Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 334 Five Years in Konoha and Hyuga Neji

Chapter 334 Fifty Years of Konoha and Hyuga Neji

This time, You Ya was once again subjected to public execution.

Of course, he simply read aloud some evidence of illegal connections between some unscrupulous merchants and officials of Konoha Village, and then announced that some people would be executed and others would be executed by cannon fire.

This "cannon strike" is exactly what it sounds like: directly bombarding his mother with a chakra cannon.

The Hidden Leaf Village in another world also adopted this system. After all, for some truly outrageous individuals with grave sins, simply beheading them with a ninja sword or killing them with a kunai or shuriken would be too lenient.

So Yuya devised a so-called "cruel" punishment system.

Actually, it gave the other party a quick death; one shot was basically enough to kill them.

Incidentally, Obito from that other world was executed in the same way.

After all, the things he did deserved to be punished, not just bombarded with cannons, but even cut to pieces or subjected to slow slicing!

Moreover, even Obito himself felt that this was the right thing to do.

However, because it was so cruel—meaning that others watching the execution found it cruel—generally, people who weren't in particularly serious condition wouldn't be treated this way.

However, this time some people did open Yuya's eyes.

Two billion.

This refers to cases involving embezzlement and bribery exceeding two billion yuan.

Although the time frame was extended, the people arrested by You Ya were all officials who had served for over a decade. How could they have embezzled and accepted bribes totaling two billion taels of silver in just over a decade?!

Aren't these officials going a bit too far?!

Thinking this, Youya compared the numbers: two billion divided by twenty... equals one hundred million...

Hmm... You've been an official for over ten years and this is all you've embezzled?!

They couldn't even embezzle much, they deserve to be bombarded with cannons.

If officials are treated like this, what can businessmen say?!

If businessmen can afford to offer two billion in bribes, it means they can expect to receive at least four billion in benefits.

What else is there to say? Confiscate their property and exterminate their entire clan.

However, Yuya was kind-hearted and only killed himself, his parents, children, and his wife's parents and family.

This is commonly known as the extermination of three generations of a family.

To be honest, Yuya personally abhors killing only the ringleaders.

He embezzled and accepted so much bribery, and his family received so many favors, yet you only killed him. Is this a warning or an encouragement?!

Putting aside other things, after some scoundrels find out that they've only punished the ringleader, will they put forward a relative of their own as the beneficiary, while they themselves hide behind the scenes and start plundering the wealth?

Some people criticize the system of collective punishment as inhumane, but did those damned family members gain so many benefits out of thin air?!

Therefore, collective punishment is necessary.

It was the servants in the homes of these merchants and officials who suffered the most.

These servants will certainly be purged, but Youya feels that these people are also pitiful. And if you really want to know, how much benefit do these servants gain?

Although they were implicated, a fine will suffice.

Of course, for someone like a butler or someone who serves you personally, the punishment would be much more serious, perhaps twenty years or life imprisonment.

In short, after this incident, Konoha Village basically purged a large portion of its population.

The situation that Yua and Nara Shika had anticipated—that the arrest of some management personnel might lead to various departments in the village going out of control—did not occur.

This left Youya feeling both amused and exasperated, yet also convinced that this was simply how things should be.

The people who actually do the work are the low-wage, low-powered, and so-called "permanent positions" employees who don't actually live a good life.

Without these so-called management teams, these employees are naturally able to do their jobs well.

Youya felt relieved after figuring it out.

He had originally planned to transfer Konoha's army to manage it, but now it seems that's no longer necessary.

It's fine if we don't use it, it's good too.

These frontline employees are fine with their own jobs, but that doesn't mean they can keep up with the various tasks that Youya is responsible for assigning and handling concurrently.

Therefore, management personnel are definitely necessary.

However, You Ya rejected his original idea of appointing college students as managers.

Let them start from the bottom.

As for these management positions...

Then we should select from these grassroots staff.

……

To be honest, the incident in Konoha Village this time is quite significant.

After all, the amount recovered and the various sums of money brought from the confiscation of property totaled several hundred billion taels, which was quite frightening. Moreover, You Ya did not hide it, but instead made it public. How could he prove that those guys deserved to die if he didn't make it public?

Therefore, when other villages heard the news, their first reaction was disbelief. After sending people to investigate, they were all shocked.

That much money?!

Although Kirigakure has improved significantly in recent years, it only generates a little over 180 billion yen a year!

These guys embezzled a third of Kirigakure?!

On the Cloud Village side, the Third Raikage pondered for a long time while looking at the report, and finally, a flash of inspiration struck him.

That guy Yuya is...

So, can I also...?

Yuya never expected that there would be a genius like the Third Raikage.

He only saw the profits, but failed to realize that Youya had only arrested a portion of the merchants.

Why?!

Because commerce can bring prosperity, what if we go too far and all the merchants run away?

As Yuya was finishing up, he heard that the Third Raikage of Kumogakure was also capturing merchants.

You Ya was completely dumbfounded.

Seriously?! Third Raikage, are you really that cocky?!

Aren't you afraid that no merchants will come to your Hidden Cloud Village?!

Afterwards, the Third Raikage followed Yua's example and publicly dealt with the crimes of these merchants, punishing a number of people and raking in nearly 20 billion ryo.

Although it's less than half the size of Konoha, the Third Raikage was already quite satisfied.

With this money, their Hidden Cloud Village could even undergo a complete renovation.

Of course, the Third Raikage would never do such a thing.

And indeed, just as Yua had predicted, many merchants fled from Kumogakure.

However, within two months, merchants began to visit Kumogakure again.

You Ya was speechless, but he finally understood that these businessmen were simply chasing profits.

As the wealthiest village after Konoha, Kumogakure is sure to attract a number of merchants.

It can only be said that no matter what world or era, these businessmen's nature has never changed.

However, Yuya was too lazy to care about these things.

Now that we've made tens of billions, let's start by renovating the village roads.

This time, we must make those beasts build it to the highest standards.

Twenty years?