Naruto's water escape is the strongest

In the Kazekage building.

As the new Kazekage, Gaara met with Konoha's envoys, Haruno Sakura and Uchiha Sasuke.

"Congratulations, Gaara," Sakura said with a smile as her two hands were clasped together, "Oh no, it should be the Fifth Kazekage-sama."

Then Sasuke also came forward to shake hands and congratulate.

Gaara smiled lightly: "Thank you, but please don't address me so harshly. Just call me by my name or the Fifth Kazekage."

"Please sit down."

"So, Guicun sent you here, what's the matter?" He also sat back at the desk, put his hands flat on the table, and asked calmly.

"Can't we just watch the ceremony and congratulate you on becoming the new Kazekage?" the girl smiled.

"It's not that I don't believe you," Gaara said in a deep voice, "It's just that it's a troubled time right now. Everyone chose me because they felt the undercurrent hidden under the calm surface of the ninja world and hoped that someone could protect them."

Sakura and Sasuke looked at each other, the latter nodded, stepped forward and handed Gaara the invitation to the Chunin Exam and Tsunade's handwritten letter.

"Is this the official invitation letter for the Chunin Exam?" Gaara took the document, opened it, looked at it a few times, nodded and said, "We have already prepared the candidates for this class, and they can set off next week."

He put down the invitation, opened another envelope and read it, frowning slightly.

"Will the Mist Ninja Village also participate in the Chunin Examination held in Konoha?"

"Well, yes," the girl nodded and said, "The Fifth Mizukage Terumi Mei will also be attending this Chunin Exam."

"There are more and more countries in the alliance. It seems that everyone is aware of the threat of Akatsuki." Gaara looked serious and continued reading, "Sakura, please tell the Fifth Hokage that I will go to Konoha as promised. "

Unlike Terumi Mei, Gaara read very carefully, and the expression on his face was always calm, and he only occasionally frowned.After a while, after reading the entire letter, he raised his head and said to Haruno Sakura and the two of them: "Except for going to Konoha to observe this year's Chunin Exams, which I can confirm immediately, we have to discuss other things. "

The letter said a lot of things. In the past, Sand Ninja Village was leaderless, and the elders couldn't reach a consensus on some issues, so they kept putting things off. Now someone finally can make a decision.

Stacked together, I wrote several long pages.

"Let's start with the trade between the Country of Wind and Sand Ninja Village and the Country of Fire and Konoha Village."

Gaara gets into character quickly.

Although he had good personal relations with Haruno Sakura and others, when negotiating with Konoha envoys as Kazekage, he always kept his responsibilities in mind and did not let personal relationships affect official affairs; when he encountered problems, he also He will fight for the best interests of Sand Ninja Village based on reason.

"We completely agree to restart the export of special minerals from Sand Ninja Village. But the price you gave is a bit low." Gaara took out a list and said, "As for the issue of price increase, the previous Kazekage has actually discussed it with the Third Hokage. A new price list was agreed upon and should have been signed and implemented. But because his death has been unresolved, now that I have become the new Kazekage, it is time to officially implement the new price list."

"This is the result of an agreement between the former Kazekage and the Third Hokage of your village two years ago." He handed over the list.

Haruno Sakura took the order, glanced at it, and frowned slightly: "The price is on the high side. This is the price agreed upon two years ago, but now both of you have replaced it with new Kazekage and Hokage, not to mention the result. Get the final signature.”

She smiled reservedly: "So, I think the previous results have yet to be discussed, and negotiations should be restarted."

The trade between the two countries, no matter in which world they are in, is based on the protection of their own national interests as the first priority and national strength as the benchmark.To put it simply and crudely, countries with strong national power can generally take advantage; even if they cannot take advantage for a while, they will always find their way back in the future.

During the Third Generation period, Konoha experienced many events and was at a low point in strength. However, the national strength of Suna Ninja Village and the Country of Wind had recovered a lot from the last war, otherwise they would not have evil intentions; Although Shinobu suffered serious losses, Konoha did not suffer too much. Instead, it welcomed back Tsunade, and many new people became successful, especially Haruno Sakura's generation, which seemed to have restored the scene of the past when there were numerous geniuses and masters.

Under the ebb and flow of one another, the balance of strength between the two countries has returned to the previous pattern of strong Konoha, strong sand, and weak Ninja.

That's why Haruno Sakura said "the price is too high."

In fact, the subtext is that the balance of strength has changed. Konoha is already stronger than Sand Ninja, and the price list agreed by the previous Kazekage and Hokage no longer applies.

In a relatively simple relationship between the two parties, the rise and fall of national power will be directly reflected in these things.

Not to mention that the results of the negotiations that year were not finally signed, even if they were signed in black and white, the Fire Nation and Konoha Village, as powerful countries, would still have reasons to regret it.

What's more, this matter is still Suna Ninja Village's fault.

Why did the negotiation result that year?

Without a signature, it means that the Fourth Kazekage came to Konoha to watch the ceremony and sign a contract in the name of it, but in fact he was secretly planning a war to attack Konoha.

Unfortunately, he died before leaving the army. The Fourth Kazekage was killed by Orochimaru on the way to Konoha.

In short, this can be regarded as the Suna Ninja Village actually giving up on the results of the negotiations, so the documents Gaara produced can naturally be regarded as waste paper by Konoha.

The reason behind this was also clear to Gaara as the Kazekage and the senior Sand Ninja next to him.

Gaara was able to take out these documents as if nothing had happened, it was just an opening test.

It's just that Sakura is not really a careless child after all. She has lived decades younger in the two lifetimes combined. A similar situation has been experienced by Kiri Ninja once, so naturally she will not be easily fooled.

I really can't think of how to refuse her. She can also say that Tsunade did not authorize this matter and let the Kazekage and the others go to Konoha to discuss it.

"The price is not high anymore." Gaara said calmly, "There is a reason for the price increase. Some special metal materials, such as placer gold, were made by the previous Kazekage-sama using the magnetic release secret ninjutsu. Now that he has passed away, there is no one in our village who can use secret techniques to produce placer gold on a large scale. The output has been greatly reduced and can only be produced in small quantities."

"If we are still exporting at past prices, we might as well not export."

With the title of the Shadow of a Village, he is also responsible for producing valuable materials to subsidize the village's finances, which is unique in the ninja world.

Based on Sakura's knowledge, the last person she knew to do this was Fuka Koyuki, a famous figure in the Land of Snow, who made money for his country by making movies.

However, this also proves that the ninja itself is a highly productive unit and is not only used for combat.

Especially for ninjas at the "shadow" level, in the field they are good at, one person is more than enough to carry a large factory.

The Magnetic Release in Sand Ninja Village has not been lost, just as the fourth generation flying thunder god technique can still be jointly used by the fourth generation Hokage Guards; it is just that the efficiency of magnetic release of that level is a bit low when used to produce placer gold.The sand ninjas have never thought about cultivating specialized production ninjas to specialize in this kind of manufacturing ninjutsu. They can only use combat ninjas to make sand gold inefficiently, which is really a waste.

Producing ninjas, or even workers who possess chakra and master certain specific manufacturing ninjutsu, may be the next direction of change in the ninja world; according to textbooks from previous lives, a significant increase in productivity will always have a profound impact on production relations.

During the meeting, Haruno Sakura did not think deeply about this aspect; she focused her energy on the heated debate with the Fifth Kazekage and other senior Suna ninja officials.

It's still the same principle: when you can't defeat them, just say that you don't have the authority.The Suna Ninja have nothing to do with her. After all, Konoha is much stronger than them now. If you want to seek your own living space in the alliance, you have to act according to Konoha's rules of the game. If you can't defeat Konoha in a war, then Don't even think about defeating Konoha at the negotiating table.

Of course, Haruno Sakura knew that Konoha would not push the Suna Ninja too hard.Tsunade's idea is to hope for a win-win situation for both parties, so that such an alliance can be maintained for a long time; playing a zero-sum game and taking advantage of all the advantages will easily turn allies into enemies.

Konoha and Suna Ninja, as allied ninja villages, are not always in harmony, and there are many frictions, from trade imbalances to border frictions. These are all problems that the new Kazekage will face after taking office.As the younger brother of Konoha and the weaker party in the alliance, how should Suna Ninja handle himself? Should he be a servile person or be arrogant?

At least from Haruno Sakura's point of view, Gaara handled things well and was able to be reasonable and restrained, neither humble nor overbearing, which was really rare.

It can be seen that he is a very calm person, with a clear mind and knows what he needs to do. He is a completely different type from Naruto.

The senior executives who were assisting him looked at Gaara, and the scrutiny hidden in their eyes gradually disappeared. It seemed that Gaara's outstanding performance had dispelled many people's concerns.

Of course, as Konoha's envoys, Haruno Sakura and the others would not betray Konoha's interests because of their friends' personal affairs.Public is public, private is private, everyone can still distinguish clearly.

The meeting ended when the sun was setting.

Because Gaara will go to Konoha in person soon, so more things should be left to be resolved at that time, and let Kage and Kage talk face to face; this meeting is just a warm-up for both parties. Let’s explore first Let's talk about it and make some preliminary preparations.It involves the vital interests of the Ninja Village. The relationship between the two parties, and even the three parties after the Mist Ninja joins in the future, is complicated, and the matter will not be settled easily.

"Then let's stop here this time." Gaara smiled slightly, and after signing the memorandum, he stood up and announced the end of the meeting.

Everyone shook hands in turn and then exited in an orderly manner. Gaara took Haruno Sakura and they left the conference room.

"This is your second time coming to Sand Ninja Village. How about I show you around the village?"

Guaranteed update 12.Yesterday’s two updates and today’s remaining one are due first~

I have been busy for two days because of various things~ I will tell you that in order to get inspiration, I opened up a few books that I had kept for a long time. I couldn’t stop reading them and I was too lazy to type.

The salted fish status will end tomorrow