Konoha: Rebuild the glory of the Uchiha

Chapter 99 The blessing bestowed by the Hokage makes one involuntarily raise their right hand and shout "Long live the Hokage!"

Houses themselves are not valuable, especially in the Naruto world where there are extraordinary powers. For ninjas, building a batch of habitable houses quickly is an extremely simple matter.

But are the houses Konoha is selling worthless? Uchiha Nan is selling Konoha's future!

It seems that Nara Shikamaru's vision hasn't been fully developed yet, Uchiha Nan sighed softly.

"Lu Yuan, you should know how profitable the shops in Konoha's commercial center are right now."

"If Konoha were to raise its banner, it would build the most profitable and safest commercial center in the ninja world on this wasteland, complete with residential areas, hospitals, and entertainment centers."

Would you choose to buy a house or a shop here?

Nara Shikawon nodded without hesitation. He was familiar with the business plan drawn up by Uchiha Nan.

Konoha will become the factory of the ninja world in the future, using its technological advantages and cheap labor to seize the wealth of the world. Every penny earned will belong to Konoha, and they won't even have to pay taxes!

Even the daimyo wouldn't dare bring up the matter of paying taxes with Konoha.

Opening a shop in Konoha's commercial center is like opening a shop in the most prosperous area of ​​the ninja world. If you can't make money there, you deserve to be poor for the rest of your life.

The same applies to buying a residential property. It has complete supporting facilities, everything you need for eating, drinking and entertainment, and it is located in a prime location. You can just sit back and wait for its value to appreciate.

"That settles it then."

"As long as Konoha knows how to make PowerPoint presentations and write business plans, even if we just put up a sign in the wasteland, those wealthy merchants and nobles will line up to pay us."

"We can easily collect payment first and then do the work!"

Uchiha Nan's words enlightened Nara Shikato; this was nothing short of getting something for nothing.

"This isn't a good idea."

Nara Shikamaru hesitated. He used to be a ninja who honestly completed missions and earned commissions!

Konoha already has too many transient residents, and the construction of the new city area is an urgent matter. Originally, this expenditure was entirely Konoha's responsibility, but now they are using other people's money to do their own thing, which Nara Shikamaru is not quite used to.

"What's wrong with it!"

"Those insects from the Land of Fire are so eager to buy houses and settle down in Konoha, they just want to jump ship and become Konoha's dogs. This time, I'm showing them mercy and giving them the chance!"

Nara Shikamaru fell silent after hearing this. The Hokage's words, though rough, were true. He could now see Uchiha Nan's ambition.

The Hokage is feeling a bit cold and wants to change his clothes.

"The Hokage is truly insightful!"

Nara Shikagawa readily agreed, as Uchiha Nan's decision was beyond his ability to persuade.

"In that case, let's get ready!"

Building a new city that is no less impressive than Konoha's current city requires careful consideration of many factors, including numerous interests involved. It necessitates meticulous planning and preparation.

Uchiha Nan waved his hand, signaling Nara Shikato to go and prepare a plan.

Nara Shikano nodded, a bitter feeling welling up inside him. He was going to be working himself to the bone again these next few days. Since following the Hokage, he'd been dealing with more and more business, spending all his time working on proposals, and losing more and more hair.

But it really makes money. Uchiha Nan has always been generous to his subordinates. Nara Shikato has already earned enough for three lifetimes' worth of retirement savings. This must be the pain of making too much money.

This is another massive project worth billions or even tens of billions. Konoha's new city district is not some piece of junk built with a few Earth Release techniques. It involves the matching of power facilities, the design of underground waterways, and Konoha's defensive barrier. These are all troublesome issues.

After more than ten days and nights of non-stop work, Nara Shikato and his team produced a draft plan, taking into account every detail, from site selection and construction to personnel allocation and the defensive barrier of the new city area.

After reviewing it, Uchiha Nan felt there were no problems and nodded in agreement.

Once everything is ready, all that's left is to wait for the big players to enter and spend their money.

Konoha's advertising machine was activated once again, and within just a few days, long queues of people were already forming at Konoha's sales offices to pay their deposits.

The insect nobles, of course, had no shortage of money to buy houses, so they simply sent people to line up and pay for the houses, which was more of a gesture of goodwill.

Konoha's father, please accept my deepest respect!

The insects bought entire areas at once, spending money with unbelievable extravagance. Even Uchiha Nan felt he had undervalued his property; the nobles' spending alone covered most of the construction costs.

However, they all bought prime locations; the remaining ordinary areas were reserved for commoners by Uchiha Kunan, and the prices were much lower.

Even if they still couldn't afford it, Uchiha Nan thoughtfully provided them with loans. With the meager wages they earned in the sweatshop, they only needed to work for twenty years to pay off all the loans.

Konoha makes money, Konoha flowers, don't even think about taking them home.

This is a blessing for Konoha!

At least you've struggled in Konoha your whole life, and you can still live peacefully for another twenty years. You can also own a house in Konoha, and if you're lucky, you can even start a family and repeat the above blessings again.

"That's great!"

"Everyone's face is beaming with smiles. This must be the blessing that the Hokage spoke of."

These past few days, Uzumaki Reed has followed Uchiha Nan all over Konoha Village, from the sweatshop to the construction site of the new urban area.

Although everyone was constantly working, even eating was a race against time, the light in their eyes was so dazzling.

Uzumaki Shio has fought his whole life. He is an old-school ninja who came from the Warring States period. He is determined to bring glory to the Uzumaki clan and make it even stronger.

So Uzumaki Akechi asked Uchiha Kusunoki for the secret to Konoha's prosperity. Since his little brother Uzumaki Akechi was so humble in asking for advice, Uchiha Kusunoki was naturally generous in sharing his knowledge and enthusiastically explained it to Uzumaki Akechi.

He was completely bewildered by the strange things Uchiha Nan said, such as capital and productivity. All sorts of new terms left him scratching his head.

After a few days of exploration, the Whirlpool Reed seemed to have figured things out.

Uchiha Nan provided them with a stable job, enough to eat, and even the opportunity to buy their own house.

It wasn't one of those cheap wooden houses; it was a house made of concrete. To attract ordinary people to buy houses, Uchiha Nan specially built a model house, completely abandoning the rough wooden houses that were easily eaten by insects. The house was covered with a layer of white paint, making it delicate and clean. It had a complete set of electrical facilities, and every room in the house had an electric light.

The design is exquisite and beautiful. Although the space is a bit small, with only one bedroom and one bathroom, accommodating only one person, and the price is slightly higher—aside from needing almost a lifetime of labor to repay—there's nothing wrong with it.

But for the cattle and horses of this era, it was simply an unbelievable thing.

War, aristocratic exploitation, natural disasters and all sorts of other rotten things have numbed the ninja world's beasts of burden. Especially during the First Shinobi World War, there were refugees everywhere and wealth was rapidly concentrating in the upper echelons. They had been disciplined to the point that they could call the insects "Master of Clear Soup" if they were given food.

Uchiha Nan targeted the nobility, plundering all the wealth they had accumulated over decades or even centuries. He used the money to build massive infrastructure projects, establish factories, provide them with jobs and food. Who would dare to say a bad word about Uchiha Nan?

Even the lower-ranking ninjas of Konoha have started neglecting their duties, abandoning their proper missions to work alongside the common people. This is quite an extraordinary thing.

Ninjas used to be full-time killing machines, only knowing how to carry out missions and earn commissions. Whoever their employer told them to kill, they would do it.

Now we're starting to participate in production and construction little by little.

This is certainly inseparable from Uchiha Kusunoki's deliberate guidance. The commercialization of ninja production has always been advocated by Uchiha Kusunoki, and he is really willing to spend money on this.

Especially in education, thanks to the abundance of the insects, they nourished Konoha, giving Uchiha Nan the funds and ability to carry out large-scale, sweeping reforms in education.

The Ninja Academy is recruiting a large number of students again, but this time Uchiha Nan has implemented a streamed ninja education system. Ninjas with combat talent will receive the old-fashioned education, while those with less talent will only grow to the level of Genin, able to use one or two Fire Release or Earth Release techniques before becoming useless. They'll be sent to work on construction sites. Even Genin have much stronger physical abilities than ordinary people.

Chakra is the difference between ordinary people and ninjas. Even a genin who has mastered chakra can fly across rooftops and leap from tree to tree like a monkey, something ordinary people can't do.

Even when it comes to carrying bricks on a construction site, an ordinary person can only carry one or two stacks at a time, while a genin can carry at least three stacks at a time. That's the difference.

However, there aren't many ordinary people with the talent to refine chakra. When other ninja villages encounter such promising talents, they will give them a good beating regardless of their talent level, and send them all to the battlefield for a test. They are not so extravagant as to let them work on construction sites.

All of this requires substantial financial resources, and Uchiha Nan happens to have money. If that's not enough, he can just slaughter a pig.

Anyway, there are plenty of fat pigs in the Land of Fire. Even if we slaughter too many at once, we can just raise them for a while longer to fatten them up.

"Lord Hokage, is it possible for the Uzumaki clan to achieve all of this?"

The whirlpool reed's eyes gleamed; the whirlpool clan also wanted to progress alongside Konoha.

Hmph. Want to improve?

That won't do!

Why don't the Uzumaki clan just join Konoha? Why do they need to improve on their own?

Of course, these were all his true feelings; Uchiha Nan would never say them outright.

"Of course!"

"Konoha's advanced experience cannot be explained in a few words, so for the long-term development of the Uzumaki clan, Konoha has specially prepared an exchange student program for you."

"We will do our utmost to train the Uzumaki clan, passing on all the secrets to the village's prosperity and strength to them. They won't need it."

Uchiha Nan skillfully painted a rosy picture for Uzumaki Ayase, making him wish he could immediately return to the Uzumaki clan and send all the young talents of his clan to Konoha for training.

"Work's over, time for dinner."

A loudspeaker announcement interrupted Uchiha Nan and Uzumaki Akechi's conversation; before they knew it, it was lunchtime.

Uchiha Nan originally planned to take Uzumaki Ayase back to the grand hotel in Konoha that was specially used to entertain foreign guests for a banquet, but Uzumaki Ayase insisted on dragging Uchiha Nan along to a construction site to eat boxed lunches, wanting to experience the local customs.

Um... it doesn't even qualify as a boxed lunch.

The foreman at the construction site called to the cook, and lunch was served.

They were all black protein blocks, the latest product developed by Tobirama Senju. Insects naturally have a lot of protein, and the protein blocks in Snow Country Train were all made from cockroaches. These were insects that Tobirama Senju and the Aburame clan had jointly cultivated, and their protein content was even higher than that of cockroaches.

In other words, the method of manufacturing the protein blocks took Tobirama Senju a tiny bit of time.

Recently, the "oil women" have been cultivating these insects on a large scale using tree bark, weeds, all kinds of swill, and even garbage. The biggest advantage of these insects is that they are not picky eaters, grow large, and reproduce quickly.

The protein block factory has started production, and these workers are now the first batch of taste testers.

"How does it taste?"

Uchiha Nan knew what the raw materials were, but for psychological reasons, he hadn't tasted them yet. However, Uzumaki Ayashi didn't know and took a bite right away.

"It's a bit sticky, but quite moist, and doesn't have any particularly special flavor."

After listening, Uchiha Nan also tried taking a bite. The taste was indeed similar to what Uzumaki Reishi had described. As long as you don't see that the raw material is a group of juicy worms, then this should be considered a decent food.

For an average person, two or three yuan is enough to fill them up. With a little bit of pickled vegetables, it would be a decent lunch, since they didn't have much to eat in the past.

"Is that the Hokage?"

Uchiha Nan wasn't wearing his divine robes today; he was just dressed in casual clothes, and there wasn't even the Uchiha clan crest on the back of his clothes. He was surprised that he was still recognized.

The stone stirred up a thousand waves; the workers who were eating protein cubes all over the construction site looked towards Uchiha Nan.

Most of the workers at the Konoha construction site are migrants who came to Konoha to make a living. They used to work in sweatshops, but now that the construction site is open, the wages there are higher than in the factories, so the men have come to work there to earn more money.

The woman, though not very strong, still works in a factory.

When evening comes, the construction workers finish their shift. They then return to the sweatshop for a night shift, working until midnight before they can go home to sleep.

Electric lights are really a wonderful thing.

Uchiha Nan walked towards the workers, raised his hand in greeting, and then a thunderous cheer erupted.

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"How is everyone doing in Konoha?"

"Will this be enough to fill my stomach?"

"Has everyone bought houses in Konoha's new city area?"

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Uchiha Nan, acting as a caring leader, inquired about the workers' basic needs. A rough-looking man at the head of the group smiled憨憨地 and then answered loudly.

"Lord Hokage, we can now eat our fill in Konoha, and we even get paid for working in the factory."

"I even bought a house in Konoha, took out a 20-year loan, and now I'm building my own house. My son is lucky enough to get into the school run by the Hokage."

As the rough-looking man spoke, his eyes reddened. Now there was hope for the future. As long as he worked hard, he would be able to live a better life sooner or later!

"Long live the Hokage!"

"Long live."

The men's congratulatory shouts once again stirred up the cheers of the crowd. Uchiha Nan stood in the crowd, bathed in the midday sun, making him appear radiant.

The whirlpool reed standing to the side was too excited to speak. Is this the Hokage of Konoha?

That's absolutely terrifying!

(End of this chapter)