Konoha: Rebuild the glory of the Uchiha

Chapter 71 Kakuzu Futures: Can You Make Big Money? I Need to Find Out!

"Lord Hokage, this is the war preparation plan. If there are no problems, you can sign it and implement it."

Inside the office, Uchiha Tomita respectfully handed Uchiha Kusunoki a plan for Konoha to deal with the war. Uchiha Kusunoki glanced through it but didn't care about the specific measures.

The war has been going on for so long that the people under their command are extremely skilled at making war plans, and they are all very similar.

Uchiha Nan only cared about how much money it would cost. War was all about burning money. If you had money, you could do whatever you wanted and fight for as long as you wanted.

"Four hundred and five billion taels?"

Uchiha Nan sighed. Although he had made preparations, he was still amazed. This was only the initial preparation. The most dangerous thing was when it came to a war of attrition, which would be the most torturous.

Human lives are being used to burn through resources, while the money continues to burn.

Fortunately, this war will not last too long.

Uchiha Nan signed his name, and Konoha's finance department could then transfer the money.

I wonder how Nara Shikamaru and Hinata Takuma's plan is going. Uchiha Nan hasn't been eating or sleeping well these past few days, just waiting for good news from the two of them.

Uchiha Nan's anxiety didn't last long before an Anbu ninja delivered a letter from Nara Shikato.

Everything went smoothly. The daimyo has agreed, and all that's left is to carry it out. Nara Shikato requested that a team of ANBU ninjas be dispatched to help, as there might be quite a few people to kill recently.

Uchiha Nan naturally agreed. Sending ANBU ninjas would be a waste of their talents, as they were only dealing with a group of ordinary people who were just powerful.

What does power mean in the face of violence?

With their names already endorsed, killing them is perfectly justified!

For the next month or so, Uchiha Nan and Nara Shikamaru kept exchanging letters, with Uchiha Nan keeping Nara Nan informed of the progress of the matter.

Nara Shikamaru only reported good news and not bad news. He did not describe the difficult parts in detail in the letter, but Uchiha Nan still saw the complexity of the matter.

The network of relationships between those nobles and merchants was far too complex; anyone who could do such a big business as pig iron had some skills.

Some nobles even invoked the name of the Uchiha clan, claiming they were former patrons of the Uchiha and had a good relationship with them, hoping to use the Uchiha's name to refuse to comply.

To ensure nothing went wrong, Nara Shikamaru specifically consulted Uchiha Nan. Uchiha Nan's response to this was always the same: focus on the result, not the process.

Nara Shikahara understood immediately and began the slaughter!

Killing is of course a choice made out of desperation. If it can be resolved peacefully, then it should be resolved peacefully. Everyone's goal is to make money, there's no need to make a scene of bloodshed.

Otherwise, Uchiha Nan wouldn't have sent Hyuga Takuma over there. Their clan is very patient and good at socializing. They have good relationships with the nobles and big merchants of the Land of Fire, and most of them will give Hyuga Takuma face.

After all, pig iron futures offer them no disadvantages; they can greatly accelerate pig iron trading, make prices more transparent, and reduce the number of intermediaries trying to profit from information asymmetry.

But there are always some blind fools, so it's no wonder that Nara Shikagami was ruthless and sent each of them a shuriken to meet the Sage of Six Paths.

Some businessmen are not afraid of death and even hire bounty hunters to attack Nara Shikamaru and Hinata Takuma. For such stubborn people, it's not just themselves who will die; their whole family will die.

After more than a month of extremely complicated and agonizing negotiations and killings, Nara Shikamaru and Hyuga Takuma finally completed the integration of all the channels in the Land of Fire, and there was even a trend of unifying the price of pig iron in the Land of Fire, which surprised and delighted Uchiha Nan.

However, Uchiha Nan did not stop there; he wanted to do more and pave the way for the future.

The Land of Iron is one of the largest sources of iron ore in the ninja world, accounting for almost three-tenths of the entire ninja world. Uchiha Nan plans to extend his reach into the Land of Iron.

However, Nara Shikato poured cold water on Uchiha Nan's idea, as he was simply too far away to help.

Although integrating channels in the Land of Fire was a bit arduous and complicated, with the daimyo's backing, everything was legally permissible, allowing the ninjas to carry out their tasks legitimately.

If it involves cross-border issues, then diplomatic matters will be involved. It's unrealistic for Konoha ninjas to kill people at will in the Land of Iron, and the Daimyo wouldn't support it either.

Uchiha Nan expressed deep regret, but did not give up. If martial arts were not an option, they would try diplomacy. They could invite them to join the Land of Fire's channels. The Land of Fire was the richest country in the ninja world, and they would not give up such a large market.

Once you reach the territory of the Land of Fire, you must abide by the rules of the Land of Fire.

Uchiha Nan sat in the Hokage's office, finally able to breathe a sigh of relief; the preparations were complete.

They're just waiting for Kirigakure and Iwagakure to attack, which will probably take some time. Wars between major ninja villages aren't something you can just start on a whim; they involve massive mobilization, intelligence gathering, and the purchase of supplies.

The spies planted in their two ninja villages are passing on messages every day. There are many secret techniques for transmitting messages in the ninja world, the most typical of which is using summoning beasts, which can achieve the fastest message transmission.

Everything is ready except for the final push!

Land of Fire

There was a gold exchange here, filled with all sorts of people: rogue ninjas, down-on-their-luck samurai, thieves—all kinds of people.

A middle-aged man with a strange appearance, dressed entirely in black, with a ring of linear stitches around his bare arms and dark green pupils, walked in, carrying a dead man's head in his hand.

As soon as he entered the gold exchange, the once noisy exchange immediately fell silent, for fear of angering him and bringing about his death.

With a thud, he threw the severed head onto the counter of the gold exchange. The remaining blood splattered all over the manager's face, but the once fierce-looking manager now wore a smile.

"Lord Kakuzu, the mission is complete again. As expected of the renowned gold-medal bounty hunter in the ninja world!"

"Give me the money."

Kakuzu ignored the person in charge's flattery; all he wanted now was his payment.

"Okay."

The person in charge hurriedly verified the identity of the dead man before him. After confirming that the head in front of him was the target of the hunt, he quickly went to exchange the bounty for Kakuzu.

Six large boxes of banknotes were brought to the table and placed in front of Kakuzu. Kakuzu opened one of the boxes, which contained a full 100,000 taels of silver.

The mission he took on this time wasn't too difficult; it was against a minor nobleman who only had a few Chunin and a special Jonin protecting him, so it was a piece of cake for him.

"It smells so good!"

Kakuzu picked up a banknote, took a deep breath, savored it, and let out a sigh of admiration.

In this world, only money is the most wonderful and trustworthy thing!

The commander put away the banknotes and accepted another bounty, intending to continue making money.

After leaving the gold exchange, he went to the weapon shop as usual to sell the weapons of the group of ninjas who had been killed.

Looting corpses is a good habit. Newbies have a lot of stationery, so they have a lot of shuriken, kunai, and even explosive tags, which can be sold for tens of thousands of taels.

Kakuzu marveled at his own skill in making money and managing his household.

Weapon Shop

"Have you heard? The pig iron business in the Land of Fire has been rocked by a major earthquake. The bigwigs up there have created something called futures trading."

"That's great! The pricing is transparent now, which will make it easier for us to source goods in the future."

"That's too narrow-minded. Those merchants who originally planned to hoard pig iron to speculate on prices are now planning to speculate on futures."

"Well, so what? Konoha and Kumogakure have signed a peace treaty. The two most powerful ninja villages are no longer fighting. The price of pig iron has even dropped two or three times. I don't think it'll work out."

"I don't think so. Futures trading has great potential; you can definitely make a lot of money."

The customers and the shopkeeper of the weapon shop chatted casually. With the joint efforts of Konoha and the Land of Fire, pig iron futures had already spread throughout the industry, and exchanges responsible for this futures trading had sprung up all over the Land of Fire.

Kakuzu haggled with the shopkeeper at the weapon shop, trying to raise the price, while the owners of secondhand goods always tried to lower the price.

What a heartless businessman!

What are pig iron futures?

Kakuzu was hearing this term for the first time. As a ninja, he was bound to deal with weapons and knew a thing or two about pig iron.

However, Kakuzu didn't care at first. With his strength, he generally didn't need weapons like kunai or shuriken, and thought buying them would be a waste.

money.

Kakuzu wasn't particularly interested in pig iron futures at first, but his eyes lit up when he heard the words "make a lot of money".

(End of this chapter)