The last boss of the ninja world

very good!

Tsunade nodded secretly. Konoha will next expand the route of the [Flying Thunder God Array] on a large scale, and more and more ninjas will be stationed in various places.

After signing the peace and development treaty, the number of ninjas who had been patrolling the border between the Kingdom of Rain and the Kingdom of Wind for a long time could be greatly reduced, offsetting the manpower shortage caused by the expansion of the Flying Thunder God Formation.

"Two envoys, I propose to cancel bilateral commercial taxes and only levy unilateral commercial taxes on traveling merchants. This can further increase the profits of traveling merchants and reduce the price of goods, and can also increase the competitiveness of domestic goods."

The first proposal was passed unanimously, and Musashi promptly proposed the second proposal.

"Brother Musashi, I don't know which side of the business tax you are talking about canceling?"

Xiaonan struggled for a while and asked in a low voice.

Trade tax is money levied by each village on incoming traveling merchants. It can be understood as the tariff on Blue Star, and the commission is much higher than the tariff on Blue Star.

After all, this is a ninja world with backward information, and there are too few ways to make money.

For a village, especially Xiaoren Village, commercial tax accounts for almost the majority of revenue.

The abolition of trade tax must be carefully considered.

"Abolish the export trade tax," Musashi added.

The word "exit" appeared for the first time in the ninja world, but everyone here understood the meaning of this word.

With the export tax removed, it seems that villages that import more goods will be more cost-effective...

The Country of Rain is currently in dire straits, and their demand for purchasing goods is far greater than the quantity of exported goods. So after thinking about it, Xiaonan said in support: "I support Brother Musashi's proposal."

On the other side, the products of the Wind Country were also not as rich as Konoha's, and Yashamaru was also weighing it in his mind.

It is different from Xiaonan's simple thinking.

As one of the five great powers, the Sunagakure think tank behind Yashamaru has analyzed this possibility.

In the short term, by canceling the export tax, the price of Konoha products purchased by the residents of the Wind Country will be much lower, and they can unilaterally collect a large amount of import trade tax.

As far as the village is concerned, the villagers enjoy affordable prices for low-cost goods, and the village enjoys a large amount of tax revenue provided by the traveling merchants.

But in the long term, domestic funds will continue to flow into Konoha, and villagers will become heavily dependent on Konoha's products.

More importantly, once a stable supply chain is formed, companies in the village will have to face a situation of no profit margin if they want to develop the same products.

In the long run, it will curb the development of the Kingdom of Wind.

"Sorry Mr. Musashi, this question exceeds my authority. I can't give you an accurate answer now."

After thinking about it for a long time, Yashamaru decided not to take the risk and would make a decision after going back to discuss it.

Yashamaru's reaction was also in Musashi's guess, but in the end he couldn't escape the temptation of vested interests in front of him.

exactly,

The country of wind is not rich in products. Most of its land is covered by desert, and the industries they can develop hardly overlap with Konoha.

"Musashi, why do you want to cancel the bilateral trade tax?"

During the intermission, Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Sakumo found Musashi and asked in unison.

"First of all, our industrial chain in Konoha is relatively complete compared to the other four major countries. It seems that we are indeed suffering a loss, but with the increase in the amount of commodity trade, the revenue of each company in our village will increase."

"As the company's revenue increases, the village will naturally become more prosperous, and the companies will expand their production workshops."

"The expanded workshop will require a lot of manpower to work."

"To put it simply, we have exchanged trade taxes for a large number of jobs. In addition, with the increase in jobs and the increase in job demand, existing wages will also increase due to the shortage of manpower."

Musashi explained slowly, and whispered in Tsunade's ear: "When the overall salary of Konoha increases, merchants can only increase the price of goods in order to make profits."

"By then, countries that have become heavily dependent on Konoha's products will have no choice but to accept commodity price increases and let the entire ninja world pay for the increase in Konoha's wages."

"The price of goods has gone up. Won't they produce their own goods?" Tsunade asked foolishly.

"If our company remains unchanged and does not improve the quality of its products, the situation you mentioned will happen." Musashi nodded, and then said: "But the quality of our products will continue to improve in line with the company's revenue. Then other things will happen." The country cannot produce the same goods as we do.”

"But……"

"Nothing is wrong," Musashi interrupted Tsunade's words and said enigmatically: "By the time we reach the scene you imagined, we Konoha will have completed the transformation."

"Transformation?"

Jiraiya was confused.

"Well," Musashi continued to explain: "Businessmen are not fools. They will also change little by little according to the changes in the market. When the labor force in other countries is as cheap as cabbage, they will go to other countries to open workshops and hire local workers. people as their employees.”

"What about our employees?" Sakumo asked in time.

"Don't worry," Musashi patted Sakumo on the shoulder and said again: "Businessmen are not stupid. They will not leave their lives in the hands of strangers. They will definitely keep the most critical high-tech in Konoha. By then Konoha’s employees will only need to produce the most critical parts.”

"What if they don't?" Sakumo asked again.

People's hearts are unpredictable and businessmen are profit-seeking. Who can guarantee that they will not take risks for the sake of profit.

"Of course, that still requires our cooperation," Musashi smiled and gestured with his fingers on the table: "We can withdraw from the business protection mechanism."

"For example, if we establish a [patent protection bill], once a new technology emerges, businessmen only need to apply for a patent from us, and we will not allow others to copy and imitate their technology."

"Musashi...you mean..."

"That's right, if they have high-tech, they will definitely hand it over to us." Musashi continued: "One day, if they want to flee abroad, we can let go of their patents and cultivate a new company to make up for it. Their vacancies.”

"You can't imagine the complete industrial chain now," Musashi said with emotion: "At that time, no one company can independently produce a complete product, but it will require the cooperation of many companies."

"Even if a company wants to escape, I only need to cultivate new companies and restrict other companies from providing materials to the escaped company. They can't even produce goods."

……

Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Sakumo all gasped.

It was as if the person sitting on the stool was not Musashi, but a puppet master who was hiding behind the world and controlling the world.

So far, all the "new" concepts proposed by Musashi are happening according to Musashi's ideas.

"And you're ignoring the most important thing."

"what?"

"Wealth is limited."

"What does Musashi mean?"

"When wealth is gathered in our world of Konoha, then we are the distributors of wealth. We can destroy a country without spending a single soldier."