After decades of widespread education, the social environment in the Land of Fire had changed to some extent.
The common people of the Land of Fire no longer thought the way they once had.
Broader social trends determined the direction the Land of Fire needed to take.
Yanbai had wanted the Land of Fire to develop in every respect for a long time.
Giving the common people a taste of the benefits was essential;
Only then would they have something to look forward to;
Only when they had hope would they be more willing to strive and work hard.
The Land of Fire's rapid development was not merely due to its vast workforce from the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning, but also to these policies that favored ordinary people.
Madara Uchiha believed Yanbai had recognized that these lingering evils hindered the development of the entire Land of Fire, which was why he had taken aim at those hidden dangers.
One could say that Yanbai's bizarre arrangements had made an outstanding contribution to the Land of Fire's crackdown on loan sharks.
With the loan sharks gone, ordinary people could save a little money.
Being able to save gave them confidence in the Land of Fire and hope for the future.
What loan shark would be foolish enough to go collecting debts in one of the little villages under Yanbai's control?
That would be no different from walking straight into a trap.
After a few rounds of this,
Even those who had considered secretly running loan-sharking operations became afraid.
Besides, why had ordinary people borrowed from loan sharks in emergencies before?
Wasn't it because they could find no legitimate lending institution?
The Land of Fire now had a Public Bank, its funds built from assets seized from criminals and