Uchiha Yuan in Action

Although speechless, the situation was right before him. He sighed inwardly, resigning himself to his fate as he began to work.

He picked up the documents piled at the very top and looked over the contents:

The 15th:

Today, Luofeng Mine yielded eighteen hundred catties of iron ore, which have been transported to the Clan Land. The warehouse receipt is complete; please enter it into storage, Clan Leader.

Approved!

The 15th:

Today, three ordinary clansmen went missing in Rosy Night Forest. After sending people to investigate, only three gnawed skeletons were found. It is preliminarily suspected to be the work of wild beasts. Please order a sweep of the surrounding forest beasts, Clan Leader.

Approved!

After half a day, he looked at the documents of which well over half still remained, and couldn't help rubbing his eyes.

There aren't many major matters, but quite a few trivial ones, and all of them require the clan leader's approval. Besides, spring has arrived recently, and the surrounding beasts are starting to grow restless.

Huh? Haru should still be outside, she can just help me out.

He only just remembered that the older sister who took care of him was still hanging around outside, so he called Uchiha Haru in.

"How about this, you categorize the minor and major matters. Anything that hasn't resulted in casualties or economic loss is a minor matter, understand?"

Uchiha Haru nodded blankly, asking with some worry:

"B-but... is this really okay? I'm just a..."

"Hey~ I'm the acting clan leader now, whatever I say goes!"

"O... okay."

Just like that, Uchiha Yuan took on the role of a second-generation hands-off boss, watching Haru sort from the side while he drank his tea.

After a while, having finished a sip of tea, Uchiha Yuan slowly picked up the documents classified as major matters and began to read.

The 18th:

Today, one hundred and fifty-three clansmen with ninjutsu talent were received. Please make arrangements, Clan Leader.

The roster...

"Hmm? New clansmen?"

Uchiha Yuan frowned in thought, looking at the clansmen on the roster, and found that they were generally around five or six years old.

"Children?"

Uchiha Yuan came to a sudden realization. Right.

Aside from these ninja forces in the Clan Land, there were many clansmen without ninja talent scattered all over the Land of Fire. Similarly, clansmen born in the Clan Land without talent would also be sent out.

Some were assigned to manage family businesses, others were assigned to do some other trade. Although these clansmen could not become ninjas, they carried the bloodline, and if their offspring developed ninja talent, they would be sent back.

No wonder, if the clan only had these few thousand people, how could they possibly manage to fight and kill each other every day? So the root is right here.

He flipped through the archived records and found that from the first half of the year until now, nearly a thousand more children had been successively taken in.

With the addition of this fresh blood, the strength of the Uchiha Clan was replenished. Experienced clansmen rose in rank and led the new clansmen in batches.

However, Uchiha Yuan had just taken over family affairs and was unsure where to assign these newcomers, so he simply decided to leave them and wait for Madara to return and let him decide.

Then he continued to pick up the next document...

Senju Clan Grounds.

Tobirama was likewise reviewing documents with a solemn expression, his brow furrowing from time to time.

"Why have so many emerging industries popped up in the Land of Fire recently? Could it be related to the new Daimyo? It seems an investigation is necessary."

For some reason recently, many unfamiliar new things had suddenly appeared on the market. As soon as they appeared, they received widespread acclaim, and like a virus, they rapidly swallowed the market, growing at a bewildering speed.

"The Southern Grand General's Residence uprising failed. What a waste!"

Aside from the ninja villages frequently engaging in conflicts, the world of ordinary people in the Land of Fire was not peaceful either. Various forces carved out domains as kings, declared themselves daimyo, and it was a state of incessant strife.

Ninja clans made a fortune from the war in the midst of this, not only accepting commission missions, but also plundering wealthy merchants from time to time to strengthen themselves.

Time flew by, and two months passed.

The Uchiha Clan began a new combat plan.

Under Madara's guidance, Uchiha Yuan grew more and more proficient at handling government affairs. Drawing upon his understanding from his past life, he leaped to become the person with the highest prestige within the Uchiha Clan.

After all, under Yuan's leadership, the clan's economy had doubled, and everyone reaped tangible benefits. How could they not be full of gratitude?

"So speaking of which, under normal circumstances, are messages usually delivered through summoning beasts when the distance is too great?"

Uchiha Haru replied earnestly: "Yes, Lord Yuan. There is the Summoning Technique and the Reverse Summoning Technique; this is the fastest way to transmit messages remotely. Moreover, the Ninja Cat Clan are our loyal supporters for generations, so there is absolutely no need to worry about their loyalty."

Hearing Haru say this, Uchiha Yuan nodded slowly. In that case, the intelligence from those ten chess pieces he had released was true.

He had not expected that in the short span of a few months, those ten peripheral clansmen would have actually established their own territories, and attained a not-insignificant status in commerce.

Calculated solely on this single spring season, the total net profit was as high as ten million ryo.

"Well~ you reply to them, let them continue using this as capital to slowly expand their scale. If they can spare the time, they can casually establish an underground intelligence organization, using the Bounty Station as a selling point and bounties as a gimmick to post missions, thereby gathering all aspects of intelligence."

"Understood!"

Ten million ryo wasn't even enough for the entire Uchiha's food expenses for a few weeks; it was negligible.

But this was only the beginning. If they developed for a year or two, the profits would simply be unimaginable.

After Haru left, Uchiha Yuan looked at the bare desktop and muttered to himself:

"Truly, being a hundred million steps ahead allows one to seize the initiative. I'll occupy all sorts of industries in advance and pocket the underground Bounty Station along the way. I won't lack money for experiments in the future."

As a scientist, funding was a very important link. He was unwilling to be like Orochimaru, who, for the sake of his scientific research, not only had to coax the financial backer Danzo, but also had to rack his brains to control small countries, and even misappropriate funds from a certain day-organization.

That was not only troublesome, but also very easy to attract unwanted attention. Even if laboratories were established all over the world, he would eventually be tracked down.

Thinking and thinking, Uchiha Yuan began to doze off. When he woke up, he found that it was nighttime once more.

"Haru?"

"I'm here~ My Lord."

"What time is it now?"

"It is already the Si hour."

Ten o'clock? Time really flies...

"Let's head back."

"Yes~"

Uchiha Haru had married in her early years, but later her husband unfortunately died in battle. At that time, she was only twenty-three years old.

Although her marriage wasn't short, unfortunately she didn't leave a single child for her husband, and now her age was steadily approaching thirty.

In the Naruto World, this was already considered advanced in age, but now that she followed by Uchiha Yuan's side every day without having to undertake various dangerous missions, her lifespan might just break through the average limit.

On the way back, the two chatted casually, the topic turning to the Ninja Cat Clan mentioned during the day.

"Are the summoning beasts within our clan all from that Ninja Cat Clan?"

"No, on the contrary, very few within the clan have signed ninja cat contracts."

"Oh? Why is that?"

"Because the Ninja Cat Clan cannot provide effective combat power, so..."