After staying in Fubo City for a period of time, Uchiha Tokumitsu felt despair about the research progress of natural energy harmlessness at the Uzumaki Research Institute, so he simply came to see out of sight and reiterated that he could not easily change the research direction or misappropriate the research. After spending money on other research interests, he took the initiative to wander back to Konoha to relax.
During this period of time, the anti-terrorist forces achieved remarkable results. After clearing the occupied areas of Thunder Country, Uchiha Shiina immediately turned around and returned to the territory of Takino Country and Takino Country. In total, no less than thirty black market strongholds were cleared and seized. A huge amount of materials and black money, and even the discounted trophies captured can cover the initial budget for establishing this standing ninja army.
"What a pity... You can only do this kind of good thing once. It will be difficult to maintain the ninja army by capturing it in the future."
While looking at the specific anti-terrorism report, Uchiha Tokumitsu chatted with Hatake Sakumo.
"It turns out...the black market is so rich!"
Hatake Sakumo looked at the shocking numbers in the report and could hardly control his greed. He wished he could immediately lead his troops to find a few black market strongholds to fight against the autumn wind.
"Who knows who is behind the so-called black market, which official, nobleman or wealthy businessman is backing them?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu snorted coldly, "From the Warring States Period to the present day, if such an underground organization could be maintained without a backing, I don't know how much its power would have expanded!"
The Ninja Clan, the contracted ally of the Uchiha Clan, is part of the black market, and is also one of the core suppliers of the underground bulk arms trade, so Uchiha Tokko also learned some secrets through the Ninja Clan.
The so-called black market is not actually a unified organization.
For example, the black market strongholds distributed in various places may have different supporters; it is just to better serve some wealthy people or facilitate some shady things, and different black market strongholds may exchange information with each other. Or exchange information, and even achieve connection for settlement of black market tasks.
But this does not mean that the black market forces are in the same camp.
For example, according to the description of the anti-terrorism report, the black market stronghold of Tianno Country was actually privately supported and established by the country's daimyo to make up for the lack of force in the non-ninja village. The purpose was to recruit some wave ninjas or homeless ninjas as their subordinates. Support, and even wait for the time to mature, to convert the underground black market into a national ninja village.
However, in the face of the heavily armed and menacing anti-terrorism forces, the efforts of generations of daimyo in Tiannokuni were completely in vain. Not only were their strongholds wiped out and their assets confiscated, but even the evidence of the transactions between the daimyo and the black market fell into the hands of the anti-terrorism forces. in hands.
Since the Tokoku shogunate launched the "peacekeeping operation" and forced the Kingdom of Thunder and Kumogakure to sign an unequal treaty, the Kingdom of Tian, which was originally a small buffer country, has been included in the sphere of influence of the Kingdom of Fire. Therefore, in terms of jurisdiction Look, Uchiha Tokumitsu, as the governor of Konoha who wears the general seal of the two major kingdoms, legally has the power to rule on this matter and even use this as a reason to depose the Daimyo of Ta no Kuni.
"It would be a bit hasty to depose the Daimyo."
Hatake Sakumo did not agree with the suggestion in the anti-terrorism report to depose the daimyo, "Furthermore, in addition to Ta no Kuni, I am afraid that the daimyo of our country also have a lot of connections with the black market... If things go well, the village and the daimyo will be in trouble in the future. The government is probably completely at odds with each other."
'Just the incompetent government troops under the daimyo's command... so what if they break up with each other. "
Uchiha Tokumitsu said nonchalantly: "Sakumo-kun, you don't think that our relationship with the daimyo nobles can return to the period of close ties at the top, do you?"
"You know, the ninjas in the village are not willing to pay the blood tax so cheaply now."
"Blood tax..."
Hatake Sakumo couldn't help but sigh when he heard this.
To put it bluntly, the relationship between the Ninja Village and the country is one of exchanging money for blood taxes.
The daimyo nobles provided money and food, and the ninjas of the Ninja Village contributed their lives. In addition, after the ninjas gathered in the Ninja Village, the daimyo nobles also obtained a relatively controllable extraordinary force, and the place became relatively clean. Nobles with noble blood don't have to worry about being knocked over by some ninja in the middle of the night. Even if something special happens, they can still pay a small amount of money for the village to send elite ninjas to perform tasks.
This is the fundamental reason why Senju Hashirama's initiative to establish a Ninja Village was supported by the daimyo.
For the nobles, the Ninja Village era was the best era.
However, the good times did not last long. Since the rise of Uchiha Tokumitsu, he has been committed to digging out the Senju clan's most precious political legacy, which is the one-village-one-country system. Not only did they have self-respect in the early days, but they also established joint companies and stock exchanges. They embezzled the monopoly business interests of the nobles, and even overthrew the Hokage rule of Konoha, the strongest ninja village among the five ninja villages, and established the co-governance of Konoha jounin. However, the daimyo nobles were helpless in the face of the rise of ninja power.
Now, as Konoha enters the era of jounin co-governance, Kirigakure enters the shogunate's governance, and Sunagakure transforms the village into a country and eradicates the daimyo nobles. In addition, Iwagakure, who prefers to maintain the one-village-one-country system, is weak. Not daring to compete with the shogunate, it seems that the ninja power in the ninja world has entered its heyday.
Nowadays, Konoha's mission commission standards have been rising again and again, but this still cannot stop the daimyo nobles in urgent need from sending money in a steady stream. Even if the Nanga River Stock Exchange makes up a random reason to collect a bond, it can still The price has gone to the top.
It is precisely because the Ninja Village economy can obtain relatively generous incomes that the ninjas are increasingly unwilling to work for the dirty money of the daimyo nobles - in comparison, the fixed salary paid by the United Company is much better!
However, in addition to the daimyo's fixed allocation, the village's source of funds is the bulk of its income from tasks. If the ninjas in the village are too lazy to take on the tasks, the village's government department expenditures and public welfare will be affected.
And this is where Hatake Sakumo has been particularly troubled recently.
“How about the counter-terrorism report be compiled into a white paper and released to the public?”
Uchiha Tokko asked.
"What is a white paper?"
Hatake Sakumo was stunned.
After Uchiha Tokumitsu returned to Konoha, the reason why he came to meet immediately was actually to discuss how to solve Konoha's official financial crisis in the future, but he never found a chance to speak.
"You can understand it as a formal announcement document publicly released by the village to the ninja world. It is used to show the position and approach of a certain matter, so that all countries in the ninja world and each ninja village understand and support the village's actions - the reason why it is called a white paper, It’s because I plan to use a white cover for public documents.”
Uchiha Tokko explained very patiently.
"Is this the report..."
Hatake Sakumo was a little surprised.
For the Ninja Village, anything involving the actions of the village's ninjas is generally considered confidential, but the level of confidentiality varies. Konoha and even the various Ninja villages in the Ninja world have never done this.
"We must promote understanding and support for the cause of counter-terrorism from all countries~"
Uchiha Tokumitsu said: "In particular, the white paper will give all countries a certain understanding of the dangers of Mt. Myoboku. The anti-terrorism operation hosted by the village will become a well-supported transnational operation. In this way, our burden will also increase." It’s a lot less…”
Hatake Sakumo raised his eyebrows and said nothing. He just flipped through the table of contents of the anti-terrorism report again.
I didn’t see anything about the Mt. Miaomu lineage in this report either!
This time in the operation to clear out the Wada and Takino countries in the occupied areas of Thunder Kingdom, not even a Myoboku Mountain toad was caught. How come the white paper is related to the Myoboku Mountain lineage!
Hatake Sakumo thought about it over and over, but couldn't figure it out.
"cough……"
Uchiha Tokumitsu cleared his throat and said seriously: "That's it. Although the white paper we released is based on Shiina-kun's anti-terrorism report, in order to achieve the purpose of releasing the white paper and effectively protect the secrets of Ninja Village, In order to achieve the expected public opinion effect under the circumstances, some appropriate text modifications are needed.”
For example, the Myoboku Mountain lineage has been secretly interfering in the direction of the ninja world. The ninja frogs continue to steal the secrets of the ninja village. They also directly interfere in the affairs of the ninja village in the name of prophecy and looking for a savior. This kind of disrespect for the independence of the ninja village. Those with different status should be severely punished.
In addition, there are various information about the medicinal value of ninja frogs, the exclusive role of senjutsu chakra in prolonging life, etc., etc., which can also be boldly arranged. Anyway, the Myoboku Mountain lineage cannot be in public opinion. Fight back.
Oh, "text modification", got it!
Hatake Sakumo knew it was right as soon as he heard it. Isn't it the "evidence" needed for reasonable manufacturing? Why are you speaking so elegantly?
"That's okay..."
Hatake Sakumo shrugged, "It's just that the white paper recommends that it be reviewed by the House of Representatives and the Senate before being released to the public."
"This is natural~"
Uchiha Tokumitsu naturally had no objection, "I will give the specific information and compilation requirements to the Ministry of Government. I believe that under the leadership of Elder Mitomon, they will be able to complete this work very well."
When Hatake Sakumo heard this, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
I don’t know who Uchiha Tokumitsu is trying to offend with these words!
"One more thing, I hope Lord Deguang can give you some advice..."
Hatake Sakumo laughed for a while before continuing.
"Please speak~"
"According to the Ministry of Finance's calculations, if the village's task sharing continues to decrease at the current rate, the village's fiscal revenue is expected to be unable to make ends meet in the next year..."
Hatake Sakumo said with some embarrassment: "So, the village urgently needs a new source of income..."
"Isn't this difficult to handle?"
Uchiha Demitsu was a little surprised.
Is it true that there are people begging for food with golden rice bowls these days?
"Then what exactly should we do?"
Hatake Sakumo asked immediately.
"Develop the new village area!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu pointed out a path to the underworld, "This village is the number one ninja village in the ninja world. Nowadays, wealthy businessmen gather, all industries are prosperous, and the territory in the village is already overcrowded. It is the best time for major infrastructure construction!"
"As long as the infrastructure construction is carried out, it can not only alleviate the living pressure in the village, but also accept more immigrants. The income from the new district can also alleviate the financial difficulties of the village. In this way, it is a win-win situation!"
Uchiha Tokko became more and more excited as he talked.
"After the land and houses in the new district are sold out, won't we have to build another new district?"
Hatake Sakumo hesitated, "If this happens, wouldn't the village fall into a vicious cycle of disorderly expansion?"
"This is simple. The new district can adopt a long-term lease model. All newly developed land belongs to the village, and the buildings on the ground are rented out for about 30 years, and management fees need to be paid every year."
Uchiha Tokumitsu opened his mouth and said, "In addition, all shops in the new area need to pay a fixed business tax; then, the village's finance will have continuous income, how great!"
"Collect taxes..."
Hatake Sakumo still felt something was wrong, "But the current policy of the village is that ninja self-operated businesses are tax-free. If taxes are imposed... everyone will be dissatisfied."
There is another hidden meaning behind Hatake Sakumo's words, which is that the current business in Konoha Village is actually monopolized by various ninja clans. In particular, the arms industry monopolized by the Uchiha clan is extremely profitable, and the United Company openly resists taxes. Since the smuggling business started, if taxes were imposed, wouldn't the Ministry of Finance still dare to go to Uchiha's ninja shop or the United Company's office to collect taxes?
The salary in the village is only a few dollars, I'm dying!
As for the ninja self-operated stores outside the ninja clan, how much money can be collected? It’s enough to pay the salary of a tax ninja!
"This is easy~"
Uchiha Tokumitsu already had a plan in his mind, "We can adopt new methods in the new district and old methods in the old village; we will only implement taxation and long-term renting in the new district, and the Ninja Village headquarters will still implement the original system. In this way, won't everyone No objection?"
"The development of the new district is of great importance, I have to think about it carefully..."
Hatake Sakumo still felt that something was wrong, and couldn't help scratching his head again.
"In addition, the new district can establish a development management committee, which will be under the jurisdiction of the House of Representatives. After all, this is a matter involving the public interests of the village, and it is reasonable for the jounin representatives to supervise it."
Uchiha Demitsu said calmly.
"What you said makes sense. I will go back and launch a consultation in the House of Representatives."
Hatake Sakumo immediately changed his position very smoothly.
No one in a superior position can resist the temptation and impulse to expand authority and personnel to create a "large ministry system". Uchiha Tokumitsu's words can be regarded as completely scratching Hatake Sakumo's itch.
A few days later, when the "White Paper on Konoha's Counter-Terrorism Cause" compiled by the Ministry of Government was released, Uchiha Tokumitsu was enjoying the various masterpieces of government ninjas who were searching for enemies, making cards, and confusing right and wrong. Hatake Sakumo ran over again.
"Tokuguang-kun, I have a very important matter to discuss with you."
This time, Hatake Sakumo did not have the half-hidden attitude he had in the past. He said bluntly: "The House of Representatives unanimously passed the preliminary resolution to develop the new area, but there is currently a problem."
"what is the problem?"
Uchiha Tokko leaned back and asked with a smile.
“The village has no money, and the budget can’t squeeze out funds.”
Hatake Sakumo said: "Is it possible to issue bonds on the stock exchange?"
“Issuing bonds is really unnecessary~”
Uchiha Tokumitsu smiled brightly, "But we can achieve joint-stock cooperation. Let's jointly invest in setting up a special company~ It just so happens that the joint company has accumulated rich experience in operating oases in various places in the Ninja World, especially in the Country of Wind."
"How to cooperate specifically?"
Hatake Sakumo humbly asked for advice.
"We can form a Konoha Village Investment Company and do development together~"
The smile on Uchiha Tokumitsu's face was as sweet as honey, "Not only the Uchiha clan, but also various ninja clans can invest in it if they are interested. In this case, even the Senate will not have any objections~"
"If you have money, let's make it together~"
As long as the Uchiha clan makes the most money.
Of course, Uchiha Tokumitsu would not say this on the spot.
"In this case... wouldn't it mean that the new district management committee would become..."
Hatake Sakumo immediately thought of another question.
"Operation rights and ownership are separated~"
Uchiha Deguang's eyes have become crescent-shaped, "Come on, come on, listen to me analyze it in detail for you..."
This chapter has no special meaning. I hope everyone knows it.
(End of chapter)
