Red sand dust

In this camp that didn't even have an official name, Daimaru was actually busier than he was in Sunagakure Village.

It is actually clear at a glance which one is under more pressure, the ministers in charge and the "Jiedushi" who are in charge of military and political affairs.

What's more, it is still a fledgling new settlement that is waiting to be renovated. As long as the subordinates can't make up their minds, they need to be dealt with by Daiwan.

In the village, these should be made by Feng Ying and the elders as advisors, and a large number of directly affiliated departments are involved in the implementation.

With a permanent population of no more than three hundred and a peak population of no more than a thousand, the settlement is only a slightly popular village.

In fact, with no foundation at all, Daimaru led a group of ninjas to open up wasteland and invested purely in supporting the camp. The daily expenses made Daimaru feel pain. It was only the income generated from the irregular caravan transactions. The branch balance is still a long way off.

Of course, the scale of the camp has reached this level, and the model of large-scale development with money in the early stage can no longer be maintained. If the power plant and desalination plant that have maintained the settlement for a long time are delayed for too long, all the beautiful scenes envisioned in the plan will be destroyed. It has become a mirror image.

On the one hand, money and materials cannot support it. On the one hand, the water resources that support so many people can no longer be obtained by ninjas using ninjutsu.

There are not many groundwater resources in the first place, so the pumping is less. Moreover, because it is close to the sea, salinization is a bit serious. The quality of most natural freshwater resources is extremely poor, and they are only barely drinkable.

In the final analysis, Daimaru was wrong and underestimated the difficulty of developing coastal settlements in this era.

The vast amount of knowledge received from the information explosion in the previous life all showed that the prosperous areas were basically not far from the seaside.

However, in ancient times when productivity was underdeveloped, the idea that being closer to the sea meant being closer to wealth is questionable.

To be precise, the closer you are to the mouth of a large river, the closer you are to wealth.

There are rivers nearby that connect the inland, bringing inexhaustible fresh water. Only with the right time, right place and the right people can we have the foundation for development.

Mature and developed coastal areas are basically the product of the radiation of the "such-and-such river basin" economic belt. Simply relying on one or two seaport cities is a dead end.

In fact, the conditions in most coastal areas are not good. The saline-alkali areas are not suitable for the development of agriculture. There are not many natural resources and the industrial base does not exist. Before the technological level reaches a certain level, in addition to fishing at sea, you can also work as a pirate. Making a fortune through smuggling, "farming by the sea" has no future.

"So, if we can't have a close relationship with the Kingdom of Wind, or to be precise, if we can't have a close connection with Sunagakure Village, everything will be in vain in the end..."

Under Daimaru's kind invitation, Temari reluctantly agreed to stay a little longer and return after lunch.

However, there is really no good cook in the messy camp. The shark meat, how should I put it, is really not delicious after eating it.

In addition to refining a lot of fat for other uses, the purine content of the internal organs is astonishing. I don't want to eat it because I am afraid that I will get gout at a young age. The days when I want to eat but are afraid of eating are too difficult.

However, many people still like this thing. After all, it is meat. Although it is not delicious, after marinating it, it can be regarded as a rare animal protein supplement.

Temari took a few mouthfuls of the steaming fish soup, frowned, and handed the seemingly tender and fatty fish to the black cat at her feet to taste.

"Are you going to admit defeat? Why don't you stop the loss in time..."

The blond girl did not look at Daimaru who was chatting. She seemed to find the wild cat pretending to be a good boy and begging for food more interesting.

"Failure is not enough..."

Although the shark broth does not taste good, it tastes much better than most pills such as Bingliang Pills. As for the trace amounts of harmful substances that were not removed due to substandard cooking techniques, they are not worth mentioning for the ninja's physique.

"The early stage of spending money to win people's hearts has passed. Now we have to start to come up with 'dry goods', otherwise we will just 'burn money' without seeing a future, and it will be bad for the 'partners' to lose confidence..."

Capitalists are not philanthropists, and their patience is limited.

"What are you going to do?"

"First use the power of the puppet master to activate the seawater desalination plant, so that everyone can see that the dignified 'Red Sand Dust' man is not just talking nonsense, but actually has a way to desalinate seawater! At this time, confidence and expectations are more valuable than making real money. Be important..."

No matter how good the principles are, they are not as beautiful as the PPT. After having a model, some big shots with too much money to spend are rushing to give away money.

"Use manpower first to start up the power plant and desalination plant, and let those three-legged cat puppet masters do it first; firepower replaces manpower, let's talk about the next step, the plan can't keep up with changes..."

To maintain a settlement of several hundred people, a group of puppet apprentices is enough to maintain it. In the past six months, Daimaru's workshop has sold so many basic puppets, which directly or indirectly promoted the birth of many puppet masters.

The initial plan was not going well, so we spent money to issue tasks and let these fledgling puppet masters control large puppets, drive the generator sets and intermodal flash chambers and pressure reducing valves to operate, and produce electricity and fresh water for a start-up settlement. This was more than enough. .

It's just that the money was spent a bit too much, but if the meat rotted in the pot, wouldn't Sunagakure Village and Suna Ninja make money in the end?

When the settlement begins to operate normally, it will be enough to "cut leeks" and earn back the capital with profits. If it collapses now, there will be no future.

Before starting to implement the plan down-to-earth, Daimaru really felt that he had considered it comprehensively, but in fact, many things could not be completed as planned. The biggest problem among them was that the coal shipped from the Land of Fire could not be completed as planned. Arrived on time.

It's really not the Fire Country and the Leaf Village that are blocking the way. The industrial level of the Ninja world is like this. From mining, mining, transportation to delivery, there are checkpoints everywhere. Using the advanced logistics system of the information age to measure the efficiency of the Ninja world is Daimaru. Biggest mistake ever.

Daimaru was considering whether to issue a mission to Konoha Village and ask Tenten, who is proficient in time and space ninjutsu, to use her storage scroll to directly load tens of thousands of tons of coal.

I was just thinking about the expenses, so forget it. With this hassle, all the money in Daimaru's hand was lost in a few moments. Shipping is slow, but it is cheap. It's not too late to squander it when you have money. Now you can't waste it casually.

"We're finally going to start producing fresh water, are you ready?"

Temari asked worriedly.

"Don't worry! After assembling and debugging the parts you brought this time, you can start..."