Seeing signs that the daimyo was about to lose his temper, the aide's legs nearly gave out beneath him as he hurriedly explained:
"When Konoha was first established, the Sarutobi Clan was merely a relatively successful small-to-medium ninja clan. Because it had gathered quite a few ninja clans around itself to resist foreign enemies, when Konoha was founded, the Sarutobi Clan led those clans into Konoha."
"Thus, they received relatively favorable treatment."
"However, after Hiruzen Sarutobi became Hokage, the Sarutobi Clan began expanding without restraint."
"Someone from the Sarutobi Clan became Hokage. What was wrong with them developing a little faster?"
The daimyo did not think there was anything strange about it.
"The problem lies precisely there."
Seeing that the daimyo was finally taking this seriously, the aide secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Based on the clan enterprises held by the Sarutobi Clan, they should not have been able to support such rapid growth. Even Konoha's renowned great clans could not develop like this."
"There must be something wrong here!!!"
That was right.
How had the Sarutobi Clan developed?
Though he was relatively unfamiliar with the ninja system, one should not forget that the daimyo merely enjoyed indulgence; that did not mean he was stupid. He also recruited ninjas to serve him.
He had even secretly trained some ninjas himself.
Though both the process and the results had been rather hard to describe.
Still, after recruiting and personally training ninjas, the daimyo had realized just how difficult and costly it was to train a qualified ninja.
Even he, the daimyo, had such thoughts. So the question was, how had the Sarutobi Clan grown?
Without a sufficient chain of clan businesses, where had they gotten so much money?
The Sarutobi Clan was not a bank. They could not simply print