Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 59 Tobirama Senju: How lively!

Yuya has two ultimate techniques. One is that he controls Konoha's economy. There's not much to say about this, as most people in Konoha don't even know what an economy is.

One is personnel appointments.

There's a saying in the banking industry: "Personnel matters."

Once you're assigned to a region, your future is basically set.

In fact, this statement applies to many places most of the time.

In his previous life, Yu Ya worked as a salesperson in a manufacturing plant. He had seen too many salespeople who were assigned to remote and obscure areas to promote their products but achieved dismal sales results.

Although these are appointments by the boss, they are just one form of personnel transfer.

However, You Ya has never intended to use his personnel authority.

It's not that transferring those clans' ninjas away through personnel changes would cause a complete falling out or anything like that.

You Ya is not afraid at all that the two sides will break off relations.

What Yuya wanted to see was Senju Tobirama's face.

Just because Tobirama Senju handed over all of Konoha's affairs to you doesn't mean you can do whatever you want, transferring this ninja there today and that ninja to your side tomorrow...

Personnel appointments are the most important thing. These people are currently in their positions because they were previously appointed by Tobirama Senju, so Yua cannot be moved.

It's like when you're in a company, and your manager is clearly a sycophant who only knows how to flatter you, and you go to the boss to complain that the manager is inhuman and incompetent, and that all the work is done by the employees, the boss won't think highly of you, because he put this sycophant in that position. If you say that his ability doesn't deserve the position, then it means that the boss's decision was wrong.

Even though this may be true, you can't say it out loud.

Since your boss is the one who pays your salary, if you cause trouble for him, he might fire you or transfer you to a lower-level factory to fix screws. In that case, your only option is to resign, because the future is already bleak.

The metaphor is inappropriate, but that's the gist of it.

Even if Yua has the authority to transfer people appointed by Tobirama Senju, it's best not to transfer them. After all, Yua doesn't know if Tobirama Senju has any ulterior motives for placing him here. This is very important.

Yuya had no desire to get involved in the personnel appointments that Tobirama Senju had arranged himself; there was no need for it.

Although Yuya estimated that Tobirama Senju trusted him a lot, it was best not to interfere with the power Tobirama Senju held.

As for these ninja clans that are now jumping around in front of him...

This is what is meant by settling scores after the autumn harvest.

However, there are ways to address this now; let's just stop paying out this year's bonuses...

After seeing the ninjas' reactions, Yuya just wanted to say, "Is that all?"

Are you guys even capable?

Keep going! Keep resisting! I've already stopped your bonuses, and you're still not resisting?!

It just goes to show that people really care about their reputation these days. They do things dishonestly and then make a fuss about it. Families that only care about saving face would never do something like this.

Of course, Yuya's ability to handle the village's year-end accounting is also due to the fact that although Konoha is developing rapidly, the village's size is still what it is.

The entire village has only a few hundred thousand people, which is indeed too few.

Yuya calculated that only when the population reaches ten million can the basic scale of Konoha in his mind be truly achieved.

By then, if it's just You Ya alone, there's really no way he'll be able to finish the year-end accounting.

However, if Konoha wants to reach a population of 10 million, it can't be done by Konoha alone in just one generation. Next year, they need to be a little more aggressive in attracting migrants.

Although this results in a mixed bag of people in Konoha, it doesn't matter.

There's also the police department, isn't there?

Although this organization was created by Tobirama Senju to weaken the Uchiha clan and give them some trouble so they could isolate themselves and have fun on their own, Yua was unwilling to leave such a large group of people there doing nothing.

Come here to me, uh, cough, I mean, to be a beast of burden for Konoha.

I'm not targeting your garrison command here. You're always complaining that your authority is too limited. Isn't it good to expand your jurisdiction now? Even though you're dealing with all sorts of shady characters, tell me, has your authority actually expanded?

At the end of Konoha's nineteenth year, Yua, who was then acting as the Hokage's secretary, issued a plan to greatly subsidize childbirth in the name of the Hokage's office. At the same time, he announced that Konoha's infrastructure would be extended to the outer city of Konoha so that the people in the outer city could also have access to tap water.

Upon the issuance of this decree, the refugees who had fled to the outer city of Konoha, which now numbered in the tens of thousands, cheered.

They have been in Konoha for a year now, and basically everyone has a job to do—after all, those with poor physical fitness who made it to Konoha have long been eliminated—and they all have spare money, so they can go to the grain store in the southern part of Konoha to buy some grain every day.

However, they cannot go to Konoha's inner city for the time being.

The grain stores in the southern part of the city are licensed to sell grain to refugees.

However, these refugees need to reside in the outer city of Konoha for five years without a criminal record before they can enter the inner city and obtain a Konoha ID card, just like everyone else in the inner city. Of course, some exceptional individuals can have this restriction shortened to two years or even one year.

That's right, it's a ninja, a powerful ninja.

And this is the most basic expectation of these people from outside the city.

Konoha only has a population of a few hundred thousand households, with a standard couple per household. However, now that life is better, ordinary people are naturally more willing to have children.

Compared to those in the inner and outer cities, these people now seem to be emerging as a new force.

But these are no problem for Yuya.

Do you want to move to the inner city after living in the outer city for five years?

The best stuff is all in the inner city!

Having lived in the outer city for five years, whether renting or buying a house in the inner city, it would be a significant source of income.

Wouldn't this boost the economy again?

Moreover, as long as their desire for the inner city is maintained among the outer city dwellers, they are the easiest group to manage.

So now we need to show them some benefits.

Although some people from the outer city complained that people in the inner city had been using tap water for more than half a year before it was their turn, these complaints were good.

They are noble Konoha natives, born with inner city resident ID cards. No matter how much you, an outsider, say, you'll still rush to curry favor with them if you have the chance to get an inner city ID card.

And if you really can't do it, don't blame others. So-and-so served as a ninja in Konoha for a year and then went to the inner city to enjoy life. Why can't you do it?

What's wrong with it? This standard has been the same for so many years. Sometimes I should reflect on my own shortcomings. Have I worked hard enough? Have I been proactive enough? Have I given my all to contributing to Konoha...?

In any case, Youya can use this kind of promotional tactic with ease.

Moreover, unlike the previous life, where everyone was an ordinary person, in order to make management easier, the proportion of outsiders could not be too large to squeeze out the living space of the locals.

But this world is different; this world has ninjas.

What's the use of having so many ordinary people? If a ninja sneaks into your house in the middle of the night and kills you all, no one will know until the next day (Itachi: Who mentioned me?).

If there are any genius ninjas in the outer city, then without a doubt, come to the inner city. Konoha needs talents like you.

Konoha's nineteen years were basically spent amidst these idle gossips.

The common people don't care at all about what happens in the Hokage's office, and Yuya won't let them know either.

Instead of worrying about that, let's go check on the front lines in Konoha.

The front lines of Konoha...

Yes, today was still just eating and watching a show.

The main reason is that after the Gold and Silver Brothers caused trouble in Kumogakure, they definitely want to become the Third Raikage.

Moreover, they've already made their slogans clear: the first place they'll target after becoming Raikage is Konoha.

However, the position of Raikage isn't something the Gold and Silver Brothers can just decide to take.

The people of Kumogakure are known for their fiery tempers, especially since the Second Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki at this time were brothers, close friends and family.

If you kill someone's older brother, won't they be going to beat you up?

The Gold and Silver Brothers didn't adopt a policy of appeasement towards those who resisted them; their approach was simply to fight!

We'll beat you until you submit!

So, Konoha retreated to the Land of Iron and just spent their days eating and watching shows.

Although supplies were being depleted, production at the rear was almost overflowing, with all the excess capacity being sent to the front lines.

In any case, logistics will definitely be guaranteed.

It would be best if Konoha could avoid fighting on the front lines; now we'll see how things turn out in Kumogakure.

If the results from Kumogakure are not forthcoming, Konoha's frontline troops certainly won't dare to retreat.

Now we'll see what the Hidden Clouds have to say.

Then, at the beginning of the 20th year of Konoha, while the village was still celebrating the New Year, Tobirama Senju, on the front lines of Konoha, received two envoys from Kumogakure.

The Hidden Cloud Village introduced themselves, saying they were sent by Kinkaku, the current Third Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village. Their purpose was simple: to ask Tobirama Senju to lead a team into the Hidden Cloud Village to carry out a decapitation strike against the rebel leader. Kinkaku would be willing to cede part of the territory to Konoha after the mission was accomplished.

Tobirama Senju laughed heartily, agreed to the messenger's request, saw the messenger out, and then forgot about the matter.

Do you think I'm stupid?!

Given the current situation in Kumogakure, why shouldn't I just stand by and watch the show? Why should I lead a small team deep into enemy territory alone?

If you're going to bring someone, bring a large group!

However, considering the long supply lines and the fact that although Iwagakure had signed a cooperation agreement with Konoha, the troops that Iwagakure had assembled had not been disbanded, Tobirama Senju would not be so foolish as to actually lead his army deep into enemy territory.

However, it didn't take long for Tobirama Senju to find out why the Iwagakure ninja forces were not disbanded.

At the end of January in the 20th year of Konoha, Yuya in Konoha Village was still coughing and shivering with various clans, and occasionally went to eat barbecue with the three little ones.

Iwagakure declared war on the Land of Grass and the Land of Waterfall, citing excessive tolls they were collecting.

In mid-February of the 20th year of Konoha, Sunagakure declared war on the Land of Rivers, citing the same reason: the Land of Rivers was charging too many tolls.

In the middle of the same month, Kirigakure announced a war against the Land of Whirlpools, citing the same reason: the Land of Whirlpools was charging too much in tolls.

Tobirama Senju was completely dumbfounded...

No, how come they all suddenly started fighting?

Is it that lively?

Uh…Kumakushi Village is also in internal strife, so perhaps…

Konoha also took this opportunity to find an opponent to play with?

After much deliberation and careful consideration, Tobirama Senju finally made his decision...

Let's continue eating and watching the show!

I want to see what you guys are up to.

(End of this chapter)