I sell sweets in Konoha

"Is this girl so interested in the Gray Stone and those overseas people?" Lei Ying looked at the copy of the letter on the table curiously and said to himself: "What does this stone have to do with those overseas people?" Something worthy of her interest?”

The Raikage was very curious.

He really couldn't figure out why Junko had to pay attention to this matter when the two countries were confronting each other.

If according to his original idea, Junko was distracted to pay attention to a less important ghost ship at this time, her plan would be nothing more than three points.

Firstly, Raikage felt that Junko’s performance was to create an illusion for the Land of Earth and the Land of Thunder that the Fire Nation’s attention and strategic focus would shift, and then let the Land of Thunder and Earth relax their vigilance and give the Land of Fire the illusion The country took advantage of the opportunity to launch a surprise attack.One battle will determine the outcome!

The second point is to bluff. At this point in the confrontation, suddenly pay attention to the ghost ship that jumped out.I just want to tell others in a high profile that Konoha and the Fire Country still have some strength left.I don't care about this at all.

The third point is that this ghost ship is indeed attacking them.In order to divert the dissatisfaction that gradually emerged within the Country of Fire due to the long-term confrontation.So even if Junko doesn't want to pay attention to the ghost ship, she still has to pay attention to the ghost ship.

Which of these three points is Junko's fault for?

In Raikage's opinion, it may be all three points, and the long-term confrontation has made the Fire Nation unable to bear it.Therefore, we must find opportunities to solve this problem quickly.

Therefore, Junko had to pay high-profile attention to the ghost ship to make the outside world think that the Fire Nation could still hold on.

On the one hand, it creates opportunities to give Konoha a chance to solve all problems at once, and on the other hand, it transfers some domestic conflicts in the Country of Fire.

"What on earth is that little girl Naruto thinking?" Raikage thought about this matter.

He always felt that his estimate was correct, but many of the intelligence feedbacks were not exactly consistent with what he thought.At least for now, according to the information fed back by spies and other channels, people who came to see the Fire Nation did not seem to be too affected by the confrontation, although the confrontation was currently a hot topic in the Fire Nation.

But it is only limited to hot topics, and there are no so-called conflicts.

On the contrary, the Kingdom of Thunder itself is not very good.

"Are you planning to intervene in this ghost ship matter?" Raikage's secretary pushed up his glasses and said, "Under the current situation?"

"Why not?" Raikage seemed to be very confident and said, "Does it mean that the Hokage is allowed to take care of this matter but we are not allowed to reach out?"

"Although that is true." The secretary still said dutifully: "But Lord Raikage, can you feed the many mouths in the Land of Thunder?"

As he said this, Raikage's expression turned gloomy.

What the secretary said about feeding so many mouths is the food problem in the Kingdom of Thunder!

If there is anyone who has the deepest impression of Naruto's food plan, it is undoubtedly the Daimyo of the Land of Thunder and the Raikage!These two people have a deep understanding of it and know the difficult problems involved.

Is this because of the lack of food in the Kingdom of Thunder?

Not!

There is no shortage of food in the Kingdom of Thunder, especially among the nobles who have more food than they can eat and are building new granaries every day.Therefore, there is no shortage of food in the Kingdom of Thunder. Those nobles can definitely eat six meals a day, eat three meals, pour three meals, and put three meals on the table.

Is that because grain merchants are driving up grain prices?Of course not. The grain merchants of the Country of Fire have not driven up food prices. It can even be said that they are the most conscientious businessmen in the Country of Thunder.

Not only did they not drive up food prices, but they sold food at prices far lower than the current food prices in the Kingdom of Thunder.

The fact that the civilians in the Kingdom of Thunder are able to have one full meal and two hungry meals is really due to the contribution of these grain merchants.

But this is what gives the Raikage the biggest headache, and it is also one of the most important reasons why the Daimyo simply ignores it and leaves this matter to him!

If it was really caused by food shortage, Raikage wouldn't mind selling food from abroad at high prices.Even if he knew that the other party was taking advantage of him, he would grit his teeth and pay a high price to buy food.If things were orderly and orderly, he wouldn't mind putting down his body and taking the lead in farming and launching a production and self-rescue campaign, and he wouldn't mind taking the lead in saving food rations to tide over the difficulties.

If it is caused by foreign grain merchants deliberately driving up grain prices, he does not mind expelling, arresting, and punishing them, and uses a method of fighting for price parity externally and punishing national traitors internally to stabilize grain prices.

But the problem now is not like this.

The current food prices in the Kingdom of Thunder seem to be trapped in some kind of special cycle.

The grain merchants of the Kingdom of Fire sell grain at a fair price, and basically all the grain they sell is eaten by the nobles of the Kingdom of Thunder, large and small.Only a small part actually flows into the people, but there is no way for these grains to meet the huge people's demand!What about those nobles who purchased large quantities of grain?

Just four words 'sell at high price'.

This group of people knows the words "hoarding and hoarding" very well. Food is an urgent need!People who cannot buy cheap grain from foreign grain dealers have no choice but to buy high-end grain sold by these nobles.

But even the food bought at a high price has a very serious phenomenon of shoddy goods.

Any old grain you buy is already considered very good, at least it can still be eaten.Many times the food bought by ordinary people is either moldy or mixed with gravel and stones.

Faced with this situation, it can be said that the Kingdom of Thunder is now on the eve of a precarious situation.

A phenomenon called 'rice riots' by the nobles has begun to appear in many places in the Kingdom of Thunder!This phenomenon is simply that some ordinary people who can neither buy cheap grain from foreign grain merchants nor have the money to buy high-priced grain from nobles rush to grain stores to grab grain.It was not only the grain merchants controlled by the nobles but also the foreign grain merchants who were affected.

Faced with this situation, the nobles and grain merchants of the Kingdom of Thunder began to ask ninjas to take care of them.

And some foreign grain merchants who couldn't afford or were unwilling to hire ninjas began to leave the Kingdom of Thunder directly. This made it even more difficult to buy affordable food in the market of the Kingdom of Thunder. If you couldn't buy cheap food, you could only endure it. Buy those high-priced grain merchants.If you don't have money, you may just starve to death.

But if there are just one or two people, maybe they really can't do anything. They have to beg on the street or sell their children and daughters to find a way to survive.

But if there is not just one person but a group of many people, the situation is different.

This rice riot is the most typical manifestation!

Now the Kingdom of Thunder seems to be trapped in some kind of vicious cycle. Because more and more people cannot buy food, rice riots are becoming more and more frequent and getting more serious each time.The more serious the rice riot was, the nobles were not awakened. Instead of lowering prices, they further raised the price of grain. At the same time, because of the rice riot, more foreign grain merchants began to evacuate.

The withdrawal of foreign grain merchants has made it even more difficult to buy affordable grain on the market.

From the previous situation of having one full meal and three hungry meals to one full meal and five hungry meals, this trend is getting worse!Even now, the food shortage problem has seriously affected Yun Ninja Village.

Now, for the first time, Raikage has implemented a food rationing system under the premise that there is no shortage of food and no direct war in the Land of Thunder.

It was not that the Raikage wanted to implement a food rationing system, but that this man-made famine caused by the high price of food outside Kumo Ninja Village caused too many ordinary civilians to drag their families and families towards Kumo Ninja Village.

This is also the first time Raikage has seen how much energy ordinary people can explode in order to survive and eat.

Yunren Village is located on a mountain towering into the clouds. The roads in this place are rugged, transportation is inconvenient, and access is difficult.In the past, ordinary civilians would never run to Yun Ninja Village if they had nothing to do.

But now they are dragging their families and running towards Yun Ninja Village, no matter how many difficulties and obstacles on the road there are, they can't stop them.

You must know that Yunren Village itself does not produce agricultural products, and basically all food needs to be imported from outside.The entry of a large number of refugees soon exceeded the support limit of Yun Ninja Village.

Faced with this situation, Raikage had to start implementing a food rationing system.

The Raikage stood up and opened the curtains to look at the Cloud Ninja Village outside. At this time, the Cloud Ninja Village was no longer what it was before.There are people in the streets and alleys wherever they can stay.Most of these people can only get one bowl of porridge every day, and even if they get one bowl of porridge every day, they are unwilling to leave Yun Ninja Village.

With so many people, even a bowl of porridge every day would consume a huge amount, and Raikage had no good way to expel them for the time being.

These people are not hostile forces. They are citizens of the Kingdom of Thunder, and some are even villagers around Yun Ninja Village!And even if the Raikage tried every means except using violence to persuade these refugees, it was of no use.

Not only is it useless, the number of refugees in Yun Ninja Village is also growing, and now it has exceeded the upper limit of support in Yun Ninja Village.

If this continues, there will soon be a large-scale famine in Yun Ninja Village!

And even though he, the Raikage, has tried every means to intercept these refugees, there are always some refugees appearing on the edge of Yun Ninja Village in an incredible way.

So now it's really like what the secretary said.

This...

This is really a serious problem!

"No!" Raikage gritted his teeth and said, "We must see Kazekage!"

"We must meet!"

Make it or break it!

Chapter 396 Tsuchikage’s dark circles

If there is anyone in this world who can feel the same as Raikage.

Then it has to be the Tsuchikage.

The problems of the Kingdom of Earth are basically the same as those of the Kingdom of Thunder.The grain sold by foreign grain merchants was packaged by various nobles in the country!After Bao Yuan is the set of hoarding.Anyway, it’s just buying at low prices, hoarding, and then selling in limited quantities at high prices.And the food sold is exactly the same as that of the Kingdom of Thunder.

Old grain is already good quality grain. Old grain mixed with sand, stones, and mold is the norm.

So what happened next was similar to the plot of the Kingdom of Thunder. Faced with this man-made famine, many civilians either formed a group to attack the grain merchants, or they became refugees and flocked to the Iwa Ninja Village.Furthermore, the consequences of the rice riots are that foreign grain merchants have withdrawn, and domestic grain merchants have raised grain prices too high.These two operations will lead to greater and more frequent rice riots and the emergence of more refugees.

The Kumo Ninja Village soon exceeded the upper limit of food supply, so the Tsuchikage had to face the situation of having to implement food rationing despite having enough food.

If there is any difference, it is only the attitude of the daimyo of the two countries.

The Daimyo of the Kingdom of Thunder was helpless and could only leave this troublesome matter to the Raikage, while the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Earth...

Not only did the Daimyo of the Land of Earth not want to stop this thing, but he also made a lot of money from this thing, and he had a posture of "I will take the lead in the charge."

The Daimyo of the Land of Earth took the lead in doing this. Not only did he enjoy the harvesting of grain, but his sales of grain also took off.

It is not known exactly how much the Tsuchikage earned by this daimyo, but the Tsuchikage could see it clearly.If you don't want to end this matter as soon as possible...

These people are really digging their own graves!

"Hey..."

The Tsuchikage, who already had white hair and a long beard, looked even older now.He really didn't expect that he would become such a famous person!

The country has become like this, but it is still leading the country to suffer financial difficulties!

This is really...

It really makes people feel exhausted!

"Lord Tuying."

Standing next to the Tsuchikage, Kurotsuchi, who seemed to feel sorry for the Tsuchikage, said: "I heard that the Raikage plans to go to the Land of Wind, and the Kazekage is going to discuss the ghost ship."

"I know this." Tsuchikage shook his head and said, "Stupid!"

madness!It's really a stupid idea.

The Tsuchikage really sneered at Raikage's plan!

He really never expected that Naruto and the Fire Nation were more powerful than he imagined!If everything goes smoothly according to his plan, there will be nothing wrong with the Fire Country now.

But this plan is not going well!

He completely underestimated his opponent and overestimated himself. The consequences were that he put the entire country into the most dangerous situation.If you didn't understand the intention of Naruto's operation at the beginning, then there are constant riots in domestic rice, and the price is hitting new highs every day.These two items alone were enough for Tsuchikage to notice this vicious cycle.

This is basically taking the country all the way to hell!

The Tsuchikage could see that if there was no way to stop this vicious circle in time, the entire country would face endless civil war!What the Tsuchikage could also see was that the only disadvantage of Junko's move was that it was difficult for him to stop it directly!

Junko assumed an offensive posture openly, and the border confrontation seemed to have no end in sight.

As long as this confrontation does not stop, the cloud of war will always hang over the Earth Kingdom. It is not a wrong choice to hoard a large amount of food in the face of the threat of war.Food is also an important measure of a country's war potential. Without a steady stream of food, the war cannot go on!

In order to ensure military supplies during the war years, it is reasonable for food prices to increase, and it will be over with a little patience.

But in the current situation, it is reasonable for these nobles to hoard food crazily. They dare not relax their food hoarding easily until the war crisis is resolved.However, the war was only a threat but did not evolve into reality. What seemed to be normal grain collection soon turned into hoarding. Along with the rapid rise in grain prices, a lot of negative consequences followed.

The current Earth Kingdom seems to be really in trouble. Forcibly lowering food prices will inevitably lead to a strong backlash from those nobles.

But if we ignore the price of food and allow it to skyrocket, we can only watch the country being led to hell by these nobles!

What now?

"Lord Tsuchikage." Kurotsuchi didn't know what to say. She seemed to agree with Raikage's approach and said: "Why can't we continue to unite with the Kumo ninja? If we can win over the Wind Country and the Kazekage, in the If we win over the Water Country and the Mizukage, I think we can reverse the current situation now."

"Twist?" Tsuchikage snorted, and said angrily: "Kurotsuchi, you are too naive."

Innocent!Too naive. Although he has the potential to become a Tsuchikage, the black soil is still too young now.The idea is a bit too wishful thinking.

"Win over." Tsuchikage asked in return: "Kurotsuchi, what do you think we, the Earth Kingdom, are using to win over the Water Kingdom? How about we win over the Wind Kingdom? Besides, the Wind Kingdom is a staunch ally of the Fire Kingdom."

"Even if they are firm allies, there will definitely be dissatisfaction." Kurotsuchi said: "This ghost ship incident does not mean that there is something between the Kazekage and the Hokage..."

"Kurotsuchi." Tsuchikage interrupted Kurotsuchi before he could finish his words: "Do you know why the Kingdom of Wind became an ally of the Kingdom of Fire, and why the Sand Ninja formed a strategic alliance with Konoha?"

Why?Kurotsuchi didn't answer. It's not that Kurotsuchi didn't know, it was just that she didn't know whether her answer was correct.

"Because of the war." Tsuchikage said: "After the Konoha Collapse Plan, the economy of the Country of Wind was basically controlled by the Country of Fire. The economy, food, and many weapons were all controlled by the Country of Fire. Therefore, the Kingdom of Wind must listen to the Kingdom of Fire even if it does not want to. Therefore, although there may be some mutual distrust or small resentment between the Hokage and the Kazekage, the Kazekage will never dare to disobey the Hokage in the general direction."

"If the Kazekage dares to do something that is contrary to the truth, such as maintaining the alliance on the surface but forming an alliance to attack Konoha in private." Tsuchikage said with certainty: "What is happening now is between the Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Thunder. What happened to me will happen in the Kingdom of Wind! Then the Kazekage will soon take the blame and resign, and replace him with a more obedient Kazekage."

"So." The Tsuchikage slowly walked back to his seat and said, "The Kazekage will not stand on our side."

The Tsuchikage picked up a pen and paper and said: "Now that the Fire Country is the only one, and the Hokage's strength is unfathomable, the Mizukage and the Kazekage will definitely not go against the Hokage for our sake."

"Hey..." Tsuchikage sighed and said, "Sometimes it is necessary to bow your head."

Chapter 397 Stew in one pot

"No...the situation has changed so quickly?"

Junko looked at the latest information sent by Shisui in surprise!

I have to say that Shisui did a pretty good job. Not only did he quickly take over the spy system left by Danzo, it did not completely die out because of Danzo's death.Although a lot of personal control has been reduced, the efficiency of information acquisition, identification and transmission has not become lower, and has even become more efficient than in Danzo's era.

The actions of the two Kages, the Raikage and the Tsuchikage, became the top concern of the Fire Nation after their joint attack on Konoha.