Chapter 282 The Price Paid for Slapping the Daimyo

Because the daimyo felt that he was slapped in the face.

He accepted the gifts from the Sand Village and promised solemnly that there would be no problem with the peace talks.

What happened?

The Third Hokage slapped him in the face.

When will you, the daimyo, be able to make the decision on the war?

Go and cool off.

The daimyo who was slapped in the face, holding his breath in his heart, must have ignored the Third Hokage.

For people like the daimyo, face is very important. If he loses face, he will be laughed at by the daimyo of other countries, which is something the daimyo cannot tolerate.

Fortunately, although the daimyo is angry, he will not directly confront Konoha for this matter.

"I am sure that I have counted all the supplies, and I have counted them many times."

Mitomon En said with certainty: "Unless there is an accident, or the supplies are robbed or burned by the enemy, or Orochimaru wastes them wantonly, the supplies sent to the camp will be enough to support two to three months."

How many ninjas are there on the front line, how much supplies are consumed daily, and adding some to it, it is easy to calculate the approximate number.

It is impossible to be precise, after all, no one can predict some things.

But it is good to have approximate data.

It shows that Mizutomon En manages the logistics department very well.

"Yeah."

Hearing this, the Third Hokage nodded with satisfaction. This was the result he hoped to see. His eyes shifted from Mizutomon En's face to Utane Koharu.

Utane Koharu immediately said: "Because there is no outbreak of a full-scale war, the number of medical ninjas on the front line is sufficient, so the village does not need to send more people. As for medicines........."

Utane Koharu looked at Jingyi with unkind eyes.

Managing all the medical system departments in the village, but not being able to control the pharmaceutical department, this is simply a heartache for Utane Koharu.

Without the pharmaceutical department, even if the other departments of the medical system are in hand, there is no difference between a cripple with a broken leg.

"The medicines and potions needed for the front line, as well as various medicinal materials, have long been secretly sent to Orochimaru. As long as Orochimaru does not embezzle, it will be enough to support more than three months."

Jingyi said lazily.

There is no way, the pharmaceutical department is under his control, and only he knows all the data.

Tsunade doesn't care about these, and still works hard to earn her own pocket money, so Jingyi has to deal with it by herself.

The pharmaceutical department used to have the assistance of the village's ninjas, but now...

It has almost become a puppet nest. Except for a few positions in the department that cannot be replaced by puppets, all others are controlled by puppets.

The entire pharmaceutical department is so tight that even the third generation Hokage can't reach out if he wants to check.

It's even more exaggerated than the Anbu.

It's your business whether you feel happy or not, but the pharmaceutical department will not be handed over easily, so you can just give up on this idea.

Continue to be your cripple.

Without the pharmaceutical department in hand, Koharu Utatane has little confidence in what he says.

Without waiting for the Third Hokage to speak, Jingyi added:

"At present, all kinds of materials in the village are sufficient for use. The key is whether the Ministry of Finance can hold on. Don't forget that a new pension will be issued after the New Year."

"This is not a small amount. The relationship between the Daimyo Prefecture and the village has reached a freezing point. I suspect that the funding from the Daimyo Prefecture will be postponed indefinitely or even reduced, so........."

There is a price to pay if you want to win the war.

Are you mentally prepared for this price, Sarutobi Hiruzen?

After this, among the people in the Hokage's office, only Mito Kado En remained calm. The Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and the still chubby Akimichi Tofu all changed their faces.

"Hiruzen, how long can the village's finances last before the funding from the Daimyo Prefecture arrives?"

The outspoken Utatane Koharu couldn't help asking.

The Ministry of Finance is in the hands of the Third Hokage. Except for him, no one knows how much money the Ministry of Finance has left and how long it can last.

Everyone present can check, but checking means doubt and distrust of the Third Hokage, so no one will do such a thing, not even Jingyi.

Anyway, the Ministry of Finance is the department directly controlled by the Third Hokage, even if there is a thunderstorm, it is the Third Hokage's own business.

Why bother to worry about these?

It will also make people hate it.

"Hu~~~~"

The Third Hokage suddenly felt a craving for cigarettes, but fortunately he did not smoke at this time, but exhaled heavily, and said with a bad face:

"I'm afraid I can't hold on for too long, after the pension is paid........."

According to the previous management, even if the pension is paid, the village's finances will not be a problem, because the allocation of funds from the daimyo will always be delivered after the New Year.

But today, the money is hanging.

The daimyo will not say that I will not give you Konoha money, but as for how to give it, it is worth thinking about.

It is impossible not to pay, but I can delay it. I know that Konoha must be in financial difficulties, so I will delay it for a while. Even if I have to pay, I will give less at a time. At most, I will give more at the end of the year.

The daimyo can do this, but can Konoha's finances hold up?

Wars cost money, village maintenance and development cost money, a large number of ninjas need money to work, and pensions cost more. I dare not delay this money at all.

If you dare to delay, countless ninja families who have lost their family members will immediately run to the Hokage office building to protest.

"This........."

The Third Hokage didn't say it explicitly, but smart people know that the finances can't last too long, and they may be empty after the pension is paid.

If the money can't be recovered in a short period of time, the income will not be able to keep up with the expenditures based on the commissions from various task commissions and the village's own income.

Faced with such a difficult problem, Utatane Koharu opened her mouth and dared not speak.

Because she couldn't make a lot of money for the Third Hokage.

Akimichi Tofu rarely put on a serious face, but he lowered his eyes slightly with a serious face, as if you can't see me, can't see my reaction.

Mitomono frowned constantly.

Finance, this is not a joke, but the finances are really in trouble.

"Without relying on the daimyo's mansion, is there any way to stabilize the village's finances?"

The Third Hokage brought up the question he didn't want to ask.

As a result, the Hokage's office was silent.

Akimichi Norifuge, you still can't see me, Jingyi is indifferent, Utane Koharu is entangled in various ways, and Mito Kado En can only sigh.

In the end, this high-level meeting ended in a weird atmosphere.

After leaving the Hokage office building, Akimichi Norifuge kept shaking his head:

"It's difficult. Financial problems are not so easy to make up for, plus the Daimyo Prefecture........."

"This is the price of wanting victory."

Jingyi smiled and didn't take it to heart. Anyway, he didn't need to worry about these trivial matters.