Only I can make Konoha Village great again.

Feng Ji Chun Ya's house is very big, with a particularly large courtyard. There is a big tree in the courtyard, whose shade is enough to cover half of the courtyard.

On the ninth day of the lunar month, the mountain sent Fengji Chunya to call people, while he himself unsealed the scroll under the shade of a tree and piled the money into forty-three heaps, which looked like a small mountain.

Forty-three.

These are the families who urgently need money to save their lives.

They were the comrades of Yamanaka Chukyu who died on the battlefield, and their families could no longer survive because of their deaths.

According to regulations, if a Konoha ninja dies on the battlefield, the village will provide a generous compensation.

The compensation is generous, enough to support the child until he/she grows up, enters the ninja academy, and graduates as a new ninja.

However, the Third Shinobi World War lasted for seven years, and the village no longer had the money to pay the full amount of compensation.

I don't know which brilliant person came up with the idea of ​​treating the sacrificed ninjas differently.

If a ninja from the ninja clan is killed, the compensation will be doubled, and the ninja clan will support the Third Hokage even more.

If a civilian ninja dies, and there are still ninjas alive in their family, the full amount of compensation will be paid, and the civilian ninja will be extremely grateful to the Third Hokage.

If a civilian ninja dies, and there are no more ninjas in their family, no compensation will be paid, since they are no longer of use to the Third Hokage anyway.

When Shan Zhongchu learned of this situation for the first time, he went to the administration department to inquire, but was passed around like a football between various departments and offices.

No one is exempt from receiving compensation, but no one is certain when it will be paid.

It's just dragging things out.

Later, Yamanaka Chukyu learned why they dared to delay: because in Konoha Village, everything costs money, and people without money will die.

Once a person dies, the compensation is no longer required.

Yamanaka Chukyu was furious and caused a scene in the administration department, which even alarmed the Third Hokage.

As a result, he received a disciplinary action, and the problem remains unresolved to this day.

Left with no other choice, Yamanaka Chuuku could only try to earn money in his own name to give money to the families of his fallen comrades so that they could survive in Konoha Village.

There are forty-three families, each with a child. Feng Jichunya is the oldest among them and also his helper.

Soon, an elderly man with a troubled expression or a woman with a haggard face arrived at Fengji's house and gratefully accepted the money from Shanzhong Chujiu.

Everyone knows that Shan Zhongchu Jiu alone cannot support forty-three families.

He himself was a ninja, and he had to go to the battlefield to fight the enemy, where he could die at the hands of a powerful enemy at any time.

When Chu Jiu of the mountain is killed in battle, these forty-three families will instantly collapse.

So the despair of the ninja's bereaved families did not disappear, but the money gave them a breather. Sincere gratitude mixed with longing surged into Yamanaka Hatsukyu's heart like a tidal wave.

The 【Heart-Severing Boundary】 operates automatically, absorbing the incoming emotions and transforming them into the spiritual power of the initial nine, gradually solidifying the foundation of the soul.

Shan Zhongchu frowned slightly. There were too many negative emotions. If this continued, his soul would be dragged into darkness.

No, we must bring them hope and dispel the despair mixed in with their gratitude.

To bring hope to forty-three families, we cannot rely on Shan Zhongchu Jiu alone; instead, we must involve everyone in the work and enable them to earn a steady stream of income through their work.

Konoha Village has been established for 48 years. The ninja clans, nobles, and merchants have long since divided their interests. Even the common people's jobs are so limited that there are only enough slots for each person.

The only way to provide employment for forty-three families of civilians is to establish new industries in Konoha Village.

New industries will inevitably compete with existing industries, affecting the interests of the ninja clans behind them and triggering deadly conflicts.

Shan Zhongchu Jiu knew that the seemingly prosperous mountain tribe was actually not having an easy time.

The Third Shinobi World War has lasted for seven years. The Yamanaka clan has lost or wounded thirty-two shinobi, which is almost 40% of the clan's total number of shinobi.

Even worse, the honey industry of the mountain tribes was taken over by the village due to wartime policies, resulting in a direct cut of 90% of their income.

If a new sugar-selling business were to emerge at this time, threatening to devour the Yamanaka clan's last lifeline, Yamanaka Inoichi would undoubtedly turn red with rage and lead his clan to eliminate the competitor.

Even the Third Hokage couldn't stop them!

After distributing all the money and seeing off the surviving adults, Shan Zhongchu gathered the children from forty-three families and took them to the street to eat snacks.

The prices of glutinous rice balls, tempura, and radish balls have all gone up, and the children are eating them carefully, not wanting to drop even a crumb.

A little bit of snacks can bring children a sense of happiness. Shan Zhongchu Jiu happily absorbs this pure emotion, balancing the despair brought on by their parents.

These children had been raised by him for a year, and their trust in him had reached its limit. All they needed was a trigger to complete the transformation and help Shan Zhongchu Jiu ascend to a higher level of life.

We still need to help their families gain hope as soon as possible, so that we can reach an opportunity more quickly.

Meanwhile, the children were also thinking about reporting the prices they had found out on the ninth day of the lunar month.

After the death of the Fourth Hokage, Konoha Village faced the pressure of reconstruction, which led to soaring prices.

The prices of luxury goods such as sugar, cigarettes, and alcohol more than doubled in just a few days, while fresh meat, milk, and fruit were in short supply and there was simply no stock available on the market.

Necessities like fabric and grain have not only increased in price, but have also been subject to purchase restrictions by the village.

Yamanaka Chujiu's pupils contracted slightly: "Purchase restrictions? Are you sure it was the Hokage who issued the order for purchase restrictions?"

Kazamatsuri Haruhisa, Yano Shoichi, and the other children nodded and showed off the stamps in their hands.

"You have to get a stamp every time you buy rice, and the stamp won't disappear for three days."

"We can only buy a maximum of five kilograms at a time, and we can't buy it for others. We've all queued up before."

"We can only buy rice in civilian communities; ninja communities won't sell it to us."

The more Yamanaka Chujiu listened, the more upset he became, but this was the current state of Konoha Village, a reality he could not change.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind, and he knew what kind of business he could do!

……

"What? You want land?"

Holding his daughter, Yamanaka Inoichi asked in surprise, "What do you want the land for?"

Shan Zhongchu replied, "Cultivating land to grow grain, whether for our own consumption or to sell to the village, will increase the family's income."

"It will also allow the families of my deceased companions to have jobs to support their families."

Yamanaka Inoichi lowered his eyes and began to think carefully.

After a long pause, he nodded and said, "Growing grain is indeed feasible, and it doesn't conflict with other ninja clans."

"The problem is that the family's land has been used for growing flowers, beekeeping, and harvesting honey, and it has also been directly taken over by the village. There is no wasteland left that can be used to grow crops."

Yamanaka Chukyu said, "I don't want fertile land, just give me that hillside on the south bank of the Konoha River."

Yamanaka Inoichi frowned and said, "How can we grow crops on such a steep slope?"

Yamanaka Chujiu confidently said, "I naturally have a way, just give it to me."

Yamanaka Inoichi scoffed, "Fine, take it."

"If you succeed, everything is negotiable; if you fail, I won't charge you rent."

Shan Zhong Chu Jiu shook his head and said, "That won't do. We need a contract, written down in black and white!"

Yamanaka Inoichi laughed and said, "Alright, let's eat first, and then I'll gather the elders to write a contract for you."

"Thank you, brother!"