Naruto: Yes, Uchiha-sama.

Chapter 72: Senju Tobirama, the poor copycat, began his inferior imitation!
Senju Tobirama read this short story several times before reluctantly putting down the New Ninja in his hand. Finally, he murmured to himself meaningfully: "Well, this short story is really well written! I didn't expect that Uchiha Makoto, the inherently evil Uchiha brat, could have such insight. Knowledge is power!"

"If this good policy continues for a long time, the overall quality of the Akatsuki Village ninjas will definitely far surpass that of the Konoha Village ninjas!"

"It's terrible, it's really terrible!"

It turns out.

There is no scam in this world that cannot deceive people, it’s just that you haven’t encountered a scam that suits you. Even someone as smart as Senju Tobirama was "brainwashed" by the content of this short essay.

What's more, the short stories in "New Ninja" have always advocated positive energy. These extremely confusing short stories are simply a powerful weapon to seduce people in the ninja era that has not experienced information bombardment!

As a master of scientific research, Senju Tobirama is well aware of the importance of education.

Students in ninja schools must cultivate a spirit of inquiry from a young age, and then they can tirelessly develop various ninjutsu like themselves. How can this work if they just rely on the old skills of their predecessors?
The later generations are not better than the previous ones.

Konoha will decline sooner or later!

This involves Konoha's century-long plan!
"Although the book 'New Ninja' is somewhat sinister, it is not without merit. For example, the connotation of this short story is extremely lofty. Even I need to learn from it."

"What Big Brother said does make some sense."

"Konoha does need to learn from the advanced experience of Akatsuki Village in some aspects."

Senju Tobirama thought so.

He has now temporarily given up the idea of ​​implementing control measures on "New Ninja".

but
Then Senju Tobirama became even more angry and embarrassed.

"Such a good policy, why wasn't it my idea?"

"As for the issue of funding, we can always squeeze in some money. No matter how hard it is, we cannot let our children suffer, and no matter how poor we are, we cannot let our education suffer."

Tobirama Senju has an extremely simple educational concept. When it comes to the funding of the ninja village, he always adheres to the idea of ​​saving as much as possible and spending money where it counts. However, when it comes to cultivating the next generation of ninjas, he is still willing to spend money.

This blade is worth the money!

But Senju Tobirama hated himself for not thinking of such a good policy before Uchiha Makoto. Now there are some rumors about Senju Tobirama in the village, and they privately call him a "plagiarist dog".

"If I follow Uchiha Makoto's policy now, wouldn't that really make me a copycat?"

“So annoying!!”

Senju Tobirama was in a dilemma for a moment.

He was in a dilemma.

He thought this policy was good from the bottom of his heart. Even if they saved some money, Senju Tobirama believed that the village could barely survive. But when he thought about actually copying Uchiha Makoto's good policy, he felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten dog shit.

Just when Senju Tobirama was struggling.

"Lord Tobirama, the Akatsuki Village has sent ninjas to visit Konoha."

"Hmm? Akatsuki Village? What's going on with them? Bring in the Akatsuki Village messenger."

Senju Tobirama said this without a smile on his face. Although Konoha and Akatsuki Village are currently allies in name, in fact, they are only superficial allies.

He had been waiting for an opportunity to quietly and without leaving any clues to the Akatsuki Ninja Village. This bastard ninja village had swallowed up Konoha's 5 billion in funds!

That's Konoha's money!!!
A few minutes later.

The messenger from Akatsuki Village came before Senju Tobirama.

"Lord Tobirama, Lord Hikage will soon be marrying Uzumaki Tsubaki Shizuku, a member of the Uzumaki clan, and Akatsuki Village has officially formed a blood alliance with the Uzumaki clan, so Lord Hikage has specially sent me to inform Konoha Village."

"????"

For a moment, Senju Tobirama doubted whether he had heard it wrongly.

In his opinion.

Although the Uzumaki clan did not join Konoha, which is indeed a regrettable thing, the relationship between Konoha and the Uzumaki clan can definitely be said to be unlimitedly friendly. There is no need to even sign a so-called covenant. If you have to make an analogy, the relationship between the two villages is so good that they can use a condom together.

Why is there a third party now?
Could it be that Konoha has a great treasure like Hashirama Senju, but that still cannot satisfy (protect) you, the Uzumaki clan?

Why do you, the Uzumaki clan, still want to collude with the Akatsuki Village?
betray!

This is blatant betrayal!
An indescribable feeling filled Senju Tobirama's heart. He now understood a little bit what his sister-in-law Uzumaki Mito felt like at home every day. Damn Uchiha!

"I see."

"Konoha will send someone to participate when the time comes."

Senju Tobirama calmed himself down and spoke with great reluctance.

His tone was that of an incompetent husband.

"Why is Konoha so mean!"

"The Uzumaki clan can ally with whomever they want. This is our freedom!"

It is entirely the Uzumaki clan's freedom to want to form an alliance through marriage with the Akatsuki Village. Even Konoha, as a blood ally, has no way to interfere in this matter.

So Konoha really has no choice about this matter.

Now they can only watch the Uzumaki clan and the Akatsuki Village get involved with each other, and even have to attend their wedding ceremony with a smile after a while, and Konoha will have to send people to go.

After all, as the blood ally of the Uzumaki clan, Konoha still has to maintain the most basic decency.

If the situation becomes too ugly, outsiders will only think that Konoha is unreasonable, and then they will stand on the moral high ground and start pointing fingers at Konoha.

But Senju Tobirama definitely didn't want to go. Just thinking of Uchiha Makoto's smug smile at that time, Senju Tobirama had an urge to use his signature move, Flying Thunder God Slash, directly on Uchiha Makoto!

The Akatsuki Village envoy, having completed his mission, quickly left.

"I don't want to go."

"That brainless guy, Big Brother, probably doesn't realize the significance behind this matter. He would probably happily attend the wedding held in Akatsuki Village, but Big Brother just went out on a mission, carrying out several S-level missions at once, so he definitely can't attend."

Senju Tobirama thought about the candidates for attending Uchiha Makoto's wedding. As the invited party, Konoha was not only a nominal ally of the Akatsuki Village, but also a blood ally of the Uzumaki clan. It was absolutely impossible to send a marginal figure to attend this wedding casually. The person had to be a high-ranking Konoha official with a high enough status, otherwise he would definitely be gossiped about.

Think about it.

In the end, Tobirama Senju decided to send his sister-in-law, Mito Uzumaki, to take the blame. As the "official" Hokage's wife of Konoha, having her attend Makoto Uchiha's wedding was definitely enough to give that evil brat face. Moreover, his sister-in-law was a member of the Uzumaki clan, and this opportunity could also be used to find out the reason for the Uzumaki clan's "infidelity."

Konoha wouldn't feel embarrassed if the eldest sister-in-law came forward.

Simply the best of both worlds.

Senju Tobirama quickly made up his mind, then he looked at the "New Ninja" on the table in front of him, and his mood became even gloomier.

Such a good policy was actually thought up by that bastard Uchiha Makoto.

And it happens to be good for Konoha.

"Just copy the dog."

"But I still need to make a slight modification, not too obvious, from 1790 taels to 790 taels."

Senju Tobirama decided to sacrifice his own reputation for Konoha, so he copied this policy and made a slight modification, changing 1790 taels to 790 taels.

As for why this change?

That's naturally because Konoha doesn't have enough funds, so they can only make a degraded version for the time being.

Two weeks later.
Light and Shadow Office.

Uchiha Makoto tapped his desk lightly. He was waiting for a reply from the Daimyo of the Land of Fire. During this period, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire wrote to Uchiha Makoto almost every day to discuss the salt monopoly.

Although the Fire Country Daimyo acted as if everything was going well in his letter, Uchiha Makoto still felt the pressure the Fire Country Daimyo had been under these days from the content of his reply. Some of the Fire Country nobles were not only stupid but also greedy, and they had no idea how to write the word "death". So Uchiha Makoto repeatedly asked the Fire Country Daimyo if he needed him to solve some problems for him.

However, the Daimyo of the Fire Country always refused decisively.

He would rather spend more time and effort to exchange interests with those great nobles than continue to let Akatsuki Village interfere. These dirty things among their nobles are just normal internal conflicts, but once the ninjas get involved, the situation will be very different.

Even though the blame has been put on him, the Daimyo of the Fire Country is still trying his best to save the situation.

He just used Akatsuki Village as a verbal threat.

Not until it's absolutely necessary.

The Fire Country Daimyo will not allow the Akatsuki Village to interfere.

It didn't take long.

Uchiha Makoto received the letter from the daimyo, and immediately opened the envelope and read it from beginning to end. As he read, he couldn't help but smile, and finally even started to laugh wildly like an Uchiha.

"Hahaha!!"

"It's done!!"

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Akatsuki Village put in a lot of effort to accomplish this. The Daimyo tried hard to convince many people, and the Akatsuki Village had previously made some people disappear. The salt market, which had been a mess, was finally monopolized again. Except for those parasites and layers of exploitation, the profits of salt finally appeared again!

Xiaonin Village took 35% of the dividends!

The profit for this month alone is at least more than 4 billion taels.

Every month!

The kind that comes in an endless stream!

The speed of making money is comparable to that of a money printing machine!
Even if the ninjas under Akatsuki Village worked their tails off and worked overtime to complete their missions, it would be impossible for Akatsuki Village to earn so much money from the commission it earned!

"No wonder, Lao Zhong, in ancient times, salt was a state monopoly, and trafficking in private salt was punishable by death. Yet, the illicit salt trade persisted, with wave after wave of people licking blood on the edge of the knife. What's the difference between this and the profit from selling powder? And those salt merchants in the south were said to be as rich as a country, so extravagant that they liked to keep a herd of skinny horses for fun."

After a burst of laughter, Uchiha Makoto sat in the chair and sighed repeatedly.

Not only did Akatsuki Village make a fortune this time, but even the big shots who had been complaining before chose to shut up and started singing praises to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

In the past, all the parasites at all levels in the Fire Nation had to stir a spoonful of salt porridge, but now all these people have disappeared, leaving only the top group of people in the Fire Nation to drink the porridge, so compared with the past, the great nobles of the Fire Nation are making more money.

So when the Daimyo of the Fire Country wrote this, he must have been in a very good mood. Uchiha Makoto could tell from the flamboyant handwriting that his efforts over the past few days were not in vain. Although the process was a bit messed up, the result was good. The great nobles of the Fire Country had to thank the Daimyo of the Fire Country in private.

Moreover, considering the indispensability of salt in daily life, the price of salt will definitely not be as low as it is now, and the price will definitely rise in the future.

As for how much it will increase?
Uchiha Makoto felt that the insects from the Land of Fire would not be so kind.

Although Akatsuki Village can make more money after the price increase, Uchiha Makoto still decided to step on the brakes at the critical moment. Making money is important, but at least the cattle and horses can afford to eat salt. But the price still has to go up now!

Now with this continuous flow of capital investment, Akatsuki Village can spend the saved 90 billion taels of money freely. The stories in "New Ninja" are not written in vain. Although its content is a bit abstract, as long as it is implemented in place, it can indeed enhance the strength of a ninja village and the overall quality of the ninjas.

The biggest problem
In fact, it is a funding issue.

When the granaries are full, people know etiquette; when they have enough food and clothing, they know honor and disgrace!

Find ways to spend money, attract investment, attract more people, attract more workers, provide more jobs, increase the GDP of the ninja village, and improve the living standards of the villagers.

The moon in Akatsuki Village will always be the roundest in the entire ninja world.

It has been more than a year since the establishment of Akatsuki Village, and Konoha was established earlier. According to the Konoha calendar, it is now the second year of Konoha. The future of Akatsuki Village is a state of vitality and prosperity. For the sake of Akatsuki Village, Lord Madara, please use Susanoo on Hashirama Senju!
Uchiha Makoto reviewed his plan and felt that there was no problem, then continued to read the remaining letters in his hand.

The second half of the letter is about Uchiha Makoto's wedding.

In the previous letter.

Uchiha Makoto has already told the Fire Country Daimyo about his relationship with Uzumaki Tsubaki Shizuku.

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire gladly accepted Uchiha Makoto's invitation.

He planned to come to Akatsuki Village in person to serve as a witness, but the Daimyo of the Land of Fire still felt a little regretful.

He hesitated for a few months, and now Uchiha Makoto's wife, Lord Guangying's wife, has been reserved.

In the ninja world, the rich are matched against the rich, and the poor are matched against the poor, and the emphasis is on matching people of equal status.

Uchiha Makoto came from a wealthy and powerful family, so naturally no one thought it was inappropriate for the Fire Country Daimyo to let his daughter marry Uchiha Makoto. However, the Uzumaki clan has taken the lead and let their daughter become a concubine. Now the Fire Country Daimyo cannot afford to lose face.

But the die is cast.

The Fire Nation Daimyo could only accept this reality.

(End of this chapter)