Naruto: This Uchiha is a businessman Chapter 058

“Everyone, be careful. After a short distance, we will reach the capital of the Land of Waterfall. Once there, our caravan will split into three teams and head towards different countries.

Each caravan will be led by me, Shumingmo, and Cade. I hope everyone actively promotes our products in every country we visit.

I’ve already reported to Lord Tianying. Anyone who successfully sells our products will receive a corresponding share of the profits upon returning to the village, and may even have the opportunity to meet Lord Tianying in person and receive precious gifts from him.”

A shrewd-looking man with a small mustache said. He was the general captain of this caravan. When Lu Lin was traveling around the ninja world trading, he was the first subordinate to follow Lu Lin.

Although he had no ninja talent, his business acumen was exceptionally strong. After Lu Lin’s long-term cultivation, he was now well-known in the ninja world’s merchant circles.

“Lord Mingze, is what you said true? Can we really receive rewards directly from Lord Tianying?”

Someone looked at the mustached Mingze with shining eyes.

“Of course.”

Mingze stroked his small mustache, his eyes slightly narrowed, and said with full confidence.

He knew that these people had all been saved by Lu Lin, or had grown up hearing legends about Lu Lin, so they were very grateful and worshipped Lu Lin.

Unfortunately, after Lu Lin established the caravan, he mostly stayed in Konoha Village, making it difficult for even Mingze to meet him.

Later, after Tianyin Village was established, Lu Lin was always busy with village affairs, and the opportunities to meet him barely increased.

Therefore, Mingze naturally exploited these people’s desire to get close to Lu Lin.

Although he hadn’t reported it to Lu Lin at all, he figured that as long as he mentioned it, Lu Lin would agree.

After all, he had followed Lu Lin for a long time and had some understanding of his lord’s personality.

Looking at the excited crowd below, Mingze smiled, then called the other two people he had mentioned earlier into the carriage.

“And, you haven’t forgotten the main purpose of this trip, have you?”

“Of course not.”

A very fat man said with a smile, the flesh on his face piling up, making his eyes squint into a slit, looking endearingly naive.

But if one were to underestimate him because of his appearance, they would suffer greatly.

His name was Shumingmo. He was rescued by Lu Lin when Lu Lin passed through a massacred village. At that time, Shumingmo was crying bitterly under the bodies of his parents, who were already dead.

After being rescued by Lu Lin, he was raised by Mingze. Later, when Mingze found Shumingmo to be quite clever, he applied to Lu Lin to take him along on trading trips and train him by his side.

Shumingmo also had ninja talent, though not very high, currently only at the Chunin level.

“Lord Mingze, where do you think those who have designs on our caravan will rob us?”

The speaker was named Cade.

Ordinarily, to outsiders, Cade always appeared cold, but those familiar with him knew that this kid was a chatterbox.

He was about the same age as Shumingmo. Although his business talent was average, he was clever, and his ninja talent was better than Shumingmo’s, currently possessing Jonin strength.

According to Lu Lin’s observation, Cade had the chance to reach Elite Jonin. If he had some extraordinary encounters, or suddenly awakened a certain Kekkei Genkai, he might even become a Kage-level expert.

Awakening a Kekkei Genkai was not impossible. Cade was a child Lu Lin adopted from the Land of Water, a place known for producing Kekkei Genkai.

Mingze took out a map and spread it on the table. The three of them gathered around the map, observing it carefully.

It was a map of the Land of Waterfall, though not overly detailed. Most of the names on it were of the larger cities in the Land of Waterfall, as well as Takigakure.

“Our caravan has already reached this location.”

Mingze pointed to a spot. It could be seen that the location was indeed very close to the capital of the Land of Waterfall.

“On the way to the capital of the Land of Waterfall, we will pass through a canyon, so…”

Mingze looked at the two of them and slowly said:

“If they want to plunder our caravan, this canyon is the best and last opportunity.

After all, once we enter the canyon, they only need to surround the two exits to kill all of us. I imagine some guys don’t plan on leaving anyone alive.”

Shumingmo and Cade’s expressions instantly turned cold:

“Are they afraid that if we escape back to the village, we’ll tell the First Hokage about their features, and then they’ll face retaliation from the village?”

“That should be it.”

Mingze nodded:

“Although our village has just been established and its overall strength is not as good as the Five Great Shinobi Villages, our Kage, our First Hokage, has strength that can completely rival, or even surpass, the Kage of those ninja villages.

They are afraid of angering our Kage, who would retaliate against them at all costs.”

“These damn guys!”

Cade cursed fiercely.

However, Shumingmo, who was beside him, no longer had his previous cold expression, and had returned to his smiling demeanor:

“Our Kage has long seen through their intentions. I imagine the lord following behind us will teach those bandits a good lesson.”

“Exactly.”

Cade also became excited again:

“If I hadn’t already joined the village’s caravan, I would want to follow that lord and kill those damned bandits!”

“You?”

Mingze stroked his beard, glancing sideways at Cade:

“You should first defeat those three guard captains.”

Mingze’s words made Cade chuckle dryly. Are you kidding? Those three captains were all elites of Tianyin Village. Although they were also Jonin in strength, they had always been fighting on the front lines.

In terms of combat skills, they were much stronger than him, who ran with the caravan and barely fought.

“Alright.”

Mingze stopped joking, his expression turning serious. He looked at the two of them. Shumingmo and Cade also sat up straight, no longer fooling around:

“Tell your subordinates to stay alert. Even if we can’t help the lord hidden in the dark, we mustn’t cause him trouble, understand?”

“Understood.”

After speaking, the two bowed and walked out of the carriage, heading towards the teams they led.

As the caravan moved forward, it soon reached the canyon Mingze had mentioned.

From a distance, the canyon looked like a man-eating beast, its massive body lying across the land, seemingly resting.

But the entrance to the canyon was like the beast’s wide-open mouth, waiting for prey to enter on its own.

Before even entering, a chilling wind blew out, and the caravan members instantly felt a chill.

“Everyone be careful, stay alert, and prepare to enter the canyon!”