Chapter 334 Layout

"Dad, the banditry on the beach is a bit serious recently. If you can't go fishing there, it's best not to go there."

During breakfast, I received advice from my daughter Tsunami.

She looked at her father Dazna with worried eyes.

As the leading bridge-building expert in the land of waves, he is very good at construction, so he is not only good at building bridges, but also building roads and houses. Because of these skills, courage, responsibility, and willingness to help others, Dazna is very famous in the local area and is a celebrity.

The country of Wave is only a small country, and there is no ninja as a military guarantee.

Although the big country doesn't care about the internal environment of the wave country at all, the outbreak of wars by the ninjas of the big country often leads to all kinds of serious banditry in the surrounding small countries.

These bandits are likely to be composed of homeless people in the war zone. Those who cannot survive can only rely on robbery to make ends meet.

But in this way, the people of the country of Bo will suffer.

The daimyo and the nobles did nothing, and the combat effectiveness of the soldiers under them was also very weak, which led to the increasing rampant pirates who looted the coastal towns of the Kingdom of Waves.

Even people who went fishing at sea were greatly affected, and their days gradually became depressed.

"This kind of thing is okay, Tsunami. And fishing is also a job. Although I am a famous bridge builder, I have to think about my family's livelihood."

Dazna said to his daughter Tsunami while eating pickled cucumbers and mantou in his hand.

"But"

"No way, the only person in my family who can go out to work now is me. When Yi Na grows up, he can take over my job and support the family."

Dazna said earnestly, but also full of helplessness.

Ina is the son of his daughter Tsunami, who should have had a complete childhood, but the daimyo and nobles forced conscription in the country to target pirates at sea, and many young people were conscripted to fight against pirates.

His son-in-law died unfortunately during the crusade against pirates.

There are many other examples like this. Young men in many families died in battles against pirates.

Those who stay at home are basically the elderly, women, and young children.

"Then be careful."

"Don't worry, there are still many workers who went with me. Even if they encounter pirates, so many people have the power to protect themselves."

Tatsuna nodded, accepting her daughter Tsunami's kindness.

After all, in recent years, there have been fewer and fewer businessmen entrusting him to build bridges in Namano. They cannot do their own full-time work, and can only rely on fishing to maintain their family's livelihood. It's also a breadwinner job after all.

Just then, there was a knock on the door, which caught the attention of Dazna and Tsunami.

"What are you doing, it's not the time to go fishing at sea, is it so early?"

Dazna put down the steamed bun in his hand, and couldn't help complaining.

Before the agreed time, there should be an hour to prepare.

Before Dazna could stand up, Tsunami stood up first.

"I'll do it, Dad."

As he spoke, he walked across the corridor and walked towards the entrance.

After a while, there was no movement.

Dazner felt strange, so he shouted: "Tsunami, why is there no sound?"

Not long after, Tsunami came back with a strange expression on her face.

"What's wrong? Who's here?"

Dazner asked curiously.

"They didn't say."

"them?"

"Well, they are very formally dressed. They want to see you, Dad, and they have something to talk about. Maybe they are here to entrust you."

Tsunami said with a smile.

If this is the case, that would be great. After all, fishing at sea is too dangerous. Even if you go with other workers, if you are targeted by pirates, you will inevitably suffer casualties.

If Datsuna falls, Tsunami really doesn't know what to do.

"Entrust? This country is so poor, how can anyone come here..."

Despite saying this, Dazna stood up from the seat sincerely, and walked to the entrance together under the leadership of Tsunami.

The door there is open, and five people can be seen standing outside the door.

The leader was a very young girl, about twelve or thirteen years old, with long black hair as gorgeous as silk, a faint smile on her face, and high-quality clothes at first glance.

Behind her, there were four adults in uniform and standard clothes, male and female, wearing black coats, maintaining a solemn and majestic atmosphere.

Is it some traveling noble lady? Such confusion appeared in Dazna's mind.

"Hello, miss, may I ask, what can you do for me, a bad old man?"

Dazna knew that the girl in front was the leader, so he asked her.

"Hello, Mr. Dazna, my name is Chiba Kazuhime, and I come from the kingdom of ghosts."

"The country of ghosts?"

Listening to the girl's narration, Dazna was slightly taken aback.

Only then did he notice that some kind of floral pattern was embroidered on the black coats of the four guards behind Kazuhime.

That's an aster flower.

is the national flower of the country of ghosts.

The maiden of this term is also named after the aster flower.

"What's the matter with the people from the ghost country coming to me? The one who owes the money is the daimyo, and it has nothing to do with ordinary people like me."

Dazner said so.

It is not uncommon for a daimyo to owe money in China.

The Kingdom of Demons has the most powerful Aster Flower Chamber of Commerce in the ninja world. Its industries are spread all over the ninja world, and it will also provide loans for daimyo and nobles in various countries. The daimyo of the land of waves was targeted by the debt collectors of the land of ghosts because he failed to make up the debt on time.

"I'm joking, Mr. Dazner. I'm here today just to pay you a visit."

"Visiting?"

"That's right. I heard that you are a bridge-building expert and a well-known celebrity in the local area, and I want to recruit some workers here in the land of waves to help me with some work. I think that with the help of Mr. Dazner, the matter of recruiting workers should be a lot easier."

"Recruiting workers? Do you want to do some projects in the Kingdom of Waves?"

Dazna looked at Kazuhime strangely.

As we all know, the Kingdom of Waves is a small island country with extremely scarce resources. Even though it is surrounded by the sea, due to the prevalence of pirates around it, the fishing and shipping industries are also greatly restricted.

"I'll talk about the specific plan later. Then, I won't bother Dazna to have breakfast. Goodbye."

Yiji bowed slightly, and with four guards, she turned her head and left.

"What a strange little girl, but she comes from the kingdom of ghosts..."

Recently, the events in the Ghost Country have been quite violent.

Even the land of Waves, which has poor intelligence, has also obtained some rumors.

Wars with big powers and so on are completely out of the reach of ordinary people like him.

Watching Kazuhime and the others leave, Dazna stood at the door, lost in thought for a while.

"That, Dad..."

"What's the matter, Tsunami?"

"That lady seems to have brought a gift."

Tsunami pointed to the exquisite gift box that was placed at the door at some point.

"Uh...how did you accept it?"

Dazna frowned suddenly.

If you accept this gift, it will not be as easy to refuse as you imagined.

He is completely confused now, what is the purpose of Yiji's visit to him.

Although he is indeed a well-known local bridge-building expert in the land of waves, the so-called fame is just that the working class is more able to talk.

But among the upper classes of the Kingdom of Waves, he has no so-called authority at all.

Ichihime's aura always gives him a more majestic feeling than that of Namanokuni's daimyo.

Can such a big man be able to see these insignificant network resources in his hands?

Various places are full of sense of dissonance and weirdness.

"I can't help it. I didn't find out until they left."

Tsunami smiled wryly.

"That's it, then accept it, but don't take it apart. If it's troublesome for her to ask me to do something, it's convenient to refuse at that time."

Although Dazner didn't know what was in the gift box, it was definitely a precious treasure that a construction worker like him would never see in his lifetime.

Because of this, if he really opened the contents inside, if things got complicated afterwards, he would have no way out even to regret it.

"Don't worry, Dad, it's not the first time I've seen this kind of thing, I will keep it carefully in the future, and don't open it casually."

Tsunami also knows the difficulties of her father Dazna.

Behind the appearance of a celebrity, there are also many sad experiences.

Especially when dealing with upper-class people, you have to be even more careful, so as not to be counted into it.

"well"

Dazna sighed, looking at the morning sun.

Days are getting harder and harder. He felt so emotional in his heart.

After visiting Dazna, Kazuki was not in a hurry to return to the sea cruise ship as a temporary residence, but went to the town of the wave country and started a practical investigation.

For practical investigations, Ichihime has always liked to do it by herself, and she, who had studied in Konoha and Kirigakure, also has her own set of methods, instead of simply following the scriptures and calling all cognitions the truth.

The things in the textbooks can't be trusted. Too good things sound like heaven, but if you don't pay attention to the actual situation, but blindly carry out changes, it's best to only come up with something completely different, which may be closer to hell.

Any system is actually just a transitional product.

The so-called progress is to constantly put forward new ideas, instead of holding on to the glory of the past and indulging in the vanity of the past.

Konoha's Uchiha was defeated by Konoha's internal complex political environment, but on the other hand, Konoha's Uchiha would not be reused if he was placed in the kingdom of ghosts suddenly. The core values are completely different, how can it be integrated. That would take a long time to remodel.

As for the genocide Itachi Uchiha, Kazuhime only felt a little bit emotional about it, and sighed for a while.

Walking in the towns of the land of waves, even in the center of the town, the crowds are very sparse, not to mention the types of shops, giving people a feeling of the Great Depression.

In a hidden corner, you can still see some unscrupulous shops in pink clubs that are open.

A ferocious gangster with a weird hairstyle and colorfully dyed hair, holding iron bars, knives and guns in his hands, in the dark alley, like a greedy ghost staring at the people passing by on the street, as if looking for suitable prey for them to attack. Next to it is a garbage dump.

Black market, gambling, pornography, even during the day, you can feel such an atmosphere.

Not just pirates, there are also bad associations such as gangs in this country, which have become local powerful and powerful local snakes, relying on various illegal enterprises to obtain funds and sites.

It wasn't until dusk when the sun went down that Kazuhime finished the day's practical inspection.

But it was only a town that was inspected. In the country of Bo, there are many such towns. It is necessary to visit them one by one to know what the country really looks like.

Back to the cruise ship at sea, in the lounge, Kazuki held the information collected in her hand, flipped through the pages, and began to think about what the next strategy would be.

"Special clubs, casinos, gang forces... There are so many internal problems in this country, and it may not be a matter of time to solve them."

Yiji frowned in distress.

She knew that the situation in the Land of Waves might not be as good as she imagined, but she never expected that such a huge black and evil industry chain could be secretly accumulated, deeply rooted in the Land of Waves.

"Miss."

After knocking on the door and getting permission, a ninja from the Oni Nation walked into the lounge and said respectfully to Kazuki.

"What's up?"

"President Cardo is back."

"Oh? It seems that there is something wrong with him, let him come over."

Kado has been visiting the daimyo of the Kingdom of Waves since yesterday morning. Presumably, there will always be a saying over there.

Besides, she also wanted to know more about the daimyo and nobles of the land of waves.

"yes."

After the ghost country ninja went down, not long after, the door was knocked again.

"Come in."

Following Kazuhime's words, the door of the lounge was pushed open.

A middle-aged man with a short stature and wearing a black formal suit walked in.

With a mustache and a pair of round-frame sunglasses, you can faintly see the sharp eyes hidden under the sunglasses, which is very aggressive.

He also held a black iron cane in his hand, which he needed to use for walking.

Cardo.

is the name of this middle-aged man.

She was a veteran who followed her father Baishi in the early days. She once served in the senior management of the Ziyuanhua Chamber of Commerce and led the development of Ziyuanhua Pharmaceutical Technology Company. Later, she transferred to the shipping company under the Chamber of Commerce and served as the president. He has strong personal connections in various countries and is a business-oriented talent with very powerful means.

"How is it? How is the situation with the daimyo? Is there still no way to recover the debt?"

After Kado came in, Ichiki glanced at Kado and asked him.

"I'm very sorry, miss. The daimyo of the country of Namachi is unable to repay the debt. He hopes that we will have a grace period."

Cardo told the truth.

This point has already been confirmed, and Kaduo went here this time just to confirm it again.

Or, to say hello to that wave country.

"As expected, then, where did the funds they borrowed from the chamber of commerce go?"

Ichihime continued to ask.

"They claim that it is used for the construction of the country and the army, as well as the development of the domestic shipping and fishing industries."

Na no Kuni is an island country surrounded by the sea and has a good environment for the development of the ship industry and fishery.

After all, the purpose of the chamber of commerce is to make money. If it can't make money back, it won't have anything to do with Namanokuni daimyo from the very beginning.

As for what Cardo said, it is a rather vague concept.

"In the end, they secretly funded the pirates at sea, robbed the business trips to the country of Bo, and used it to develop domestic black businesses, right?"

Ichihime seemed to see through something, and spoke.

"Missy already knows?"

"The combat effectiveness of that group of pirates is too strong, and their weapons are also very sophisticated. The average person can't raise such a fat pirate. Moreover, the black business is so rampant in the shady places in the country. As a result, there is no turmoil in the country. Instead, it maintains a stable balance... It is obvious that there are external and internal troubles, which is a bit abnormal."

Yiji spoke out her guess.

Kado nodded, a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Indeed, with normal development, there is no way to make money faster than pornography, gambling, and drugs. This is a huge profit."

Although the Land of Waves has a good foundation for the development of the shipbuilding and fishing industries, these industries require huge capital and long-term investment.

Moreover, there is no guarantee that it will bring tangible benefits to oneself.

After all, the Kingdom of Waves is a small country with a very small territory, and there are not many people who usually come to this country.

To settle in for more benefits, open some special industry privileges to some businessmen in the ninja world, and then you can lie down and make money.

As for the pirates on the sea, they might be the forces under the daimyo of the land of wave, or they might be some big figures, and the army they funded privately was just under the banner of pirates.

At the same time, this also shows that the situation of the Kingdom of Waves is difficult, making people feel that they really can't afford the money to repay the debt.

"Find the treasury hidden by the daimyo and the nobles of the land of waves as soon as possible. They must have hidden the collected funds somewhere in this country."

This time she came to the country of Nami, and there are ninjas from the Hyuga clan in the team.

In front of Bai Yan, those treasures are absolutely impossible to hide.

For a small country like the Land of Waves, it is estimated that it will be difficult to recruit any powerful ninjas, so just be careful.

"yes."

"In addition, find someone to publicize this matter, and strive to have a certain influence among the people of the Kingdom of Waves. Let's warm up the atmosphere first."

Yiji made another suggestion.

The reason for doing this is just to arouse public opinion among the people, make them question the upper class of the Kingdom of Waves, deepen conflicts, and lay the groundwork for future reform plans.

The Land of Waves is very close to the Land of Fire, so what she needs to pay attention to is not only the internal forces of the Land of Waves, but also the external forces.

Because of this, she needs to win over the forces of the working class like Dazner.

As long as the Kingdom of Ghosts does not take the initiative to intervene, the Kingdom of Fire has no reason to intervene.

As for how to operate in the dark, it depends on one's ability.

At least the balance on the bright side cannot be destroyed.

After Kakashi worked hard for many days, the guard department finally successfully restarted.

Because Konoha's Uchiha clan has been exterminated, the new guard team is temporarily divided into Anbu's department and becomes another special force to manage various violations of law and discipline within Konoha.

In this way, Hokage's power has also been expanded in a new round, and the root's reaction to this is still very calm, without the slightest targeted action, as if acquiescing to such behavior.

Although the advisory duo, Mitomon Yan and Zhuanju Koharu, were quite critical of this and proposed to separate the security force from Anbu, but this proposal was rejected by the Third Hokage.

Thus, under the resolute promotion of the third Hokage, a new garrison was established to replace the functions of the Uchiha garrison in the past to manage various violations of law and discipline within Konoha, and the new Anbu minister Hatake Kakashi temporarily took over the management post.

"Did Tsunade-sama still not give an accurate reply?"

As Konoha Jonin squad leader Shikahisa, he is more concerned about the next Hokage candidates than the formation of the guard team.

Judging from the many difficulties Konoha is currently facing, the third generation of Hokage is obviously not strong enough, and a more courageous Hokage is needed to sweep away Konoha's decline.

Whether it is Hirizhan or him, the jonin squad leader, the perfect candidate in his mind is Tsunade, one of the three ninjas.

Senju's direct descendant, the granddaughter of the first Hokage, an advocate of medical reform, etc. After considering various factors, there is no one more suitable than Tsunade to be Hokage among Konoha.

"Jiraiya is trying to persuade him, but there is no guarantee when it will be successful."

Ri Zhan took a sip of the cigarette stick, exhaled lightly, and his words were full of helplessness.

Once upon a time, Konoha was full of talents, and powerful ninjas that deterred all countries emerged one after another, making enemy countries dare not act rashly.

But with the passage of time and the outbreak of the third Ninja World War, these advantages of Konoha were lost.

Bai Fang commits suicide, Chiba Shiraishi, Uchiha Ruri, and Hyuga Ayane's original Bai Fang team defected collectively, Tsunade left the Konoha political center, Minato died unfortunately, Orochimaru defected and fled the village, Jiraiya traveled around the world, and also chose to stay away from the Konoha political center...

Ri Zhan also imagined that if he hadn't made any mistakes in the past, would he be able to undo all these tragedies?

No matter what, it won't make Konoha come to the current embarrassing situation.

The kingdom of ghosts has risen, and the Uchiha and Hyuga branches have started anew there, and the development is impressive, but there are many people who maliciously mock Konoha's incompetence and weakness behind the scenes.

When people get old, they always like to fall into the memories of the past, and Hizan as Hokage is no exception.

Or because there are too many regrets and regrets, it is easier to fall into this unrealistic fantasy.

Lu Jiu nodded, he just asked casually, just to understand the situation.

"There is no need to worry too much about the security team. As for the response, it will take a while to know. But according to my guess, the problem should not be big."

After all, he and Kakashi handpicked the members of the guard team. They were screened from comprehensive levels of strength, character, and belief in the will of fire. It can be said that they are all ninjas who are loyal to Konoha and Naruto.

They will never act against the interests of the village.

"I've seen it too, the members are pretty good, as long as it can be put on the schedule as soon as possible. By the way, there is one more thing to discuss with you."

Hi Zhan took out a scroll from the drawer and put it in Lu Jiu's hand.

After Lu Jiuna was over, he took it apart and frowned.

"Stationed in the Kingdom of Waves? What does the Kingdom of Ghosts want to do?"

The content on the scroll is that a ship from the Kingdom of Ghosts is docked at the port of the Kingdom of Waves, and there are a number of ninjas and debt collectors on it, all of whom are dangerous elements with powerful force.

As the neighboring country of the Fire Kingdom, the Land of Waves is now being landed by the forces of the Ghost Kingdom from afar. No matter how you look at it, things are a bit unusual.

"They used debt collection as an excuse on the surface, but secretly they might plan to stay in the Kingdom of Bo for a long time and make something happen."

Ri Zhan had a look of vigilance in his eyes.

Lu Jiu pondered.

As Hizhan said, he took out another photo, which was a full-body photo of a character.

A 12-year-old girl, Sangouyu Shulun's piercing eyes appeared in the photo, with long black hair pouring down, and a sheathed blade on her waist.

"I remember this girl..."

"Her name is Chiba Kazuhime, she is the daughter of Chiba Shiraishi and Uchiha Ruri. She used to be named Mahiru Ichihime, and entered the Konoha Ninja School as a princess of the Oni Ninja. Judging from the fact that she has the Sangodama Sharingan, she has perfectly inherited the power of the Uchiha clan. She is the leader of the Oni Nation army in the Nami Kingdom. Her strength... I am afraid that she is also the best among Jonin."

Hi Zhan told the information he got.

Lu Jiu frowned deeper and deeper, obviously feeling the difficulty of the matter.

"What did the daimyo say?"

"He hopes that Konoha's side will stay put for the time being, and the officials on their side will control it."

As soon as Hizhan's words fell, Shikajiu understood the reason, and said meaningfully: It seems that the situation over there is more complicated than we imagined. However, I still recommend sending an Anbu team to investigate this matter. I think it is very likely that we will not be able to survive the situation based on the power of the daimyo. Such a bad situation, our side will not be in a passive position.

"You pass this order to Kakashi, and let him select a class of elite Anbu as soon as possible, and sneak into the land of waves to investigate. This is likely to be a new conspiracy in the land of ghosts, and we have to guard against it."

"Yes, then, I will go down first, Hokage-sama."

Lu Jiu nodded solemnly, turned and left.

After Lujiu left, Hirizhan stood by the window, with his hands behind his back, looking at the village scenery outside the window with his cloudy eyes, his bewildered look appeared on his old wrinkled face again, and he sighed.

(PS: Chapter 2 in time tonight...)

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