Chapter 121 Rice

"The reform plan of Kirigakure has been launched, and she has gone to make preliminary preparations."

Hashirama was silent for a moment, and couldn't help but ask: "Will many people die?"

"That doesn't depend on me," Ning Qi shook his head. Although he had deliberately spread the news of reform to Kirigakure, the information fed back from Kirigakure showed that the top leaders among them would not be too happy to accept the fate of being reformed. Under the auspices of Kirigakure Elder Yuanshi, the inauguration ceremony of the fifth generation Mizukage of Kirigakure is about to be held.

Their top leader, Yagura Kujitachi, was captured. The first thing they did was not to rescue him, but to immediately appoint a candidate for Mizukage... If Ning Qi didn't know clearly that the conservatives in Kirigakure would rather keep the Mizukage position vacant than let Mei Terumi take the position, Ning Qi would only think that the top leaders of this village were not targeting him, but were just a little anxious.

Now it seems that Kirigakure is not without wise men, but do those people think that as long as they push a Mizukage to take the position, they can stop the rolling tide that is about to sweep over?

It's a bit too naive!

"I've talked to Mei Terumi about the changes you mentioned before. If it's for the purpose of achieving world peace, I think... the means don't have to be so drastic. Let the people of Kirigakure develop on their own. Sooner or later, they will open up and develop." Hashirama, as a person who has experienced it, advised tactfully.

The sun was scorching at noon. Two masked men walked through the green shade and came to the cafeteria. They sat down in the corner with the food they had ordered. Although everyone was curious about their real faces without masks, no one dared to approach them.

They took off their masks, faced the wall, and chatted casually while eating.

"I don't deny this, but this is just the difference between dripping water and drastic measures. Since you can tolerate the people of Kirigakure creating the Blood Mist Village, and countless casualties have been caused in the past ten years, you should tolerate me responding to the expectations of most people in Kirigakure, and changing the situation in Kirigakure that has not changed in decades through changes that bring short-term pain." Ning Qi said lightly.

Hashirama opened his mouth. What Ning Qi said seemed to make sense. He couldn't find a reason to refute it for a while.

He wanted to tell Ning Qi to be understanding and tolerant, to respect the different customs of the world, and to influence them with love... But when he was alive, he couldn't even convince his own brother Tobirama with such a naive foreign policy. He was always scolded by Tobirama for being childish and couldn't put on the airs of a brother. Now facing Ning Qi, whose actions were much tougher than Tobirama, he had no way to deal with it.

He sighed heavily, and then ate the rice in the bowl hard, as if he was venting his depression in this way.

Apart from anything else, the food in this era is indeed much more delicious than that in his era.

The reincarnated body has no sense of pain, but it has a sense of taste. But after all, it is a dead person, and it is no longer as sensitive as when it was alive. In order to experience the feeling of food, he added a lot of salt and flavor enhancers to the food in his bowl.

"The rice grains are really big, at least twice as big as they were in my time... The world is really developing." Hashirama sighed.

Ning Qi glanced at him and shook his head: "That's not the result of the development of the times. The era you belong to is not many years away from now. How could it develop so fast... The agricultural level in other places except the Land of Waves has not improved much compared to your era. At least as far as I know, the crops they grow are just ordinary varieties, and there is no improvement."

Hashirama looked at the plump rice grains on his chopsticks: "Where did this come from?"

"There is an experimental field in the back mountain, and the rice in it is all improved by me." Ning Qi's expression was calm, as if he was just talking about something very ordinary. "Under the blessing of the ninjutsu that specializes in taking care of crops, the rice seeds that originally took four months to grow matured in two months. The rice grains that have just matured in the experimental field have been eaten in the cafeteria these two days."

Hashirama was stunned, and then he said happily: "If this seed is promoted to the whole world, will everyone no longer have to go hungry?!!"

The voice resounded throughout the cafeteria, attracting many people's curious eyes, but no matter how itchy they were about the true faces of the two people, they could only see the backs of their heads and backs in the corner.

Although they took off their masks to eat, as for the two people who have superb control over chakra and body, keeping it secret is easy to fool as long as they are not seen directly.

"Only two-fifths of the people in this world use rice as their staple food, and the relationship between people's hunger and whether there is enough food is not as close as you think." Ning Qi chewed the rice. The rice grains were large and the sweetness was moderate. More importantly, the yield was high. If there were no other problems, it was indeed a rare and excellent rice variety, which also proved that Ning Qi's method of "synthesis" through the white eyes to create better things was at least feasible on the surface.

"What do you mean?" asked the political rookie Senju Hashirama.

"Because some people don't want everyone to be full," Ning Qi tried to speak more directly, "For example, some big landlords, they need food to control the people and tenants under their command to work for them, for example, some businessmen, they need to control the price of food, and don't want too much food to flow into the market and cause losses, and for example...

"Me."

Ning Qi showed a strange smile on his face:

"I don't intend to promote these improved varieties unconditionally, because this is the treatment that can only be enjoyed by the innovative camp."

"you……"

Zhujian opened his mouth and looked at Ning Qi, with a very complicated expression on his face.

With the outbreak of the Fourth Ninja War, food prices have been soaring. Even Senju Hashirama, who is trapped on the island of Wave Country, can always hear ordinary residents complaining that food prices have risen again.

Originally, the country of Waves was small and did not produce much food. Now, shipping traffic is restricted by Cardo. The residents on the island have little income left, and all their hard-earned money every month is used to buy food.

This is the case in the Country of Waves, and the situation outside is not much better.

As Rasa, the fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure Village, tore up the alliance and declared war on Konoha, the price of food on the market, which had been slowing down, skyrocketed again.

This is no longer just the hoarding of big landowners and big businessmen. This is because most of the food in the five major countries is controlled by the state. These big landowners and big businessmen have reached the point where they can't sell even if they want to. They are required to sell most of the food to Ninja Village. He Daimyo, as for the price, of course it was only the price of food before the war started. Compared with today's price which is hundreds of times higher, this is no different from the open grab.

"The country of Nabo..." Hashirama was still organizing his words.

Ning Qi on the side waved his hand and interrupted him: "Food prices will come down soon."

Hashirama's eyes widened: "How many have you planted?"

Ning Qi showed a mysterious smile: "I didn't plant much in the first batch. I said the price of food will come down soon, just because I stocked up a lot of food before the war started and I plan to put it on the market recently..."

It takes time for food to mature, and food production is not only a matter of good varieties, but also affected by various aspects such as chemical fertilizers, cultivated land area, planting technology, and the degree of utilization of ninjutsu in agriculture. But even so, this batch of successfully verified Large-scale grain production from improved rice varieties will only be three months away at the earliest.

For the current excitement, it is temporarily out of the question.

But no matter what, in today's world, agriculture is still undoubtedly the largest industry. When these excellent rice seeds are promoted in the country of Waves, as long as the war is not over, we will ride on the wave of high food prices. , that’s still no problem.

As long as no one exploits it, there will be no problem for this country with a small population and a small territory to become prosperous for the time being.

"I see."

The cicadas were chirping outside the window. Accompanied by the heat of September, Hashirama thought of his argument with Ning Qi. He nodded slightly and finally said helplessly:

"You did the best thing...perhaps change is the best outcome for those ninja villages and the entire world."

"What's going on in Hidden Mist Village... do you need my help?"

From the original opposition to the current recognition, the reason for the change in Senju Hashirama's attitude is not only the white rice in the bowl in front of him, but also Ning Qi's attitude and determination in doing things. He may not be so He is kind, but he has arranged all aspects so well that even Hashirama now feels that perhaps Kirigakure Village that has accepted the changes is the best outcome for Kirigakure Village.

"It's not necessary for the time being." Ning Qi took a sip of the soup and said.

Hashirama was a little confused: "I heard that there is a Six-Tails Jinchuuriki in Kirigakure Village who is very powerful. Can you handle it?"

"Are you looking down on me?" Ning Qi glanced at him, "Although my wood escape is not as strong as yours, there is still no problem in subduing a Jinchuuriki."

"and……"

"And what?"

"And he may not need me to do it myself." Ning Qi said quietly, wiped his mouth, put on a mask, picked up the dinner plate, and when he turned to leave, he seemed to suddenly remember something and paused in his steps:

"Oh, by the way, the other teachers have been on missions these days. School is on holiday. If you have nothing to do, you can go to my experimental field. I have planted more than just rice there. See if you can use your wood escape ability. Do something to help.”

Originally, Hashirama's expression was relatively disappointed when he heard "school vacation", but when he heard Ning Qi talking about the experimental field, he instantly became energetic... This kind of thing that can bring huge progress to the entire world, of course, cannot miss!

“I love taking care of plants, I will definitely help!!”

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The nearest Jianyin Village was sparsely populated. In the past, the Jianyin Village cafeteria, which was always very popular because of its delicious food and cheap prices, had never been so empty during meals since its establishment.

Hihara Touka was holding her rice bowl, and saw Hashirama-sama and the cultural teacher named "Kima" chatting in the corner from a distance.

She did not move closer. Although she was also curious about what these two men who always wore masks looked like under their masks, out of respect for Mr. Hashirama, she was still the same as everyone else, even if a few people crowded together. At the same table, they didn't want Lord Hashirama to feel offended.

"Teacher Bai has finished teaching the assassination course. It happens to be a holiday soon. After I advance the secret method to the second stage, I will assassinate Cardo!" As soon as they sat down, they heard that the best genius in their sword hidden village - Fujiwara Kusama swore to everyone.

According to the secret method taught by Master Hashirama, all of them are still in the first stage and can only "see" the chakra around them. Fujiwara Kusama is the fastest to enter the state. He can already "touch" these colorful chakras. He absorbed chakra molecules and used them for his own use. The sword style he released was much more powerful than others.

This gave Fujiwara Kusama a lot of confidence in taking over Kado.

"Are you in such a hurry?" Inari frowned, "Didn't you say that we should wait until my grandfather has almost finished repairing the bridge before..."

"The plan cannot keep up with the changes. If the stalemate continues, many people will starve to death." Someone said coldly. Because of the rising food prices and Kado's blockade of the waterway, the living standards of many people in the Wave Country have been declining again and again.

Even those who received high subsidies from the Hidden Sword Village could not bear the pain brought by the skyrocketing cost of living.

Inari's family was wealthy, and his grandfather was a well-known bridge engineer. Naturally, he did not understand the sense of urgency of these people who came from humble backgrounds and spent money every day.

"Yes, even if it is risky, it must be done!" Fujiwara Kusama said firmly, "Time is running out. I can't see my neighbors starving to death!"

"Well said."

"Brother Kusama, I'll go with you!"

"I'll go too!"

Kusama's speech was greeted with unanimous cheers from other students.

Hihara Touka looked at the lively scene in front of her and lowered her head in embarrassment.

Her strength was not strong.

And she was afraid of killing people.

She didn't dare to go.

"But, I heard that Kado hired a lot of wandering ninjas as guards..." Inari said with some worry.

"No buts, he is just an ordinary person. Even if there are more wandering ninjas as guards, one sword can still kill him," Fujiwara Kusama said with a fierce look, and the long sword in his hand was flying in the air, "and the so-called assassination method is to avoid the strong and attack the weak. Teacher Bai taught it very clearly, and I have completely mastered the essentials."

His confidence infected many people.

After all, learning civil and martial arts is not to serve the village, punish evil and promote good, right?

The first batch of students headed by Fujiwara Kusama can't wait to use Kado's head to verify their academic achievements.

"Should I tell Mr. Hashirama about this?" Inari was still not at ease.

It happened that Mr. Hashirama finished eating and passed by in front. Inari just wanted to get up, but was directly pressed down by Fujiwara Kusama.

He was a little puzzled.

After Mr. Hashirama walked away, Kusama explained in a low voice:

"Didn't Mr. Hashirama make it clear before? Cardo is the internal affairs of the Wave Country, and he, an outsider, will not be involved. We can handle this matter ourselves!!"

Seeing that Inari was still worried, Kusama finally lost his patience:

"Inari, if you don't want to come, I won't force you. You are not needed here."

Inari gritted his teeth: "I'm going to ask my friend about this matter."