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Sasuke chatted with Chika-chan for a while, and after making an appointment to have dinner together, he came to the daimyo's side.
Of course he came to the City of Fire this time to meet with the daimyo for business, and Chika was just there to take a look.
But you can't say it so clearly, it would be too hurtful. So in front of Chika, his excuse became that he came specifically to visit her. In fact, she knew the real situation, and Chika was not a fool, but Sasuke could say this, and she was very happy to hear it.
In the tea room, Sasuke and the Daimyo sat across from each other.
All the internal officials responsible for serving were sent outside, leaving space for daimyo and his son-in-law.
"Sasuke, you've been doing quite well recently. You've made a lot of money."
The silly hat on the daimyo's head has been taken off, and he is wearing home clothes. He is sitting on the couch, holding a tea cup and saying with a lazy smile.
Now that there are no outsiders, he is very relaxed, without the solemnity of the past.
"It's not bad, several projects are progressing smoothly."
"Is there any obstacle over there in the Leaf Village? Where is the Hokage? Do you have any objections to you?"
The daimyo picked up a small fruit, took a bite, and asked while eating.
"Probably not," Sasuke smiled, "The third hokage was quite good to me. He even returned part of the Uchiha family property before."
The daimyo paused for a moment while eating the fruit, and then continued eating as if nothing had happened.
"The third hokage is a bit old. It's a pity that the fourth Hokage passed away early. I don't know who they are going to recommend to the fifth hokage."
"Do you have any favorite candidates?"
"Huh? Sasuke, are you trying to trick me?"
The daimyo raised his eyebrows.
"How could it be? I'm just a little curious."
Sasuke shook his head and picked up a small fruit.
"I don't think it matters. Anyway, they just nominate..."
The daimyo threw away the core and leaned on the soft bed, giving him a sense of beauty.
"That's right, most of the time, the Ninja Village itself has the final say on who to choose as Hokage. What do you think of Kakashi?"
"White Fang's son?"
"Yes, that's the number one Elite jonin in Konoha."
"I don't know him either."
"What about Tsunade?"
"That Princess of Konoha? If it's her, she should be pretty good..."
The two chatted normally.
After chatting for a while, we gradually got to the point.
"The population of the Country of Fire is still too small. We have to find a way to let the civilians below have more children. The more children, the better."
The area of the Country of Fire is actually not that small, with more than 240 million square kilometers, about the size of 41 kilometers, and a population of 1.5 million.
As for the entire Ninja World continent, the five major countries plus those scattered small countries have a total population of about 600 to 700 million.
Compared to the size of the Ninja World, it is definitely a vast area with few people.
"No matter how many people there are, there won't be enough food to eat."
"Then increase food production."
"Sasuke, Sasuke, you are still young, and it is not easy to increase food production."
"Then if I come up with machines that can help with farming, as well as fertilizers with better effects..." Based on the technological level of the ninja world, whether it is agricultural machinery or chemical fertilizers, there should not be any difficulty in researching and manufacturing them, but But the ninja world just doesn't have these things.
There are two reasons for this.
First, the natural environment of the ninja world is too generous. Especially in the Country of Fire, the land is fertile and there is a lot of natural energy in the air. These things can ensure sufficient food production. Maybe some countries don't have enough food production capacity, but that doesn't matter. They can just import food from the Fire Nation, which is nothing more than spending more money.
The second reason is that the leaders of the major countries in the ninja world have no ambition at all.
Especially among the five major countries, except for ninjas, no one from the daimyo to the common people pursues advancement. In addition to the fixed work every day, I basically wake up, eat, and sleep after eating.
There are no wars between major powers. All wars are between ninja villages. Therefore, although technology has developed quite well, there is no motivation to develop into both military and civilian fields.
In other words, it has developed, but it has developed very slowly. Without external stimulation, it may still be like this in a few decades.
This is the situation now for the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
Even though Sasuke made it clear, he still didn't react much.
"That might be possible...do you want to try it?"
"I have this idea."
"Then go ahead and try it."
The daimyo picked up a small fruit and took a bite.
"There is also a traffic problem. The domestic traffic is too bad. Railways should be laid all over the country, preferably all over the Ninja Realm. There are also roads. The traffic efficiency of dirt roads is too poor."
"They all cost money, and other countries are not willing to open railways with us."
Although the five major countries have long since stopped fighting, they are not in harmony. Conflicts definitely exist, so cross-border railways and highways are really difficult to deal with.
"It's nothing more than a matter of interests. If the interests are enough, we can discuss these things. Money can also be made through other methods. In short, I need your support."
"Okay, I support you. If you want to do it, just go ahead and do it."
(End of the chapter).
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