"He must have prepared everything long ago, including taking you to visit the industrial zone today."
"We've even prepared an offer you can't refuse."
Out of concern for his relatives, Scorpio still gave a few more instructions.
Chiyo no longer had the arrogance she had before. Shocked by the power of the Rain Country, she felt that the man was more terrifying and unfathomable.
Come to the tower.
"Elder Chiyo, the Sand Village needs to be great again!"
Chapter 169: Make Sand Village Great Again
"The Sand Village has always been great."
Although Chiyo didn't expect the first sentence to be this, she instinctively resisted entering the other person's rhythm.
If it becomes great again, then what is the village like before? Is it desolate?
"Well, it is undeniable that it was once glorious, but after the Third Ninja World War, it fell into a temporary predicament."
Chiyo can accept this.
"I heard that Konoha has a debt problem..."
"This is not your concern."
The topic is a bit sensitive. The outside world doesn’t know what kind of armistice agreement the Sand Village signed, and there are many different opinions on the details of the amount.
All I know is that there are a lot of them, so much that Fengying has to find ways to mine while managing the village.
Chiyo naturally didn't want the conversation to take an embarrassing turn.
"So are you interested in taking a look at the ninja economic mutual aid platform created by our Akatsuki organization?"
Noah took out a few pieces of paper and placed them in front of Chiyo.
An organization that cares about the development of Sand Ninja Village is not a good organization, especially when there are still a lot of strong people.
In fact, she wanted to talk more about the scorpion, but it was still worth taking a look at the development of the village.
After all, the Rain Country has given us too many surprises in the past few days. What if?
With a hint of greed in her heart, Chiyo finally took the thin pieces of paper.
Noah also smiled knowingly.
"Oh?! The West is open..."
Chiyo was stunned, is this mutual help?
A casual glance will reveal the grandeur and prospects of the plan, and it is indeed one of the suitable directions for the Sand Village or the Kingdom of Wind.
Basically, it focuses on mining, energy, puppet factories, etc.
Even more exaggerated are the plans for afforestation, water resource exploration and development, and the passage of oasis trains in the Gobi Desert area.
The final plan also includes research on terrain transformation, how to move water vapor to the western region, and other things that are difficult to understand.
All these nouns and introductions...it can be said that the goal is to recreate the Kingdom of Wind.
The Sand Ninja Village itself only needs to provide certain manpower cooperation and transfer a small number of insensitive permissions.
No matter how you look at it, it's too exaggerated, to the point that even Chiyo couldn't believe it.
I originally thought that the most we could do would be more cooperation on tasks, such as transferring tasks or entrusting a third-party agency.
result……
How dare an Akatsuki organization promise such a thing? The Kingdom of Wind is not the Kingdom of Rain.
The obese daimyo really wouldn't accept many of the requests because too many of the transformation projects would involve issues related to another system.
But...it looks a bit exciting.
It's just too brief.
Moreover, some of them are too general, some are vague, and some are too naive.
"Mining development means leasing large equipment and sending technicians to provide guidance, right? Then what is the price?"
"And what is the energy source? Coal? Kerosene? Or what?"
"The puppets of the Sand Village are not suitable for replacing human work, and the population of the Wind Country is relatively small."
"As for afforestation... even if Hashirama Senju were to be resurrected, he wouldn't be able to do it. At most, he could maintain an oasis for a few years, and then the trees would dry up and die.
The oasis he left behind when he swept across... the First Kazekage and others has long since withered. Human power cannot fight against the heaven and earth."
"Water resources, including the underground river near the Sand Village and other resources, have all been explored through decades of mining. I don't think you have any more advanced methods."
"The idea of the desert train is good, and the prospects are clear. However, even the deserts and ordinary gathering places are owned by someone else, and we can't help them."
"Finally... even the Sage of Six Paths may not be able to change the climate. So there's no need to lie to the old man about this."
What has not been said yet is the issue of funding.
The Sand Village won't give out a penny now, so even if the Rain Country is willing to cooperate, it can only keep throwing money into the desert.
Even after achieving results, they would still face the possibility of being unilaterally swept out of the Wind Country by the Sand Village.
Ninja's bottom line is sometimes very flexible, and it is basically impossible to expect this mutual aid platform to be maintained for a long time.
Scorpio should also know the situation, so why didn't he stop the development of the West?
Chiyo gave her grandson a questioning look.
Scorpio nodded expressionlessly, indicating that he would continue listening.
The Wind Kingdom alone cannot stop the determination of a certain monster. It is only a matter of time before it falls when he takes action.
And his own iron heart also needs a constant supply of minerals to iterate, so not helping out is already his last act of conscience.
At this time, Noah pushed out a pile of information with a cart and began to give a brief explanation.
At the same time, a map of the Kingdom of Wind was hung on the blackboard, with special markings in the desert areas.
"Desert areas are actually rich in mineral resources, but the difficulty in collecting and transporting them has led to the decline of resources."
"And we are ninjas. Mining development is very simple with the help of technology. Scorpion has specially developed desert version of exploration and collection equipment."
"As for the price, our initial pricing is large, medium, and small. The exchange rate is based on the ninja mission level. The salary of technical support personnel and so on are also taken into account. The specific details are written in the manual."
…Chiyo felt relieved.
Although his grandson killed the Third Kazekage, he still loved the village. The old man's spirit in heaven should forgive him.
I don't know why, but after silently accepting the fact that Ying was dead, Chiyo became more and more emotionally open-minded.
An acceptable reason can be found at any time, perhaps the Fifth Kazekage...
"Energy sources include oil, coal, iron, and solar energy, while resources include asbestos, gypsum, salt, sodium sulfate, natural soda, sodium sulfate, australia, phosphorus, strontium, rubidium, cesium, uranium, thorium, radium, and heavy water."
After the minerals are mined, the Rain Country can take them almost entirely, or use them to transfer part of the funds.
The factory problem is easy to solve. We will send people over to help build the factory.
We will produce some light industrial industries and gradually increase investment once the supporting infrastructure is in place.
The Sand Village has such a profound foundation in puppetry that it only needs to make some improvements to make it into a civilian version to assist workers in production.
I believe that technical exchanges can bring huge benefits to both of us.
Of course, the training of ordinary people must also be carried out simultaneously. I hope the Sand Village will not stop it.
What is the most important thing in the Ninja Era——Talent!”
This last paragraph sounds a bit like the recent reforms in Konoha Village. Could it be that Kakashi learned this from the Rain Country after seeing how effective it was?
Then the Sand Village must grit its teeth and keep up.
"We are surveying water resources because our Akatsuki organization has a leader who is good at earth escape and perception ninjutsu, and he may be of some help.
As for afforestation, it is all a beautiful vision for the future. We can talk about it after we make money, right?"
Chapter 170: Wind Shadow is Not Consumable
It was well spoken, and even though she didn't understand many of the words, she could roughly guess what they meant.
The feasibility of several projects is clear and the prospects for successful cooperation are good.
But... we can't go to this extent just because Scorpion is the honorary leader and give in. Is there some huge benefit in this?
“There are benefits. The resources of the Rain Country are limited, but the utilization of resources can be continuously upgraded.
Only cooperation can bring us win-win situations without starting a war."
...It's that Akatsuki thing again, about people resolving hatred through communication.
It seems that everyone in this organization is a sane lunatic.
Chiyo inexplicably let down her guard a little. Now, this group of young people were doing things for their ideals.
But the cruelty of the world of tolerance will teach them what the real world is like.
However, the Sand Village can take all the benefits first, and at most... try not to add insult to injury and help their grandchildren at the same time.
"Assuming that the future is peaceful, the economy needs to expand its base if it wants to develop.
Of the five major nations in the ninja world, only the Wind Country is currently able to cooperate.
The Fire Nation is self-sufficient, including the Hidden Leaf Village, which is financially strong, has no technological bias and is not affected by the terrain.
Besides, the Fifth Hokage had a very hot temper and was not easy to get along with.
The Land of Thunder is a military power, and its scientific development is on the path of war.
Besides... the Raikage is too tough, and the Cloud Village is too far away from the Rain Country, so it is difficult to develop business.
Ohnoki of the Land of Earth is too greedy and prone to occasional impulsiveness, and in the three wars only their middle and high-level combat forces were severely damaged, the lives of the lower-level ninjas and ordinary people were not difficult.
They don't have enough motivation to change, and the price we have to pay is too high.
The Water Kingdom is isolated overseas, and the blood mist is really not a reason to get close to it. Who knows when the Mizukage will get rid of us.
If the Rain Country wants to develop, it can only cooperate with the Sand Village.
Whether in terms of economy, strength, or even mutual dependence, there will be a greater willingness to cooperate.
Neither of us really had a choice.”
……
Chiyo could sense some of the sincerity in this, but she also believed that this was not the whole reason.
"Projects like the Desert Train and large-scale resource mining are not allowed. That place belongs to the daimyo and nobles of the Wind Country. The area that we in the Sand Village can control is limited to this size."
Chiyo casually used puppet strings to circle the approximate range on the blackboard. After all, this is public information.
Noah said this casually at this time.
"So after reaching a cooperation intention, we need Lord Kazekage to help introduce the daimyo. We will cooperate with the Kingdom of Wind in the form of a chamber of commerce."
"The target isn't just our Sand Village."
"Yes, the success of Rain Country shows that the rule of one country, one village has a new interpretation. I believe that the daimyo and nobles will be more interested in this cooperation model."
"That's right, those pigs... People will definitely like this way of making money. They don't have to do anything, just sell some previously unseen resources and they can get a lot of money... Hehe."
Chiyo is very resentful.
The Wind Country Daimyo's tough decision to cut military spending and entrust the mission to Konoha really angered the top leaders of the Sand Village.
But no matter how angry she was, she didn't lose her mind, and the old woman pointed out a small problem.
"Shouldn't the Daimyo of your Rain Country personally handle matters like this?"
Noah had already thought of a reason.
"The cooperation involves two groups, the ninja and the nobles, so it would be inappropriate for the daimyo to come forward directly.
