Hokage: Unable to persuade Madara, I chose to build my own ninja village.

Chapter 43 Hashirama Senju: Daimyo, I'm here!

The weather is getting hotter and hotter.

Makoto Uchiha's heart was as restless as the sun in the sky. He and the Daimyo were currently reviewing the results of the Tulip Project.

Dozens of accountants stood in front of the two men, calculating non-stop. It took them a full half day to get the final figure.

"How many?"

"Approximately 900 billion taels!"

"In total?"

"No, Your Highness, this is your share of the profits."

Uchiha Makoto, who was listening nearby, jumped off his chair with a wide smile on his face, and even couldn't help but hum softly. This time he really made a killing!

That's a whopping 90 billion taels!

This has far exceeded Uchiha Makoto's initial expectations. After all, there was more than one mastermind behind this. As the plan progressed, more and more people participated, including nobles from many countries large and small in the ninja world. Such a large operation could not be completely controlled by the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and Uchiha Makoto alone.

These people are a mixed bag. Does this mean there are no heroes left in the world?

Therefore, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire was constantly trying to win over the nobles who were close to him to work together on the plan. There were also many nobles who were not part of the plan, and they were distributed throughout the ninja world. They were all the behind-the-scenes promoters of the Tulip Plan. They were basically the nobles at the top of the pyramid. Some of them knew each other, while others did not know each other at all, but they worked together in a very tacit and unanimous manner to promote the plan.

The higher up in the pyramid, the more they understand how rare this opportunity is. This is a purposeful and organized operation to harvest the wealth of all the nobles, large, medium, and small, in the ninja world.

With a bigger plate, more people can eat meat.

This is a very simple reason.

Uchiha Makoto is quite easily satisfied. The initial funds the Daimyo gave to Akatsuki were only 1 billion ryo, but now they have completely transformed their resources, becoming rich overnight!

With this large sum of money, many of his plans, which were still just in his imagination, could begin!

The recruitment of ninjas can now proceed smoothly.

Even though Akatsuki Village absorbed ninja clans much slower than Konoha, Hashirama Senju's title of "God of Shinobi" was well-deserved, unlike the title that Hiruzen Sarutobi bragged about—"Strongest Hokage"!

Not to mention Konoha also has Uchiha Madara.

A person's name is like a tree's shadow—this is an advantage that no amount of wealth can match. It can be said that the two of them are Konoha's golden brand, capable of attracting powerful ninja clans from the Land of Fire and surrounding countries and regions extremely quickly.

According to the intelligence gathered by the Daimyo, the Hyuga clan, the Ino-Shika-Cho clan, and other large and small ninja clans have all reached agreements with Konoha to join. Basically, all the major ninja clans that frequently appear in the Konoha storyline have joined Konoha, and the relocation of these clans has already begun.

But

The ninja world is so big!

Except for Konoha.

However, there are still four other major ninja villages in the process of being established, not to mention the smaller ninja villages. I can completely poach their members. Even Uchiha Makoto, who has already joined Konoha, is planning to try to steal his members. Now, even if I just throw money at them, I can create a powerful Akatsuki ninja village!

The Fire Country Daimyo, standing nearby, could not hide his excitement. He excitedly ran to Uchiha Makoto's side and clapped hands in celebration. Nine hundred billion ryo was a huge fortune even for the Fire Country Daimyo.

What made Uchiha Makoto feel most relieved was that the harvest operation he had planned ended up with a scapegoat!

Rumors are circulating in the ninja world that Konoha has the ability to supply tulips to the entire ninja world without limit. It's unclear whether this was spread by Konoha fanatics themselves or someone deliberately spreading false information. However, Uchiha Makoto believes this news is likely true because Senju Hashirama possesses Wood Release, and with his abilities, he could easily cultivate tulips in large quantities and supply them to the entire ninja world.

but.

If you don't come when we're eating meat, there'll be nothing left but broth.

Konoha leaned over and drank the soup from the pot in one gulp. What were those nobles, whose resentment was about to explode, supposed to think?

"The situation is really not optimistic this time."

Tobirama Senju sat in his office chair, looking melancholy. In the past few days, Konoha had received news of a large number of mission cancellations. For ninjas, accepting and completing missions was almost their only way to make money.

This is a major event that could shake up the village!

With his keen sense of smell, Tobirama Senju immediately discovered the reason behind the cancellation of the mission.

It's all because of tulips, damn it!

"Those despicable unscrupulous merchants will stop at nothing to make money!"

"Now Konoha is taking all the blame!"

Tobirama Senju said through gritted teeth.

In order to recover the loss of 500 million ryo, he had Hashirama Senju catalyze a large batch of tulips, and then put these tulips on sale in various tulip trading markets in the Land of Fire.

Considering the need for promotion, and the current less-than-optimistic market situation for tulips.

These spot goods must be sold as soon as possible.

So the merchants released the news that they could supply a large quantity of tulips on the spot market, and indeed a large quantity of tulips appeared. Later, as the news spread, it inexplicably became a claim of unlimited tulip supply. Perhaps those who were playing the contract trading game wanted to short the market, or perhaps someone deliberately spread false information.

The original source of the information is now impossible to verify.

Anyway

That's how the news got out.

Something even more terrifying happened.

To verify the authenticity of this news, the merchants at the tulip market placed a large order for tulips with Konoha. Tobirama Senju was so excited that he didn't sleep all night, thinking he was about to make a fortune. He happily agreed that Konoha could indeed supply tulips without limit!

Ultimately, a series of chain reactions occurred.

At this point, the price of tulips is actually derived from faith. Once faith collapses, the price of tulips begins to plummet, and there's no stopping it!

Everything happened so fast, so suddenly, that it left no time to react.

The nobles who had been exploited turned their anger towards Konoha. There were even rumors that Konoha was behind the manipulation of tulip prices and that this latest move was an attempt to profit from human suffering once again. All sorts of rumors emerged.

A handful of yellow mud landed on his crotch; even if it wasn't excrement, it was still excrement.

Considering Konoha's military strength.

Those nobles may not be able to take any coercive measures against Konoha, but they have countless ways to resist Konoha and make it very uncomfortable.

The mass cancellation of Konoha missions is just the appetizer, and even this is almost too much for Tobirama Senju to handle.

This trouble occurred during the time when Hashirama Senju was in charge. If the Uchiha clan were to find fault with it, things would be disastrous!

"Tobirama, what should we do now?"

Hashirama Senju rarely appeared in the office, even though he realized the urgency of the situation. Konoha had absorbed so many ninja clans, and if those clans couldn't get missions, they might actually choose to leave Konoha.

Even the title of Hashirama Senju, the God of Shinobi, couldn't solve this problem; the shinobi clan needs to eat!

"Go and seek an audience with the daimyo."

Tobirama Senju looked melancholy.

He has now blocked the news in Konoha, but it won't last long. The best way now is to get the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to support Konoha.

(End of this chapter)