Tsunade narrowed his eyes.
Jiraiya's heart sank slightly.
This sentence is too straightforward.
But Ren's next sentence made the tense atmosphere in the room relax a little.
"But I'm not your stumbling block."
Tsunade looked at him.
Ren continued, "I will not be Hokage, nor will I support the Uchiha people to fight for Hokage Position."
"I overthrew the third generation because Hiruzen Sarutobi was sitting in that position and was no longer suitable to continue to be in charge of Konoha."
"Danzo, Root, Orochimaru were subjected to human experiments, Sharingan, Hashirama's Cells, and Kumogakure kidnapped Yaonai from Kagami Uchiha. If these old accounts are not cleared up, Konoha will continue to rot sooner or later."
"Since I have removed the third generation from the position of Hokage, I do not want the Konoha under the governance of the new Hokage to decline day by day."
Tsunade's eyes moved.
She originally thought Ren would make conditions.
Even be prepared to hear a string of demanding requests.
But Ren's first sentence was actually saying that he didn't want to see Konoha continue to decline.
Jiraiya looked at Ren and felt a little surprised.
He had been investigating Land of Lightning all the way back, and his judgment on Ren had always been complicated.
Powerful, calm, dangerous, and extremely ambitious.
But the words before him were not spoken by a person who simply wanted to tear Konoha apart.
Tsunade said in a deep voice, "You don't want to fight for Hokage, and you don't want Konoha to decline, so what do you want to do?"
"Cooperation."
Ren raised his hand and pushed out a map on the table.
That's not the Land of Lightning map.
It is the area map between Konoha and Uchiha District.
Tsunade looked down and immediately frowned.
Of course she knew that area.
After Uchiha District was moved to the edge of Konoha, there was a large wasteland in between.
The location is awkward, underdeveloped, the roads are difficult to navigate, and there are no decent shops. For a long time, the core areas of Uchiha and Konoha have been separated into two worlds.
Ren's finger fell on that wasteland.
"Here."
"Uchiha Family will invest to build a new city between Uchiha District and Konoha districts."
Tsunade looks up.
"New City?"
"Yes."
Ren's tone was neither urgent nor slow, but everyone could hear it clearly.
"The tentative name is Super Amazing City."
"It is not an ordinary shopping street or a ninja tool market, but a new landmark that integrates entertainment, food, leisure, accommodation, commerce, auctions, ninja tool trading, medicinal materials trading, and cross-border goods circulation."
"Land of Fire's food, medicinal materials, silk cloth, and wine."
"Land of Lightning's minerals, Chakra Metal, Lightning Release's ninja tool materials, special military supplies."
"Uchiha's self-developed ninja tools, medicinal bath materials, and training aids."
"In the future, all transactions will be concentrated here."
Tsunade's expression changed, Jiraiya also put down the teacup, and Shizune was even more stunned.
She originally thought that Ren would talk about power, Military Police Force, Uchiha privileges, and Hokage Tower not to interfere with the clan territory.
But when he opened his mouth, he actually wanted to build a city.
And it's not just about building a commercial street, it's about bringing in all the businesses of Land of Fire and Land of Lightning.
Nanami stood beside him, his chest rising and falling slightly.
She had only heard about this matter from Ren before.
Now that she actually said it from Clan Leader's mouth, she understood that this was no small matter.
This is to push Uchiha from the clan area on the edge of Konoha to the position of the entire Land of Fire commercial center in one fell swoop.
Tsunade points his finger on the map.
"You want to use Uchiha's money to develop the economy for Konoha?"
Ren said, "It's not substitution, it's cooperation."
"Uchiha funded the construction, and Konoha provided formal approval, public security cooperation, road planning, convenient access for foreign caravans, and necessary policy support within the village."
"Once Super Amazing City is built, it will not only benefit Uchiha."
"Konoha Civilians will have more jobs, merchants will have more customers, ninjas can buy more resources, villages can collect more taxes, and all ethnic groups can put their own industries in."
"Konoha has been relying on ninja missions, Land of Fire grants and old industries in the village for these years, and its ability to withstand risks is too weak."
"If a ninja village wants to become stronger, it can't just rely on cultivating ninjas."
"Only with a solid economic foundation can we be able to raise more ninjas, buy more ninja tools, store more medicinal materials, and support larger war expenditures."
As soon as these words were spoken, the reception room became quiet again.
Tsunade's originally sharp eyes gradually became serious.
She is a medical ninja and is very aware of the importance of resources.
Jonin people died a lot on the battlefield, not just because they were not strong enough.
Many times, it is because there are not enough medicines, because the logistics cannot keep up, because Medical Unit is short of manpower, because the endurance tools are too consumed, or because the wounded cannot be transported in time.
Konoha used to be strong because of its strong foundation.
But in recent years, Konoha actually no longer has as strong a foundation as it used to.
Three Shinobi World wars, Nine-Tails' Attack, internal attrition, brain drain, and Root rot, these things continue to gnaw at Konoha's bones.
If Ren can really open up the Land of Lightning trade route and the Land of Fire market, the benefits Konoha will get are by no means as simple as a little tax.
Jiraiya couldn't help but said, "You are not building a commercial street. You want to turn the wasteland between Uchiha and Konoha into a transnational trade center."
Ren glanced at him.
"That's right."
"The purpose of that wasteland in the past was to separate Uchiha and Konoha."
"It makes it inconvenient for people to come in and out, makes the tribe's land remote, makes villagers reluctant to get close to Uchiha, and makes Uchiha more and more like an isolated island placed on the edge by Konoha."
"In that case, it's better to develop it."
"Roads are built, shops are built, caravans come in, people flow in, and goods come in."
"At that time, it will be more convenient for the Uchiha people to go to the Konoha core area, and it will be more convenient for the Konoha people to come to Super Amazing City for consumption."
"The real solution to the problem is to turn the isolation zone into a prosperous area."
Tsunade was shocked.
This sentence is too harsh and too accurate.
In the past, Hokage Building moved Uchiha to the edge for the purpose of prevention and isolation.
But Ren now wants to turn that isolation belt into a commercial center.
Once Super Amazing City is really built, Uchiha will no longer be the lonely land on the edge of Konoha.
Instead, it will become the busiest hub between Konoha and external trade.
When the time comes, it will be Konoha who cannot live without Uchiha, not Uchiha who is begging for Konoha's acceptance.
Shizune finally couldn't help but whispered, "But for a new city of this size, the investment will be huge."
Nanami glanced at her.
"Uchiha can afford it."
This sentence was said very calmly, but Shizune was speechless for a moment.
Yes.
Uchiha Affordable.
Land of Lightning 678 billion taels of compensation are being continuously transported into the clan.
Cash silver, minerals, Chakra Metal, ninja tool materials, military supplies, any one of them is enough to make ordinary ninjas jealous.
In the past, Konoha Leadership could also use the budget card Uchiha.
What Uchiha lacks most now is money.
Tsunade said in a deep voice, "You only want to make this one Super Amazing City?"