Time passed little by little.
After five years of messy Akatsuki Ninja (Konoha), there is only less than a month left.
Akatsuki Ninja Village There were sparse snowflakes floating in the sky.
This year, although no major events such as war occurred, many things also happened.
Different from previous years, this year Uchiha Makoto focused on spending all his efforts and time on the internal adjustment of Akatsuki Ninja Village, Konoha, Land of Fire and many other matters.
The effect is amazing!!
Land of Fire's senior executives were in a panic due to a series of actions by Akatsuki Ninja Village.
The situation of Konoha is also not good. There are infighting among the top management, and all parties are competing with each other. In other words, there are two Optimus Primes (Hashirama Senju, Uchiha Madara) pressing on it, so there is no trouble.
However, Akatsuki Ninja Village is still extremely peaceful.
Uchiha Makoto doesn't want to spend time in the office all the time, so in recent days, he has set aside Shadow Clone to quickly handle a lot of things, and now he finally has free time.
He no longer lives in his own home, and takes Tsubaki Uzumaki out of the house.
Since Tsubaki Uzumaki became pregnant and gave birth, it was the first time she went out for recuperation.
She held his arm, like an ordinary ordinary couple.
I saw light snow falling one after another, but even under the dusk of snow, it still showed a state of vitality and all things competing!
The two of them walked slowly on the half-melted snowy street. The road was full of villagers carrying New Year's goods, men carrying bacon, women holding flower cloths, and children jumping with candy figures in their hands. The white breath mixed with the shouts of street vendors made people unhappy.
The assembly line in the factory has been running for a whole year.
The workers' life was not easy, so they could take a break now. With the money they had saved for a year, they started spending like crazy and enjoying some happiness.
There are people coming and going on the street, and the bustling and prosperous street is even more congested.
Fortunately, Uchiha Makoto had already predicted it. He had long realized that the influx of people into Akatsuki Ninja Village this year would be much larger than the previous two years, so he not only expanded the streets on the streets early, but also planned infrastructure projects for the inner city and the outer city, so it could barely accommodate it.
From time to time, there are a few reporter-looking ninjas carrying cameras, looking for angles and locations among the crowd on both sides of the street.
They are Akatsuki Ninja Village's newspaper and media affiliated personnel, who are responsible for Akatsuki Ninja Village's external publicity and attracting more talents to Akatsuki Ninja Village.
At the beginning, the promotional materials for the purchasing power of the two villages Konoha and Akatsuki Ninja Village... part of the funds came from this.
This New Year's special topic obviously has the same purpose.
But this time the propaganda will be even stronger than before.
Not only for Konoha, Land of Fire, but also for the Ninja World countries and the big and small shinobi villages, especially the areas around Land of Fire.
Because the stalls laid by Akatsuki Ninja Village were too large, the number of skilled workers began to be insufficient. Except for the initial absorption of some from Land of Fire, it was difficult to operate in this way.
Land of Fire In order to maintain the operation of factories, large factory owners everywhere have begun to deliberately retain the workers under their control... and even proposed to increase wages for workers.
-Hayek's big hand is working hard.
This gives Uchiha Makoto a headache.
There was no way he would openly send out ninjas to snatch skilled workers, so he could only choose to train them himself, but this would be too costly and too slow.
Or we can only increase publicity efforts and attract more skilled workers from Land of Fire and surrounding areas.
In addition to skilled workers...
And ninjas!
As Akatsuki Ninja Village integrates ninjutsu with industry and applies it to daily life further and further, Akatsuki Ninja Village's demand for the number of ninjas will inevitably increase in the next few years.
Because a large amount of technical work involving ninjutsu can only be done by ninjas, and ordinary people cannot do it at all.
Even if there are students who have graduated from the Ninja Academy to supplement the village's ninja system, it is still not enough. After all, they are just ordinary people who are proficient in using Taijutsu, simple D-level and C-level ninjutsu, and will last a lifetime. That is Genin. If you work harder, you can hope to become Chunin... But there is no ninjutsu passed down in their family, and they have no talent to learn Secret Technique, let alone study ninjutsu.
Uchiha Makoto trains them more to train Akatsuki Ninja Village "workers" who meet New Era standards.
Of course, there is also an element of luck in his heart.
What if the blind box draws a child with such talent as Orochimaru?
In short, Akatsuki Ninja Village requires not only low-end ninjas, but also high-end ninjas... especially the technical ninja Secret Technique!
If you want to cultivate this kind of high-level ninjas yourself, you will definitely not be able to do it for a while. Then you can only recruit them from surrounding areas.
Although it's not easy to smoke big Ninja Village like Konoha, then suck the ninjas from Little Ninja Village... Don't underestimate the ninjas from Little Ninja Village. They also have many unique skills, such as Kakuzu, which Uchiha Makoto has always wanted to find.
This person is a talent among talents, a best among horses and oxen!
Akatsuki Ninja Village lacks such high-level beasts and horses... ahem... senior ninjas!
Uchiha Makoto Looking at the lively scene in front of him, he couldn't help but worry about the future of the village. It was obvious that he was here to relax this time.
Compared with Uchiha Makoto's slightly complicated thoughts, Tsubaki Uzumaki is much more pure.
There was light in her eyes.
"How long has it been since then...Akatsuki Ninja Village What a big change!"
"This is the street light you were talking about... it's pretty good."
"This is all thanks to Two-Tails Matatabi. The cost of burning coal alone is too high, so the progress will definitely not be that fast, but Two-Tails Matatabi it is free... but Two-Tails's Chakra is still too little after all. It would be great if it was Nine-Tails. Chakra can be used for a long time after squeezing it once... Mao Mao is really useless."
"If Two-Tails Matatabi hears this, it will be angry!"
"Isn't that lazy cat Two-Tails Matatabi lying down and sleeping at home? And I love to tell the truth. I always say that to Sage of Six Paths!"
"But you said last night that Two-Tails Matatabi is the best among Tailed Beasts..."
"I love telling the truth, but that doesn't mean I won't tell a little lie."
Facing such a lively scene, Tsubaki Uzumaki couldn't help but speak, while Uchiha Makoto "explained" to her from the side
Her tone revealed a bit of disbelief. She hadn't gone out for half a year, but she didn't expect that the scene in her memory would change as soon as she went out.
As we walked along, all we saw was a joyful atmosphere.
Akatsuki Ninja Village is bigger than Tsubaki Uzumaki remembers, with more people and more prosperity.
It's just pitiful that Two-Tails Matatabi has completely become a part of the flirting and chatting play between the two.
And Tsubaki Uzumaki's tone made Uchiha Makoto feel extremely comfortable.
After all, Akatsuki Ninja Village is the Ninja Village he created, and under his rule, the villagers live and work in peace and contentment, and the economy is prosperous... praising Akatsuki Ninja Village is actually praising himself.
Land of Fire.
Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire was in his bedroom, looking at the falling snowflakes from the sky.
"Snow... snow..."
"If only everyone in the world could be as pure and white as you..."
He murmured like this.
Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire had just finished meeting with the minister Finance Ministry, and a brand-new annual financial statement was delivered to him.
Unlike Warring States Period's Yin Chi Mao Liang, Land of Fire's finances have begun to improve since joining Ninja Village Era, especially in the past one or two years, the financial revenue has increased significantly.
Today Land of Fire's financial income is extremely gratifying.
What is even more gratifying is that in this new era, capital has begun to flow across the country, productivity has begun to increase significantly, and fiscal revenue will increase next year.
But even though Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire was delighted, she still couldn't be completely happy.
Because Akatsuki Ninja Village.
Yes, Akatsuki Ninja Village was the first to clearly see the changes of the times, and seized the opportunity to extend his tentacles deep into the business and political circles. With powerful force and advanced technology, he forcibly occupied many profitable tracks and even started to monopolize in some fields, so Akatsuki Ninja Village's power expanded the fastest.
And they don't pay taxes!
The semi-independent Ninja Village does not need to pay taxes to the country. Land of Fire's senior officials really don't have the courage to send tax officials to Akatsuki Ninja Village to pay taxes. Instead, they need to spend a large amount of money every year to support Akatsuki Ninja Village.
Facing Akatsuki Ninja Village, Land of Fire can continue to maintain a great advantage at the economic level by relying on the volume accumulated in the past.
But what about the future?
Five years, ten years?
Akatsuki Ninja Village has already begun to issue its own currency and get involved in agriculture, which are areas that involve the foundation of the country.
Sooner or later, the industry in which Land of Fire originally held an absolute dominant position will be annexed by Akatsuki Ninja Village's forces, and Land of Fire has no effective countermeasures in the process... The checks and balances passed down by the older generation are no longer as powerful as they used to be in the face of the Ninja Village formed by the Ninja clan.
Now Land of Fire can only watch Akatsuki Ninja Village do whatever he wants and expand wantonly.
What's even more hateful is...
There is a mole within the top management of Land of Fire!
The aristocratic group represented by that group of intellectuals really likes to betray the country!
As Daimyo, his information channels are far beyond what ordinary people can imagine. Although they are still not as efficient and sensitive as Jonin Village, they are actually not much worse.
The bond information released by Akatsuki Ninja Village has obviously been delivered to the desk of Daimyo long ago.
Buying Akatsuki Ninja Village's bonds at this time is not equivalent to sending money to Akatsuki Ninja Village, and then the money will become the foundation for Kunai to shoot towards Land of Fire.
What is the difference between this behavior and betrayal of Land of Fire?
But according to the information received by Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire, many high-level officials of Land of Fire and big nobles have quietly contacted Akatsuki Ninja Village in private. They not only bought it themselves, but also invited relatives and friends to buy it together... Everyone likes this business that is sure to make money!
Even the family behind Grand Elder...
Of course.
Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire has no intention of blaming Land of Fire Elder.
Because this is not Grand Elder's fault. When a person reaches a certain position, he cannot control many things, and in many cases he cannot help himself and can only turn a blind eye.
It's difficult for him, and it's difficult for Grand Elder. The two of them can only reluctantly understand it tacitly.
When I think about all these terrible things.
Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire's face darkened, and he could only hope that the strategy hosted by Grand Elder to deal with the Ninja Village would work.
And soon, not long after Minister Finance Ministry left.
Land of Fire Elder also walked towards Daimyo's bedroom.
"Your Highness..."
"Well, Grand Elder you are here."
After a simple salute.
Grand Elder then raised his head and looked at Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire.
"Your Highness, you look a little uncomfortable... please take care of yourself."
"It's an old problem."
Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire said indifferently. Compared with these indifferent greetings, he was more concerned about another thing - the internal situation of Konoha.
"Grand Elder, how is the plan going?"
"Your Highness... it can be said that there are some disturbances, but the problem is not big..."
"After all, although Uchiha Clan is a bit stupid, he made a Public Lecture last time, and he promised that Tobirama Senju can be replaced by Konoha citizens and ninjas had a bad reputation in front of them. As a result, there was an internal problem within the Uchiha Clan, which allowed Tobirama Senju to find an opportunity to step on the Uchiha Clan's head to increase its reputation...
"But they were extremely determined to defeat Senju Clan and create a second generation in the family, Hokage. Instead of giving in, they became even more crazy and radical. They also sought a lot of assistance from Akatsuki Ninja Village and planned to fight again next year.
66
"Based on the current situation, the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and Senju Clan has become public in Konoha, and the strength gap between the two sides is not large. Therefore, according to the Uchiha Clan's character, as long as we find a suitable excuse and opportunity, it will be easy for them to take the opportunity to cause trouble and create friction in Konoha."
Land of Fire Elder said this in his mouth.
Based on the information in his hand, he carefully analyzed the current situation inside Konoha to Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire.
Although Uchiha Clan's performance was really unsatisfactory, Public Lecture, which he took the lead in organizing, was actually disgraced by Tobirama Senju, who was at a disadvantage, and lost face in front of Konoha High Command.
But in today's situation.
This is actually not a bad thing.
Because Uchiha Clan is proud enough, unwilling to admit defeat, and crazy enough.
Tobirama Senju made the proud Uchiha Clan lose face in front of Konoha High Command, which will only further arouse Uchiha Clan's competitive spirit, making them more extreme and uncontrollable. As long as they find a suitable excuse and opportunity, it is very likely that Uchiha Clan's senior management will lose their minds and have a falling out with Tobirama Senju.
Once an armed violent conflict breaks out, it will be difficult to end.
The interests of the family will coerce the bosses of both parties - Uchiha Madara, Hashirama Senju.
Once the two of them come to confrontation and start taking action, it will only be a matter of time before Konoha falls apart.
What's more, there's a Akatsuki Ninja Village waiting eagerly outside.
Land of Fire Elder has long seen that Akatsuki Ninja Village is not well-intentioned towards Konoha, and has done too many things in private to erode Konoha's fundamentals and harm Konoha.
It's just that only a small group of people, such as people like Tobirama Senju, have seen these things, but even if these people have seen it, they have no way to speak out, let alone stop it.
Because of Uchiha Makoto's identity.
Because Uchiha Clan is in the position of Konoha.
As long as you act under this sign, it will be as unshakable as political correctness.