Naruto: After traveling through time, I became the disciple of the first generation

Chapter 1841 Lan's Growth

But he did a very good job, bringing into play the role that each area should play, rather than just paying lip service to it.

Qu Feng explored all three areas—inner, outer, and middle—but did not find anything like the situation in the Water Kingdom's capital.

The people of the Land of Whirlpools all have places to live and jobs to earn money to support their families. Arashi must have put in a lot of effort and made a lot of hard work in this regard.

Qu Feng was proud of his success. The somewhat talented boy from back then had now become an excellent daimyo, and his methods of governing the country were quite good.

Qu Feng wandered around the village for a long time but found no conflict, robbery, or theft.

It's just that I don't know if this village is exceptionally good because a daimyo is in charge, or if other villages are the same. I have some doubts about this.

With this question in mind, Qu Feng teleported to a few other villages to take a look.

The answer satisfied Qu Feng fairly well. Although the other villages were not as well-developed as Uzushio Village, Uzushio Village, as the capital, naturally deserved priority in its development.

Nevertheless, the other villages were still well-developed, built according to the same external and internal regulations, and their security and environment were well-managed.

Instead of the previous impression that the village was dirty and chaotic, with an overwhelming fishy smell, this time the village was much better.

Arashi is gradually discovering problems and then improving them, which is something that Toru is happy to see.

Therefore, there was no need for Qu Feng to continue wandering around, so he went directly to Lan's residence.

The sudden appearance of a powerful aura startled Lan, but he quickly realized that it was the aura of Lord Qu Feng.

He had experienced this many times among the Cloud Clan.

Sure enough, when he arrived outside the mansion, he discovered the wind-catching method.

"Master Qufeng! Why are you here?"

Qu Feng smiled slightly: "It's been a long time since I've come to visit, and you haven't sent me any messages either. I thought something had happened."

Lan scratched her head: "No... it's just that I haven't achieved anything particularly noteworthy, so I'm embarrassed to share it with you."

Toruka disagreed, saying, "Before I came to the Daimyo's residence, I had already thoroughly examined the Uzushio Ninja Village. You have done a very good job. It has only been a short time, less than a year."

"You have been able to revitalize the Uzumaki Ninja Village, which is a very good achievement."

At Aohara's funeral, the Land of Whirlpools was far from what it looked like before; in less than a year, it had changed drastically.

Hearing Qu Feng's affirmation, Lan sighed: "Thank you for your recognition, sir. I was worried that I hadn't done well enough, but now I can finally rest assured."

"The construction of Whirlpool Country is basically complete. I still have plenty of funds. I plan to gradually develop the remaining villages as well, and then start to integrate with the international community, trying to turn Whirlpool Country into a tourist destination."

Torifu expressed his support for Arashi's idea. The Land of Whirlpools already had few viable businesses. Although the Sealing Scrolls were bestsellers worldwide, they were still not enough to bring about a qualitative change in the Land of Whirlpools' economy. However, if tourism were added, the Land of Whirlpools might become even better.

However, while we should offer our support, we must also consider reality. Nowadays, many countries, including Konoha Village, use wooden boats.

Each country only focuses on development on land and the upgrading of various electrical appliances.

No one paid any attention to the development of ships; it seemed to have been forgotten.

Especially after the Land of Water landed, their ships, which were originally the most advanced, now seem to have stopped moving.

But there's nothing we can do about it. After all, it's unrealistic to expect other countries to vigorously develop their shipbuilding industries just because Whirlpool Country plans to develop tourism.

Therefore, if the Land of Whirlpools wants to ship ships, they either have to build their own or wait until ships become more advanced in the future.

After Tōfū explained the pros and cons to Lán, Lán nodded in agreement. He understood this point, so he planned to build his own ship.

They have plenty of money right now, so they should be able to try to figure it out, or they could commission Konoha Village to build the berth.

Taking the wind is acceptable, since Amado Santu currently has nothing to do, so assigning the task to him is feasible.

But will people actually come just because we've built a ship?

"What you need to do now is not to meddle in everything, but to develop the village first."

Lan knew that she was indeed being a bit too ambitious, but even if her ideas were immature now, they would come in handy in the future.

"Alright, I trust you with work matters. I'll tell your grandfather about the situation in the Land of Whirlpools when we get back; he'll be very happy."

Arashi always hoped to gain his grandfather's approval, after all, as the first daimyo of the Land of Whirlpools, he was the founder of the Land of Whirlpools.

Lan kept looking at his back.

"I hope Grandpa will be happy. I'm just afraid I haven't done enough."

Qu Feng shook his head: "You're too modest. You're doing much better than your grandfather. He didn't develop the Land of Whirlpools into what it is today."

In governing the country, Arashi was definitely better than Ashina, that much is beyond doubt.

"How could I dare to do that? I only hope that future generations won't say I was a useless person, and that they will be more forgiving of my father because of what I have done."

Lan's father was indeed a brainless man, incapable of ruling a country.

What's even more despicable is that this country doesn't even have a single person who can offer him advice; they're all basically greedy and corrupting the nation.

Those who didn't participate were mostly mediocre people, with no ability or faults, uncomfortable to use, and a pity to throw away.

After taking office, Lan selected many talented people to join his team and offered many useful suggestions on governing the country.

As for those who were just taking advantage of the situation, Lan eliminated them all. People who were useless to the country had no reason to remain in their positions and should be handed over to others.

Lan's father also lacked the courage to decisively cut down the diseased tree, which ultimately led him into the abyss of failure, nearly burning the country to the ground.

If it weren't for having a good son, he would probably be killed or imprisoned by now.

"You don't need to care too much about these things. No matter who evaluates it, it's all written by later generations, which you can't see. And what you can see is mostly flattery and falsehood, so you can't believe it."

"So there's no need to make yourself so tired because of this."

Lan smiled but didn't say anything. These were his lifelong pursuits, so naturally he valued them highly.

Even Qu Feng wouldn't understand this feeling, so there's no need to talk about it further.