Konoha: Rebuild the glory of the Uchiha!

The next day

Uchiha Nan went to work as usual, and during his work, several nobles brought him gifts, wanting to use Uchiha Nan's connections to buy several large houses in the center of Konoha, planning to have his second son and his youngest son's illegitimate child move to Konoha to live.

As the Hokage, Uchiha Nan could easily handle this matter, but he still refused, not wanting to set such a bad precedent.

How could I possibly embezzle and accept bribes? The Hokage's power is a public instrument; I can't ruin my reputation for a mere million taels of silver!

Of course, the gifts couldn't be returned. Since Uchiha Nan no longer had any business with them, it couldn't be considered embezzlement or bribery.

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"Lu Yuan, the housing prices in Konoha have risen way too much."

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

"There are too many transient people in Konoha now. Everyone wants to buy a house in Konoha and settle down. That's why house prices are going up."

Nara Shikahara recalled the recent housing prices, which had indeed risen rapidly. Originally, the self-built wooden houses were not worth much money, but a group of outsiders managed to drive up the prices of houses in Konoha.

"Interested in doing a big business deal?"

Uchiha Nan smiled, and this time Nara Shikato understood Uchiha Nan's smile.

"Lord Hokage, are you saying you're going to sell a house?"

"But all the houses in Konoha are already owned. Where are we going to find houses to sell?"

"We can't just sell all the family's houses, can we?"

Nara Shikayuki shook his head, thinking that the Hokage was having another fit of madness; the number of houses in Konoha was very limited.

If you want to make money by selling houses, you need to have houses to sell, right?

Uchiha Nan found a map and drew a circle on it.

"Let's sell the houses here!"

"Lord Hokage, this is a wasteland."

"I know, but there will be houses here in the future!"

Chapter 99 The blessing bestowed by the Hokage makes one involuntarily raise their right hand and shout "Long live the Hokage!"

Houses themselves are not valuable, especially in the Naruto world where there are extraordinary powers. For ninjas, building a batch of habitable houses quickly is an extremely simple matter.

But are the houses Konoha is selling worthless? Uchiha Nan is selling Konoha's future!

It seems that Nara Shikamaru's vision hasn't been fully developed yet, Uchiha Nan sighed softly.

"Lu Yuan, you should know how profitable the shops in Konoha's commercial center are right now."

"If Konoha were to raise its banner and build the most profitable and safest commercial center in the ninja world on this wasteland, complete with residential areas, hospitals, and entertainment centers nearby..."

Would you choose to buy a house or a shop here?

Nara Shikawon nodded without hesitation. He was familiar with the business plan drawn up by Uchiha Nan.

Konoha will become the factory of the ninja world in the future, using its technological advantages and cheap labor to seize the wealth of the world. Every penny earned will belong to Konoha, and they won't even have to pay taxes!

Even the daimyo wouldn't dare bring up the matter of paying taxes with Konoha.

Opening a shop in Konoha's commercial center is like opening a shop in the most prosperous area of ​​the ninja world. If you can't make money there, you deserve to be poor for the rest of your life.

The same applies to buying a residential property. It has complete supporting facilities, everything you need for eating, drinking and entertainment, and it is located in a prime location. You can just sit back and wait for its value to appreciate.

"Then it's over."

"As long as Konoha knows how to write a PowerPoint presentation or a business plan, even if we just put up a sign in the wasteland, those wealthy merchants and nobles will line up to pay us."

"We can collect the money first and then do the work!"

Uchiha Nan's words enlightened Nara Shikato; this was nothing short of getting something for nothing.

"This isn't a good idea."

Nara Shikamaru hesitated. He used to be a ninja who honestly completed missions and earned commissions!

Konoha already has too many transient residents, and the construction of the new city area is an urgent matter. Originally, this expenditure was entirely Konoha's responsibility, but now they are using other people's money to do their own thing, which Nara Shikamaru is not quite used to.

"What's wrong!"

"Those insects from the Land of Fire are so eager to buy houses and settle down in Konoha, they just want to jump ship and become Konoha's dogs. This time, I'm being merciful and giving them the chance!"

Nara Shikamaru fell silent after hearing this. The Hokage's words, though rough, were true. He could now see Uchiha Nan's ambition.

The Hokage is feeling a bit cold and wants to change his clothes.

"The Hokage is truly insightful!"

Nara Shikagawa readily agreed, as Uchiha Nan's decision was beyond his ability to persuade.

"In that case, let's get ready!"

Building a new city that is no less impressive than Konoha's current city requires careful consideration of many factors, including numerous interests involved. It necessitates meticulous planning and preparation.

Uchiha Nan waved his hand, signaling Nara Shikato to go and prepare a plan.

Nara Shikano nodded, a bitter feeling welling up inside him. He was going to be working himself to the bone again these next few days. Since following the Hokage, he'd been dealing with more and more business, spending all his time working on proposals, and losing more and more hair.

But it really makes money. Uchiha Nan has always been generous to his subordinates. Nara Shikato has already earned enough for three lifetimes' worth of retirement savings. This must be the pain of making too much money.

This is another massive project worth billions or even tens of billions. Konoha's new city district is not some piece of junk built with a few Earth Release techniques. It involves the matching of power facilities, the design of underground waterways, and Konoha's defensive barrier. These are all troublesome issues.

After more than ten days and nights of non-stop work, Nara Shikato and his team produced a draft plan, taking into account every detail, from site selection and construction to personnel allocation and the defensive barrier of the new city area.

After reviewing it, Uchiha Nan found no problem with it and nodded in agreement.

With everything prepared, all that's left is to wait for the big players to enter and spend their money.

Konoha's advertising machine was activated once again, and within just a few days, long queues of people were already forming at Konoha's sales offices to pay their deposits.

The insect nobles, of course, had no shortage of money to buy houses, so they simply sent people to line up and pay for the houses, which was more of a gesture of goodwill.

Konoha's father, please accept my deepest respect!

The insects bought entire areas at once, spending money with unbelievable extravagance. Even Uchiha Nan felt he had undervalued his property; the nobles' spending alone covered most of the construction costs.

However, they bought prime locations; the remaining ordinary areas were reserved for commoners by Uchiha Nan, and the prices were much lower.

Even if they still couldn't afford it, Uchiha Nan thoughtfully provided them with loans. With the meager wages they earned in the sweatshop, they could pay off all the loans in just twenty years.

Konoha makes money, Konoha flowers, don't even think about taking them home.

This is a blessing for Konoha!

At least you've struggled your whole life in Konoha, and you can still live peacefully for another twenty years. You'll also be able to own a house in Konoha, and if you're lucky, you can even start a family and repeat the above blessings again.

"so good"

"Everyone's face is beaming with smiles. This must be the blessing that the Hokage spoke of."

These past few days, Uzumaki Reed has followed Uchiha Nan all over Konoha Village, from the sweatshop to the construction site of the new urban area.

Although everyone was constantly working, even eating was a race against time, the light in their eyes was so dazzling.

Uzumaki Shio has fought his whole life. He is an old-school ninja who came from the Warring States period. He is determined to bring glory to the Uzumaki clan and make it even stronger.

So Uzumaki Akechi asked Uchiha Kusunoki for the secret to Konoha's prosperity. Since his little brother Uzumaki Akechi was so humble in asking for advice, Uchiha Kusunoki was naturally generous in sharing his knowledge and enthusiastically explained it to Uzumaki Akechi.

He was completely bewildered by the strange things Uchiha Nan said, such as capital and productivity, and all sorts of new terms that left him scratching his head.

After a few days of exploration, the Whirlpool Reed seemed to have figured things out.

Uchiha Nan provided them with a stable job, enough to eat, and even the opportunity to buy their own house.

It wasn't one of those cheap wooden houses; it was a house made of concrete. To attract ordinary people to buy houses, Uchiha Nan specially built a model house, completely abandoning the rough wooden houses that were easily eaten by insects. The house was covered with a layer of white paint, making it delicate and clean. It had a complete set of electrical facilities, and every room in the house had an electric light.

The design is exquisite and beautiful. Although the space is a bit small, with only one bedroom and one bathroom, accommodating only one person, and the price is slightly higher—aside from needing almost a lifetime of labor to repay—there's nothing wrong with it.

But for the cattle and horses of this era, it was simply an unbelievable thing.

War, aristocratic exploitation, natural disasters and all sorts of other rotten things have numbed the ninja world's beasts of burden. Especially during the First Shinobi World War, there were refugees everywhere and wealth was rapidly concentrating in the upper echelons. They had been disciplined to the point that they could call the insects "Master of Clear Soup" if they were given food.

Uchiha Nan targeted the nobility, plundering all the wealth they had accumulated over decades or even centuries. He used the money to build massive infrastructure projects, establish factories, provide them with jobs and food. Who would dare to say a bad word about Uchiha Nan?

Even the lower-ranking ninjas of Konoha have started neglecting their duties, abandoning their proper missions to work alongside the common people. This is quite an extraordinary thing.

Ninjas used to be full-time killing machines, only knowing how to carry out missions and earn commissions. Whoever their employer told them to kill, they would do it. Now, they are starting to participate in production and construction little by little.

This is of course inseparable from Uchiha Nan's deliberate guidance. The commercialization of ninja production has always been advocated by Uchiha Nan, and he is really willing to spend money on this.

Especially in education, thanks to the abundance of the insects, they nourished Konoha, giving Uchiha Nan the funds and ability to carry out large-scale, sweeping reforms in education.

The Ninja Academy is recruiting a large number of students again, but this time Uchiha Nan has implemented a streamed ninja education system. Ninjas with combat talent will receive the old-fashioned education, while those with less talent will only grow to the level of Genin, able to use one or two Fire Release or Earth Release techniques before becoming useless. They'll be sent to work on construction sites. Even Genin have much stronger physical abilities than ordinary people.

Chakra is the difference between ordinary people and ninjas. Even a genin who has mastered chakra can fly across rooftops and leap from tree to tree like a monkey, something ordinary people can't do.

Even when it comes to carrying bricks on a construction site, an ordinary person can only carry one or two stacks at a time, while a genin can carry at least three stacks at a time. That's the difference.

However, there aren't many ordinary people with the talent to refine chakra. When other ninja villages encounter such promising talents, they will give them a good beating regardless of their actual abilities, and send them all to the battlefield for a test. They wouldn't be so extravagant as to send them to a construction site to work as bricklayers.

All of this requires substantial financial resources, and Uchiha Nan happens to have money. If that's not enough, he can just slaughter a pig.

Anyway, there are plenty of fat pigs in the Land of Fire. Even if we slaughter too many at once, we can just raise them for a while longer to fatten them up.

"Lord Hokage, is it possible for the Uzumaki clan to achieve all of this?"

The whirlpool reed's eyes gleamed; the whirlpool clan also wanted to progress alongside Konoha.

Hmph. Want to improve?

Of course not!

Why don't the Uzumaki clan just join Konoha? Why do they need to improve on their own?

Of course, these were all his true feelings; Uchiha Nan would never say them outwardly.

"Of course you can!"

"Konoha's advanced experience cannot be explained in a few words, so for the long-term development of the Uzumaki clan, Konoha has specially prepared an exchange student program for you."

"We will do our utmost to train the Uzumaki clan, passing on all the secrets to the village's prosperity and strength to them. We won't need them."

Uchiha Nan skillfully painted a rosy picture for Uzumaki Ayase, making him wish he could immediately return to the Uzumaki clan and send all the young talents of his clan to Konoha for training.

"Work's over, time for dinner!"