and it has nothing to do with the third country, and we have no reason to explain it to outsiders."

Shiraishi replied calmly.

"But ......"

"Is the Land of the Wind planning to continue ceding land to the Land of Demons? Although it is only a useless desert land, we will also uphold the principle of not refusing to come. ”

What the envoy of the Land of the Wind wanted to say, he was directly blocked by Shiraishi's words, and there was a warning in his eyes.

The envoy of the Wind Nation suddenly turned blue and white, and finally sighed and said nothing.

The envoys of the other countries also had different faces and wanted to say something, but in the end, like the envoys of the country of wind, they did not tacitly understand the country of ghosts in this matter.

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Three days flew by.

The envoys of the Five Great Powers and the Land of Iron also brought the decisions of their respective daimyo mansions.

The issue of tariff concessions will be discussed according to the overall national conditions of each country, and this will require professionals from each country to sit down and discuss slowly, and it is impossible to make a decision in a short period of time.

As for the second condition proposed by the Oni no Kuni, the daimyo of each country agreed, but on the premise of agreeing, it was also necessary to restrict the debt collectors and wandering shrine maidens who entered the country.

In order to avoid casualties caused by debt collectors in the process of debt collection, countries will send special personnel to follow the debt collectors in the country of ghosts and supervise them. In addition, the maximum number of debt collectors stationed in the territory of a major country and a country of neutral railways is five. In the same way, the upper limit of the accompanying wandering witch can only exist five, a total of ten people, and they must also be supervised by the entourage.

As for the entourage of these supervisions, they must be ninjas and samurai from various countries.

Shiraishi also readily agreed to the conditions proposed by the daimyo of various countries to limit the number of people, and signed the agreement.

Then came the issue of tariff concessions, and Shiraishi asked the relevant government officials to leave the negotiating table. After all, he didn't know anything about commercial issues, and there was a complete blank answer to the appropriate level of tariff reduction. Besides, he doesn't have much time to waste on this kind of thing.

The reincarnation research materials obtained from the Lietuo Kingdom, so as to develop a complete reincarnation ninjutsu, is what Shiraishi thinks is the most important thing at the moment.

All kinds of science and technology need to be developed, but the power of ninjas also needs to go hand in hand and cannot be left behind.

"Whew...... After the negotiations have finally been settled, the tariff issue will be resolved, and the arms trade with small countries will need to be immediately restricted. ”

Shiraishi returned to the office, took a sip of tea and said.

"But if you do this, you may offend some small countries and affect the reputation of the Oni Country, especially those that have a ninja village."

Ayane said, standing aside.

"There's no way around it. Moreover, this is not the decision of the Oni Country, the other powers, including the Iron Country, are also witnesses, and will sign the agreement and make it public. Even if those small countries want to blame, they will hate the rest of the big countries along with the Iron Country. ”

Shiraishi didn't care in the slightest.

On the contrary, in this matter, the country of demons belongs to the persecuted party.

Although the other great powers and the Iron Country also made some compromises of their interests with the Oni Country, this compromise made Shiraishi feel unhappy after all.

"That's the bad thing about eating alone. However, in this way, it will be difficult for them to point fingers at the country of ghosts on the issue of the arms trade. Although it is much worse than expected. ”

Ayane said with a smile.

According to the original expectations, it is necessary to intensify efforts to infiltrate various small countries, strive for harmonious diplomatic relations, and take the initiative to weaken the military power of the great ninjas, so as to pave the way for future wars.

However, the country of ghosts is still unable to unify the voices of all small countries and reverse the will of large countries because of its lack of foundation. In addition, the great powers and the Iron Country are highly aligned on this matter, and strongly oppose the unrestricted arms trade of the Oni Country. Limited to these reasons, the country of ghosts can only endure for the time being.

"It's just a compromise for the time being, and who knows what kind of stumbling block they will make for us later. Anyway, the envoys of the rest of the countries haven't had any problems lately, have they? ”

Because he had to deal with the envoys of the great powers and the Iron Country, Shiraishi did not have time to take care of the envoys of those small countries, and the security of the envoys of those small countries was entrusted to Ayane to manage, which was also the job of Ayane's garrison.

To prevent the recurrence of the farce between the clouds and the Hyuga clan, it is necessary to closely monitor the envoys of various countries at such a time.

"Although the envoys of some small countries are a little restless, they are still under control under the supervision of the garrison. I have already sent to warn those envoys of small countries who have ideas. If I don't listen to persuasion, I can only take extreme measures to make them obedient and there will be no problems. ”

Ayane thought for a moment and said.

Shiraishi nodded, he could understand the difficulties of life in these small countries.

The struggle between major powers is certainly not the big powers, but the small countries with weak military forces in the surrounding areas.

The outbreak of several ninja wars also proves the authenticity of this.

It is precisely for this reason that there are many small countries that are eager for military power.

They do not want to rely entirely on the big powers for the lifeblood of their country, and they want their country's absolute independence in sovereignty and territory.

When a large country tries to interfere in the internal affairs of its small country, it means that disaster strikes.

But the small country is struggling to survive, and the ghost country, which has just become the sixth largest country, is not in a much better situation.

The Land of Thunder gets what it wants, and it is already difficult to use it to unite and become a shield for the Kingdom of Ghosts.

The Land Country is silent about the international situation, the Water Country is in a corner, the two great powers of fire and wind are united, and they are beginning to be hostile to the Land of Ghosts, and the Land of Thunder, which is the head of the five powers, is also secretly accumulating strength, not knowing which country the spearhead will point at the next moment.

Whether it will continue to suppress the country of fire or the country of ghosts, Shiraishi does not know.

Therefore, even if Shiraishi knows the situation of these small countries, he must first consider his own position before talking about other things.

Behind the seemingly prosperity, there is also a step-by-step crisis, and a little carelessness will lead to the loss of previous achievements.

Now is not the time to show mercy to these small countries.

The country of ghosts must concentrate on developing itself and prepare for the future war in the ninja world.

"Next, I'm going to the laboratory to develop a new technique, I don't have time to pay attention to the outside world, those messengers are still handed over to you to supervise, don't make mistakes."

Shiraishi packed up the papers on his desk, put them in order, and set them aside, intending to go to the laboratory to conduct research on reincarnation.

"Don't worry, there are white eyes, they don't have a chance to make trouble."

Ayane replied confidently.

Shiraishi heard Ayane's assurance, and walked quickly out of the office to the place where the laboratory was located.

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Konoha, the Hokage Building.

In the office, Hizai obtained a document sent from the Daimyo Mansion of the Fire Country, and achieved results in the arms trade with the Oni Country, successfully limiting the Oni Country's arms trade with smaller countries.

In the future, the Oni Country's arms trade objects can only be large countries, neutral countries, and small countries without ninja villages.

And countries like the Land of Rain, the Country of Grass, the Land of Soup, and other countries that have their own ninja villages, the Land of Oni will not engage in arms trade with these countries.

Although it has not been able to completely limit the pace of the Oni Country, it is not easy to achieve this result.

And countries have made concessions to do so, such as tariff reductions. This point has little to do with Konoha and is a problem that the Daimyo's Mansion needs to consider, so I passed by when I saw it.

As for the second condition proposed by the Oni Country, allowing the debt collectors and wandering shrine maidens of the Oni Country to legally settle in the border of the Great Power and the Neutral Railroad Country, it is related to Konoha aspect.

The Daimyo Mansion of the Land of Fire hopes that the Konoha Ninja Village will send the right personnel to supervise these debt collectors and wandering shrine maidens who are legally stationed in the country, so as to prevent these spies from the Land of Demons from stealing important information in the Land of Fire and stop losses in time.

After reading the full contents of the document, Hinata pondered for a moment and said into the air around him, "Let Shikaku and Kakashi come over." ”

Not long after, the head of the upper ninja squad, Nara Shikahisa, and the head of the dark department, Kakashi Hagi, arrived as promised.

The two of them walked in front of Hizai, they both glanced at each other, and Lu Jiu took the lead in speaking: "Hokage-sama, you came to us, is there something wrong?" ”

Hinata pushed the document in his hand in front of the two of them and asked them to look at it.

"Let's all take a look at this document."

Shikaku and Kakashi lowered their heads slightly, scanning the document that Hinata handed over.

Soon, the contents of the document were memorized by Shikaku and Kakashi, and their faces were calm and did not show obvious emotions.

"Regarding the personnel who oversee the debt collectors and wandering shrine maidens in the Oni Country, which department do you think is more appropriate to send from?"

After reading it, the two immediately asked this question, hoping to hear their opinions.

"Move from the ninja clan."

Shikaku glanced at Kakashi and spoke.

Regarding the fact that the dark department is investigating internal spies, as the leader of the upper ninja squad, Lu Jiu has also heard a little.

It's not that they don't trust the dark department, but that the dark department has a problem now, and no one knows if there are any spies in it. At this time, if it is a coincidence that the spy of the Oni Country is selected from the shadows, and it happens to coincide with the debt collector and the wandering witch, it is easy to blind the sight of Konoha and the Daimyo Mansion of the Fire Country.

In addition to this, there are certain risks associated with civilian ninjas.

If you want to avoid all the risk minefields, you can only choose the overseers from the ninja clan of Konoha.

Kakashi had no problem with this, nodded and said, "I agree with Shikaku's opinion, it will take a few months to completely deal with the internal cleansing of the dark department, and there is no way to come up with innocent members in a short period of time to supervise the debt collectors and wandering shrine maidens of the Oni Country." And the selection of supervisors from the ninja clan can ensure the security of intelligence as much as possible. ”

Given the many problems of the dark department, Kakashi gave the most pertinent advice.

"Since you said so, let's select the appropriate supervisors from within the various ninja clans."

Hizai was also inclined to Lu Jiu's opinion, nodded and said.

Shikaku continued, "In order to be able to better monitor this group of guests from the land of ghosts, I suggest that the overseers be selected from the Hyuga clan, the Inuzuka clan, the oil girl clan, and the Yamanaka clan. These families have good skills in intelligence gathering, surveillance, and tracking and perception. ”

"I'll leave this matter to you, Shikajiu, be sure to convince the patriarchs of these ninja clans."

Hizai didn't think much about it, and planned to let Lu Jiu handle this matter.

"Yes, I'll do it, Hokage-sama."

Lu Jiu nodded solemnly.

It is not a problem to convince the oil *** mound and the three clans in the mountains, he has a great personal relationship with the patriarchs of the three ninja clans, and the supervisors who are drawn out are only two or three people on average in each family, presumably as the patriarch they will not be stingy in this regard.

The only difficulty is to convince the Hyuga family.

After the Uchiha clan died out in Konoha, the Hyuga clan was well-deserved as the No. 1 wealthy family in Konoha, and the heritage was also the deepest among the major ninja clans.

The most important thing is that he has a general relationship with Hinata, the current patriarch of the Hyuga clan, and is limited to the level of greeting at ordinary times, and other than that, there is no deeper communication.

"The Hinata?"

Kakashi said at this point.

"What, Kakashi, do you have another proposal?"

Lu Jiu asked curiously.

"No, I just want to say that the white eyes of the Hyuga clan are very good at surveillance, and I believe that there is no better job than the Hyuga clan. If the Hyuga clan agrees, this task can be said to be foolproof. ”

"Yes, but convincing them is not an easy task, and I can only do my best."

Having said that, Shikaku's face was full of confidence, which showed that he had great confidence in convincing the Hyuga clan.

Seeing the confidence on Shikaku's face, Kakashi also smiled:

"Good luck then. There's still a lot of business to attend to in the shadows, and if there's nothing else, I'll leave first, Hokage-sama. ”

"I'm sorry for you, Kakashi, the affairs of the shadows need to be dealt with as soon as possible."

"Yes."

Kakashi nodded, turning to leave.