Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 88 Fugaku: Mikoto, please!

"Then, Mr. Yang, why don't you give your explanation?"

Even though Fugaku Uchiha deeply disliked Yoichi Uchiha, he still had to pretend to be the magnanimous clan leader in front of so many clan members.

However, Fugaku Uchiha still vividly remembered the stab he received at the gate of the security team last time.

"Then thank you very much, clan chief. Actually, some clan members may know that I have some businesses outside, such as the Uchiha Pharmaceutical Factory, which is already profitable, a ninja game that will soon be sold, and a combat suit research factory."

Uchiha Yoichi spoke slowly and deliberately, his voice clearly audible to all the clan members.

I'm not sure about ninja games and battle suits, but many people have heard of the pharmaceutical factory, since ninjas also have the habit of reading newspapers.

The guys at the Uchiha Pharmaceutical Factory are getting annoying. The first thing you see when you pick up a newspaper is: "You're not healthy! For your health, quickly buy XXXX health supplements!"

It's said that Uchiha Yangyi made a lot of money, but no one knows exactly how much. However, few people in the clan are jealous of him.

"I've made too much money, and there's no use for it if I keep it. So after discussing it with Elder Kenji, I decided to use the money I've earned to establish an Uchiha welfare system so that all clan members can enjoy these benefits together."

"Some clan members are still going to work every day. Although they earn enough to get by, it's still difficult for them to buy a few nice clothes or improve their diet in the long run. As a member of the Uchiha clan, I think this is very wrong."

"Our Uchiha clan has a history of nearly a thousand years. Our ancestors lived through the era of the Sage of Six Paths. No war or natural disaster has wiped us out in the past thousand years. The history of the Uchiha is much longer than that of the Land of Fire. However, some clan members still have to get up early to make a living just to have food, clothing, and shelter. This is not right!"

"So I decided to use the money I earned to establish a welfare system for the Uchiha clan. Every adult non-ninja Uchiha clan member can receive 30,000 ryo per month, and children under the age of twelve can receive 10,000 ryo per month."

"The genin of the Uchiha clan can receive 100,000 ryo per month, which can be used to improve their living conditions or purchase ninja tools, explosive tags, and so on."

"A Chunin of the Uchiha clan can receive 500,000 ryo per month, and a Jonin can receive 1 million ryo per month."

"This welfare system is not for the benefit of the clansmen, but to reduce the worries of some clansmen in dire straits; they are made to do tasks to increase their experience or training, and also to buy more explosive tags and ration pills, increasing their chances of survival in war."

Finally, Uchiha Yoichi spoke up, saying, "I think our clan deserves these things; with our strength, we are worthy of this treatment."

After Uchiha Yoichi finished speaking, the secret chamber of the main hall of the Naga Shrine fell silent. Everyone was somewhat shocked, pondering what Uchiha Yoichi had just said.

Fugaku Uchiha listened to the whole thing and clenched his fists slightly.

His first thought was to win people's hearts, but even if he considered this possibility, he couldn't bring himself to speak.

This is a good thing that benefits all the clansmen, even taking care of the children in the clan. What reason does the clan leader have to object?

The Three Forbidden Rules of Ninjas?

As Uchiha Yoichi just said, the purpose of giving benefits to the Uchiha clan ninjas is to allow them to train better and accumulate experience without worrying about money. Moreover, the benefits can be used to purchase ninja tools and explosive tags, increasing their chances of survival on the battlefield.

If you oppose this, do you want your people to die on the battlefield?

Seeing the reactions of everyone in the main hall, Kenji Uchiha smiled and said, "Everyone, after Yoichi proposed the Uchiha welfare system, he felt that there might be some problems that he hadn't noticed. So he brought it up at this clan meeting so that everyone could participate in the discussion. If there is anything you are dissatisfied with or anything that can be improved, you can certainly bring it up."

The rarely speaking elder asked, "Yang Yi, how long can this welfare system last?"

"Barring any unforeseen circumstances, I will continue to do so. The profits from the pharmaceutical factory are currently sufficient to support the Uchiha welfare system, and I also have other businesses, so there's no need to worry about that."

Uchiha Yoichi replied. After hearing this, the elder nodded and then fell silent, unable to think of any reason to object.

"Everyone, and the clan leader, do you have any opinions on the welfare system I proposed?"

Many of the people present were pacifists and they didn't have a good impression of Uchiha Yoichi.

Even if he disliked him, Uchiha Yoichi couldn't bring himself to object to Uchiha Yoichi's offer to give money to them, their family, and friends.

"I support it. Just as Yang Yijun said, all this money should be used to buy explosive tags and ration pills. Going to the battlefield will greatly increase the survival chances of our people."

"I support it too. Well, it's a good thing, there's no reason to object."

"I support it too."

Those who spoke up now were all members of the Uchiha clan from the martial arts faction. After they finished speaking, Uchiha Yoichi looked at Uchiha Fugaku and his clansmen and asked...

"Clan leader, and elders of the eighth generation, what do you think of this proposal?"

"."

Seeing everyone's gazes directed at him, Fugaku Uchiha slowly loosened his clenched fist and said, "I have no objections. Your suggestion is very good for the clan."

Seeing that Fugaku had given in, the Eighth Hokage knew that he couldn't stop this matter. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Yoichi-kun, counting so many people must be a difficult task. I think it should be left to the clan head."

"I'm sorry, Hachidai-senpai, I still have money left over from the pharmaceutical factory. My summoning beast has a big appetite, and there are some other expenses as well."

Uchiha Yang interrupted, practically saying that he was the one who was in charge of the money, so why did you let the clan head get involved?

Even if you call ten clan chiefs, it won't do you any good if he doesn't pay!

"If you, Senior Eighth Generation, feel that I might make a mistake, it's fine to have the clan head supervise me. However, the clan head is so busy, there might be a scheduling conflict."

Suddenly, Fugaku Uchiha had a flash of inspiration and said, "There's no need for supervision. I believe Yoichi-kun is wholeheartedly devoted to the clan. However, this matter involves all clan members, including many women. Why not have my wife come and help? That way, things can be carried out more effectively."

It was obvious that Uchiha Yūichi wanted him to get involved, but given Uchiha Yūichi's personality, he definitely wouldn't let him participate.

Since that's the case, why not let his wife join in, using the excuse of being a woman in the tribe, so that she can, in a sense, represent him as the tribe chief?

After hearing Fugaku's words, Kenji Uchiha somewhat understood the clan head's plan, so he spoke up for Yoichi Uchiha, saying, "Clan head, if I remember correctly, Mikoto is also taking Itachi with her, right?"

Fugaku said, "Itachi is a year old now, Mikoto will handle this."

Uchiha Yatsuhoku chimed in, "It would be good to have Mikoto-san help out."

"This matter"

"That works too, let's leave it at that."

Uchiha Yang spoke up, giving Uchiha Kenji a reassuring look.

They don't understand how to control the discourse of capital. Even if they bring in more people, they'll just be working for Uchiha Yoichi.

Seeing that Uchiha Yoichi agreed, Uchiha Fugaku felt he had won a point and said, "Then it's settled. Tomorrow I'll have Mikoto go and discuss it with you, Yoichi-kun. Is there anything else?"

"There's one more thing."

Uchiha Yang didn't budge, and continued, "Clan leader, elders, my other combat suit research factory has also made considerable progress. The combat suits they've developed will have five times the defensive power of ninja suits."

"Taking this opportunity, I want to expand the Uchiha clan's arms business, and of course, new combat uniforms will be prioritized for supplying our own clan's ninjas."

After a year of research, even with a complete manufacturing manual, they were unable to produce an identical Saiyan battle suit due to a lack of materials.

However, there are also many strange materials in the ninja world. The combat suit research factory found a kind of spider silk and silkworm silk in the ninja world. When these two kinds of silk are combined, they will produce a very strong toughness.

By compressing it using the Saiyan battle suit process, a new battle suit can be created.

Although it's not quite the same as the original, this is the best option that could be made in the ninja world; moreover, the spider clan still has a clan leader, a large spider that is four or five meters long, who has been captured by Uchiha Yang's faction and a summoning contract has been signed.

"Clan leader, I think there's nothing wrong with Yang Yijun's suggestion."

It was the First Elder who spoke, which surprised Fugaku and the others. In recent years, the First Elder had basically been like a mascot at clan meetings, never expressing his opinions. Today was the first time he had spoken.

However, the elder had his reasons for saying that. The other party was taking out more than 260 million taels of silver every month and even involved the clan chief's wife. Now that they wanted to get into the arms business, it was also for the benefit of the clan members.

Although I don't know what that combat suit is, since they mentioned it, they'll probably take it out.

At this point, it would be inappropriate to stop them; even the peaceful members of the tribe would think that the chieftain was going too far.

Fugaku Uchiha was still a little confused, but seeing that Yatsuho Uchiha also nodded slightly, he said, "Alright, from now on, you will be in charge of the clan's military equipment and weapons."

After finalizing the matter, Fugaku Uchiha mentioned that the security force would be increasing patrols to prevent spies from outside the village. Seeing that Yoichi Uchiha was no longer speaking, he dismissed the clan meeting.

After the clan association was dissolved.

Kenji Uchiha called out to Yoichi Uchiha, and after they went to a secluded spot, he couldn't help but ask, "Yoichi, why did you involve Fugaku's wife?"

"Elder Kenji, I know very well what the clan leader is thinking, but they misunderstood from the beginning; I proposed the Uchiha welfare system and I also provided the money. Even if they offered ten clan leaders' wives, it wouldn't make a difference. Uchiha Mikoto was just helping out."

Solving this problem is quite simple; just write his name on the money when you give it to him, and write something like "Gifted by Uchiha Yangyi".

Over time, all the clan members came to believe that Uchiha Mikoto was just a gofer.

"Since you're confident, then there's no problem. But what are your plans regarding the military equipment and weapons?"

Uchiha Yoichi said, "Let Tokugawa take over all the businesses first. Then we can focus on stockpiling and expansion. War is approaching, and the preparations we made before were far from enough."

Uchiha Tokugawa was in charge of the combat suit research factory, and he was also the one who found and signed a contract for that summoning spider.

"In that case, I'll leave the rest to you. You can come find me if you need anything."

After finishing speaking, Kenji Uchiha patted his lower back and smiled wryly, saying, "I'm getting old. I actually feel tired after attending the clan meeting. From now on, the future of the Uchiha clan will be in your hands, young people."

"How could that be? The clan will need you in the future, Elder Kenji."

Uchiha Yang smiled and said that it was getting late, so they parted ways and went home.

------------

"Fugaku, you're back. Why are you so late today?"

Upon hearing the door open, Mikoto Uchiha rushed to greet her husband, but she noticed his expression, which suggested he wasn't very happy.

"Did the clan meeting not go very smoothly?"

Fugaku Uchiha spoke up, "Mikoto, there's something I need to tell you. Is Itachi asleep?"

"She's already asleep."

Uchiha Mikoto asked curiously, "Tell me? Fugaku, what's wrong?"

"Let's talk inside."

After returning to the house with Mikoto, Fugaku recounted the events of the clan meeting to her, and finally said solemnly, "Mikoto, I can only entrust this matter to you."

"In that case, what should we do with Itachi?"

Mikoto Uchiha wanted to help her husband, but she couldn't bear to leave her son, Itachi, who was only one year old.

"Let's find someone familiar and attentive to take care of Itachi. He's so well-behaved now, we can just come back as soon as possible in the future."

Fugaku Uchiha said that he had already thought it through before he came back. After all, Itachi is a year old now, so it wouldn't be too much trouble to ask someone to take care of him.

"Well, I'll give it a try, Fugaku. What should I do?"

"Following Uchiha Yoichi, we can't let him win over the hearts of the clan members. This time, his spending is too big; he'll be spending about 260 million ryo in a month."

If it weren't for such a large sum of money, Fugaku Uchiha wouldn't have been so panicked. It was the first time he had felt how powerful money could be.

"Just let the clansmen know you exist, but you don't need to follow him all day, only when you're doing this; Mikoto, I know you don't like him either, but please help me."

"I understand, Fugaku. You don't need to do that. I am your wife."

Uchiha Mikoto quickly said, a gentle smile on her face.

At the same time, she encouraged herself, telling herself that she would work hard for Fugaku and her family.

However, when Mikoto Uchiha thought of that person, she still felt some indescribable emotions. It was true that she hated him; he had humiliated her with her gift box in front of Ryota's house last time.

But whenever she thinks about it, Mikoto Uchiha can't help but recall the day she first met that boy at home, so burly.

Even as she lay in bed late at night, Mikoto Uchiha was still puzzled as to why she could see the other person's naked body.

Chapter 85 will be available in two days, but I've created a new group and added the blocked chapters. I'll probably use this group frequently in the future. The group link is at the end of each chapter and in the description. You can add chapters with just one monthly pass. I estimate that a few more chapters will be blocked tomorrow. This chapter is a make-up for Chapter 85. Tomorrow's chapters will still be 20,000 words.

By the way, please vote for me with monthly tickets!

(End of this chapter)