"Fugaku will lead today's meeting. We older members need to give the younger generation more opportunities. They are the future of the Uchiha clan."
Uchiha Tenjo said a few brief words, then quickly ended his remarks.
The senior Uchiha officials turned to Fugaku.
"The guidance plan we introduced last time was only marginally successful. One war followed another, and our losses were so severe that we had to suspend it.
The clan still hasn't recovered. It will be some time before we can put the guidance plan back into practice.
The plan I've come up with this time can address the Uchiha clan's current shortage of people.
I'm calling it the High Birthrate Plan. The idea is simple: have more children. As our population grows, so will the number of clan members who awaken their eyes.
We Uchiha rarely marry outside the clan. Even when we bring outsiders in, they are women marrying into the clan, not our women marrying out. The main reason is to prevent the Uchiha bloodline from spreading beyond the clan.
At the current rate, it may take years for our Ninja numbers to return to their peak from two years ago. If another war breaks out, all our efforts so far will have been for nothing."
The moment Fugaku finished speaking, discussion broke out across the room.
The senior Uchiha officials had all considered increasing the clan's strength by having more children and growing its population.
But the idea had always come to nothing. The conditions had never been right.
"Fugaku, we support your plan, but many of the necessary conditions aren't in place. Most families have only one or two children now.
Almost none have more than two. The biggest problem is that one parent at home simply can't look after several children at