"Haha, Lei Luo, you really know how to tell jokes."
Perhaps it was Lei Luo's tone of voice that also made him famous. The seventy-year-old old nobleman sneered repeatedly, then narrowed his eyes and looked at Lei Luo unblinkingly:
"You produce ninjas, implement the New Deal, introduce a large number of outsiders, and make Konoha bigger and bigger. What do you want to do? Hmm? Build another country in the Land of Fire?"
"Since you Lei Luo are so capable and want to break the tradition of the Ninja Village era and tear up the agreement signed between Senju Hashirama and our Daimyo family, why are you coming to see me?"
"The Ninja Village provides force and the state provides funds. This responsibility distribution system was established decades ago, not only to end troubled times, but also to create a new balance."
The more he spoke, the angrier he felt. The expression on his old face seemed so gloomy that it was about to drip. He ignored Lei Luo's cold eyes and continued to mock:
"Konoha is developing its economy so crazily now, hanging out with all kinds of big businessmen, and is almost self-sufficient. So what kind of financial support do we need from the Fire Nation?"
"You can just go it alone. Don't pay attention to the opinions of me, the country's leader. I don't care. Really, looking at you, you won't let other countries invade the Land of Fire."
The daimyo's words were obviously angry, but they also revealed his true thoughts to some extent.
After all, if it wasn't really unbearable, how could he dare to completely cut off Konoha's funding and make Lei Luo, a good-looking Hokage, so unable to step down?
You know, even in the Country of Wind, where the relationship between the Ninja Village and the daimyo is the worst, the daimyo will at most cut down on various expenses of Sunagakure. Although sometimes the amount given is indeed small, he never says not to give.
This year, the relationship between the Country of Fire and the Leaf Village has almost reached an unprecedented freezing point, and funding has been cut off. This kind of thing has never happened in any country before.
The reason why Lei Luo chose to fully cooperate with the capital forces was actually because he was under too much pressure and had to disrupt his plan and arrange his escape route in advance.
You must know that the plan to attack the daimyo was originally something that should be done after the ninja world was unified.
"Go alone? What are you talking about in your sleep?" The daimyo's attitude obviously made Lei Luo very unhappy, so his tone became a little rude:
"Do you know how much Konoha's expenses are now? Just one five-two-six, almost all our savings, let alone the two big money-devouring research institutes and industrial parks, you really don't realize the improvement of science and technology
, is it important to the enhancement of national strength?”
"Who told you to overestimate your ability to pay compensation to those civilians? It's already a blessing for those guys to live in Konoha. Let me tell you, Lei Luo, have you forgotten who you are?
Is it your duty as a ninja?"
In response to Lei Luo's question, the Daimyo's choice was to respond directly and ask several questions in a row, almost saying that Lei Luo was meddling in his own business with rats, and what he did was simply nonsense.
Finally, looking at Lei Luo's livid face, Daimyo snorted disdainfully, and then sarcastically said: "There are also those industrial parks and scientific research institutes, they are just toys for children like you, don't make such high-sounding rhetoric.
Got it!"
"The Fire Nation has not paid much attention to science and technology for so many years. It has not seen any trouble, nor has it been pulled down by other countries. Your actions are just to satisfy your own desires and stop talking about increasing national power!"
When the daimyo said the last few words, the volume was already very loud. The ministers were silent. Shikaku and Naoki looked even more nervous. Only Lei Luo, after a short silence, spoke every word with no expression on his face.
road:
"I don't want to argue with you now..."
"Just right! I don't want to talk nonsense to you!" Before Lei Luo could finish his words, the daimyo waved his fan fiercely and stood up, apparently preparing to leave the table.
The clinker suddenly felt a pulling force on his sleeve. The daimyo squinted his eyes and looked sideways. He saw Lei Luo reaching out to grab him, and continued without any fluctuation on his face:
"How can you provide funds?"
In the blink of an eye, the atmosphere seemed to freeze. The daimyo's ministers stood up in unison and glared at Lei Luo. Some of them even shouted:
"Stop! Let go of the Daimyo!"
"Bold maniac! Don't be rude!"
Turning a deaf ear to the angry scolding in his ears, Lei Luo just stared at the daimyo indifferently, leaning on the seat motionless. Obviously, he was bound to get an answer from the daimyo today.
After looking at each other for a while with Lei Luo, the Daimyo suddenly smiled and said with a strange look on his face to the Hokage who seemed to be out of control: "What? Lei Luo, are you going to take action if we can't reach an agreement? I really like you.
style."
After pretending to be a casual joke, the daimyo stopped turning around and left. He just stood on the edge of the chair, his expression gradually turned calm, and he said slowly:
"Stop the construction of the second village immediately and kill the unruly daimyo of Kawanoguni. If you can do this, the financial allocation can be restored to normal, otherwise..."
"You Konoha, just fend for yourself."
The dim light cast down, illuminating the old man's face dimly. The old voice did not contain much threat, but his attitude was fully reflected in these two sentences.
Wisps of murderous aura emerged from the body of this old man who was not a ninja, as if it foreshadowed how much the Daimyo of the Land of Fire hated the Daimyo of the Kingdom of Sichuan.
Although Konoha's new policy has brought about various results, the feeling that Konoha is losing control day by day, and the anger that makes the daimyo almost go out of control, the root cause of the funding cutoff is still because of the Second Village Incident.
The former, at most, means that Lei Luo, the Hokage, acted a little out of line, but was too eager to make the village strong as soon as possible. In essence, it was barely understandable, and at least it would not completely stalemate the relationship between the two parties.
But the latter is a matter of position and cannot be compromised!
Konoha can only be the Konoha of the Fire Country, and it must be the Konoha of the Fire Country. This is the principle, and it is also the final bottom line for the Daimyo of the Fire Country!
"The second village is related to our Konoha strategy, to the attack on the Kingdom of Wind, to the war with Sunagakure Village, to the next ninja war..."
His eyes met the daimyo's eyes without blinking. Lei Luo's lips opened and closed quickly, and a series of words came out quickly with almost no pause. But before he could finish speaking, the daimyo suddenly tugged on his sleeves and made a squeaking sound.
Breaking, followed by a roar:
"Lei Luo! How many times do I need to repeat it before you understand?! No matter what is involved in the Second Village, it is wrong for you Konoha and Kawanoguni to collude!"