Tobirama: You're the Hokage. You can't go down the path of crime.

Money isn't everything, but you can't do without it.

This principle remained unchanged in the Rabbit Country of the past, and it remains an unchanging truth in this Ninja world with its extraordinary power.

The war is basically over, and all five great ninja villages have suffered heavy losses and will need a long time to recuperate and cultivate new blood.

Thanks to Uchiha Nan's miraculous maneuvering, Konoha suddenly found itself with more funds than the other four major ninja villages combined, which jolted Konoha awake from its deathbed and made it seem as if it could borrow another five hundred years from heaven.

Uchiha Nan is now spending lavishly, allowing Konoha, a place ravaged by war, to be rebuilt at an astonishing speed, bursting forth with unimaginable vitality.

In the past, due to the war, the ninjas spent all their money on war preparations and rushed to the battlefield, so the income of small merchants in the village began to decrease, and prices also rose because of the war.

This has led to extremely difficult times for the various merchants in the village.

Now Uchiha Nan is showering Konoha ninjas with money. These ninjas, who have risked their lives on the battlefield and barely escaped with their lives, naturally want to spend their money and have fun.

They certainly don't want to experience the pain of dying without having spent their money.

Money only becomes money when it's spent. Consumption creates circulation, and the fragile commercial system within Konoha will start circulating again. Popularity brings in more money, which in turn leads to more taxes.

Uchiha Nan walked down the street. The lingering shadow of war still hung over the villagers, but their eyes held a glimmer of light than before.

Once hope is found, humanity is filled with unparalleled vitality.

Uchiha Nan went to work, followed by Kaede and Rin. At first, the Konoha would cast strange glances at them, but after Uchiha Nan skillfully lowered his moral standards, all obstacles disappeared.

This Ninja world isn't a monogamous society, so you can only be envious.

Walking through the streets of Konoha, and seeing the villagers' renewed spirits, Uchiha Nan knew that his strategy was sound; the lives of ordinary people didn't lie.

Hokage Building

Nara Luyuan in the morning to start his day's work; now, the entire Hokage Building is filled with people sporting pineapple-shaped hairstyles.

The Nara Clan's talent lies in management, so Uchiha Nan naturally wanted to make the most of them and have them help him handle a whole host of problems in Konoha.

If Uchiha Nan were to spend all his time at the Hokage's desk reading documents, he would go crazy.

As soon as he entered, the ninjas who were working greeted Uchiha Nan. They were already used to Uchiha Nan's lateness and slacking off at work.

As long as the boss can make money for them and is willing to pay them, these underlings naturally have no objection to Uchiha Nan's lifestyle.

"The Lord Hokage's Ninja Academy recruitment has begun, and they are selecting talented children from among the common people to enter the Ninja Academy."

"Based on your suggestion, the program has been changed from two years to four years."

Uchiha Nan sat in a chair, listening to Nara Luyuan report on the progress and arrangements in the village over the past few days.

Uchiha Nan deeply resented and abhorred the "ditch school" system, which required Ninja Academy graduates to perform missions to support themselves after only two years. He felt it went beyond simply employing child labor; it was an assembly line process for cannon fodder.

If Konoha had enough resources, Uchiha Nan would even like to extend the study period further, changing it to a six-year system.

There is no fixed age limit for entering the Ninja Academy; generally, anyone under the age of twelve can enroll. This has led to Uchiha Nan seeing far too many kids in their early teens enthusiastically carrying Kunai to do missions and kill people.

Unlike themselves, who are time travelers with special abilities, most of them don't end up in bad situations.

In peacetime, they can be given some D-rank missions to tide them over. But once the situation in the Ninja world becomes tense, they can all be sent to clear out bandits and get some bloodshed before being thrown into the battlefield. Among the nearly 1,000 cannon fodder, some will always stand out and become Chunin, or even a dozen Jonin.

"By the way, remember to carefully screen the orphanages in Konoha; there's bound to be someone great among these children."

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"If the child is an orphan with a blood feud and is also engaged, you must bring him to me. I want to examine him personally."

"Remember, avoid those with the surname Tang."

"And the annual funding at least allows these children to eat meat every few days."

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Uchiha Nan listened to Nara Luyuan's report, he suddenly thought of the orphanage in Konoha and began to mutter to himself.

The orphanage is a place of outstanding people and resources. It would be abnormal for it not to produce a few extraordinary talents in a shonen anime like Hokage. We must treat it with utmost care.

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

Nara Luyuan noticed that Uchiha Nan started saying strange things again, Nara Luyuan.

He could understand some of what Uchiha Nan said, but he had no idea what Uchiha Nan was talking about.

However, since the Lord Hokage has emphasized the requirement, Nara Luyuan, as his subordinate, will naturally carry it out.

After listening to Uchiha Nan's arrangements, Nara Luyuan explained the remaining enrollment arrangements to Uchiha Nan Uchiha Nan, who found no problems and signed off on them.

All that's left is to wait for the enrollment to be completed, and then, when school starts, Uchiha Nan will go to the Ninja Academy to meet with the new students from Konoha and share some trivial matters like the values of the Will of Fire.

Is the price of pig iron still falling?

Uchiha Nan then became concerned about the price of pig iron. Due to Uchiha Nan's interference, the pig iron industry in the Land of Fire began to spiral out of control, and prices had collapsed.

This time, Uchiha Nan planned to buy at the bottom of the market, purchasing a batch of low-priced pig iron. This Pig Iron Futures plan was successful because Uchiha Nan had all the advantages: timing, location, and people. It is almost impossible to replicate this success.

"Prices are still slowly declining. Based on information channels in Konoha and my assessment, pig iron prices will bottom out after another week of decline."

Nara Luyuan was very interested in futures trading. He keenly sensed the enormous value in it. This industry is all about information asymmetry and large amounts of capital. In this respect, Konoha was an unparalleled behemoth in the Land of Fire. Manipulating prices to make money off retail investors was simply too addictive.

"I'll leave this part of the business to you. I trust you to handle things."

Uchiha Nan nodded and immediately instructed Nara Luyuan to continue managing this part of the business.

Nara Luyuan moved by Uchiha Nan's words of trust. He was about to express his loyalty when he was shocked by what Uchiha Nan said next.

"By the way, I want to buy a batch of iron ore from the Land of Fire!"

Uchiha Nan is known for his outrageous statements, mentioning deals worth billions. Even though Konoha has money in its coffers, they can't afford to squander it like that.

"Lord Hokage, this expense is far too high. A single iron mine costs at least a billion taels, and if it's a super-large iron mine, the price is even more outrageous, easily exceeding several billion taels."

Nara Luyuan was alarmed by Uchiha Nan's extravagant spending; Konoha had never dealt with this kind of business before.

"Lu Yuan, you need to think long-term. Money is meant to be spent, don't be stingy."

"We can split the money in two. We can form a joint venture with them, with Konoha taking the Konoha's share. We need to completely control the price of iron; the future demand for steel in the Ninja world will be enormous."

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As everyone knows, steel is the lifeblood of industry. Uchiha Nan has great ambitions; he wants to industrialize the Ninja world, and steel is indispensable. Therefore, Uchiha Nan must control the steel industry under his own control.

To control an industry, you must control its source.

Uchiha Nan planned to directly negotiate with merchants and nobles who owned iron mines in the Land of Fire to acquire a batch of iron mines from the insects at a low price.

This group of people, who considered themselves veterans of the pig iron industry and the most aggressive in their all-in bets, were the ones who suffered the most at the hands of Uchiha Nan, this unexpectedly powerful man. They're probably even having to delay paying their miners' wages now.

Iron ore is like a hen that lays eggs; the Land of Fire has many unlucky guys who went all in, but Uchiha Nan plans to keep it all for himself and take the lion's share.

"The Lord Hokage, other prominent businessmen, and nobles."

Nara Luyuan expressed concern about Uchiha Nan's decision, not just because of the money, but because competing for iron ore was no easy task.

"Hmph, daring to compete with Konoha, whether they're buyers or sellers, we'll send Konoha Ninja to deliver fruit baskets to them every day."

Uchiha Nan chuckled sinisterly. The fruit basket sent by Konoha was filled with exceptionally sweet fruit. If you ate such sweet fruit and didn't obediently give Konoha some face, you'd be asking for death.

"Alright, Lord Hokage"

Nara Luyuan somewhat helpless. This kind of method was not something that could be done openly. Last time, there was Daimyo to vouch for it, but this time it was Konoha's own action. What if the Daimyo was unhappy?

Despite his inner worries, Nara Luyuan followed Uchiha Nan's arrangements. If the sky were to fall, Uchiha Nan, being tall and strong, would hold it up; what did he have to be afraid of?

Nara Luyuan and Uchiha Nan discussed the upcoming Five Kage Summit, finalizing the general framework before leaving Uchiha Nan's office with a worried expression.

Now only Uchiha Nan and the two little ones, Kaede and Rin, who just came in, are left in the entire office.

I can slack off again!

Uchiha Nan lay back in the chair, and Feng skillfully began to massage his shoulders and Uchiha Nan.

Oh dear, Ring, why did you go under the table? It's still daytime.

Oh, give me a few touches.

The office wasn't very soundproof, Uchiha Nan only enjoyed their services briefly before leaving work, letting them go home, shower, and wait for him.

After work, Uchiha Nan went alone to a remote dungeon in the Uchiha clan territory. Originally, the place was dilapidated and in disrepair, but now Uchiha Nan had people clean it up and installed luxurious experimental equipment, making it arguably the most advanced laboratory in the Ninja world.

The area is now heavily guarded, with clan ninjas assigned to watch over it. Uchiha Nan has given a strict order that from now on, no one but himself is allowed to enter this laboratory.

It's time to give Tobirama Senju a new home. Uchiha Nan had previously searched through all the experimental equipment in Konoha, only to find that the most advanced equipment was all with the Senju Clan. When Uchiha Nan tried to requisition it, he was refused outright.

The funds that Tobirama Senju embezzled in the past were all accounted for by the Senju Clan and had nothing to do with Konoha. Uchiha Nan couldn't use them even if he wanted to, and could only borrow some experimental equipment from other parts of Konoha for Tobirama Senju to use temporarily.

Uchiha Nan walked into the laboratory, which was filled with the smell of money. Every instrument and experimental material was extremely valuable, and an inconspicuous bottle of medicine in the corner might be worth tens of thousands of taels.

Uchiha Nan opened the Summoning Scroll, and a coffin was summoned by him. Uchiha Nan kicked the coffin Tobirama Senju open, extremely dissatisfied with Uchiha Nan's unreasonable imprisonment play.

"Uchiha Nan, how's the lab preparation going? The junk you found won't meet my needs."

"Tobirama Senju, come out and see your new home."

Uchiha Nan pointed to the newly renovated laboratory, Tobirama Senju, grumbling, slowly walked out of the coffin, his eyes widening in disbelief.

Tobirama Senju couldn't wait to step forward and touch the experimental equipment. He casually picked up one of the small instruments and carefully stroked it, his eyes revealing a look of fascination.

"This instrument is simply a work of art; only the Land of Wind could possess it."

Uchiha Nan didn't know what the device did, only that it was very expensive, costing over ten thousand taels.

Tobirama Senju put down the instrument and then selected a bottle of pale purple solution from a pile of solution bottles.

"And this solution, I've wanted to buy it for a long time. Even the Land of Demons can't keep up with the demand, and you managed to get your hands on it?"

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After inspecting the entire laboratory, Tobirama Senju's initial joy faded, and he solemnly addressed Uchiha Nan:

"Did you steal Konoha's funds? This laboratory is worth far more than 3 billion ryo. Konoha really needs to spend money everywhere these days."

"You are the Hokage, you must set an example and never go down the path of crime."

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Uchiha Nan rolled his eyes. "You, Tobirama Senju, were the one who started this whole thing—stealing Konoha's funds."

"Don't worry, do you know how much money Konoha had in its accounts a few days ago?"

"Over a hundred billion!"

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Uchiha Nan recounted the entire story of the Pig Iron Futures to Tobirama Senju. Uchiha Nan had been holding back his anger and hadn't revealed a single detail to Tobirama Senju before, but he was here specifically to show off.

Even Mito Uzumaki was proven wrong, how can you, Tobirama Senju, escape the same fate?

Tobirama Senju's expression shifted from initial disdain upon hearing about the Pig Iron Futures plan, to thoughtful contemplation, and finally to disbelief.

"Tobirama, you've failed miserably as Hokage. Do you know how much suffering the Konoha ninja clan endured under your leadership?"

"You didn't see the look on Mito Uzumaki's face when she got her share of the money, tsk tsk tsk."

"Now that everyone's received their share of the money, they've started calling me the strongest Hokage of Konoha."

Uchiha Nan, with a smile on his face, mocked Tobirama Senju Tobirama Senju, whose face immediately darkened.

A failed Hokage?

How can this word be associated with oneself?

You think you're the strongest Hokage in Konoha? Believe me, I can crush you with one hand.

Tobirama Senju really wanted to punch Uchiha Nan in the face; that arrogant expression was just too annoying.

"Hmph, it's just a little bit of money!"

Tobirama Senju is still putting on a tough front, but in his heart he's starting to look at Uchiha Nan differently.

Did Uchiha Nan reincarnate into the wrong family?

How could those brutes from the Uchiha possess such a brilliant mind? Could it be that activating the Mangekyō Sharingan increases intelligence, allowing them to come up with something as unheard of as futures trading?

That's over a hundred billion! If I had that much money on hand when I was Hokage, why would I need to negotiate with Kumogakure? I could have just fought them to the bitter end and captured that bastard Raikage A alive.

Tobirama Senju muttered to himself.