Naruto: Start by eating the golden fruit.

Throughout history, countless countries have made money by collecting tolls.

Do you know the Silk Road?

This road has made many countries rich. Don’t forget how these countries started.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that you can become rich by collecting tolls.

It was just that collecting tolls allowed them to earn their first pot of gold.

And now, Yahiko really needs this first pot of gold.

Yahiko has a plan.

Oh, don't get me wrong, this is not some heinous or shady plan.

To put it bluntly, Yahiko's idea is very simple, he wants to be a middleman.

It sounds very despicable, and what middlemen do is indeed despicable, but one thing is certain: many times, without middlemen, we really can't do anything.

Some transactions between Konoha and other villages, such as the Sand Village, cannot be known to other villages.

At this time, middlemen become very important.

Yes, Yuzhiguo is this middleman.

Theoretically speaking, the geographical location of Hot Spring Country is not good either, because it is adjacent to the desert of Sand Village to the west.

In the past, they worked as middlemen to transport some supplies from Konoha to the Sand Village. Although they could make a lot of money by reselling them, they also had to pay for their own costs.

And then, the canal was opened, and that was all good.

The direct water transportation from Hot Spring Country to Sand Village is not only much faster, but also reduces the cost a lot.

How could the Rain Country not feel hatred when watching this scene?

But there is no way, the work done by this middleman is to serve two big bosses.

Then they can only endure it.

After enduring for so long, Yahiko decided not to endure it anymore.

He stood up and said that the country of soup had gone too far in recent years, collecting too much tolls, so why not pass through our territory? Although it has been raining in our territory, don’t we have large warehouses now?

We do not charge tolls, we just ask the two big guys to build a few water-resistant railways in our territory.

This will also make it easier for us to serve the two bosses, right?

The people in the Sand Village thought it made sense, so they thought about it and went to the Land of Hot Springs to express that they didn’t want to pay for the travel expenses. What do you think?

Of course, Tang Country would never agree.

Although they serve the two bosses, but the two bosses only nodded, why should I be afraid?

Yes, Yunokuni thinks that if Konoha doesn’t agree, how long can the Sand Village jump?

Oh, Youya did receive the relevant information.

However, Youya just wanted to laugh at this suggestion.

Empty glove white wolf?

The Kingdom of Hot Springs does collect a lot of tolls, but have you taken a look at how many railways they have in the country?

Of course, it is undeniable that these guys did steal a lot of money from tolls to fill their own coffers, but to be honest, they are not too stupid and still kept at least 80% of the money.

But with so much money, there are only a few railways in the Kingdom of Hot Springs. Is it because they don’t want to build them?

Of course that's impossible.

You Xi felt that this little guy Yahiko had really learned some skills during the years he spent in Konoha.

At least this is a matter of getting something for nothing without getting embarrassed or out of breath...

Most people can't do it so confidently.

Yuya did not agree to Yahiko's conditions which made Yahiko a little disappointed but not much.

He had already figured it out himself. He wanted a railway instead of tolls. Even if he had to pay for it himself, the railway would still be profitable.

In other words, as long as a railway is built that runs through the entire territory of the Rain Country, the development of the Rain Country will enter the fast lane.

Although there has been good progress now, Yahiko still feels that there should be other ways to forward the development in their Rain Country.

Unfortunately, the first step was stillborn here at Youya.

However, Yahiko did not give up. If Yuya couldn't do it, he would go to Grandma Chiyo.

Honestly, when Chiyo found out that Youya didn't follow, she was very upset. How could Youya not agree to such a good offer? Was there a trap?

Afterwards, Yahiko said that he would provide the subsidy. Chiyo did some calculations and decided that she would not charge tolls and would not even provide the subsidy. She only wanted a railway...

She really couldn't resist such good conditions and agreed.

and……

To be honest, the Kingdom of Hot Springs has indeed been a bit excessive in recent years.

With so much tolls collected, the people's living standards are better than those of the Sand Village. Why?!

Grandma Chiyo was unhappy, so she asked Rasa to attack personally. This time, the Kingdom of Hot Springs must bleed.

This is the full picture of this incident.

It looks like Youya can participate in it.

But Youya thought about it and finally decided that he should not be so shameless as to follow the Sand Village and directly attack other people's villages. They, Konoha, mainly rely on negotiation and persuasion.

Yahiko felt that Yuya, the Third Hokage, should already be considering the issue of succession.

So in fact he also planned to drag You Ya into the water.

The means are indeed a bit...unauthentic.

But what is used are facts.

If Yunokuni had been seriously playing the role of the younger brother in the past few years, Grandma Chiyo might not have been so hasty to take action.

You Ya would not have just hesitated, but would have provided assistance long ago.

Of course, it's a little too late to say this now.

Now that it has happened, we need to find a way to resolve it.

Youya sighed, Yahiko actually had another purpose for this move.

That is, no matter what choice You Ya makes, he can use this opportunity to spy on You Ya's style of doing things and proceed to the next step.

As expected, Youya said that the Land of Hot Springs was an ally of Konoha Village, and the Sand Village could not go too far.

After making his statement, You Ya said that the matter should be discussed at the negotiating table and that a real fight should not occur.

The daimyo of Tang Country was naturally very willing.

But Luo Sha asked for a huge amount of money. I want half of the tolls for so many years!

You Ya rolled his eyes. It’s really easy for you to speak.

Forget it. Youya was too lazy to care about the affairs of the Sand Village and the Land of Hot Springs. Since both sides could sit down and talk, there should be no war.

There really is a chance...

That means selling arms to both sides. I am familiar with this.

Well, although the Sand Village probably won’t buy too much now.

As for Yahiko, after realizing that Yuya was definitely not going to leave, he decisively chose the next plan:

He went straight to the door.

Yes, the current leader of the Rain Country went straight to Konoha and expressed his desire to discuss with Youya about building a new water plant in the Rain Country to supply all the people of the Rain Country.

Youya took a deep breath.

Or, just for some tolls or a railway, they would instigate a fight between the Sand Village and the Kingdom of Hot Springs.

Either...

Just to drag Konoha into the water, stand on the side of the Rain Country, and directly sell the country's water-use capacity...

It's fucking cruel.