Chapter 160 Tulip Bubble

Menma sat in his office, looking through the information and documents on the table.

Although drastic reforms were carried out within the Snow Country during this period, it actually did not cause any disturbance in the entire ninja world.

The overall situation in the ninja world is not stable now.

The sights of the five major nations were all focused on Konoha and Kumogakure, wanting to see if these two great ninja villages would start the Fourth Ninja War.

So they don't have the energy to pay attention to a small and remote country like Snow Country.

This was also what Menma expected, and it was exactly the result he expected.

The current strategic policy of the Kingdom of Snow is to "build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and slowly become king".

Build fortifications and expand military strength.

Store backup resources in case you need them later.

When the time comes, "the mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole stalks behind", fight for dominance.

The current tense situation of stalemate can give the Country of Snow better time to develop.

With Fenghua Xiaoxue's unconditional trust, roads are being paved and refurbished in all regions of Snow Country, ensuring at least one main road in every city.

Although this operation is very intensive, the Kingdom of Snow has actually laid many railways, and even developed airships and sleds.

These have greatly promoted the development speed of Snow Country and also made the transportation in Snow Country gradually improve.

More and more foreign merchants are entering the Country of Snow for commercial activities, not only bringing a variety of goods, but also a large amount of money pouring into the Country of Snow market.

It is equivalent to putting money from the left pocket into the right pocket, and the country of snow does not suffer much financial loss.

And the first new school in Snow City has now been built.

As the first new school in the Land of Snow, its standards are comparable to those of Konoha's ninja schools.

It can accommodate hundreds of students to learn skills in various fields such as "military", "carpentry" and "management".

However, this kind of thing cannot be rushed at all. It must be done step by step and steadily.

Menma planned to let those Uchiha children be the first batch of students in the new school.

After the first batch of students have adapted to the teaching model of the new school, it is confirmed that there is no problem with this teaching model passed on from the previous life.

They selected school-age children from the people of Snow City to enroll in school, and then gradually expanded to other cities.

Finally, young orphans were found from the ninja world and brought back to be raised and trained by various welfare institutions.

You can easily find hundreds of homeless orphans.

All work in this area was handed over to pharmacist Nonoyu.

She had served as Konoha's orphanage director and Root's chief spy, and she believed she would be able to adapt to this kind of life and work quickly.

The shadow guards that Nonoyu and Shisui trained together and the initially established "net" have been put into use.

These shadow guardians are from all walks of life and of all ages. They are like shadows lurking in various dark places, equivalent to Menma's tentacles and extensions.

They will collect some information regularly, and send it to Menma after screening and statistics, so that he can understand the current changes and development of Snow Country.

"Tsk, you won't know if you don't look at it, but you will be shocked when you look at it."

Menma looked at the information in his hand, frowned and thought to himself: "Has the ninja world been maintained with this fragile balance for hundreds of years?"

Originally, he thought that the "one country, one village" pioneered by Senju Hashirama was more or less groundbreaking, allowing the Ninja Village and the country to form a whole.

However, after a deeper understanding, I discovered that this thing was completely dispensable and did not change the "mercenary" nature of ninjas during the Warring States Period.

The Ninja Village needs financial assistance from daimyo and nobles, and the Ninja Village provides long-term asylum to daimyo and nobles.

The Ninja Village seems to have become part of the country, but in fact, their common interests have allowed them to sign a stronger cooperation contract.

The nobles have always been afraid of the power of ninjas and excluded the ninja villages from the national system.

Even if the ninjas no longer want to fight another ninja war, the nobles who are enjoying the dividends of the war will not allow them to stop.

After all, Ninja Village is equivalent to a "China" with autonomy.

If there was really no war, the ninjas would focus on independent production.

In the end, it even broke away from the control of the state and became independent and self-sufficient.

"One country, two voices, isn't this division? Isn't it against Sun...cough!"

Menma shook his head and chuckled: "It is an extremely fragile relationship of interest, maintained entirely by tacit understanding."

He even felt that he could easily defeat the entire system and let the one-country-one-village system fall apart naturally.

For example, let Ninja have the ability to produce independently.

Another example is to allow nobles to have the ability to train ninjas.

Of course, there is an even more absolute method that can bring down the entire country, including the Ninja Village.

That is, let one of the five major countries go bankrupt.

If this is the case, the five great ninja villages should find a more suitable buyer for themselves.

"Maybe. We can do a simple experiment with those big countries."

Thinking of this, Menma looked at the red flowers in the flowerpot by the window, a hint of deep meaning flashed in his eyes.

In the past life, there was an economic term called "Tulip Effect", which originated from the historical event "Tulip Bubble" in the Netherlands in the 17th century.

It was the first recorded financial bubble in human history and the earliest recorded speculation in Europe.

Menma happened to have understood and studied this important historical event in his previous life.

The elements and links in this speculative activity include the fanatical pursuit of wealth, the herd effect, the complete loss of rationality, and the eventual bursting of the bubble.

In the end, thousands of speculators were wiped out in an irreversible collapse.

"Xiaoxue has been complaining recently that the financial situation of the Kingdom of Snow is somewhat difficult to maintain the current development speed."

Menma touched his chin and thought to himself: "Just take this opportunity to make a fortune from those speculators."

As for in the end, will those bankrupt people line up to go to the rooftop and jump off the building...

To put it nicely: "When a person's IQ does not match his wealth, the wealth will return to the person who matches him."

To put it harshly, it is: "Betting on dogs is not a house."

Just when Menma was thinking about how to open a breakthrough.

Click!

The office door was pushed open directly from the outside.

This rude behavior made Menma frown.

But after seeing the person coming in, his frown relaxed.

"Brother!"

Fenghua Xiaoxue, dressed in gorgeous clothes, trotted into the office.

He directly hugged Menma's arm and hid behind him.

"Huh?"

Sniff~sniff~

Fenghua Xiaoxue wrinkled her nose, blinked her eyes and murmured: "Brother, your office smells so good."

This smell is better than the most expensive perfume!