The fundamental reason why Uchiha Tokimitsu openly challenged the daimyo's authority in the Hokage's office was from a position of strength.
As for the "ninja world siege" mentioned by Tsunade, it is even more nonsense.
Among the five major countries, Konoha has the most respectful attitude towards daimyo.
The conflict between the Daimyo of the Country of Water and the Mizukage over the control of the Ninja Village is well known in Kirigakure. The Daimyo of the Country of Wind also had conflicts with the Sunagakure Village regarding military expenditures, and the Country of Thunder The daimyo simply became the cash machine of the fighting sect Raikage. Even the Tsuchikage of Iwagakure Village suppressed the daimyo's desire to seize power.
Even during his lifetime, Danzo often threatened daimyo in order to obtain military funds.
The reason why ninjas did not commit robberies when gathering money was because the returns were too low, and there was also the risk of being hunted down by stronger ninjas hired, so everyone chose to return to the Ninja Village and make money through tasks.
Now, under the auspices of Uchiha Tokumitsu, the ninjas have discovered a new way to make money, how can they give up easily?
The reason why the daimyo sent envoys to hold him accountable was not only because of the smuggling activities led by the Uchiha clan, but also because of the bond incident. The nobles discovered that the Ninja Village already had a channel to bypass the daimyo to obtain funds, so they tried to take advantage of it. Just to get the relationship between the two "back on track".
But once the door to the new world is opened, it is not so easy to close.
Just like a succubus who has had sex can no longer become an angel, the ninja will not easily return to the era of being driven by noble officials like cattle and horses with the excess benefits they are about to receive.
“Work to get rich!”
In a banquet hall in the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Tokumitsu solemnly said to a group of pro-nin clan leaders who came to visit.
"We work hard to transport some materials from abroad and sell them to honest businessmen in the country to earn a small profit that is nothing compared to the interests of the daimyo nobles. Essentially, it is to enable the people of the Fire Country to Better off!"
"We don't cause trouble and are not afraid of trouble, but if anyone dares to stop us from making money, we will smash his head!"
"good!"
Chief Nohara immediately jumped up and cheered loudly, applauding repeatedly.
There was thunderous applause.
Uchiha Tokumitsu pressed his hands down repeatedly to signal, and it took a while to stop the enthusiastic applause from everyone.
"What we want to create is a new era!"
Uchiha Tokko was high-spirited and his voice was loud and high.
"During the Warring States Period, our ancestors fought to the death in the endless mountains of corpses and seas of blood, just to find a place to rest!"
"In the Ninja Village era, we fought to death for the pitiful share of tasks that leaked from the hands of the nobles!"
Uchiha Tokko paused for a moment, and the ninja leaders nodded in agreement.
"The one-village-one-country system established by Hashirama-sama is good, but it is still not good enough, and there are still some unpredictable people trying to destroy it, causing the situation to become so rotten!"
Although Uchiha Tokumitsu didn't say it explicitly, countless imaginary hostile characters had already appeared in the minds of the ninja leaders.
Daimyo, Naruto, Hinata, Sarutobi, Inokacho...
All the characters who usually conflict with their interests echoed in their minds.
“What we have to do now is just a small and insignificant contribution, but such a small thing can bring more benefits to our family, and it can also allow the people of the Water Country to eat the best food. Beef allows the citizens of the Fire Nation to taste the highest quality seafood.”
The last trace of concern in the minds of the ninja clan leaders has already gone out of the mind of Jiutian Yun.
"According to the previous commitment, the total share capital is 300 million taels, and the Uchiha clan will contribute 100 million taels. Let us all make a fortune together!"
"Salute to the most generous Lord Tokko!"
The ninja leaders stood up with a roar, raised their teacups and paid tribute to Uchiha Tokimitsu.
"To our unbreakable alliance!"
Uchiha Tokko also stood up and returned the greeting.
"Have we already discussed the specific equity allocation?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu also had a smile on his face.
"Everyone has communicated well."
As a representative, Kurama Clan Chief reported to Uchiha Demitsu: "Everyone has determined the investment amount of each company for the investment amount of 200 million."
"That's enough, let's all hand in the numbers together after the meeting! I will transfer personnel from the stock exchange to form a capital supervision committee, and will also notify all shareholders of the specific income, expenditure and profit status."
“We can rest assured when the exchange is doing its job!”
The Ninja clan leaders were even more happy when they heard this.
With the issuance of bonds, the Minamigagawa Stock Exchange organized by the Uchiha clan has become a benchmark for the advanced financial industry in the ninja world. Everyone will feel more at ease when the funds are entrusted to the exchange - after all, the principal cannot be used for smuggling. Let's deposit it in the Daimyo's bank!
"Lord Tokuguang, what is our...well, what is the name of the organization?"
A ninja leader raised his hand and asked: "I think if we have a good name, it will help us build a reputation in the ninja world, right?"
"good idea!"
Uchiha Tokko was very fond of this kind of person who could always make him advance the topic.
"How about... just call it 'United Fisheries Company'?"
"Not bad……"
Although I felt that the name of the organization was a bit ordinary, it was Uchiha Tokumitsu who chose it after all, so everyone still nodded and praised it.
"The word "United" means that we are united as equals, and aquatic products are our main business. If we have more business in the future, we will jointly develop our business under the name of "United"!
Uchiha Tokumitsu's words won the favor of the ninja leaders. The meaning of the name is not important. The most important thing is the "equality" that Uchiha Tokumitsu said.
In terms of business, he is equal to the Uchiha clan, so rounding it up is equivalent to being a member of the most wealthy clan!
Of course, it was also because they didn't know that in Uchiha Tokko's previous life, there was a similar super monopoly called "United Fruit Company".
Even Uchiha Tokimitsu, the client of smuggling seafood, had already thought about it.
Those wealthy businessmen who secretly come to buy large bonds are the perfect partners.
Moreover, since wealthy businessmen have huge amounts of black money in their hands, buying smuggled seafood for sale is also a good way to launder their money. At worst, they can just buy some legal seafood to act as a front.
Finally, Uchiha Tokumitsu made the final decision and said what everyone was most concerned about: "Next month, we will ship the first batch of goods from Kirigakure!"
"To our unbreakable alliance!"
The Shiranui clan leader stood up excitedly and shouted the slogan pioneered by Uchiha Tokimitsu.
…
After sending away all the excited ninja leaders, Uchiha Tokumitsu returned to the police department.
Hatake Sakumo and Orochimaru were already waiting in the office.
Although the two were colleagues in the Eastern War, they still had relatively little communication, so the atmosphere when they were in the same room was quite awkward.
Uchiha Tokko opened the door and entered, and both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sakumo-kun, Orochimaru jounin."
Uchiha Tokko's greeting clearly reflected the difference between closeness and distance.
Orochimaru also didn't care about Uchiha Tokimitsu's attitude.
"Tokumitsu-kun, can we talk about cooperation now?"
Orochimaru was impatient.
His laboratory has been shut down for several days, which is even more uncomfortable than Ling Chi's for several days.
"The Uchiha clan will invest 20 million taels in you every three months, but you must accept students appointed by Uchiha to practice in the laboratory. In addition, you must provide the laboratory's research report as the basis for evaluation. If the research results can be effectively transformed If so, the Uchiha clan won’t mind increasing the amount of investment!”
"Twenty million taels is too little..."
Orochimaru was a little dissatisfied.
Twenty million taels was only his experiment expenses for one month in the past. Now he has to support it for three months, which will inevitably delay the progress of many experiments. Moreover, he also has to accept students appointed by Uchiha Tokko, and some shameful experiments are carried out. It is inevitable that you will shrink your hands and feet when you get up.
"If the Uchiha clan has additional research tasks, additional funds will be allocated to support it."
Of course, Uchiha Tokumitsu would not satisfy all the needs of this poisonous snake at once. Only by whetting Orochimaru's appetite could he slowly accept the deployment of the Uchiha clan.
It doesn't matter whether the students stationed here can learn any real skills. The most important thing is to make Sarutobi Hiruzen, who is sitting in the Hokage Building, feel that his disciple may have different intentions.
Moreover, although the laboratory composed of Uzumaki tribe members is reliable, its level is still limited after all. It is not impossible to entrust some special research tasks to Orochimaru.
"That's okay..."
Orochimaru was still not satisfied, but he still agreed.
There is no way, a penny can't defeat the heroic man.
His experimental schedule is very full and he really can't spare the time to perform tasks and make money.
And his subordinates are basically poor people with gloomy personalities, and they don't have much money for him to throw into the laboratory to squander.
Therefore, although the Uchiha clan is not the best partner, it is also the most suitable choice at the moment.
At least the implementation of research projects does not have to be as restrictive as in the village laboratory.
After achieving their goal, Orochimaru and Uchiha Tokumitsu took the initiative to say goodbye and leave after explaining some more details.
After receiving the warrant issued by Uchiha Tokimitsu, he hurriedly went to the Minamigagawa Stock Exchange to withdraw money to buy experimental supplies.
"Sakumo-kun~Please give me tea!"
After sending Orochimaru away, Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hatake Sakumo could finally talk about some sensitive topics together.
"The Daimyo's envoy has left."
Hatake Sakumo took a sip of tea and said softly: "The village should soon spread the details of the meeting. How should we deal with the subsequent questioning?"
"I have reached an agreement with the Ninja clan leaders to set up a joint fishery company to operate the seafood business of the Kirigakure Ninja clan."
Uchiha Tokumitsu did not directly answer Hatake Sakumo's question, "After all, the manpower of the Ninja clan is still insufficient. Many tasks may be outsourced by then, and I plan to leave them to you, Sakumo-kun."
What Uchiha Tokko said was not false.
Although it is determined to establish a base camp for seafood smuggling in the Country of Waves, transporting the goods to the corresponding merchants still requires a lot of manpower, and the children of various ninja clans have basically served in the border troops. The ninjas who can be spared Not much.
It would be great if these useless tasks are thrown out to win people's hearts.
"Task……"
Hatake Sakumo's eyes flickered a little.
Uchiha Demitsu's words were indeed beyond his expectation.
As we all know, Hatake Sakumo's supporters are mainly civilian ninjas and small ninjas, and they have one common characteristic, that is, poverty.
"It doesn't matter whether these task shares are allocated by Shuo Maojun himself or handed over to the village's task center. Everything is arranged by you and I will never interfere."
Uchiha Tokko added.
Hatake Sakumo struggled even more inside.
Self-distribution will undoubtedly allow your supporters to get more task rewards, but this is clearly poaching the village; if it is handed over to the village's task center for distribution, the village will definitely take a share and it will fall to the task execution. People have less money in their hands, but this is also more in line with Konoha's rules...
If Sakumo Hatake was given money directly, he might refuse, but these tasks are obviously set up to take care of his supporters...
For a moment, Hatake Sakumo was unable to make a choice.
"Don't be anxious, we won't have tasks until next month."
Uchiha Tokumitsu also saw the inner struggle of Hatake Sakumo at this time, so he advised: "And don't make the decision alone on this matter. You can talk to your subordinates and listen to their voices. "
"I see……"
Hatake Sakumo sighed, temporarily letting go of his inner tangle, "But anyway, thank you very much..."
Although Uchiha Tokumitsu said that the Ninja clan was short of manpower, it sounded to Hatake Sakumo that this was just an excuse to save face.
"It doesn't matter, we are allies!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu poured a cup of tea for Hatake Sakumo, "Our alliance is unbreakable!"
"Daimyo, how are you going to deal with it?"
Hatake Sakumo changed the subject: "In any case, although he is only a mortal, he is still the nominal co-leader of the Fire Country. After all, he cannot be forced too much..."
"Don't worry, Mr. Shuomao, I have my own sense of discretion in this matter..."
Uchiha Tokumitsu wiped his chin and thought for a moment, "How about the Fire Temple?"
"Um?"
Hatake Sakumo couldn't react.
"I remember that the ninja monks of the Fire Temple have a power known as the talent of the immortal clan. I am very interested in learning about it..."
In addition, the Fire Temple also has an iron gate called the Seal Iron Wall, which is said to be unbreakable. Uchiha Tokumitsu first wanted to see if this magical iron gate could withstand Susanoo's blow.
If they can't bear it, it means that these daimyo's lackeys deserve to die; if they can, it means that these well-trained daimyo's lackeys deserve to die even more.
"In addition to having close contacts with the daimyo, the monks of the Fire Temple also have deep connections with the village. It's best not to go too far..."
Hatake Sakumo lowered his voice and said: "Otherwise, Tsunade-hime will not be able to explain it..."
"I see."
Uchiha Tokumitsu nodded and responded: "Don't worry! It's just for deterrence, it won't destroy the family~"
"Besides, I'm not some bloodthirsty demon, am I?"
When Hatake Sakumo heard this, he hesitated for a moment, but still nodded politely.
…
As expected, Uchiha Tokumitsu's disrespect for the daimyo during the meeting in the Hokage's office spread quickly throughout Konoha and even the ninja world.
The Uchiha clan was once again passively involved in the eye of the storm of public opinion.
Only this time, the Uchiha clan was more tolerant and had no intention of pursuing the initiator of the remarks.
This is also because of Uchiha Tokumitsu's advice.
The truth becomes clearer with each passing day, and the Uchiha clan also needs to "wash off their powder" properly.
The Kirigakure Ninja Clan once again sent a secret message, and they were planning to send people to discuss with Uchiha Tokumitsu how to deepen cooperation between the two parties and jointly fight against the erosion of the Ninja Clan by secular forces.
It just so happened that Uchiha Tokumitsu, who was short of money after his recent lavish spending, also planned to sell arms to them.
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