Chapter 46 - The Crazy Plan of Sand Village
At the beginning of the 37th year of Konoha, information about an explosion in the Rain Country spread throughout the ninja world.
The Sand Village is planning to divert the Red Leaf River into the territory of the Wind Country. This crazy idea has stimulated everyone.
Especially Konoha.
"Has the Sand Village gone crazy?"
"Don't they know what it means to divert the Red Leaf River?"
In the conference room of the Hokage Building, the heads of various families who came to attend the high-level meeting were filled with indignation and extreme anger.
"Is the Red Leaf River important?"
Jiraiya, who came to listen, sat upright, gently touched Orochimaru's shoulder beside him, and asked in a somewhat awkward tone.
Upon hearing this, Orochimaru turned his head and glanced at Jiraiya with an idiotic look, too lazy to explain to this idiot whose mind was full of nothing but lust.
"Jiraiya, you idiot, you really don't even know which river the Red Leaf River is, right?"
Tsunade asked in a low voice on Jiraiya's other side, looking at Jiraiya with an expression that said, "Don't ever say you really don't know."
Jiraiya was irritated by this, and since it was Tsunade in front of him, how could he admit it? He said stubbornly, "Ha...ha...I...of course I know which river the Red Leaf River is. Isn't it the one near the Land of Rain? I know it, I just want to see if you know it."
Jiraiya spoke more and more fluently. He was also a bit clever. It was not difficult to see from the intelligence that the Red Leaf River was a river that flowed from the Rain Country into the Fire Country. As long as he spoke in this direction, he would definitely be right.
Unfortunately, Orochimaru and Tsunade could tell at a glance that Jiraiya really didn't know, and they rolled their eyes at him.
Jiraiya thought Orochimaru and Tsunade believed him, and a smug smile instantly appeared on his face.
"idiot!"
"Fool!"
Orochimaru and Tsunade snorted in their hearts and ignored Jiraiya.
In the conference room, the Third Hokage sat in the main seat, with the two Hokage advisors sitting on either side of him. The heads of other large families were on both sides, and outstanding Jonin like Jiraiya sat on the stools behind the heads of each family and listened.
This is Konoha's highest-level meeting.
Konoha has confirmed the information from the Rain Country from the mouth of Hanzo, the demigod of the ninja world.
The Sand Village does want to change the route of the Red Leaf River.
Their previous ninja deployments along the border and a series of intelligence activities in the Land of Rain were all preparations for diverting the Red Leaf River.
Now that the preparations are complete, all that is left is to obtain the consent of the Rain Country and the approval of Hanzo of the Salamander before it can be implemented.
The people of Sand Village knew very well that such a huge project as diverting the Red Leaf River could not be done without the knowledge of the Land of Rain and the Hidden Rain Village.
This can only be done with the consent of the Rain Country.
Otherwise, if they forcibly changed the route of the Red Leaf River, they would have to face two enemies, the Amegakure and Konoha, at the same time.
Only with the consent of the Rain Nation would the Fire Nation have no reason to interfere with the decision to divert the Red Leaf River.
And even if they really interfere, the Sand Village can pull in the Rain Country's Rain Village as an ally to fight against the Fire Country's Konoha, and maybe even defeat the Fire Country and gain greater benefits.
Unfortunately, Hanzo Salamander is not a political idiot.
How could he possibly agree to such a crazy plan from the Sand Village?
If he dares to agree, then the Fire Country, Konoha, will dare to fight a war of annihilation with the Rain Country.
Not only did Hanzo not agree with the Sand Village's suggestion, he also spread the Sand Village's plan and asked Konoha to deal with the Sand Village.
He believed that Konoha would never allow the Sand Village's crazy plan to come true.
This is indeed the case, and even the behavior within Konoha is more radical than he believed.
"Hokage-sama, declare war on Sunagakure!"
"Yes, if we don't scare those bastards, they don't know the weight of being the leader of the five hidden villages of Konoha."
"How dare you propose such a crazy plan? That's no different from directly declaring war on our Konoha."
"The Uchiha clan is willing to be the vanguard!"
The battle-crazy atmosphere in the conference room instantly quieted down with the words of the Uchiha clan leader, and everyone turned their heads to look at the third generation sitting in the main seat.
Banning the Uchiha clan from going to the battlefield is just an unspoken rule within Konoha. There is no explicit provision, but everyone tacitly accepts this unspoken rule.
Without the participation of the Uchiha clan, it would be easier for other ninja clans to gain military merit and then reap more benefits in the post-war distribution of interests.
But everything depends on the third generation.
These ninja clans do not have the courage to suppress the Uchiha clan in Konoha.
The head of the Uchiha clan is older than the third generation, but he looks much younger and more unrestrained than the third generation.
Facing the Uchiha clan leader's scorching gaze, the Third Hokage glanced at Danzo. It was time to release... Oh no, it was time for Danzo to take action.
But Danzo was a little different today. He was strangely quiet and even stopped arguing with Uchiha.
Seeing that Danzo didn't respond to his several glances, the Third Generation frowned slightly, sighed inwardly, and could only leave on his own.
"The safety of Konoha is also very important. The Uchiha clan should abide by the duty entrusted to the Uchiha clan guard department by the second generation to protect Konoha."
The third generation used the second generation's respect to reject the possibility of the Uchiha clan going to the battlefield.
Upon hearing this, the Uchiha clan leader's eyes instantly calmed down, and his eyes returned to their calm and composed look, completely different from his previous wild and unruly demeanor.
It was as if the words that Zhan Xianfeng had said before were just casual remarks and should not be taken seriously.
The third generation frowned, he lost a small amount of money in this wave.
The Uchiha clan leader did his best, and both the radicals and conservatives in the clan had nothing to say.
Instead, the third generation itself became the target of hatred by radicals and conservatives.
In this way, the Uchiha clan leader can continue to sit firmly on the throne and hold on to the position of clan leader.
When the other clan leaders heard this, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then they all challenged the third generation to fight.
"Let's send someone to negotiate with the Hidden Rain Village first. As long as the Hidden Rain Village doesn't agree, the Hidden Sand Village's plan will not succeed."
The third generation suggested that if war could be avoided, it should be avoided as much as possible. He was a staunch anti-war member.
Of course, if war is really inevitable, he will not back down.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, Hokage-sama."
"Okay, let's negotiate first."
Lord Hokage had spoken, and the clan leaders still gave face to the Third Hokage and did not refute him.
Anyway, they knew that the Sand Village would not easily cancel that crazy plan.
And Konoha will never let the Sand Village's crazy plan come true.
War is inevitable, it just depends on when it will start.
After leaving the Hokage Building, many clan leaders were still angry about the Sand Village's crazy plan.
As we all know, the Fire Nation is the country with the best geographical location, the best environment, and the richest average resources among the five major countries.
Among them, grain production is the largest among the five major countries, accounting for almost 40% of the grain production of the entire ninja world.
The Fire Nation makes a fortune every year from the grain trade alone.
Not to mention other rich resources.
The Fire Nation's title of the richest country in the ninja world is not undeserved.
The foundation for the Fire Nation to become a major grain-producing country is the Red Leaf River that flows from the Rain Nation into the Fire Nation.
The Red Leaf River originates from the Rain Country in the northwest and ends at the southeastern estuary of the Fire Country. The main channel of the river runs through the entire territory of the Fire Country. Countless branch rivers outside the main channel penetrate into various parts of the Fire Country like capillaries, nourishing the entire land of the Fire Country.
It can be said that at least half of the Fire Nation's rich land and resources can be attributed to this Red Leaf River.
This is the mother river that nourishes the entire Fire Nation, but the Sand Village wants to change its course. What's the difference between this and directly taking the life of the Fire Nation?
The Fire Nation Daimyo would never allow such a situation to happen.
This war will receive the greatest support from Daming Prefecture.
The support of Daming Prefecture means unimaginable benefits.
To put it bluntly, Konoha is just a huge military base.
The major ninja clans in Konoha are like legions.
The entire Konoha Village is a military group.
They have almost no business activities outside of Konoha Village, and war is their biggest channel for making profits.
The support of the Daimyo Prefecture is the greatest guarantee for them to gain huge benefits in the war.
It was precisely because they knew that the Daimyo Prefecture would definitely strongly support the war with the Sand Village that the major clan leaders were filled with righteous indignation and wanted to start a war.
It's all about profit!