Naruto: The Tavern Speech Begins to Make the Land of Rain Great

While Orochimaru was busy assembling a team to go to the Akatsuki for peace talks, Watanabe Tetsuya was not idle either.

There were two reports on his desk.

One document is a report on the food situation in the Land of Rain submitted by Hayakawa Hitomi.

The other document is the actual data on greenhouse grain cultivation submitted by Furukawa.

He first picked up the report that Hayakawa Hitomi had prepared earlier and read it carefully.

The Land of Rain is currently facing a severe food shortage, with nearly half of its population going hungry.

This is due to multiple reasons.

First of all, the natural environment of the Land of Rain is really not good. It rains all year round and lacks sunlight.

Whatever crops you plant will die from the flooding, let alone without any sunlight.

This also means that the Land of Rain mainly relies on imports for its food supply.

Only by purchasing grain from the Land of Fire and the Land of Fields can the Land of Rain barely maintain a certain level of grain reserves.

However, since the start of the Second Shinobi World War, the Land of Fire has refused to provide any form of food trade to the enemy during the war.

This resulted in the Land of Rain consuming food without increasing it.

Soon, the monetary system of the Rain Kingdom collapsed.

This has made it even harder for the people of the Rain Country to afford food.

It can be said that they have fallen into a vicious cycle.

Even Hanzo, the overlord of the Land of Rain.

They have also been worried about food issues for many years.

There was no other way; most of the food available during the war was smuggled in.

The high prices and inconsistent quality have further squeezed the financial resources of Amegakure.

This is the current state of food supplies in the Land of Rain.

Watanabe Toru then picked up another report provided by Furukawa.

Three months ago, when Watanabe Toru and Furukawa first met, they talked about the huge obstacles facing the Land of Rain.

The primary issue is food security.

The Land of Rain does not have the ability to produce food independently.

And the food issue is of paramount importance.

Without the ability to produce food independently, we are extremely vulnerable to being held hostage by the government.

Therefore, Watanabe Tetsu had long ago instructed Furukawa to pay special attention to the food issue and try to come up with some feasible solutions.

Three months later, Furukawa presented his solution.

Greenhouse technology.

Of course, this greenhouse technology is also equipped with a series of technologies such as soil improvement and genetically modified hybridization.

This is not far from Watanabe Tetsu's previous guess, after all, the Xiaoguang Association is not yet capable of researching technologies such as hydroponics and synthetic crops.

However, the future is uncertain.

With this in mind, Watanabe Tetsu decided that he would definitely build the largest experimental building in the ninja world for Furukawa in the future.

Then let Furukawa assemble a groundbreaking experimental team.

Only when you invest sufficient resources in scientific research will it give you unexpected rewards.

Watanabe Toru glanced at the specific data at the bottom of the lab report.

With the help of soil improvement and genetically modified hybridization technology, the grains grown in greenhouses have a quality that is no less than that of the grains from the Land of Fire.

Furthermore, in terms of cultivation time, the technology provided by Furukawa is twice as fast as the grain production cycle in the Land of Fire.

Equal quality, but shorter cultivation cycle.

This is simply cutting-edge technology.

Watanabe Toru could no longer suppress the smile on his face.

He immediately took out the radio from the drawer and called his personal secretary, Hayakawa Hitomi.

Half a minute later, Hayakawa Hitomi knocked on the office door.

"Hitomi, you've seen Furukawa's lab report, right?"

"Yes, the data is quite surprising."

"I remember there was a large vacant lot in the southern part of Amatsu Town. Let's go and get that land and turn it into a grain industrial park."

Amatsu Town is a relatively prosperous town in the eastern part of the Land of Rain, and it is also a region with relatively developed transportation.

Building a grain industrial park here can reduce transportation costs and make it easier to recruit workers.

Watanabe Toru continued.

"According to the data provided by Furukawa, a single greenhouse can produce 20,000 catties of grain per year, so let's build 500 greenhouses here first."

Watanabe Toru did a simple calculation: if each person eats half a pound of grain per day, then each person would have to eat 180 pounds of grain per year.

An annual grain production of 10 million jin is roughly enough to meet the annual food needs of more than 50,000 people.

This quantity is definitely much less than the annual output of the Land of Fire.

However, this quantity is enough to fill a large portion of the food shortage in the Rain Country's market.

Of course, Watanabe Toru wasn't doing charity work.

You'll definitely have to pay him to buy his grain.

What? No money?

Then we'll put in the effort.

They exchanged the labor of the local residents of the Land of Rain for money, and then used the money to buy food from the Dawn Society.

This creates a closed loop.

But ultimately, the biggest beneficiary will only be Xiaoguanghui.

The residents of the Rain Country earned food and wages through their labor.

Xiaoguang also sold grain and received infrastructure built by the residents.

The brilliance of this system lies in linking food with labor; as long as you work for Xiaoguang, you will have food.

In the Land of Rain, where everyone is struggling to afford food, such a condition is something no one can refuse.

Of course, the currency used for settlement must not be the currency of the Land of Rain.

How inflated has the currency of the Land of Rain become?

Besides, Watanabe Toru had no intention of helping Hanzo fill this mess.

It would be best to use the currency that Xiaoguang will distribute himself.

Then the value of currency is tied to food.

A credit-derived model based primarily on grain has been formed.

Of course, from a strategic perspective, the construction of greenhouses is also very necessary.

In the Land of Rain, Watanabe Tetsuya always remembered a great threat.

Hanzo.

Food is a good resource to suppress Hanzo's forces.

After securing a stable grain output, Watanabe Toru planned to sell a small portion of the grain to Hanzo at a relatively lower price.

Settlements are made using the currency of the Land of Fire.

Then use this money to purchase sufficient war supplies in the Land of Fire.

On the one hand, it reduced Hanzo's financial reserves, and on the other hand, it allowed Xiaoguang to acquire more military preparations.

More military equipment can arm more ninjas, which will also be the time for Akatsuki to expand rapidly and recruit more ninjas.

Of course, there are also deeper meanings.

At the opportune moment, such as on the eve of war with Hanzang, the trade routes for food supplies were shut down urgently.

Then Amegakure would instantly face a food shortage.

While Hanzo could continue smuggling grain, would Amegakure still have that much money at that time? Wouldn't the grain smugglers raise prices on the spot?

At that time, the people of Amegakure will be filled with fear and unease.

Let alone being able to defeat the Xiaoguang Society, which has ample food and supplies, the question is whether there will be an internal rebellion.

Don't forget what Hanzo is using to maintain his rule over Amegakure.

It was that bowl of rice and the inheritance of those ninja techniques.

By joining Amegakure and serving Hanzo, you can have enough to eat and learn ninjutsu that you can't learn outside.

But if Hanzo fails to feed his people, then everything will fall apart.

This demonstrates the importance of Xiaoguang's ability to produce food independently.

Watanabe Tetsu raised his head and said earnestly.

"I want to build this agricultural park as quickly as possible and ensure that its food production can operate normally, without allowing it to be affected or damaged."

Hayakawa Hitomi sensed an unprecedented seriousness in Watanabe Tetsu's words.

"Senior Che, I will be extra careful."

Watanabe Tetsu nodded; he believed in Hayakawa Hitomi's abilities.

Since that's what they said, then there's no problem with this matter.

It's likely that once the greenhouses are built, Xiaoguang will have control over the grain.

By then, they will have grasped the lifeline of the Land of Rain.