Naruto: Starting from Eating the Gold Fruit

Chapter 98 Using Profit to Lure Them

Seeing that Youya was distributing the profits from these lucrative and high-quality industries to one family after another, the other families couldn't sit still any longer.

They used to think that following Youya wouldn't bring them much benefit.

But looking at it now, it's not that you're not getting much; it's clearly making a fortune!

You, You Ya, said you're so good to the families who follow you, so doesn't that mean we...

Okay, they won't be particularly keen on coming over to suck up to someone.

After all, this is still a world where strength reigns supreme.

Making a lot of money doesn't necessarily mean you're powerful.

If you're not strong enough, then everything we're giving you now is meaningless unless you become Hokage. Once you become Hokage, you can distribute the rewards however you want.

You Ya knew that these people thought this way, so besides developing infrastructure and technology, his most important task this year was to give everyone a big project.

However, how this big project will be carried out and to what extent it will be carried out depends on the cooperation of the Shimura family.

Therefore, throughout the entire spring of Konoha Year 23, Yuya stayed in the Hokage's office. He wanted to use the spring to complete all of Konoha's development plans for this year, next year, and even the years to come.

Because we don't know when the Shimura family will take the bait, how strong their resistance will be, or whether they will actually resort to desperate measures... Well, that's probably impossible; with Tobirama Senju there, it's practically impossible.

Therefore, Yuya plans to complete Konoha's development plan for the next five years within three months.

This is at least a general outline; the specific details will definitely be determined by specific analysis, judgment, and implementation based on the specific circumstances at the time.

It was at this time that Tobirama Senju truly realized just how strong Yuya's ability to develop its economy was.

Yuya's five-year plan includes the current population, how many people will be old enough to graduate from kindergarten and enter the ninja academy, and how to build an elementary school in two years so that children from ordinary families can also go to school, and so on and so forth.

This is just one aspect; there's also the factory's transformation over the next five years.

The ironworks can no longer manufacture ninja tools; it must transform. As for what that transformation will entail, Yuya has already clearly outlined it in the plan: the ironworks will gradually transition from directly serving Konoha to cooperating with other companies.

To put it bluntly, the packaging for beverage factories, canneries, and grain processing plants can all be made of sheet metal. In the future, ironworks can use this as a basis to cooperate with other factories.

Of course, it's not limited to Konoha; cooperation with other countries is also possible.

In January, while other clans in Konoha were debating whether or not to ally themselves with Yua, an envoy from Sunagakure arrived.

They happily stated that their chili pepper plantation in Sunagakure Village had expanded fourfold compared to last year, and that cooperation between the two sides could be deepened this year.

You Ya nodded with a smile and then said that the import of chili peppers this year would be increased tenfold.

Sunagakure ninja: "..."

No, bro, you can't play like that!

Do you think you can use all this chili peppers?! Their desert chili peppers from Sunagakure are incredibly spicy!

Then Youya took him to visit his own barbecue restaurant.

Barbecue restaurants alone need dozens or even hundreds of kilograms of chili peppers every day.

After all, Youya hadn't yet had the research institute study those various flavored seasonings. Of course, he wouldn't let the research institute study them anyway. Wouldn't it be better to use that time to research how to develop air conditioners, televisions, and refrigerators?!

If you only have basic seasonings like oil, salt, soy sauce, and vinegar, then chili peppers are definitely the most popular seasoning.

A barbecue restaurant needs several hundred kilograms of chili peppers a month, which adds up to almost half a ton a year.

This is just one store!

How many restaurants are there in the entire Hidden Leaf Village?

To be honest, even if the price increased tenfold, thousands of tons of chili peppers wouldn't be enough to cover the annual consumption of the official staff at Konoha's official store in Yuya's hands.

Only when it reaches the level of tens of thousands of tons is it possible.

Oh, if it reaches 10,000 tons, then I estimate that air conditioner factories and TV factories will be built, the number of workers will increase by a lot, the demand for food will be even greater, and chili peppers need no further explanation. This stuff is very fragrant when used to stir-fry meat, eggs, or even wild vegetables. It is a truly versatile seasoning.

The Sunagakure ninjas lamented that their growth had only increased fourfold, and there was nothing they could do.

Yuya patiently persuaded, "I know that your Sunagakure village has a piece of land where you still grow grain. I won't say anything empty. As long as you can meet Konoha's needs next year and increase your production tenfold compared to this year, I will increase the price of each ton of chili peppers by three percent!"

The Sand Village ninjas immediately swallowed hard.

That's a lot of money.

He thought about it for a moment, what if he used all the land meant for growing grain to grow chili peppers, and then used the money from selling the chili peppers to buy grain from Iwagakure Village...

It seems like there's actually potential!

The Sand Village ninja returned home excitedly.

However, the Second Kazekage wasn't stupid. After careful consideration, he shook his head and felt that the last piece of farmland in Sunagakure shouldn't be used to grow chili peppers.

But the profits are indeed too high.

Since this method doesn't work, the remaining option is...

The land was reclaimed.

Not only do we need to reclaim wasteland, but we also need to reclaim ten times the amount of land suitable for growing desert chili peppers within a few months.

This task was very difficult, so the Second Kazekage called back the ninjas who were digging the canal.

The Sand Village was suddenly bustling with activity.

After Sunagakure was dealt with, people from Iwagakure and Kirigakure also arrived.

This year, the demand won't increase tenfold, but a fourfold increase still makes both companies very happy.

And the rest...

Only the ninjas from Kumogakure remain...

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After the delegations from the Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Sunagakure clans arrived in Konoha as usual and reached an agreement on cooperation, some of the other clans in Konoha finally couldn't hold back any longer.

Although the Akimichi clan is not large, it still has three or four hundred members.

However, due to the family's unique training methods, even ordinary people who were not ninjas were affected and turned into gluttons.

The more than 20 million yen that Konoha distributes each year according to the number of family members is basically all used to buy food.

Buying grain can only guarantee that you have enough to eat. If you want to eat well, have some stir-fried pork with chili peppers every day, or occasionally go to a barbecue restaurant for a barbecue meal, you will need to spend more money.

Therefore, the Akimichi clan actually has a great need for money.

So Akimichi Torifu approached Yua, shamelessly asking for some shares.

Youya smiled and did not refuse, giving him one percent of the grain processing plant's shares. The money wasn't much, only tens of millions of taels a year, but what Qiudao Qufeng valued was the ability to take 500 catties of products from the plant every day.

If we include that, over a hundred tons a year would be worth hundreds of millions.

Yuya smiled without saying a word, "Taking the selling price as the cost, Akimichi Torifu, you really are a genius."

Well, if I don't grant them this privilege, the Akimichi clan will indeed have no choice but to buy it at the selling price.

That's not wrong.

With the Akimichi clan setting this precedent, things naturally became easier afterward.

Yua was found by all the families, big and small, including the Aburame and Inuzuka families.

You Ya didn't waste any time and let them choose directly.

After that, each company could basically receive dividends worth one or two hundred million.

These families are not large families; they usually only receive tens of millions a year. They are already very happy to receive this much now.

Against this backdrop, the Shimura family finally couldn't sit still any longer.

Although they receive more than 100 million taels of silver in subsidies a year, it's really not enough!

All the other families have received their dividends, but they haven't!

Shimura Danzo knew, of course, that Yua was doing this on purpose, waiting for him to come to Yua and beg for some spoils for the Shimura clan, but...

He couldn't bring himself to do it.

However, the Shimura clan is not just Danzo.

Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents.

As long as Shimura Danzo doesn't back down, he's not just cutting off the livelihoods of one or two people.

Ultimately, under pressure, the head of the Shimura clan found Yuya.

Youya said with difficulty that he had already divided up everything he could, and he was really sorry, but he was sure there were still some if he looked carefully.

In the following days, the clan head Shimura went to the Hokage's office every day just to ask if Yua had been found yet.

But each time, Youya would just laugh it off.

Chief Shimura felt that Yua had seen through him, but now that Yua had bribed everyone in Konoha, what could he do?

Can he turn on you?

Without Yuya even lifting a finger, the rest of the villagers in Konoha could kill him.

Moreover...

Chief Shimura also knew why Yua kept giving him the cold shoulder...

In early February of Konoha Year 23, Shimura Danzo left his house and went to the Hokage's office, where he found Yua...

I want to say... Gan Kang! YYDS! My God! Although I'm not fully recovered, I can watch the New Year's Eve show now~ I'm so looking forward to Ah B's New Year's Eve show this year.

(End of this chapter)