"I have a proposal to address Konoha's strained financial budget!"
"The plan is a little complicated. This place is too small for me to write it all down."
"I can only give you the general idea!"
Uchiha Nan explained his idea. The previously noisy meeting room immediately fell silent.
What a jaw-dropping idea!
Everyone present thought of Uchiha Nan's recent string of actions since becoming Hokage. First, he had taken a knife to the ninja clans, forcibly prying a chunk of meat from their mouths to feed Konoha. The ninja clans were already deeply displeased.
They had also heard that Uchiha Nan had accepted a gift from the daimyo: a pair of twin girls.
And now he had proposed another childish, insane idea.
Uchiha Nan truly did not look like the ruler of a nation!
Futures? They had never even heard of it!
Was it reliable?
Of course it wasn't reliable!
The Clan Heads and family elders present had spent their entire lives as ninjas. They were accustomed to the way of life where one completed missions for payment, and instinctively resisted such new things.
Old people were naturally conservative and inclined toward what they already knew. Not everyone was Tobirama Senju, with such a strong ability to accept new ideas.
Anyone with eyes could see that pig iron prices were bound to soar. You wanted to buy in at the bottom and sell once prices rose, but if the war expanded beyond control again, would you still be able to buy it back?
This concerned Konoha's very survival. It was not child's play!
Everyone looked at one another, but no one spoke. No one wanted to be the first to challenge the Hokage's authority.
"Enough!"
Mito Uzumaki shouted, cutting off Uchiha Nan mid-sentence.
"Konoha is not your toy!"
"No