Chapter 22: Aristocrats
While Terumi was meditating, the carriage drove into the water capital
The Water Capital is a large town with an inner and outer city. The outer castle was a populace area, and the inner castle was the imperial castle, the residence of the daimyo of the Land of Water. The area between the inner and outer cities was the residence of nobles and wealthy merchants.
At present, the water capital is the largest city that Miyama has ever seen in the ninja world, which is worth the size of 3 Konoha leaves.
Mianma stretched out his hand and waved it in front of Terumi Ming, interrupting her thoughts,
"I think I've been to the Water City before, so what new experience do you have this time?"
She didn't answer immediately, but carefully observed the scene around her.
As the carriage moved forward, it first drove into the civilian quarters, and although the houses on both sides of the avenue were well repaired and exquisite, looking deeper, they still looked similar to the residential areas of a seaside town.
The appearance of this place was very different from what she had observed before, when she only went to some of the prosperous residences of the Water Capital, and most of the tasks she did were related to nobles and wealthy merchants.
In the past, the water capital was a prosperous and well-fed capital, and even if she had heard some negative news about it, she didn't take it to heart.
But with the different entry points this time, she observed a lot of things that were ignored by her previous self. Even most of the people in the Water City lived like this, and she didn't dare to imagine any other places.
If she were just an ordinary Mist Ninja, she could have put the people's ills aside to save herself, but her experiences, her ideals, forced her to dig deeper, and only by witnessing the devastation that was unfolding could she know how to change the lives of these people.
Soon, the carriage came to the area where the nobles and wealthy lived. Looking at the clean streets and luxurious courtyards in front of you, it is completely different from the outer city you have just walked through.
Terumi replied:
"Commoners live in hell, and the aristocracy and rich live in heaven, is this what the City of Water is as it is?"
Miaoma shrugged:
"It's basically the case in every big city I've walked through, and Konoha is the best of them, but it can't hide some of the darkness behind it."
Then he spread his hands and said ambitiously:
"So, sometimes I wonder if being the ruler of the Land of Waves is really enjoying himself and making a good life for the people below. I don't want to learn from the people in these mansions in front of me, I want everyone under my rule to live happily. ”
Terumi looked at the blazing face in front of her, and longed for the "utopian" scene he depicted, when would she be able to create such a beautiful country.
Soon, the carriage stopped at the door of the Mitsuhashi family's mansion.
Mian Ma jumped out of the carriage, looked at the luxurious mansion in front of him, and said in his heart:
[The mansion of the great nobles in the ninja world is so spacious, which is much more elaborate than that of Uchiha and Hinata.] ]
Mian Ma straightened up and said to one of the guards guarding the door:
"I'm a subordinate of Lord Kado, the daimyo of the country of waves, and I'm here to discuss something important with Mitsuhashi-sama."
In the past, Cardo got to the line of Mist Shadow Village because he knew the three bridges, and began the barbaric accumulation of trade.
The guard nodded, leaned over and said, "Please wait," and walked into the door.
After a while, a middle-aged man dressed in a Chinese costume and a housekeeper ushered in, and said respectfully to Ma and the others:
"My lord is in the arena, and I invite all the guests to watch it together."
The arena is small, with a ring enclosed with stone in the center, and a raised platform on the other side for viewing, on which sets of carved wooden tables and chairs are placed. A bloated, richly dressed middle-aged man sat on the Lord's seat, surrounded by attendants and servants.
This mellow middle-aged man is Mihashi, at this time he is watching a strong man nearly 2 meters tall in the ring is abusing and killing several ninjas wearing fog shadow forehead guards, it seems that he is not very interested, and when he saw the housekeeper who came with Mian Ma and others, he was dissatisfied:
"Where did you find a ninja, so weak, can you let me watch some evenly matched, interesting battles!"
The housekeeper next to him hurriedly knelt down and cried bitterly:
"Master, we can't help it, those people in Fog Shadow Village, we can't call them if they are strong, and those who can be called are probably like this."
Mitsuhashi waved his hand and motioned for the butler to step aside. He also knew the current situation of the Fog Shadow Village, but he just wanted to complain, but turned to look at the face of the numbness, and said strangely:
"Is that guy Cardo now the Daimyo of the Land of Waves? But the place was too small to be interesting. What did he do when he asked you to come this time? ”
Mien Ma took a step forward, with a wry smile on his face:
"Mitsuhashi-sama, you also know that there are not many people available in that place in the country of waves. No, Lord Kado saw that there were many civilians in the Land of Water who would only waste food if they didn't work, so he asked the little ones to ask the adults for it, and if these people were given to the country of waves, the adults wouldn't have to keep raising them. ”
Mitsuhashi has also been troubled by this matter, now there are too many people in the water country who can't eat enough, and the water country can't farm, and it is impossible to feed so many people by fishing alone.
can only rely on the appropriation of the water country to barely operate, he has long wanted to raise these parasites, isn't it fragrant to be greedy for this money by himself?! But if he doesn't raise these people, he is afraid that he will lose his reputation, and now Cardo just mentioned this matter, just so that he can be a favor, but he can't let Cardo think that he is a good talker.
He feigned a sigh:
"Yes, there are too many civilians in the land of water, and since Cardo asked for it, it's not impossible for it to give it to you, but..."
As he spoke, his little eyes focused on the food on the table.
Facial numbness:
"My lord, you are only responsible for gathering these people, and we will take over the rest, and exchange one person's head for a month's grain for you, and trade it once a month, do you think it's okay?"
Mitsuhashi showed a teachable expression, smiling like a man-eating flower, and his small eyes were even more happy. In this way, he not only lost the burden of a bunch of parasites, but also had a lot of food in plain detail, and his heart must have been very beautiful.
Mianma looked at Mihashi's appearance, pointed to the corpse of the ninja in the ring and asked:
"My lord, are there many ninjas in the land of water? I'd like to ask for some, and you know that there are no ninjas in the Land of Waves, and we need a little protection. ”
Mitsuhashi didn't care:
"There are as many ninjas as there are below, but the price is not low, I always have to give an explanation to Mizukage."
After a moment of silence, he stretched out three fat fingers:
"In this way, if you can continue to provide us with 10,000 food for the next three years, I will call the shots to the daimyo and send 200 ninjas to you."
Mian Ma smiled respectfully:
"Then I'll thank you in advance, we will continue to provide food for 12,000 people in the past three years, you can call the shots and give us their families, in addition, Lord Kado also heard that there is a beautiful ninja named Terumi in the Fog Shadow Village."
After speaking, he looked at Mitsuhashi with a look that all men understood.
As soon as Sanqiao heard that there were more than 2,000 people, he immediately waved his hand:
"That's it! That person will be in these 200 people, and their families will give it to you. ”
Terumi Ming, who was standing behind Mianma, listened to the two people in front of her and gave her future in a few words, and she only felt absurd and sad. The lines of the whole body were tensed, and the nails were deeply embedded in the palms of the hands, so I couldn't hold back the emotions of wanting to run away on the spot, and stood in place expressionlessly.
Mihashi's little eyes were happy again, and he ordered the attendants to entertain the noodles and the others. Food is a hard currency that is more important than money to the current water country, and with this food, Mitsuhashi feels that his position can be moved up again.
After the three of them had eaten and drunk enough, they were led by the attendants to the outside of the mansion, and Zhao Meiming pulled the sleeves of his face and looked at him with apricot eyes:
"At Sanqiao, you trade me like a commodity, aren't you afraid that I will kill you when I go out?"