Naruto: The Strongest Sage

The two of them were very close, and the two sides were very close.

In Konoha, Aoba quickly received the information from Nobu.

"Hirohu?"

This character did not appear in the original story. He is a character in the theater version. But his talent and ability are very outstanding.

In the plot, he also successfully integrated four bloodline limits. And he can use them flexibly. In the end, he was defeated by Naruto because he could not absorb the chakra of the immortal technique.

But there is no doubt that the effect of the Kiro Bud Technique is very terrifying. Aoba then sent a message to Nobu, asking him to assist in completing the Kiro Bud Technique and send back the relevant information.

Nobu's identity as a spy was public to Konan and Nagato. The other party turned a blind eye to such small actions.

In addition to the spies of the Akatsuki organization given by Nobu. Zabuza also gave a monthly intelligence transmission.

As a boss-level figure in the early stage. Zabuza's main job now is to help Aoba make money.

After controlling Cardo. According to some development strategies given by Aoba, Cardo now has full control of more than 90% of the economic lifeline of Tianzhiguo.

At the same time, his shipping company has also expanded rapidly, and more than half of the seas around Tianzhiguo have been controlled by him.

However, it is temporarily impossible to expand to a greater extent. Because both the Thunder Country and the Earth Country have their own shipping business, let alone the Water Country.

These big countries monopolize those major routes. Merchants like Cardo can only eat some leftovers.

If you want to make a breakthrough, you can only hug the thigh. Konoha is undoubtedly one of the thickest thighs. Therefore, under Aoba's instructions. Cardo has begun to send a signal to Konoha for hugging thighs.

Note that Cardo is asking for help from Konoha, not the Fire Country. This is a very critical step.

His behavior is completely different from Konoha hiring ninjas to protect his own business.

Instead, it is preparing to cooperate with the Konoha Ninja Village as a partner.

Konoha itself is not actually involved in the shipping business. For many years, the Ninja Village has acted as a mercenary organization, earning hiring fees and basically not doing business itself.

Or the business is done by the daimyo.

But now, Aoba has begun to try to break this rule. Cardo's operation is to bypass the daimyo and invite Konoha to do business directly.

To be honest, the commission earned by the village from the ninja's mission is only a few dollars.

Konoha, a leading ninja village, only looks rich. Aoba has only launched a few projects and has begun to collapse.

He was forced to start economic reforms in advance.

Cardo's door-to-door cooperation is the beginning. This operation is actually very dangerous. Although Konoha has mastered most of the military power of the Land of Fire.

But this does not mean that the daimyo has no military power. The daimyo of each major country actually has his own armed forces around him. Although it is not as good as the ninja village, it also has a certain combat power.

This is not the key. Aoba has almost solved the problem of force now. The key lies in people's hearts.

The daimyo still has the legal right to rule in terms of legal principles and even people's hearts. It is easy to physically break this kind of rule. But Aoba wants to completely change people's hearts. This is much more complicated.

Cardo's cooperation is a test. Test the reaction of the daimyo. At the same time, it is also a test of the reaction of the villagers of Konoha and even the people of the Land of Fire.

Cardo himself is just a black glove. At the critical moment, he can be abandoned at will.

Aoba doesn't know much about politics. But he heard a sentence a long time ago. The people can't be persuaded, you can only buy them.

This sentence hides a very important political concept. That is, if you want the masses to recognize your ideas, it is useless to rely on words alone. You have to give them benefits.

Aoba is giving benefits to the people now. Temporarily limited to Konoha Ninja Village. The village does business and makes money, and naturally it will carry out construction in the village.

At that time, tuition fees will be reduced and various public facilities will be built. In this way, the people of Konoha will get used to these benefits step by step.

One day, the daimyo will be unhappy and will not allow Konoha to do business. What will happen when these benefits that the villagers are used to suddenly disappear?

Tsunade was also a little surprised by Kado's visit. She knew this person. He appeared in the mission records of Qingye in the early years.

However, the other party came directly to seek cooperation, which still subverted Tsunade's imagination. She is a native resident of the ninja world. Naturally, her thinking is limited.

I am still having a headache about how to apply for funding support from the daimyo. I have never thought about running a business myself.

Tsunade instinctively felt that this was not right. But after listening to the money prospects described by Cardo, she really couldn't refuse directly.

So she asked the top leaders of Konoha to discuss it.

After hearing that Cardo came to seek cooperation, Nara Shikaku immediately looked at Aoba.

After seeing Aoba's expressionless face, he thought for a while and then responded.

"Hokage-sama, first of all, I need to know. Can our cooperation with Cardo be kept secret?"

"Complete confidentiality is impossible. But according to Cardo's description, we can send a team in the form of a mission to participate in his business.

But this is completely different from the previous mission. Because he wants to get involved in large-scale shipping.

So, the resistance does not only come from pirates or rebel ninjas. It is more from the caravans of other daimyo. Simply put, he wants to use Konoha to let his caravan hang the name of the Fire Country."

"This operation can't be hidden from the daimyo for too long. Once they find out, it may cause serious consequences. We may lose the daimyo's funding. I think this plan is not advisable."

Shikaku glanced at Aoba again and finally objected. Kakashi didn't know much about this stuff. His main energy now is on the training of Konoha Advanced Ninja School. And he served as the vice president of the Advanced Ninja School.

This is also the career arrangement that Aoba made for him. Kakashi is the next generation of Hokage prepared by Aoba. This position is the best way for him to accumulate connections.

"Yes, this is also the key point we are going to discuss today. The total allocation of the Fire Country to Konoha this year is 2 billion taels. This is the total amount after the additional 500 million taels due to the previous invasion of Sand Village, which caused a lot of losses.

And according to Cardo's description. If we cooperate with him and ensure the safety of his business, we can get... 3 billion taels of dividends every year."

"..."

The conference room fell into silence. Although Nara Shikaku is smart, he is still a traditional ninja. He can't imagine why a businessman who he has never looked at directly treats money as money?

Although it is a bit embarrassing. But Nara Shikaku quickly adjusted his wording.

"In my opinion, there is still room for negotiation on this matter."