"Here?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the many children below with a thoughtful look on his face. "There should be one for a thousand people, right?"
"That's not all."
Namikawa Yū said, "This is Junior Ninja Academy. There are tens of thousands of students in it."
"How much?"
Listening to this number, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked dull. "Tens of thousands of students?"
"How is this possible?"
He came into contact with the Ninja Academy.
Today, the predecessor of the Ninja Academy is Ninja Academy, which was created by Second Hokage Tobirama Senju.
Because of Senju Tobirama's relationship, Hiruzen Sarutobi is also very concerned about the Ninja Academy, thinking that this is the place where Konoha will train a new generation of ninjas in the future.
But in the year he disappeared, if he remembered correctly, the entire Ninja Academy only had a few hundred students in total.
Now only three years have passed, and the number of students in the Ninja Academy has expanded to tens of thousands?
How on earth is this done?
He couldn't help but look at Namikawa Yū in front of him.
"No need to be surprised."
Namikawa Yū explained, "Today, all children in Konoha can directly enter Ninja Academy when they reach the appropriate age."
"Although this policy is only limited to Konoha, there are also many people who will benefit."
"You know, there are millions of people in Konoha today."
"Among millions of people, the children among them can be sent to the Ninja Academy for training when they reach the age of seven. How many tens of thousands of people are there?"
Not much at all.
Hiruzen Sarutobi silently settled the score in his heart.
First Hokage Ninja Academy The academic system lasts for three years. If the tens of thousands of people are divided equally, each grade will be allocated to about 3,000 people.
At this moment, there are millions of people in Konoha.
The population structure of these millions of people is extremely healthy.
After all, the war has just ended not long ago, and most of the Ninja World are young and middle-aged, so there is no aging problem at all.
Most people will die from various reasons before they reach old age.
People in this era also have a high desire to have children. As long as there is enough food and resources, the fertility rate of everyone will basically not be too bad.
In this case, the proportion of children in Konoha is probably staggering.
Under such circumstances, not to mention only three to four thousand school-age children, tens of thousands of them could be picked out every year.
Of course, to realize this situation, sufficient finance is necessary.
After all, education in the Junior Ninja Academy is basically free, and there are basically no charges except for some fees such as book fees.
Therefore, if we want to popularize education, we must allocate funds from Konoha's own finances.
In the era of Second Hokage, the reason why Ninja Academy could not develop was because of this.
Because if Ninja Academy charges a fee, no one will be able to join.
Those who have money to pay for tuition are often from the ninja clan and look down on what Ninja Academy teaches.
After all, I have my own inheritance, so why spend money to buy your Ninja Academy?
Most of the civilians who really want to go to the Ninja Academy are not wealthy and do not have enough money and resources to support their studies.
But if Ninja Academy is allowed to study for free, Konoha's finances will be difficult to bear.
Before Namikawa Yū, Konoha was just a mercenary organization in the final analysis.
Such an organization must devote most of its resources to maintaining force, and has no extra resources to focus on other aspects.
Because of this, Ninja Academy has been unable to develop in the era of Second Hokage Tobirama Senju.
But the current situation is different.
After some reforms, Konoha's finances are greatly improved.
Although the financial burden of implementing free compulsory education is heavy, it is not unbearable for today's Konoha.
This is a big difference.
In this world, having money and not having money are two different concepts.
When you have money, many things become easier to do.
But if you don't have money, it will be difficult to do it.
"Konoha has planned to build several more Ninja Academy schools in other places to accommodate more and more students."
Namikawa Yū said, "With the expansion of Konoha, the number of the Ninja Academy students has been increasing year by year in recent years."
"It is estimated that within a few years, it will expand to more than tens of thousands of people per year."
In fact, this number is still underestimated.
Because there are far more children born in Konoha in the past few years than imagined.
In addition, the profession of ninja is also very good in Konoha.
Although Hiruzen Sarutobi's wife does not want Asuma to become a ninja, that is for them.
For ordinary civilians, becoming an outstanding ninja is definitely the smoothest way to make progress in this era.
Even if you can't become Jonin, as long as you can become a Chunin or even Genin, your future salary will be very high. Not only will you not have to worry about work, but the pay will often be high.
No matter which world they are in, children from civilian families often have limited options. If there is such a clear path here, it will naturally make everyone flock to it.
In the foreseeable future, all children of Konoha will be trained by the Ninja Academy to hone their ability to refine and utilize chakra.
"I understand."
Namikawa Yū spoke softly, "Today's Konoha never worries that there will not be enough ninjas in the future, because in the future all children of Konoha will receive ninja education."
"With such a huge base, there will always be outstanding talents who stand out and become ninjas in the new era."
"People who are interested and talented will stand out and stand in front of you. As for those who have no talent and no will, it is not a bad idea to let them follow their own ideas and arrange their lives."
Having said this, Namikawa Yū smiled, "Isn't our original intention of building Konoha to give future generations the right to choose their own lives?"
"Protecting Konoha is a matter for the military in the future. As for other children, they should also have the right to choose their own lives."
"This result couldn't be better in my opinion."
Listening to Namikawa Yū's words, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a little touched in his heart.
"Let future generations have the right to choose their own lives?"
Listening to these words, he murmured to himself, and his eyes suddenly brightened.
He felt that he seemed to have found his original intention.
However, this is the Konoha he wants to protect.
Konoha was established by a group of ninjas who longed for peace and reunited under the banner of First Hokage Senju Hashirama.
What Konoha wants to protect is not Konoha itself, but everyone who lives under Konoha.
If in order to protect Konoha, everyone is forced to become ninjas and used as consumables like tools, that would be contrary to the original intention of Konoha.
"Yes."
He sighed in his heart, "People should have the power to choose their own future and the freedom to choose who to be. Even if they don't become a tool, they can still live well under the protection of Konoha. This is the Konoha in my heart."
"Ji, your talents are indeed far superior to mine.
Looking at Namikawa Yū in front of him, he couldn't help but sigh, as all kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind.
"It's hard to sustain your original intention, but you should always try and work hard."
In front of him, Namikawa Yū said, "This is also the direction we should strive for."
"So from this point of view, Teacher Sarutobi, your previous worries are unnecessary."
"Rather than worrying about not enough ninjas, there will be too many ninjas in the future, which is more worrying."
"Hmm?
Listening to Namikawa Yū's words, Hiruzen Sarutobi was a little confused. "There are too many ninjas. Do we need to worry about this?"
The greater the number of ninjas, to a certain extent, the stronger Konoha is.
Hiruzen Sarutobi Thinking about it, this should be a good thing, why do we need to worry?
"Children choose to become ninjas, not for empty slogans or for intangible beliefs."
Namikawa Yū said, "Maybe there are many people like you Teacher Sarutobi, but most of them in the world are ordinary people."
"Most people become ninjas just for the generous rewards that the ninja profession brings."
"The reward for those who see Genin is very generous. Even if it is just an ordinary Genin, the reward from its mission is enough to support a family."
"But if the number of ninjas increases in the future, the situation may change."
"If that day comes and a large number of ninjas appear and the treatment of ninjas becomes worse, big problems may arise."
Anything in excess is worthless.
The reason why ninjas are valuable nowadays is ultimately due to supply and demand.
There are very few outstanding ninjas on the market, so ninjas are naturally quite valuable. Even an ordinary Genin can get quite generous rewards.
After all, in the final analysis, Genin's combat effectiveness is actually not bad. Compared with ordinary people, he is almost like a superman. It is not surprising that he can receive superhuman rewards.
But when ninjas become more common in the future and everyone has at least one Genin identity, the situation may not necessarily be the same.
Just like in Namikawa Yū's previous life, college students were extremely valuable at first, but later when the number increased, college students also had to go out for takeaways, and masters and doctors also had to put aside their status to find jobs.
Supply and demand are like this. If there is too much of something, it will eventually become worthless.
But relatively speaking, the harm caused by the worthlessness of ninjas will be particularly serious.
After all, ninja is a profession that truly masters martial arts.
There are too many ordinary college students. College students can only complain a few words, but as for other things, they will never dare to do it.
But once ninjas become too common and become worthless, it's hard to say what these ninjas who wield force will do.
If you're not careful, you can cause a big mess.
Listening to Namikawa Yū's story, Hiruzen Sarutobi's face gradually became serious.
He seemed to be able to imagine that scene.
A large number of ninjas study hard for many years, but in the end the treatment they enjoy is not satisfactory.
What will happen to the situation then?
It's really hard to say.
"The industrial development of Konoha in the past few years is actually preparing for this.
Namikawa Yū said, "All types of Chakra Industry need a large number of workers who have mastered chakra."
"So from this perspective, it is a general trend for some ninjas to retire from combat positions and go to work elsewhere."
"As long as various industries can develop, even if the number of ninjas trained in the future increases, it can be absorbed."
In the past, Konoha's purpose of training ninjas was to enable them to perform mission entrustments, and in this way to obtain entrustment commissions, thereby supporting the ninjas and Konoha.
But after reaching the current scale, the original model is destined to be unsustainable.
Konoha The size in front of us is already too big, and the number of ninjas trained every year also exceeds the limit.
At this moment, Konoha Ninja Academy, more ninjas have graduated in one year than in the past ten years.
And as time goes by, Weiye will train more and more ninjas faster and faster.
It is impossible to maintain the number of ninjas of this size simply by relying on so-called mission delegation.
Let's not talk about where there are so many tasks entrusted to you. Konoha's own actions are also destroying the soil where those task entrustments exist.
In the past, Konoha had a large number of commissions, mainly because of wars and nobles Daimyo from various places attacking each other, so there was a large demand for hiring ninjas.
But now as Konoha gradually takes control of the entire Land of Fire, the public security situation in the entire Land of Fire is improving.
Not to mention attacking each other, the noble lords from various places even controlled all the territories they controlled under Konoha's control.
After the public security improved, a large number of mission commissions naturally disappeared. It was naturally impossible to rely on the commissions brought by these mission commissions to support the ninjas.
So in the past two years, Namikawa Yū has been transforming Konoha.
Military bases established in various places first attracted a large number of ninjas.
At the same time, a large number of military agencies are also established within Land of Fire to control Land of Fire, which also requires a large number of manpower.
The most critical thing is to develop industries and prepare to use these industries to absorb a large number of new ninjas that may appear in the future.
In the future, the ninjas trained in Konoha Academy will not only be warriors, but also play the role of workers and producers.
In the terms of Namikawa Yū's previous life, this can be regarded as a way to develop new productivity.
After all, using energy like chakra to develop production is really efficient.
The process of Konoha cultivating a large number of ninjas is also the process of Konoha's own transformation.
"As long as you have an idea."
Listening to Namikawa Yū's words, Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, completely letting go of his worries about this.
He knows that his talent in this area is far inferior to Namikawa Yū, so he is not prepared to interfere too much.
As long as Namikawa Yū is prepared for this, that will be enough.
"One more thing."
While chatting, Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly thought of something, so he continued to speak, "Danzo, do you know about their problems?"
He looked at Namikawa Yū in front of him. "He has changed a lot now."
"I know."
Namikawa Yū nodded without any intention of denying it.
From the beginning to now, everything Shimura Danzō has done has been under his watch.