Uchiha Takashi stayed on the front lines for several days, but the Senju Clan didn't launch any attacks at all, remaining holed up in their base.
As the clan head, Uchiha Takashi naturally couldn't stay on the front lines indefinitely. Seeing that the Senju Clan was truly unwilling to attack, he led his men back to their headquarters.
" Chidori!" Uchiha Takashi's eyes lit up as he looked at the latest progress report presented by the research institute.
Chidori was later hailed as the most suitable Ninjutsu for the Uchiha, but unfortunately, by the time it became widely popular, the Uchiha was almost extinct.
However, this Ninjutsu is indeed very suitable for the Uchiha. Those who use Chidori Stream all possess the Sharingan; even Sasuke used it in the later, very late stages of the game.
The prototype of Chidori has now been developed, and it's believed that it won't be long before it's officially equipped on various ninjas.
Speaking of this, Uchiha Takashi began to think about how to change the current ninja system.
The current ninja system is undeniably outdated; every ninja who wants to learn a new Ninjutsu must learn from a master.
Furthermore, ninjas nowadays are not full-time; they still need to complete missions to earn a living, which is also one of the clan's sources of income.
To put it bluntly, it's because they don't have money. That's what Uchiha Takashi thought. Ninjas are supposed to be incredibly skilled professional soldiers, yet they can't afford to take time off work.
The main reason for this is that the clans that could produce ninjas were not wealthy. Since the clans were poor, they needed ninjas to go out and accept employment, which led to this distorted ninja system.
Therefore Uchiha Takashi decided to make changes. Now, the Uchiha Clan is not short of money at all; in fact, it can be said that after inheriting the estates of the three major clans, the Uchiha Clan will never lack money in the future.
The Uchiha doesn't need its ninjas to perform missions to earn money; the revenue from its shops and malls is enough to support the entire clan.
With the production capacity of the newly developed village, it was enough to support the entire clan's ninjas. Therefore, Uchiha Takashi believed it was time to establish the clan's ninjas as a full-time ninja army.
This means changing the original conscription system to a professional army system.
All the ninjas gathered together, did not accept missions, trained regularly, and were sent to the front lines during wartime, supported by salaries paid by their clans.
This can greatly enhance the ninjas' combat power, while also ensuring the concentration of clan forces and preventing a shortage of clan ninjas in unforeseen circumstances.
At the same time, and most importantly, a dedicated ninja army can be established to recruit ninjas from other clans, such as Shimura and Chinoike, into the army to prevent unforeseen circumstances.
Without hesitation, Uchiha Takashi immediately called out to Tatsu Uchiha and Kyō Uchiha in the clan.
Uchiha Takashi presented his plan in front of the two of them. After listening, Kyō Uchiha pondered for a moment, and then said...
"Clan leader, your design concept is very advanced. If we adopt this military system, we can recruit a large number of ninjas as part of our army."
Even ninjas from other clans can be used by us, including our vassals, but this requires enormous financial support.
Moreover, this would cause us to lose our most important source of income, and it would make us stand out conspicuously among our families.
Uchiha Takashi chuckled and said, "Senior, have you forgotten the inheritance we received from the three major clans? It can certainly support our new source of income."
Rent alone is enough to cover our previous ninja missions, and the large amount of cash we've taken on has resulted in a massive cash flow for us.
We are now fully capable of building a legion of 10,000 men, all of them top-tier Jonin! If we didn't lack that many Jonin, we could easily support them!
Kyō Uchiha upon hearing this. He knew the three major clans were wealthy, but he hadn't realized they were this rich.
Last time, when Uchiha Takashi said that the clan was so poor that all they had left was money, he thought he was joking. Now it seems that he was no joke at all. The clan's coffers probably hold a huge amount of money!
Seeing Uchiha Takashi's expression, Kyō Uchiha's smile deepened, "Senior, you guessed correctly, the amount of this fortune far exceeds our expectations."
I don't know exactly how much, but I can only tell you this: for us Uchiha, money is just a number right now.
Tatsu Uchiha finally stopped calculating and said, "According to the calculations, the taxes we've collected from other places, as well as various other sources of income, total 3 billion taels of silver."
Our Uchiha Clan's total expenditure, including farm tools, seeds, Jonin tools, and various other miscellaneous items, amounted to fifty million.
In other words, our annual profit is 2.95 billion taels of silver.
Uchiha Takashi continued, "If you're worried about not having enough food, there's absolutely no problem. Our taxes are collected in the form of food, which is just enough for all our ninjas to eat to the highest standard."
This only includes what was grown and harvested, not including what was seized or purchased in the market. There's nothing money can't solve; if there is, it's because you don't have enough money.
Kyō Uchiha suddenly laughed, "I see. I didn't expect the Uchiha to have such economic strength. The Uchiha are indeed powerful! I'm sure it won't be long before we achieve the goal you set for us, Clan Chief."
If things were normal, the Uchiha would probably be indulging in fantasy right now, after all, such immense economic power is something that all the clans combined couldn't possibly match.
However, Uchiha Takashi shook his head. He deeply understood that if economic strength could not be converted into military strength, then you were merely someone else's money bag.
Therefore, before the Uchiha has fully digested the benefits brought by this fortune and completely converted this wealth into their own power, they will not open the champagne halfway through the event.
"We still have a long way to go. Right now, we need to take solid steps to forge our own path and lay a solid foundation before we can look further ahead. Aiming too high will only result in castles in the air."
Therefore, the task of establishing a full-time ninja army is entrusted to the two seniors. I hope that the two seniors can implement this matter quickly.
Listening to Uchiha Takashi's eloquent explanation, Kyō Uchiha nodded and said, "Absolutely no problem. I will handle this as quickly as possible."
Uchiha Takashi nodded, then, as if suddenly remembering something, said, "Senior, I hope you can calculate the total number of ninjas that the Uchiha currently possesses."
Then, we need to break it down into Mitsudomoe, Futatsudomoe, Single Tomoe, and unofficial ninjas from other clans who haven't awakened their Sharingan. I need this data to estimate our strength.
This is also essential data for designing ninja salaries. I will use this data to design reasonable salaries and ranks.
"Understood. I'll have someone compile and submit this data shortly. It shouldn't take long."