blogombal Chapter 153
Chapter 153
"Go and find out the assets of these people. I want to know how many accomplices they have and how much supplies they have."
Shen Yue, who sat in the office of the Kazekage, took over the position of the Kazekage Reto, and the senior Kazekage who were squeezed out by her did not even dare to breathe, but could only obey her orders obediently.
In addition to Shen Yue's well-known reputation, it was also because Uchiha Madara was standing beside her, staring at them. Although he did not say a word, his eyes had already made it clear-
If you dare not obey, I will kill you all!
The second order issued by Shen Yue was to closely monitor the assets and movements of these speculators on the list, and to find all their accomplices and dens.
This was not a difficult problem. Sneaking into the enemy camp to collect intelligence has always been a ninja's forte.
The ninjas came out in full force, and all kinds of illusions, ninjutsu, and secret techniques emerged one after another. How could ordinary people be the opponents of this group of experienced ninjas? Unknowingly, they had already figured out the details of this gang of profiteers, and then followed the clues and tracked them all the way, and finally found a large number of speculators and nobles who were hiding behind the scenes to manipulate the market.
Looking at the sky-high assets in his hands, as well as these intricate and intertwined relationships that were almost like a family tree, Shen Yue couldn't help but fall into deep thought-
The countless wealth that the daimyo nobles of the Wind Country have plundered from the people for generations, and finally used to destroy the Wind Country itself, it must be said that this is indeed quite ironic.
Shen Yue also had to admit that the current daimyo of the Wind Country is really a ruthless person.
After pulling him out, I must let the insidious guy Tobirama treat him well, and let him taste the taste of wanting to live but not being able to die.
But that is after all a matter for the future. At present, I must force Konoha coins to enter the market.
Nowadays, after the copper coins issued by the daimyo lost their credibility, the rich nobles and the common people with some wealth began to settle with gold and silver, and those who could not afford gold and silver fell into the situation of bartering.
Food, clean water, cotton cloth and coal and other necessities of life are not only the most popular exchange items, but also the main commodities dumped by speculators. It is these merchants who took the opportunity to hoard and drive up prices, making the lives of the lower-class civilians more difficult.
Under the deliberate badmouthing and instigation of some people with ulterior motives, although the Wind Country has forced the implementation of Konoha coins as the only currency, whether the people are really willing to accept and use it is another question.
The Wind Country has always been famous for its rich gold and silver mines. The value of these precious metals is long-lasting and far beyond the reach of the foreign Konoha coins, but it doesn’t matter, because the initial credit of the currency is not based on gold and silver, but rooted in force.
Shen Yue's third order was to wipe out all underground banks, gold exchange offices, and black markets, comprehensively curb the circulation of gold and silver, and force all transactions on the market to be settled in Konoha coins.
The ninjas who had been dormant for a long time immediately came out like a tiger. With the help of the intelligence they had collected before, they quickly wiped out the base camp of speculators and successfully seized astronomical amounts of gold and silver wealth. The ownership of these gold and silver naturally fell into the control of Konoha.
At the same time, a large number of affordable material stores that only accepted Konoha coins and implemented personal limited purchases emerged in major cities, towns, and villages in the Kingdom of Wind. They sold food, clean water, cotton cloth, and coal that were previously hoarded by speculators.
With the establishment of these shops, the exchange points that had been established long ago and provided the service of exchanging gold, silver and copper coins for Konoha coins also quickly became very lively. Long queues formed in front of the exchange points. People were eager to exchange their gold, silver or copper coins for Konoha coins so as to buy affordable materials needed for life.
All the gold and silver exchanged from the people were taken by Konoha, and the exchanged copper coins were immediately sent back to Konoha for melting.
These copper coins, like the old coins Konoha had previously exchanged from the people of the Land of Fire, were a pity to throw away, but they would take up space if kept, so it would be better to melt them all as soon as possible for other uses.
It was at this time that the fourth order issued by Shen Yue at the same time as the third order began to take effect-
The Sand Ninja and the Konoha Ninja joined forces to defend the border and completely surrounded the entire Land of Wind, not even a fly was allowed to fly out.
At this time, the wealthy businessmen and nobles who had already noticed something was wrong tried to escape from this place of trouble.
However, they were like trapped beasts. Not only could they not fly out of the Wind Country, but they were also quickly subdued, tortured, and killed by the angry ninjas who ate sand. The huge amount of wealth they carried was confiscated by the Konoha ninjas without exception., once again adding a considerable amount of income to Konoha's gold and silver reserves.
For a long time, blood flowed in the border areas, but because the ninjas were really good at executing assassinations and disposing of corpses silently, and the news was tightly blocked, the inner world of the Wind Country knew nothing about it. It was not until more than half of the daimyo disappeared from the genealogy that people realized that something was wrong.
Shen Yue could only gloat over the tragic ending of these people:
Don't you want to make money? Then stay in the Wind Country and make enough money.
At this time, the Wind Country, which was originally in dire straits, gradually stabilized. The guardian ninjas who scattered and massacred the city had long been cleared by the Konoha ninjas, and the Konoha coin also occupied a dominant position in the currency market. With the continuous inflow of materials from Konoha, at least the inflation rate has been greatly controlled, and there are fewer tragedies of people being starved to death and dying of thirst.
But this is definitely not what the nobles and wealthy businessmen want to see. They have decided to unite together. Even if they cannot resist by force, they must at least drag down the economy of the Wind Country!
Unfortunately, before they could make a move, the leader had already been killed.
In the Kazekage Building, Shen Yue held the intelligence and compared it with the family tree. She marked countless red crosses on it stroke by stroke. Looking at the big bosses surrounded by countless small red crosses on the family tree, and thinking about the prices that were under control, she felt that it was time to take action.
Madara, who had been staying with her in the Sand Village, was bored to death. Seeing that he finally had something to do, he immediately led a group of red-eyed Uchiha who were also idle, and happily went to the mansions of these nobles and wealthy businessmen to start the operation of killing and confiscating their homes.
It must be said that the Sharingan is really useful. No matter how tough these misers are, they will immediately surrender with just a glare, and spit out all the secrets and gold hiding places one by one.
On that day, the Uchiha who looted the sky-high materials were almost staring straight, and they couldn't believe what they saw.
Who would have thought that in a place like Wind Country where no one lives, the nobles and wealthy merchants could be so rich? Especially the mountains of gold and silver, which are like mountains of gold and silver. Even the food, clean water and various materials are so abundant that it is shocking.
In Wind Country where 99% of the people can't even afford to drink water, these big shots can actually have three or four large swimming pools!
After catching this group of dignitaries who were once prominent in Wind Country, Shen Yue deliberately asked Ban to spare their lives and paraded them around the streets to show them to the public, announcing their crimes and those of the daimyo everywhere.
This group of people were already at the top of the public's hatred list because of their various bad deeds. Their evil deeds have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. When their crimes were made public, the public was even more indignant and the voices were overwhelming.
In the end, after arousing enough public indignation, none of these criminals were spared. Amidst the cheers and stones, gravel, and feces thrown by the angry people, all these criminals were beheaded.
Sand Village: Why do people applaud when you confiscate your property, but I am hated when I confiscate my property?
Shen Yue: Can I be the same as you? I killed all the well-known and notorious nobles and wealthy businessmen. Such people have long been hated to death. Killing them is of course a great pleasure. You killed some scapegoats with no background. Killing them is useless and makes the common people feel that the lips and teeth are cold.
After cleaning up these big figures, only a group of speculators with no background were left in the genealogy of the daimyo of the Wind Country. In view of the bad reputation that Sand Village had in the past for killing innocent people, Shen Yue didn't pay much attention to them.
Anyway, these people won't live long.
The materials looted from the people of the Wind Country finally flowed into the market smoothly. The people were pleasantly surprised to find that there were not only a number of shops belonging to Konoha suddenly appearing in the market.
The original personal purchase limit was completely cancelled, and instead, Konoha shops blossomed everywhere in the Wind Country. For a time, Konoha shops could be seen everywhere in the Wind Country selling extremely cheap food, clean water, cotton cloth, coal and other necessities of life in large quantities.
At first, people were worried that this cheapness was only a short-lived flash in the pan, so both civilians and speculators were eager to buy and hoard various materials, fearing that they would miss this rare opportunity.
But as Konoha continued to sell off materials, people gradually realized that this supply was not a short-term phenomenon. Civilians with limited funds soon stopped buying, but speculators continued to absorb materials in large quantities based on past experience, attempting to make greater profits by hoarding.
But after Konoha sold off for a week, speculators soon found that they could not digest such a huge amount of materials at all.
Faced with the accumulationWith mountains of goods and increasingly tight capital chains, they had to urgently sell the materials in their hands at a reduced price to ease the pressure. As a result, the prices in the market fell rapidly in just a few days. Konoha successfully smashed the prices to a reasonable level with a large amount of materials. The speculators were horrified to find that this time, they lost all their money!
For Shenyue, the ending of this group of businessmen was obvious.
Even if they did not use force, how could this group of small businessmen with no background compete with Konoha based on economic strength alone?
After their assets were hollowed out, the remaining speculators in the Wind Country committed suicide, went crazy, died in accidents, and those who wanted to escape secretly were secretly killed by the ninjas who had been monitoring them.
So far, the genealogy of the daimyo of the Wind Country has all been marked with a glaring red cross by Shenyue.
In this way, not only did the prices stabilize, but the Konoha coin also successfully replaced the old copper coins and became the main currency in the market, and the entire old power of the Wind Country was almost uprooted.
As for the Daimyo of Wind Country, although the ninjas of Konoha tried their best to search and tortured him, unfortunately, after multiple confirmations, he had already successfully escaped from the territory of Wind Country before Konoha arrived at Wind Country.
However, Konoha never intended to let him go. Shen Yue decided to mobilize the power of the entire ninja world on the spot to search for the escaped Daimyo of Wind Country. The information flew like snowflakes and was quickly transmitted to the major hidden villages. When this information was delivered to the five major ninja villages, the leaders and senior officials of each village were furious!
The five major ninja villages reached a consensus again. They all agreed that such a cunning person must not be allowed to continue living. Therefore, an unprecedented search operation was launched throughout the ninja world.
Where can he escape under the search of ninjas from all over the ninja world? It is only a matter of time before he is caught.
Facing the Wind Country that was saved from the brink of collapse, everyone in the Sand Village was grateful and thankful that they had established a good relationship with the big brother Konoha before, and they really helped when there was something!
The people of Konoha were also very satisfied with this. For most combat ninjas, they just eliminated a group of mediocre guardian ninjas and ordinary people. Although they suffered a lot in the process and even swallowed a belly of wind and sand, the gold and silver treasures they got greatly comforted their wounded hearts.
Shen Yue, who was thinking about it until her head hurt, could barely express satisfaction, although she lost a lot of brain cells, worked overtime until her eyes turned black, and didn't even sleep well...
Bad news: In order to stabilize prices, Konoha did pay a lot of real materials.
Good news: Konoha has a lot of such materials, and they dug out super invincible gold and silver treasures from the Wind Country, and Konoha coins successfully replaced the local currency of the Wind Country!
Economic hegemony, isn't it?
The monetary system is an important symbol of a country's sovereignty and economic independence. Since the Konoha coin has successfully replaced the local currency of the Wind Country, it will inevitably lead to the deepening of the Wind Country's economic dependence on Konoha, and wealth will naturally gather towards the powerful Konoha, further consolidating Konoha's position in the economic field.
This change in the economic structure will of course also lead to political inequality and dependence. In the future, the Wind Country will certainly be affected by Konoha in political decision-making and foreign policy.
In the face of such interests, how could Shen Yue miss it? The opportunity that others personally presented to him should not be wasted.
The Sand Village, who were crying with joy, did not understand it, and some Konoha people did not understand it either, but Shen Yue and Tobirama standing here knew very well that from now on, the Wind Country would be the treasury and colony of Konoha.