After Konoha was established, the old pattern of shinobi clans fighting one another to the death was broken.
The shinobi clans lived in the same village. Even when they took missions, they took them together rather than becoming enemy clans.
Hashirama Senju had also come up with some ideas for acquiring resources and becoming self-sufficient.
Most drew on approaches Yanbai and Tobirama Senju had developed through their business ventures years earlier.
When Yanbai hired the Kaguya Clan's kekkei genkai wielders to work for him, he had paid a hefty sum.
So he worked them to the bone to get his money's worth.
Since they were only building houses rather than fighting, the Kaguya Clan members were utterly baffled, and built the magnificent Konoha in a daze.
Moreover, once the Kaguya Clan discovered that Yanbai could alleviate their bloodline disease, they became quite enthusiastic about the work.
Thus, besides having the Kaguya Clan build the various Clan Grounds in Konoha, Yanbai added new construction projects, taking the opportunity to build facilities for the future Konoha Ninja Academy, Konoha Hospital, Konoha Plaza, Konoha Grand Hall, and an enormous Hot Spring Inn Complex.
When the major shinobi clans moved in and saw the staggering scale of the buildings, they wondered whether such a huge stride might tear something delicate.
Only after these shinobi clans became involved in running Konoha did they begin to understand.
The traditional shinobi business model involved taking missions and collecting commissions from clients.
But with Konoha's population now so large, that money was a drop in the bucket.
At first, under the pretext of placing Konoha under the Land of Fire's patronage, Hashirama Senju invited the daimyo and nobles over, ostensibly to obtain some funding from the daimyo.
Once these daimyo and nobles arrived in Konoha, things changed.
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