The Billion-Tael Project Agreement! Severing the Daimyo Court's Employment-A Dimensionality-Reducing Strike
"Now that I've finished speaking, just listen to me."
Tsunade opened the first page of the agreement, his tone was so calm that you couldn't hear the emotion or anger.
"Not long ago, Konoha signed a long-term cooperation agreement with Uchiha."
"Uchiha will spend 50 billion taels to build railways in Land of Fire. The first batch of lines will connect Land of Fire's major cities, and then continue to extend northward, eventually connecting Land of Fire and Land of Lightning."
"Fifty billion taels?"
The white-haired minister sat upright suddenly.
The relief on the faces of several nobles disappeared at the same time.
Such a huge project is enough to drive any force crazy.
Railways need to dig mountains, build bridges, lay lines, and deal with Bandits, wild beasts, and various dangers along the way. Ordinary craftsmen are responsible for infrastructure construction, while ninjas can complete exploration, transportation, guarding, clearing obstacles, and a large number of difficult projects.
The number of tasks represented behind this is simply impossible to estimate.
Land of Fire Daimyo stared at the agreement on the table, his voice obviously becoming darker.
"Uchiha Where did you get so much money?"
Tsunade raised his eyes and looked at him.
"Land of Lightning War Reparations."
"That money belongs to Uchiha. How to use it does not require Daimyo Court's approval."
One sentence made Daimyo look ugly.
A minister in charge of finance quickly reacted and asked hurriedly, "Fifty billion taels are spent on building a railway. Who will be responsible for the project?"
"Konoha."
Tsunade turned the page.
"Line survey, road cleaning, bridge construction, material transportation, and guarding along the way, all engineering tasks that require the participation of ninjas will be handed over to Konoha."
There was a burst of low-pitched discussion in the conference hall.
"Leave it all to Konoha?"
"Such a huge project will take at least several years!"
"Uchiha How could you spend 50 billion taels just to build a railway?"
Several nobles looked at each other, their expressions beginning to change.
They originally thought that the task mastered by Daimyo Court was to hold the irreplaceable bargaining chip of Konoha.
But once the 50 billion tael railway project is started, Konoha will not only not be short of tasks, but may also have a shortage of ninjas.
The most critical thing is that this plan only mentions Uchiha and Konoha.
Daimyo Court has no share.
The nobles here have no share either.
No one can take any benefit from these 50 billion taels.
Before they could come up with a countermeasure, Tsunade spoke again.
"Railway is just the first item."
"Uchiha will also invest an additional 50 billion taels to build Myriad City in each of Land of Fire's ten major cities."
This time, the meeting hall was completely quiet.
Another 50 billion!
Adding it all up, it's a total of 100 billion taels!
A nobleman couldn't help but stood up.
"What is Myriad City?"
"A large-scale industry integrating commerce, residence, warehousing, task release and cargo circulation."
Tsunade did not explain in detail, but just turned the agreement over to everyone.
"The ten Myriad Citys are also constructed and guarded by Konoha, Uchiha provides funds, and Konoha provides manpower."
"The railway and Myriad City projects have a total investment of 100 billion taels."
"According to Konoha's preliminary estimate, the number of tasks that need to be released in the first phase alone far exceeds the total number of tasks that Daimyo Court assigns to Konoha every year."
The nobleman still kept standing up, but the blood on his face had faded a lot.
Others finally saw clearly the truly terrifying aspects of this agreement.
Uchiha didn't just give Konoha a sum of money.
They are creating a set of task sources for Konoha that do not depend on Daimyo Court!
After the railway is built, it needs maintenance.
Myriad City needs management, maintenance and continuous operation after completion.
Once Land of Fire and Land of Lightning are truly connected by railway, the traffic of caravans, goods, minerals and people will increase dramatically, and the accompanying transportation and escort tasks will continue.
This is not a benefit for a few years.
It is a new path that can support Konoha for a long time.
Daimyo Hold the armrest of the seat and tighten your fingers little by little.
"Tsunade, what do you mean by taking out this agreement?"
"It's very simple."
Tsunade closed the agreement and slowly glanced over the faces of the nobles.
"Konoha Ninja limited quantity."
"The scale of the project invested by Uchiha is too large. All the existing manpower in the village will be involved in the construction of the railway and Myriad City. For a long time to come, Konoha will not have any spare ninjas to take on other tasks."
A minister's face twitched, and an ominous premonition suddenly came into his heart.
"What do you want to say?"
Tsunade said word by word, "From now on, Konoha will temporarily suspend the employment cooperation with Land of Fire Daimyo Court."
"Recovery time, undetermined."
The entire meeting hall was silent for an instant.
Daimyo froze in his seat.
The noble who just now clamored for Uchiha to compensate 30 billion taels opened his mouth, but could not utter a single word for a long time.
The old minister in charge of finance shook his hand, and the tea cup on the table was knocked over. The tea flowed down the corner of the table and onto his robe, but he seemed not to notice it.
Terminate employment cooperation?
Konoha doesn't want Daimyo Court's mission?
The bargaining chip they were most proud of in the past and used most often to force Konoha to bow down turned out to be worthless in just one sentence from Tsunade!
What's even more frightening is that this doesn't just mean that Daimyo Court has one less ninja village to perform tasks.
Land of Fire has a vast border. Nobles from various places need ninja protection when traveling, and important material transportation needs ninja escort. Bandits and Wandering Ninja within the territory need to be cleared by Konoha. If dangerous incidents occur in various cities, tasks must also be issued to Konoha.
Without Konoha to take over these things, ordinary samurai would not be able to deal with the enemies who have mastered Ninjutsu.
Once the city lords everywhere find out that Daimyo Court cannot mobilize Konoha, they will inevitably have other thoughts.
Those careerists who secretly accumulate power will also take the opportunity to expand.
Neighboring countries are even less likely to let go of the opportunity for Land of Fire to lose control internally.
In just a few breaths, everyone thought of the worst consequences.
The nobles who had looked tough just now all turned pale, and cold sweat on their backs quickly soaked through their robes.
Land of Fire Daimyo stood up suddenly.
"Tsunade!"
"Are you going to overthrow One Country, One Village System established by Hashirama?"
"Konoha is supported by Land of Fire, but refuses Daimyo Court's mission at this time. Do you want to plunge the entire Land of Fire into turmoil?"
Faced with Daimyo's stern questioning, Tsunade still did not stand up.
"Don't change concepts secretly."
"Konoha will not terminate border defense, nor will it allow any enemy troops to enter Land of Fire."
"If there is a large-scale rebellion anywhere that threatens civilians and national security, Konoha will also take action."
Daimyo hurriedly asked, "Then what do you mean by suspending employment cooperation?"
"Literally."
Tsunade looked at the nobles who were already restless.
"Konoha will no longer undertake personal security, cargo escort, industrial clearance and other private tasks for Daimyo and the nobles."
"If you want to travel, you can bring your own warriors."
"If your caravan needs protection, you can also hire others."
"As for Konoha Ninja, they want to build the railway and Myriad City. They don't have the manpower to guard the casino or escort luxury goods for you, and they don't have the time to deal with some people's shady troubles."
The nobleman who was the first to attack had his lips turned white.
"This is impossible!"
"Konoha requires a large amount of funds every year to maintain operation. Once Daimyo Court's mission stops, how will you pay the ninjas?"