After leaving the Daimyo's mansion Uchiha Takashi quickly arrived at the Fujiwara Family's residence.
The conversation with the daimyo just now was basically him trying to raise the price on the spot, since the original agreement was to only take money from the Fujiwara Family.
But then Uchiha Takashi thought for a moment, "Wait a minute, they've already dealt with the three major clans, so they can't possibly give the money from the other two clans to the daimyo, can they?"
So Uchiha Takashi changed his mind without hesitation, demanding that the money of the other two clans also be robbed... no, taken from them.
As for the legal aspects... the other two major families are practically dead, why should they care about that?
Uchiha Takashi left everything to the Daimyo, letting him worry about it. He needed to hurry up and reap the rewards; otherwise, if his money got stolen, he'd have nowhere to turn for help.
When he sneaked into the Fujiwara Family's treasury, the moment he pushed open the door, he was greeted by a mountain of silver notes.
"Huff, huff..." Uchiha Takashi stared at the entire wall of silver notes; even in the darkness, his heavy breathing could be heard.
Is this the legendary "facing the wall in repentance"? It feels so good! Uchiha Takashi swallowed hard, reaching out to touch the wall of silver notes.
The feeling of layers upon layers of paper instantly filled my palm, and the sound of the paper sliding down when I applied force was so pleasant to the ear!
As if hearing celestial music, his ears were instantly cleared, and Uchiha Takashi felt his mouth water. Although the Uchiha was indeed wealthy, they weren't wealthy enough to build walls out of silver notes.
But the Fujiwara Family was different; they not only used silver notes to build walls, they even built several walls! How much money must that have cost?
Uchiha Takashi patted his face, "Calm down! Don't let the sight of so much money stop you from moving!"
Uchiha Takashi felt his heart pounding wildly in his chest, and panting heavily, he pulled a sealing scroll from his bag.
After the sealing scroll was slowly unfurled, a flash of light appeared, and all the valuables in the entire treasury were contained within it.
And on the seal scroll, there was also a big word "hundred" written on it.
Looking at the empty treasury, which seemed to have been gnawed by rats, Uchiha Takashi weighed the sealing scroll in his hand with satisfaction, then quickly left.
The subsequent actions were largely the same; Uchiha Takashi ransacked the treasuries of the other two clans, but to his disappointment...
The other two families were not as wealthy Fujiwara Family; the combined amount of silver in their treasuries was less than one-third of the Fujiwara Family's.
This made Uchiha Takashi mentally belittle these two clans as paupers. Where were all the taxes they collected? Where was the money they embezzled and obtained through corruption?
This group of people spend money at an unbelievable speed, like gluttons eating. Uchiha Takashi felt a pang of heartache at the thought that he had lost tens of thousands of taels of silver just because he arrived a day late.
Back at the designated rendezvous point, several Uchiha were squatting there, idly counting ants.
Stepping forward, Uchiha Takashi patted the heads of the people squatting on the ground. "What are you standing there for? Come on."
As he spoke, he tossed several scrolls he was carrying on his back to his tribesmen. The tribesmen hurriedly picked up the scrolls, looking inside with bewildered expressions.
Holding a huge scroll, Yukimichi Uchiha asked in confusion, "Third Elder, what's the use of this scroll? What's inside?"
Uchiha Takashi glanced at him. "There are billions of taels of silver notes in here. If you lose this thing, you're dead!"
Upon hearing that the scroll contained hundreds of billions of taels of silver, Yukimichi Uchiha was so frightened that he quickly tightened his grip on it.
At the same time, he asked in a low voice, "Third Elder, where did you get so much money? Did you rob someone?"
Uchiha Takashi glanced at him disdainfully. "Coward. Robbing is nowhere near as fast as looting a mansion's treasury. Those nobles' vaults are overflowing with treasure."
There were countless silver notes, gold and silver jewelry, and so on. I packed them all up and brought them back. Isn't that much faster than robbing someone?
Yukimichi Uchiha's eyes widened. "So rich? They're richer than us Uchiha! We Uchiha don't even have this much cash!"
Uchiha Takashi ignored Yukimichi Uchiha and instead addressed the other Uchiha clan members. "We need to go back now; this is all just cash."
The three families' main assets are all real estate—shops, mines, shopping malls, and the like—that's where the bulk of their wealth lies.
Uchiha Takashi continued, "However, our Uchiha Clan doesn't have that many people, so we can't manage so many stores. We'll just sell what we can."
The Fujiwara Family, along with two other major families, possessed wealth throughout the Land of Fire, including various workshops and even salt and iron.
Uchiha Takashi understood this very well. Although salt and iron were the most profitable commodities, they were state-run and private individuals couldn't own them, so they were useless to him.
Now is not the time to break ties with the government; the Uchiha's power is not yet sufficient to stand against the entire nation.
It would be better to sell this to the daimyo, and as for the other shops and stores located within the Land of Fire...
Uchiha Takashi planned to sell off the shops in towns too far from the headquarters, and only operate businesses near the headquarters.
Shops that are too far away are beyond the reach of the Uchiha, even if they wanted to manage them. It would be more worthwhile to sell them and get some cash.
The most important thing right now is to bring this huge sum of money back to the main base. I wonder how the Senju Clan and Uzumaki Clan will react when they find out that the Uchiha have interfered with their long-sought wealth?
I bet their expressions after they find out will be priceless...
"Alright, let's go..." With the Daimyo's authorization, Uchiha Takashi left City of Fire without any hindrance.
This group of Uchiha, carrying hundreds of billions, even nearly a trillion, of silver notes, left City of Fire under the cover of night, heading towards the Uchiha Clan Compound. A massive evacuation.
Meanwhile, back in the City of Fire, the daimyo, too excited to sleep, simply sat up abruptly.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one could react in time, he swiftly seized control of Daming Prefecture, and then used Daming Prefecture to expand his influence to the entire City of Fire.
Since the three major families had been largely eliminated, the daimyo's control of City of Fire proceeded without any hindrance, further compounded by the legitimacy of his status.
The lower-ranking samurai officers and officials almost without thinking before joining his ranks, and this happened in just one night.
The Daimyo of the Land of Fire looked at the large group of officials dozing off in front of him and was quite satisfied.
Is this what it feels like to have power? It really feels wonderful!
He absolutely did not wake these ministers because he himself had been woken up and he felt that he couldn't be the only one who had been woken up; he wanted others to experience it as well. Absolutely not!