The Daimyo's Money Returned in Full, Vermin's Money Split Fifty-Fifty

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The Daimyo began to hesitate, sitting there in indecision.

Should he get involved in this deal or not?

Familiar with those vermin, he knew that they would turn into devils in the face of profit, becoming so greedy that they would lose all reason!

As someone accustomed to being in power, the Daimyo truly hated this feeling of losing control. And this game involving the Tulip Bubble would certainly spiral out of control, eventually exceeding his grasp and ending in utter chaos.

But there was no denying it.

As the initiator and mastermind of this game, the Daimyo would make an absolute fortune from it, lining his pockets and earning an enormous amount of wealth. Even the Daimyo couldn't help coveting such immense riches.

Kazuma sat silently on the sofa, observing the expression on the Daimyo's face. He knew that it was time for him to make his entrance!

He had to give the Daimyo a push!

How could he hesitate when there was a fortune to be made?

"Your Highness, please hear me out!"

"In the game of Tulips, those who want to bite will take the bait. No one is forcing them to participate!"

"Besides, anyone who can participate in this game is someone with enormous wealth, yet they are still so greedy. Even if they end up losing everything, they will have only themselves to blame. Lord Makoto once said that when a person's intelligence and wealth are mismatched, their money will always flow back into the market through one means or another."

"Your Highness, surely you don't want those greedy fools to keep enjoying wealth that does not belong to them, do you?"

Kazuma spoke with a deeply seductive tone in his voice.

In this Ninja World, those who possessed enormous wealth were not powerful shinobi, but the Nobles and merchants. Yet these people often possessed such vast fortunes not because of their personal abilities, but because—of course, I am talking about the Ninja World—

Being born into the right family was a skill in itself!

As the Daimyo listened to Kazuma's words, some unpleasant memories surfaced in his mind.

That had truly struck a nerve.

The people under his command had become increasingly unruly over the years.

When he was young, the Daimyo had been filled with ambition. He had wanted to accomplish something in the Land of Fire, clean up the bureaucracy, and straighten out the tax system. But over the course of a thousand years, the deeply entrenched Nobles had formed an entire bureaucratic system. It was simply not something the Daimyo could shake on his own.

Unless the Daimyo was willing to "invite wolves into the house" and let shinobi meddle in the affairs of the Land of Fire. Of course, that was fundamentally impossible. He had to guard against the Nobles, but he had to guard against the shinobi even more. The Nobles merely coveted wealth and power, but if shinobi came in, they might truly end up taking his life.

The Daimyo certainly wouldn't do something so backward. Even if he did, those Nobles would use every possible means to stop him immediately. Daimyo, you actually aren't good at swimming, are you?

But regardless.

The Daimyo had still managed to make the Nobles rein themselves in somewhat when he was young. Now, however, he was old and lacking in energy. One, two, three of them had entrenched themselves together. Not only were they unwilling to pay taxes, but they were also dishonest with their accounts. Sometimes their false books were an utter mess. They weren't merely deceiving the people below them—even the Daimyo dared to muddle through them!

"Those bastards!"

"They're all thieves!"

"The taxes collected from the Land of Fire were supposed to bring in three hundred billion ryo, but you collected two hundred billion and took a hundred billion for yourselves, then expect me to pretend I don't know and thank you for it!"

"Do you really think that just because you're Nobles and hereditary retainers, I can't do anything to you?"

"That money you stole! That's my money!"

"It's mine! My money!!!"

The Daimyo screamed inwardly, his expression turning gloomy. Meanwhile, Kazuma continued chattering beside him, poisoning him against those vermin.

"Your Highness, this opportunity comes once in a thousand years. This wealth is beyond their ability to handle!"

"We are merely following the will of Heaven."

At the thought of that enormous fortune, the Daimyo's heart began to burn again.

The wealth collected this time wouldn't be a mere few billion ryo. It would be several tens of billions, perhaps even a trillion ryo.

"Then it's decided!"

The Daimyo, who had already harbored resentment toward the vermin, finally made up his mind under the lure of such immense wealth!

Let's do it!

An opportunity like this would never come again!

This money should have belonged to him in the first place!

"Your Highness, this is undoubtedly the wisest decision!"

Kazuma flattered him from the side, inwardly letting out a sigh of relief.

Very soon

After the Daimyo agreed to the Tulip Bubble, the two began discussing the specific plan.

The Tulip plan only required the Daimyo to cooperate from the sidelines. The remaining difficulties could practically be ignored.

According to the Tulip Bubble plan designed by Uchiha Makoto, the first step was for the Daimyo to spend a fortune buying Tulips, quickly spreading their fame through Noble circles.

After that

They would manipulate the price of Tulips.

They would send large numbers of actors to line up outside Tulip sales outlets, creating the impression that Tulips were in short supply. They would use this to drive up Tulip prices, then sell, push the price higher, sell again, and repeatedly profit from the cycle.

Naturally, this would require considerable capital to drive up the price. The Akatsuki Ninja Village might not be able to bear the burden, but they still had the Daimyo as a backstop. At worst—when it was all over, the Nobles' money would be returned in full!

The most crucial contract transactions would also proceed smoothly by this point,

As for the other problems.

Human greed would help them resolve every difficulty.

"Good! Good! Good!"

The Daimyo said "good" three times in succession. Uchiha Makoto's plan was interlocking from start to finish, calculating the dark side of human nature down to the last detail. Even the Daimyo himself, so long as he harbored greed, would certainly participate in this monetary game involving Tulips and end up suffering enormous losses.

"I'm glad Your Highness is satisfied."

They had finished discussing the entire plan.

What remained

Was the issue of profit distribution!

This had to be agreed upon in advance.

Even brothers kept clear accounts, let alone cooperating with a vermin like the Daimyo.

Uchiha Makoto really wanted a thirty-seventy split.

That's right!

The Akatsuki Ninja Village would take seventy percent, while the Daimyo would take thirty.

Even ten percent would amount to a huge sum of money!

Unfortunately, that wasn't realistic.

The situation was pressing. The Akatsuki Ninja Village was still too weak. Not only did it need the Daimyo's cooperation, it also needed the Daimyo's financial support. It would have to continue cooperating with the Daimyo in the future. Giving the Daimyo only thirty percent was something Uchiha Makoto could only dream about.

Naturally, the Daimyo couldn't possibly agree to provide the money, do the work, and let them use his Daimyo title to hype things up, only to take thirty percent.

Who did you think you were fooling?

I take seventy percent in a thirty-seventy split!

However

Uchiha Makoto had his bottom line as well.

I had planned the Tulip scheme from beginning to end, and I was the one who would be painstakingly managing it. You, the Daimyo, only needed to sit there and collect a huge sum. There was no way I could take only thirty percent!

At least fifty-fifty!!

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