Chapter 434

Regarding the iron sand trade provided by Kirigakure, Mifune naturally did not refuse anyone who came.

In fact, for many years, the Land of Iron has been facing an awkward predicament—that is, the problem of raw materials.

Iron ore is undoubtedly the lifeblood of the Land of Iron today.

Although the Land of Iron itself contains rich iron ore, the high-quality veins have been nearly exhausted after years of mining.

And because of the icy and snowy environment of the Land of Iron, the difficulty of mining other iron ore is very great, which has also caused the production capacity of local iron ore in the Land of Iron to never keep up.

And among the countries adjacent to the Land of Iron, the small nations have absolutely no ability to trade with the Land of Iron, while the neighboring Great Nations, the Land of Fire and the Land of Lightning, have their own weapon forging institutions.

Although both countries have iron ore output, they prioritize supplying their own weapon casting.

What the Land of Iron obtained could only be that tiny bit of iron ore that leaked through the fingers of the two Great Nations; not only was the quantity worrying, but the price was also expensive.

And although the Land of Water is also adjacent to the Land of Iron, as an island nation, the Land of Water itself is not rich in mineral resources, and the supply of iron ore is barely self-sufficient, with absolutely no room for trade.

Even among the Five Great Nations, the Land of Water was previously the country that purchased the most weapons produced by the Land of Iron.

It is no wonder that the samurai of the Land of Iron defaulted to the idea that they were here to buy weapons the moment they saw ninjas from Kirigakure.

This actually has historical factors.

Also because of all the reasons mentioned above, the Land of Iron has always had insufficient weapon output due to the problem of raw materials.

In fact, with the current casting ability of the Land of Iron, if the raw materials could keep up, the production capacity could completely ascend to another level.

Therefore, upon hearing that Mizunuki Ryosuke was here to sell iron sand, Mifune immediately indicated that no matter how much Mizunuki Ryosuke sold, he could take it all.

Since there were no problems with sales channels or volume, the only remaining problem was—price.

And regarding this point, Mizunuki Ryosuke naturally had a plan long ago.

Do you think he went to great lengths to help the Land of Iron inflate the price of weapons just to do good deeds?

The price of finished weapons has skyrocketed so much; as the raw material, iron ore should also rise, right?

At that moment, Ryosuke directly signed a long-term iron sand supply agreement with the Land of Iron at a very good price; after signing this agreement, Mifune's face immediately turned black.

Ryosuke recognized this look; it was an expression of being in pain but happy.

Good fellow, although Mifune had long known that Mizunuki Ryosuke must have had a scheme to go to such great lengths to help the Land of Iron inflate weapon prices.

After all that, it was still "the wool coming from the sheep's back."

But even though Mifune offered a high price for the raw material iron provided by Kirigakure, the Land of Iron still harvested a large amount of benefits this time.

Not only did they solve the raw material bottleneck problem that had existed for many years, but under Mizunuki Ryosuke's planning, the weapon prices that were inflated still allowed the Land of Iron to make a big profit.