"Ask any of the ninja masters. As long as I know something, I will tell you everything!"
The boatman responded tremblingly.
Although these ninja masters all smiled and were kind, he did not dare to be careless in the slightest.
You know, those wandering samurai masters. Even if a civilian like him is killed in anger, there will be no accountability.
What's more, he is still such a superior ninja!
"take it easy."
"You should be from [Way Country] too, right?"
Natsume asked pleasantly.
After all, he is not a man-eating beast.
"Yes."
"Then have you heard of [Cado Shipping Company] or [Cado Group]?"
"Heard it, heard it!"
"This company is now on our island. They arrived suddenly two years ago. They said they saw that we [the country of Waves] are surrounded by sea and the transportation is unchanged. They are willing to actively cooperate with us to transport supplies and trade goods for the citizens. .”
"Up to now, almost the entire island's sea trade transportation has been taken care of by their company."
"Oh? So what do you think of their company?"
"to be honest!"
The boatman hesitated for a moment and then said calmly:
"It was pretty good at first. Many people on the island relied on their company's large cargo ships and sea trade markets to sell various goods and make some money."
"But starting from last year and this year, the people from Cardo Company have gradually used various methods to lower our purchase price!"
"Just like the salmon that my family often catches, it can sell for more than 20 and 30 silver taels per catty at the beginning."
"But now, it has been reduced to eighty-nine taels per catty by Kaduo Company. Occasionally, it is only given five or six taels... and even robbed of it several times!"
"Most of the fishermen on the island are miserable and can hardly survive!"
The boatman gritted his teeth and complained with hatred.
It’s not just the fishing industry.
Almost all industries in the entire [Land of Waves] are being squeezed step by step like this.
Otherwise, he has been fishing for more than 20 years.
Now I won’t give up fishing and come here to solicit and see off customers.
It’s almost impossible to feed a family!
On the contrary, Nakado Company made a lot of money by relying on the low-priced goods collected from the [Land of Waves] and reselling them at prices that increased several times!
Upon hearing this, Uchiha Gin was the first to exclaim:
"Ah? Such a low purchase price!"
"Won't you sell to other buyers?"
You know, in Konoha's old uncle's shop, a bowl of the most ordinary ramen costs 60 taels.
And a whole pound of salmon here only costs five or six taels!
This can no longer be described as squeezing...
It's simply more ruthless than a crusher!
"No, no channels!"
"The entire island's acquisition channels are controlled by Cardo Company. Apart from them, we have no other channels to sell!"
"Moreover, if anyone is found to dare to secretly sell privately, it will not be as simple as confiscation..."
Yin and others looked even more shocked.
"Won't you resist?"
"If you are squeezed like this, you will die sooner or later..."
The boatman smiled bitterly.
"Someone resisted."
"But [Cado Company] hired a lot of wandering warriors!"
"Those warrior masters holding weapons are simply not something we can resist."
"Even the lord is under their control, and we have no power to resist!"
The boatman recounted with tears in his eyes.
If they could and dared to resist, they would have taken action long ago.
Why is it so miserable!
It's a pity that the enemy is too powerful and they can't defeat it!
Recently, I heard that Kesha is organizing a resistance, but it is still a dead end...
…
"How could it be possible? It's just a company and a few wandering warriors."
"Can you control the entire island country and bully countless people?"
"Young clan...Young master, this is so unreasonable!"
Silver suddenly stood up and looked at Natsume, with a bit of anger rising in his eyes.
The Uchiha people, who have been discriminated against and oppressed by Konoha, naturally hate this kind of bottomless oppression and brutality, and hate it extremely!
Similarly, the other Ri Yao people also showed stern expressions on their faces, very displeased with such a bully company.
"Silver, sit down."
"But……"
"sit down!"
Natsume said again, with a hint of irresistibility in her childish voice.
Yin had no choice but to sit down quickly and continue to hold back his anger.
…
Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming more solemn, the boatman also waved his hand and begged.
"My lords, please don't be angry!"
"This is all nonsense that I am talking about and cannot be taken seriously."
"I also ask the adults not to reveal it!"
"Otherwise, the lives of my family may not be guaranteed..."
Natsume comforted him warmly: "Uncle, please get up. Don't worry, we won't talk nonsense."
The boatman breathed a sigh of relief.
And he boldly said a few more words:
"It'll be there soon."
"Excuse me, do you have any business with the ninja masters coming to [Way Country]?"
"If it's convenient, please let me know. I can also choose which port to disembark at..."
Natsume responded casually.
"We can disembark at any port."
"We were just entrusted by others to come to [the Country of Waves] to bring back some specialties."
Ri Yao:? ? ?
silver:? ? ?
Tsukiji:? ? ?
Uncle Long:? ? ?
Several people murmured, then lowered their heads and suppressed laughter.
The young patriarch is still awesome!
He told lies without even frowning!
Just like the real thing.
This specialty product is probably worth tens of millions of taels, right?
…
Soon, the boat docked.
Natsume and others disembarked and landed.
The boatman didn't dare to accept the money.
Finally, under Natsume's coercion, she still shivered and accepted the shipping fee.
There were not many people on the port at the moment.
But there are many cargo ships waiting to be loaded.
And the villagers carrying living animals were stared at and driven away by several warriors holding long swords.
It's like directing slaves to work.
The whole port has a lifeless atmosphere, which makes people feel uncomfortable.
"It seems that the boatman didn't lie. The villagers here are indeed being dominated and exploited..."
Uncle Long glanced around and concluded in a low voice.
Seeing this, the anger in Yin's heart was aroused again.
"Young Patriarch, why didn't you let me speak out just now? Such evil forces should be destroyed!"
Natsume looked normal.
Patted Silver on the shoulder.
He passed him and said as he walked:
"Silver. It's better to talk more than to do more."
"The anger in your heart cannot be shouted out from your mouth. You have to cut it out with the knife in your hand. Only by making the enemy hysterical in pain will he understand your anger!"
"At the beginning, if our ancestors and clan leaders... had cut Konoha, our clan would not be in such a state of decline."
"And now, it's the same!"
Yin suddenly realized what he was thinking, and quickly followed Natsume in front of him.
"Young Patriarch, what should I do?"
"Silver, when was the last time you killed someone?" Natsume asked quietly, squinting.
"One year ago, during the seventeenth mission..."
"It's been a while. Do you still remember the smell of blood?"
"Never forgotten!"
"That's good, let's go."
"There are probably a lot of people to kill today! Be careful not to blunt the kunai."
"clear!"
Yin agreed solemnly, and the blood-red halo in his eyes suddenly rose.
The next moment, the group of people headed towards the target stronghold of Caddo Company and killed them as fast as possible.
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