Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 149 Tobirama Senju: I might... not make it.

In May of Konoha Year 33, most of the 100 people selected to move to the inner city chose to take out a 20-year loan to buy a house.

Nowadays, the average monthly salary in Konoha is between 20,000 and 30,000 taels.

If both parents work and save money, they can probably save more than 300,000 yuan a year.

Those with advanced technical skills or ninja backgrounds earn even more.

However, ninjas from the outer city usually do not join fixed teams or enter management positions, not even as captains of three-person squads.

However, just for the fact that genin usually earn four or five times more than ordinary workers, some ninjas who fled from other places in the outer city are willing to become genin in Konoha.

As for Chunin...

This is already part of the management team. Before entering the inner city, it's impossible for someone from the outer city to qualify as a Chunin.

However, among these lucky few who entered the inner city, there were quite a few ninjas.

To reiterate, even a low-ranking ninja, if he didn't work as a ninja, could be worth ten ordinary people.

From this perspective, choosing a ninja who is devoted to Konoha is definitely better than choosing an ordinary person.

However, some people are indeed working themselves to the bone, and Youya needs these people to set a good example for the people in the outer city, so Youya cannot abandon these people.

So it's still half and half. If possible, Yuya would like to let all the ninjas from the outer city in, but that's not realistic at all.

Ultimately, the world is still mostly made up of ordinary people.

……

Hokage's Office:

You Ya was unusually spared from official business today.

Because recently, more and more people have been helping him share his burdens.

With the Anbu under the management of Uchiha Kagami, Yua doesn't need to worry about it. The TV station is also steadily improving under the leadership of Sarutobi Hiruzen. However, the recent TV programs are becoming increasingly outrageous. Sarutobi Hiruzen seems to be letting himself go more and more, even openly promoting childcare knowledge on TV.

Basically, he took this opportunity to openly give himself special treatment.

However, Yuya didn't seem to have any objections to this.

Putting aside other issues, many people in Konoha Village are indeed not good at taking care of children.

When the baby cries, all I know is to feed him and change his diaper. Anything else? That's it.

In fact, babies cry for many reasons, not just because they are hungry or need a diaper change. They may also be crying because their clothes are uncomfortable.

After all, Konoha was poor in the past, so there certainly wasn't much cloth to wrap babies with. Now that everyone has money, the clothes used to wrap babies are practically made of cloth without any expense.

Even though I know it's well-intentioned, I should know when to stop.

Therefore, although Yua knew that Hiruzen Sarutobi's new program was clearly something he wanted to learn, it was ultimately beneficial to Konoha, so he didn't care.

What Yuya found a bit absurd was that this guy, for some reason, actually created a program to find extraordinary people. The target was ninjas from various ninja clans, including men, women, old and young. The key point wasn't the candidates, but rather that these people's skills were all incredibly outrageous.

What kind of person eats a nail on a TV show, drinks a whole cup of freshly boiled hot water in one go, and then has tears and blisters all over their face but insists that the water isn't hot? What kind of "talented person" likes to research strange and bizarre inventions but actually invents that are completely useless?

It's fine to watch it for fun, but I'm worried that someone might actually take it seriously and try to imitate it.

However, after careful consideration, You Ya realized that this kind of person was probably not very bright, and that it would be a waste of energy to do something else instead.

Therefore, Youya ultimately decided to let it be.

And this show is actually quite popular.

I just don't know how Hiruzen Sarutobi came up with the idea to create this show.

That's all.

Konoha is currently in a state of disrepair, but it's more accurate to say that there are opportunities to make money everywhere.

To put it bluntly, if you opened a scrap metal recycling station in Konoha and had connections in other countries, you could make a fortune selling garbage.

Because Konoha's first-generation Walkman—the kind that uses cassette tapes, not MP3s—has been released for a long time, and there are also Konoha records.

Strictly speaking, even though the price of Konoha's record player has dropped, it still costs 100,000 taels.

Basically, the entire Konoha Inner City family's monthly salary could only buy one.

Even so, the people in Konoha's inner city didn't think there was anything wrong with spending a month's salary on a record player.

Compared to those in Konoha's inner city, those who came from the outer city and had to repay six or seven thousand ryo each month dared not spend money extravagantly.

This can only be described as a familiar feeling for Youya.

As I said before, when ordinary people don't need to tie their entire lives to an ordinary house, they are very willing to spend money.

After all, if you don't live for yourself, you live for your family, friends and relatives.

Given the security of their own livelihood, most people are still willing to lend a helping hand to others.

Youya is a staunch believer in the principle that "only when the granaries are full can people know etiquette, and only when they are well-fed and clothed can they know honor and shame."

Ordinary people can't even afford to eat, so how can they talk about selfless dedication? How can they talk about helping others?

First, live your own life well.

However, the situation in Konoha is different.

Konoha has developed too quickly, and many people's manners haven't improved yet.

Or perhaps they were so afraid of being poor in the past that now they want to bring any good thing home as soon as possible.

These people are not necessarily all bad, but it is true that since the founding of Konoha, they have never had a time when they were not lacking in food and clothing.

Now that the good times have arrived, some people might even think, "Why didn't these good times come sooner?"

As for this, Yuya didn't have any good solutions. However, he did know what to do: he would develop a comprehensive internal propaganda system for Hiruzen Sarutobi, personally oversee the program from top to bottom, and personally promote positive energy.

However, such propaganda cannot have an immediate effect. It is impossible for everyone in Konoha to be honest and trustworthy and leave their doors unlocked at night just because you promote it today.

Secondly, if Yuya goes all out...

How many more people will have to be reassigned?!

Sigh, Yuya put on the mask of pain.

If he had just given him ten million people, Konoha wouldn't have just taken off, it would have soared to new heights!

You Yaqi, indeed, population is the most fundamental element for a power to develop.

Although Konoha is currently experiencing its first baby boom, statistics show that Konoha has a total population of over 1.8 million, including both the inner and outer cities.

Among them are nearly 600,000 infants.

This means that almost every household now has at least one child.

and……

Because of Yu Ya's example, many people now don't want to get married before the age of 18...

Okay, this is a good example, even though it might have turned what was originally a 30-year, two-generation period into a 40-year, two-generation period, it's still a good thing...

Youya doesn't care at all, sob sob...

With so many worries, even though she has less work now, Youya actually has even more things on her mind.

The office door creaked open, and Nara Shika walked in, carrying a book. Seeing Yua, he asked, somewhat bewildered, "Third Generation? It's lunchtime, aren't you going to eat?!"

You Ya waved his hand: "I'm not hungry, I'll just have dinner when I get home..."

As they were talking, Yua's gaze sharpened, and she squinted at Nara Shikaya...

The book in my hand.

"Deer too..." Yuya began to speak deeply.

"What's wrong, Hokage-sama?" Nara Shika asked, looking at Yua with a puzzled expression.

Yuya smiled and looked at Nara Shikaya: "Have you finished your work?"

Nara Shika blinked too: "Hmm, not yet, what's wrong?"

You Ya grinned maliciously: "So you actually have time to read books?!?"

……

Yuya sat with his legs crossed in his boss's chair, humming a song that had been sung from the Land of Snow.

The Queen of the Land of Snow, neglecting her duties, bought over a dozen sets of recording and video equipment from Konoha and didn't care much about the deal.

However, the Queen of the Snow Country gave Yua a pleasant surprise.

She released an album in less than a year after returning home.

Of course. "Album" is Yua's term; to others, it's a personal record exclusively for the Queen of the Snow Country.

I must say, it does sound pretty good.

Tsunade liked to listen to this at home when she had nothing to do, and Yuya listened to it a lot too.

Now, humming a song while flipping through the novel in my hand, it's so comfortable.

Even the Nara deer were struggling to keep up with the statistics.

As You Ya flipped through the book in his hand, a sudden flash of inspiration struck him.

Konoha urgently needs to strengthen its morale, but it lacks sufficient manpower.

Shooting various promotional videos and investing heavily in manpower and resources might not be considered a good approach, but...

There is a different way of advertising...

Literary works.

Strictly speaking, literary works are no less difficult than various propaganda blockbusters such as movies and TV series.

Because you want to attract readers with your words, to draw them into the world you want to express, and to influence their thinking with your words, this cannot be done without strong writing skills and a captivating storyline.

So strictly speaking, writers are a group of people who truly sell their talent.

Of course, the quality of writers varies greatly.

Because the threshold for becoming a writer is not high; as long as you have ideas and can write, you can call yourself a writer.

Of course, this is just self-righteousness from someone who has no self-awareness.

Most of them are actually just writers, just lousy coders.

This is especially true for writers who use other people's worldviews to write their own stories.

To borrow someone else's worldview and still call oneself a writer is somewhat shameless.

You Ya has a clear understanding of himself; he's good at economics, but asking him to independently create literary works...

That would be tantamount to taking his life.

but……

Although he's not good at independent creative work...

But he can copy it!

You Ya also has many "literary works" in his mind, such as The Return of the Dragon King and The Son-in-Law's Rise to Power...

Uh... well, these are all off the table. Yuya doesn't want people in Konoha to greet each other with a crooked mouth saying something like, "I, XXX, am going to make sure you don't leave alive today..."

Yuya tossed the book in her hand to Nara Shika.

Having made the plan, Youya immediately thought of taking action.

First, decide which book to copy.

The most important thing for Konoha right now is that the moral standards of the people in the village are not keeping pace with the village's rapid development.

It's not that people become more civilized just because a village is rich.

They want to improve the quality of the people, but don't want to spend a lot of manpower and resources on high-intensity and high-frequency promotion of positive ideas.

Let's use literature to encourage everyone to move towards a year of kindness and gentleness.

You Ya does what he thinks of.

Moreover, fearing that the food might not be suitable for the local environment, Youya directly presented a work by the Japanese.

Although the Japanese politicians and officers were disgusting, they weren't without their good works.

such as……

The book that Youya is now preparing to copy down...

The Troubleshooter's General Store

……

The main reason for choosing this book is for its stability.

Whether it can serve as a form of publicity is another matter, but taking the first step steadily forward is already a good thing.

Yuya didn't expect a book to bring much spiritual change to the villagers of Konoha.

However, it's possible that the villagers' spiritual world is indeed too empty right now.

It's also possible that this book truly resonates with the restless yet yearning for peace and tranquility felt by the villagers of Konoha after the war ended and the village experienced rapid development.

In short, this book became a hit.

The author's two lifetimes also made him famous.

Countless villagers in Konoha are speculating about who the author of this book is, but no one has come forward to claim it.

In June of the 33rd year of Konoha, the first issue of 6 copies sold out completely.

Yu Ya planned to sell 300,000 copies over a year.

As a result, they sold out in just one month.

Ok……

It also brought Youya several million taels of silver in revenue...

Pshaw! Do you think I care about this money?!

Three hundred thousand!

Nara Shika has calculated the number of households in Konoha; the inner city only has a little over 490,000 households. Generally speaking, wouldn't it be enough for each family to buy one book? Why are you buying several books?!

Don't you have anything better to do?!

Although I wanted to criticize it, since it's become so popular, I'll reprint it.

You Ya didn't care how much money he made. A book selling for two thousand taels of silver was, to be honest, not a cheap price.

However, the villagers of Konoha are currently in dire need of spiritual nourishment.

Books and similar works were transmitted from Konoha and even other villages, but these works were certainly not as good as Higashino Keigo's "The Miracles of the Namiya General Store".

You Ya was helpless. He couldn't possibly do nothing but write all day, could he?

That won't do.

Although the book's impact did not reach the level that You Ya had imagined—that its publication would lead everyone in the village to goodness—it was still effective.

Okay, Youya knows that's impossible.

However, it did bring some impacts.

At least, many people in Konoha Village were much more docile than usual.

After all, reading this book will bring a sense of peace to your heart.

Tsunade even asked Yua, the author of this book, if he, as the Hokage, knew about it. Yua chuckled and said that he was just the Hokage, not a god, so of course he wouldn't know.

As for spending manpower and resources to search for it...

Youya would never do something like that.

Tsunade had only asked casually, and after receiving Yua's answer, she didn't pursue the matter further.

In mid-June of Konoha Year 33, Tobirama Senju found Yua.

He already had a premonition.

He estimated that he wouldn't survive the winter.

You Ya could only remain silent in response.

Finally, he assured Tobirama Senju that Konoha would grow stronger under Yua's leadership after Tobirama's death.

Tobirama Senju smiled with satisfaction.

Tobirama Senju originally intended to eliminate some factors that might cause chaos before he died.

However, after careful consideration, Tobirama Senju gave up.

Konoha is not a suitable place for turmoil right now.

The conflict between the Third Raikage and the ninja clans of Kumogakure is already quite serious.

An internal war has broken out in Kirigakure, but the Third Mizukage and the ninja clans of Kirigakure are still maintaining restraint.

The village of Iwagakure is quite peaceful, but that's because Onoki was originally a powerful ninja clan within the village.

There are also internal conflicts within Sunagakure.

If Konoha were to experience internal strife at this time, other villages might temporarily set aside their disputes and unite to attack Konoha.

Therefore, he could only leave some potential problems to You Ya to solve.

Tobirama Senju felt he was not a good Hokage, having left a mess for his junior apprentice.

But there's no other way...

He had already... realized that life was slipping away...

I am afraid……

This year...

In late June of Konoha Year 33, Tsunade felt unwell and, after a check-up, discovered that she was more than three months pregnant, with her due date between the end of January and mid-February of the following year.

Tobirama Senju's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

I absolutely cannot die before next year!!!

As for Yuya, she had already clasped her hands together in prayer...

I beg all the gods and Buddhas, Jesus Christ, please give me a daughter!

That travelogue by that brat is getting more and more annoying the more I read it. Please! Please! Please!

It has to be a daughter this time!

(End of this chapter)