Naruto, aspiring to become a well-known figure in the ninja world

Without going into other things, let's just talk about what Gojo Kegetsu knows. The Nara family is famous for raising deer. Since the establishment of Konoha, the ninja deer produced by the family have been sold to the entire ninja world. How much wealth has this accumulated? There are also Yamanaka, Akimichi, Hyuga...

Now that the Kage is powerful and the village doesn't have much food left, it's time for these big ninjas to pay more Kage food~

Nara Shikaku didn't know that Gojo Kegetsu had already been thinking about him. As the representative of the ninja clan, he slowly stood up:

"During this Kirigakure Freedom Operation, Konoha used the Green Card system proposed by Advisor Gojo to extract a total of 7.62 million ryo in cash from the Water Country refugees."

“Now they are all packaged and stored in the warehouse.”

“Among them, the composition of green card holders is:”

"Thirty-nine water-style Genin, five Chunin. One hundred and ten skilled workers and craftsmen, and three scientific research talents. Finally, there are more than a thousand selected good citizens."

Nara Shikaku was reporting with the mission brief in hand. There was no doubt that the Kirigakure Free Operation had achieved remarkable results.

The reward for an S-level mission usually starts at one million or one hundred thousand taels.

And a single Kirigakure free operation is equivalent to the total economic benefits of completing 600 S-level missions, which is a very exaggerated number. It is higher than the annual income of many small ninja clans.

Of course, the level and difficulty of the task cannot be replaced by the amount of reward.

An operation like Kirigakure Freedom Operation, which did not involve any bloodshed and brought great benefits to the village, can only be said to be something that can only be encountered by chance.

The right time, right place and right people are indispensable.

Kirigakure is already crossing the river by feeling its way forward, and this time Konoha is essentially riding Kirigakure across the river.

Win Ma!

"These refugees who have obtained green cards have been dispersed and settled in the newly built simple buildings in various parts of Konoha. Members of the police department have been arranged to strengthen patrols. At the same time, the ninjas of the Hyuga family are required to strictly check people entering the village in the near future."

Hearing this, Uchiha Fugaku and Hyuga Hiashi, who were sitting on the left side of the conference table, stood up and nodded, once again making their presence felt in front of all the ninjas.

The sudden influx of a large number of foreign refugees will indeed increase the burden on the police department and village inspections.

But this was no big deal for the new-look Uchiha and the Hyuga, who claimed to be the strongest clan in Konoha.

The younger members of the Uchiha clan were all clamoring to repay the favor of the five counselors. Participating in patrol missions was out of the question.

As for the Hyuga, it goes without saying that using the Byakugan does not create a chakra burden, and is nothing more than a ninja who suffers from a separate family.

"This is a truly astonishing result..."

"The Kirigakure was already poor enough, and now we, Konoha, have made a huge fortune out of it without bloodshed. Tsk tsk tsk!"

"Don't be too happy yet. You all know the nature of Kirigakure. They are likely to retaliate against us, Konoha, afterwards."

"We must be fully prepared to deal with any attack from Kirigakure."

"..."

Gojo Jieyue slowly stood up and placed his hands on both sides of the conference table: "Ahem, let me say a few words about the distribution of supplies~"

The discussion that had just started in the conference room died down again.

"There are quite a few businessmen among this group of green card civilians. The person in charge of the new commercial street is responsible for the alignment of the granularity. He should pay attention to the scale and treat the villagers of Konoha equally."

"If any bad news comes to me... it would be a disrespect to this consultant."

"The arrangements for the group of ninjas who have removed their armor remain the same. Those who are willing to return can exchange their original forehead protectors for our Konoha's forehead protectors and register them."

"If you don't want to come back, find a job that is not in the Konoha law to make a living. Clan leaders, if there is a shortage of water-style ninjas in your clan's cash crops or industries, please hire them as soon as possible."

"Three scientific research talents were transferred to the research institute I founded."

"As for the 760 million taels of funds... 60 million taels will be used as the reward for this operation, and will be distributed according to the merits. 200 million taels will be used as the development fund for the outskirts of Konoha to build a new ninja training ground, a ninja school special training base, and the second phase of the construction of the Chunin single apartment..."

"The remaining 500 million taels will be invested in the arsenal to expand the production line and increase the production of kunai and detonating talismans."

"Who's for? Who's against?"

The ninja's meeting was so plain and rough. In just a few words, the blood washed off the Kirigakure was divided up.

The ninja representatives nodded repeatedly at the first few items, as these were all good things that would benefit the economic development of the village.

However, when it came to the last item, representatives of the ninja clan who were inclined towards the third generation's rule showed hesitant reactions.

"I disagree." Mitomon En stood up and pushed his glasses up: "Investing 500 million taels in one go to expand the military supplies production line, do you know what kind of reaction it will cause in the villages of the ninja world?"

"Young people are full of energy and short-sighted." Mitomon Yan commented casually, and then slowly stated his point of view: "The current ninja world has just ended the Third Ninja World War, and the villages are still in a state of cold war, mutual suspicion, and local friction."

"At present, the villages have maintained a delicate balance. Although there are conflicts between them, no one has taken the initiative to enter the territory of other villages."

"The First Ninja World War broke out in the 18th year of Konoha. The cause was the death of the first generation, which stimulated some ambitious people in the Ninja World with ulterior motives. The Second Ninja World War broke out in the 38th year of Konoha. The cause was the ambitions of the fighting factions in various villages. The Third Ninja World War broke out in the 47th year of Konoha..."

"The situation has just eased, and the village is finally having a good time to recuperate. Your expansion of Konoha's military budget will undoubtedly stimulate the various villages and disrupt the hard-earned balance. It may even become the fuse of the Fourth Ninja World War!"

"Gojo Jieyue, do you want Konoha Village to fall into the quagmire of being besieged by four villages again?"

"If you have such an idea, I will never agree with your policy." Mizutomon Yan gave his own statement.

Generally speaking, the village's military budget has a fixed amount.

The main components are the employer's mission funds, donations from the militant ninja clan, various taxes from the village, and most importantly, the grants from the country's daimyo.

These data cannot be concealed. The think tanks and intelligence departments of each village will try their best to obtain relevant information and calculate the approximate data.

Military budgets in peacetime are much smaller than in wartime.

It is also an indicator used by each village to assess the threat of war. If a village suddenly announces an increase in its annual or quarterly military budget, other villages will begin to weigh the possibility of war.

ninja.

Even the training of a Genin usually takes more than 8 years from birth to graduation from the Ninja School. And how much does a detonating talisman that can be used to create a trap to take the life of a Genin cost?

The answer is the cost of the raw materials for the detonating talismans and the nutritional costs for maintaining the workers' basic vital signs.

The increase in the military budget is, to some extent, equivalent to the increase in the number of Genin, a figure that threatens peace.

The explosion of the detonator is worth a fortune. This is absolutely not an empty statement.

From then on, they fell into a long and unbreakable chain of suspicion. Until the contradictions could no longer be suppressed, the Ninja War broke out and reshuffled the cards.

The history of the ninja world is like a mirror. Since the outbreak of the Second Ninja World War, the five major villages have gained enough experience. They began to understand the possibility of analyzing the outbreak of a ninja war based on changes in the military budget.

Konoha Village had always had the highest military budget. When the Third World War was in full swing, the military budget reached its peak, even exceeding the total of the other four villages.

Of course, the combat capability and threat of each village cannot be judged solely by the military budget, which is only a very important risk assessment indicator.

Now that the war has just ended, all villages are trying to reach a peace consensus. At least on the surface, they are all tacitly cutting military budgets and using the money for post-war reconstruction and ninja pensions...

Now, Gojo Jieyue was risking the disapproval of the ninja world. One year after the end of the Ninja War, he began to increase the military budget and expand the military production line... This would undoubtedly greatly stimulate the nerves of the other four major ninja villages, which were as sensitive as the prostate.

A more extreme situation is that Konoha becomes the target of public criticism and is once again besieged by the four major ninja villages.

"Do you want to destroy Konoha by creating the legend of the fastest battle in the ninja world?"

Every word is heartbreaking.

Those ninjas who remained neutral and watched also began to ponder over Mito Kado En's words, as if they were considering the possibility of war breaking out after the increase in the military budget.

Shimura Danzo slowly opened his narrowed eyes, and in his hand, holding a staff similar to that of a master, he knocked on the ground slowly:

"I agree with Advisor Mitomon's opinion, old man."

"Let's put aside the other villages for now and just talk about the Hidden Mist Village which has the greatest relationship with this operation."

"I have been responsible for the village's external intelligence gathering since the reign of the Second Hokage. It can be said that no one in Konoha Village knows Kirigakure and the Master better than me."

"The Hidden Mist Village is known as the Blood Mist Village. After two successive Mizukages ruled by blood mist, the Hidden Mist Village is ruthless to its own people and even more ruthless to external forces."

"Constrained by the peace treaty that was just concluded, Kirigakure might be afraid of the power of Konoha and choose to swallow its anger. But if we use the cash obtained from the Land of Water to increase Konoha's military budget, it will undoubtedly stimulate those lunatics..."

"Heh, based on my understanding of Kirigakure and the Yuanshi, they will definitely abandon Kumogakure and launch revenge on our Konoha at all costs."

"I know the advisors of the Hidden Cloud Village. They are all very wise elders. If it were them, they would never let go of such an opportunity. They would take advantage of the chaos to rise up!"

"Whether they form an alliance with Kirigakure and then join forces to wage war against our Konoha, or establish a temporary base like we did to Kirigakure..."

"You all understand the consequences without me having to explain."

The hearts of the people in the Hokage Council seemed to be divided into two ends of the scale at this moment. With the speeches of Mitomon and Danzo, the wavering moderates seemed to have begun to find their own positions.

Doing nothing will undoubtedly stabilize the status quo and seek development with other villages. But if you do something, it will undoubtedly increase the risk of war.

Konoha is so good now. The period just after the war is undoubtedly the most peaceful. The ninjas who are lucky enough to survive the meat grinder of the ninja war can also enjoy the peace.

The Ninja War can break out! But it must not break out now! As for when it will break out... Anyway, it can't be now!

This military budget...cannot increase!

Volume 65: No matter how much Konoha spends on military spending, it is still less than the war reparations

Looking at the small ninja leaders who were gradually wavering, Gojo Jieyue frowned slightly.

Although the Hokage has the power of veto in major decision-making, the first general meeting of the Konoha ninja clan was more of a formality to make all the ninja clan pay more attention to the development of Konoha.

But still the problem.

If the veto power is used too much, it will not be so absolute. If the granularity of leaders and subordinates is not aligned, big problems will arise sooner or later.

After all, the military dimension of Konoha's prosperity is the most difficult to change.

Although Gojo Kegetsu has amazing wisdom, he is still only a Chunin in Konoha's official certification. According to the system of the daimyo prefecture, he is a representative of the "civil servant group".

From the perspective of the ninja world, only the absolutely strong can change Konoha's military system. That year... even someone as strong as Tsunade, the reform of the medical class was rejected by the Sandaime.

'It's all because of Danzo.'

"I just have one word—"

Gojo Kegetsu spoke again, trying to calm down the somewhat chaotic Konoha Council Hall.

"No matter how much Konoha spends on military expenses, it is less than the war reparations!" Gojo Jieyue supported his hands on the table, leaned forward slightly in an extremely oppressive posture, and looked around at the clan leaders in front of him.

"Since the outbreak of the Second Ninja War, Kumogakure has been eyeing our Konoha covetously, and has never given up the idea of ​​replacing our Konoha's position in the ninja world."

"This time, they took the initiative to go to Tangyin Village to establish a base, which shows that they have great ambitions."

"Peace never really comes!"

"Rather than letting my ninja skills fade away in this false peace, it is better to take the initiative and suppress the entire ninja world with absolute force!"

"If Konoha is defeated one day, the war reparations it will face will be more than just a simple figure of 500 million ryo!"

The eyes of the ninja representatives flickered, and no one knew what they were thinking.

Gojo Jieyue struck while the iron was hot: "Also, the war reparations I mentioned do not mean that Konoha will not pay as long as it wins the war. War reparations are not just cash paid in the name of the village."

"If during the peace talks, the villages use bloodline as a bargaining chip for compensation, can your families still keep their bloodline?"

"Kumogakure demands that the Hyuga clan hand over a pair of Byakugan, the Kirigakure demands that the Yamanaka clan hand over the secret technique of worrying, and the Iwagakure demands that the Aburame clan hand over the ninjutsu... If they don't give it to us, we will continue to fight until Konoha, the homeland of Konoha, collapses."

"By that time, it will be impossible for Konoha to increase military spending."

The so-called ninja clan all have some secrets that are not passed on.

If these secret skills were to leak out, the superior status of the ninja clan would collapse in an instant. This is more important than personal life and death.

If the secret skills passed down by our ancestors were lost in the hands of this generation, they would not be able to face their ancestors who were reborn from the Impure World Reincarnation.

They also knew in their hearts that the current peace was false and that the Ninja World War would break out again at any time.

Konoha was the victorious village in three Ninja World Wars, but each victory was more difficult than the last, and the village's military strength was visibly declining.

When the next Ninja World War breaks out, can Konoha still win? If they can't win, and the enemy village really asks them to hand over the blood secret technique as a bargaining chip for peace, how will they deal with it?

If the village and other ninja clans do not stand on their side, will they be forced to hand over the secret technique due to political pressure? Even if they stand on their side, will they be defeated and exterminated in their homeland, and the bloodline and secret technique will be lost?

The expressions of the representatives of the major ninja clans changed again and again, and they also realized the seriousness of the matter.

It has to be said that the words from the five advisors, "No matter how much military expenditure is, it is less than the compensation," severely stimulated their desire for false peace.

As a die-hard supporter of the Gojo Party and the Yondaime Party, Uchiha Fugaku was the first to stand up: "I think... Advisor Gojo is right!"

"Until a strong man like the Shodaime is born, increasing the military budget is the only way to achieve peace!"

"True peace is only within the explosion range of the detonator! False peace is meaningless!"

"On behalf of the Uchiha clan, I am donating 200 million taels of cash to the village for military use."

The Uchiha clan has never been afraid of war, or rather, their bellicosity is the highest in the entire ninja world. As the clan leader, Fugaku even took his three-year-old son to the battlefield of the Third War for training.