After the announcement, 500 Chunin quickly volunteered to participate in the Dark Hidden Village's agricultural pilot project.
Lin Yu selected 200 Chunin who didn't have the talent to become a Jonin and formed an agricultural team.
For the remaining 300, Lin Yu asked them not to be discouraged and try again to become a Jonin. If they can't do it, he will arrange other positions for them.
Since a team has been established, someone must lead the team.
Although the High Production Nest can turn Chakra into power and cooperate with the production mechanism developed by Fang Zhu, ninjas who don't know anything about agriculture can also complete the work in a high production area.
But the person leading the team must at least have the relevant knowledge. There seems to be no suitable person in the Dark Village.
At this time, Saori introduced her maid, Fuko Nō-San.
Nō-San was born in an agricultural family in Fuko Country. Since childhood, she has mastered a wealth of agricultural knowledge. Lin Yu appointed her as the captain.
In the previous second expansion of the Ninja Village, Lin Yu reserved 20 square kilometers of land for agriculture!
Farming is calculated by mu, 1 square kilometer = 1500 mu, 20 square kilometers = 30000 mu!
The main crop in Naruto's world is rice.
Because of different geology and climate, the number of times rice is harvested each year and the yield per mu is different.
In the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind, rice is harvested once a year, and the yield per mu is 200 Jin. And in about three years, the planted land will lose its fertility and become barren, so they can only cultivate new land for planting.
For the vast Country of Earth, this wasn't a problem. However, for the Country of Wind, which was located in the Gobi Desert and had a vile environment, this was fatal.
If one person ate 1 jin of grain per day, then one mu of land in the Wind Country wasn't even enough to feed one person!
The Land of Thunder and the Land of Fire are slightly better. Rice is harvested twice a year, and the yield per mu is 250 Jin!
In the Land of Water, rice can be harvested three times a year, and the yield per mu is about 300 Jin.
But no matter which country, the yield of food has little to do with the people.
Because the world of Naruto is in the feudal era, most of the land is concentrated in the hands of the rich and powerful. Tenant farmers can only rent land from the rich and powerful. Not only do they have to pay a high rent, but they also have to hand over enough food. In the end, the food they get is very little. It is very difficult for them to be self-sufficient, let alone sell food.
The only people who could buy and sell food were the rich and powerful!
The Country of Darkness was located between the Country of Earth and the Country of Fire. Under favorable weather conditions, the crops could be harvested twice a year, and the yield per mu was around 200 catties.
According to this standard, the 30000 mu of agricultural land in the Dark Hidden Village could produce 250 jin of rice per mu. If it was harvested twice a year, one mu could produce 500 jin of rice. The 30000 mu of land would produce 15 million jin of rice!
15 million jins of food meant 20,000 mouths to eat. Because ninjas consume a lot of Chakra, the amount of food they need is much higher than ordinary people. They consume an average of 2 jins of food per day. So 20,000 people eat 40,000 jins of food per day. That's 14.6 million jins of food per year.
With the addition of some losses in the middle, it was just enough to achieve self-sufficiency!
After three days of training, the Dark Hidden Village's agricultural team started working. In the first half of the year, the Dark Hidden Village's first batch of food would be self-sufficient!
There was still a long way to go before they could be completely self-sufficient in all aspects. But the problem of food was solved.
The remaining food in the granary of the Dark Hidden Village could last for three more months. Lin Yu planned to buy three more months worth of food, which would last for half a year. Then they would be able to last until the first batch of food arrived.
However, it was at this critical juncture that something very troublesome happened.
No matter where he went to buy food in the Country of Darkness, as soon as the other party heard that he was from the Dark Hidden Village, they immediately refused to sell.
Lin Yu immediately asked people to investigate the reason. Soon he found out that it was due to a government decree issued by the Daimyo of the Country of Darkness.
'From now on, the grain merchants of the Country of Darkness will limit the supply of food to the Dark Hidden Village. Also, strictly control the food entering and leaving the Country of Darkness to ensure that it doesn't flow into the Dark Hidden Village!'
The Daimyo explained why such a decree was issued.
'The harvest of the Country of Darkness this year is less than half of the previous years. There is no extra food for you!'
Some people may be curious. If you can't buy food from the Country of Darkness, then you can buy food from other countries.
But the Country of Darkness had such a policy … It had been continued since ancient times.
'All citizens are not allowed to buy food from other countries privately. Even if there is a shortage of food and it is necessary to import food, the Daimyo must personally preside over the purchase. Then the grain merchants will buy from the Daimyo and the people will buy from the grain merchants!'
With more links in the middle, the price was bound to soar. The people often had to spend several times or even ten times the price to buy food!
So in the famine of previous years, the people who starved to death were all ordinary people. The grain merchants and nobles lived a luxurious life.
"If they don't sell food to us, we can't buy food from outside. In other words, we have to wait and starve, right?" Lin Yu leaned back on the table and asked Shazhi in front of him.
Shazhi said, "The Daimyo said … If we want to buy food, it's not impossible. We need him to come forward and coordinate with the grain merchants. In addition, because this year's harvest is not good, if we want to get food first, I'm afraid we will have to pay more than before!"
Lin Yu said coldly, "Oh? Does that mean you still want money? "
Shazhi clenched her fist, "One jin of food … 10,000 taels!"
Lin Yu laughed, "It's 100 times more than before. Hehe, not bad …"
"So, what should we do?"
"We need three months' worth of food, 3.65 million jin, 36.5 billion taels … How much money do we have left in our account?"
"Not long ago, we cashed in a small batch of gold. Excluding the 100 billion taels that we just gave to the Daimyo, we still have about 40 billion left."
"Buy it. This is for the Daimyo's coffin. Tell Cape Town that in half a year, when our first batch of food comes, I will personally slaughter that pig …"
In this way, the Dark Village spent 36.5 billion taels to buy three months' worth of food!
Late at night, the Daimyo's residence.
"Your Excellency, I have checked the account of the Dark Village. There is no more money in the account of the Dark Village."
The Daimyo pinched his mustache and was puzzled, "That Uchiha Takeshi, eight years ago, just for the matter of changing the name of the country, he personally came to me and threatened me with force. Now that I have beaten him like this, he didn't hesitate. Why is that?"
Below him, a treacherous official said, "Hehe, I'm afraid … He has already recognized his identity! Other than fighting and destroying things, what else can a ninja do? In peaceful times, ninjas have to rely on us to survive! "
The Daimyo said, "If he really knows the truth, then it's fine …"
Time flew by, and winter came. Outside the Dark Village, two uninvited guests came.
"The hatred of the Blood Pool Clan, I will settle it with the Dark Shadow!"
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