Chapter 296 Opposition Voices Rise One After Another, and the Third Hokage Is Overwhelmed

I have never seen the Third Hokage so angry. The Hokage guards were so scared that they dared not breathe.

"Why does the village still have to fight?"

"Before the New Year, the Hokage gave a speech saying that we would soon win the war."

"Why is the war still at a stalemate after so long after the New Year?"

The war, which was thought to be over quickly, fell into a stalemate again with the support of the Wind Country Daimyo. The Sand Village gritted its teeth and persisted, and so did Konoha.

As time went on, the impact of the war continued to expand. Opposition to the war in the village began to emerge, and it became more and more intense without anyone pushing it behind the scenes.

"Jingyi, everyone is against the war."

Kushina held a big bag in her hand and looked up at Jingyi beside her.

"How much did you spend on these things?"

Jingyi lowered his head and asked Kushina a very simple question.

Kushina glanced at the bag in her hand and recalled and calculated: "It seems...about, 5,000 taels?"

"How much did the same thing cost before the war started?"

"About..."

Kushina was a little confused. Although she liked shopping and buying things, she really didn't pay attention to the specific prices of these things.

Seeing that Kushina was a little confused, Jingyi had to tell her the answer:

"Less than 3,000 taels, that is to say, the same thing, as the village persisted in the war for several years, almost doubled, and the war affected not only the living materials, but also the income of many people."

"This will cause the living pressure of most villagers to double."

"Is that so."

Kushina was confused.

Jingyi continued: "In addition to the increased living pressure, more ninjas have sacrificed, and the number of families affected has also begun to increase. These people who have lost their loved ones will become the main force against the war."

There are some more cruel words, Jingyi didn't say them, he was afraid of hitting Kushina's fragile nerves.

The second quarter pension is to be paid, but the village's finances have not recovered, but have become worse and worse.

Even if the Third Hokage cut off many sources of expenditure, the war consumption, the daily development of the village, and the heavy pensions are enough to make the Ministry of Finance drink a pot.

Even if the war is over, the village's finances will not be able to recover in a short period of time.

Because the pensions need to be paid for a long time.

This is the bulk of the village's expenditure, even more than the current war expenditure.

Jingyi didn't know how much the pension was paid each quarter, but he could calculate the general amount. Money is not easy to calculate, but the statistics of Konoha ninja sacrifices can be checked by the Anbu.

Calculating the pension based on the number of ninja sacrifices, even if there will be some discrepancies, the general amount is no problem.

"Give me the bag."

Jingyi took the bag from Kushina.

Kushina asked curiously: "In other words, Hokage is very short of money now?"

"Lack of money?"

Jingyi was stunned for a moment, then laughed out loud, raised his other hand and rubbed Kushina's little head.

He is almost going crazy with poverty.

This is no longer a question of whether he is short of money or not.

There are more and more opinions against the war in the village, and opinions dissatisfied with the Hokage's office are also beginning to emerge. If the village cannot pay the second quarter's pension in time, I am afraid that this wave of opinions will become more terrible.

Then the question is.

Can the Third Hokage raise the money to pay the second quarter's pension?

Jingyi can answer with certainty: "It's difficult."

"Maybe there is a lack of money, but this is something that the Hokage should consider. Don't worry about it. Just train honestly, and don't skip classes anymore."

Jingyi knocked on Kushina's little head.

The sound was crisp and loud, and it was cooked!

Maybe it was influenced by the little yellow-haired boy, or maybe it was because she felt that the classmates in the school were very childish and couldn't play together, and the content taught by the teacher was very boring, so Kushina began to skip classes secretly.

You don't have to think about it, you know, the Nine-Tails contributed to this.

Kushina, who skipped classes, spent her time on training, so Jingyi chose to turn a blind eye to this matter.

You can skip classes, but you can't skip classes to be lazy.

Of course, there should be criticism, otherwise skipping classes out of guilt will turn into skipping classes openly and without scruples.

"I know, I won't do it next time."

Kushina covered her head with grievance and pouted.

But she was saying in her heart: I dare to do it again next time! !

When she got home and saw Tsunade lying on the sofa, Jingyi asked her curiously:

"Don't you need to work overtime today? Or did you get paid?"

"Don't mention it."

Tsunade sat up straight, looking unhappy, and complained:

"Recently, there are fewer and fewer patients in Konoha Hospital, and the old man was very angry today. The people of the Hokage Guard were scared and asked me to go over and persuade him."

"What's going on?"

There is such a big melon?

Jingyi knows best what the Third Hokage is. Under normal circumstances, when the Third Hokage encounters something that makes him angry, he will just smoke or slouch his face, and at most he will just curse a few words.

Getting angry in front of the Hokage's guards was something that was rarely seen in the past.

"What else could it be? It's because of money and war. The war is at a stalemate. The Sand Village is unwilling to bow down and accept the defeat of the war. The second quarter's pension will be paid soon. The old man is under a lot of pressure."

"Kushina, come here. The teacher has talked to me about you and your classmates skipping classes."

Kushina was eating melon with relish, but the war suddenly burned to her head. Hearing Tsunade's scolding, she was so scared that she quickly shrank behind Jingyi and hid, exposing half of her head and shouting:

"I didn't, they followed them on their own, it has nothing to do with me."

"Bullshit!!"

Tsunade was so angry that she cursed: "Your teacher said that you were the one who instigated it in secret, so everyone followed you to skip classes, and the number of people is still increasing."