Beyond the door is One Piece

Zhou Qi had already discovered that relying on others for a long time made Xiaonan's autonomy pitifully weak.

Yahiko listens to Yahiko when he is here, and Nagato listens to Nagato when Nagato is here. Konan has very few opportunities to make decisions on her own.

If you want her to propose a relationship on her own, I don’t know how long she will have to hesitate, so it’s better to give her a push!

Sure enough, when Zhou Qi said he was committed to a relationship, Xiaonan was coy but didn't object.

When it came to moving, Xiaonan could beat Zhou Qi a thousand times, but Zhou Qi easily pushed the door open without any intention of resisting.

Until late at night, Xiaonan finally persisted and refused to let Zhou Qi stay in her room.

But it also allowed Zhou Qi to live next door.

The outer wall of this house is made of steel, but the inside is still Japanese-style tatami, with only a movable screen separating the left and right sides.

Not only is it not soundproof, you can hear the rustling sounds of people changing clothes, and you can even see the shadows reflected on the wall under the light.

Xiaonan was lying on the soft bed, looking at the horizontal ceiling, thoughts racing through her mind, and she couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

I'm thinking about what I should do after falling in love, whether I should go home to raise a husband and raise children, but we don't have children yet.

Are you getting married? What kind of wedding should you have?

But when I think about tomorrow's work, I start to have a headache again. I am obviously a girl with dull qualifications. Whether it is learning ninjutsu or reading, I can't match Yahiko Nagato's speed. Why should I do such a job!

Also, Akatsuki Organization...

There are too many smart people in this organization. Payne has only disappeared for two days, and someone is already coming over to ask for news about Payne.

Xiao Nan knew that he would never be able to suppress this group of people on his own.

However, Payne should be back tomorrow!

With Pain here, the affairs of the Akatsuki organization should be easier.

But inexplicably, Xiaonan doesn't really want Payne to come back. What will he think of my relationship with Zhou Qi? Will he think I betrayed the trio?

"Xiaonan, are you asleep?" Zhou Qi's voice came from next door.

Xiaonan whimpered and wanted to pretend to sleep, but when she thought of Zhou Qi saying that she was kind and sincere, she didn't want to ruin her image in his mind.

"No, no..." Xiaonan replied.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhou Qi asked, "Do you miss me?"

Xiaonan rolled her eyes: "No, you think so!"

"Hehe..." Zhou Qi smiled. He found that although Xiaonan was 29 years old, she seemed to be quite innocent when it came to love.

At least Nami wanted to sleep with him since she was 16 years old.

However, One Piece is originally a world with open personalities. You can tell by looking at the clothes you wear. If you dare to show off your fur, the entire Hokage will be Tsunade.

But as for One Piece, not only are they everywhere on the streets, at least they can be seen everywhere when the weather is hot.

"By the way, I have a question I've been wanting to ask you..." Zhou Qi asked.

"What's the problem?" Xiaonan asked.

"Do you like Yahiko?" Zhou Qi asked.

It seems to be a generally accepted statement that Nagato likes Konan and Konan likes Yahiko, but this statement comes from the second creation, and there is also an original scene of Konan and Yahiko blushing when they are alone.

....Zhou Qi thought so too, but since he met the person involved, couldn't he ask directly?

"Yahiko..." Xiaonan was silent for a moment: "I, I don't know..."

In her heart, Yahiko is sunny and great, and has always been the object of her admiration.

But she didn't know whether this feeling was love.

At that time, they were not qualified to fall in love at all. Love was completely a luxury for the newly born Akatsuki organization.

But when I'm with Yahiko, that kind of spiritual movement is not fake...

"I heard the sound of your heartbeat. It seems that you really like Yahiko!" Zhou Qi responded.

She couldn't see Zhou Qi's face, and Xiaonan didn't know what his expression was. But after hearing his words, Xiaonan was a little nervous: "Well, that's all in the past..."

"I actually don't care!" Zhou Qi is not jealous of a dead person: "Each of us has a past, some are beautiful, some are painful, some are sweet, some are sour, and these are all It’s part of our life experience!”

"Everyone has to look forward, but that doesn't mean we have to regard the past as a burden. Only by facing our past can we travel lightly!"

"I don't know if Yahiko likes you, but he probably does. Even if it's the kind of love a brother has for his sister, he probably doesn't want you to always live in the shadow of losing a loved one!"

"So, what you have to do is not to forget him, but to face this relationship, and then bravely move forward into the future with his expectations in mind!!"

...

Xiao Nan listened silently. She could feel the sincerity in Zhou Qi's words and his deep concern for her.

"You don't need to comfort me!" Xiaonan chuckled: "Actually, I have already walked out!"

After all, more than ten years have passed.

Moreover, Yahiko was trained as a clone. No matter how much he had feelings for Yahiko back then, seeing Yahiko being manipulated by Nagato wandering around in front of his eyes every day, these feelings have long since been wiped out.

People will be sad, but they will not be sad forever, otherwise they will suffer from depression.

"Go to sleep!" Xiaonan whispered, "I have to go to work tomorrow!"

"Ok!"

Silent all night.

The next day, Zhou Qi took off his green-gold robe and put on the uniform of a Yuren Village staff officer.

It's called a uniform, but it's actually a gray vest with the word "staff officer" written on the back.

The uniforms of Mingmingxiao Organization are beautiful, but the uniforms of Yuyin Village are so rustic...

It’s a bit unfair!

"Since Hanzo's death, Yuyin Village has not established a staff position for more than ten years!" Xiaonan said: "You are the first one in more than ten years!"

"Aren't you?" Zhou Qi asked.

"Strictly speaking, I'm just the assistant to the leader!" Xiaonan said with a smile: "So your current position is higher than mine, and I still have to obey your orders!"

Zhou Qi was happy: "Can you give any orders?"

Xiaonan hehe: "Yes, but whether I listen or not is another matter!"

She handed Zhou Qi another piece of information: "This is the current number of ninjas in Yuyin Village. Currently, there are 23 jounin, 4 special jounin, 155 chunin, and 224 genin in Yuyin Village... .”

…."Ame Hidden Village set up a ninja school based on Konoha, but not many parents are willing to send their children in, and the success rate is not high. Only four or five students can become genin every year!"

"These are tasks issued by merchants to ninjas. They usually focus on protecting caravans. They are mainly C-level and D-level tasks!" There was another stack of paper: "You can assign these task orders to the appropriate teams. That’s alright, D-level missions will mainly involve teams led by chunin, while C-level missions can involve teams led by jounin..."

"A Jonin should do C-level missions?" Zhou Qi was speechless: "Shouldn't he do A-level missions?"

"It's not a war mission now, how can there be an A-level mission for them!" Xiaonan sighed: "The amount of C-level missions and D-level missions is pitifully small. Yuyin Village now feels that it cannot make ends meet, and it cannot expand without money. Ninja School, Ninja School has not had enough graduates since childhood. Without enough graduates, it is impossible to carry out a large number of tasks. There is always no one to carry out the tasks, and the existence of Yuyin Village among the merchants is getting lower and lower!"

"Now many businessmen would rather hire ninjas from Konoha, Kumogakure, and Iwagakure than to hire ninjas from Amegakure!"

This is a vicious cycle, but Xiaonan is helpless. She can only work hard to try to reverse the decline, but to no avail.

"The biggest source of income for Amegakure Village now is Mr. Kakuzu's assassination missions outside!"

"Kakuzu?" Zhou Qi pointed to the list: "There is no such person on it!"

"He is not a ninja from Hidden Rain Village, but a member of the Akatsuki organization!" Xiaonan said: "As for the Akatsuki organization, we don't need to know too much about it. He will manage it when Nagato comes back!"

Zhou Qi nodded and looked through several documents. The more he looked at it, the more strange he felt. Finally he raised his head and asked: "Businessmen in Yuyin Village do not need to pay taxes?"

"Eh?" Xiaonan was stunned and blinked: "What is tax?"

Zhou Qi explained: “Businessmen must hand over part of their profits to the state during their business operations.”

"I know this..." Xiaonan said: "But the merchants said that this thing has nothing to do with our Ninja Village!"

"What did they say?" Zhou Qi was stunned and asked curiously.

"Businessmen say that taxation is what daimyo collects to enjoy life. It is precisely because of the existence of taxation that the people of the Rain Country are so poor, with no clothes to protect them from the cold, and no food to eat!" Xiaonan said: "And we are ninjas , there is no need to enjoy it, and businessmen naturally don’t have to pay taxes!”

Zhou Qi nodded: "That makes sense!"

Taxation is the process by which the state redistributes funds, but that’s modern government!

And for a government like Daimyo, will taxes be redistributed?

Stop making trouble, they would rather enjoy it!

Anyway, the people of the ninja world can't rebel, so why do they care about their life and death?

Just like the previous world governments, no matter how much money it collects, it will not distribute a dime to the people.

Such taxes are naturally unreasonable. Failure to pay taxes will only make life difficult for those at the top, but will have little impact on the people at the bottom.

"After no taxes were collected, people's lives have indeed become much better!" Xiaonan said: "And the Kingdom of Rain has also become much more prosperous. The Yuyin Village now and the Yuyin Village ten years ago are simply two different things!"

.... "Of course, businessmen are chasing profits, and you don't charge taxes. Of course they are vying to do business here!" Zhou Qidao.

"Then, you won't accept it in the future?" Xiao Nan asked.

"No!" Zhou Qi shook his head: "We are different from the daimyo. The money we collect will not be used for enjoyment, but for building bridges and paving roads, building water conservancy, ditches, subsidizing civilians, and building schools. Of course, taxes must be collected , not only need to collect, but also need to collect more!”

"This..." The person in front of me is a famous person, and his management experience must be higher than mine.

but...

"If taxes are collected, won't they leave the Country of Rain?" Xiaonan asked.

"No!" Zhou Qi shook his head: "On the contrary, they will still rush to come to the Country of Rain to do business!"

"Eh?" Xiaonan was confused: "How is this possible?"

"It's a very simple truth!" Zhou Qi said with a smile: "When a businessman does business, profits are important, but what is more important are transportation, business environment, business competition atmosphere, etc.!"

"I don't believe that the atmosphere of the five major countries can be better than that of the Rain Country where we are here!"

The five major countries are all ruled by feudal dynasties. You still want to do business if they have nothing to do with the local rulers?

And do we have to pay protection fees for various local gangsters? There are bandits and bandits everywhere on the road. Do we have to pay protection fees for Ninja Village?

There are also road construction and electricity supply, which is something that no Daimyo of the Land of Fire would do.

The Country of Rain does not need to do very well. As long as the roads are repaired and the bandits are cleaned up, the environment will be countless times better than other big countries. Even if they need to pay some taxes, the merchants will still come.

Without it, safe!

The most important thing is that the Kingdom of Rain is located at the junction of the Kingdom of Fire, Sand Hidden Village, and Iwagakure Village!

Not to mention anything else, international trade alone will feed you to death!

Because the countries that compete with the Rain Country are not the five major countries at all, but the River Country, the Bird Country, and the Grass Country, which are also located on the borders of the country.

To put it bluntly, except for the lack of rain, these three countries are nothing but rotten fish.

Coupled with the devastation caused by the three wars, there are still bandits and ninjas everywhere in the country. How can they compete with the Kingdom of Rain?

Zhou Qi took out the map and wanted to tell Xiaonan about the benefits of tax collection, but Xiaonan held him down with a finger.

"Just do whatever you want, I will support you!"

"You trust me so much?" Zhou Qi was stunned: "Aren't you afraid of me messing around?"

"I believe you!" Xiaonan said seriously.

She may not be very intelligent, have no independent opinions, have low political attributes, and have weak combat effectiveness.

Also, mathematics is also very poor.

But she also has an extremely outstanding advantage: knowing people!

She had long seen that there was something wrong with Obito, and even secretly collected information about Obito. She had been preparing to deal with Obito for more than ten years and had accumulated 6000 billion detonating charms!

The reason why she accepted Zhou Qi so quickly was also due to her ability to recognize people.

She believes that Zhou Qi really likes her, believes that Zhou Qi will not be detrimental to her, and also believes that Zhou Qi will not be detrimental to the Kingdom of Rain!

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Bamboo Rats Can’t Be Eaten reminds you: Remember to collect after reading this