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Xunjing glanced at him and reminded him, "The money isn't all for your experiments. Some needs to be set aside to build the Home Appliance Factory and production lines. The Commerce Department will coordinate with you, so work with them."
After a pause, he added, "Also, increase White Zetsu cultivation tenfold. Any problems with that?"
He needed more White Zetsu to practice Impure World Reincarnation.
He couldn't bring himself to use living people as sacrifices.
He had tried animals before, but those could only resurrect ordinary creatures. The proficiency gains were slow, holding back his training.
Using White Zetsu to resurrect powerful figures gave him the most proficiency each time.
As for having Orochimaru help build the Home Appliance Factory and production lines, that was naturally to give Konoha more ways to make money-the village needed to earn its own keep.
It couldn't always count on funding from the Daimyo Palace, nor could it survive solely on missions.
That way of thinking was too narrow. Put plainly, it still left ninja as blades wielded by others.
That didn't fit the reform plan Xunjing had in mind at all.
Of course he had to start at the root of the problem.
"Understood! Leave it to me! No problems at all!"
After hearing him out, Orochimaru nodded in understanding.
He had no objections to either building factories and production lines or expanding White Zetsu cultivation.
Once the former got running smoothly, he would receive more research funding.
Xunjing had already settled that with him-half the subsequent profits from anything developed by the Research Department would be left for the department to allocate itself.
There was no way he wouldn't take it seriously.
As for White Zetsu, the Research Department needed them for experiments, and Xunjing needed them to study Impure World