Konoha: Start by unlocking the caged bird

Chapter 147 The Wind Rises

“When I was very young, I always heard a voice.”

Hinata Yuzuru's realization of peace is just a statement of facts.

"Some people say that the people of the Uchiha clan are arrogant, withdrawn, and extreme. They never consider themselves a part of Konoha."

"Some people say that the Uchiha clan is arrogant and arrogant, and they are never willing to put down their dignity and fight with ordinary people in the village."

"Some people also say that the Uchiha clan will be Konoha's biggest threat and will not be defeated until they are eliminated."

Hinata Yuzuru laughed: "But in fact, is this really the case?"

"I only see that the Uchiha family has never shed less blood for Konoha than any other family. The contribution the Uchiha people have made to Konoha has been witnessed by every ninja fighting on the front line. It is undeniable. "

"My childhood friend, Uchiha Itachi, has now become the leader of the Roots. He is taciturn and not good at words, but he has a heart that is no less loving and loyal than any Konoha person. In these years, I have even become a leader because of him. I feel guilty for my selfless contribution to the village without asking for anything in return.

Itachi, thank you. "

Hinata Yuzuru looked into the distance, and Uchiha Itachi in the shadow just nodded slightly stiffly - he was not used to standing in front of the stage and being stared at by so many eyes, but when Hinata Yuzuru expressed his gratitude to him so sincerely, a warm current suddenly rose in his heart.

His lips moved, but he didn't say anything. He just showed a gentle smile with a calm expression.

"The current leader of the Uchiha clan, my squad leader during the ANBU period, Uchiha Shisui, and now the ANBU minister of Konoha, is an outstanding ninja who inherited the Uchiha mirror, the ancestor of the Uchiha clan, and upholds the will of fire in his heart. , never wavered from beginning to end.

He was my role model when I was in the Anbu, and he is also a senior whom I still respect very much until now."

Uchiha Shisui obviously never thought that Hinata Yuzuru would mention his name.

Hyuga Yuzuru smiled and nodded at him, and Uchiha Shisui showed a somewhat naive smile, took off his mask, scratched his head, and bowed slightly to the surroundings, in response to the applause that sounded at this moment.

“And the reason why I want to mention their names and talk about the Uchiha clan at this moment is also because I hope to take this opportunity to let everyone in Konoha understand a little bit more.

From today on, I hope all the people of Konoha can unite.

Whether they are large or small families, civilians, or even recent immigrants, they can all forget their past barriers and live in Konoha Village with equality and happiness in this new Konoha, a new world. "

Hinata Yuzuru just talked a few words and didn't extend it too much, but the big and small families, or the thoughtful civilians, were all cheered up by this.

It is impossible that pointing out this issue so seriously and solemnly on a day like this is groundless.

It's very possible that this is vaccination in advance.

Many smart people even thought about it and guessed that this might be the focus of Konoha's work in the future. They became serious and decided to regulate the words and deeds of the people around them after returning home.

Hinata Yuzuru stopped there and changed the subject, ready to wrap up this conversation.

He first seriously thanked some of the ninjas who had made outstanding contributions during the interim Hokage period, including Metkai, Kakashi, Jiraiya and Tsunade, the two veteran Sannins, the outstanding teachers of Konoha School, etc.

And then, he spoke.

"The future Konoha will be a better Konoha, but in this process, we will definitely encounter challenges."

"Some problems and challenges may come from within us. In this part, we must follow the trend and make changes.

But I believe that more problems exist outside Konoha.

But no matter what, no matter whether it is an individual, an organization, a ninja village, or a country, it is impossible to stop Konoha's progress!

As long as I am the fifth generation of Konoha, there will never be failure in the future of Konoha. The future that I desire and the peace that I desire will surely become Konoha's reality!

But all this requires not just my efforts alone, but the joint efforts of everyone in Konoha to reap the beautiful fruits of victory.

I would like to make a commitment here!

As long as you share my yearning for such a peaceful and beautiful future, and are willing to move forward together with me!

We are ahead!

Invincible! "

As the words fell, the curtain on the Hokage Rock behind him slowly fell. Next to the statue of the Fourth Generation Minato Namikaze, the head of Hinata Yuzuru was carved vividly, with a gentle smile on his face, but his eyebrows and eyes were quite sharp. He seemed to have both the gentleness of the first generation and the majesty of the second generation.

At this moment, both ninjas and civilians tried their best to respond to his words. The mountains roared and the sea roared in response to his last words. And in the midst of the cheers, Hinata Yuzuru raised his arms and shook his head. said at the end.

"Get ready! A new era has arrived!"

He put down the microphone, gently pressed the Hokage's hat and his face disappeared behind the veil, waved to the people, and walked off the stage amidst fanatical shouts.

His work was finished, but tonight's grand ceremony did not end there.

The people who left the square were excitedly discussing what the Fifth Hokage had said during the ceremony.

Konoha ushered in a grand ceremony.

People were reluctant to go home. They were cheering in the streets and enjoying the long-lost exciting atmosphere. Hinata Yuzuru also promptly approved this celebration. Only tonight, until the early morning, Konoha was brightly lit and filled with people's laughter.

As for what happened tonight, the words and thoughts expressed by Hinata Yuzuru spread throughout the ninja world as if they had wings.

Hinata Yuzuru is well aware of the importance of public opinion. He not only recorded the entire process of tonight with a camera, but also made the first documentary in the history of Konoha, or the entire ninja world, about everything that happened today.

The goods were distributed at almost free prices and shipped in large quantities for sale. In just a few days, even in the Kirigakure Village on an isolated island on the sea, a video tape of this documentary began to circulate.

In today's ninja world, the only function of television is to play movies, but there are only one or two good movies that can be popular in the entire ninja world every year. Most of them are watched by different families, and the degree of dissemination is limited.

With this move, Hyuga Yuzuru created a new video-recording theme, 'documentary', and used extremely low prices to sell products at a loss. According to Hyuga Yuzuru, as long as there is a TV at home, Wherever it can be sold, this film must be there.

Hinata Yuzuru even demanded that a new type of cheap TV developed by Konoha be hung in every store related to Konoha, so that documentaries could be played in an unlimited loop for free to people on the street.

The documentary not only records Yuzuru Hinata's speech, but also the scene of people flocking to Konoha and the festive atmosphere after the speech.
He was extremely cunning. He even cleverly integrated his own promotional videos and many of Konoha's advertisements into the documentary. As long as you watch the whole thing, it is impossible not to notice these things.

The impact of all this is naturally self-evident.

For small countries like the Rain Country and the Tea Country, there are still people who are hungry, cold, homeless, and sleep in the open. When they are on the street, watching the TVs selling products related to Konoha, the prosperous and modern Konoha "cityscape", people's gorgeous clothes, all kinds of food at the celebration, and all kinds of incredible high-tech products in the promotional videos.
It is conceivable how much impact it will have on these people.

There have been repeated waves of immigrants on the border of the Fire Country, or, more appropriately, a wave of refugees.

Many people who were living a hard life in their original hometowns yearned for Konoha and headed towards the Land of Fire.

They firmly believe that the protagonist of the novel "Reply" that is popular in the ninja world, the Hokage in the documentary "The Fifth Hokage: The Beginning", will make their lives better.

For a time, Konoha was almost regarded by people as an ideal utopia and a fantasy land in the cold reality.

Konoha's work was carried out in an orderly manner. With the tacit approval of the daimyo, it took over part of the territory south of Shangyan. Its sphere of influence expanded rapidly, from a large city-level existence to a province-level existence, or even more so.

Under the arrangement of Hyuga Yuzuru, a large number of grassroots key personnel who had been trained in recent years began to take over the surrounding areas to transform them, turning those cities into Konoha from the top down.

Originally, some people were skeptical about his massive expansion, believing that Konoha's original system would be completely unable to control so many towns, or that progress would be extremely slow. However, Hyuga Yuzuru was already prepared to use his own The system that has been implemented in Konoha for many years and has been verified is copied and appropriated, turning cities into small Konoha-like existences.

The worrying problem of control has also disappeared with the rapid expansion of Konoha Communications' base stations.

The first mobile phone promoted by Konoha, 'Maple Leaf 1', is a bit expensive for ordinary people. It may take one or two months' salary to buy one, not including the usage fee.

But for most ninja groups, they bought it as soon as possible.

Although today's mobile phones can only be used for text messages and calls, have long antennas, and occasionally have problems with poor signals, it is gradually becoming the norm under promotion.

At the same time as mobile phones were launched, there were also cheaper landline phones.

The signal of landline phones is more stable, and the price is almost half of that of mobile phones. Coupled with the discounts and low usage fees, it quickly became popular in Konoha.

After all, if it really doesn’t work, you can still apply for installment payment.

In today's Konoha, as long as you have a stable job, you can go to the bank to apply for a personal credit card. Hinata Yuzuru is cautious about cultivating the habit of using credit cards, but he is extremely optimistic about Konoha's future economic situation. After considering many factors, it is better to encourage more consumption to stimulate the economy.

Nowadays, Konoha spends a lot of money every day, and also earns a lot of money.

It wasn't until early August that Konoha announced an even more shocking news.

Issuance of Konoha's currency 'Konoha Coin'.

Hyuga Yuzuru is extremely cautious about the issuance of coins. He knows that the currency war is also an important war, and his knowledge in this area is far from profound. Step by step, he just repeatedly emphasizes the meaning of currency as he understands it. Conduct analysis, simulation, and planning for your own staff team.

Now Konoha's staff group, or to be more precise, the administrative department, has gradually become full of manpower.

Every year, the number of newly graduated students, plus the number of field ninjas whose applications for transfer are approved, can fill nearly a thousand vacancies in various departments of Konoha.

It is naturally impossible for Konoha Village to absorb all of them, but Konoha is now in a state of crazy expansion. In addition to Konoha Village, there are also some cities taken over from the Fire Country and towns developed and built by itself that need manpower.

The extent of Konoha's expansion today is simply shocking - the original Konoha was already shocking enough, but at present, the size of Konoha Village alone is enough to be called the largest "village" in the ninja world.

Not only has the construction plan already reached outside the sixth ring of Konoha, but the population density is still strangely increasing.

Thanks to the many tracks opened up by Konoha, many factories and companies were born. Ordinary people who had received training and education could get a job, and the number of immigrants received by Konoha began to gradually increase.

As a buffer zone, the Land of Fire passively absorbed a large number of people that Konoha could not temporarily absorb. The anxious daimyo was about to cry, but he had to pay from the national treasury to resettle the refugees in his own country.

It would be fine if these people were just obedient citizens of the Fire Nation - but everyone knows that this group of people are clearly the potential population of Konoha. As long as Konoha is willing to open the door, these people can become Konoha people from the Fire Nation in a matter of minutes.

Although the people of Konoha are nominally also people of the Land of Fire, in reality.
How did Konoha cope with the financial pressure of large-scale infrastructure construction, taking in refugees, issuing currency, etc.?
Naturally, other countries and Ninja Villages should be asked to help digest it.

The Wind Kingdom's trade deficit has repeatedly hit record highs for several consecutive months, but it dares not work in isolation. With the trade conditions of the Sand Village, they have to endure the dimensionality reduction attack on their own economy by Konoha's products.

Low prices, better quality, more jobs, but the people of Wind Country are working for Konoha, making money for Konoha, and using Konoha's money to buy Konoha's products, but the taxes that Wind Country can collect are very low.
Poor, so poor!
The Daimyo of the Wind Country had tears in his eyes, but he had to spend money to ask Konoha News Agency to build a base station. Anyone with a brain knows the importance of telephone.

The Daimyo of the Wind Country did not realize the importance of television, but the Konoha TV station founded by Hyuga Yuzuru has begun to gradually play a role in the Fire Country.

The Konoha Special Effects Team has been established, and a large number of crude TV short dramas filled with "The Will of Fire" have begun to be broadcast through signals. The latest news about the ninja world can be seen in the news every day.
Yuzuru Hinata also strongly encourages individuals or small families to participate in this economic boom, and various brands have begun to emerge like mushrooms after rain.

Although Konoha's government-owned enterprises still have many advantages, there is always no shortage of smart people in the world. Various commodities are constantly emerging under the promotion of the economy, and all walks of life have also entered a period of ultra-high-speed development like a blowout.

But it has to be said that Hyuga Yuzuru still underestimated the enthusiasm of some people to make money.

Under the siege of Konoha's various commodities, Sunagakure Village actually followed suit and established Sunagakure Metallurgical Company, breaking out of the siege in the metallurgical industry, and began to harvest wealth in the market for the first time.

Luo Sha is not a good-for-nothing guy, but he is actually quite something.

Thanks to the existence of Old Lady Chiyo, the Sand Village has also developed many industries in the sub-sectors of medicines and other fields that can compete with Konoha, maintaining the economy of the Sand Village. Of course, the Wind Kingdom is still suffering a huge loss. They can't keep up with the pace of today's ninja village technological competition and are left far behind.

The Hidden Mist Village is rather pitiful. Their closed geographical location forces them to constantly seek development prospects in the ocean. It is still unknown whether they can find a way out. But with the help of Konoha, a large number of factories have begun to be built. The Hidden Mist Village can only watch with tears in their eyes as Konoha begins to reap wealth.

But it's not all bad - at least, while Konoha is making money, it has also improved the quality of life of the people in various ninja villages. Working in Konoha's factories, wouldn't that also make money? Some of this money will still flow back to the local market of Kirigakure. In addition, Kirigakure has been plagued by many years of illness, and most people have low expectations for the future, resulting in more people tending to save.

Mei Terumi suddenly had an idea and copied the bank. She even began to think about using the bank's savings to invest like Konoha.

If I can’t make money from Konoha, is it possible that I can’t make money from other small countries?
It’s okay to make money from the country of water!

Well, Hinata Yuzuru has made a good start - everyone is starting to stop considering their own daimyo as 'one of our own'.

But compared to the Kirigakure Village and the Sand Village.

In this situation, the most anxious ones are Kumogakure and Iwagakure, who should have been sitting back and relaxing, with a huge advantage.

In mid-August, the Tsuchikage met with the Raikage, and finally, at the end of August, a piece of news that shocked the ninja world was announced.

Both parties decided to focus on the present and create a better future together!

The Yunyan Alliance was established!

An invisible breeze seemed to be blowing across the entire ninja world.

Just two months later, in mid-October, the breeze that had been blowing through the ninja world suddenly condensed into a huge storm.

(End of this chapter)