The Konoha clans, although based on the various strategies in the village, can be regarded as one mind, and they all consider it in the unit of 'Konoha'.

But in terms of intelligence, the various clans are not blinded, and they all rely on the arrangement and detection of the high-level of Konoha.

Those families with a way will naturally set up their own intelligence departments in the shadows alone to collect some information, so as not to stand on the wrong team, go the wrong way, and be used as a gunman.

And most of the families that don't have a way are attached to Konoha's intelligence chain, relying on the juniors who work in Konoha's various departments to understand things.

As for the Uchiha, almost all the ninjas of their clan were trapped in the Konoha Garrison, and as Konoha's 'street patrol soldiers', they had no chance to connect with Konoha's intelligence chain.

Fortunately, when the clan established a village in Konoha, it already had some strategies for external intelligence gathering.

The Uchiha's intelligence department was not established by his own people, but by a family of ninja merchants.

Since the Warring States Period, his family has been wandering in the country of fire to conduct a ninja business, which is considered to be somewhat famous, and because of the many transactions with the Uchiha, it is considered a world friend.

And since Madara Uchiha joined hands with Senju Pillar to establish Konoha Village, this family has moved from the light to the shadows, and under the guise of a small amount of ninja business, it helps Uchiha collect information for a fee.

The person in charge of all this generation of this family of ninja merchants is reverently called by the Uchiha people - Cat Granny.

It's an old-timer who is a generation older than Uchiha Fugaku.

"Don't worry, their methods of gathering information are not the same as our ninjas."

Back at home, the father and son went into the study one after the other.

Uchiha Fugaku lit a cigarette and explained, "Their methods of gathering intelligence are more carried out by the route of merchants, and they do not deliberately listen or actively infiltrate. ”

"Wherever things are sold, and you hear any rumors from regular customers, they record them and inform us."

"And after the cat mother-in-law took office, she learned the methods of the Inuzuka clan in the village, fed a large number of ninja cats and ran around in the ninja world, and she could hear more news."

But speaking of this, he had some regrets, "They don't take the initiative to listen, but collect passively, and the means are meticulous, which is not easy for the people of Konoha to detect." ”

"But because of this, it is not possible to collect intelligence effectively, which is a huge shortcoming."

Not taking the initiative to listen to the news is the reason why the Uchiha intelligence department has not been detected by Konoha until now, and at the same time, it is also the lack of this department.

Because they can only passively understand the details of other people's words, they can gather very limited and cumbersome information.

"That's not going to work."

Itachi shook his head and looked at the list of expeditions in his hand, "We must cultivate or master a department that can actively probe and collect effective information, even if this department is exposed, it doesn't matter, when the time comes, the two departments will provide intelligence for the Uchiha in the open and the dark, which is the most perfect framework." ”

The list of expeditions in his hand is extremely detailed, in addition to the name, gender, and age, there is also his father's personal evaluation of some clansmen in order to make it easier for him to understand the ninjas in the clan.

For example, the loyal Uchiha medicinal taste, the Uchiha Yashiro who has a balance of ninja illusion three skills, and the Uchiha Iron Fire and Uchiha Rice Fire who are radical in their thinking but care about their family very much......

Uchiha Fugaku wasn't very happy about his suggestion to improve the intelligence department, shook his head and vetoed, "It's not so easy to complete your idea, at least in the next few years, we won't be able to do it." ”

"Even if we can make up for it financially with the cooperation with the Daimyofu, it is extremely fatal in terms of manpower."

"Over the years, the population of other ethnic groups in Konoha Village has been steadily rising, but our clan not only has to deal with the war, but also has to be feared by the Konoha high-level and inhibit development, and there are not many people who can be used to build an intelligence department."

Things like improving the intelligence department have long been wanted to do by the family, but there is a big difference between what they want and what they do.

It stands to reason that the Uchiha is a thousand-year-old family, so they won't worry about the population issue.

But in fact, by the end of the Warring States period, their population had dropped to an unimaginable level, and it even required children of several years old to go on the battlefield to fight and defend their families.

Even after the establishment of Konoha Village, because of the policy, the young clansmen have been alleviated in terms of sacrifice, but the adult clansmen still have to be sent to the battlefield.

And in the dispatch and fighting of wars again and again, Uchiha, as the founder of Konoha, has always been at the center of the battlefield and has borne extremely heavy battle losses.

This is also one of the reasons for the conflict between Konoha and Uchiha, they have given a lot and shouldered a lot of glory, but it is difficult to get an effective return.

At least...... Those who are alive are not effectively rewarded.

Regarding those Uchiha who died, Konoha is in the funeral, cemetery, tombstone, and mourning...... In all aspects, the arrangement is definitely the highest level of honor guards, and they still respect their name as 'heroes of the village building'.

"Actually, we don't have to use our own people."

Itachi's eyes were fixed on the list of Uchiha who had gone on this expedition in his hand, "Just like the cat mother-in-law, you can just cultivate people from foreign races." ”

But after a pause, his mind lifted a little from the scroll and pondered for a moment over the question, "Or, let's give up on establishing an intelligence agency that belongs to our Uchiha alone, and only need to have an intelligence agency that is under our control." ”

These two are not the same.

The former is extremely difficult to construct, but at least the classified information obtained will not be exposed, allowing them to make the most advantageous choice in the effective time of the intelligence.

The latter, on the other hand, is relatively easy, but the information may be shared with other forces.

When the time comes...... The benefits brought by these intelligence, how much Uchiha can eat, need to look at the strength of the force itself.

This proposal made Uchiha Fugaku stunned for a long time, and when the cigarette burning in his hand burned his fingers, he woke up suddenly, "...... Look at it again, watch it again, don't worry, Itachi, we still have time. ”

"People's energy is limited, don't think too much about it for a while."

He did not refuse the offer, but he did not agree to it either.

The idea is undoubtedly feasible, but ...... Itachi has so many things on his hands right now, and they are all extremely important events.

Uchiha Fugaku was afraid that this one thing after another would be enough to change the fate of the family and crush his eldest son.

"Don't worry, father, I don't plan to do this myself."

However, Itachi didn't care about this idea, "I plan to let the more courageous Hui try to see if he can find a suitable force to cooperate with, let the more calm Zen assist from the side, and let Yu endorse the two of them." ”

"I've been trapped in the Konoha Garrison Department, and the clansmen can't grow in handling affairs, so they need to be sent out to experience more."

"Although the two of them are only middle ninjas, but based on the three hook jade writing wheel eyes, they have the level of upper ninja in terms of strength assessment, which is just right for walking outside in this period of war, and it just so happens that their names are not in the list you choose."

"However, after all, the two of them have never completed a task of this level alone, so I plan to draw Uchiha Yu from the list of expeditions and let Uchiha Aoto replace him and guide the two of them."

He had already read the list of expeditions in his hand, and he had no opinion on his father's arrangement.

However, for many things at hand, I still haven't found a suitable allocation.

In the future, Uchiha will leave Konoha, and I don't know how the Daimyo Mansion will allocate funds, but at least, they can't be attached to Konoha like they are now, and earn money through the funds of the Konoha Garrison Department and the ninja hiring.

Itachi didn't want to pin everything on someone else, so in order to avoid another dispute between the Uchiha and the Daimyo Mansion over the budget, he had to make some arrangements as soon as possible.

There is a need for some additional sources of earning money in the clan.

Dealing with family affairs and fighting are two different things, and ninjas who are good at fighting are not necessarily better at running a family business than ordinary people in the clan.