Red sand dust

April to May every year is a rare and relatively pleasant season in Sunagakure Village. It is not too cold at night and not too hot during the day. These are the days when villagers go out most frequently.

Especially this year, due to the rise of the plateau snow peaks, the central part of the Kingdom of Winds experienced an unprecedented long rainy season. The light rain fell for half a month, and towards the end, there was another heavy rain, which was a short-term catharsis. The heavy rainfall almost washed away the dam of a long-planned water storage lake, leaving Suna Ninja in a hurry when faced with the problem of flood control for the first time.

Because of the huge changes in terrain, not only has most of the warm and humid air from the north been intercepted, but the cold air from the Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Snow from the south has also frequently visited, so that the few water vapor that broke through on the north slope of the watershed cannot travel very far. The next cold weather The rain reduced its energy once, and only a thin wisp of warm wind blew into the northern country, bringing a bit of spring to the rainy country that had been sunny, dry and cold for several days.

Climate change is so unpredictable. It does not mean that how much water vapor is trapped in the Kingdom of Wind will reduce rainfall in the Kingdom of Rain.

Because the balance of the north-south intersection center was broken, the northern cold current obviously overwhelmed the somewhat declining warm and humid air current, causing the rainfall belt from the entire central to the southwest continent to be flattened and moved hundreds of kilometers southward, forming a new dynamic balance.

A large amount of rainfall is no longer concentrated in the Kingdom of Rain, but is scattered in the south of the Kingdom of Rain, the north of the Kingdom of Sichuan, and the northeast of the Kingdom of Wind. With this as the center, the rain lines diverge in all directions until they hit the border of the Kingdom of Earth. The cold wind coming south from the rolling mountains and the North Sea Icefield of the Land of Snow stopped.

Such a change is slightly different from Daimaru's expectation, but it is a good thing and will also have a positive impact on neighboring countries. The only trouble is that the Kawa Country, which is full of mountains and hills, has suffered greater damage from floods and smoke miasma. If a ninja still Calculate, ordinary civilians may be a little unbearable. Not to mention too serious, the climate has become warmer, making mosquitoes rampant and infectious diseases including malaria more rampant. With the current medical level of the ninja world, except for a few herbal medicines With a little restraint, basically skilled ninjas can help these local residents who live a difficult life, but how can they afford to hire medical ninjas who have "everything to do" to treat them?

Because of this, many civilians from the Kingdom of Sichuan began to migrate. The Kingdom of Rain in the north is very closed and does not welcome any outsiders. The Kingdom of Fire in the east is rich, but every plant and tree has its own owner, and there is no room for them to intervene. The South is The Great Bay Area is full of waves. Unless they become pirates, no one ventures on the vast sea. Looking around, only the Kingdom of Wind in the West can accept them. The plateau snow peaks that are waiting for development have created a blockbuster movie. The grassland is barren, but the water and soil have improved a lot.

The residents of the Kingdom of Sichuan seem to have many choices, but in fact, the Kingdom of Wind is the only answer, so they have become the main force moving to the Kingdom of Wind.

The Suna ninjas are worried about the lack of abundant human resources, so they will naturally not refuse these people to enter the jurisdiction of Sunagakure Village. These "quasi-refugees" with their families and alone adventurous gold diggers, influx in large numbers, bring great benefits to Sunagakure Village. The original management system has had a huge impact.

Fortunately, Daimaru and Gaara were well prepared and arranged things properly. Although there were accidents from time to time, there was no major trouble. As everyone became more and more experienced, everything was moving in a good direction.

As Daimaru's secretary, Chien, who is actually in charge of affairs, has been under a lot of pressure recently. In a short period of time, the number of immigrants has swelled to close to one hundred thousand, and it is expected that hundreds of thousands or even millions of people will soon come. After settling here for a year, problems emerged one after another. This was a scene even more terrifying than the rapid development of Naruto Village from scratch.

After a day's work, he walked out of the office area with a tired face. It was already dark outside. Qian raised his head and looked at the bright moon that was occasionally obscured by thin clouds, and sighed slightly.

Just as he was about to go back to the apartment to rest at the restaurant that was still closed, he saw a blond girl walking out of the shadow of a streetlight not far away. She was her best friend and colleague for many years.

In addition to the extremely busy affairs officers, the security department that maintains law and order is also under great pressure. The standing ninja army of Sunagakure Village only has a few thousand. Even if it has expanded a lot in recent months, it is only just over 14,000.

Among them, the security department under Temari's command did not even have two thousand members, and they also had to supervise Awaji Village on the south coast and Naruto Village across the sea.

Relying purely on ninjas will definitely not work. We must establish a security patrol team composed mainly of ordinary people and let them manage themselves to barely maintain order.

In order to select qualified "naturalized citizens" to give them power and set an example, Temari and Sen worked hard, and with the cooperation of all parties, preliminary regulations were finally established.

In addition, Temari and Sen, as generals, would definitely not be able to preside over these general affairs for a long time. How to select elites among their subordinates, promote them, and exercise authority on their behalf, so that they could free up their hands to do other things, such as training, housework, etc.

Not long after, Temari will go to Konohagakure for business and participate in this year's joint Chuunin exam preparatory meeting. Last year's success gave all parties confidence, but also put a lot of pressure on this year's host.

After talking about business for a while along the way, Temari and Qianlian went to a dessert shop that was rarely visited, ordered some pastries, and chatted over hot red bean soup.

The two people, who had less communication due to their busy work schedule, did not feel alienated at all. As long as they did not talk about some sensitive and embarrassing topics, they would not feel uncomfortable even if they sat opposite each other and did not speak.

After giving some rest to my stomach and drinking some hot soup, I felt a lot more energetic. After Qian wiped the corners of his mouth, he asked casually:

"I heard that you have spent all the savings you have accumulated over the years. You are really willing to do so. Aren't you afraid that your investment will fail and suffer heavy losses?"

"It's okay, I'm just a little worried. Like Daimaru, it's crazy to repeatedly mortgage, loan, issue bonds, and even make up various reasons to issue vouchers. If the hole can't be repaired, The little money I have is of no use, so it’s better to use it in key places while it’s not too serious yet..."

"You..."

Qian pursed his lips and smiled,

"Although his strength was not used in the right place, Daimaru seemed to be in a good mood after knowing it..."

No matter what, I started to worry about Daimaru from the perspective of my own family, and they should be getting along fine recently.

"What I did was wrong, shouldn't I have done it?"

Temari was a little confused;

"If you need money, make up for it. Even though it's not enough, it's better than nothing..."

Qian sighed:

"Although we ninjas have some basic political abilities, we don't have much real ability. We always miss the point..."

"How to say?"

Temari asked.

Qian waved his hand to the waiters around him to retreat unconsciously, and then replied slowly:

"It's true that you're short of money, but if you do this, it's very powerful. Three things that can work are pretty good..."

Without waiting for Temari to question, Qian continued to explain:

"I won't go into details about the economic theories involved. Generally speaking, Sunagakure Village and even the entire Country of Wind have developed from under-production to over-production. Materials have become abundant, but the entire country's money has not kept pace. , all problems can be attributed to the lack of money for exchange, not the lack of your gold coins and banknotes..."

Qian said it implicitly, but it actually roughly explained why the village had to desperately find and scatter money at any cost.

The entire ninja world is actually still under a currency system with the precious metal silver as the standard and gold as the supplement. They cannot be eaten or worn. Under the current productivity conditions of the ninja world, they do not have much practical value and are not as important as copper. and iron, but their rarity makes them an immovable currency.

Over the years, the entire Sunagakure Village has become increasingly sophisticated in puppetry and ninjutsu inheritance, and there has been almost no qualitative leap in economic activity until Daimaru began to rise, breaking this balance.

Since the rise of the puppet industry in Sunagakure Village and the development of Awaji Village and Naruto Village, the phenomenon of insufficient funds has always existed. With the new economy built with the workshop prepared by Daimaru as the core, the products manufactured in the Wind Country and even the entire In the ninja world, Sunagakure Village is experiencing increasingly severe deflation.

There is still so much money and more production, so the selling price cannot be reached. The industry under Daimaru's command has actually suffered heavy losses, which is essentially the same as cutting his own flesh to subsidize all the residents of the Land of Wind.

Severe inflation will damage the interests of consumers, while moderate inflation is beneficial to economic development. Deflation is the most serious and worst economic state, which will suppress production enthusiasm and limit economic vitality.

The more puppets Daimaru's workshop makes, the more popular they are, and the greater the losses caused by deflation. Today's "Red Dust" uncle can certainly bear this price, but this is not Daimaru's fault alone, because the profits The salaries and subsidies given to subordinates are also small, so that those who have truly contributed do not receive compensation in line with their worth.

Daimaru can use coercive orders to make them continue to work hard and work hard, but in the long run, a more serious problem will arise, that is, other workshops, chambers of commerce, and factions will sell at prices lower than reasonable prices because of Daimaru. Products, gain more market share, and squeeze out all other industries.

This is not Daimaru’s original intention, but in fact it is hurting others with its capital, passively forming a monopoly, and eventually losing its tail, developing into a Concern-type monopoly economy that even Daimaru cannot deal with at will.

This is a monopolistic family-style consortium combined with extraordinary force. It is much more terrifying than the chaebols that controlled certain countries from birth to grave in Daimaru's previous life.

In the past, Daimaru was still ignorant. It was not until recently when he was sorting out the forces under his command that he was shocked.

"If you eat meat, you should also give others some soup, otherwise the scene will not be pretty!"

Daimaru once emphasized this when explaining matters to Qian, Leman and Yemu.

Every time there is a drastic change in society, it is a time of major reshuffle. If Daimaru is just a pure faction leader, Gaara will be the wind shadow on the stage, and Daimaru will be the wind shadow below the stage, it will be okay.

But what Daimaru wants to play is not the money-making game of "Monopoly", but the business strategy, role-playing, and real-time strategy of "The Sims", so he cannot be like a glutton and overdraw the potential of Sand Hidden Village and even the entire Wind Country. way to hold everything in hand.

"Crazy increase in leverage, not to make more money for myself, but to give everyone a way out!"

Qian Shen agreed with Daimaru's emotion.

Inflation means killing the poor and giving to the rich, with individual control and reasonable distribution, which is a virtuous circle; while deflation means everyone is involved in a crazy involution. In today's Sunagakure Village and the entire Kingdom of Wind, who can be involved? Too big a pill? There is no need to take the initiative to do anything, the power under Daimaru's command naturally expands, and everyone else can be rolled into pancakes and swallowed whole.

Nowadays, many of the new immigrants who have entered the Kingdom of Wind rely on hard work and harvest various consumer coupons and bills to exchange for various supplies needed for daily life.

Managing a ninja village of tens or hundreds of thousands of people is completely different from managing a country with millions, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of people. Today's senior Suna ninja leaders still have a lot to make up for.

Chi and Temari discussed it on and off for a long time, and they only had a rough understanding of what to do. Chi, who barely knew what to do, finally made Temari understand what kind of earth-shaking event happened in Sunagakure Village.

"So, do we need ordinary people to join us? We Suna ninja alone, even if we all go into battle, can't do it..."

Temari said suddenly.

In the usual busy life, I just instinctively noticed that something was wrong. Only now did I really understand why Daimaru and Gaara didn't explain much, but directly gave orders. If they understand, they must execute it, and if they don't understand, they must execute it.

In the past, what everyone needed to consider was a ninja village, but now it is a country that needs to be fed. "Lack of money" is only one of the most troublesome problems, but it is not the most troublesome. It is difficult to find a sufficient number of qualified "civil servants" to implement it. Various policies are the top priority. In comparison, although maintaining law and order is more difficult, it is actually relatively easy. Ninjas have absolute force, and weak "mortals" cannot resist.

"I thought I was smart enough, but I didn't expect that Daimaru and Gaara were doing these big things behind our backs and didn't tell me. I was really pissed off..."

One was her current boyfriend, whom even her parents had met, and the other was her biological brother. Although the two did not deliberately hide it, they did not explain it in detail, which made Temari, the eldest sister, feel a little uncomfortable.

Qian covered her mouth and snickered:

"This is your fault, no wonder them, you can tell by looking at me, because I am the chief secretary, and you are the Minister of Security, and we are responsible for different tasks!"

"It's just a thankless job!"

Temari snorted coldly,

"It seems that I am still just a tool, taking care of public security and appeasing people!"

"You don't need to get emotional..."

Qian Qian responded with a smile,

"Now Sunagakure Village has reached a crossroads in choosing its future direction. No matter which way it goes, many people will be offended. Daimaru and the Godaime just don't want us to get involved too deeply..."

With the strength of Gaara and Daimaru, they can withstand any backlash, not to mention the others.