Create a swarm technology tree in Konoha

"Teacher, senior jounin, I suggest you work on my detonating clay." Deidara faced everyone and said seriously, "To deal with the huge ninja army of Konoha and Zhou Wenming, Kumogakure's idea is correct. We need better weapons so that each of our ninjas can exert more powerful combat effectiveness."

"This kind of weapon must conform to the characteristics of our Iwagakure Village, be able to be produced quickly and in large quantities, be fully equipped for all Iwagakure ninjas, and be skillfully mastered by all Iwagakure ninjas."

"The product of explosive escape, explosive clay is our best choice."

This was the result of Deidara's careful consideration. He wanted to kill Uchiha Itachi, but Uchiha Itachi was one of the core ninjas of Konoha Village. If he wanted to kill him, he had to consider how to defeat the powerful Konoha Ninja Village.

After all, like last time, there are not many chances to be able to deal with Uchiha Itachi alone in a battle. When he faces Uchiha Itachi on the battlefield in the future, it is more likely that he will be accompanied by a large group of Konoha ninjas. .

Deidara knew that he had to consider the Konoha Ninja Village. Being able to defeat the Konoha Ninja Village and Uchiha Itachi together was the right path for his revenge.

Wenya agreed with Deidara's idea. He said: "Deidara is right. Exploding clay is indeed a method suitable for our Iwagakure Ninja Village. At least it is cheaper than the detonating talisman."

Lao Zi asked: "The explosive clay of explosive escape can be considered, but melting escape cannot be used?"

"No." Several Jonin shook their heads together, "The Melting Release is very powerful, but it is too dangerous for ordinary ninjas. There is no way to ensure safety even when holding and carrying it."

"That's right. The detonating clay can replace the detonating talisman with a little processing. It is very universal and is indeed a weapon that is very suitable for our Iwagakure Village."

"Besides, there is not only one explosive ninja in the village, but we can still find ways to increase production."

Lao Zi scratched his head in embarrassment. He was the only one in Yanyin Village who had mastered Molten Release, and he knew how to use it but could not teach it. There was no way to make Molten Release into a weapon, and there was no possibility of its popularization.

Next, the Jonin began to discuss based on Deidara's ideas, and soon came up with many ways to use it.

There were a lot of ideas, such as casting iron pipes filled with explosive clay to use as explosive throwing weapons, and stuffing explosive clay into shurikens to increase their power.

Until someone came up with a plagiarism idea: "Since Kumogakure Village is building a chakra cannon, why can't we build a cannon that explodes clay?"

Instantly, their thoughts were opened up, and a lot of ideas for tubular weapons such as cannons were put forward. The more the Iwagakure ninjas thought about it, the more interesting they became, and they soon decided to develop such weapons.

The idea of ​​other weapons cannot be given up. Tsuchikage decided to develop them all and try them out. Who knows which one is suitable for ninjas to use? Or which one is more suitable for the ninjas of Iwagakure Village?

The chuunin who managed the finance timidly raised his concerns: "Tsuchikage-sama, if we develop everything like this, it will require a lot of manpower and money, especially a lot of money. We don't have that much money."

"Yes, Lord Tsuchikage, the problem of shortage of manpower is also difficult to solve."

"If there is a shortage of manpower, increase the number of registered ninjas and recruit them from various families. There must be many ninjas who have not come out to work for Iwagakure Village. At this critical moment, no one can hide their strength and must go all out."

The Tsuchikage thought for a while and felt that recruiting family ninjas on such a large scale was still risky. He had to make a balance to prevent the Tsuchikage's power from being damaged.

So Onoki said again: "In addition, to increase the number of enrollment in the ninja school, we need to increase the reserve force of Iwagakure Village."

"Now it seems that the confrontation between the North and the South will not end in a short time. The key to victory or defeat lies in the future and who can cultivate more ninjas and better ninjas."

"Yes, the Ninja School must be expanded. It must not be smaller than the Leaf Village. The scope of student recruitment must also be expanded. We are limited to Iwagakure Village. We must recruit all talented children from all citizens of the Earth Kingdom. "

The Chuunin who raised the objection was completely dumbfounded. He opened his mouth wide and said, "But this will make the money gap in the village even bigger. There really is not so much money."

The Tsuchikage waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about money. If I don't have enough money, I will ask the daimyo for it. Now we ninjas are working hard for the interests of the daimyo. He still wants to be stingy. This is absolutely unjustifiable."

"If this daimyo doesn't want to give money, then let's replace him with someone who is willing to give money."

"If you don't want to, the precedent set by Kirigakure Village is there. It's not like we in Iwagakure Village can't follow Kirigakure's way."

The Iwagakure ninjas burst out laughing when they heard what the Tsuchikage said. They had no doubts anymore and all praised Lord Tsuchikage for finally making up his mind. They had been too polite to the daimyo before.

The Tsuchikage waved his hand and stopped the ninjas from complimenting him. He said: "The method of Kirigakure Village is not that easy to do. Our Earth Country is a big country, not like the Whirlpool Country with only a few people. It can be directly managed. There are so many manpower needed.”

"We don't have that many ninjas to directly manage the farmers. Let's leave this kind of thing to the nobles. This is just a threat."

"Lord Tsuchikage is right, I am impatient to deal with those farmers, they are too annoying."

"Nobles have existed for thousands of years. There must be a reason for their existence. If Konoha Village and Zhou Wenming are so radical, there may be problems at some point."

"That makes so much sense. Alas, I really hope that day comes sooner. Then we don't have to work so hard and can win."

Ohnoki was too lazy to listen to his subordinates chatting. He waved everyone away and went to rest himself.

Ohnoki has been extremely busy recently. He has not slept for two days now. For a seventy-six-year-old man, it is really too hard.

But there was no way. The Southern Alliance swallowed up the Kingdom of Rain, and its sphere of influence directly bordered the Kingdom of Earth. The insecurity caused by this threat was too great, and there were too many things in Iwagakure Village that needed to be adjusted.

Although the two sides reached a peace agreement, Tsuchikage would not believe that he, Onoki, had never violated the agreement in the past?

What's more, the Iwagakure Village is now the weak side, and Onoki can't believe the so-called peace agreement. The advantages of Konoha Village and Zhou Wenming are so strong, when they tear up the agreement and fight, is there any way to hold them accountable? responsibility?

As a result, the ninja's defenses needed to be adjusted, and the patrol routes had to be modified. Akagi Mountain was still a deserted place, and they could only choose another location to build a brand new fortress.

The complexity of national defense affairs is unbelievable. All kinds of things are coming to Ohnoki like a tide. There are countless things that require him to make decisions every day.

This kind of crazy busyness was too much for the Tsuchikage to deal with. Fortunately, Deidara matured after being defeated by Itachi Uchiha for the second time and took the initiative to take on a lot of work for him, so this seventy-six-year-old guy did not die suddenly. On the desk.

After almost half a year, the Earth Kingdom's adjustment to the changes in the Rain Kingdom was finally completed, and the Tsuchikage got rid of the fearful days.

Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the spies from Hidden Cloud Village brought back precious information. When Tsuchikage saw the actions of Hidden Cloud Village, he remembered that he had not made any plans for the future.

So he summoned the Jonin of Iwagakure Village to discuss what Iwagakure Village should do in the future to defeat the Southern Alliance, overwhelm Kumogakure Village, and finally unify the entire ninja world.

Now the mother's ninjas also realize that the era of the five major ninja villages is gone forever, and the outcome of the subsequent confrontation between the North and South Alliance will inevitably lead to the unification of the ninja world.

Because such a military confrontation between the two parties is the most dangerous game, the defeated party will not have the breathing space of the previous Ninja World War, but will be crushed at once.

The winner's last 1% investment will win 100% of the enemy's interests after defeating the opponent.

Such an extreme zero-sum game and such a terrifying input-to-output ratio will prompt both sides to continuously squeeze their potential, and their respective military strength will continue to rise, far exceeding the upper limit of the Ninja Village era.

The ninjas of Iwagakure Village began to look forward to the possibility of unifying the ninja world in the future, so they worked hard not only to defeat and eliminate the Southern Alliance, but also to eliminate Kumogakure Village and occupy the Kingdom of Thunder.

The policy of Iwagakure Village was finalized and began to operate at a high speed. New weapons, new ninjutsu, and new tactics continued to emerge, and the number of new ninjas increased tenfold or dozens of times.

The power of Iwagakure Village is expanding at an unprecedented rate, and the walls of Iwagakure Village have to be demolished just to accommodate the increasing number of research sites and new ninjas.

But Yanyin Village is not a producer, but a consumer. The only thing this village produces is military products.

Such rapid expansion will naturally double the consumption of wealth and materials. Coupled with a series of national defense construction and fortress construction in the past six months, the village has already spent all its money.

In fact, Iwagakure Village had requested additional funding from the Daimyo of Earth Country as early as three months ago, twice.

Now that more needs are generated, more money is naturally needed, so wave after wave of funding requirements are issued to the daimyo, even making the daimyo breathless.

Tsuchikage Onoki didn't care at all about the Daimyo's cries. He was the ninja leader of the Earth Kingdom, and of course he knew how much money the Daimyo had. The little money he wanted was not much at all, and it was far from enough to bankrupt the Daimyo. There are more.

But what Onoki didn't know was what kind of misers the daimyo and nobles were, and how could they give their own money to the Tsuchikage.

Every penny that the Iwagakure Village demanded from the daimyo was re-levied by the nobles from the common people, and it was only a small part.

When these nobles re-taxed or even repeatedly levied taxes in the name of Iwagakure, most of the money collected still fell into the pockets of the nobles themselves.

In fact, after six additional payments, the daimyo and nobles had no losses at all, and even made a lot of money. The wealth of some particularly greedy bastards had increased several times.

All the burdens finally fell on the common people of the Earth Kingdom. The extremely poor refugees disappeared four months ago, and the farmers who did not have enough land sold their land two months ago.

Now small landowners and small businessmen and craftsmen in towns can no longer survive, but they have nothing to do.

These once respectable people could only watch helplessly as the vicious taxman rummaged through the boxes and robbed the family of their last bit of wealth, and were even forced to sign IOUs.

This IOU is even the so-called nine out and thirteen return type. If you can't pay the tax of 5,000 taels, you will get an IOU of 5,500 taels, and 30% of the hard work fee will be added when repaying the money.

The most cruel thing is that he still charges interest on this IOU, and the monthly interest is 10%, compound interest! !

This is not giving people a way to live, so the civilians at the bottom will naturally have no way to live.

Some people can't think of it and sell all their valuable things, have a good meal with the whole family, and then drink a glass of poisonous wine and leave as a family.

There are also tough ones who grab whatever they want and turn into bandits in groups, robbing homes and houses everywhere. When they are lucky, they eat hot food and drink spicy food, but when they are not lucky, they starve for nine meals in three days.

But this kind of thing is short-lived. The rich people will soon invite ninjas to kill all these people just like chopping melons and vegetables.

The vast majority of people actually have no courage. They don't dare to commit suicide or use force to rob. It's clear that they can't survive, so they can only endure the hardship.

At this time, rumors began to spread among the common people that there was a way to survive underground, and they could go to the Land of Wind and Fire in the south, where the daimyo did not collect taxes and paid settlement fees.

Who would believe that there could be such a good name in the world?

But you can’t fake the growling sound in your stomach, and you can’t fake the hunger in your heart. When someone really proves that what they say is true with fragrant rice porridge, a hungry person can’t fake it. You can't help but believe it.

Let's go, let's go!

Even if he is sold as a slave, it is better than starving to death now.

These small landowners, craftsmen, and small businessmen are all middle class people with families and businesses. They are the most stable and conservative middle class in society. After being completely exploited into abject poverty, they had to leave their hometowns and embark on the unknown. path of.

"Are you ready?" a man in black asked softly.

Kichijiro checked his cane, bag, leggings, straw sandals, and raincoat, and then checked the equipment of his two sons and his wife to confirm that everything was OK, and then replied: "Ready."

The man in black nodded and said: "As expected of Kichijiro from Pubanshe, he is very serious about his work."

Kichijiro was horrified, thinking that the other party disliked him for wasting his time, so he quickly bowed and said, "I'm causing you trouble."

The man in black shook his head and said: "It's not troublesome. This is very good. It can save me a lot of things. Although you don't have to walk the final long road by yourself, the road ahead is not short. If you are well prepared, it will not be easy on the road. Something happened."

"Come on, let's set off. I have to pick up others. There are two families in another town."

"Hi!" Kichijiro quickly agreed and led the whole family to follow the man in black.

After walking a certain distance, Kichijiro looked back at the town where he had lived for thirty years. After just a few seconds, he sighed, turned around and strode forward, never looking back.

Since they were determined to leave last night, the man in black gave their family a jar of white rice porridge.

The whole family had eaten two full meals during the day. At this time, their feet were very strong, and it didn't take long to reach the next town.