From the Kingdom of Fire to the Kingdom of Rain, and then to the Kingdom of Wind, the weather suddenly heats up, as if passing from the rainy season to summer, and a huge sun is like a furnace, burning the earth unscrupulously.
The excess heat evaporates the moisture of every living thing on the earth.
Qingshu opened the curtains, chakra was injected into the air, and suddenly a cool breeze continued to flow from outside the car to the inside.
Tsunade and the other five people suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and their tense bodies gradually relaxed as they felt the coolness.
"Teacher, there is a small town in the distance." Namikaze Minato suddenly shouted.
Qingshu raised his head, looked through the car window, and saw an oasis a hundred meters away.
Like a twisted oil painting.
Green is the only life, black is the trace left by the fire escape, yellow is the mess after the quicksand swept away, and humans are more like insignificant embellishments.
They were wearing clothes full of holes, no, it would be more appropriate to call them cloth, and they were indifferent even if they were exposed.
Sallow complexion, thin muscles, unkempt hair, and numbness.
The house is dilapidated and there is no time or money to repair it.
Further out, the fertile fields leading to the lake have disappeared, replaced by burning fire and scars from wind blades.
It shows that this place has been affected by fighting.
Some people raised their heads and noticed Haruki and the others, but didn't react at all. At this point, it was difficult for them to change their emotions no matter what.
The world seems to have turned into a mirror.
Outside the mirror is bright and beautiful, but inside the mirror are ruins.
The wine and meat in Zhumen stinks, and there are frozen bones on the road.
Nothing more than this.
"teacher."
Uchiha Mikoto couldn't bear to look any further, turned around and asked, "Let's help them."
"How can I help?"
Qingshu withdrew his gaze and shook his head expressionlessly:
"Give them food and clothing? You can save them for a while, but you can't save them forever. Besides, do you think it's just this town? This is the case in the entire war zone. Konoha Village still has the ability to save the Fire Country, but the Wind Country
What? They usually rely on external purchases for food, so how can they have surplus food now?"
Having said this, he suddenly snorted coldly.
"The daimyo and nobles of the Kingdom of Wind may have food, but most of them would rather leave it moldy in the granary than use it for relief."
"Why?" Uchiha Mikoto was confused.
"Because they are afraid that they will starve to death, the more food they hoard, the more secure they will feel, and these civilians are of little benefit to them."
"How could this happen?" Uchiha Mikoto was shocked and murmured.
“You can also take the opportunity to raise the price and make a lot of money. It’s really the best of both worlds.”
There was sarcasm at the corner of Qingshu's mouth. The nobles were born in pursuit of profit. The greater the disaster, the more money they made.
As long as they can maintain their dominance.
Both civilians and ninjas are tools.
It's just that ninjas are slightly more advanced and dangerous, and are treated differently.
But essentially it's the same.
Qingshu scanned everyone's expressions.
Uchiha Mikoto and Tsunade couldn't bear it.
Namikaze Minato was thoughtful. After Haruki's teachings, he had gradually understood the power and significance of civilians and began to try to solve the problem.
But the limitations of knowledge meant that it was difficult for him to come up with a good solution.
"Minato."
Qingshu took out the storage scroll and said, "Go help them."
Namikaze Minato was slightly startled. He originally thought that Haruki had decided not to lend a helping hand after saying these words.
"Go ahead."
Qingshu didn't explain and urged again.
"OK."
Minato took the storage scroll, a kunai appeared in his hand, and rushed towards the town. After a while, the person disappeared.
Haruki sighed.
He's not really hard-hearted either.
Such a scene had been experienced personally when he first traveled through time. Without Tsunade, he would have died long ago.
Although he had a clear understanding before, at this moment he truly realized that the reform of Konoha alone was far from enough, and the Fire Nation should perhaps increase its agenda.
His original plan was to control the Fire Country through the transformation of Konoha and carry out reforms from top to bottom.
After a while, Namikaze Minato came back.
Through his super vision, Qingshu saw that people in the town were kneeling in their direction.
Hope appeared in the numb eyes.
At least there is hope for a short time to survive.
"Minato, if you were the Kazekage, what would you do?" Haruki took the storage scroll and asked, looking at his somewhat excited expression for saving people.
Namikaze Minato fell into deep thought after hearing this, and said after a few seconds: "Inform the Daimyo and work together to save people."
A mediocre approach.
It is also the most appropriate approach.
According to the current situation, the daimyo and the Kazekage each perform their own duties. If the Kazekage intervenes without authorization, the daimyo may be dissatisfied.
Sunagakure Village itself has long been aided by daimyo. It wants to save people but is powerless and can only place its hope on daimyo.
"The daimyo may not be hopeless, but the actual amount of food that can reach them varies greatly."
"Why?" Namikaze Minato asked.
"Layers and layers of exploitation." Qingshu said with a faint smile on his face, "This is the nobility. No matter what comes into their hands, they always find a way to keep some. They don't care what the common people can get. And the daimyo can't do that either.
Know, because he doesn't get information from civilians."
"..."
Everyone was silent.
Minato and Mikoto have never been in contact with nobles and don't know much about them.
But Tsunade and the two members of the Hyuga family are quite aware of their nature.
A chicken crossing the border may end up with only chicken feathers.
No matter in which time, space, or country, as long as there are nobility, there will be such a result.
This is determined by the system.
Unless the lifeline is in the hands of the state.
Qingshu smiled: "What should you do at this time?"
Namikaze Minato said with some uncertainty: "Find a way for the daimyo to replace these nobles and replace them with fair officials."
"It's a way to treat the symptoms but not the root cause." Qingshu waved his hand, "How can you be sure that the person you replaced must be an impartial guy? It is said that you know people but not their hearts. If this is still the case secretly, wouldn't it be even more dangerous?"
Minato was stunned for a moment, then fell into deep thought.
Qingshu waited for a while, but didn't hear the answer.
After all, Minato grew up in this system, and he would never think of overturning it without someone asking him something.
"Teacher, what can I do?" Minato raised his head and asked honestly.
"Change the system."
"ah?"
Minato was shocked and couldn't react.
Are there other systems?
"It's nothing, I just talked about my thoughts, just say it casually, don't take it to heart."
Haruki shrugged, "In the end, we are just ninjas. How we do it is none of our business."
Namikaze Minato took a look, and his expression seemed to be the same as before.
Just a ninja?
But it doesn’t have to be a ninja.
He felt that there was something in Qingshu's words, but since he said so, it was hard for him to ask again.
Calm returned to the carriage.
Tsunade, dressed as a silver-haired lolita, subconsciously looked up at Haruki.
Qingshu noticed, smiled slightly, hugged her thin body and touched her hair, feeling quite like an old father.
Tsunade narrowed her eyes slightly.
She was surprised by the changes in Haruki since the war ended.
It may not be clear to outsiders, but as the girlfriend who thinks she knows him best, she is quite aware of these changes, but even so, there is an unexpected feeling.
If publishing novels, organizing celebrations and creating daily newspapers are so-called business talents, today's insights into the system are not something that a ninja can achieve.
Ninjas follow the ninja code and only know how to complete tasks and do not think about these things.
Change the system?
Tsunade was somewhat looking forward to it.
She is indeed a little disappointed with the current Fire Country and even Konoha.
She also knew a thing or two about what Shimura Danzo was doing.