Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 45, are you giving me attitude?

When Uchiha Kagami arrived at the Hokage's office, he saw Yuya standing calmly by the window, looking down at the figures holding banners.

"Um...shouldn't we send someone to drive those people down there away?"

Yuya saw Uchiha Kagami and asked him with some confusion why he was there.

Whether it's true or not is irrelevant. The Uchiha clan isn't just sitting idly by. With them guarding Konoha, the one appearing here must be the real Uchiha Kagami.

Uchiha Kagami explained something, and Yuya's eyes immediately lit up.

Although Tobirama Senju didn't explicitly say there was a mine there, Yua knew it just by hearing it.

There are definitely gold mines there, and they must be quite large.

It's definitely tens of tons, but if it's hundreds of tons...

Never mind, let's go take a look first.

Oh no, we need to deal with things here first.

Seeing that Uchiha Kagami was still confused, Yuya explained it to him.

It turns out that ever since Youya announced that all factories must strictly implement wastewater treatment, no businessman has been willing to comply.

They used to think that Yua was Tobirama Senju's spokesperson and that there was no conflict of interest, so they just let it go.

But not now.

Wastewater treatment would reduce their profits by half. Although they could expand production as soon as the equipment was installed, and the larger the expansion, the higher the profits would gradually become, since the wastewater treatment facility was already in place, and the expanded plant could be connected to the wastewater treatment facility, the extra profits would definitely increase gradually.

You Ya explained things very clearly, using reason and emotion, but the merchants still refused, assuming that You Ya had made the decision on his own.

You Ya laughed in exasperation.

Oh, so when there's something to gain, you two are like brothers, but now that there's nothing to gain, you just say I'm being arbitrary? To avoid retribution from Tobirama Senju, you even deliberately say I'm acting eccentrically?

If that's all there is to it, Yuya is willing to proceed slowly.

However, in order to resist Yuya's policy, they directly closed their shops, textile factories, grain stores, ninja tool shops, and so on...

Because textile factories have low profit margins but require a large workforce and are difficult to manage, You Ya didn't extend his reach there. The same applies to other factories.

You Ya sneered inwardly. These businessmen thought they could fight against him by uniting together, but they probably just wanted to give this little kid a small economic shock.

Okay, okay, is this how you play it?

Fine, since you've closed the door, then don't open it again!

Do you really think I can't live without you guys?

He immediately turned around and opened Konoha's granary.

The grain these grain merchants have are all from other countries, or they simply buy the grain directly from Konoha.

Yuya directly cut off the supply route to Konoha's grain depot, prohibiting it from selling grain.

Then he sent a message to Iwagakure Village, ordering the purchase of ten tons of grain as the first batch. Whether it was potatoes, rice, or wheat, as long as it was edible, Yuya would take it all.

The renovation plans for the hospital, the school, and the Hokage's office building will be done later. I'm not Yuya if I don't teach you bastard businessmen a lesson this time.

You guys are shutting down factories and stores, huh?

Then you can forget about ever opening it again!

The day after the grain store closed, Yuya announced in the name of the Hokage's office that a beverage shop in the shopping district would be added as a food store. The announcement was printed in the newspaper. Even if someone didn't want to buy the newspaper, they would panic if they went to the grain store they used to go to and found it closed and they had no food to eat. They would definitely ask others where they could buy food.

At this point, someone will surely tell him that there are food shops on the commercial street in the center of Konoha, and the prices will be a little cheaper than what he bought at the food shop before.

Although it's only a small difference, perhaps only five or ten taels, as long as the price is cheaper and there's food to buy, Konoha Village won't descend into chaos.

Yuya's top priority is definitely solving the food problem. There were still many people in Konoha Village a few years ago, but things have only gotten a little better in the last two years.

However, Yuya has always been aware of this, and his cooperation with Kirigakure is based primarily on various types of fish.

In fact, the three thousand kilograms of fish have already been used up. Three thousand kilograms sounds like a lot, but with hundreds of thousands of people in Konoha, three thousand kilograms of fish wouldn't even be enough for one fish per person.

Therefore, Yuya placed a second order with Kirigakure.

This time it's double.

However, Kirigakure was in trouble because they didn't have ships that big, so they had to use a fleet to transport the goods at once.

After all, it's double the money, so we still have to make it.

As for Sunagakure...

Ok……

To skip that, they even have to import their own food...

In short, because Yua was only entrusted with a two-year post by Tobirama Senju, the food stored in Konoha's own granaries was only enough to feed the entire village for three months.

If given another year, Yuya could fill the granary, enough to feed the entire village of Konoha for a year, and then the granary should be expanded.

If the food problem is solved, Konoha will be free from trouble.

After that, Yuya directly arranged for people to go to Kirigakure and Sunagakure to make purchases.

What are you acquiring?

Your textile factory has closed down, right?

I'll just go to those two places and buy ready-made clothes!

We'd rather let them make the money than let you!

Unfortunately, the countries surrounding Konoha don't have the complete equipment, or rather, they don't have factories that Yuya can support.

Yuya's investments in Kirigakure and Sunagakure included not only steel mills, but also textile mills.

Of course, the labor in both places is done by local people collecting local materials.

Yuya only invested a sum of money in the first phase, and then gave the finished products produced in the first two years to Konoha. The investment money only needs to be paid off in ten years, and the control is still in the hands of Kirigakure and Sunagakure.

These are basically very favorable terms.

The management of these two villages isn't brain-dead either, although the Third Mizukage of Kirigakure hasn't been chosen yet...

Hmm... I heard that the families over there are discussing whether it's better to leave the position of Mizukage vacant and have it managed by these major families.

Yuya didn't care what tricks Kirigakure was up to.

Who doesn't have problems within the village?

If there's a problem, then solve it.

If you can't solve the problem, then solve the problem with the person who caused it.

To be honest, You Ya was really intent on killing this time.

After these factories closed down, Youya started doing the same jobs they had done before.

Well, to put it simply, many things done in Asia are actually losing money.

For example, when going to Kirigakure or Sunagakure to buy clothes, there will definitely be some damage or loss along the way.

Theoretically, there should be a price increase when shipping it to Konoha.

However, the price for tours will not be increased.

We'll risk millions in losses to outlast you unscrupulous merchants!

I'm not building any more hospitals, schools, or renovating the Hokage's office. I'll just use the billions I've earned in the last two years to play with you guys. Come on, let's see who backs down first.

Of course, Yuya can't just run a ticket shop; if the factory closes, the factory workers will lose their jobs, right?

You Ya sent people directly to settle accounts with these people.

You can eat every day now, but if this continues, how will you support your families without a salary?

The worker looked bewildered: Huh? What are you talking about? The day my factory closed, a lot of people from the steel mill and beverage factory next door asked me to work for them... That newly opened cement factory also asked me if I wanted to work there.

Yuya: ...

Your mother has done such a good job with the infrastructure in Konoha that there's a shortage of people everywhere. These workers are all experienced workers and don't need much training. They're definitely in high demand everywhere.

How could this boomerang hit me?

You Ya pondered for a while, and then decided to mobilize people to persuade them with benefits.

Look, the factory closed down, so he didn't pay you this week's wages, did he?

What? You don't want a few thousand taels? No, how can you think like that?! If you don't want it, what if the factory owners see it and make you work for a few days and then fire you without paying you?

You can't just look at the present; you have to think about the future too.

The workers thought about it and realized that it made sense.

Then the next day when I went out on the street, I was shocked to find that my neighbor XXX was also asking for his wages.

Oh, what a coincidence! Let's go, let's go together!

And that's the current situation.

Yuya pulled Uchiha Kagami aside and said, "Those merchants are actually already thinking of giving in, but I don't want to let them off so easily."

Don't you even know your own worth? How dare you give me attitude?

"Let's go, I'll go straight to the front lines with you. Let's leave these reckless merchants hanging for ten or fifteen days first."

Uchiha Kagami was dumbfounded. Then he started to ponder...

Did the Uchiha clan ever offend this boy, Yua?

What You Ya didn't expect was that this trip to the front lines would not only last for more than a month, but he would also almost lose his life there...

(End of this chapter)