Konoha: Uchiha Shisui's Advisor Alliance

Chapter 85: Merchant Movements
"What? Is there any news about that person?"

"He hasn't come out yet. My people have been waiting outside for a whole day. He's been inside the whole time and we can't contact him."

"Damn it, why hasn't he contacted us after a day and a night? Is he really planning to give up on us?"

Inside the Konoha Village, in a hidden alley, several fat businessmen gathered together and waited anxiously.

"If he dares to give up on us, we might as well report it directly to the third generation or the three assistants. I don't believe he will get away with it!"

"Well said, he asked us to do this, and now that it's happened he wants to use us to get rid of the trouble. It's not that easy, we might as well take the initiative and hire ninjas to kill that guy!"

"That's right. No matter how powerful Uchiha is, he is only one person. Let's pay together to hire dozens of people. I don't believe that his eyes can save his life!"

"Nonsense, if he's alone it's fine, but if the Uchiha clan is standing behind him, what can we use to fight them? Don't forget, he has leverage over us and our family in his hands."

"Hey, how did I get into trouble with this evil star?"

When talking about the pain points, everyone sighed.

There was only one person in the room, sitting upright in the upper seat, calm and composed, sipping tea leisurely.

"Mr. Kamimura, you are his designated representative of the salt merchants. The situation is so critical now. What advice do you have?"

"I see that Mr. Kamimura is so calm. Could it be that he has received some instructions? Why not, haha, tell us about it too."

This person was none other than Kamimura Takeshi, who had taken the initiative to propose handing over 30% of his income. Everyone else was also representatives of various industries controlled by Hui. They gathered together now because of the police department's large-scale arrest of businessmen yesterday.

"Why are you panicking? Judging from Lord Hui's recent plans, the entire Uchiha clan must be behind him. The Uchiha is the most powerful family in Konoha, and they are not the Shimura clan. They will not abandon you and me so easily."

The higher the position one is in, the more one understands the value of the Uchiha clan, the most powerful clan in the ninja world. The credibility it represents is enough to reassure many people.

They have been doing business for many years, and what they care most about is reputation.

After hearing what Kamimura Takeshi said, several people had no choice but to sit down quietly. However, this matter ultimately involved their lives and even their entire family, so it was still difficult to remain calm.

"Didn't I tell you? If I don't look for you, don't contact me."

After an unknown amount of time, without anyone noticing, there was suddenly one more person in the room.

Several people were shocked, but after seeing the face of the person who came, they immediately reacted and stood up.

"Master Hui."

"Master Hui is here, please take a seat~"

The person who came was Hui. He had just come out of the police department when he was sent by several people to deliver a message. Then he dressed up a little and used the clone and transformation techniques to create an avatar with a strange face and came here.

"Please don't blame me, sir. We were really restless after yesterday. We were afraid that we might do something wrong and affect your plan, so we took the risk of sending someone to contact you."

Seeing that Hui seemed a little angry, a few people laughed awkwardly and hurriedly started to explain.

Hui knew how they felt, so he didn't pursue the matter any further and said directly: "Just cooperate with the recent actions of the Police Department. I'm here to protect you and it won't affect you. You are still the pillars of Konoha's livelihood."

Hearing the promise, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Thank you, sir. Your strategies are far beyond our reach. My admiration for you is like the endless torrent of water in Nanhe!"

Now that their lives were no longer in danger, they immediately became active and began to flatter the emperor.

"Yes, yes, sir, with just a little effort, our monthly revenue can be doubled, and you have completely shirked this responsibility. You are a business genius!"

Double the income?
Hui raised his eyebrows. He really didn't know about this, but it didn't matter. He had to pay him the protection fee in full.

"Now that the spies who disturbed the people's livelihood have been caught, the prices of goods in Konoha should be restored. The time is five days later, within seven days. As for the reason, you can discuss it among yourselves."

“Restore prices?”

"This"

Several people were stunned and looked at each other, and hesitated for a moment. "What's the matter? Are you in trouble?"

Seeing several people hesitating, Hui felt a little strange. When they were asked to raise the price, they were very resistant. Now that the police department's knife has been cut down, they look embarrassed when asked to restore the price. Is it so difficult anyway?
"It's not possible to lower prices overnight. Can we give it some more time?"

"I will certainly follow your orders. I will go and discuss with my colleagues. We will start to reduce the price after five days and restore it to the original price within two days."

Some people hesitated and wanted to discuss it, but Kamimura Takeshi agreed decisively.

Hui looked at Uemura Yizhi and nodded with satisfaction, "Hahaha, go ahead, Uchiha will not treat any friend unfairly."

Kamimura Takeshi was delighted and left with a bow.

"Mr. Uemura?"

The remaining few people looked at each other, wondering what to say.

When Hui saw that Uemura Takeshi had agreed, he knew that others could do it too.

As for why he hesitated, he ignored it and directly dissolved his clone and disappeared on the spot.

"What should we do now? Do we really need to restore prices so quickly?"

"What else can we do? Do you want to go against the police department? Just listen to him. We've made a lot of money for nothing anyway."

"Now the profit is several times higher every day. It is better to wait a few days and give him his share. I believe nothing will happen."

"Will this work? Will it delay his work?"

"It's only a few days. What can it possibly delay?"

"It makes sense."

On the other side, Hui's real body had just returned to Shisui's house and was discussing future matters with Shisui and Sima Yi. The moment his clone disappeared, a large amount of information came in.

"what happened?"

Hui paused, Shisui immediately noticed and asked quickly.

"The news from the clone is that it's about those merchants. I've already notified them, but some of them don't seem too happy about restoring prices."

Hui recounted the conversations between his clone and the businessmen one by one.

Shisui was very surprised, "Didn't they say they were always worried about being exposed?"

"I'm not sure. They just said that it takes time to lower prices. Maybe there are some difficulties."

Shisui nodded slowly, but saw Sima Yi chuckled and said, "A group of merchants are just those who forget their principles for the sake of profit and are short-sighted. It is normal for them to behave like this. There is no need to worry too much."

"Grandpa, what does this mean?"

"These people control sugar, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, coal and electricity. These industries are all related to the people's livelihood in Konoha. The profit of a single industry may not be high, but hundreds of thousands of people in Konoha cannot do without them.

Even if the price only increases by one cent, it will still be an incredible profit. Every day of delay may bring in 100,000 taels of income. How can they give up so easily? "

"I see." Shisui nodded, suddenly realizing.

"So they are just a few guys who only care about money and not their lives. I will go and warn them tomorrow to prevent them from causing any more trouble."

"Let them be. These people are short-sighted and greedy. If they don't do bad things today, they will do bad things sooner or later. It's rare for someone like Kamimura Takeshi to stand up."

"What if"

Sima Yi chuckled, his expression calm, but a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, "Send someone to keep an eye on them, and collect more evidence against them in the next few days. If anyone misses the opportunity, it will be a good opportunity to kill the chicken to scare the monkey!"

(End of this chapter)