Reforming the Land of Rain

At Hanzo's residence.

"Uncle, this is the report from my recent survey, and this one is my reform plan." Su Zheng placed two documents in front of Hanzo.

Hanzo looked at Su Zheng and said with concern, "How was it? You must be tired!"

Su Zheng chuckled, took a sip of tea, and said, "It was fine. I got to see a lot!"

Hanzo opened the documents, which detailed the situations of various villages and their development prospects.

Hanzo got a headache. He wasn't good at these things. He was skilled in battlefield combat, but completely clueless about economics and people's livelihoods!

He placed the documents on the table and said with a smile, "Just tell me what you want to do and what support you need."

Su Zheng had already prepared his response. "I'd like you to assign those officials to me, and also provide some financial and personnel support."

"For funds, 500 million ryo should be enough. I'll need 500 ninja."

"Of course, it would be even better if you could give me more, Uncle!" Su Zheng said teasingly.

"You, you, you... Funding isn't a problem. The main issue is these 500 ninja; that's a considerable force!"

After eliminating the two major clans, the treasury was quite wealthy. However, the entire Land of Rain only had a little over two thousand ninja. Taking away a quarter of them directly was still quite daunting.

Su Zheng quickly explained, "Uncle, I don't have any other intentions. It's just to prevent hostile forces from causing trouble and to maintain public order!"

Hanzo patted his shoulder and said, "I understand. But how you control these 500 people is up to you. I can't help you with that!"

Su Zheng thumped his chest confidently. "Uncle, have you forgotten my Chakra 'Armor'? I dare say you're not my match anymore!"

After Su Zheng mastered the Chakra Armor, he had been sparring with Hanzo, and even Hanzo couldn't break through it.

Hanzo pointed at Su Zheng and said, "Go on, let me see your actions."

"Yes!"

In the conference room.

A group of Jonin were summoned to the conference room and informed that they were being placed under the Development Department.

"Taro, do you know what Lord Hanzo is planning this time?" a gray-haired Jonin asked the ninja next to him.

"You don't know? The Development Department is led by Lord Hanzo's nephew, Su Zheng. It's said he's going to reform the Land of Rain!"

"Oh! I've heard of it, but wasn't that a month ago?"

"Oh dear, your information is inaccurate. Su Zheng has already finished surveying the village and is back to execute his plan!"

"No, isn't he a genius? Why is he abandoning being a ninja to become an official?"

"I don't know. It seems he feels the lives of ordinary people are too difficult. I know he's adopted several war orphans!"

A gruff voice cut through the air, "Hmph! I don't care what his ideas are. My ninja are doing fine. Who in their right mind would follow him around? Not unless he can beat me down!"

It was Yokoyama Isamu, Lord Hanzo's most capable subordinate, and also the Amegakure ninja who had killed the most enemies in the recent war.

Seeing him look over, everyone averted their gazes. Dealing with him was quite troublesome!

A moment later, Su Zheng entered the conference room and looked at the gazes below, some defiant, some disdainful, some scrutinizing...

Su Zheng spoke slowly, "From today on, you are my subordinates. I don't care what you were before; from now on, you will obey my orders."

Seeing the crowd stir, Su Zheng continued, "I'll give you one chance. If you can defeat me, you'll be free from all constraints. I won't interfere with whatever you do! I'll be waiting for you in the training grounds."

Crack! The table in front of Yokoyama Isamu broke in half.

He stood up, looked around, and shouted, "Can you let a brat ride on your heads?" (Su Zheng was 11 years old at the time)

"No!" many ninja roared.

"Then follow me and let him see how powerful we are!"

A group of Jonin headed towards the training grounds in a mighty procession.

The training grounds.

In front of a group of burly men, Su Zheng's 1.5-meter height made him look quite frail.

Yokoyama Isamu shouted, "Attack directly, hold nothing back!"

"Lightning Style: Lightning Fang!"

"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

"Earth Style: Rock Pillar Spear!"

Colorful ninjutsu surged towards Su Zheng, but he remained unfazed.

Boom, boom, boom!

A fierce ninjutsu explosion struck, and a blue Chakra Armor emerged from the dust.

It was Su Zheng. He was unharmed!

"Haha, my turn!"

"Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!"

A massive water dragon surged towards everyone, closely followed by Su Zheng, whose entire body was covered in armor.

They would probably never forget this day. Su Zheng had thoroughly thrashed them. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't break his armor, while Su Zheng knocked them out one by one. No, they were adults!

The first thing Su Zheng did was divide these ninja into teams and assign them to patrol various areas, maintaining the safety of the local civilians.

Of course, if any ninja dared to commit offenses, he would punish them without mercy!

Actually, the Land of Rain's land was quite fertile, and self-sufficiency could barely suffice. However, what Su Zheng wanted to do was turn the Land of Rain into a world factory. Naturally, he couldn't be content with being a small, isolated place, especially since its geographical location didn't allow for it.

Su Zheng was already changing the environment of the Land of Rain. Constant rain was unbearable for anyone. Now, he himself could control the weather in the Land of Rain.

Su Zheng had already made his plans. Competing on raw materials, the Land of Rain couldn't compete. Competing on the market, the Land of Rain also couldn't compete. They could only grasp the most core components to develop the Land of Rain!

Development Department Office.

For the needs of the work, Hanzo had directly approved the Development Department to have its own independent office location, thus resulting in an independent building for the Development Department.

"Endo Akira, how is the first phase progressing?"

After the department was established, Su Zheng had recruited Endo Akira to his side.

Phase One: Improve infrastructure, build roads, and establish water and electricity supply. These are prerequisites for economic development!

"A Zheng, the first phase is basically complete!"

"How is the factory construction going?"

"The factory buildings for the food processing plant and the canned goods factory are completed, but we don't understand how to manufacture machinery!" Endo Akira scratched his head.

"Alright, I'll handle this!" Su Zheng waved his hand.

Su Zheng was also a university student in his previous life, but he was physically inept and ignorant of basic necessities!

If you wanted to discuss theory, he could talk to you all day, but when it came to practical application, there were countless flaws!

For professional matters, you still needed to find professional talent!

Land of Artisans.

A country that manufactured ninja tools. The ninja tools for ninja from all countries were crafted by them!

Kuroda Tadashi was an anomaly in the Land of Artisans. While other artisans took pride in crafting the finest ninja tools, he was solely devoted to machinery, not for war, but for peace!

However, no one could understand him. He was the 13th generation in his lineage. He had a grandson, but the grandson was unwilling to learn machinery because it couldn't make money.

"A Zheng, are there no customers today?" a middle-aged man entered the shop to chat.

He was the shopkeeper from across the street and was one of the few who didn't mock him.

"No, your business seems to be doing well!" Kuroda Tadashi said supportively.

"It's alright. We don't lack business when crafting ninja tools for the great ninja villages!"

After speaking, he advised, "A Zheng, why don't you switch to making ninja tools too? Your craftsmanship is no less than mine!"

Seeing that the other party seemed receptive, he continued, "Think about it. The sooner you change professions, the better your relationship with your son will be. It's not good to be like this all the time!"

The middle-aged man turned and returned to his own shop.

"Excuse me, is this Kuroda Tadashi's shop?"

A voice woke Kuroda Tadashi, who was lost in thought. Kuroda Tadashi quickly stood up and asked, "Are you here for..."

Su Zheng asked, "Can you make machinery?"

Kuroda Tadashi blurted out, "I've been making machinery for decades. Whatever you want to make, I can make it!"

Su Zheng explained the details of machinery manufacturing to him. To his surprise, the man's eyes lit up, and he quickly said he could do it.

Thus, Su Zheng brought the man and his grandson back to the Land of Rain. The second step of economic development could begin.

After arriving in the Land of Rain, Kuroda Tadashi found his calling. He successively created agricultural and industrial machinery, greatly promoting the development of the Land of Rain.

As for the manufactured goods, they were sold to the Kobayashi Company, which distributed them worldwide through its company!