Naruto: Yes, Uchiha-sama!

From now on, if 7:30 is okay, it will definitely be evening.

Chapter 66: Senju Hashirama, are you treating the Uzumaki clan as Uzumaki Mito?

"How could the expenses be so great?"

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire took the account book from Uchiha Makoto, glanced through it from beginning to end, and couldn't help but frown. He didn't expect that training ninjas would be so expensive.

"Cultivation resources, logistics and maintenance, post-war subsidies, pension funds, weapons and equipment."

No matter which expenditure it was, the funds disappeared like fire. Now nearly two-thirds of the funds have been burned, which means that 600 billion taels of the billion taels have been spent.

This speed of burning money was something he had never heard of before.

"These ninjas, without exception, will loyally defend the daimyo."

Uchiha Makoto added a sentence at the right time, saying that the ninjas of Akatsuki Village will indeed protect the Daimyo of the Land of Fire in the future. However, it is still uncertain who will be the Daimyo of the Land of Fire in the future.

The Fire Nation Daimyo fell silent.

After all, Uchiha Makoto has already said so much. If he expresses any dissatisfaction again or tries to find fault with something, it would be disrespectful of him.

The Daimyo of the Fire Nation didn't even want to verify the account books. The Konoha ninjas were extremely powerful, and Hashirama Senju was unstoppable. At the critical moment, if he couldn't train a ninja army that could be loyal to him, who knows what would happen.

anyway.

Compared to Hashirama Senju, Uchiha Makoto is still extremely loyal!

Therefore, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire selectively forgot the unpleasant things that had happened before. Since the incident had already happened, he had better discuss the aftermath of the incident with Uchiha Makoto as this time there was no Konoha to take the blame.

"Your Highness, this is actually a good thing in a sense. The current market is simply a mess, and everyone wants to get a piece of the pie. How can people eat from a pot of porridge that has been stirred like this?"

"Why not take this opportunity to clean up the salt market? We can all produce and ship together, clearing out all those miscellaneous guys. We can also make a little more money."

As Uchiha Makoto said this, he had already thought of a plan. Now the nobles can't make much money in the market, and the daimyo can't make money either, but a unified market will definitely make a lot of money. Everyone knows this, but no one has been able to do it before. Now the Akatsuki Village has stood up with the title of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and done what they have always wanted to do. As long as the division of interests is negotiated, those people will stop making trouble.

The Akatsuki Village has no intention of eating alone. It is very easy to eat alone. Konoha has just not made any move yet. The longer it delays, the greater the variables will be.

Uchiha Makoto only planned to take 35% of the profits this time as a reward for completing the market monopoly by force, and the remaining 65% would be divided among the people of the Fire Nation. The daimyo would probably take three and a half tiers, and the top nobles of the Fire Nation would also have to share three tiers. The monopoly of the salt market must be completed in the shortest possible time, including production sites, raw materials, workers, and sales channels.

This series of extremely complicated things really depends on the people of the Fire Nation for Akatsuki Village to realize. There is no other way. At this stage, it is okay to let ninjas kill people, but it is too difficult to let them actually engage in production and management.

Since everyone has contributed, the benefits can be shared by everyone.

"Just do as you say."

The Daimyo of the Fire Nation nodded. He had never thought of letting the Akatsuki Village give up halfway. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and it would be gone forever if it was missed. Even if he might take some risks, it was worth it.

He will try hard to persuade those great nobles to agree to the market monopoly of salt. This process may be extremely complicated, but the Daimyo of the Fire Country still has confidence in himself. After all, those great nobles are not really united. There are also many contradictions among them.

The Akatsuki Village provided military support, mainly responsible for the physical disappearance of some of the stubborn nobles.

As long as we win over one faction and fight against the other, it is not particularly difficult to accomplish this task.

Although this was somewhat against ancestral rules, as a daimyo, it was really not right to allow ninjas to meddle in the politics and economy of the Land of Fire without permission, but as for making money, the finances of our ancestors back then were not as tight as they are now. If they continued to spend money before it was enough, those bastards would really be able to collect the grain tax in ten years.

Moreover, Akatsuki Village has already extended its hand into the economic field, and even the Daimyo of the Land of Fire cannot think of any good way to deal with it.

We can't let Konoha attack Akatsuki Village. Akatsuki Village is short of money because it wants to train ninjas to fight against Konoha!

The Daimyo of the Fire Nation doesn't want to be stuck in two directions.

After the two reached a consensus.

Uchiha Makoto declined the daimyo's offer to stay in the capital for a few more nights, and left the capital of the Land of Fire directly and returned to Akatsuki Village.

A few days after returning to Akatsuki Village.

Uchiha Makoto received good news that the Uzumaki clan's envoys had arrived.

So he immediately held a welcoming ceremony five miles away from Akatsuki Village to welcome the Uzumaki clan delegation that had arrived as scheduled.

"Everyone, welcome to Akatsuki Village."

"Master Guangying is very polite."

Uzumaki Shinji said this.

He is the current head of the Uzumaki clan.

This time he came to Akatsuki Village in person with the intention of forming an alliance with Akatsuki Village.

As for joining Akatsuki Village or something.

The Uzumaki clan has no such idea at all. They haven't even joined Konoha, so how could they join the Akatsuki Village?

of course.

It's not that the Uzumaki clan doesn't want to join Konoha, but the Senju clan has disappointed the Uzumaki clan. It is obvious that the Uzumaki clan and the Senju clan have a closer relationship, and it can be said that they are a family alliance of life and death. But for such a big thing as creating a ninja village, at such a critical moment, the Senju clan actually kicked the Uzumaki clan away without any prior notice, and chose to form an alliance with the Uchiha clan to create a village.

He waited until everything was done before he came to inform the Uzumaki clan.

"Do you, the Uzumaki clan, want to join Konoha, which was founded by the Senju and Uchiha clans?"

The good original wife has become a mistress and doesn’t even get the treatment of a founder. Your Senju clan really treats my Uzumaki clan as the Uzumaki Mito!

Therefore, the Uzumaki clan directly rejected Konoha's invitation for the first and second time, preparing to test the sincerity of the Senju clan. They planned to join Konoha when invited for the third time, creating the reputation of Konoha inviting the Uzumaki clan three times, and also using this method to prove the Uzumaki clan's status in Konoha.

Although my Uzumaki clan is not the founder of Konoha, our status is no different from that of the founders, and that’s all.

"I respect the wishes of the Uzumaki clan. The Senju clan and Konoha will always be your friends of the Uzumaki clan."

Shinji Uzumaki waited for a reply from Hashirama Senju with great anticipation.

But the reply in the letter from Hashirama Senju almost made him break down. It was a complete mess. Hashirama Senju did not understand the intention of the Uzumaki clan at all. The sky is going to rain and the mother is going to get married. Since the Uzumaki clan is unwilling, then let it be.

But the die is cast.

The Uzumaki clan also wants to save face. If they don't fight for their reputation, they will be accused of regretting it. How can the Uzumaki clan gain a foothold in Konoha in the future?

The two sides exchanged greetings according to procedure, and then their groups joined together and headed towards Akatsuki Village. During this time, Uzumaki Shinji took the initiative to get close to Uchiha Makoto.

He built such a large Akatsuki Village by himself without relying on the power of his family. This ability alone made Uzumaki Shinji look at him with admiration. Moreover, Uchiha Makoto is still very young, so it can be said that he has a bright future.

"Lord of Light and Shadow"

"Master Light and Shadow."

Uchiha Makoto was walking in front, and people frequently bowed to him and greeted him. The women had gratitude on their faces and a glimmer of hope in their eyes. Uzumaki Shinji felt curious in his heart. It was extremely difficult to build a powerful ninja village in a short period of time, but to gain such a reputation among ordinary people on this basis was almost as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Ninjas generally only see awe and fear in the eyes of ordinary people.

It can be said that as soon as you enter the Akatsuki Village.

Shinji Uzumaki felt a wave of emotion spreading throughout the Akatsuki Village.

Uchiha Makoto naturally told everything he knew.

There is actually nothing to hide.

The women we just met were all the mothers and sisters of the students of the Ninja School. In order to increase the cohesion of the village and enhance the reserve ninjas' sense of identity with the village, Uchiha Makoto directly brought the parents and relatives of these students to Akatsuki Village at the same time as recruiting students.

All his parents and relatives are in Uchiha Makoto's hands, so naturally he is not afraid that these reserve ninjas will betray the Akatsuki Village, nor does he have to worry that they will not fight for him.

However, it is indeed a hassle to properly accommodate these people.

During the Warring States Period, the ninja world was plagued by frequent wars, and even the nobles of the Land of Fire could not bear it, let alone these low-level cattle and horses. They brought their families and young people to the Akatsuki Village, and they opened their mouths to eat.

However, Uchiha Makoto thought of various ways to accommodate them.

This group of people are basically illiterate farmers and housewives, poor and uneducated. In order to accommodate these people, Uchiha Makoto can only carry out large-scale infrastructure projects in Akatsuki Village. The men are strong and have nothing to do, so they can just organize themselves to build roads.

Women who don't have much strength go directly to the textile factory established in Akatsuki Village to work as female workers. Most of them are very familiar with textiles. Usually, the clothes for several members of a family are basically made by themselves at home. With a little training, they can become qualified textile workers. The school uniforms in the Ninja School are made by these people.

In any case, they must not be allowed to idle around in the village. Every one of them must go to work, be provided with two meals a day, and receive a salary. The more they work, the more they can earn.

At present, the textile factory is not yet on a large scale, and fabrics and clothes, which belong to light industrial products, actually have little profit. If there is no scale effect, there will be no money at all. Until now, Uchiha Makoto has actually been losing money to make a profit. For a purely military organization like a ninja village, wasting precious funds and resources on such a place is purely stupid. If the problem of scale is not solved, poverty alleviation will only become a bottomless pit.

But Uchiha Makoto did it anyway.

Because compared to ninja villages with stronger heritage like Konoha, even if Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha disappeared, Akatsuki Village is naturally in a weak position and must make up for these disadvantages in other places.

Uchiha Makoto knew very well that the first Ninja World War would be a brutal battle comparable to a meat grinder. The cannon fodder ninjas sent to the front line would either die directly on the battlefield or be crippled, and would never be able to become a ninja again.

The future of these people and their families are often the most miserable. Once the pillar of the family dies, their lives will be extremely difficult and they will become marginalized figures in the village.

Uchiha Makoto's current behavior of losing money to gain publicity is to express the attitude of the ninja village through practical actions.

Akatsuki Village can provide them with a safety net.

After you sacrifice gloriously for the village, you don’t have to worry about anything else. Your family will still have a job that is as good as a stable job and can live with dignity, and they can also receive a pension.

If things go on like this, under the influence of what they see and hear in daily life, the spirit of Akatsuki ninjas to fight for the village to the end will inevitably be included in all aspects of life, especially these civilian ninjas. Although their strength is a little weak, each of them is not afraid of death. Even the small-time Genin dares to fill his body with detonating tags and shout "Everything for Lord Light and Shadow" at the critical moment to launch a suicide attack and exchange one for one with the Jonin of your ninja village.

As for being a fugitive on the battlefield, huh.

In short, how can you keep a group of assassins without spending money?

What’s the use of just shouting slogans!

"Protecting Konoha means defending your home?"

Such slogans can at most deceive honest people like Uzumaki Naruto. Moreover, Uzumaki Naruto himself belongs to the top circle of Konoha. His father is the Fourth Hokage, his mother is the only surviving member of the clan of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and his wife, Mito Uzumaki. His master is the apprentice of the Third Hokage. This relationship has completely bound him to Konoha, and he can't run away.

The relationship between Konoha and the ordinary ninjas in the village is essentially a cooperative one. Your ninja village is large in scale and can receive good tasks. I will stay in your ninja village. If you squeeze me to the point where I can't stand it anymore, I will just take advantage of it.

That is to say, the big ninja villages will receive subsidies and pensions afterwards. Although they are paid slowly and late, at least they can really get it, so there are fewer ninjas who run away. But those small ninja villages have nothing, so what are they waiting for if they don’t run away?

After every Ninja World War, there are fugitive ninjas running everywhere. Isn't it because the ninjas couldn't stand the oppression of the ninja village and finally ran away. You only gave me a few dollars, and you want me to work for you at the cost of my life!

Uchiha Makoto said a lot in one breath, emphasizing the importance of providing stable jobs for the families of ninjas. Who doesn't like a regular job?

"I see."

Shinji Uzumaki nodded with a confused look on his face. This veteran ninja who came from the Warring States Period naturally could not fully understand such a concept, and he knew nothing about the business part of it, but he could see the terrible war potential of this village.

The critical moment has come.

The ninjas in this village are truly willing to die for their country. There is a difference between ninjas who live together and warriors with conviction.

"Hmm, it looks like this is a thigh as thick as Konoha's. I have to hug it then."

Chapter 67 How is this not considered a minotaur?

Not long after.