I sell sweets in Konoha

So as long as the two of them make any important decisions, the important records may have been placed on the Hokage's desk just after they issued the document and planned to take action.

Therefore, I have to say that Shisui did a really good job, and he almost turned the upper floors of Kumo Ninja Village and Iwa Ninja Village into wineries.

This can be regarded as giving these two ninjas a little face.

"Let's talk about the actual situation." Junko said, "I haven't seen the Raikage's actual actions or the Tsuchikage's peace letter."

"Because the two countries are now very different." Shisui said: "Although the Raikage and the Tsuchikage have made their own judgments, the two countries, especially the top leaders of the Ninja Village, have not reached any unity."

"Take the Earth Kingdom as an example." Shisui explained: "Although the Tsuchikage of the Earth Kingdom feels that it is best to negotiate peace with us at this time, and after reaching a peace agreement, turn around and try our best to solve the current predicament of the Earth Kingdom. But There is no consensus within the Earth Kingdom regarding this plan of the Earth Kingdom.”

"In general, it can be divided into three categories." Shisui said with the information: "The first category is those who oppose for the sake of opposition. This category of people can basically be ignored. As long as the Tsuchikage makes any decision, even if the Tsuchikage If people want to eat, they must play devil’s advocate. So these people basically don’t have any particularly important political opinions.”

"Excluding the first category of people, the remaining two categories need to be paid a little more attention to."

Shisui took out another piece of information and said: "The main premise of the political opinions of the two factions is basically the same as that of the Tsuchikage. It can be said that they are consistent. They all believe that it is necessary to reach a peace agreement with Konoha as soon as possible and withdraw as soon as possible. Ninja, create a good trade environment to solve the current domestic food problem."

"But." Shisui changed the topic and said: "Neither of the two factions thinks that now is a good time. One faction believes that now is a silent attitude and does not directly express its position. It does not directly support the continued alliance with Kumo Ninja and does not agree with Kumo Ninja now. The Ninja Village has canceled its alliance. If Raikage's current plan is really effective, Konoha will definitely take the initiative to negotiate peace with them to reduce the pressure."

"Even if the Raikage's plan does not succeed, as long as the Raikage takes action, the pressure on Konoha will inevitably double." Shisui continued: "If we go up to negotiate a peace at this time, Konoha must reach an agreement as soon as possible in order to reduce the pressure on itself. . No matter what the situation is, the Kingdom of Earth can take a lot of initiative in future negotiations."

"I call it the Waiting Party."

"As for the other faction." Shisui said: "The other faction believes that Raikage's plan will inevitably fail, and there is absolutely no possibility of success. But Raikage's plan is the key to their ability to negotiate peace with Konoha! Because they think Although Raikage’s plan to win over the Wind Country cannot succeed, it can achieve a tie.”

"To put it simply, the Thunder and Earth Alliance jointly exert pressure and at the same time win over the Kingdom of Water first, and then the Kingdom of Wind. Even if the Kingdom of Wind is unwilling to form an alliance with them, they can remain neutral."

"Oh?" Junko felt that this idea was interesting as soon as she heard it.

It is very similar to the Showa plan of a certain district in the previous life, trying its best to force the other party to the negotiation table.Every time, the success is accomplished in one battle. As long as the battle is over, the opponent will definitely come to the table with you.

Of course, it was finally put on the table, but what was signed was a document of unconditional surrender.

"Why do they think we will be helpless?" Junko said: "Why do they think they will definitely win? Who gave them the confidence? They have been beaten up once by the border troops, but they still have such thoughts."

"The premise is that a hot war won't break out." Shisui smiled slightly, as if he wanted to laugh but didn't dare, and couldn't help but couldn't help but said in this way: "Just like your idea, a hot war won't break out directly. . Relying on the border confrontation to put on a bloody fight to the end, and using extreme pressure to force the other side to negotiate for peace."

"Basically, it can be said that they are trying their best to force us to the negotiating table without breaking out into a hot war."

This....

Junko scratched her head and had to say that this was indeed a good plan.In the terminology of the previous life, war is an extension of politics.If you can solve the problem with your mouth, you will try your best to solve it with your mouth. When you find that the other party cannot solve it with your mouth, you will resort to war.

After all, that sentence is indeed true, a cannon fires a thousand taels of gold.

War is always a high-investment and high-risk affair, and the return may be a thousand taels of gold, or it may be nothing.

Regardless of post-war gains, war will definitely lead people to ditches.

As for negotiations, this method not only guarantees benefits but is also safe, although the benefits are not necessarily as huge as those brought by war.

But the risk is small.

Can...

But there is a big premise for this!The premise is that your military strength must be adequate.In military affairs, you can win a battle, and even if you cannot win, you must be able to fight a draw.

What about the Kingdom of Thunder and the Kingdom of Earth?Together, these two may not be able to equal Konoha.

"But it is indeed a problem." Junko put down her hands and thought about the matter seriously and said, "Negotiation..."

For Junko, this is indeed a small problem.Because she also hopes to force the Tsuchikage and Raikage to the negotiation table through non-war means.Of course, this is not just about getting on the table, but using military pressure and economic warfare to give yourself more negotiating advantages and force the Raikage and Tsuchikage to bow their heads.

So if the other party wants to follow her routine...

Generally speaking, the Tsuchikage and Raikage didn't have many available cards, and Junko wasn't afraid. But if they did this, it would be a bit troublesome at this juncture.

"Where is the Raikage?" Junko asked again: "What are the internal views of the Kingdom of Thunder on Raikage's plan?"

"Basically it goes against the Raikage." Shisui said: "The Raikage's idea is to concentrate all his efforts to force Konoha to the negotiating table and strive to negotiate and reach a peace agreement when it is most beneficial to them, and then turn around. Re-organize the domestic situation. The country of Thunder, especially the Daimyo of Thunder Country, believes that if the extremely high domestic food supply is not solved as soon as possible, it must be solved as soon as possible."

"The Raikage and the Daimyo cannot agree on this."

"In addition, there is actually another problem." Shisui added his information and said: "The attitude of the Daimyo of the Land of Thunder and the Daimyo of the Earth Country towards negotiations is also based on another practical issue."

"That means the Daimyo of the Land of Earth is trying to make money for the country, and is making a lot of money." Shisui didn't know how to evaluate it and said: "The Daimyo of the Kingdom of Thunder really wants to solve this problem."

People, once you fall into the eyes of money, it is difficult to get out.

Just like the daimyo of the Earth Kingdom, as a daimyo, doesn’t he know the current situation of the Earth Kingdom?Rising food prices and increasingly frequent rice riots.Doesn't he know the consequences of doing this?Doesn't he know that if he continues to do so, he will only make the country run wildly towards a bottomless abyss?

know!

Of course he knew, but there was nothing he could do.

Because not only him, but also his relatives, ministers in the capital, and various nobles and tycoons, they all seemed to be having a last carnival party.It seems that they all know that the Kingdom of Earth is coming to an end, but none of them will stop and have a gluttonous feast in their last moments.

No one is wondering what the future of this country will be like.

As for the Daimyo of the Earth Kingdom, he might think that he is the ruler after all.If the Kingdom of Earth is really doomed, he himself will not be much better.

But even if he thought about it, what could he do?

Go and chop off the heads of those nobles, ransack their homes, release grain, and stabilize grain prices?

This is not just one or two speculators doing this kind of thing, but everyone from top to bottom is doing it.The problem he faces may actually be what a certain transport captain said.

If you don’t clean it up, the country will be destroyed, if you clean it up, you will lose your position!

He seems to also want to clean things up but not to do so intensely, and he also wants to have peace talks but not as soon as possible.

Maybe it’s for his own butt, or maybe he’s doing it so that he can make more money.

"What's your suggestion?" Junko asked, looking at Shisui.

"Pull one and beat the other." Zhisui said: "I think the most important thing at the moment is to solve the problem of the Kingdom of Wind. Too much of our energy has been wasted here. At the same time, Raikage also hopes to use this matter to divide the Kingdom of Wind. And the Fire Nation, if we can deal with it as soon as possible, the Raikage’s plan will basically be in vain.”

"In addition, since the Tsuchikage already hopes for peace talks, we can appropriately reduce the pressure on the Kingdom of Earth." Shisui said: "As for the Kingdom of Thunder, I think we can put further pressure."

Of course the gun has to hit the first bird. Since Raikage jumped like this, don't blame them for shooting the first bird.

"Yes." Junko nodded and said, "I guess the ghost ship matter should have a result recently. This matter has indeed dragged on for too long."

It's indeed a bit long. In the theatrical version, it felt like this matter didn't take more than three days from emergence to resolution. Now it's almost half a month and it's still not over yet.

Junko ordered: "Send an additional division of troops to the border of the Kingdom of Thunder. In addition, the grain merchants who are still in the Kingdom of Thunder can increase the price of food appropriately, and then gradually withdraw from the Kingdom of Thunder."

"Block the border ports between the Country of Fire and the Country of Thunder, and strictly inspect all kinds of war materials!"

"There will be no changes in the policy towards the Earth Country for the time being."

Make a faction and fight another.This strategy can be said to be the most common strategy in the previous life.It is basically the most common strategy in international diplomacy, military strategy and political competition in previous lives.In ancient times, there was making friends at a distance and attacking at close range, while in modern times, we have to distinguish between friends and foes.It can be said that this strategy of recruiting a group to defeat a group and finding ways to neutralize a group can be said to have appeared repeatedly and has been tried and true.

The Raikage and the senior officials of Earth Kingdom also had this idea.

It's just that the implementation of strategies sometimes depends on national strength and collective strength. Whether the Kingdom of Thunder and the Kingdom of Earth can achieve success depends on whether the two countries have such strength.

In Junko's opinion, they don't seem to have that strength.

"I understand." Zhisui said, "I'll make arrangements right away."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shisui's figure disappeared into the Hokage's office.

"It seems that the Raikage and Tsuchikage are already very busy with this matter."

Just after Shisui left, Tsunade opened the door and came in. She seemed to have been here a long time ago and waited at the door for a long time until Shisui left before she came in.

"Is this matter so unsolvable?" Tsunade seemed surprised and curious and asked: "It seems that the Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Thunder are not short of food, right?"

Tsunade couldn't figure it out, and it was understandable that she couldn't figure it out.

Because this may be the first time that the ninja world has extended war to matters other than military affairs.Before Junko, the threat to another country was basically military. If it didn't work out, it would be military.Military pressure, political pressure, and economic pressure are indeed a concept that Tsunade has never seen before.

"This matter is actually not unsolvable." Junko said: "It depends on how you sit on your butt. If they are willing to take their own lives, then this matter is actually not difficult and easy to solve."

"What a pity~" Junko spread her hands and said, "This is unlikely!"

In fact, this kind of thing has been solved in previous lives. The nobles have money. This is undeniable.But the problem is that in order to maintain a life commensurate with their status, the nobles also have a lot of daily expenses.Therefore, although it is undeniable that the nobles are rich, they want to spend a large amount of money to buy food in a short period of time.

What’s more important is that these grains need to be stored, require space, and manpower, and they cannot be cashed out in a short period of time.

Therefore, even those nobles with extremely strong family backgrounds want to expand warehouses, manpower, and purchase grain in a short period of time.They all more or less borrow money from banks.

Therefore, the first step is to ban or suspend these loans through state power, which can remove their financial support to a certain extent.

Subsequently, a large amount of affordable grain was sold to the market through the state warehouse to stabilize grain prices.

Of course, this premise is that there is enough food in the national warehouse, and the consequence will naturally be that a large number of people will go to the rooftop.And human nature is greedy, and capital is even more so!They will never stop until they have drained the last drop of blood and died.Therefore, this matter was destined to never have the possibility of a peaceful solution from the beginning.

It's a pity that Raikage is unlikely to take his own life, and the Kingdom of Thunder does not have that much food reserves.

In short, she, Junko, lit up the Kingdom of Thunder, and the fire could not be extinguished unless blood was sprinkled on it.As for whose blood this blood belongs to, it may belong to the people or capital.

"So if it were you, could you calm all this down?" Tsunade asked.

"Of course." Junko said firmly, "Because I have food in my hand, and I know whose life I want."

"Whose blood will be used to extinguish the fire?"

Chapter 398 Glenel Mine

Country of Bears.

A small country far away from the Kingdom of Fire and sandwiched between the Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Wind.

Being far away from the Fire Country in the ninja world is equivalent to being far away from the political, military and economic center of the ninja world.This is both a good thing and not necessarily a good thing.

Because if there is a natural geographical barrier formed by the terrain in the country far away from the Fire Country, and the domestic daimyo adopts a closed-door policy, then such a small country is usually called "small", "poor" and "weak". can be summarized directly.If there is a foolish and unscrupulous monarch, it will be even more difficult to describe such a country.

Bear Country is such a country.

The monarch cannot be said to be stupid and unprincipled, but it can also be said to be arrogant. The national policy formulated cannot be said to be independent, but it is definitely closed to the country.

The Bear Country is very weak, its economy is low, and its per capita income is among the lower-middle-class in the Ninja Continent.

However, even in such a small country, there are Ninja Villages.

Generally speaking, it is not unusual for such a small country to have a ninja village. What is strange is that the leader of this ninja village also calls himself the 'Shadow' ninja village as the Hoshi Ninja Village, and the leader of the ninja village is Hoshikage.

Shadow, this meaning can be said to be quite clear.

In the entire ninja world, only the leaders of the five most powerful ninja villages can be called shadows.And the reason why the leaders of the five great ninja villages can be called shadows is because they are strong enough to be called shadows!Other small ninja villagers calling themselves shadows are to a large extent the behavior of a toad claiming he doesn't know his level.Therefore, theoretically speaking, it is very dangerous for the leader of the Star Ninja Village to call himself a 'Shadow', and he can easily get beaten.But he didn't actually get beaten.

The reasons are similar to those in previous lives. Wuchang can't jointly launch a film just because of Gambia's few words, right?

It's the same here. You can't jointly launch a film just because a small country like the Bear Country calls itself the "Bear Country", right?The cost is a bit high.

Although the film cannot be jointly launched, the Kingdom of Earth and the Kingdom of Wind, which border the Kingdom of Bears, will not just let the Kingdom of Bears go.The Bear Country is far away from the Fire Country, bordered by the Ghost Country and the Earth Country to the south, the Bird Country to the east, the Wind Country to the north and the Dark Country to the west.

Such a purely landlocked country does not have any outlet to the sea. It is surrounded by either big countries or allies of big countries.

In that case, just play it yourself.

Therefore, the independence or isolation policy of the Bear Country is not so much initiated by itself as it is blocked by the surrounding countries.Moreover, the Bear Country itself is a poor country, a small country, and a weak country. They cannot cope with this kind of blockade to break the situation.They can't use any means such as distant friendship, close attack, win-win and division.That is to say, there is no way to make economic and political commitments, and it does not have any military strength to threaten other countries.

Therefore, the Bear Country can only be trapped in this seemingly dead end situation and persist in its last stubbornness.

So can they hold on to their last bit of stubbornness?

Does not!

This poor and weak place is just like the bathrooms in the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Earth. You can come and leave as you please.The Star Ninjas of the Bear Country are as invisible, unable to hear, and unable to catch as crayfish.Of course, even if they could, there was nothing they could do, because ninjas who forcibly grew up relying on the so-called star training were basically not good enough in front of the ninjas of the five major countries.

Even if he could, he could only pretend that he couldn't, comforting himself by saying that there was a natural poisonous gas barrier on the border and it was absolutely impossible for ninjas to sneak in.

So this time the Kazekage came, and so did the Raikage.

They have no idea.

Maybe if you know, you can only pretend not to know.

"It's really a lot of trouble." Gaara Kazekage crossed his arms and looked impatiently and said, "Choose a place like the Bear Country to meet."

"For safety's sake." Raikage said, "If the Hokage knows about this, the Kingdom of Wind will probably not have an easy time in the future, right?"

"So, do I have to thank the Raikage?" Gaara's words seemed to be a little sarcastic: "Thank you Raikage for your dedication to the alliance between the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Fire, and for thinking so thoughtfully. "

Indeed, Raikage's words are correct. The Kingdom of Thunder is now an enemy of the Kingdom of Fire, if Konoha knows about it.

I am afraid that things will really not be easy for the Kingdom of Wind in the coming period.

If you say this, it can be regarded as the Kingdom of Thunder thinking a little bit about the Kingdom of Wind in this matter.

"I'll just get down to business." Raikage said seriously: "The Kingdom of Thunder hopes to form an alliance with the Kingdom of Wind. What do you think about it, Kazekage?"

The Wind and Thunder Alliance attacks the Country of Fire from both front and rear.