"Sir Hokage, before I came here, I heard that Konoha has been vigorously developing its economy in recent years, and now it seems that this is indeed the case."
A flash of emotion flashed across the face of the Third Raikage. In just a few dozen minutes of wandering, he had already noticed the new atmosphere that shrouded Konoha Village... which was completely different from Kumogakure, or from most Ninja Villages:
Closer to the area, village ninjas on both sides of the street are walking in a hurry, carrying various tools of unknown purpose in their hands, or chatting while jogging. The pace of life is undoubtedly much faster than that of the ninja world as a whole.
In the farther area, you can see dust flying, various high-rise buildings that are either completed or to be completed standing there, and the clanking sound coming from the movements of large and strange-shaped construction machines can be heard clearly for several kilometers.
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Lei Luo followed the sight of the Third Raikage and glanced around, then smiled and introduced: "The whole world knows the richness of the Fire Country, and Konoha is like the heart of the Fire Country, with extremely high
development value.”
"Businessmen from other countries used to be limited by policies, limited by the ideas of the previous Hokage that were not open enough, and limited by Konoha's high land prices and human resources prices. They did not dare to come to Konoha to carry out various commercial projects..."
"But it's different now..." He raised his hand and gestured around, Lei Luo smiled with a hint of pride, looking at the rough face of the Third Raikage who was listening attentively, he continued:
"In fact, it is never too late to develop. We only need to reasonably reduce the costs of merchants, give them a fairly fair market environment, and provide various support plans. Then with Konoha's status in the ninja world..."
“It’s not too difficult to achieve what we are today.”
The Third Raikage nodded, and did not give any comment on Lei Luo's statement. Instead, he picked out a sharp question and handed it to the other party: "Your Excellency, Hokage, Konoha's current development trend is naturally excellent, but I don't know if you think about it.
Have you ever...if you continue like this, will Konoha still be considered a ninja village in the future?"
The words of the Third Raikage were quite intriguing. Lei Luo thought about it carefully and quickly heard the hidden meaning of the strong man next to him:
We only seek development and construction. To this end, we even use the power of ninjas to convert various ninjutsu into labor force, and vigorously build various infrastructures with the help of costs that are far cheaper than labor. Although there is nothing wrong with this...
However, there are gains and losses. If the ninjas all build houses, dig the ground, and grab jobs that ordinary people can do, let’s not talk about what the ordinary people who were originally engaged in these industries will do. Let’s talk about the jobs that originally belonged to the ninjas.
,Who should do those countless ninja tasks?
Cleaning out spies in the village, completing various employment tasks issued to Konoha by outsiders, and even infiltrating enemy countries... With all these things, Konoha, which has taken up a lot of ninja resources, is still able to complete it?
In Konoha today, the most tasks completed by ninjas are construction tasks issued by major businessmen. By issuing batches of orders, they can obtain a large or even massive amount of cheap labor. More and more ninjas are starting to
Engage in production and neglect fighting, this is how to do...
Konoha really doesn't look like a ninja village, but more like a city.
The message revealed in the words of the Third Raikage is very clear: development is good, but the world of ninja is actually not peaceful. Konoha, which is gradually beginning to change in nature, can be called a ninja village, and can it still maintain the necessary
The use of force is very doubtful.
And Lei Luo's answer at this moment is also very clear: "To me, the Shinobi Village and the Shinobi Village are just a form, a product of the times, just like the wall surrounding the entire Konoha..."
Pointing to the distance, he paused for a while on the fences that were clearly slanted outwards. Lei Luo spread his hands and smiled nonchalantly: "After the village has been expanded several times, the external walls have also been expanded.
It’s getting bigger, but the wall is actually like a shackle from the old times..."
"One day, as the dawn of a new era approaches, the wall will naturally collapse. At that time, what will be the meaning of Konoha Village, Konoha City, or other name changes?"
It has to be said that Lei Luo's seemingly unintentional opinions caused the Third Raikage to think deeply. He didn't understand why the other Hokage was so ambitious. In order to promote the arrival of the so-called new era, he abandoned his martial arts and put a large number of ninjas to death.
Taken from combat missions...
Is it short-sighted?
Or...are there any factors that I don't understand?
Glancing at the Third Raikage who stopped and stood thinking, Lei Luo didn't say anything to disturb him, but just stood beside him, looking at the scene on the street quietly, seemingly relaxed.
Naturally, the Third Raikage didn't know that Lei Luo's philosophy of governance has always been to make the best use of people, and those who are stronger should continue to do more dangerous tasks to keep their combat power at its peak for a long time.
The weak ones, such as ninjas who became disabled after the Ninja War, ninjas with extremely poor talents, and old and frail ninjas, are either engaged in production work, teaching work, or scientific research work, and in short they will not fight anymore.
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At the same time, in order to avoid the lack of force, Lei Luo adopts elite education in cultivating the next generation: either based on the personal wishes of Ninja School students, or based on the school's annual screening, selecting about half of those with higher talents
Ninja school graduates are trained for full-time combat.
Talented ninjas that Lei Luo is familiar with, such as Kakashi, Metkai, Obito, Yuhi Kurenai, Asuma, etc., are the products of the full-time combat training policy: they do not need to take traditional ninja courses, nor do they need to attend too much training.
Multicultural class, just learn how to fight.
Kakashi was able to defeat the chuunin at the age of six. This was certainly due to his superb talent, but it was also possible that during his school days, there were many retired chuunin, and the old jounin continued to teach them.
What is the result of his combat experience and constant sparring with him?
Whoever is suitable for what job should do it full-time. A certain degree of centralized training and the concept of elite soldiers are Lei Luo's core layout for the education of the next generation and the future development of Konoha.
Soldiers are more valuable than finesse, this is the saying.
What's more, the large number of people constantly attracted from the outside world has caused the overall number of Konoha ninjas to continue to rise. Under such circumstances, the selected elite ninjas will one day reach the number of all previous ninjas combined.
By that time, it is almost conceivable to what extent Konoha's strength will change: a force composed of 10,000 crooked melons and split dates, and a force composed of 10,000 elite ninjas are not the same at all.