Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

Chapter 140: War is about to break out in the Ninja World

The entire court was silent, and the minister holding the document could only bite the bullet and start reading.

The entire document was an accusation against the Hokage for forcing his troops into the Land of Grass, and it demanded that the Daimyo of the Land of Fire reprimand the Hokage. The wording was rather subtle, but the minister who read the document saw Uchiha Tokou's increasingly gloomy expression and understood that the other party must have understood.

After reading the document, the minister was sweating profusely, and the whole hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

"Miura Kazuo." Uchiha Douguang spoke slowly and called out the name of Miura Kazuo, who was planning to play coy and get through today's morning meeting.

After Miura Kazuo was named, although he was extremely reluctant, he had no choice but to stand up.

"How do you usually handle situations like this?" Uchiha Douguang asked.

"Your Excellency, the Grand Minister, this kind of thing actually happens quite often," Miura Kazuo said. "It's inevitable that there will be friction during missions between ninja villages. If the matter is serious, the daimyo will issue such a document. However, under normal circumstances, there's no need to pay any attention to it."

The fact is just as Miura Kazuo said, this kind of document of condemnation generally does not play any role, it is more of a process to show the presence of the daimyo. As a big country, the Land of Fire rarely suffers losses in missions, so it has always been the party that receives this kind of document. The former daimyo has accumulated a lot of this kind of things in his study, and he would not let the previous Hokage see this kind of thing, but the problem now is that the daimyo of the Land of Grass may not know who is in power in the Land of Fire now. Sending this kind of document at this time can be said to be pointing at Uchiha Tokou's nose and scolding him.

"So, I just got scolded for nothing and that's it?" Uchiha Douguang said with a gloomy face.

"Konoha had already issued a statement in advance, warning all the ninja village forces in the ninja world, but the Kusagakure Village still insisted on its own way. They deserve what they have suffered! Now they are the ones blaming us?"

"Then I wonder how the Prime Minister wants to deal with this?" asked Kazuo Miura.

"Of course, curse them back!" Uchiha Douguang said, "Tell them that they must pay not a penny less in compensation. If they want to start a war, the Fire Nation will fight to the end!"

"I understand..." Miura Kazuo breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He thought that Uchiha Touma wanted to start a war directly. If it was just empty talk, it would be fine. Miura Kazuo estimated that the Land of Grass did not have the courage to start a war directly.

After the court meeting, Uchiha Tokugawa returned to the Hokage's office with a gloomy face, and asked Uchiha Inahime to go and invite Cardo over.

When Cardo heard that Uchiha Douguang had summoned him, he immediately put down what he was doing and rushed to the Hokage's office without stopping.

During this period of time, Cardo has been in high spirits. As the first person to show loyalty to Uchiha Tokou, in order to set an example for this group of businessmen, Uchiha Tokou has taken up nearly half of the best investment areas around Konoha by himself. Although 70% of these industries are secretly owned by Uchiha and Hatake, the scale of his industry has actually expanded several times. In fact, the money he actually earned by following Uchiha Tokou is much more than what he earned in the remote countryside of Wave Country before.

More importantly, due to his close relationship with Uchiha Tokou, Cardo's social status has also risen rapidly. In the entire business community of the Fire Nation, who does not respectfully address him as "Mr. Cardo"? Even those big businessmen who he had previously rarely seen, such as Yokogawa Yuhiro, are now forced to flatter him.

However, Cardo is very self-aware. He knows that his current situation is entirely due to who he relies on, and he is not completely irreplaceable.

So, after hearing Uchiha Tokou's summons, Cardo immediately put down everything he was doing and rushed to the Hokage's office.

"Your Excellency, Grand Minister, what is your purpose in summoning me?" Cardo, after entering the Hokage's office, immediately put on a flattering smile and asked Uchiha Tokou. Uchiha Tokou glanced at Cardo, grabbed a set of tea leaves from a nearby cabinet, and began brewing tea on the spot.

After the tea was brewed, Uchiha Douguang handed a cup to Kado. Kado took the cup respectfully and after tasting it, he immediately praised: "I have long heard that the Grand Minister's tea ceremony is exquisite. Today I have the honor to taste it. It is indeed well-deserved!"

Uchiha Douguang nodded with a dry laugh and said, "Mr. Cardo, I heard that you have made a fortune recently. Congratulations."

"This is all thanks to your support. I will never forget your kindness." Upon hearing this, Cardo immediately put down his teacup and bowed his head respectfully.

"Okay, okay." Uchiha Douguang nodded, "Now, I need you to do something."

"Please give your instructions, Your Excellency." said Cardo.

Uchiha Douguang opened a map of the Land of Fire in his office and pointed to a small town. "I plan to have you open a ninja tool factory here," he said. "However, this factory will be fully controlled by the Uchiha clan and will be directly connected to the ninja tool industry of the Uchiha clan's summoning beasts, the Ninja Cats. You will only need to be the face of the factory."

"Ninja Tool Factory?" Cardo was stunned when he heard this, and then he said, "Your Excellency, the ninja tool market in the ninja world is basically saturated now. It's difficult for us to make a profit."

"Is the market for ninja tools in the ninja world saturated?" Uchiha Douguang raised his eyebrows.

"That's right." Cardo nodded. "Each ninja village has its own supplier of ninja tools, and the profits are basically transparent. There is no room for manipulation."

"Don't I know what you're saying?" Uchiha Douguang glanced at Cardo and said, "Don't forget, the Ninja Cat Clan, who has been cooperating with the Uchiha Clan for generations, accounts for 30% of all ninja tool business in the Land of Fire."

"This..." Cardo was also a little puzzled as to why Uchiha Dou Guang knew clearly that there was no profit here, but still wanted to start this business.

"Kado, when do you think the ninja tool business is the best?" Uchiha Douguang poured another cup of tea for Cardo and then asked.

"Of course it was during the war," Cardo said. "Calvin, the largest arms dealer in the Land of Lightning, made his fortune selling explosive tags during the Second Shinobi World War. He made a killing during the Third Shinobi World War. I heard he had the support of both the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning and the Raikage."

"It turns out that the ninja tool business is the best during wartime." Uchiha Douguang said with a smile.

"Of course..." Cardo nodded and wanted to give another example, but then he suddenly reacted, his pupils shrank, and he asked in disbelief, "Could it be..."

"You only have three months to prepare," Uchiha Douguang said. "Regardless of the cost, in three months, I want to see a complete ninja tool production line." Uchiha Douguang said, "The ninja world is about to be in chaos."

(End of this chapter)