I sell sweets in Konoha

"What? What?!" The daimyo also exclaimed. He directed his attendants to take back the IOU from the dazed Junko, then looked at it carefully for a while before he breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression suddenly changed again. She looked extremely ugly and gave the attendant beside her a big blow and said angrily: "I asked you to show her the IOU, but why did you just give her an interest note?!"

"IOU! IOU! IOU! You almost gave me a heart attack, and I just said why is it so small?!"

"A little bit?" Tomoko said dumbfounded, "Is this just interest?"

"This is it." The daimyo pulled out a bunch of IOUs and looked at each one carefully before asking his attendants to deliver them to the dumbfounded Junko and Tomoko. Then he said with a smile: "The entertainment fee is waived. This daimyo was kind enough to forgive you the gambling debt she owed in the casino when she was playing. This part of the IOU is simply the money borrowed from this daimyo. As for the money borrowed from my retainers, I can do a little bit to help you waive the interest, but the principal must be returned to others, right?"

"So this money..."

There are really parts and components, and the number is scary!Even though Junko and Tomoko have already seen Tsunade's prodigal abilities, they still feel like they are dead now!

"This entire ninja continent..." Junko said almost desperately: "Who on earth doesn't have an IOU from her?!"

She had long known that borrowing money from the entire Fire Country was not Tsunade's limit, but she could borrow so much money even when she went to the Wave Country.And they all lost completely!

"Did you lend several years of GDP to Tsunade?" Tomoko said desperately.

"What? What the G what?" the daimyo asked in confusion.

"No, it's nothing!" Junko grabbed Tomoko and said, "Let's go discuss it."

After saying that, he pulled Tomoko into the corner and whispered: "This... this can't be fake, right? You didn't find out anything when you asked people to investigate. Why did this famous person suddenly come up with so many things?" IOU? The country of Waves is a weak country, and even a poor country. How can it be possible to have so much money?"

really?It must be fake, right?

"Probably not." Tomoko took the IOU in her hand, looked at it horizontally and vertically, and took a magnifying glass to carefully read the signatures and signatures. After reading the signatures, she looked at the paper under the light. After studying it for a long time, she finally made the final decision: " This is true, it is indeed Tsunade's mother's handwriting. And there is no fraud or splicing. The IOU was written on a complete piece of paper, and the signature, fingerprints and content were all formed on the same day. These are Tsunade Mom signed it herself, and it was also Tsunade’s mother’s fingerprints. There is no way that someone deliberately added to the IOU several days later to make it false, and even if it was not formed on the same day, it was written by Tsunade herself.”

"I probably prepared the IOU first and then waited for Tsunade's mother to come over and sign it."

Completely true, no doubt, this is true.

Despair, this is despair!Originally, I had prepared a lot of reasons to persuade the daimyo, but now I feel that none of them are used, or I refuse to admit my relationship with Tsunade and refuse the IOU, but Junko firmly feels that if I do this, there will basically be no need for it in the future. I miss the position of Hokage.His relationship with Tsunade was the reason why he returned to Konoha and climbed back to the position of Hokage!Very!One of the very important political capitals!

But what if you admit it?Just the debt from Wave Country already made Junko and Tomoko feel suffocated, not to mention the debt she borrowed from other places.

"Speaking of which." Tomoko suddenly remembered something and Junko said, "How did you settle Tsunade's mother's debt before?"

"Abuse of power." Junko said with a grimace, "Because I am Hokage, and through my own business, money is not an issue. If someone comes to collect debts, it doesn't matter whether it is a bank, a pawn shop, or a casino. I will buy them all. If he refuses to sell, I will directly put him on the anti-crime blacklist. With Tsunade's reputation, it is impossible for her to lend money from a regular bank, so she usually dares to There are some problems with those who lend her money. And I buy it normally, so on the one hand, I have to get some money back, but on the other hand, I can recover a lot of money. They also choose to sell their banks, pawn shops or casinos to me."

"Then what did you do?" Junko asked.

"Persuade." Tomoko's answer was quite simple and rude: "Either convince them, and whoever borrows the money will go to them. For the money that Tsunade's mother owes, go to Tsunade's mother to ask for it. They can't get it from them." I got a word here!"

"Ah, this?" Junko said in disbelief: "I don't think those people can be persuaded by words."

"We are all civilized people. If classical literature can't help, then use classical physics." Tomoko's answer was even more rude: "And I am a rebel, so I don't have so many burdens. Literature, physics, chemistry, biology There is always a way to persuade them."

"Biology?" Junko asked a little confused.

"The toads of Mount Myoboku." Tomoko patted Junko on the shoulder and said, "I signed a contract with Mount Myoboku, and the toad bosses of Mount Myoboku are surprisingly good at handling such incidents. If you want to see For a moment..."

Before she finished speaking, Junko felt Tomoko's hand on her shoulder shaking inexplicably, and her face seemed to be stiff for a second or two before she continued: "I can reluctantly show it to you, Toad. How to convince the daimyo to give up debt collection consciously, voluntarily and happily."

"Ah...this..." Junko was speechless for a moment.

The toads of Mt. Myoboku... Just from the way Gamabunta and Gamakichi speak and behave, it seems that they are closer to the underworld.

Let them come over...

There is a high probability that the Daimyo doesn’t have any good juice to drink.

"Forget it." Junko shook her head and said: "If you use your method to seduce the Daimyo of the Country of Waves, then we will most likely have to live in exile. Without the first more stable base, it will be difficult for us. Obtain enough capital and support to become Hokage. And although the debt is indeed not small, it is not an absolute disadvantage."

"Even if we sleep with the daimyo here, won't someone come to us to ask for debts in the future? If one comes, he will sleep with one, which will be a serious blow to our credibility."

"But we have no money now." Tomoko also knows that this is not good, but the reality is even more cruel.

"The daimyo and the nobles of Wave Country don't want their debts to be repaid, right?" Junko has made up her mind. It's a blessing, not a curse. It's a curse that cannot be avoided.With Tsunade's ability to owe money, this time is just the beginning.

"Lord Daimyo." Junko regained her composure a little, walked up to the Daimyo again and said, "We can recognize the debt, or we can help her repay the debt. But we really don't have the money to repay the debt now."

"Actually, I think you are quite capable." The daimyo looked at Junko and Tomoko with a greedy look.

"Lord Daimyo, some people can't tell the difference between a full meal and a full meal." Junko said unconcernedly: "You don't know the difference between being beaten to death without eating and a full meal. What’s the difference?”

"Are you threatening me?" The daimyo heard the meaning of Junko's words.

"Of course not." Junko said neither haughtily nor arrogantly, neither happy nor angry: "I'm just stating a fact. The worst result for us is nothing more than breaking the jar, and the little assets we have in the Country of Waves actually don't matter. It’s nothing. Even if it is gone, it will just become a traitor and wander around the ninja continent. But we can’t tell you.”

"Hmph." The daimyo snorted coldly and said, "How dare you?"

"Given the situation in the Land of Waves where you can't even eat curry~" Junko said with a playful smile: "If we hang you and Cardo on the street lamp and swing, we will still be regarded as... We are the heroes of the Kingdom of Waves. As long as we do a little better, although we are out-and-out rebels to the big names, to the people of the Kingdom of Waves, we are great heroes, and they recognize us as leading the way. people."

The Daimyo was dumbfounded by the current situation of the Country of Waves. He didn't quite know what the current situation of the Country of Waves was like, but there was already a Kesha, so there could also be a next Kesha.

And now it seems that this new 'Kesha' is an existence that Cardo cannot deal with at all.

"What do you want to say?" Daimyo finally put away his greed and asked.

"Win-win cooperation." Junko stretched out her finger and said: "We can win-win, let you win twice. We guarantee that we will not lose."

"We can pay off the debt for Tsunade. When your account is settled, the accounts of other nobles can also be settled. For the nobles to have you come forward to help recover the debt is a great face and benefit to them. Junko said: "And we can help you develop the economy, people's livelihood and military. Let the country of Waves become a small but wealthy country, small but not weak. When the people become rich, you are coming forward to say that this is all yours." policies, so that you will also be a good name in the hearts of the people."

"This way you win twice, and the current situation in the Country of Waves is that even if we want to do business, we will face a very high risk of bankruptcy. We are doing business for the people. If the people don't have money, our business will collapse. So close."

"So as long as the country of Waves becomes rich, we will not lose money, and we will have money to pay off Tsunade's debts."

He won twice, which sounded really good. The daimyo asked with a little interest: "How to do it?"

"Kado, ka~ but not now." Junko made a gesture and said: "Then, I want to be rich."

"Build the road first!"

Chapter 15 The Bridge Builder

To be rich, build roads first.

This is a wealth-making experience summarized from previous lives, and it is also easy to understand.

Because only when the roads are in normal condition can local valuables be sold, and only when the roads are in normal condition can supplies needed by the local area be easily brought in.Therefore, smooth trade and transportation is one of the prerequisites for getting rich, but it is not the entire condition. If only convenient transportation is available, it may cause economic recession.Because smooth roads will also intensify population flow, causing a population siphon effect in some originally economically developed and underdeveloped areas.Already economically developed regions will use their own economic, medical, education and many other advantages to absorb the population and resources of relatively weak cities. This will lead to economically developed regions becoming more developed, while economically underdeveloped regions will lose population due to , declining consumption power, insufficient labor force, and other reasons, the economy is getting worse and worse.

The Kingdom of Waves also faces this problem. They are too close to the Kingdom of Fire, and even shipping is not on important trade routes.

There are no specialties in the Land of Waves.If we were talking about that world, the country of Waves was rich in sucrose, which was considered a specialty.But in this world, the sugar industry is not lagging behind either. The country of Waves is not dominated by the sugar industry. Its main industry is fishing.

However, the coastline of the Fire Country is not short, so the Fire Country's demand for seafood can be basically met through its own fishery, and there is no need to import seafood from the small Wave Country.

Therefore, after carefully analyzing the economy of the Country of Waves, Junko soon discovered that although Cardo's monopoly on maritime trade caused material shortages in the Country of Waves, his approach also protected the fragile economy and production within the Country of Waves on the one hand. ability.On the other hand, if Dazna builds this bridge, goods from the Fire Country can continuously enter the Wave Country.

Then...

Then there will be nothing more. The country of Wave's own production capacity will soon be overwhelmed. The economy may not collapse quickly, but the ending will definitely not be good.

Just like global trade in previous lives, for big countries, global trade is like digging mountains of gold with a big shovel, while for small countries, global trade is just losing money and relying on a little high-end manufacturing to survive.

"But the situation in the Country of Waves can be better." Junko analyzed it carefully and said: "Tourism, education and shipbuilding."

"Tell me carefully." Tomoko was not too interested but still managed to cheer up and said, "This is what you promised the Daimyo to generate income for the Country of Waves, and it can double the Daimyo's assets. It would be bad if you can't complete it. , and I know about traveling and shipbuilding, where is this education? There is no Ninja Village in the Land of Waves."

"Don't consider ninja education." Junko vetoed without hesitation: "But we can engage in general education, elementary school, junior high school, high school and university. If the Country of Waves can build a cross-sea bridge, then the Country of Waves Our bridge-building ability and level are not low. We can open a civil engineering college with civil engineering as its major."

"And if we want to vigorously develop tourism in the Country of Waves in the future, we must have more bridges to connect different islands and more infrastructure construction."

"At least." Junko said with confidence when she said this: "Civil engineering will be an incremental market for some time in the future, and we don't have to worry about some old man running away with a bucket."

"Even if he runs away with a bucket, we will let Zabuza bring him in, catch him, and then suppress him...ah...no, we want him to understand that civil engineering is a promising career."

"Oh~" Tomoko had nothing to say. She was not very good at development, planning and establishment.But she knew very well that it was impossible for a layman to command an expert.Since this was Junko's decision, she cooperated and asked directly: "If you plan to open a school, you will need teachers, right? I will tie it up for you... Please come here."

"Don't invite me." Junko waved her hand and said, "This person has some objections to us. If you invite us..."

"Only we visit him, and we will still need this person in the future."

"Who?" Tomoko asked.

"Dazner."

Tatsuna, the builder of the Naruto Bridge and a contact bridge builder from the Land of Waves, is set to be a man with a craftsman’s soul and extremely high professional skills.Although the 'Artisan's Soul' has a bit of a metaphysical feel, Dazuna is not a 'god of sushi' or 'rice god' who has more gimmicks than reality. He is a person who really has something.

It is not as difficult for Junko to meet Tatsuna as it is to meet the daimyo. If she wants to meet, she can just come to her door.

At the door of Dazuna's house, Jinbo looked at the twin girls standing in front of his house indifferently.

She knew who these two people were. They were rebellious ninjas hired by Cardo.I heard that he has a great reputation, but so what if he has a great reputation?They are from Kado, and these two people are not welcome in this family.

Although Jinbo wanted to refuse, she had also observed these two girls.Although they are hired by Kado, their methods and style are different from Kado, and since they opened a snack shop on the island, Kado's people have become more honest.At least no one from Caddo came to harass her home during this time.

It seems that he is starting to transform from a dark and evil force into an ordinary businessman.

"Can we go in?" Tomoko asked politely.

"What are you going to do?" Jinbo finally chose not to refuse directly. At least these two girls looked better than the others under Cardo.

"I heard that Mr. Dazuna is going to build a bridge." Tomoko said, "We want to talk to Dazuna about building a bridge."

"Just give up on this idea." Suddenly an old man's voice came from the house, shouting angrily and firmly: "No matter what you do, I will never give up that bridge! Even if it's just me. We must also finish building this bridge!”

"No, Mr. Dazuna, you may have misunderstood." Tomoko said without being angry: "We are not here to stop you from building a bridge, but to help you build a bridge. We not only want to build a bridge, we also want to Build bridges throughout the Land of Waves, many! Many bridges! And only you can do this."

"What did you say?" As soon as he finished speaking, an old man suddenly rushed out and squeezed Jinbo away and said, "You want to build a bridge? Aren't you ninjas hired by Cardo?"

"Of course not." Junko said when she saw Cardo appearing: "We should be considered as those who cooperate with Cardo, but the cooperation is only limited to some projects. We neither obey Cardo's orders, nor do we do everything. It’s the same as. Especially regarding building bridges, I not only support building bridges, but I also want to build many bridges!”

"A lot?" Dazna looked at the girl in front of him carefully, as if trying to find something called deception in her.

But no matter how you look at the other party, they seem to come with sincerity.

"If what you say is true." Dazna didn't know what the girl had in mind, or whether it was Cardo's conspiracy.But facing this girl's sincerity, he decided to take a gamble.

"You can come in and talk."

Seeing Tazuna move out of the way and invite her in, Junko told Tomoko: "Protect this place and don't let anyone disturb it, especially Kado."

"Don't worry." Tomoko slapped her chest and said, "You should ask now how many people around Cardo are loyal to him."

Junko nodded and walked in.

Dazna's home is not big, just an ordinary two-story building.There is no secret room here, the conversation is in the living room.Tatsuna asked his daughter to bring Junko a cup of tea and said, "Why do you want to build a bridge?"

"If you want to be rich, you must first build roads." Junko said, "The purpose of my coming here is very simple. Make money, make money, make money. But I am different from Kaduo. I don't scrape the poor people's money. Or even though I It’s also a waste of the poor man’s money, but...”

Junko looked at this family that could not be said to be poor but could also be said to be poor and said: "If you want to squeeze out the money from the poor, the poor must first have the money. So my purpose is to lead you to get rich first, and then from there." You are making money by squeezing out the benefits. Cardo’s approach is to drain the river, but my approach is probably to drain the lake in a sustainable way.”

"What...what do you mean?" Dazuna was confused by Junko. He knew how to make money, but what about the rest?What is fishing when the lake is exhausted, and what is fishing when the lake is exhausted?

Does it make a difference?

"You should know that I opened a confectionery shop on the island." Junko explained: "Although it can be sold to nobles and daimyo, the spending power of daimyo and nobles is not very good. They can't make much in a day. It costs a lot of money, and it’s very difficult to purchase ingredients for making dim sum because of Kado’s method. Some of them have to be sold as special items. If things go on like this, I won’t even be able to maintain the store.”

"So only if I can freely purchase ingredients for making snacks on the island without worrying about the price of the ingredients being too high, can I make cheap and delicious snacks. Similarly, only residents of the Land of Waves can afford it if they have money. Only with my snacks can I make a profit.”

"Only can my store open in the long run and prosper." Junko said with a smile: "So from this point of view, our ideas and goals are the same. We all believe that we can connect the Land of Waves and the Ninja Continent by building a bridge." Realize the prosperity and strength of the country of Waves. Of course, we also have differences. You think it is enough through a bridge. But I think more than one bridge is needed."

"We need many, many bridges. Even the bridge that connects the ninja continent requires more than one! So we need more bridge-building technicians. I plan to establish a school to teach bridge-building technology."

"Are you interested in becoming a teacher?"

Chapter No.16 Do you also want to dance?

Cardo's lair can be said to be quite special.

This is a vertical diamond-shaped spindle building. Just looking at it is enough to make a large number of civil engineering people call it unscientific, and it can also make a large number of buried scientists jump out of the coffin board.

Of course, it is not a question of who jumps out of the coffin board, nor is it a question of the civil servants exclaiming that it is impossible.

This is Cardo's own problem.

"I want to know how many of my people are still around me." In Cardo's large and luxurious office, Cardo sat sideways on his leather office chair.His head was drooped, and his hands were hanging helplessly in front of him.His waist was hunched and he looked as if his soul had been taken away, and his whole body became pale.

"Those two yellow-haired girls actually got together with that old immortal Dazna." Kaduo said in a feeble voice that seemed to be angry: "And I only found out about it after reading their propaganda."

Cardo found out and knew that Junko and Tomoko decided to help Dazuna build the bridge.

He had known for a long time that these two yellow-haired little girls who were only eleven or twelve years old were not the same as him. He knew that sooner or later he would have to have a final decisive battle with these two people. He knew that in the future Kingdom of Waves, he and those two There is no coexistence between these two yellow-haired girls.It's just that he didn't expect that something would happen so quickly. These two girls would attack his seven inches so quickly.

Build a bridge!Once the Kingdom of Waves completes land communication with the Kingdom of Fire, it will have the greatest impact on its transportation industry.

A sharp drop in earnings is certain, but shipping is not dead.This is one of the important trade transportation methods in the Country of Waves. The natural advantages of shipping will allow Takado to continue to make money, but not as much as before.

Cardo himself knows that once the bridge is built, what he will lose will not be a little economic benefit but an important right to speak.

His position as a herdsman on behalf of the Emperor in the Land of Waves will be gone forever. When the bridge is built, he will quickly fall from a central figure to a marginal role.Therefore, he has been ordering his men to keep an eye on Dazna, and he must not let him build this bridge.

However...however...but now the people around him actually betrayed him.