Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 166 Konoha's 36 Years, the Third Child, and the Study Abroad Plan

Youya's actions are not hard to understand. In fact, no matter which village it is, someone with such a bad temper will not be well received.

Just like Katsuragi, the old man in Konoha Village, even his son and daughter-in-law would only come back to visit during holidays and festivals, and generally wouldn't.

If even family members are like this, then others are even more so.

People with bad tempers are indeed not very popular.

The doctors trained by Mr. Katsuragi all had explosive tempers.

After all, it's impossible not to feel angry when the old man points his finger at you and scolds you, and you can't vent your anger on the old man, so you can only take it out on someone else.

Not to mention that once you enter the operating room in a hospital, you naturally have to maintain a high level of mental tension, so it's normal to become tense, irritable, and easily angered.

However, one thing is one thing, but these doctors do have bad tempers, and every village really needs them.

For example, in Konoha, without the old man, it would have taken Tsunade at least ten more years to grow up.

It's already quite an achievement for someone to be a chief physician at the age of 23 these days.

In other villages, there are certainly doctors, but those who have received professional training and know how to perform surgery are truly the kind of people who have studied abroad.

Of course, the shadows of these various villages must also know this.

At a meeting, Ohnoki proposed to spend one billion yen to purchase medical equipment.

As expected, the clan head of Iwagakure slammed his fist on the table and firmly refused.

After all, Iwagakure is different from Konoha. Iwagakure has a clan called the Two Scales, which is the largest ninja clan.

If Onoki wants to pass this decision, he first has to convince the people of the two Libras.

This is very difficult.

Why?

Because Onoki himself has the surname Two Libra.

Putting aside his identity as the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki was the highest-ranking member of the Libra clan.

Therefore, when Onoki made this decision, he was sending a signal to the rest of his family.

Ohnoki took the billion ryo that should have been given to our family and used it to buy these medical devices for outsiders.

This is a very serious matter.

You could say they have no sense of proportion, you could say they're greedy, or you could say they treat public property as their own private property.

But that's a family issue.

To say that Onoki became Tsuchikage without the support of his clan is utter nonsense. But in any village, if it wants to develop its economy, the existing interest groups will inevitably be affected.

If the Senju clan hadn't been forcefully dispersed and integrated into the village by Hashirama Senju to become ordinary Konoha villagers, conflicts of interest between the Senju clan and other clans, as well as between the Senju clan and the village itself, would have been inevitable.

In this respect, Hashirama Senju was indeed quite remarkable; his political acumen was exceptionally clear.

Well, maybe the first generation didn't think that far ahead at all...

Well, in short, conflict is inevitable.

But to be honest, no one who can become a "Kage" is a fool. Although the entanglement of interests among various parties is a headache, Onoki could not possibly refuse this opportunity.

especially……

After the hospital was built, it saved several hundred lives in six months. The statistics brought up to him, which further solidified Onoki's idea.

Of course, the same is true for other villages.

The Third Raikage may have a fiery temper, but he was incredibly caring and attentive to the first group of doctors who returned to the country.

The fact that these people didn't cling to life in Konoha and returned to their village is commendable.

Regardless of any conflicts of interest, if someone is capable, then they deserve this treatment.

The same applies to Sunagakure. Forget about the conflict between the clans and the Kazekage for now; the hospital definitely needs to be built.

In general, while Konoha was summarizing its year's achievements at the end of year 35, other villages were also doing their own accounting.

One account is for arranging for people to study in Konoha and bring benefits to the village upon their return.

No matter how you calculate it, you're making a profit.

To put it another way, even if the first batch of 50 people had 49 who stayed in Konoha and only one returned to the village, it would still be a win for those villages.

Because even if there is only one person, a hospital can be built.

However, at that time, this person had to teach students part-time, otherwise he wouldn't be able to handle it.

In fact, the first batch of people who returned had already started teaching with the support of the "Kage" in various villages, and the textbook was naturally the manual compiled by Tsunade.

Although the intermediate manual is not yet finished, their experience and ability are enough to teach a group of people first.

Only after they became teachers themselves did they understand why the old man had been so irritable with them...

"Are you idiots?! How many times have I told you! Wash your hands! Wash your hands! Wash your hands! Where's this knife? You're going to cut someone's stomach with this knife without sterilizing it?! Are you trying to save someone or kill them?!"

No way! Why the hell are you all wearing bows?! To look good?! I think you look kind of pretty, can I tie yours into a bow too?!

Here! Here! Where are you looking?! Why are your hands shaking?!

This is just the beginning. The doctors who have returned from studying abroad are already overwhelmed by the simple introduction to surgical instruments and the things that need to be prepared for surgery.

As they progressed further and the simulations progressed, they felt increasingly angry, as if they were about to suffer a stroke.

No wonder old man Katsuragi curses people every day; they would curse too if they were in his shoes.

The Third Raikage cautiously observed his family's doctors, who had returned from studying abroad, spewing profanities. After much deliberation, he finally decided not to bother them. It was just a few pieces of equipment; selling a few thousand more sheep would make it all back.

Buy it, buy it! Out with the old, in with the new.

Meanwhile, Yuya in Konoha Village was grinning from ear to ear as he looked at the trade requests from other villages.

Medical equipment isn't a one-off deal. If Konoha develops more precise and practical surgical forceps and scalpels in a couple of years, would you buy them? If Konoha develops pulse oximeters and CT scanners, would you buy them?

Youya will not follow the example of those great powers in his previous life who used force to coerce, oppress, and exploit others. Normal cooperation is enough to fleece other villages.

As for competitive development...

To be fair, if a place like Iwagakure, which is all dirt mounds, eventually catches up with and surpasses others in technology, it only proves one thing: Konoha has not made any technological breakthroughs in the past twenty years.

To put it bluntly, Konoha is currently twenty years ahead of other villages.

If those villages continue to neglect economic development and just muddle through, the gap will widen further.

This gap is very difficult to bridge.

Why was the rabbit able to catch up in the previous life? Because that eagle inexplicably transformed from the largest industrial nation into the largest financial nation.

It has abandoned industry and moved into finance, trying to make money from money, and has even decoupled its currency from gold.

Of course, the reasons for decoupling from gold are very complex and I won't go into details.

But finance...

The essence of finance is to serve the real economy. If you don't have a real industry, how can you expect to just put a bunch of bubbles here and trade them with each other to add value?

A house that was originally worth only a certain amount of money has had its price increased dozens or even hundreds of times by you smashing it up. The numbers look much better, and the various data points that have been boosted are also very impressive. However, in reality, it is already on the verge of collapse.

Youya will definitely not get involved in the financial sector. Of course, once the bank is established, the stock market and exchange will follow when the time is right. This is necessary, as it is indeed very convenient.

However, regulation is necessary.

Even if the stock market is down every day, it still needs regulation.

America next door is also all green every day. It looks like the stock market is soaring, but what a mess society is in reality. Do they think others can't see it?

If anyone wants to try stock trading, I don't object, but they are responsible for their own profits and losses.

Don't plunge headlong into the stock market, lose money, and then whine and blame everything.

Since you've decided to get involved, stop complaining. You chose this path yourself. If you really want to make stable profits, why not buy gold?

Oh, so you're complaining that gold prices are rising too slowly.

How can someone be so shameless as to want to get rich overnight without taking any risks?

……

Youya chewed on the pen cap, pondering for a long time, and finally drew an X.

Now is not the time to open the stock market.

While opening the stock market might accelerate Konoha's economic growth, it could also lead to a situation where people become more restless and impatient, with the most obvious consequence being that factories will struggle to find workers.

Although factories are short of workers every year, the nature of the shortage is different.

If the stock market were opened, there would probably be an even greater shortage of people.

So let's keep waiting. By the end of this year, the population of Konoha's inner city will finally surpass one million.

Although more than 300,000 of them are under the age of five, it is enough to show that encouraging childbirth is still effective.

Of course, the number of registered households in the inner city is one million, but the number of residents in the inner city is already close to one and a half million.

Some of these people are from the outer city who come to the inner city to work and then rent rooms in the inner city. A few years ago, Youya relaxed the policy between the inner and outer cities, allowing the movement of people, but each year only a list of 100 households is issued.

Youya knew that inner city residency permits couldn't be given out randomly. They were like a carrot dangling in front of a donkey. It was enough to ensure that 100 lucky people would emerge from the hundreds of thousands of donkeys in the outer city each year.

No more than that is absolutely not allowed.

After the first group of students who came to Konoha to study returned home, although they were loyal to the village, if anyone asked about the situation in Konoha, they certainly wouldn't lie and say that a village without public toilets and parks could be better than Konoha, right?

Therefore, Youya was very happy with this free publicity, as it saved them a lot of money.

In the 36th year of Konoha, this year's New Year's Eve party was better and better than in previous years. It has to be said that Hiruzen Sarutobi is becoming more and more experienced. Moreover, this year there were not only singing and dancing performances, but also an acrobatic troupe.

Yuki and Yuuki were engrossed in reading the travelogue, but Yuya wasn't very interested. Tsunade also found it uninteresting and was busy revising her medical book.

After watching the New Year's Eve gala, it was already past midnight.

After setting off this year's fireworks on the balcony while holding my travelogue, it signifies the official start of Konoha Year 36.

Another crucial task is...

Abolish agricultural taxes.

It took nearly twenty years for Youya to finally have the confidence to completely abolish this tax.

I don't know if Yuya is the chosen one or if this world is just naturally so blessed with good weather.

Anyway, there haven't been any major disasters since Yu Ya came to power. Although there are occasional floods and sudden increases in rainfall that lead to reduced crop yields, the problems are not serious.

Now all ten granaries in Konoha are full, and the grain inside is enough to feed three million adults for five years.

Every year there is a new harvest of grain, so basically all the old grain is used for brewing.

This gives Youya the confidence to play this way.

Of course, in order not to put too much pressure on the future Hokage, Yua signed a five-year contract, which was time-limited.

Yu Ya will definitely renew his contract after the term expires, and when Yu Ya steps down, the pressure on his successor not to renew his contract will not be so great.

After all, if future generations are not capable and the economy collapses, reverting to this policy will at least prevent people from starving.

If people don't starve, no one will cause trouble, and the transition can be stable.

That's all Youya can do.

In mid-January of Konoha Year 36, it was originally scheduled that representatives from various countries stationed in Konoha Village would come to discuss cooperation with Yuya for the new year.

However, led by Onoki, the Third Raikage A and the Third Kazekage agreed to come to Konoha together.

The Third Mizukage immediately tensed up. If these four countries joined forces to exclude Kirigakure, Kirigakure's days would be numbered.

Fortunately, it was later discovered that it was just a few other villages that wanted to strengthen cooperation with Konoha.

Oh, strengthening cooperation? I thought it meant isolating us.

Hmm, what kind of collaboration?

You Ya didn't intend to hide it; in fact, he published it in the newspaper the very next day.

[Regarding the implementation of matters concerning international students from the three countries of Japan, Earth, and Lightning to study in Konoha Village of the Land of Fire, the Third Hokage has issued an important directive.]

The headlines remain simple and clear, aiming to tell you what the content is just by looking at the headline, so you don't even need to buy a newspaper.

However, nowadays, buying newspapers is more of a habit for Konoha villagers.

This year, other villages will send a second batch of students to Konoha for further studies, and this time the number will be larger.

The Hidden Cloud Village's main strategy is to send as many people as possible, so they sent over five hundred people directly.

The villages of Iwagakure and Sunagakure each have over two hundred people, and their goals are clear: fifty people study medicine, fifty study architecture, fifty go to work in factories, and the remaining sixty or seventy are here to copy... to learn from Konoha's development strategy and trajectory, and see if they can learn something from them.

Yuya's assessment of this was: "They're not stupid at all. As expected, under the premise of peaceful development, these guys aren't just barbarians who only know how to fight."

The fact that Konoha has grown to this size without waging war against other villages makes it the best model for other villages.

For them, if they could achieve what Konoha is now within twenty years, their lives would have been worthwhile.

After figuring things out, the Third Mizukage of Kirigakure had no more doubts and decisively sent people to contact Yua.

My goal is simple: Bro, please take me with you! You can't favor one over the other. Our Hidden Mist Village also wants to send a few hundred people to your village to learn from your experience...

Yuya naturally welcomed this.

Then, he immediately gave the order: "These newcomers, no matter which village they come from, whether they're here in Konoha to study medicine or to fight, just say one thing!"

Exploit them mercilessly!

They're just a bunch of tools! You'll treat one of them like two! Or even ten! Don't hold back!

(End of this chapter)