Chapter 604: Annexing the Sand Village
Sakura had a look of relief. For the fan, she also signed her name on the loan contract. Sasuke said that she didn't need to bear the debt with him, but she still resolutely jumped into the pit of huge debt. Knowing that Ino and Hinata were officially together, she was no longer worried about anyone snatching Sasuke from her. Her dream came true, but the reality was cruel and she was penniless.
Her eyes lit up as she looked at the food in the banquet hall. She had been hungry for two days, and she must eat back the five hundred taels of silver today! Sasuke didn't stay at the scene for long, and turned around to go to the government building to take on the task and make money!
He is now very motivated to complete missions, and Minato Namikaze is also happy to see this. The more missions he completes, the stronger his sense of belonging to the village will be. This is a win-win situation.
"Ino!" Not long after Sasuke left, Naruto came running over in a hurry.
He shouted, and Ino, who was counting money, looked up and asked, "What's the matter? Do you want to buy a fan too?"
Naruto made a seal, and the next second, more than a dozen beautiful women with graceful figures and cool clothes appeared in the smoke.
"Haha, this is a gift. Happy birthday!"
Naruto's actions shocked everyone.
Namikaze Minato looked a little strange, and looked at Jiraiya with a stiff neck, "Teacher, I asked you to take Naruto to see more women because I wanted him to be more lively, but that's not what I asked, right? Teacher, please listen to me and thank you!"
Jiraiya sat upright, not looking away. Seeing his disciple's eyes fixed on him, he could only forcefully pass the buck: "You may not believe me, but Naruto knew this trick before. I think it might have been taught to him by the Third Hokage."
Before he could finish his words, he was punched away by Tsunade: "Asshole! The Third Hokage has been dead for so many years, and you still want to make up this story?"
The birthday party was attended not only by the major families with close ties to the Yamanaka family, but also by envoys from the Sand Village, the Kirigakure, the Kumogakure, and the Iwagakure families.
Finally, even the envoy of the daimyo En Ichikyu came with valuable gifts to congratulate.
Ino has always been worried that Uchiha Madara would jump out to cause trouble, so she made a lot of arrangements in secret. She was afraid that when the time came, he would plant trees and say something from the bottom of his heart. In the end, the old man passed on his skills and sealed Grandma Otsutsuki. After everything was settled, she sighed: "The busy day is finally over. I forgot that today is my 17th birthday!"
Her protagonist's luck was not that strong, and none of the expected scenes occurred.
Maybe Madara-sama really wasn't prepared, or he simply didn't know that today was her birthday . It would be best if she didn't come, but it would be troublesome if she did.
At the end of the banquet, Ino formally accepted Konohamaru as her apprentice in the presence of Minato Namikaze and Tsunade.
This is not the previous team-leading jonin, but a master-disciple relationship where everyone prospers together and suffers together.
Tsunade officially gained a grand-disciple. She called the Third Generation her teacher. Now her teacher's grandson has also become her grandson. How should her relationship with the Third Generation be calculated? It's really hard to say.
Ino's qualifications are considered "okay" by Sixth Sensei, but in today's ninja world, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is a peerless genius.
Konohamaru is a "master of all trades", and what he needs now is not a certain ninjutsu, but some high-level guidance to point out the way for his future.
Ino's knowledge is profound enough and her vision is far beyond the highest level in the ninja world, so she is more than capable of doing these things.
September passed quickly and time entered October.
Under the constant communication, inducement and coercion of the Nara family and Mito Kado En, the Sand Village, which was at the bottom of the five major ninja villages, finally loosened up on the issue of "Five Mountains Merger".
There is really no one among them who can take on the role of Wind Shadow, either because they don't have enough reputation or they don't have enough strength.
The few remaining elders of the Sand Village finally agreed to let a ninja from another village serve as the Kazekage.
This was also the solution Ino came up with. The Sand Village ninjas are unwilling to give up the Sand Village brand immediately and want to be independent. Well, let's give them face.
After a series of "rigorous", "democratic" and "proven" procedures, the Sand Village unanimously elected Minato Namikaze as the new Kazekage.
Gaara's position as the Fifth Kazekage had long been abolished, and now Minato Namikaze is the Fourth Hokage of Konoha Village and the Fifth Kazekage of the Sand Village.
Two teams, one leader.
Anyway, he has Flying Thunder God, so just work hard and run between the two sides.
The last step is to promote Konoha's Nine-Rank System to the Sand Village and fully incorporate this ninja village into Konoha's management system. What needs to be done most now is to strengthen communication between the two sides.
Konoha will use its advantages in culture, economy, system, etc. to gradually change the values of the Sand Village ninjas.
What was the first step? It was to have each of their ninjas take a surname.
Sandstorm Gaara, his last name is not Sandstorm, Sandstorm is a nickname, who has a "de" in his name? No one is called that.
Ninety percent of the people in the Kingdom of Wind have no surnames.
Ino was the one pushing for this aspect, as she felt that having a surname was more civilized than having no surname.
Just look at the geographical locations of the five major ninja villages.
Almost everyone in Konoha has a surname, and they were big landlords in the Warring States Period. They fought deadly battles with hostile families for a long time, and finally they shook hands and made peace and established the ninja village when they could no longer fight.
Many ninjas in the Hidden Mist Village also have surnames, because they are also a ninja village established by a group of ninja families who fled overseas to avoid the bloody battles on land as a family unit.
Sand Village and Iwagakure are no match for them, as the former are fugitives in the desert and the latter are prisoners. Not to mention Cloud Village, you can tell from their skin color that they are a different race, but they just saw everyone else building ninja villages and felt that they were awesome, so they followed suit and built their own village.
In fact, among the five major ninja villages, only Konoha and Kirigakure have the deepest cultural heritage. The number of family ninjas in these two ninja villages is also the largest, at least there used to be many. Why do daimyos, wealthy merchants, and monks secretly despise ninjas? It is because ninjas are a synonym for vulgarity in their minds. In fact, ninjas are more knowledgeable than them, but they are not "packaged" well, and they don't care at all, which leaves a very bad impression on the outside world.
The ninja world does not need their recognition, but it cannot just give up and say, "Am I a barbarian?" This won't work. We must still be civilized.
How to choose a surname? Ino means that you can use your imagination to choose a surname! "Is it necessary? We are also a family unit. Do we have to have such a surname now?" Temari was a little confused.
It's not that she was opposed to it, she just felt it was unnecessary.
Ino said seriously: "Of course it is necessary. The sense of family honor is built up little by little on the basis of the surname."
(End of this chapter)
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