Naruto: Reshaping the Shinobi World with Sasori

Chapter 179 The Value of a Small Country

Time passed little by little.

Two months later, Yubi, accompanied by several guards, traveled to a small country to negotiate with its leader.

Discuss the issue of resource swapping.

Construction of Sunagakure Village is still in full swing.

However, since it is a construction project, basic materials are naturally indispensable. However, Sunagakure Village is relatively poor in resources. If it wants some timber, iron ore, etc., it needs to be purchased and transported from other countries, which is very complicated.

To ensure that the project's progress would not be affected by external forces, Yubi, as the Fourth Kazekage, personally went to meet with the leaders of some small countries.

Some countries have nominal leaders, while others only have nominal leaders and not a proper system of privilege.

Fortunately, over the past two years, Sunagakure has opened up the market through medicine and established cooperation with many small countries, allowing the village to use the channels of medicine resources to reach other transactions with other forces.

Furthermore, Yubi is the Kazekage of Sunagakure—given his status and reputation, even the leaders of these small countries dare not neglect him.

As long as he intervenes, the deal can almost always be finalized.

Of course, the most important point is that as the war in the ninja world intensifies, the value of Sunagakure's medicinal resources is becoming increasingly apparent, and Yubi's intentions and effects in selling medicine are beginning to take full effect.

That is—the absolute monopoly of Sunagakure's industries.

After experiencing the benefits of Sunagakure's medicinal resources, some small countries and ninja villages have gradually become constrained and dare not easily turn against Sunagakure, otherwise their medicine supply will be cut off.

The spread of the ninja war has gradually begun to affect some small countries and villages, and the casualty rate of the people is gradually rising. Under these circumstances, various forces undoubtedly need Sunagakure's medicine to maintain their survival rate.

The value of Sunagakure's industries lies not only in the battlefield, but also in the often-overlooked aspect of people's livelihoods.

"Lord Kazekage—Admiral Mifune of the Land of Iron has replied, saying that he will build a batch of specially made engineering equipment for the village as you requested, and is preparing to send people to escort the first batch of minerals to our Land of Wind. However, due to the geographical location of the Land of Iron, and the fact that the fighting in Konoha and several other villages has not subsided, it is likely that the transportation will take a while."

Along the way, Yubi's guard took the village's letter from the leg of a small bird that had fallen down, glanced at its contents, and then reported it.

"Um.

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Yubi nodded.

The transactions with the Land of Iron were conducted through correspondence; he did not personally negotiate them.

After all, at this time, his position as Kazekage is rather sensitive.

If you reveal yourself too easily, you're very likely to be targeted by the enemy.

Even now, Yubi's meetings with the leaders of these small countries are conducted in secret—keeping the news under wraps as much as possible.

Don't let the news leak out.

Due to the village's current manpower shortage, he only had four bodyguards.

One Sand Village Jonin, and one Special Jonin.

The remaining two are Chunin.

The guard who reported to him was also a familiar face.

It was Maki, a future Jonin of Sunagakure and one of its high-ranking members, who killed Hayate Gekko during the joint attack on Konoha by Sunagakure and Otogakure.

Maki was a year younger than him and Scorpion.

Yubi knew Maki when they were in the Ninja Academy, but they didn't have much interaction.

The other young Chunin was Yura.

In the original work, he was controlled by Sasori with a talisman and was a spy infiltrated into Sunagakure. His future strength potential is also not low, and he is also at the level of a Jonin.

These two are among the younger generation in Sunagakure who are worth nurturing. After all, they are characters in the story, so Yubi specifically promoted them to his side.

"These small countries may not have much military strength, but there must be a reason why they can stand in the ninja world."

Yubi laughed, "In previous years, although I traveled around the ninja world, I didn't really understand these countries and forces. Now, after dealing with them, I realize that some of these smaller countries play a very important 'role' in the ninja world."

He was referring to the time a few years ago when he made money through gold exchange.

"Lord Kazekage, are you referring to the technological level of some small countries? It seems—it appears to be more advanced than our Sunagakure." The Jonin beside him chuckled.

"That's right—"

Yubi nodded.

"The major wars in the ninja world, in the end, were all initiated by our five great ninja villages, and they lasted for many years—so for us, the primary task was to improve our military capabilities, and we simply didn't have the time or energy to develop other areas. But these small countries and villages are different. Although they are also affected by the war, as long as they are not truly drawn into the war, they still have time to utilize their strengths according to their own 'abilities'—"

"Moreover, given their current resources, no matter how much they develop their military capabilities, it's unrealistic for them to compare with our major ninja villages. Therefore, to gain a foothold, they need something to rely on. To be honest, it's similar to the industries in our Sunagakure village—even if they only produce some excellent daily necessities, once they become popular throughout the ninja world, the profits they can earn will not be small."

The former said.

"you're right."

Yubi gave a compliment.

He now understands a little better why technological items such as televisions and home appliances appeared in later generations in the original story. Some of these things, and those that played a certain role in promoting the development of the world's technological level, were not necessarily limited to the five great ninja villages.

More likely—it's other small countries and villages.

Perhaps these countries are small and have a small population, but their technological level far surpasses that of the five great ninja villages.

It has some outstanding research talents.

Many technological achievements were first researched and developed by them, which led to their widespread adoption throughout the ninja world.

These small countries and ninja villages are somewhat similar to small startups scattered throughout the ninja world—every now and then, they might come up with some new products that bring about some changes to the world.

However, in a world stage dominated by "war," unless these small countries and villages can develop products that are integrated into the war system and have extremely high value, their influence will be far less than that of simple daily necessities or tools.

If the cost of certain technological items is too high or the production process too complicated, their value as a product is not significant even if the core technology is not blocked.

It's nothing compared to the medicines from Sunagakure.

Their industry is a strategic resource, and even more so, an absolute necessity and an indispensable consumable.

"This is the diversity of the ninja world—even some small countries and villages have a long history and tradition. I have always focused my attention on the major ninja villages, and thus subconsciously neglected these small countries and villages. But now I see that they have survived to this day, and each of them is extraordinary in its own way."

"Once everything in the village is fully operational and stable, we can hire their people to come to the village to teach—keeping their skills in Sunagakure is not a bad idea."

Yubi stroked his chin, deep in thought.

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