The old devil Konoha wants to be a good person

While Lin Ru was looking at the surrounding scenery in a trance, Xia Xing hurried over, holding a form in his hand, and said loudly: "Master Lei Zang, the statistical results have come out."

Linru slowly released his breath.

"Well, tell me."

"Of the more than 8600 capital residents, about 6200 people successfully arrived in Xingyin Village. Of the more than 2000 people lost during the period, 765 have been confirmed dead."

"More than 1000 people are missing?" Linru frowned.

"At the most critical moment of the situation, Lord Yagyu ordered the bridges connecting the villages to be blown up." Xia Xing explained awkwardly: "The disappearance of more than 1000 people was because they were involved in the battlefield..."

"Now it seems that the situation is more likely to be in danger."

After saying that, Xia Xiaxing carefully observed the changes in Linru's expression. Seeing the latter closing his eyes and rubbing his temples, he added in a low voice:

"In addition, there are not enough buildings in Xingyin Village to accommodate so many people. Nowadays, there is a lot of resentment among the people, and there are many voices that are not good for you."

Linru said without comment: "What did they say?"

"They said that you used the country's wealth to research murderous weapons. As a result, you caused this disaster and forced everyone to flee their homes and sleep on the streets..."

Xia Xingxing was inexplicably nervous. It was the rule of the Kingdom of Works to report everything to the top management no matter how big or small it was. She didn't have the guts to disobey it, so she could only secretly pray that Lin Ru wouldn't overreact.

Unexpectedly, the other party's response shocked her.

"Well, they're quite right."

Linru smiled mockingly and whispered to himself: "But why don't they think about it, how could they live a good life if it weren't for my so-called dictatorship?"

Let the people live a good life. This is the only thing that Xia Xing agrees with from the bottom of her heart. The unique social system of the country of work is different from any country in the ninja world, at least she has never heard of it.

Not to mention how emerging technological products have improved people's living standards, a single welfare security system can ensure that tens of thousands of people in the working country have enough to eat.

Compared with the original Daimyo era of the Bear Country, the gap is incalculable, and Linru, or the top brass of the Pirate Country, who created all these achievements, is naturally supported by the people.

However, after this unprecedented setback...

"Lord Raizo, what should we do now?"

"Let them scold you, I don't care anyway." Linru spread his hands indifferently: "Developing hot weapons is a national policy. No matter how much resistance there is, I will persist to the end."

"Sunagakure Iwagakure will not let me give in, and a bunch of ordinary civilians can't even do that. Since they are so free-minded, why not send them all to work in the No. [-] factory."

Factory No. [-] is a weapons manufacturing plant built by the Kingdom of Works in the past two years. The R&D and production of some emerging weapons, including rapid-fire boxes, muskets, and high explosives, all come from here.

Different from Factory No. [-], which was built for the purpose of people's livelihood, Factory No. [-] reflects the importance Linru attaches to it in terms of the nature of the factory construction, the investment in funds, and the location area.

For example, Factory No. [-] is built in the capital, while Factory No. [-] is built in Xingyin Village. From the perspective of confidentiality, they are completely incomparable.

Xia Xingxing said worriedly: "Are you increasing weapons output at this time? Lord Raizo, please forgive me, this may make the people more dissatisfied."

"You have to find something for them to do, right?" Linru waved his hand impatiently. Xia Xiaxing didn't dare to say anything after seeing this, and went to convey the order without mentioning it.

Linru was walking on the streets of Xingyin Village with his hands behind his back. Looking at the rows of simple tents set up around the buildings, he sighed quietly in his heart.

I have tried my best to protect the people from the suffering of war, but the result is still so unsatisfactory. Bad things like big countries bullying small countries are really unavoidable everywhere.

There was no words all the way. When Linru climbed to the top of the castle tower, he found that Hayato had been waiting here for a long time. He was still standing quietly on the edge of the guardrail, lowering his head and looking down.

"Jiraiya sneaked in."

Linru heard this sentence when they first met. He glanced at Hayato with his back turned to him in surprise and asked, "Jiraiya? Why is he here? Is the news accurate?"

"We are inseparable." Hayato turned around, clasped his hands on his chest, and said calmly: "Yagyu and Jiraiya had contact. The other party wanted to visit Hoshigakure Village, but Yagyu refused."

"Based on all the intelligence I have collected so far, the probability that Jiraiya ignored Yagyu's warning and sneaked into the village secretly is close to [-]%."

Linru frowned and said, "I want to know the whole story."

Hayato saw Linru's expression and guessed what the other party was thinking, and said, "Are you suspecting Konoha's involvement? In my judgment, it is unlikely."

"How to say?"

"This matter is related to a ninja named Subaru..."

After hearing Hayato tell the whole story, Linru sat cross-legged on the ground while stroking his forehead and thinking, muttering to himself: "What a coincidence? I always feel like there is a conspiracy."

"Regardless of conspiracy or not, Jiraiya's interest in us is genuine. I suggest taking the initiative to find him and conduct a negotiation about cooperation."

"Cooperation?" Linru was a little surprised.

"I thought you were going to suggest I kill him."

"At this moment, Maki escaped, and Sunagakure Village has obtained the musket blueprint. There is no longer much meaning in maintaining the confidentiality policy. It is better to trade it with Konoha in exchange for allies."

Seeing Linru's brows furrowed and his expression showing displeasure, Hayabusa felt helpless in his heart, but calmly persuaded him on the surface: "The most important thing now is to stop the loss and prepare for the next war as soon as possible."

"You also understand the current situation. Iwagakure and Sunagakure have suffered such a big loss and will not give up. If an army of tens of thousands plus Tsuchikage Kazekage invades our country, the consequences can be imagined."

"So, we need allies, strong allies."

When Linru didn't reply, Hayato continued: "Kirigakure and Kumogakure are too far apart. The only choice we can make is Konoha. It just so happens that Jiraiya's status is not low, and he can speak to some extent in Konoha."

Hayato's intention was very clear, that is, to form an alliance with Konoha. Linru didn't know whether this was the result of the other party's careful consideration or a simple whim. In short, he asked in a dull voice:

"Do we have to make a deal with our secret weapon?"

"The musket is just the product of an industrial project. There is no need to care too much about it. We will definitely be able to develop better ones in the future." Hayato said without any pause:

"With the behavior of those great ninja villages, they won't put too much effort into the research of muskets. After all, this thing is not a chakra-accessory weapon. Instead, it will threaten the status of ninjas."

Linru thought about it and muttered:

"I don't think the success rate is high."

"Have to try."

Linru stood up, a fierce light flashed in his eyes: "Why don't we forget it, let the blood owl take action, and visit Yanyin Village and Sand Hidden Village respectively."