Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 42 No money needed, but plenty of supplies.

Then the Cloud Village was unable to advance an inch.

It wasn't that Konoha suddenly unleashed its full power on the front lines; rather, Konoha adhered to a single strategy: Are you coming or not? If you don't, I'll throw explosive tags at you!

Oh dear, the defense has been breached? They've launched an attack? Well then, let's see our rock-solid defense!

The main ingredient is just one word: turtle.

Well, the main problem is that Tobirama Senju has returned to Konoha, and the command of the front lines is in the hands of Danzo Shimura and others.

They would rather do nothing than make a mistake, so the defensive tactic became the mainstream.

This makes perfect sense, of course.

Because the fortress defended by Konoha was filled with earth-style barriers that were clearly traps, the ninjas of Kumogakure weren't stupid enough to charge in.

So the two sides were stuck in an awkward stalemate.

They made several tentative charges, but were all blasted back.

The people of Kumogakure were a bit off guard. "Damn it, how come you have so many explosive tags?"

Actually, it's not that many. Youya buys the explosive tags by the bundle, a thousand tags per bundle, which costs five million taels. Buying more gets you a discount.

Now, you can directly exchange food processing plants and beverages from Konoha for explosive tags and other ninja tools.

Of course, if you barter, the canned food and drinks at Youya will be 10% off the normal price.

But these are special times, so we still need to buy what we need.

One bundle of explosive tags a month is a must, don't have any? Then make some for me! Want to make some money?

Some ninja families have already expressed their dissatisfaction with the use of these tools.

Because these families also discovered that selling explosive tags was profitable...

We don't sell drinks, canned goods are a quick way to make money!

Look at those canned fish and meat. One can costs 150 taels, and a bottle of beverage costs 100 taels. It doesn't seem like much, does it?

However, in Konoha's commercial district, both of these items sold out as soon as they were put on the shelves!

Where are their detonators?

It's true that you can make money during wartime, but what about after the war ends?

Now, thanks to the widespread use of ninja reports, everyone knows that Kirigakure and Sunagakure are unlikely to join this war, and both villages are selling their goods in Konoha like hotcakes.

But canned fish and beverages...

That's not just selling things, it's practically a money-printing machine.

That strange black drink that makes you burp after taking a sip is odd at first, but it gets more and more addictive the more you drink it.

Many people feel uncomfortable if they don't drink it for a day.

Even if the store implemented a sales strategy of allowing only one bottle per person, it would still sell out as soon as it came out, and some people would resell it to others for 110 taels and make a profit of 10 taels.

Where can you go to reason with this?

It's said that the food processing plant is going to expand its production scale, so won't the profits keep increasing?

With ten steel mills and one food processing plant, many people are now curious about how much money Tobirama Senju actually had.

Meanwhile, Tobirama Senju, his eyes red (though they were already red), roared at Yua, "What do you mean?! I asked you for 100 million ryo and you wouldn't give it to me, but the supplies you approved for me are worth far more than 100 million ryo!"

You Ya looked at the paper with a puzzled expression, then nodded when he saw the numbers at the end: "It's not marked wrong. Just tell me if you want it or not. We definitely don't have money, but we'll definitely have enough supplies."

Tobirama Senju gritted his teeth: "Can't you just let me give those ninjas on the front lines some money?! Who cares about your supplies?!"

Youya laughed: "Uncle-Master, don't say that. Those muscle-bound idiots in Cloud Village definitely want these supplies. Anyway, don't even think about giving me money directly. I can't give you money directly, but giving you supplies is no problem."

Tobirama Senju: "So why is this? Why won't you give me the money?"

Yuya glanced at Tobirama Senju: "Is the war over?"

"No."

"After this one, will you send more?"

"Give them money! If we give them money this time, we'll definitely give them more in the future! We should give them even more money after the war ends!"

Yuya rolled her eyes, thought for a moment, and then briefly explained the concept of inflation to Tobirama Senju.

Tobirama Senju lowered his head in thought: "You mean, if I distribute too much money, the prices of those things will also rise... But wouldn't that make us make more money?"

Yuya fell silent, and finally kicked Tobirama Senju out.

Damn it, if you don't understand, don't give me any opinions!

This time it's 100 million, next time it's 200 million, after that we've finished the fight we'll throw around even more money, and if billions of taels of cash flow into the market, won't the price skyrocket?

Go ahead and try to make Konoha's currency collapse, I'm definitely not giving you the money anyway.

The common currency unit in the Naruto world is the tael, which can be either paper money or copper coins.

The five nations of Fire, Earth, Wind, Water, and Thunder will add their own national elements to the back of their existing "liang" banknotes.

In this way, the banknotes represent their own country's currency, and the unit is also taels, but they can only be used in their own country.

Other smaller countries use the common tael currency, and the banknotes do not have any markings indicating the country on the back.

For example, the Konoha side has the Konoha symbol on its back.

The "tael" used by other smaller countries is internationally accepted. Simply put, under normal circumstances, the exchange rate between this "tael" and the "tael" of the five major countries is one to one, and they can be used interchangeably.

However, if a small country recklessly prints money and ruins its economy, the five major powers will adjust their exchange rates or simply prohibit the use of the unmarked "liang" (a unit of currency).

Even in the Naruto world, there are economically astute individuals who can see the harm of printing money arbitrarily and take preventative measures.

Unfortunately, without systematic learning, this is how it is.

Konoha has the ability to print money, but Yua is too lazy to use this ability at all.

He knew better than anyone what the consequences of printing money would be.

At least until Konoha's population explodes, he won't be able to use his money-printing authority.

After being kicked out, Tobirama Senju returned shortly after, rubbing his hands together and saying, "Nephew, look how much money we've made... could you give me a little something?"

Yuya looked at Tobirama Senju, then sneered after a moment, and pulled out the stack of papers he had taken from the Uchiha's house earlier.

He pulled out two cards and handed them to Tobirama Senju.

Tobirama Senju took it with a puzzled look, and his face immediately turned green upon seeing it.

[Estimated cost of building Konoha's first hospital open to all ordinary citizens]

[Estimated cost of building the first school open to the general public.]

Then there's that long list below: materials, construction, the land that needs to be vacated, compensation for relocating people, hiring doctors and teachers after completion, salary arrangements, annual enrollment figures, the estimated number of students, and how many decades it will take to break even...

It's written very clearly above.

Tobirama Senju skipped over all of that and went straight to the long string of zeros below.

Tobirama Senju fell silent.

A moment later, he handed the two papers to You Ya, turned around and left without lingering.

However, a few seconds later, he returned and said to You Ya at the door, "I don't need the money. Just send the supplies to the front line without any discount."

You Ya smiled slightly. What do you mean by "controlling"?

……

A few days later, just as Tobirama Senju was preparing to return to the front lines to continue his battle with the muscular men of Kumogakure, a representative from Iwagakure, the village of the Land of Earth, arrived.

There is only one purpose:

Brother, please teach me.

(End of this chapter)