If you don't want to unify the ninja world, why are you crying about the ninja village system?

Within the Land of Fire.

Nagato and Jiraiya were galloping above the treetops.

There is no other way. Compared to the muddy ground that requires keeping chakra attached to the feet at all times, jumping on trees is the most cost-effective way to move.

Even though they had entered the largest road leading to the capital city in the Fire Country, the ground was only slightly compacted by the wheels of the carriage, which was very different from the country roads or even the village paths in the empire.

Nagato was very confused about this.

To get rich, build roads first.

Building roads not only promotes economic development, but also strengthens connectivity between two places, reduces transportation and travel costs, breaks geographical restrictions, and makes it easier for originally remote or inconveniently located areas to access broader markets and economic networks.

It not only helps drive economic growth, but also reduces logistics costs, improves logistics efficiency, and enables products to be shipped to various locations faster and cheaper.

In addition, it can break down the transportation barriers between urban and rural areas, promote the exchange of materials, personnel and information between urban and rural areas, and make domestic development faster.

Once the road is built, the quality of life, tourism and the progress of a country will all be rapidly improved.

but...

He has seen this world. Not to mention civilians, even ninjas have to rely on their own legs to travel.

What a barbaric way to travel!

Wait! Are those train tracks?

“Do you have trains here?”

Nagato immediately blamed himself for not asking any more questions because he had a preconceived notion that they were not good enough. Look! Isn't there a train?

But why didn’t this “master” in front of me take me to sit?

Jiraiya was slightly stunned when he heard Nagato's sudden question, but when he followed Nagato's gaze, he immediately understood.

"Oh, you mean the steam train? It has long been obsolete. Only some older cities have them now, and they are basically just for sightseeing."

“Eliminated?”

Nagato was immediately horrified.

Is the world's technology advancing so fast? Even trains are becoming obsolete?

You have to know that trains are still the main means of transportation in the empire. Although there are airplanes now, they are basically only affordable by heads of state and dignitaries of various countries. Ordinary people simply do not have the financial resources.

You have to know that the chakra consumed every time the plane takes off is enough to drain a group of senior ninjas. As for the so-called new energy sources in the empire, there is no big clue yet. Basically, most of them rely on chakra energy.

"Do you have a plane?"

In the simple eyes of Nagato, being eliminated must mean that something more convenient and with lower cost has appeared!

"Flying chicken?"

Jiraiya looked puzzled.

"I'm not sure what kind of spiritual beast the flying chicken you're talking about is, but the elimination of our trains has nothing to do with these spiritual beasts."

Jiraiya spoke truthfully.

"what?"

The look of doubt on Nagato's face became even more serious.

"You said that trains are being eliminated. Isn't it that more convenient and economical means of transportation have emerged?"

Nagato frowned with a strange look on his face.

“More convenient transportation?”

Jiraiya finally reacted after hearing this, and he laughed and spoke.

This young man in front of me is really too naive and doesn't understand anything...

"The trains have fixed routes and are large in size. They can be easily hijacked and destroyed by stray ninjas or hostile ninjas. Even if we station ninjas on every train, we can't fully protect them."

"Every time a train was attacked, it caused many casualties and losses. In the end, no civilians were willing to ride it. The daimyo saw that they could not make money and had to pay a large sum of money every year to maintain the railway, so they had no choice but to stop it."

Nagato: "?"

Nagato never imagined that something as beneficial to the country and the people as trains would be eliminated simply because they were easily hijacked and destroyed.

What is the logic?

Are we going to give up using this means of transportation just because we're afraid it might be vandalized?

Nagato couldn't help but feel sad. Wasn't there anyone who had ever thought about resolving these destabilizing factors once and for all?

Looking at the ordinary people wandering on the road, Nagato's heart was filled with sympathy.

They cannot survive in their hometown and can only wander around.

In this chaotic world, what else can they do except become robbers or bandits?

Nagato realized that the world's problems were all-encompassing, with serious flaws in every aspect, from politics, economy to social structure.

Nagato turned his gaze towards Jiraiya, who was still smiling, and felt a surge of disgust in his heart.

Jiraiya kept saying that this world was a good place, but Nagato couldn't see anything beautiful about it, either in reality or in his words.

The two men continued on their way and arrived at the capital of the Fire Nation in just over half a day.

This made Nagato look at Jiraiya with a higher opinion. Jiraiya's heart remained calm and his face remained steady. He had been running for such a long time without even taking a single break.

"This guy's physical skills are so strong... No matter how fast I go, he can still follow me closely..."

Little did Nagato know that Jiraiya was even more shocked.

"We must not become the opposite side of them unless it is necessary! Even if we become the opposite side, we must not let Konoha test their strength first!"

Jiraiya made up his mind.

"Is this the capital of the Fire Nation?"

Standing on a huge palace, Nagato had a blank expression on his face.

A religious dance is being held here at the moment, and it is very lively below.

The nobles below were living in peace and prosperity, but the common people were like zombies.

Compared to the sluggishness in the empire, the situation here is even worse.

However, the nobles' faces were filled with joy and excitement.

"How is it? Compared to your empire, is our place more lively and prosperous?"

Nagato nodded as he watched a civilian below accidentally fall down while holding a fruit plate, with the fruits spilling all over the floor, and a young nobleman kicking and stomping him, and almost chopped him with the samurai sword next to him.

“It’s definitely more lively.”

Jiraiya obviously didn't notice any of this. He smiled heartlessly at the scantily clad dancer below.

Nagato watched another dancer hurriedly retreating after the performance, but was stopped by a bald man with a big belly.

The dancer struggled, and the bald fat boy laughed and hugged her in his arms, then walked towards a room behind a curtain.

Along the way, he also called a few people who were similar to him, and they seemed to be either friends or brothers.

Jiraiya seemed to be used to it. In his opinion, these people were already very happy as they had security and high income.

He just glanced at those scenes without paying too much attention to them.

"These are the Daimyo of our Fire Nation. Our Hokage is basically appointed by them."

Jiraiya looked at Nagato in a daze and explained.

"Senior, who do you think is the most enjoyable person in our empire?"

Jiraiya was slightly stunned by Nagato's sudden question.

“The one who enjoys it the most?”

He glanced at the names below.

The one with the most power, the most wealth, and the strongest strength.

That person is undoubtedly their emperor!

"Why ask? It must be your emperor, right?"

In Jiraiya's eyes, their emperor must be partying every night and never taking care of things, which is why the people below are resentful.

Didn’t you see how Nagato looked when he first arrived?

Nagato nodded.

"Indeed, the person who knows how to enjoy life the most in our empire is our Emperor Qianju."

"We usually just eat a bite of Bingliang Wan to make do. We only go to the university town to buy takeout when we have time, and occasionally we can eat freshly made ramen or steaming hot barbecue."

"Only our emperor has specially selected talented people from the country to be his personal chefs. He requires at least four dishes and one soup for every meal, and the cooking method is extremely complicated. He even wastes several people for this!"

Jiraiya's face showed confusion as he listened to Nagato's words.

He glanced down below and saw that even the daimyo who was the lowest in status and sitting the lowest was surrounded by beautiful girls. Even the maids and servants who served tea and water had at least four of them.

Is it too much for an emperor who controls the entire ninja world to waste a few people to cook?

"And on top of that, he advocates monogamy, but he has three wives!"

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya's face immediately showed envy, followed by even greater confusion.

"what?"

Not to mention the three thousand beauties in the harem, at least three hundred would be worthy of his status!

Why only three?

"Even so, countless elders in our empire still criticize the emperor, saying that he is excessively licentious and blinded by lust."