Naruto: As a genin, I just want to live a normal life.

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He gave a bitter laugh to himself.

Even the things they use belong to other people; the Land of Fire is probably doomed.

The things used in Daming Prefecture are definitely the best.

But the best is not from the Land of Fire.

This is enough to show that even with the help of the Fukuyama family, he still did not have enough economic power to fight against Loulan.

As for Konoha.

He gave a cold laugh to himself.

They were just a group trying to treat him as a manager and a source of wealth, but in reality, Konoha only saw him as a leek to be ordered around and exploited.

If it weren't for the fact that I still had some ninjas and samurai on hand...

The ninjas of Konoha could threaten his safety at any time.

"Send a blessing to Loulan, saying that I am Yuanxin, and wishing Brother Baixing success in conquering the Wind Kingdom."

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, the ministers looked at each other in bewilderment and stood there blankly.

"What 'ah'?" Yuan Xin said, "I used to have a relationship with Bai Xing, the dean of Loulan. Just send a letter as I suggested."

"Yes! Your Excellency is wise!" ×N

Upon hearing Yuanxin's words, the hearts of the many ministers were finally completely at ease.

"Lord Yu, please stay here. Everyone else, please leave."

"Yes!"

The ministers and maids in the mansion withdrew one by one, and the gate was closed.

Fukuyama Yu looked around and saw that no one else was in the mansion before speaking: "Lord Daimyo, is there something you want to tell me?"

Over the years, Sawa's father, Fukuyama Iku, has aged considerably. This is largely thanks to his daughter Sawa's outstanding abilities and her discerning eye for talent, which helps alleviate his stress and prevents him from collapsing in middle age.

“Father-in-law, at this point, there’s no need to play the monarch-subject game.” Yuan Xin walked down the steps, looking helpless.

“I really want to do a lot of things, but as Brother Bai Xing said, in this world, many things are not things that you can do just because you want to.”

“Every step I take, I have to consider the interests of each family.”

"My name is so unbearable."

"Your name is too kind."

Although Enshin said so, a ruler and his subject are ruler and his subject. Fukuyama Yu was a cunning old fox who would not give the daimyo any leverage over him.

"If the Daimyo wants to implement reforms, Konoha will definitely stop him first. After all, the Daimyo's desire to establish a ninja academy in the Fire Capital has already severely damaged Konoha's interests. In addition, there are Konoha ninjas in the capital, so they will definitely take action to stop him."

“Yes,” Yuanxin sighed, “That’s why Father always wanted to limit the power of Konoha Village. He wanted ordinary people to be able to survive in the ninja world.”

But if ordinary people are all very wealthy, it's actually a bad thing.

Fukuyama Yu nodded: "If ordinary civilians are all very rich, then the ninjas who rely on their wages to support their families will definitely feel resentful."

At that time, commoners, nobles, and ninjas will surely be plunged into war.

At that time, the nobles might be eliminated by the ninjas again.

“History has always told us this, so Father and even Grandfather have always treated the ninjas with utmost care.” After Yuanxin finished speaking, he took out a letter he had written long ago and handed it to Fukuyama Yu: “I know that Sawa has always been in contact with Shirahoshi, but this matter concerns the fate of the Land of Fire. I don’t want to become the ruler of a fallen country, at least not in my hands. Do you understand, Father-in-law?”

Faced with Yuanxin's instructions, Fukuyama Yu solemnly accepted the letter: "Your subordinate understands."

......

Yuanxin's concerns were not unfounded.

This is because the Kingdom of Wind is already teetering on the brink of collapse.

Because of the war in Loulan, many large companies and enterprises that are fully stationed in the Kingdom of Wind have experienced economic chain disruptions.

If we want to survive, we must rely on Loulan and seek refuge with Loulan.

"Please, please lend us a loan! I'm begging you!"

Once high-ranking nobles and great entrepreneurs, they are now forced to kneel in the street and beg for loans from the Loulan loan company, just to get some funds to alleviate their company's cash flow problems.

"It's not like you don't know."

"Once the Kingdom of Wind is completely destroyed, the Wind Coin will be worthless. Your company, your shops, and your houses will all be worthless."

Our Loulan Professional Loan Company conducts professional assessments.

"Giving you a loan of 100,000 Loulan coins is already a very high amount."

"100,000...100,000 is not enough! Please, please give me more! I'll do anything for the money!"

boom!

A young man wearing a Loulan work uniform, carrying a briefcase, kicked over the man who was tugging at his clothes.

"What bad luck. I've already said, if I can't get a loan, I can't get one. It's already a charity event for Loulan to give you a loan. Who do you think you are? Do you think you're some knight's family member? Why should we give you such a high limit? Huh? Tell me, if you borrow it, how are you going to pay it back!"

The man, who usually lived a comfortable life and was quite fat, cried and pleaded, "I can give you anything! Please, please lend me some money! I really will pay it back. If I can't, I'll give you my whole family's lives!"

"Huh?" The Loulan staff member looked helpless: "We are not robbers or human traffickers. Why would you give me your life? What we want is a fair trade."

Don't be so callous with human life. We've been fighting in Loulan for almost half a month now, and look around, which city in your Wind Kingdom has been indiscriminately slaughtered by us?

Our Loulan is wonderful, okay?

"I know, I know all of this, but I really need the money urgently," the man pleaded.

"That won't do either. Do you think I own the company? Or that I manufacture the paper money? This won't do. Alright, alright, seeing how pitiful you are, you've gotten so thin from hunger, I'll give you a hundred Loulan coins personally, figure it out yourself."

After saying this, the Loulan staff left behind a hundred Loulan banknotes and left the street, leaving behind a man with a face full of despair, preparing to face the bankruptcy of his company and the disintegration of his family.

This kind of thing doesn't just happen in one city.

When a country collapses, it is accompanied by the misfortune of countless capitalists who have followed that country for a long time.

Reaching the heavens above and the common people below.

Of course, refugees don't have so many worries.

After all, they didn't even have a basic permanent residence in the Land of Wind.

"The city's really in chaos lately."

"It seems like hardly anyone is doing business anymore."

Located in the City of Wind, Uchiha Hikaru, strolling through the streets with Uzumaki Kushina and Natsuyuki, uttered his own sigh.

Kushina Uzumaki nodded: "Yeah. I wanted to try some local specialties from the Land of Wind. But after only a few days of fighting, all the shops are closed. What are we going to eat?"

Xia Xue complained, "How about we just rob it?"

Uchiha Hikaru said, "No, no! Our principle in Loulan is to attack cities only and not disturb the people."

"It doesn't seem to have much to do with disturbing the peace anymore. It feels like the capital of the Wind Kingdom is about to collapse."

“That won’t work either,” Uchiha Hikaru insisted. “Natsuki, you can’t apply your Kirigakure’s ninja mentality to our great ancient Loulan Kingdom.”

"Yes, yes, yes." Xia Xue replied helplessly to Uchiha Hikaru.

After walking around and finding no shops open, they had no choice but to return to Daming Prefecture.

Compared to the situation in the capital and other major towns of the Land of Wind, the situation in Sunagakure was not much better.

"Rasa, the village's funding has run out. What do you think should be done for Sunagakure?"

"Yeah, maybe we should just surrender. We really can't win. Every time we start a fight, we get controlled, and we can't defend against it. What are we going to do?"

"We might be able to block it with advanced barrier techniques, but once the barrier is open, how are we supposed to attack? They'll just stand outside, waiting for us to run out of chakra. We'll still lose!"

"enough!"

Faced with numerous useless discussions from the high-ranking members of Sunagakure, they often referred to him directly as Rasa, rather than Kazekage.

Luo Sha had already exploded.

"You think I don't want to pay? They won't accept it! Damn it! How many times has our Sand Village lost?! Five times! A full five times! The whole ninja world knows! The Wind Coin is worthless now! Tell me, is there any hope for the Land of Wind?!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent.

Compared to defeating the Sand Village ninjas by force, the Sand Village might still be dissatisfied and want to resist.

But the Loulan were not known for their martial ethics. They were not satisfied with winning once and attacked Sunagakure five times in a row. The ninjas who went up were basically just throwing their lives away, while the enemy only sent three people each time... oh, and two 'spectators'.

This has led to the complete loss of prestige of the Wind Kingdom's Wind Coin. Now, only gold, silver, and Loulan Coin can be traded and used normally within the Wind Kingdom.

As for Wind Coins, they're so difficult to even wipe your butt with.

The discussion at the Kazekage Building ended without a reasonable solution. After all, Roran refused to accept surrender and insisted on continuing the war. However, the Sand Village ninja still had their dignity and could not surrender directly. They had to resist at least a little before surrendering. This led to a continuous decline in the Sand Village's prestige and the Land of Wind's reputation. The Sand Village had unknowingly fallen into Shirahoshi's trap without realizing it.

"Dad, you are back."

Since the defeat of Sunagakure and the death of the Daimyo of the Land of Wind, and the rumors that the new Daimyo treated the people of Loulan like dogs, the pressure on Rasa, the Kazekage of Sunagakure, suddenly eased.

Now I don't have to stay in the Fengying office all year round, and I can go home to see my children.

Of course, unsurprisingly, Gaara's mother died again.

But this time, Gaara doesn't have an uncle, since they're not the same mother anymore.

"Yes. Dad's back. How's your brother? Are you taking good care of him at home?"

Without the authority of the Kazekage, Rasa dared not entrust his family affairs to ninjas, fearing that some ninja might have a moment of madness and kill his family members to claim credit in Roran, which would ruin everything.

Rasa squatted down and patted Temari's head.

Temari obediently raised her head: "Dad, people are saying that you won't be the Kazekage anymore, what does that mean?"

Five-year-old Temari could vaguely sense that something was happening, but she still didn't believe it and only believed her father's words.

The hand that was stroking Temari's head stiffened slightly, and Rasa stood there in astonishment, her other hand clenching involuntarily.

He had worked so hard to obtain the position of Kazekage, and was supposed to go to the Daimyo's capital to officially take office after the war ended, but now it was all ruined.

"It's nothing, it's just that Dad lost."

"Where's Kankuro? Where did he go?"

Rasa didn't see Kankuro, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.