Me and countless me.

Chapter 277 The Correct Way to Borrow Money from a Ninja Village
"You are the Hokage, okay?!"

Li Ke finally couldn't hold it in any longer. He grabbed the collar of Minato Namikaze, who was obviously suffering from kidney deficiency, and roared angrily.

"Why don't you just do what a Hokage should do for me! Namikaze Minato! Look at yourself! You are obviously suffering from kidney deficiency now! Your strength has decreased, right?!"

He was out there cleaning up bandits and bullies, car thieves and road bullies, repairing bridges and roads, and building sewers from time to time, but Namikaze Minato was at home with Uzumaki Kushina making little people like crazy!!

It was obvious from the looks of it that this was more than ten times a night! He swore in the name of Li Ke that this number would never be lower than this!
Having said that, Li Ke clearly saw an embarrassed expression on Minato Namikaze's face. Finally, as if he had made a great decision, he turned his head to the side and scratched his golden hair embarrassedly.

"Ah, there's nothing I can do about it. Kushina is anxious to have a child and even uses the Nine-Tails' chakra. I just can't keep up with her stamina..."

Li Ke: “…………”

Does this sound like human speech? ! He actually said this to a person who is not even an adult!
In this world, Li Ke is still unable to buy cigarettes or alcohol and go to nightclubs!
"I don't want to hear about what happened in your room! Can't you cheat by using some nerve-paralyzing sealing techniques? Don't tell me you can't?! Wait..."

Li Ke suddenly thought of something and loosened his collar of Minato Namikaze, causing the somewhat embarrassed Minato Namikaze to look at Li Ke in confusion, wondering what the de facto Hokage had suddenly thought of.

"Come to think of it, most people in the ninja world don't have much time left... This seems like a business opportunity?"

Li Ke remembered learning this from a book on sneak attacks at school. Ninjas are very fast at doing things, especially taijutsu ninjas and other ninjas with very fast nerve reflexes.

This is because the speed of nerve reflexes actually depends on the sensitivity of a person's nerves, and if the nerves are sensitive...

Well, some unexpected things happen.

So the Raikage is definitely not as strong as he is in the comics and anime!
"You don't want Tsunade to study drugs in this area, do you? If so, I think you will die miserably. But speaking of it... this can also increase the relationship between you two."

After Senju Tobirama said something that Li Ke didn't want to understand, he touched his chin and spoke about a topic that surprised Minato Namikaze.

"Although I think increasing the duration of a ninja is a waste of time and increases weaknesses, but if you think about it carefully, if you sell such drugs, it is indeed very profitable."

Namikaze Minato forced himself to pretend that he didn't understand what Senju Tobirama said, while Li Ke nodded and continued speaking.

"Yes, we can also judge the enemy's intelligence based on the sales volume and consumption speed of these pills... But this thing is indeed very profitable. Minato, please find Senior Orochimaru and ask him to open a company and cooperate with Konoha Village. In this way, Senior Orochimaru will have a place to stay."

Hearing this, Minato Namikaze nodded and wrote it down in his notebook. After reading it, Li Ke couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Hey, you are the Hokage, right? Don't you have any ideas of your own?"

Minato Namikaze tilted his head and spoke with a little helplessness and regret.

"Because in fact, everything I wanted to do has been done by you, Qingtan, and everyone actually trusts you more than me, so even though I am the Hokage, I am actually just your secretary..."

Minato Namikaze said a very horrifying thing very calmly, but everyone present didn't care much about it. Minato Namikaze didn't hesitate and directly stated why he was so indifferent.

"My ideal village is one where everyone works together to create a world that is as fair as possible, where the people in the village can be happy, and where other people can also be as happy as possible. Now Qingtan, you have done it, so there is really nothing I can do now. All I have to do is satisfy Kushina and teach my children so that everyone can trust that Konoha can continue to be peaceful."

His dreams were indeed fulfilled, so after taking office he found that there was nothing he could do.

"Don't talk like I'm some scary big boss, thank you!"

Li Ke rolled her eyes at Minato Namikaze, causing him to laugh heartlessly, and continued to speak in a way that he couldn't tell whether it was resentment or gratitude.

"So I'm actually very happy, this feeling of having nothing to do except doing some logistics."

Namikaze Minato himself was somewhat conflicted. In his heart he had the ambition to become Hokage, to make great achievements and to forge his own path. At the same time, he also had the lingering urge of a newlywed couple, wanting to be by his wife's side all the time.

Therefore, it is difficult for Minato Namikaze to say whether he is satisfied with his current life and situation, but he knows that although he is unwilling, he is very happy.

I am happy every day.

I can watch the village develop in a good direction little by little, I can see Li Ke, who wanted to slack off, being forced to work hard for his ideals, I can go home on time every day to eat and taste Kushina's food that is not very good but made with great care.

All of this was too good to be true for him.

Li Ke really couldn't help it and punched Minato Namikaze in the chest, causing him to cough while holding his chest. Li Ke also became serious and started talking about business in a serious manner.

"But you will be busy from now on, so whether you ask Tsunade-senpai or Orochimaru-senpai, you should quickly make Kushina pregnant. Then, I, the Shodaime, and Mito-sama will monitor the Nine-Tails together! Make sure Kushina can give birth smoothly! You will have no time after that."

He built the roads, he built the bridges, and he also asked the ninjas in the village to build various factories. The next thing was that he was outside forcing people to bow their heads while Minato Namikaze prepared various things.

The reason why Minato Namikaze was confident in letting Kushina get pregnant was very simple, because ordinary Jinchūriki cannot even have sex. The excited mood and relaxed body will cause the tailed beast to begin to erode the Jinchūriki, leading to a runaway state.

It was because Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki's sealing skills were good, and with the support of Li Ke and Hashirama Senju, that Minato Namikaze dared to have children with Kushina Uzumaki like this.

"Well, but Qingtan, you should get married too, right? Not before the plan starts?"

Namikaze Minato nodded, and then asked Li Ke. But before Li Ke could speak, Senju Tobirama, who had the information brought by Namikaze Minato, spoke up, interrupting Li Ke's answer.

"Regarding this, Qingtan's marriage problem is actually very serious, but let's talk about this matter later. Qingtan, take a look at this intelligence first. They have already reacted."

Li Ke took the information and glanced at Konoha's financial expenditure. The thrilling red letter almost made his heart stop, but fortunately he immediately thought of a solution. He also saw the information that Senju Tobirama wanted him to see.

"The Daimyo of the Land of Water and the Daimyo of the Land of Fire secretly communicated with each other through the guardian ninja of the Fire Temple... Ha, their reaction was really slow."

Then, Li Ke saw that the Daimyo of the Land of Water and the Daimyo of the Land of Fire were planning to occupy the roads and bridges he had built in the name of road construction, because Konoha currently had no legal authority in these places.

The first thing they wanted to do was to set up various checkpoints and collect fees. They also planned to work with the daimyo of the Land of Water and the chief of the Hidden Mist Village to question him, asking him why he built roads and bridges within the country without informing the daimyo, and why he came to the Land of Water to do this.

However, these were all things that he had known in mind before, and Li Ke was also very clear about them. When he saw the next piece of information, Li Ke couldn't help but raise his head.

Because it's really weird.

"You mean to say that the Fire Nation Daimyo refused to pay our war expenses and this year's budget immediately, and that we have to wait until the questioning of me is over, but the Fire Nation's ministers privately said that they could provide us with loan services in the form of a bank?"

And Namikaze Minato nodded, and Li Ke couldn't help laughing, because this loan was even nine out of thirteen returned!
If you ask him to lend you 10 yuan, he will only give you 9 yuan, and you have to pay back 13 yuan! If you are even more ruthless, the interest will be compounded.

“How many loan contracts do you plan to sign with them?”

Minato Namikaze took out another report. The first option was to sell Li Ke out. No matter how crazy he was, he would not be so crazy, so he directly chose the second option.

"If we want to implement the new welfare plan, then we will need a lot of money. Just the basic salary of each ninja is an astronomical figure, so I plan to borrow 10 billion to fill the previous deficit first, and then keep this year's salary, so that there will be money to support the factory." Konoha really has no money now. Although there has been a large wave of war reparations, and Li Ke for infrastructure construction, there are also factory machines, worker recruitment, and a host of miscellaneous things.

That little bit of war reparations is really like throwing sand into the ocean.

Li Ke sneered.

"Konoha's deficit is 80 billion, so we should borrow 50 billion first, in two installments. We will borrow another 50 billion the second time, and then when the repayment date is approaching, we will ask the Water Kingdom, the Earth Kingdom, the Sand Kingdom, and the Lightning Kingdom to borrow 50 billion from each of them, and then say that we are here to repay the debt! But we won't really repay it, and we will use all the money for construction."

However, as soon as Minato Namikaze and Tobirama Senju heard it, they knew that Li Ke had no intention of returning it at all.

Or maybe you don’t plan to pay it back.

"This is not good for your reputation, right?"

Senju Tobirama asked with some concern. After all, ninjas rely on their reputation. Suddenly Li Ke wanted to abandon his reputation like this, which made Senju Tobirama a little bit unacceptable.

However, Minato Namikaze had no objection. Even though this plan would ruin his reputation, he did not feel any dissatisfaction. Instead, he put forward his own suggestions.

"But Qingtan, your plan has too many loopholes. And why didn't you think of giving some benefits to the ninjas in the village?"

Namikaze Minato felt that what Li Ke did was not fair. At least he should bring the ninjas of Konoha Village and other families to play together!

After all, since we have to find a way to eliminate the creditors in the end, why not give some benefits to the ninjas of Konoha as well?

"You...what if they ask for payment midway?"

The corners of Senju Tobirama's mouth twitched, while Namikaze Minato explained with a smile, because he had completely seen through Li Ke's thoughts!

"Second-generation master, please rest assured that when the time comes, they will definitely not rush to collect the money from us, and they will even continue to transfer the money to us."

However, Tobirama Senju still couldn't understand what Li Ke and Minato Namikaze meant by their actions, so Li Ke and Minato Namikaze had to explain to Tobirama Senju before he understood what the two of them were planning to do.

As a result, he felt speechless about the thought processes of Li Ke and Minato Namikaze.

"I am indeed old."

The evil old ghost with a thousand hands sighed.

then--

"Did the Hokage bow his head?"

The Fire Nation's Daimyo sat behind the coffee table, drinking his tea leisurely, while beside him, the Fire Nation's Finance Minister answered quickly.

"Not yet. After all, his military exploits are quite huge, so Lord Namikaze Minato said that it will take some time."

As soon as he finished speaking, before Daimyoji, who had a Buddhist expression on his face, could speak again, another minister spoke up.

"Hmph, a ninja should do ninja things. If people in the world don't do their own duties well, what will this world become!"

As he spoke, he slammed his desk in anger, then spoke viciously.

"We should cut Konoha Village's military spending! Let those arrogant guys know who is feeding them!"

But although his words were the voice of most people present, when the other party finished speaking, the daimyo still put down his teacup and spoke gently.

"This is not necessary. After all, Namikaze Minato still respects us. Besides, aren't the people of the Senju clan heading to Konoha Village to mediate?"

He said this and then closed his mouth again.

Because he is not stupid, he knows that it is okay to weaken Konoha Village, but as long as Li Ke, the culprit, is eliminated. Is the excessive weakening of Konoha intended to prepare for war reparations?

But it doesn't matter if he is not killed. After all, he and Tsunade are relatives, and Tsunade has an ambiguous relationship with him. When the time comes, he can just go out and kill his men, and the matter will be over.

Isn't it just being a puppet?

It's the same difference as what I said now.

So the young man next to the daimyo who was drinking tea naturally spoke on behalf of the daimyo.

"So what did Konoha Village do in response?"

At this point, all the ministers smiled.

"They have already asked us to borrow money, and they will borrow money by any means necessary!"

"Yeah, Konoha Village's finances are about to collapse, right?"

"I've already said that people are best at what they do! Young people always make such short-sighted mistakes!"

"Yeah, yeah, borrowing money at this time, don't you know that prices are still rising? Ninja is really ridiculous!"

So amidst the laughter and joy, these ministers who thought they held the lifeline of Konoha seemed to see the financial collapse of Konoha Village!

But at this moment, Li Ke inexplicably appeared next to Karitachi Yagura of the Hidden Mist Village and informed him of something.

In response to this, Karuta Yagura's reaction was very direct. He slammed the table, stood up, and asked angrily.

"What do you mean we can't stand your oppression and plan to unite with the Hidden Rock Village and the Hidden Cloud Village to wage war against you?!"

However, seeing Li Ke's kind smile, Karujutsu Yagura quickly sat back, then pointed at Mei Terumi and several female ninjas who were obviously from the Mizunotsuki clan and spoke.

"But seeing as you are so sincere, if you have sex with them and give them children, I will agree to this plan."

Li Ke: “…………”

In the ninja world, people steal bloodline limits openly now, right?!
(End of this chapter)