The Shimada Family's Ninja Journey

"In this way, the Five Shadows Conference system can be considered officially finalized."

In Konoha Village, Hanzo was holding the latest news from the Kingdom of Iron and speaking to the eight elders of Konoha in front of him.

The reason why it is the eighth one is mainly because Hashirama is still working hard to plant trees in the country of Kawakawa.

It has to be said that at the beginning, Hanzo and Hashirama still underestimated the difficulty of planting trees in the desert. Even with Hashirama's Wood Escape cultivation, it was impossible to transform such a large desert into a desert in a month unless he tried his best.

Green space.

But now, nearly two months have passed, and the territory in the heart of the Kingdom of Sichuan has almost become green. It only takes a few years for these territories to be left fallow and solidified, and these territories will reach the level of other places in the Kingdom of Sichuan.

After seeing Hashirama's operations in Kawanoguni, Sunagakure was a little bit dumbfounded.

There was no way, they knew that they were being taken advantage of by Konoha, but they had to take advantage of it even if they didn't take it.

After all, these deserts can be turned into fertile land in Konoha's hands, but in their hands, they are really just sand.

Listening to Hanzo's words, the nine elders each browsed the copy in front of them, nodding their heads one by one with different expressions.

However, Senju Takeoka was quite happy: "Now, the ANBU department's expenses should also be able to save a lot."

In the past, the journey of Konoha's ANBU was across the stars and the sea, and wherever there were people, it was the scope of activities of Konoha's ANBU.

However, with the determination of the sphere of influence of the five major ninja villages, the scope of activities of the Konoha Anbu was immediately compressed to Konoha and Konoha's vassal kingdoms, and there may be a Water Kingdom added in the future.

Although the range of activities is not small, it is undoubtedly much better than before.

Listening to Senju Takeoka's sigh, Hanzo also laughed: "The situation in the ninja world should be stable for a long time to come, so I think we should develop the village with peace of mind."

As he said that, Hanzo turned his eyes to Shimada Katsumoto next to him and said: "Katsumoto, your commerce department needs to intensify its efforts to attract investment. The village is still being expanded. I don't want so many shops in the plan to be empty.

The...Elder Zhuyuan!"

Hanzo looked at Senju Zhuen again and said, "The Ministry of Commerce still needs your cooperation."

Senju Takeoka didn't have any dissatisfaction this time, but nodded very simply and said: "Don't worry, Hokage-sama."

The Commercial Department and the Logistics Department cooperate in many aspects, including many procurement tasks of the Logistics Department, many of which are borrowed from the Commercial Department’s channels.

And in the past year, Senju Takeoka has also seen the growth trend of Konoha's commercial tax.

Although commercial tax is still a small part of Konoha's fiscal revenue now, if this momentum is maintained, Senju Takeoka has no doubt that commercial tax will become Konoha's financial pillar in the future.

All in all, supporting the Ministry of Commerce in attracting investment is like raising a hen that lays golden eggs. Even if the input exceeds the output in a short period of time, Senju Zhuyuan will not mind.

After explaining to the two of them, Hanzo's eyes moved to Genji and Uchiha Kazuya.

"Genji!"

"Brother?" Genji raised his head and looked at Hanzo.

And Hanzo said: "After consultations between the five major ninja villages, the first chunin exam will be held in March this year, in our village."

Hanzo paused, then continued: "This is not only the first Chunin exam held in Konoha, but also the first Chunin exam in the entire ninja world.

At that time, celebrities and dignitaries from various countries, and even Kage from other ninja villages may come to watch the ceremony. When it comes to Konoha's face and status, your Ministry of Education must prepare carefully for this Chunin Exam.

And Elder Kazuya, I leave it to your Ministry of Foreign Affairs to handle the external affairs related to the Chuunin Exams, and they must be handled beautifully."

"Yes, Hokage-sama (eldest brother)."

Genji and Uchiha Kazuya responded quickly.

Hanzo also nodded lightly.

Ninjas don't care about face as much as nobles, but that still counts.

During the period of ninja clan melee, everyone was fighting for survival and hegemony. At this time, things like face could naturally be thrown into the trash can.

But now the situation in the ninja world has stabilized, and the situation of one super and top four has taken shape.

In peacetime when war does not break out, Konoha protects its face by safeguarding its dominance, at least publicly.

A feast like the first Chuunin Exam is even more important.

Seeing Hanzo's serious expression, Uchiha Kazuya and Genji couldn't help but pay attention to the Chunin Exam.

Senju Takeoka even took the initiative and said: "Hokage-sama, the Logistics Department will set aside funds specifically for the Chunin Examination."

After talking about the Chunin Exams, Hanzo turned the topic to Konoha's technology team.

Speaking of which, this technology group was a department that Hanzo established haphazardly shortly after the establishment of Konoha.

In the beginning, the funding for this technology team was very small, and there were only a few people. They were all people who were interested in technology discovered in the village by Hanzo's direct line Shadow Guards.

It's not that Hanzo doesn't want to expand, it's just that people in the ninja world really haven't seen the power of technology.

If Hanzo launched it with great fanfare, it would easily arouse opposition from all sides. In addition, at the beginning of Konoha's establishment, there were many and complicated things in all aspects, so Hanzo could only try to implement it in this unobtrusive way.

As expected, many people in the village regarded the technology team as the Hokage's little toy.

Senju Takeen tried to persuade him once, but because Hanzo was unwilling to let go, and the technology team's funds were indeed very small, he finally acquiesced.

However, since the science and technology team quietly developed fertilizer, improved the wheel, and made some practical machinery, the science and technology team became an instant success. The farmers and craftsmen of Konoha praised the science and technology team.

Continuously, the logistics department, the commercial department, and the medical department also turned their attention to this small and inconspicuous department.

By now, it can be said that people with some foresight have realized the potential of the technology group, and Hanzo will naturally start to increase investment.

I heard Hanzo say with a smile: "This technology team was just an immature idea of ​​mine at the beginning, but I didn't expect it to actually achieve results now.

Therefore, I plan to upgrade the science and technology team to a bureau, expand the staff to fifty people, and increase the funding five times. What do you think?"

How about it? Of course it’s no problem!

Even Uchiha Madara is the patriarch of the Uchiha clan, and he also knows that more members of the family rely on farming, business, and handicrafts for their livelihoods.

The work of the science and technology team is aimed at the general public, which is several times larger than the ninja community, so it is naturally impossible for Uchiha Madara to object.

Not to mention, Hanzo only increased the size of the science and technology team to fifty people, and the funding only increased five times from the original pitiful amount. It can be said that it still included a wait-and-see nature, and no one had any objections.

Reason.

Therefore, with the deliberate promotion of all senior officials, the Konoha Science and Technology Bureau, which will have far-reaching influence in the future, was established.

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