I sell sweets in Konoha

No diplomatic recall, no explanation.

It is useless to ask proactively, and asking is in vain.

When I asked, it was said that this was a joint military exercise with allies and not targeting any country.

What can be said is not directed at any country.

The Kingdom of Earth was placed directly at its doorstep. The only strength of the Kingdom of Thunder was that there was the Kingdom of Moon in the middle.

But this is not much better!

One of the survival strategies of small countries is that those who know the current affairs are heroes. Now the Fire Country is extremely powerful, with a large army pressing down on the country.The Kingdom of the Moon is completely unreliable.

It's already good that he can issue a declaration of neutrality.

The worst possibility is that they surrender in time when the war begins, collude with each other, and invade the Kingdom of Thunder.

Moon Country is just three words.

unreliable.

If it weren't for the pressure from the Cloud Ninja troops, the Moon Country would have rebelled by now.

But what troubles the Raikage and Tsuchikage the most now is that Naruto is fighting and not fighting, and not retreating.

This makes many people confused.

Naturally, that includes Jiraiya.

"Aren't you going to withdraw the troops?" Jiraiya knocked on Erlang's legs and drank a small drink, with a slight blush on his face and said, "I feel that the Kingdom of Thunder and the Kingdom of Earth have been tortured very miserably by you."

"It's miserable?" Junko smiled and said, "Where is this?"

"Is this considered miserable?"

"This has nothing to do with misery."

If there was anyone who surprised Junko the most this time, it was definitely not Koharu Koharu and Mito Kadoen.

With the wisdom of these two people and the experience of previous failures, they can clearly understand which team will benefit the most at this time.Even if they have some issues with themselves.

But during the daimyo joint meeting, they knew very well that if they did not stand on Junko's side.

There will never be another opportunity like this again.

But what really surprised Junko was Jiraiya!

Riraiya has always had a bad impression on Junko.

To be honest, it wasn't very good. She didn't know how Jiraiya trained Naruto in three years.Anyway, Jiraiya didn't teach her anything in her first three years.

Basically, Jiraiya would just go to a place, peep, write a book, and run away when he couldn't stay any longer.

An unqualified teacher, an author who likes to delay updates and dig holes, and a useless ninja who can still be caught by ordinary people as a voyeur.

As for political wisdom and political acumen, they are not strong either.

It didn’t show much anyway.

However, this time, he received the news first and made a judgment as soon as the incident broke out.

I can’t say it was perfect, but it was also the most suitable method at that time.

Koharu and Mito Kazuo have prestige, connections and vision, Shikaku has brains and is a top strategist, and Yamanaka Kaiichi's ability can ensure the necessary control.Akimichi Choji, as the last remaining force, came out to assist in the evacuation after the situation got out of control.

What's more important about this arrangement is that these three people are originally a team.

The family is a family friend, so the cooperation is much closer than other temporary personnel.

Then come down and arrange for people from the Hokage faction to place the Daimyo envoy directly under house arrest.

Prevent this guy from messing around in Konoha.

I have to say that this arrangement was quite appropriate at the time.

Fortunately, the Daimyo joint meeting did not produce the worst results.

Although the Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Thunder took the opportunity to jointly attack Konoha, they did not achieve much results. The Daimyo joint meeting eventually turned into a joke.

Jiraiya is naturally the biggest contributor to this matter.

Now he naturally has more rights to express his opinions in front of Junko.

"I think it's better to withdraw the troops as soon as possible." Jiraiya said: "Now we are fighting or not fighting, and we are not retreating. The two armies are left in the country of grass and the country of soup."

"It's not an option for you to waste it like this."

"Why not try to make peace?"

Jiraiya was right, two armies were stationed outside the country.They toss around the border every day in the name of joint military exercises, but they don't really fight across it.

The daily consumption of this army is not a small amount.

"Make peace?" Junko knocked on the table and said, "Okay, how about you go?"

"Anyway, you can make any conditions."

"If you mention it, you won't let go."

"That's enough."

"Anyway~" Junko said with a smile: "Even if you negotiate any treaty, I will not sign it."

Make peace?

What are you talking about? !

If she, Junko, wanted to make peace, she would have made peace long ago. What kind of peace has she just begun?

"you..."

Jiraiya sighed when he saw Junko showing no intention of making peace and said, "What exactly do you want to do?"

"It's not good for Konoha and the Fire Nation to drag it out like this, right?"

"Yes~" Junko leaned back on the chair and took a sip of tea comfortably and said, "But this is based on an agricultural country. This kind of long-term confrontation cannot be tolerated."

"But the Country of Fire is not an agricultural country, it is an industrial country!"

There is a very important reason why ninjas are favored by daimyo from all over the world and even give up some of their rights to create a situation where they rule the world together with their shadows.

It’s cheap to raise a ninja!

Today's Ninja Village is different from the army.

The army is basically pure attrition.

The Ninja Village has a certain ability to form blood, and the cost of maintenance and training is much cheaper than training an army.

More importantly, unlike traditional troops, ninjas are basically pure combat units without production.As for the army, although it can theoretically maintain a huge standing army.

But if it is a professional soldier like a ninja, the countries on the ninja continent basically cannot afford it.

Because although they have a certain industrial base.

But it is still essentially an agricultural country.

Industry accounts for a very small share of the country's emergency and productive activities.

In this agricultural country, agriculture is not only important but also very labor intensive.If too many manpower is deployed to maintain a standing army.

The result is that fields are barren, agricultural production is reduced, and political power is unstable.

As for industrial countries, only industrial countries have the ability and qualifications to maintain a true standing military doctrine.

And can support this military force to confront the enemy for a long time.

This is also the capital that Junko is not afraid of!

"Well..." Jiraiya didn't quite understand.

Although he had heard these terms industrial country and agricultural country before, they were still too far away.I don’t understand, let alone understand!

"Then how long are you going to delay?" Jiraiya asked, "Can you reveal it properly?"

"It's summer now, at least until winter." Junko said, "Or spring next year."

Autumn Shou Chun Zhan-Naruto Limited Edition~

What agricultural countries fear most is missing the season, and their ability to resist risks is also very low.

If they continue to confront each other like this, they will cause problems themselves.

"And~" Junko took a sip of tea and said, "I can't let the Raikage and Tsuchikage turn around and deal with my merchants, right?"

Jiraiya couldn't see it, and he couldn't figure out why the Raikage and Tsuchikage were dealing with Junko's merchants.

He knew that Junko had a meeting before.

It's not a conspiracy. She asked the grain merchants to reduce trade with the Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Thunder and raise the price of food.He instinctively felt that this must be Junko's true purpose.

But he still couldn't figure out the reason for it.

Of course, this is where Junko didn’t say too much.

Look at Jiraiya like that.

Junko explained anyway.

"Food prices will continue to rise." Junko said: "The Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Thunder will definitely find that famine will occur because of high food prices."

"If it is not controlled, this matter will be serious."

"They found out it was done intentionally by grain merchants."

"That will definitely cause trouble for them."

"The confrontation now is to prevent them from taking the time to deal with my businessmen."

Jiraiya still couldn't understand what Junko said.

"I remember you said that the Kingdom of Thunder and the Kingdom of Earth are agricultural countries, right?" Jiraiya said: "There is a famine in agricultural countries. This... I always find it incredible."

"Forget it~" Junko shook her head and said, "This agricultural country is not a good name."

And there are many kinds of crops, besides traditional food crops.

There is also a type of crops that cannot be used as food called cash crops!

The cultivation of cash crops in the Kingdom of Thunder and the Kingdom of Earth now accounts for more than [-]% of all crop planting areas in the country.

Junko started planning very early.

Use the same economic warfare that Guan Zhong played.

Sell ​​grain to neighboring countries at low prices and purchase various cash crops.Because food prices are low and cash crop prices are relatively high.

This set of rules soon led to the phenomenon that many surrounding countries did not grow food but specialized in growing cash crops needed by the Fire Country.

Moreover, there is no concept of economic warfare in the ninja world.

The daimyo was in a state of intoxication and did not care much about state affairs. Even if two domestic nobles realized that something was wrong, they would not be able to affect the overall situation.There are no policy restrictions or state subsidies.

Including the Kingdom of Earth, the Kingdom of Thunder, and even major countries such as the Kingdom of Wind.

Grain cultivation in many countries has fallen below the red line.

Unable to be self-sufficient.

And Junko would definitely not let this trick appear in the grain-producing areas she favored.In addition to policy restrictions, those grain-producing areas also have various subsidies.

Anyway, those farmers who grow grain will buy it at a high price.

Moreover, with the Fire Nation's current economic strength and level of industrial development, it is completely possible for industry to feed back agriculture.Also use industrial scissors to harvest those abroad.

Therefore, regardless of the fact that the purchase price of foreign cash crops is not low, in the face of industrial scissors, the price is very low.

They are actually still in the role of being harvested.

Didn't get much benefit.

All in all, the Raikage and Tsuchikage may know now but not necessarily care, and even if they care, they may even understand the danger involved.

Junko must also use his own army to draw their attention to the border as much as possible.

Just in case they come around and play tough...

ha~