Chapter 196 False allies and real allies!
"Do not worry!"

Dou Ping naturally saw Uchiha Shouta's miserable state, so he promised:

"I'll arrange the surgery once we get back to the castle tower, but before that, find a way to cover it up!"

Because the new potion is too difficult to make and there is no finished product stockpiled in advance, it takes some time to prepare.

Now that we have White Zetsu, we can use it to cultivate better and stronger limbs, but the cost is really high, and this kind of limbs are also easy for people to detect clues.

And if I don't disguise myself, other people might find out that I have the ability to regenerate severed limbs, which would be troublesome.

At least that guy Danzo would try to force him to regenerate his broken limbs like a mad dog.

"Don't worry, I have already blocked the news in advance!"

Uchiha Shizuka answered in a low voice.

What she herself did not notice was that when facing Tang Ping, she had been lowering herself lower and lower.

At this point, it is like a subordinate answering the questions of his superior.

This is a subtle process.

"That's good. I'll leave these people to you to lead. Then, according to Cang Yue's command, we need to speed up and leave!"

Dohei was well aware of Uchiha Shizuka's abilities and directly let her lead the team.

As for why he didn’t let Mei go…is he afraid that he won’t die fast enough?
Anyone with eyes can see the hostility between the two.

Letting Uchiha Mei lead the troops to obey Hinata Sogetsu's command is completely a suicidal suggestion.

"Boost?"

Uchiha Shizuka didn't understand what this meant, but she soon found out.

Because the team that was originally heading east suddenly turned to the south, and then moved forward to the west, which was equivalent to going around in a circle and a half, changing Uchiha Mei's previous decision.

Previously, she wanted to break out from the east and then go back to Konoha from the north.

But now they are breaking out to the west and going around to the western castle tower.

It may seem like there isn't much difference, but the difficulty and danger have increased countless times.

If it weren't for Hinata Sogetsu, Dou Ping wouldn't have played like this.

But with a super radar with a range of five kilometers, he naturally could not give up this advantage. He just took the remaining troops, whose number barely exceeded two hundred, and went straight back to the castle tower. He was too lazy to go back to Konoha.

Of course, he also had another idea in his mind, which was to swallow up this army by the way.

Before changing it, don't even think about it.

But now the Nagashō house has suffered heavy losses, and there are less than half of these Uchiha left, so that’s another story.

Besides, if you really go back to the village, you may not be welcomed.

After all, the village leaders have already decided to sacrifice them in order to establish a second line of defense. Maybe they have reached a compensation agreement with the Uchiha leaders. If they go back now...

I know everything!

That's why Dohei had the idea of ​​swallowing up this group of Uchiha.

The key point is that these are all from the eldest branch of the family.

And with the addition of this group of troops, his castle tower now has a real power, a power that belongs only to him.

The Southwestern Ninja Army belongs to Konoha, and Dou Ping knows this better than anyone else.

Therefore, he has no intention of winning over anyone now, not even Kobayashi Taira and Nobi Nobita.

Only when the other party's family moves out of Konoha and comes to the castle tower, will he believe that the other party will join him instead of Konoha.

Now you know how important these troops are to him.

It could save him countless time.

The progress was extremely smooth.

Since they are all ninjas, their speed is naturally very fast.

With Hinata Cangyue's command, they were able to easily avoid the Mist Ninja's search and sentry points and slip away from the enemy's encirclement.

Of course.

This is also because the other party has no information about Hinata Cangyue, and they are outnumbered, otherwise it would not be easy to break through their encirclement.

It took a few hours to get here, but more than two days to return.

After all, there are quite a few Genin in the team, and there are also some injured ones.

Just after they stepped into the vicinity of the castle tower for about ten kilometers, they were given a small productivity "shock".

A flat and wide gravel road, about ten meters wide, appeared before them.

"How can it be!"

Uchiha Shizuka exclaimed.

Because she knew very well what such a path represented.

Give the simplest example.

It takes thousands of people working for several months to build a one-kilometer-long road, because the stones need to be crushed, transported, compacted, etc.

The work efficiency of ordinary manpower can be imagined. This can be seen by looking at the productivity of the ninja world.

The average rice yield per mu is about 100 kilograms...it's simply a sin.

And that’s not all.

As they moved along the road, everyone saw that the wilderness on both sides, which were supposed to be solid soil, had now turned into fields, and the river water continued to flow into the ditches, flooding them and turning them into paddy fields.

From time to time, someone sprinkles some powdery stuff (earthen fertilizer) into it.

In some paddy fields, there are some "cow"-shaped wooden puppets, which are slowly moving forward with two people stepping on their backs, inserting the seedlings in the rollers towed behind into the fields.

"what is that?"

Uchiha Mei, who had been silent in the team, suddenly spoke up. She was very curious about those wooden cows because she had never seen such things before.

It’s called a puppet, but there’s no puppeteer controlling it.

It’s not a puppet, but it also has an obvious puppet feel.

"It's the wooden ox!"

“It’s also the first product from the United Fruit Chamber of Commerce!”

"With this thing, we can save a lot of manpower!"

"In the future, in addition to planting, we can also use this thing to complete tasks such as harvesting and threshing."

Tang Ping introduced proudly.

And he is really not afraid of being imitated.

The creation of the wooden ox requires the involvement of a puppeteer.

Even if someone can solve this problem and find the Sand Ninja to help, the high cost means that this thing is not something that ordinary people can own.

The manufacturing materials would cost five hundred thousand taels, which is simply not something an ordinary farmer could possibly afford.

As for the nobility?

The food in their warehouses was almost rotten, and there were so many untouchables under their rule that they did not need the wooden ox to save manpower and improve efficiency.

Therefore, people who need something like the wooden ox cannot afford it, and people who can afford it do not need it.

If it were just one or two places, it might just be shocking.

But when this happens for more than ten kilometers, it is a shock.

Such a large amount of land would be a huge fortune.

The most important thing is that this place used to be a wilderness that was difficult to develop, but now it has become like this. How can it not be scary?

When we reached the foot of the city.

"Welcome to my castle tower!"

Tang Ping opened his arms and made a hugging gesture, indicating that this area belonged to him.

Don't forget, this area is his 'private' property.

Although he was not a noble and could not own a territory, his ninety-nine-year right of use made him no different from a lord.

In other words, this road and the rice fields belong to him personally and have nothing to do with Konoha.

Even if the Southwestern Ninja Army retreated, it would not prevent him from continuing to own the castle tower and the surrounding areas.

"how did you do it?"

Uchiha Mei couldn't control her curiosity.

Because along the way she was thinking about how she could do it, but unfortunately she had no answer.

"secret!"

Tang Ping smiled mysteriously.

He would never talk about the monsters in a place like this.

And the fact that he was so high-profile along the way was also a way to demonstrate his strength and prepare to conquer the eldest branch of the family.

If it was just a remaining tea mountain city, it would be a complete dream to expect people to "join".

But a city with unlimited development potential is different.

With territory and food, at least the people who rely on you can be well fed, thus ensuring the bottom line.

Coupled with various technologies and benefits, these "stray dogs" who are not welcomed by their families and villages are enough to make a choice.
Here, Tang Ping would like to commend the village leaders by name.

If they had not made the decision to sacrifice these people, Tang Ping would not have had any chance of recruiting the other party.

From this perspective, Konoha F4 is definitely his best assistant, and those who are excluded and suppressed by the other side in the future can become his strength.

False Allies: Honda Chamber of Commerce…

True Allies: Konoha F4
With such an ally, there is no need to worry about not accomplishing one's great cause.

(End of this chapter)