Chapter 137 Do you want to try?
A few days later, Hiruko gave Shiba Kiyokawa two plans regarding transportation.
One set was familiar to him: trains.
In fact, the ninja world already has the advanced technology for trains, and this thing has already appeared in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations.
The other set, somewhat beyond his expectations, was an airship.
"You prefer airship? Why?" Shiba Qinghe asked puzzledly.
Beiluohu replied calmly, "Because laying railway tracks requires a lot of steel, and unfortunately, there is no iron ore in the Rain Country or even in the desert near Loulan.
The largest iron ore producing area in the Ninja World is the neutral Iron Country. Apart from that, the iron ore closer to us is in the Grass Country and the Fire Country, which we cannot reach at present. "
Shiba Kiyokawa was silent for a moment before saying, "Then let's try to build a few airships and set up the route.
But don’t give up on the train plan. You should master the necessary technologies first, and I will solve the iron ore problem later.”
Beiruo looked up, met Shiba Kiyokawa's gaze, and smiled again.
"You seem to be increasingly undisguising your ambition for expansion, Chief. What has strengthened your resolve?"
Shiba Kiyokawa did not answer, but just smiled gently.
During the trip to Loulan, his repeated questions to Sasuke and others were also a process of strengthening his own beliefs.
Go to the right track!
Xiao Longmai said that even if the world is burned to ashes it wouldn’t be any worse!
So he is destined to subvert the world!
His undisguised ambition at this moment inspired Beiliuhu.
However, this ambition initially burned Sarah, who had just arrived in the Rain Kingdom.
Sarah, who was forcibly abducted to the capital of the Rain Country, was extremely frightened and nervous at first, and cursed Shiba Kiyokawa in her heart all the way.
"Wow, I thought the Akatsuki organization was a group of good people who stopped those bad guys from sealing the dragon veins, but I didn't expect that they were still a group of evil and ambitious people in the end! Bad guys! Perverts! Housewife control! Traffickers!"
She cursed and worried all the way.
I have always been worried that if I go to the lair of the ambitious man, will I be wiped out? Will there be widespread grief and evil spirits there?
As a result, when she finally arrived at the capital of the Rain Kingdom, the scene before her stunned her for a moment.
This city, which was chosen as the base of the "ambitious man", did not seem to be as depressed and dilapidated as she had originally imagined. It was full of cattle, horses and slaves.
On the contrary, this place is much more prosperous than Loulan where she has always lived!
The faces of the people on the street were also filled with smiles from the heart, as if life was full of hope, without any reluctance or sadness of being enslaved by "ambitious people".
This surprised Sarah, it was completely different from what she thought.
Just as she was stunned, a woman with the same red hair as her suddenly ran over and hugged her.
"Hey, hey, hey? You, you, you! What are you doing? Who are you? What are you going to do to me?"
Sarah, who had just arrived in a foreign country, was extremely sensitive. She immediately broke free from the man's arms and started to ask him three questions in a row.
The woman holding her finally broke free from her thoughts and quickly bowed to apologize, "I'm sorry, I got too excited. What's your name? Is your last name Uzumaki?"
"are you crazy!"
The frightened Sarah didn't answer the woman's question at all. She just yelled and walked away quickly, leaving the woman standing there in disappointment.
It was not until a few days later that Sarah, who had settled down in the capital of the Rain Kingdom, learned the whole story.
It turned out that the woman who suddenly hugged her on the street that day was called Uzumaki Xiangye, a poor person who was the only one who escaped after her clan was exterminated.
The other party actually had no ill intentions. She just saw her red hair and mistakenly thought that she was her lost member of the tribe.
The moment she knew the truth, Sarah was so sad that she wanted to bang her head against the wall.
Thinking back to my behavior at that time, I wanted to slap myself even when I fell asleep.
Fortunately, there is still a chance to make up for this guilt.
Not long after, she met Uzumaki Kaede again.
This time, kind-hearted Sarah did not push the other person away with bad words, but took the initiative to tell Xiangye about her and her mother's life stories.
Upon learning that they have been living in Loulan, the Kingdom of Wind, and have nothing to do with the Kingdom of Whirlpools, Xiangye could not hide her disappointment.
But because of this wonderful fate, Sarah quickly became friends with Uzumaki Kaoru.
Perhaps it was because she was too nervous to be "trapped in the devil's den". After a while, Sarah couldn't help asking Xiangye about the news about the "ambitious man" Shiba Kiyokawa.
Unexpectedly, when this topic was mentioned, Uzumaki Kaori actually smiled happily.
"You are talking about Qinghe Jun. He is our leader, and all the changes here are led by him.
He is a very capable person. Although he is young, he is determined, as if no difficulties can shake him.
He said he would change this ugly world, and we all believe he can do it! ”
Although Xiangye said only compliments.
But in Sarah's ears, it was automatically translated into -
This person is autocratic and does everything for everyone;
Ambitious and stubborn, he cannot be persuaded by anything;
He said he wanted to conquer the ninja world, and everyone around him was fooled into believing him!
Sarah shuddered at this.
What a terrible ambitious man and dictator!
It's over. My future is bleak...
Even Sarah's eyes, when she looked at Uzumaki Kaede, showed a bit of sympathy.
She couldn't help but think of the changes in her mother before she left. That seductive look was simply too much for her to recall.
"Sister Xiangye, you are not also the... forbidden delicacy of the Qinghe leader, are you?"
Unexpectedly, Xiangye hit her with a red face, but denied it.
"You're still a child, what are you thinking? Qinghe-kun is not that kind of person!"
But such an explanation obviously could not reassure Sarah.
It was not until Uzumaki Kaoru's subsequent words that Sarah completely changed her mind.
"Qinghe Jun doesn't want us to just depend on him for our living, he said that if we do that we will become dodders.
Although I have never really understood the meaning of this word, I understand that he wants us to find our own will and life.
So little Sarah, I am not a canary kept by others. I also have my own job. I am a teacher here."
"Teacher?" Sarah was skeptical. "Sister Xiangye, are you a teacher at the Ninja School?"
Uzumaki Kaori shook her head, "My ninja talent is not that great yet."
"Then... you are the enlightenment teacher serving some nobleman?" Sarah guessed.
But Uzumaki Xiangye still shook her head.
Then Uzumaki Xiangye didn't let her guess anymore, but directly announced the answer.
"I am teaching the residents here, mainly the children of school age, how to recognize words, how to read and write, as well as basic arithmetic and some simple common sense."
After all, the Uzumaki clan is a great ninja clan that once ruled a country. In a sense, they can be considered aristocrats, so they are naturally relatively advanced in basic education.
This clan is particularly good at sealing techniques, which requires them to have excellent language and writing skills and a certain amount of knowledge reserves.
Therefore, although Uzumaki Kaoru's ninja talent is average, her cultural level stands out among the Akatsuki organization, where everyone has prenatal education.
As a result, she became an important helper in Shiba Kiyokawa's efforts to popularize basic education.
"Be a teacher...to ordinary residents?" This answer completely shocked Sarah.
In the past, although her mother had always taught her to love her people and protect Loulan, even her mother had never tried such a radical approach!
Since Sarah had already preconceived a view of Shiba Kiyokawa as an evil and ambitious person who controlled the dragon veins, subdued her mother, and coveted the entire ninja world, in her eyes, Shiba Kiyokawa was no different from the Daimyo of the Rain Country.
Therefore, in her eyes, this matter was almost equivalent to a daimyo asking his concubine to go to the countryside to teach the lowest-ranking subjects to read and write.
This was something that even the Queen of Loulan, who had taught her to love her people in the past, could not do.
"is this real?"
Sarah asked again in disbelief.
However, Uzumaki Kaede still nodded, and even picked up a few booklets from the small table beside her and handed them to her.
"what is this?"
"It's a textbook, and Qinghe-kun helped compile part of it. He also said: Education is very important and is the foundation for changing the world."
Sarah picked up one of the books and flipped through it. After just a moment's reading, she was sure: this was not a product of casual perfunctory work!
The content was superficial but vivid. Even she, a well-educated princess of the city-state, could not find any omissions and even felt attracted by the content.
"Is this...really all done by that Shiba Kiyokawa?"
At this moment, Sarah felt that the image of the evil boy who was ambitious to seize the dragon vein and conquered her mother was miraculously overturned and reshaped in her mind.
She couldn't imagine that just a few days ago she was still cursing this damn housewife-obsessed man on the road!
Uzumaki Kaori walked up to her and gave her a gentle smile.
"Yes, do you believe it now, little Sarah? Qinghe-kun is really a very good person."
Then she extended an invitation to Sarah, "So you want to try it?"
At that moment, Sarah's face suddenly turned red.
"You, you, you! What are you saying? What am I going to try? My mother has already... No! There is no way! I will never accept it! That kind of thing is too immoral!"
Uzumaki Kaori looked confused.
"What are you talking about? I'm just asking if you want to try being a teacher. Little Sarah, you don't have a job here yet, right?"
"..."
(End of this chapter)
