Chapter 308: Mining Areas and Traps!
(This chapter is Chapter 296 Sand Ninja Collapse Plan, but the name is wrong)

Castle tower!
"It looks like the Sandaime is going to appease us first!"

Tang Ping passed the letter in his hand to others.

They have been back for a few days since the Nine-Tails Rebellion, and even Uzumaki Naruko has been handed over to Uzumaki Kasumi, making her Kaorin's sister.

I received the letter today and came to the office to discuss countermeasures.

Climbing on the office window, looking at the port in the distance, Hinata Cangyue said sarcastically without turning his head:

"Isn't this the usual style of our respected Third Hokage?"

When something happens, I want to compromise.

Ninja hero!

This former title may now be changed to 'Ninja Bear'.

"Humph, those old guys don't think that just by giving us some benefits, they can write off what happened before, right?"

Honglian's expression was angry. She was a 'warmonger' and could be considered a 'hawk' in the castle tower.

Nowadays, she has been completing tasks desperately in order to gain more contributions as soon as possible so as to improve her strength.

For a direct descendant like her, there is no lack of exchange qualifications, what is lacking is contribution.

As long as she contributes enough, whether it's potions, kagune, or forbidden techniques, they can dramatically increase her strength.

"That's why they gave us benefits. At least they want us to stop causing trouble during this period of time!"

Dou Ping stated Sarutobi Hiruzen's purpose and looked at the girl in front of him.

Now Honglian's personality is becoming increasingly different from what I remembered of her.

Originally she was a gentle and tough "big sister", but now she has turned into a noisy old sister. The style has changed a lot.

"What compensation do you think we need?"

Uchiha Mei, who was wearing the 'Fist of Fire' gloves and using the fire attribute chakra to transform the nature of the 'chicken' in her hand, asked back.

"Trade charter?"

Douping felt that there was really nothing that Konoha needed to give him right now, and that the other party would not give him what he really wanted.

Having this thing is equivalent to having an official license, allowing you to trade with foreign countries on a large scale without having to worry about anyone taking advantage of it.

Although even without this thing, the castle tower is still doing these things.

But if there is no such thing, it is smuggling; if there is, it is licensed trade.

Just like now, we have brought back a large number of specialties from the Water Kingdom, but we cannot sell them openly and can only trade them secretly.

As for why this restriction was introduced, the reason is not difficult to guess.

As long as you know that only nobles can engage in overseas trade now, you will know the significance of this thing.

It is completely used to restrict ordinary businessmen so that they can monopolize related interests.

"Well said, right now, this is probably the only thing Konoha is interested in and willing to give out!"

Uchiha Mei sighed and threw away the roasted communication hawk in her hand.

She "doesn't eat eagle meat", so she must keep her word.

In the past, Konoha seemed mysterious and powerful to her.

But after arriving at the castle tower, she discovered that although it was still a huge building, it was rotten and old, and she could no longer look up at it.

"Let Yashiro negotiate this matter!"

Tang Ping designated the task force.

This kind of negotiation task is naturally not suitable for them to be responsible for.

After all, they can fight, but negotiation depends on emotional intelligence, not strength.

"Honglian, I'll leave the matter of the Wind Country to you. Try to make it as big as possible!"

He gave Honglian an important task.

The opponent's strength at this time is almost that of a 'jounin'.

After all, he has been carefully trained since childhood, and with the unique bloodline limit 'Crystal Escape' and some nutrient solution at the end, it is not surprising that he has such strength.

The Kingdom of Wind!
Something happened at the mine that was seized from the air ninja.

The mine, which was originally controlled by the Sky Ninjas, is now occupied by a noble from the Kingdom of Wind.

Test!

This is definitely a test from the Wind Country and the Sand Ninja.

After all, when they went to take over the mine, they reported the name of "Castle Tower", but the other party simply ignored it.

The other party couldn't possibly not know who the castle tower belonged to, so they were definitely testing him.

I want to know the relationship between the castle tower and Konoha, and also to see how much they value the mining area.

Ninjas don't take iron ore too seriously. It's not chakra metal.

Just think about how much iron the ninja village can use and you will understand why they don't take it seriously.

If they were to mine the little bit of iron ore they needed themselves, they would probably end up losing even their pants.

Therefore, it is not true that the Ninja Village does not have the ability to mine.

If it were a country, then it would be problems with technology, ability, nobility... Anyway, they are not good at doing things, and they are completely invincible when it comes to causing trouble and hindering others.

Now that the Sand Ninja has discovered that the castle tower is mining on their territory, they cannot intervene directly, so they ask the nobles to intervene.

As for how the other party knew about it?

Of course, it was because the air ninjas learned that their homes had been robbed, so they abandoned the mining area and fled, allowing the news to spread.

If the mining area had always been in the hands of the air ninja, this situation would never have occurred.

"What are your plans?"

Uchiha Mei's heroic eyebrows slightly frowned, having already smelled the scent of battle.

Letting Honglian, with her personality, go, and letting her make things worse, clearly shows that she has other goals.

"Since the Sand Ninjas have been trying to snatch the meat from our plates, I can use this incident to tell them one thing: I can give them things, but if I don't give them, they can't snatch them!"

Tang Ping said this with great dominance.

Sand Ninja!

This is the target I want to use this incident to target.

As the orders placed by their United Fruits with the Sand Ninja grow larger and larger, the Sand Ninja is becoming more and more greedy.

If it were before the Ninja World War, or after the opponent's strength recovered, he would not dare to play like this with the current strength of the castle tower.

Now the Sand Ninja has plundered a large amount of resources, but has not yet converted these resources into strength. This is a rare opportunity to make a move.

He planned to codename this plan "Sand Ninja Collapse Plan".

If anyone knew what Tang Ping was planning, they might think he was crazy.

The Sand Ninja Village is also one of the five major ninja villages. Now a small force like the Castle Tower wants to compete with them. How can people believe it?

And Tang Ping did it on purpose.

If you have muscles, show them off!

Hit a punch to avoid a hundred punches.

It's not easy to break off relations with Konoha, but there is no such worry if it comes to other ninja villages.

After beating up the Sand Ninja, no one would dare to provoke him again, right?

"give it to me!"

Honglian was very excited when she heard about this mission.

Previously, her missions were all escort or clearing missions which were not difficult. Now that she had a big mission, she was naturally very excited.

And Tang Ping's gaze towards Xiang Cangyue was very clear.

Let her 'escort' Honglian.

The other party is her disciple and also the core trained by the castle tower, so he is indeed qualified to play like this.

Just like when Asuma's team was on a mission, they were also protected by the Anbu.

Before the real core elites grow up, they do need some special care.

Hinata Cangyue nodded slightly, indicating that he knew what to do.

"By the way, let Yashiro tell the village that we will help the village contain the Sand Ninja!"

Tang Ping added.

Eat two for one fish!
The attack on the Sand Ninja was clearly for his own benefit, but he said it was for the sake of the village.

Since they are so proactive and sensible, should the village not only obtain a "trade charter" for their activities, but also allocate some money and supplies to them?

As expected, when the village leaders received the letter from the castle tower (the messenger, not the eagle), they were all extremely relieved.

I feel that although Dohei is a rebellious person, he still has the overall situation in mind. It would be better if the castle tower could be handed over to the village.

And the intention to call them back to the village also faded.

Since everyone has taken the initiative to "restrain" the Sand Ninja, there is naturally no need to transfer them back.

But what happened next made the villagers regret it deeply, because they never expected that things would become so serious.

I clearly said that you were to 'retain' the Sand Ninja, but I didn't ask you to do anything!
But these are all things for the future; now we just need to light the fuse.

That is the team that Honglian is in that is heading to the Kingdom of Wind.

That's the fire.

(End of this chapter)