How do you control a country without using force?
Is it finance to master it? Or manipulate its public opinion?
These methods may bring huge chaos to a country and even disintegrate the country from within.
However, there is a more direct, invisible but deadly way, which is to control the country's food.
Everyone needs to eat. If a country's food output cannot meet the most basic survival needs of its citizens, then the country will naturally become unstable and even riot.
The people can't live anymore, so who cares about your officials and nobles? It's just normal for them to sell everything just for a bite to eat.
The method Kizaru planned to use was based on the method used by a certain great country in his previous life.
That country made a continent its own backyard by controlling food.
Kizaru planned to plant large quantities of improved seeds of wheat and rice developed by the rope tree in the Land of Fire, especially in the fields inside and around Konoha.
After a good harvest of food, the food will be sold to several other big countries at low prices in the name of charity and aid.
The influx of large quantities of low-priced food will cause the land aristocrats, agricultural chambers of commerce, and common people in those countries to go bankrupt due to the sharp decline in food prices.
At that time, Kizaru can ask Konoha's chamber of commerce to go to these countries to acquire land, and promote cash crops improved by rope trees to these countries in a win-win model, luring local nobles and individuals with high profits. Farmers switched to cash crops.
As long as Kizaru continues to supply low-priced food to these countries, those short-sighted nobles will give up growing food for money and switch to more profitable cash crops.
At this point, even if Kizaru's plan is initially successful, he only needs to suspend the supply of food and the purchase of cash crops, and the country will be in chaos from within.
While these countries are going bankrupt due to lack of food and are falling into civil strife, Konoha, who holds a large amount of food, can, in the name of rescue, transform into an army of justice, enter these countries, harvest people's popularity and reputation, and even annex them.
In Kizaru's plan, force is the basic guarantee, and food is the weapon in his hand. It can be said that he can truly kill people invisible.
Of course, this plan is still in the preparation stage, and Kizaru's focus is still on the Ninja Village Alliance.
In the next few days, as ninjas from the three ninja villages of Sunagakure, Kirigakure, and Amegakure arrived one after another, the allied forces of the ninja villages were assembled.
Regarding the management and command of the tens of thousands of ninja village coalition forces, Kizaru, who hated trouble, gave full authority to the second generation Hokage Tobirama.
Others have no objection to Kizaru's lazy behavior. After all, this master is the main force against Uchiha Madara, and his strength is the greatest help to the Ninja Village Alliance.
While the Ninja Village Alliance is making steady progress, Madara Uchiha in the Country of Grass is also making his own preparations.
Using White Zetsu as a material, Orochimaru, who was well prepared, created a filthy reincarnation army of thousands of people for Madara Uchiha.
After the acceptance, Uchiha Madara was very satisfied and met Orochimaru's needs. He opened an independent laboratory for him in the base and provided a large amount of White Zetsu for his use.
Orochimaru was shocked and greedy when he first saw the 100,000 White Zetsu stored in the underground base.
A total of one hundred thousand Bai Jue! If this is used for experimentation, what materials do I still lack?
Even in Konoha, Orochimaru had never experienced such an abundant supply of experiments.
The first time he saw these White Zetsus, Orochimaru made up his mind. After Kizaru defeated Madara Uchiha, he would bring all these White Zetsus to the Research Institute.
In the next few days, both sides were preparing for the real war.
On Uchiha Madara's side, he mainly continued to build the ninja army that was reincarnated in the dirt.
On the Ninja Village Alliance's side, they sent thousands of reconnaissance ninjas, in teams of three, to search for Uchiha Madara's location.
Five days passed, and as the coalition ninjas continued their unremitting search, a search team composed of ninjas from the Hyuga and Aburame clans discovered traces of Madara Uchiha in the Land of Grass.
As soon as the news came back to Konoha, the entire top management of the Ninja Village Alliance became excited.
The Tsuchikage Onoki and the Third Raikage immediately proposed to send troops to the Kingdom of Grass and gather all their strength to eliminate Madara Uchiha.
"The Fourth Hokage, this is our best chance! Madara Uchiha doesn't know that his location has been leaked yet, so he must not have taken too many precautions." Onoki persuaded sincerely.
Sitting on the main seat, Kizaru kept a faint smile. He raised his head and looked forward, "Do you have your opinions?"
"I agree with the Tsuchikage's proposal." The Third Raikage supported.
After the Third Raikage spoke up, the room became quiet again. The other people did not express their opinions at will, but looked at Kizaru.
Seeing the situation at the scene, Onoki secretly sighed in his heart about the great influence of Konoha, while continuing to look at Kizaru, and continued: "As long as Madara Uchiha is not eliminated, the ninja world will be unrest. What are you hesitating about? ?”
"Of course Uchiha Madara must be eliminated, but we must also be on guard. His exposure this time may be a trap." The one who spoke was the Fourth Kazekage Chiyo.
"Then it's okay if we wait here? Uchiha Madara will perish on his own?" Onoki looked at Chiyo and asked a little angrily.
"The Third Tsuchikage! What do you mean? If we fall into a trap this time, can Iwagakure be responsible?" Chiyo asked, not to be outdone.
"I can!" No matter what, Onoki didn't want to delay it any longer.
The longer this drags on, the more Konoha will be able to expand its influence through Uchiha Madara's threat. This is something Ohnoki never wants to see.
"Haha!" Chiyo sneered twice and said disdainfully, "What guarantee do you have?"
"The Fourth Kazekage! You..."
"Okay, everyone!" Kizaru interrupted the argument between Onoki and Chiyo, "As the Third Tsuchikage said, we will lead the Ninja Village coalition to the Country of Grass."
Seeing that Kizaru agreed to his suggestion, Onoki turned from anger to joy and sat back down happily.
After the Five Kage Conference confirmed the decision to send troops to the Land of Grass, the alliance of shinobi villages led by Konoha began to operate at high speed like a sophisticated machine.
In the ninja world, the strongest are respected. Today, there are two ninja gods in Konoha. Although there are hatreds and conflicts between the ninja villages, under the pressure of the two strongest ninjas, Kizaru and Senju Hashirama. , the ninjas in each village, at least on the surface, were still very obedient and did not dare to cause conflicts and chaos.
Of course, there are also shadows of the various villages involved here, as they have warned many times and even personally dealt with subordinate ninjas who spread hateful speeches.
On the night when the order to dispatch troops was issued, tens of thousands of coalition ninjas, led by the commanders of each brigade, left Konoha Village one after another.
Kizaru, Onoki and other five Kage plus Hanzo also set off with the large army.
In Konoha Village, the headquarters of the Ninja Village Alliance, only the second-generation Hokage Tobirama and Sarutobi Hiruzen, the master and apprentice, remained behind to guard against enemy sneak attacks.
At the same time that the Ninja Village Alliance sent troops, in the underground base of the Grass Country, Uchiha Madara also made his own response plan.
Just as Chiyo had guessed, the exposure of Uchiha Madara's location was part of his plan.
Kizaru is too difficult to deal with, and the five major ninja villages have gathered in Konoha Village. Faced with this power, even Uchiha Madara has trouble making a move.
For this reason, Uchiha Madara planned to lure the snake out of its hole and lure Kizaru and the main force of the five great ninja villages to the Country of Grass.
When Kizaru and the coalition ninjas are deceived and come to the Country of Grass, he will leave a physical clone made of White Zetsu in the base, and cooperate with Orochimaru's Earth Reincarnation Army to hold back the coalition forces.
Uchiha Madara's true form will sneak into the heart of the Fire Country, launch a raid on Konoha Village, and snatch away all the tailed beasts left in Konoha.
There are two most difficult points in this plan. One is whether the coalition forces will be fooled and choose to attack rashly? The other is Orochimaru's Reincarnation Army. How long can it hold back Kizaru and the coalition forces?
Uchiha Madara's requirements are not high, Orochimaru only needs to be able to last half an hour.
In these half an hour, plus the time it took for Kizaru to return to Konoha to help him, Madara Uchiha was absolutely sure that he would capture all the tailed beasts hiding in Konoha.
After making arrangements, leaving behind a physical clone that confused the enemy, and giving instructions to Orochimaru and Black Zetsu, Uchiha Madara left the base.
It was unclear whether the coalition forces had sent out troops. In order not to expose his whereabouts, Uchiha Madara restrained his aura and chose to sneak into the hinterland of the Fire Country under the cover of night.
Time flew by, and one night passed quickly. When the allied forces of the Ninja Village, which had been marching all night, arrived at the border of the Land of Fire, the sun was already high in the sky, and Uchiha Madara began to approach the Leaf Village.
In the entire coalition, except Kizaru, no one found any trace of Uchiha Madara. Even the several reconnaissance teams that had been monitoring the underground base of Grassland always believed that Uchiha Madara was still in the base.
Kizaru was able to detect Uchiha Madara's traces all because of his wide-area perception.
After confirming that Uchiha Madara was approaching Konoha, Kizaru did not choose to disclose the information to the coalition forces, but thought about how to maximize the benefits of this attack.
When the coalition forces stopped at the border of the Land of Fire and began to camp for a rest, Kizaru left a shadow clone in his tent, asked Tsunade and Hashirama to cover him, and then secretly left the camp.
In a forest about three miles away from Konoha Village, Kizaru, who was returning to support Konoha, stopped Uchiha Madara here.
Facing Kizaru's sudden arrival, Uchiha Madara's eyes flashed with a hint of disappointment, but his expression remained as cold as ever.
"How did you find me?" Uchiha Madara asked aloud, standing opposite Kizaru.
"My perception can cover the entire Fire Country." Kizaru said with a smile.
Uchiha Madara, who was surprised at the perversion of Kizaru's perception ability and knew that neither side could do anything to the other, was not going to waste time here.
"Senior, are you leaving?" Kizaru said with a smile after seeing Uchiha Madara's intention to retreat.
"Do you want to have a fight?" Looking at Kizaru calmly, Uchiha Madara's mood did not fluctuate in any way because of the failure of the plan.
"You came to Konoha to capture the tailed beast, right?" As he spoke, Kizaru walked up to Madara Uchiha and sat down on the ground casually.
"How about we make a deal?" Sitting cross-legged, Kizaru looked up at Uchiha Madara and said.
With an interested look in his eyes, Uchiha Madara was curious about what kind of deal this talented junior wanted to make.
Following Kizaru's example, Uchiha Madara also sat down, waiting for Kizaru's next words.
"Except for the first, second, and nine tails, I can give you the other tailed beasts."
"what do you want?"
The smile on his face grew wider, and Kizaru said the cruelest words in the most normal tone, "Help me kill all the daimyo and nobles who stayed in Konoha Village."
"What do you want to do?" Uchiha Madara asked curiously, becoming more and more interested.
"In my own way, I will bring peace to this world." Kizaru said this with great confidence.
"You want to use force to unify the world." Uchiha Madara quickly figured out Kizaru's thoughts.
Nothing to hide! Kizaru smiled and nodded.
"It's meaningless! When you die, the unified country you established will still be torn apart, and hatred and war will reappear on this land. Your peace is just a short-term false peace!" Uchiha Madara said with certainty. Leave a review.
"So it's good if I don't die." Kizaru spread his hands and replied with a smile.
"Hahaha!" Uchiha Madara laughed. Uchiha Madara did not believe that there were immortal people in this world. Even he now, even the former Sage of Six Paths, would one day grow old and die.
"The immortals in the three holy places have lived for thousands of years, why can't I?"
"Just because you practice magic, it doesn't mean you can live as long as those animals."
"I can!"
"You can not!"
Looking at Kizaru in front of him, Uchiha Madara felt that the junior in front of him might have gone crazy.
Keeping the smile on his face, Kizaru stopped talking, but stretched out his right hand and handed it to Uchiha Madara.
Facing Kizaru's right hand, Uchiha Madara looked puzzled.
"Didn't you notice that I don't have any chakra in my body?" Kizaru reminded.
"What on earth do you want to say?" Uchiha Madara asked a little impatiently as it was normal to have no chakra.
"Hold my hand." Kizaru said with a smile without paying attention.
He stretched out his hand to hold Kizaru's hand in confusion, Uchiha Madara always felt weird.
Under Madara Uchiha's gaze, Kizaru injected the natural energy in his body into his body.
Feeling the entry of natural energy, Uchiha Madara looked at Kizaru in surprise. This guy can directly use pure natural energy?
Uchiha Madara doesn't know much about senjutsu, but he at least knows a little bit. When ninjas use senjutsu, they mix chakra and natural energy to form senjutsu chakra.
"How did you do it?" Uchiha Madara asked curiously.
"I gave up the chakra training system and instead practiced the magic of the Holy Land. I can live for a long time like those immortals." Kizaru replied.
This time, Uchiha Madara's expression changed for the first time. He looked at Kizaru in surprise. He did not expect that this junior would dare to make such an attempt and succeed.
"That is just thousands of years of false peace. You will eventually die one day. Only my plan can bring permanent peace to this world." Uchiha Madara said insistently.
"Won't you die too? After your death, can you ensure that the Infinite Tsukuyomi will continue to exist?" Kizaru asked in return.
Stunned by Kizaru's question, Uchiha Madara's understanding of the Infinite Tsukuyomi mainly came from the stone tablet left by the Sage of Six Paths. He also didn't know whether the Infinite Tsukuyomi would continue after his death.
"So, let's take a gamble! I agree that you will take away the tailed beasts except the first, second, and nine tails, and you will help me kill all the daimyo and nobles. We will cooperate and win together." Kizaru smiled. said.
"Where are the remaining tailed beasts?" Uchiha Madara asked.
"After I establish a unified country, we will have a decisive battle and whoever wins will take the tailed beast." Kizaru replied.
Silence, then laughter. After laughing enough, Uchiha Madara looked at Kizaru seriously, "You are using me."
"Yes!" Kizaru admitted.
"Are you so confident that you can defeat me?" Uchiha Madara asked.
"A little bit!" Kizaru raised his hand and said.
Smiling again, Uchiha Madara stood up.
"several years?"
"Three years."
"Okay, I promise you!"
After finishing speaking, Uchiha Madara walked towards the direction of Konoha Village.
Standing up and looking at Uchiha Madara's back, Kizaru finally said: "No matter how beautiful the dream is, it is just a dream, no matter how painful the reality is, it is reality after all!"
"So what? I want everyone in this world to have a good dream!" Uchiha Madara said calmly without looking back.
Everyone has his own ambitions. Kizaru stopped talking and just watched Uchiha Madara Hiten leave.
