Civilian ninja in Konoha

The capital of the Kingdom of Wind, in the imperial palace.

Katori Ishida, the Finance Minister of the Kingdom of Wind, knelt on the ground and asked, "Your Majesty, Advisor Chiyo of Sand Ninja Village has been waiting outside the palace all morning."

boom!

The daimyo suddenly smashed the golden bottle in his hand, and the wine spilled all over the floor.

The daimyo looked ferocious and said angrily: "Huh, she still has the nerve to come. If you don't give them some clues, they still don't know who is the master of this country."

Katori Ishida pretended to be frightened, took another gold bottle, filled it with fine wine, and flattered the daimyo: "Your Majesty, calm down, why bother venting your anger with a group of despicable things?"

The daimyo sneered: "As a tool, a ninja must have the consciousness of a tool. They dare to think about financial independence. Could it be that they want to usurp the throne?"

Katori Ishida followed the draft he had made in advance and offered suggestions: "Your Majesty, now that the Ninja War is over, we might as well reduce the financial funds allocated to Suna Ninja Village to one level of the previous war, or even less, to save money. The funds are used to train guard ninjas, so that on the one hand, they can warn the Suna Ninja Village and inhibit their development, and on the other hand, they can strengthen the capital's defense strength."

The daimyo's face was filled with joy, and he praised him: "Ishida, you are indeed extremely intelligent, and you are also loyal and patriotic."

"Your Majesty is wise and powerful. I deeply feel that I have received a great favor from you, so I will dedicate myself to it until death."

Katori Ishida quickly expressed his loyalty, but secretly thought in his heart: The strategy proposed by the one-eyed businessman from the Kingdom of Fire was indeed effective. He captured His Majesty's mind at once, not only making His Majesty favor me more, but also making me more popular than others. The amount of financial funds intercepted in the past has increased several times, and it will continue to be intercepted in the future.

It seems that it is still credible to conduct smuggling business of specialty minerals from the Kingdom of Wind with that one-eyed businessman in the future. We will definitely make a lot of money in the future.

With the advice of the one-eyed businessman, not only can I gain more trust from His Majesty, but I can also make a fortune at the same time. Why not? I, Katori Ishida, am indeed very intelligent.

After another hour, the daimyo finally summoned Chiyo.

The daimyo said worriedly: "I heard that someone in Sand Ninja Village is going to rebel. I wonder if Advisor Chiyo has captured the rebels and brought them to the capital?"

As soon as he heard that the daimyo preemptively labeled the smuggling of sand as a rebellion, Chiyo immediately stopped doing it, because Suna Ninja Village had been smuggling sand gold since the second generation Kazekage Samana came to power. If the daimyo's financial support alone, it would still be possible. With that meager mission reward, Sand Ninja Village has long been unable to make ends meet.

You must know that most of the land in the Kingdom of Wind is desert. Among the five major countries, the Kingdom of Wind is the most barren. The financial budget allocated by the daimyo to the Shinobi Village is the smallest among the major countries. The economy of the Kingdom of Wind is extremely underdeveloped. There are few tasks, so the rewards for tasks are naturally very little.

If the smuggling of placer gold is stopped in the future and the sand ninja village lacks financial support, the status of the five major ninja villages will really be in jeopardy.

After all, no matter how hard the sand ninja can endure the harsh environment, he still needs to eat, not to mention that cutting tools, equipment, scientific research, medical care, etc. all cost money.

Chiyo denied it and said: "Your Majesty, please do not listen to the villain's slander. There is no rebellion in Sand Ninja Village. The matter of Luo Sand smuggling sand gold is even more false."

"Villain? Hehe." Katori Ishida was furious after hearing this. Chiyo dared to call himself a flattering villain.

So Katori Ishida threw a stack of files on Chiyo's face and sneered loudly: "Counsellor Chiyo, the evidence is solid, but you still want to quibble."

"Slander, absolutely slander, Luo Sha never smuggled sand——"

Chiyo glanced at the files casually and denied it, but in the middle of the sentence, he exclaimed loudly, "Why are there so many? Obviously..."

Katori Ishida asked pointedly: "Haha, what is it? Advisor Chiyo."

"This is impossible."

Chiyo was looking through the files very carefully at this time, and couldn't help but murmur to herself. Of course she knew about Luo Sha's smuggling of placer gold. After all, this was instructed by the senior officials of Suna Ninja Village.

But the problem is, the data listed in this file is extremely conclusive proof that Luo Sha had selfish motives and dared to hide something from the Ninja Village. He secretly smuggled a massive amount of placer gold that far exceeded expectations, but only gave less than one to the Ninja Village. layer, but he grabbed it