In Naruto, the more harems you have, the stronger you are.

He continued to ask:

"anything else?"

There was an obvious smile in the prophet's eyes, and it seemed that he really liked Li Fan's frowning and thoughtful expression.

She stretched out her left index finger, which was wearing a leather glove, and lightly tapped the iron mask on her face, making a crisp sound.

"Five days later, a group of wandering ninjas will break into the residence of the Land Daimyo and kill the Land Daimyo and his dozen or so adult descendants who are in a meeting."

"Only the daimyo's young grandson, who was not yet an adult, was left. When Ōnoki heard about this, he personally hunted down the group of wandering ninjas and brought back their heads with his own hands."

"The eldest grandson of the newly enthroned daimyo was so moved that he shed tears and agreed to all the proposals of the Iwagakure Village that were previously rejected by his grandfather, and also provided great assistance to the Iwagakure Village."

Li Fan's mouth twitched slightly.

A group of wandering ninjas rushed into the daimyo's mansion and killed the daimyo and a dozen of his adult descendants who were in a meeting.

Ohnoki, you really can think of this.

However, given Ohnoki's personality, if he was really pushed into a corner, he might actually do this kind of thing.

The two chatted for another ten minutes.

Just when Li Fan was about to make a seal with his hands.

The prophet suddenly thought of something and laughed out loud:

"By the way, build those bomb factories of yours a little further away."

"Fifty miles from the village is not enough. It must be built at least two hundred miles away to be truly safe and not disturb the people."

"Besides, aren't you planning to expand the area of the village several times in a few years? It would be more convenient to build these factories 200 miles away."

Li Fan nodded and quickly formed seals with his hands.

Then his whole body exploded with a bang and turned into a puff of smoke.

Yes, the Li Fan who appeared in the Hidden Rain Village was just a shadow clone.

His real body is still in a meeting in the Sand Village.

Looking at Li Fan who disappeared into a puff of smoke, the prophet sighed softly.

Sand Hidden Village.

Li Fan, who was in a meeting, suddenly paused, then he blinked and suddenly said:

"No, I just thought about it, it's not safe to build these factories fifty miles away from the village."

"Let's rebuild it in a suitable area 200 miles away from the village."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other and nodded in unison.

Anyway, these things are not their responsibility.

A middle-aged man nodded in distress. He was responsible for all these matters.

I originally thought it would be an easy job. After all, any place within fifty miles outside the village is suitable for building a factory.

But if it suddenly becomes two hundred miles away, that would require some effort.

Thinking of this, he asked hesitantly:

"Lord Kazekage, what about the housing problem for the workers?"

"A distance of two hundred miles, even at the average speed of a Chunin, it would take several hours to run..."

Li Fan had already thought about this question. He waved his hand and said:

"We will first build some residential buildings around the factory as an emergency measure, and most of the workers will be outsiders by then."

The middle-aged ninja nodded silently and stopped talking.

Li Fan smiled and continued:

"What do you think about the proposal to recruit refugees into the Sand Village?"

Although the Third Ninja World War ended in just half a month.

But the damage caused was not much less.

Many of the Rock and Cloud Ninjas who survived and were frightened by Feiyan lost the will to fight against Feiyan.

They all chose to defect on the battlefield.

Therefore, the number of ninjas who defected during the Third Ninja World War was more than ten times more than in the original work.

After these ninjas defected, most of them gradually fell into the state of robbery and mountain lords.

As a result, there are many civilians in the surrounding small countries who have lost their homes and are displaced.

However, the Iwagakure and Kumogakure villages, which suffered heavy losses, will definitely recruit these refugees after they realize what's happening.

Li Fan must take action first to further strengthen the Sand Village.

……

at the same time.

Iwagakure Village.

"You actually don't agree? You are so short-sighted!"

Ohnoki looked at the letter in his hand, and read the front and back again to make sure nothing was missing.

He tore up the letter angrily.

The Daimyo of the Land of Earth actually disagreed with his proposal to build stone towers across the country.

He also rejected my request for assistance.

Without the aid and support of the Land Kingdom.

Just relying on the income of Iwagakure Village itself, minus the annual compensation given to Konoha and the pensions for fallen ninjas.

With the remaining money, it is unrealistic to even restore the number of ninjas before the war, let alone expand the army!

Ohnoki slumped in his chair, breathing rapidly, staring blankly ahead.

Although Ohnoki also knew it.

If you look at it from the perspective of the Daimyo of the Land of Earth, his behavior is normal.

After all, as the daimyo of the Baidai lineage, he would be in trouble even if the Iwagakure Village was destroyed.

As secular nobles, their own status is unlikely to be affected, and they can fully support other small ninja villages.

There are more ninja villages within the Land of Earth than just the Iwagakure Village.

But even so, Ōnoki was still filled with anger.

After all, as the Tsuchikage, his position is completely different from that of the Daimyo.

Without the support of the daimyo, his plan could not be carried out at all.

Could it be that it will take a very slow recovery, and it will take more than ten years to get back to the number of ninjas before the war?

It was not until more than a decade later that the financial resources were available to implement various defensive measures.

And then he was beaten by the Sand Village without any chance to fight back?

"Dongdong, father, the craftsmen have arrived."

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and at the same time the sound of yellow earth was heard.

Ohnoki immediately controlled his facial expression, sat up straight, and said majestically:

"come in."

Huang Tu, who was tall and fat, pushed the door open first and walked in.

Behind him, dozens of men in ordinary clothes, some with dirty faces, walked in.

These men of varying ages walked timidly into the Tsuchikage's office.

They just looked up at the Tsuchikage and immediately looked down at their toes, obviously not being ninjas.

Looking at these dozens of cowering men, the Tsuchikage smiled amiably and tried to make his voice as gentle as possible.

"You are what ordinary people call skilled craftsmen."

"I called all of you here because I have something for you to do."

The craftsmen fell silent, and finally an older man standing in the middle of the crowd said cautiously:

"Lord Tsuchikage, you know that the weapons we made are of no use to ninjas..."

Ohnoki tried hard to suppress the anger that was aroused by the Daimyo's affairs, and said as calmly as possible:

"Of course I know."

"But what I asked you to make is not an ordinary weapon at all."

"I want you to design a crossbow with an effective range of three thousand meters, no, at least five thousand meters!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard Ōnoki's words.

The normal effective range of bows and crossbows in the ninja world is only about 200 meters.

The effective range of those particularly sophisticated bows and crossbows is only about three hundred meters.

This requires an effective range of 5,000 meters. How could they possibly do that?

You should know that the observation distance of ordinary people's naked eyes may not be as far as 5,000 meters.

Everyone began to whisper, and finally the old man stood up.

He wiped the cold sweat from his face, wrinkled his forehead, and said embarrassedly:

"Lord Tsuchikage, this is simply impossible to do..."

Ohnoki shook his head and said calmly:

"Can't you make a crossbow several times or even dozens of times bigger and then make some improvements?"

The old man looked at the Third Tsuchikage, who was about the same age as him, in surprise. His cloudy eyes flickered a few times, and after hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth and said:

"But if the size of a crossbow increases by more than ten times, the force required will also increase by at least twenty times, and there will be other corresponding problems."

Ohnoki stood directly on the chair and said coldly from a high position:

"If one person's strength is not enough, then we can design it so that several people can pull at the same time."

"As for the other problems, aren't you still responsible for solving them?"

"As long as the effective distance I need is met and operations such as turning around are possible, it doesn't matter how big or bulky the crossbow becomes."

"From now on, please stay in the Iwagakure Village for the time being. As for your food, clothing, housing and transportation, the Iwagakure Village will arrange the best treatment for you."

"If there is anything missing, just tell the ninja who is with you, and I will find a way to solve it."

"As long as you can make the crossbow I want within a year, each of you can make a wish!"

I saw that the Tsuchikage said so.

Everyone could only nod helplessly and walked out the door with heavy hearts.

Even though the Tsuchikage has drawn so many cakes, they still have to be able to eat them first.

If he fails to make the crossbow he requested, one can imagine what will happen to him and his companions.

After seeing everyone walk out.

Huang Tu was silent for a while, then slowly said:

"Father, we are running low on available funds."

"And after making this kind of crossbow, can it really effectively deal with the flying swallows of the Sand Village?"

Ohnoki was silent for a while, with a helpless expression on his face, and sighed:

"We have to find a way. It's better than doing nothing."

At this point, Oonoki gritted his teeth, a look of coldness and determination appearing on his face.

"As for the funding issue, come here..."

After the loess comes over.