Chapter 996.1: Konoha's Interests
Dark clouds covered the sun, and small drops of rain continued to fall endlessly on the ground.
In the Rain Country, it rained more than 60% of the time, which made the territory of this country extremely wet.
Several key words came to mind when referring to" Rain Country", including: "humidity", "poverty", "war" and " strong alcohol».
The word "strong alcohol" somewhat contradicted the concept of "poverty". Food and clothing were already a problem, but with such problems, you also drank? Because of this, civilians in other countries had a bad impression of the country's civilians..
In their opinion, the civilians of the Rain Country stank of alcohol, wore worn clothes, were always hungry and thin.
The shabby clothes and sallow complexion really matched the ordinary appearance of the common people of Rain Country. As for the constant fumes, they were completely helpless in this regard.
In such an extremely humid environment, if you do not consume alcoholic beverages in the right volumes, the body will sooner or later not be able to bear the pressure of the environment and this will eventually lead to rheumatism and other diseases.
Wine culture was one of the causes of Rain Country's poverty, but it was also one of the main sources of income for Rain Country residents. Since spirits were their daily necessity, their wine production techniques were certainly not bad and even ranked among the top three in many countries.
But simply producing good wine didn't mean having a lot of money. Getting money for this wine required stable supply channels, and one day, supply channels suddenly appeared in Rain Country.
They were created by the" God " of the Rain Country, or at least that's what many people in this country thought about this person.
In the rest of the world, this "God" was known as " Payne».
Thanks to these channels and active trade, the Rain country began to slowly get out of poverty, but recently these channels were closed..
Although they were soon reopened, all Rain Country merchants now had to pay 40% tax.
Of course, at first, the merchants of the Rain Country did not agree to such an outrageous predatory tax, but just a few days later, out of desperation, they could only agree to such a proposal.
As a result, there was now a wine point for all merchants from the Rain Country, and that point was Konoha.
All wine exported from the Rain Country could only be sold to Konoha. Not only did merchants have to pay huge taxes, but they also had to sell their wine at a price that was set by Konoha himself.
Given the lack of competition, one could imagine how low this price was.
As a result, more than 50% of the profits from the Rain Country's export trade were taken away by Konoha.
Not only merchants were affected, but also ordinary citizens of the Rain Country. If earlier, conditionally, each barrel of wine was sold for 10,000 Paradise coins, now each barrel was sold for a maximum of 5,000 Paradise coins and only if the seller was very lucky.
The civilians of Rain Country didn't know that the money they were now losing was the loot for Konoha's victory over Nagato.
Naruto Uzumaki, who thought he had protected everyone, might never know what the Rain Country civilians had lost and what Konoha had gained by killing Nagato.
Naruto Uzumaki became the hero of Konoha because he protected Konoha? What a joke, Konoha was almost wiped out by Su Xiao and Nagato. Naruto Uzumaki could at best stop a couple of shinobi, but even though he wasn't strong enough and didn't have enough power in Konoha, he still became a " hero».
The real heroes of Konoha were Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Minato Namikaze, but not him.
The reason Naruto Uzumaki became the hero of Konoha was very simple — he indirectly helped Konoha take over the economy of a small country.
Before Su Xiao and Nagato attacked Konoha, Konoha simply couldn't occupy Rain Country, and not because it was weak, but because it didn't have a good reason.
This was the era of peace, and Konoha didn't dare to take the initiative and become the first village whose actions would lead to the end of the peaceful era.
But now, after this attack, she had a good reason, because the Rain Country itself and the Kage of the Hidden Rain Village took and attacked Konoha.
And, most importantly, the person who was previously in charge of Rain Country's affairs has died.
As for Konoha, the village leader hasn't changed. Of course, Danzo could have tried to unseat the fifth Hokage, but in the end, he didn't make any moves, only his political acumen was definitely very strong. Yes, he wasn't Hokage, but he had a self-formed loyal force in Konoha.
From this, one could see Danzo's abilities.
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