60 Years in Konoha
January 21st
Fire Country
Konoha National Highway, Water Country
Hubbub of voices and bustling
Tired carriages and horses in a mess
The temporary leader of the Konoha Genin team was eager to prove that he wasn't a road idiot. He was leading two of his teammates, a sensei, and his employer's carriage on the road.
Yes, they had to stop, even though they were a full 24 hours late than originally planned.
Uzumaki Naruto was really aggrieved. In fact, this lateness really had nothing to do with him. He really didn't misread the map, he really didn't get the wrong direction, and he didn't even go the wrong way, but he could still feel that damn Uchiha Sasuke's contemptuous eyes behind him.
"Sigh, I knew children were annoying. I clearly told them that they might run into a traffic jam when they received the mission. How dare they go on the national highway? " For the past two days, Kakashi had been drinking tea, chatting, and reading novels with his employer in the carriage. He didn't show it on his face, but he was cursing in his heart. At this moment, he finally understood what regret meant. It wasn't a mature sensei to put himself in danger for the sake of training new recruits. He really wanted to slap each of his three subordinates, but he didn't have the time to do so. He needed to be careful not to let his employer, who was at a loss, step on the crowd or be squeezed to death by the crowd. This was what it meant to be in a dilemma.
"Hey, don't look at me like that. I already asked everyone when we decided to take the main road. Besides, isn't it normal all the way here?" Naruto Uzumaki finally knew how to protect the carriage like a guard.
"If it's normal that there's almost no one on the road." Sasuke, who didn't know what to do, had already calmed down. He tried his best to cooperate with Naruto to form a formation, even though it seemed that the formation had no practical meaning.
"Because everyone is stuck here." Suddenly, a voice came from behind them. They looked up and saw a boy sitting on a tree by the roadside. The boy looked like a civilian from a nearby village. He was about 17 or 18 years old, and he was giggling while holding a basket.
"I can tell. What's going on?" Sakura was still smiling like a lady today.
"I don't know this little ninja girl from Konoha." The young man raised his eyebrows at Sakura.
Sakura also raised her eyebrows and habitually placed her hands on her hips. She could tell that the dead man on the tree was toying with her. Alright, alright, Sakura was going to start fishing for information. What did they say in class?
"Aiyoyo. The road ahead is already blocked … "The young man glanced at the angry Sakura, stood up, and shook the basket in his hand.
"What's in your basket?" Leader Naruto, who had been moving slowly in the crowd for the entire morning and had only eaten half a piece of dry food, was already hungry.
"Yo ~ Little ninja brother from Konoha, do you need bean buns and tea eggs?"
Naruto heard his stomach happily say "yes", but at the same time, he was prepared for Moneybag to say "no". "How much are your bean buns and tea eggs?"
"Two bean buns and one tea egg, a total of five coppers." The part-time vendor had already wrapped up the food and handed it to Naruto. "Thank you for your patronage."
“？”
"Hey, little brother, it's already very cheap. Pay up. "
"Thank you, big brother ~ I also want — five —" Sakura, who had already realized the standard procedure for fishing for information, kept winking at Naruto. "Naruto, it's your treat!"
Seeing that Sakura was still counting on Naruto, and that Naruto was slow to react, Sasuke couldn't take it anymore. He saluted and handed over the money. "Sir, may I ask why this place is like this?"
"…"
The vendor was stunned.
Kakashi lowered his head and didn't say anything. In fact, he wanted to look up at the sky and sigh. Are these kids really 12 years old? Just look at these three and you'll know how bad Genin are in peacetime.
"This, this young master." The vendor rubbed the corner of his twitching mouth and quickly wrapped up five servings of food and handed them to Sakura. "What are you talking about? Didn't the Land of the Wind and the Land of Fire sign something called a trade agreement together? It seems to be very favorable. Now, merchants from all over the world want to be in the limelight, but the agreement doesn't include merchants from the Water Country. So, the officials of the Land of Fire are preventing merchants from entering. But these merchants don't want to leave, and the higher-ups haven't set the rules yet. So, they're all stuck here. "
Sasuke looked at the vendor who spoke so eloquently and was also stunned. He had a hunch that this grinning guy wasn't a spy from another country.
The sensitive peddler looked at the little ninja with a strange look in his eyes. He was so scared that he almost fell off the branch. "I didn't say anything that shouldn't be said. The notice that the officials sent to us was very clear."
"Notice?"
The hawker pointed out to them, and they saw several people who looked like officials, with the help of a small team of suspected Konoha Shinobi, stepping on the roofs of various vehicles, one by one, giving out leaflets and explaining to the pedestrians happily, and they were almost there.
"I wanted to take this opportunity to make a lot of money. But I've ordered that the prices are not to be raised. I don't want to be reprimanded by those serious guys. Besides, it's the slack season now. Instead of leaving flour and eggs there, I might as well use them to exchange for some sugar for my brothers and sisters. If I can meet someone who sells rouge and jewelry, maybe the girls in the village will be willing to marry me tomorrow. "
"Hahaha." The leader of the caravan who was stuck here with them laughed when he heard the boy's words. "Hey, boy, you have a good business mind. My caravan is doing well in the Water Country. Do you want to run a business with me? "
The boy was also happy. "Forget it … I can't finish planting the crops in the spring."
Everyone laughed together, as if they had given up on their impatience.
So they looked at each other and waited for the evacuation.
But the engineer Dazna, who had been in the carriage, was getting more and more anxious. The bridge must be built as soon as possible. If it's too late, the Water Country will be finished. There were a large number of shrewd merchants in the Water Country outside, and Kado, who monopolized the sea route, was inside. Even if they got rid of the problem of buying food from Kado at a high price and selling goods to him at a low price, would they still have to compete with the huge Water Country? Damn it, didn't the Water Country and other countries refuse to participate in economic cooperation?!
Thinking of this, Dazna was even more worried.
"You three are useless. We're in a hurry. Don't you see that they're almost here?"
Kakashi and the three genin who were used to the noise looked at another caravan from the Water Country in the distance. Well, people carrying the carriage was actually more beneficial to relieve the traffic pressure. But …
"Sasuke, the ninja from the Water Country is carrying the carriage over."
"I saw Naruto."
"But that's a female ninja."
"I saw it. You really haven't seen the world. Konoha's Tsunade-senpai is the real heroine." Sasuke tried to maintain his composure in the crowd and said seriously.
"Hey, Naruto, Sasuke, if that's the case, let's do it." Sakura's face was full of admiration, and she had already started rolling up her sleeves.
Naruto and Sasuke felt that they had lost their ability to judge. Fortunately, they still remembered that a ninja was a job where they could ask for instructions from their superiors. But they were doomed to suffer more. Kakashi had already lifted the horse over her head and was waiting for the three genin to carry the carriage.
"What about the grandpa who built the bridge?" Naruto also rolled up his sleeves and looked for Sakura.
"Just sit in the carriage and don't move." Sasuke took a deep breath and stuffed the stunned grandpa into the carriage. He looked at Kakashi, who took the opportunity to carry the horse and teleport away, and was speechless. He was just about to ask his teacher about why he couldn't find an empty place to set Thor coordinates and then fly the carriage out …
But his two idiot teammates were already ready to carry the carriage and waiting for him. Sasuke could only think along the way. "By the way, lifting the carriage is no problem, but if the three of us teleport together, how do we control it?"
Naruto and Sakura were petrified.
After a while …
"Why do we have to teleport? Can't we just move out bit by bit?"
"What's the difference between moving out bit by bit just now?"
"At least it'll be faster …"
"Really?"
"Probably."
In short, it was better than doing nothing.
…
Fire Country
Naruto's office.
Four Generations Naruto Bo Fung Watergate felt weak in his heart. He had just scared away the representatives of the Wind and Fire Country's business groups, who had received the news and came to ask questions. He also fended off the questions of the Senate and the Elders Guild. He still wanted to know what was going on.
"Sagittarius, what did you tell them before you came back?"
"Recently, something must have happened at the border between the Fire Country and the Water Country." Dingzhuo answered at attention, "Once you find anything unusual, report it immediately."
"Then why were the merchants of the Water Country stopped when they were almost at the National capital?"
"Sir, that was a caravan."
"I know it's a caravan, not an army!!"
Shikaku Nara saw that Naruto was going to hit the table again if he continued to talk, so he quickly interrupted, "Forget it, sir. Merchants seek advantages and avoid disadvantages … Seeing such a big market in the Fire Country, it would be strange if they didn't want to take a bite. "
"Yes, their reaction is fast enough. The commercial announcement was only issued half a month ago … Don't they need to celebrate the New Year?" Bo Fung Watergate looked at his former comrade, now the Konoha field captain Sagittarius's calm face and sighed softly.
"What should we do now? We have already asked the Monarch to send a letter of protest to the Water Country. "Hiroyuki Yamanaka also sighed.
"Do we really have to stop them?" Shikaku frowned.
"No need. We have a strong hand. "Watergate held his chin and thought," What did the Mist Ninjas say? "
"Clear information." Intelligence Minister Shikaku had a strange look on his face as he took out a piece of paper and hesitated.
"Why didn't you read the information quickly?" Watergate urged.
"I read it out loud." Shikaku confirmed again.
"Read it." Watergate looked at Shikaku strangely.
"Cough." Shikaku no longer hesitated and read it out loud.
"Bo Fung Watergate:
We Mist Ninjas are now open for business, of course, we work for whoever pays us. Besides, even during the war, there is no rule that forbids the caravans of various countries from hiring ninjas as bodyguards. Therefore, if the merchants of the Water Country hire our ninjas as bodyguards to do business in the Fire Country, of course, we will do it. As for the opinion of the Water Country and the Monarch? It has nothing to do with us. Also, aren't you a little too overbearing? But I like it. Mei Teru. "
Silence.
Bo Fung Watergate sighed and ignored the group of old friends who were trying to hold back their laughter. He said seriously to the Intelligence Minister, "Call back. The Fifth Mizukage:
The act of bringing goods into a country with complete sovereignty without permission is called smuggling when the tariff is not set and the tax rate is unknown. Therefore, your employers have violated the laws of the Fire Country. Konoha, as a country authorized by the Fire Country, has the right to detain any merchants and ninjas who violate our laws. However, due to the unfinished nature of their actions. Konoha will resolve this matter as soon as possible and deal with it accordingly. Fourth Generation Naruto. "
"Yes, Sir." The Intelligence Minister finished recording and called back as soon as possible.
"There is more." Bo Fung Watergate said faintly.
The Intelligence Minister stopped his subordinate who had just received the task.
"It has nothing to do with you." Naruto stopped Shikaku, and he stared at Uchiha Fugaku who was standing in the corner and laughing. "What's so fun that you've forgotten that we're working?"
"Ah, Sasuke's news, it mentioned Naruto. That's funny. Do you want to know? "Uchiha Fugaku said with an expression that said 'I won't tell you even if you ask me.'
"Fugaku, I'm busy. Tell me about it later. " Bo Fung Watergate felt even weaker. "Attention, everyone, today everyone will work overtime. Prepare for the joint negotiation. I want a reasonable tax rate for the merchants of the Water Country, and the data of the economic cooperation of all the merchants of the Water Country. No one is allowed to leave work until it's finished. 012110. Coffee."
It's better than doing nothing.
…
60 Konoha, January 21
On this day, Naruto Uzumaki and his two companions suddenly discovered that there are many different people in this world besides ninjas.
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