NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 284: Grandma Chiyo’S Decision
The Land of Wind, Sand Shinobi Village.
In the conference room, the daimyo of the Kingdom of Wind had a gloomy face.
"You bunch of losers, I asked you to send people to destroy the Great Wall of the Kingdom of Birds. You can't even do this little thing, so what use are you?"
"I spend so much money every year to support you, and this is how you serve me?"
The Sand Shinobi sent to destroy the Great Wall were no match for Nawaki. There were eight ninjas in the two teams, six Chūnin died, and only two Jōnin escaped.
The destroyed Great Wall was also repaired by Nawaki.
"I don't care, you must destroy the Great Wall at all costs."
"Otherwise, how can our warriors from the Kingdom of Wind invade the Kingdom of Birds?"
Granny Chiyo apologized and said, "Your Majesty, please atone for your sins. We will immediately send stronger ninjas to destroy the Great Wall."
"The Great Wall must be destroyed this time, so that our army of warriors can advance straight in and conquer the Bird Kingdom in one fell swoop."
The daimyo nodded, the anger on his face a little lighter.
"In that case, I will wait for your good news."
"but……"
When Chiyo heard the word "but", his heart thumped and he had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the next moment she heard the daimyo say: "This time we did not destroy the Great Wall in time, which prevented the fifty thousand warriors from attacking. The delay was not a big deal, but it cost countless amounts of food, grass and fresh water."
"The daily consumption of an army of 50,000 is an astronomical amount. This is all money."
The daimyo's sinister voice made the Sand Shinobi executives in the conference room frown.
"This is all your fault!"
"So the responsibility should be borne by you, Sand Shinobi Village. Finance Officer, let's do the math!"
The expressions of Sand Shinobi's senior management instantly became extremely ugly.
They were still curious when the daimyo came to Sand Shinobi Village and wanted to bring the financial officer with him. They thought he was here to get a raise.
Who knew, he was here to settle accounts.
The financial officer did some calculations and the results came out quickly.
"Lord Daimyo, the 50,000-strong army consumes about 50 million taels of food, grass, fresh water and other supplies every day."
"Because the ninjas sent by Sand Shinobi Village failed to destroy the Great Wall of Bird Country in time, the army was delayed for at least ten days. In total, it cost at least 500 million taels more."
Chiyo couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and said loudly: "This is impossible!"
"On average, one person consumes one thousand taels a day. This is absolutely impossible. When ninjas go to war, they consume less than one hundred taels a day."
She pointed at the treasurer and said, "You must have miscalculated."
The financial officer smiled and said: "Grandma Qiandai, don't worry, it's not more than one thousand taels per person. This is a conservative estimate."
"Warriors are not like you ninjas. They don't have Chakra. They rely solely on physical strength to move. In addition, they wear thick armor, so they eat a lot, and they have to eat well to ensure their physical strength and combat effectiveness."
"They don't know the Body Flicker Technique, and they don't travel fast. They will be very tired from long walks in the desert, and their legs are easily injured. They need to consume medicinal herbs every day to soak their feet to relieve fatigue."
"The heat in the desert is extremely hot. Warriors often suffer from heatstroke, which consumes more medicinal materials."
"Taking it all together, one thousand taels per person per day is really not much."
Chiyo wanted to say something else, but the daimyo said directly: "Granny Chiyo, you don't think that my financial officer deliberately miscalculated the accounts, do you?"
Chiyo snorted coldly and sat down.
Upon seeing this, the daimyo sneered in his heart and said: "The account has been settled, 500 million taels. This was all caused by Sand Shinobi Village's mistakes, and Sand Shinobi Village should also bear the responsibility."
As soon as these words came out, Sand Shinobi executives present immediately objected.
"No, this is absolutely not possible!"
"Lord Daimyo, Sand Shinobi Village's economy is already in straits, and we simply cannot afford five hundred million taels."
"Five hundred million taels is too much, let's have less!"
…
Everyone was praying for the name, but Grandma Chiyo sat there without saying a word, leaning on the back of her chair and closing her eyes.
Ebizō on the side turned to look at his sister, seeming to realize something.
The daimyo didn't care about everyone's prayers and said: "The country of wind is located in a desert and its economy is already backward. My daimyo's money does not come from strong winds."
"I will not pay for your mistakes."
"I have made up my mind, there is no need to say more about this matter."
Everyone was desperate.
Five hundred million taels, if you take it out, how can you live in Sand Shinobi Village?
At this time, the Daimyo said: "Of course, I am not a heartless person. Let Sand Shinobi Village spend 500 million taels at once. This is really embarrassing for you. Let's do this..."
As soon as these words came out, hope immediately rose in everyone's eyes.
The daimyo thought for a moment, then turned to the financial officer and asked: "What is the annual funding of Sand Shinobi Village now?"
The financial officer said: "Returning to the Daimyo-sama, Sand Shinobi Village's annual funding is 120 million taels."
The daimyo nodded and said to the senior management of Sand Shinobi: "In this way, you will not be allowed to take out the money, but I will not repay the 500 million taels."
"In the next five years, I will only give you 20 million taels of the annual funding of 120 million taels. The remaining 100 million taels should be regarded as compensation for the loss of 500 million taels."
"Five years later, the funding will return to normal 120 million taels."
Sand Shinobi executives looked at each other.
Five years, only 20 million taels a year?
Send beggars away?
In the underground money exchange, the bounty for any S-class traitor can reach 20 million taels.
"Lord Daimyo, this... this is out of season..."
"With 20 million taels a year, how can Sand Shinobi Village develop? We can't even afford food."
"Daimyo-sama, you can't do this. If this continues, Sand Shinobi Village will completely decline and even fall out of the top five shinobi villages."
"Sand Shinobi Village is an important foundation for ensuring national security. If it declines, once other countries attack, the Kingdom of Wind will be at risk of annihilation."
The senior officials of the village were completely panicked.
If the annual funding is really only 20 million taels, then Sand Shinobi Village will be completely destroyed.
Compared to everyone's panic, Chiyo still closed his eyes and showed no reaction.
No matter what these people said, the Daimyo would not change his mind, until finally the Daimyo got tired and simply got up and left.
There was a lot of noise in the conference room.
Everyone is blaming each other and shirking responsibility. I blame you and you blame me. It’s a mess.
"enough!"
Chiyo's scolding sounded, and everyone immediately fell silent, and all turned to look at her.
Chiyo sat on a chair and scanned everyone. The people she scanned all lowered their heads.
At this time, Chiyo did not look like the kind old woman she once was, with a majestic look in her eyes.
Chiyo glanced around and said calmly: "Sand Shinobi Village was founded by my husband Liedou and me. The purpose of building Sand Shinobi Village is to imitate Konoha Village. Each family joins a group to stay warm and strengthen. In order to gain a foothold in the ninja world."
"Sand Shinobi Village was built in the Kingdom of Wind, and its leader was called Kazekage. However, when the village was first founded, the relationship between the village and the Kingdom of Wind was cooperation."
"Sand Shinobi Village provides force to protect the security of the Kingdom of Wind, and the Kingdom of Wind provides funds to ensure the development of Sand Shinobi Village."
"Both are mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation!"
Everyone listened quietly to Chiyo, no one dared to interrupt.
Chiyo glanced at everyone again, then slammed the table and shouted: "But look at what the village is like now?"
"We have a cooperative relationship with the Kingdom of Wind, not a subordinate, nor a master and servant!"
"The way you were begging for mercy in front of the daimyo just now was really ugly."
Everyone's faces turned ugly.
There’s no need to say it so harshly!
Wagging our tails and begging for mercy, we are not dogs...
Chiyo continued: "You have to remember that we, Sand Shinobi Village, and the daimyo of the Land of Wind, are just a cooperative relationship. If the daimyo pays, we will contribute."
"And now, the daimyo can't pay, so what do you think we should do?"
Everyone was silent.
It took a while before someone said: "If the famous person doesn't contribute money, we won't contribute, but..."
Chiyo sneered: "But what? But in this way, we will offend the daimyo, and we won't even be able to get 20 million taels per year, right?"
The man shut up in embarrassment.
"Twenty million taels a year, what can it be used for?"
"Now I have decided to change the rules in the future. I will no longer accept financial support from the daimyo of the Kingdom of Wind. At the same time, I will no longer provide any free military support to the daimyo of the Kingdom of Wind."
"If the daimyo needs ninja, then spend the money."
"Send out one Genin, and each person will be tasked with five thousand taels of gold per day."
"Send out one Chūnin, and each person will be tasked with fifty thousand taels of gold per day."
"Send out one Jōnin, each with a mission of five hundred thousand taels per day."
"This is the most basic fee. In addition, it also depends on the task level. The higher the level, the higher the task gold."
Having said this, Chiyo was quiet for half a minute and then stood up.
"Who among everyone here objects to my opinion?"
In fact, everyone is against it.
The daimyo's need for ninjas is actually not great. Ninjas will only be used when war breaks out.
After all, in the ninja world, the daimyo's status is very noble, and few people would assassinate the daimyo.
It is enough to have warriors to protect the safety of the daimyo.
So regardless of the high mission gold mentioned by Chiyo, this money is definitely difficult to earn.
But opposition is opposition, and Chiyo is so aggressive that no one dares to say anything against it now.
"Well, since there is no objection, then this matter has been decided. After discussing the details, we will directly inform the Daming Mansion."
Now some people couldn't sit still.
"Grandma Chiyo, this won't work. Unless a war breaks out, the daimyo will never spend money to use us."
Chiyo chuckled and said, "Hasn't the war already broken out?"