Chapter 156: Finance and War
In Uchiha Tokumitsu's previous life, there were four indispensable elements of the essence of spiritual practice, and that was the so-called "wealth and fortune dharma".
This law is the same in the ninja world.
Basically, as long as the resources are sufficient, it is still no problem to use money and resources to pile up a person with dull qualifications to the combat power of the middle ninja level.
And based on the grotesque symbiotic relationship between Ninja Village and Daimyo, it is even more bound to the pursuit of ninjas in a circular circle of doing tasks to make money and spending money to buy resources for cultivation.
But the birth of the bond allowed Shinobu to discover a way to make money in addition to daimyo's grants and task commissions.
Although the essence of bonds is another form of borrowing money, it is at least more acceptable, and the additional interest and liquidity are also easier for the rich to pocket.
It's just that in the face of the Konoha 10 billion bond plan, the bond issuance plan announced by Yunyin and Shayin in the early stage was immediately overshadowed.
What is the concept of 10 billion?
Even if the annual interest rate is 10%, you have to pay one billion dollars in interest a year.
And how many billions can the daimyo of Ninja Village approve?
Therefore, the tone of Yunyin and Shayin, who were originally ambitious and high-profile, was immediately lowered, and the top leaders of the ninja village began to trumpet the dangers of war and the preciousness of peace on the surface, and in private they repeatedly advocated the threat theory of Konoha in front of the daimyo and nobles of various countries.
There is only one core meaning: Daimyo! Hit the money!!
And Wuyin, who is currently in a state of temporary truce with Konoha at present, also took the initiative to send messenger ninjas to Konoha in a low-key manner and took the initiative to request the initiation of peace talks.
Unlike the great powers of the Ninja Continent, the Daimyo of the Land of Water obviously interfered with and influenced the Fog Hidden stronger; And the daimyo have long been tired of wars without profit.
The three generations of apes are also very happy about the arrival of the ninja of the Misty Hidden Messenger.
Although it was only a messenger ninja who came to test whether Konoha had any intention of peace talks on behalf of the official mission, in the eyes of the third generation of ape Fei Ri Slash, this already meant that the fog had officially surrendered to Konoha .
However, Sakushige, who was deeply disturbed, sneaked out of Konoha overnight and went straight to the station of the Eastern Border Defense Force to discuss countermeasures with Uchiha Tokumitsu.
When I arrived at the station of the Eastern Border Defense Force, it was already late at night. After completing his daily practice, Uchiha Tokumitsu, who had just fallen asleep, had no choice but to cheer up and receive the arrival of his allies.
"The fog is hidden!"
As soon as he sat down in the big tent of the Chinese army, Qimu Shuomao hurriedly said: "Wuyin has arrived in the village!" ”
"How is that possible...... The Uzumaki Ninja of the Border Force didn't come back! ”
Uchiha Tokumitsu was stunned for a moment, and then immediately stood up: "You still dare to go to war!" It seems that it will not work if you don't hit the land of water! ”
"It's not a war!"
Qimu Shuomao immediately realized that his words were ambiguous, and quickly explained: "It's the messenger of peace from the fog...... No, it's not a messenger, to be precise, the messenger who communicates with the peace talks has already arrived in the village! ”
"I know that......
Uchiha Tokumitsu froze again: "But what does it matter?" Isn't it good to restore peace? ”
In Uchiha Tokumitsu's impression, Hachiki Sakumo is not a figure with martial arts ideas, although he is ruthless and ruthless on the battlefield, but in essence, Hachiki Sakumo is still a person who believes in love and peace.
Otherwise, the will of fire would not be enshrined.
"The ninja clan is in tandem against peace talks!"
Sakumo Hachiki said.
"I'm not! I didn't! Don't talk nonsense! ”
As soon as Hachiki Shuomao's voice fell, Uchiha Tokumitsu immediately retorted.
“…… It has nothing to do with the Uchiha clan, it's the other ninjas who are still in a bond crisis who are opposed. ”
Sakushige Hagi explained.
"Why?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu was a little curious.
Three generations have ruled Konoha for so many years, in addition to the Uchiha clan, there are still ninja clans in Konoha who dare to join forces against the Hokage? It's incredible!
"According to reliable sources, Kigakure's proposal is to restore peace without compensation, and Hokage-sama is ready to agree......"
Hachiki Shuomao said in a low voice.
"So what?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu is still confused: "We don't have enough ships to defeat Kigakure at sea and attack the land of water...... Isn't this normal? ”
"Everyone is worried that the village will not be able to pay the white slips, and the bonds issued by the ninja clan will ...... at that time."
Qimu Shuomao sighed.
He found that many of the chaos that had been tossed in the village recently was related to this seemingly convenient and easy-to-use bond......
"Isn't there a 10 billion bond plan? And didn't the daimyo's appropriation leave 30% for the village? Isn't this part of the money enough? ”
At the Konoha meeting, it was announced that the tone of the 10 billion bond issuance plan remained unchanged, and the final bond issuance amount was 6 billion, of which 4 billion was to find a way to dig out the treasury of the daimyo, and 2 billion was issued to the ninja world.
The Nanhechuan Bond Exchange is responsible for the issuance of 2 billion public bonds.
And if four billion are taken out of the daimyo's treasury as scheduled, then thirty percent of the money left to the village will be as much as 1.2 billion taels, which is enough to cover the needs of the ninja who have not been repurchased by the Uchiha clan on behalf of the bonds.
What's more, judging from the current situation in the ninja world, after the announcement of the Konoha 10 billion bond plan, Yunyin and Shayin immediately died down, and the new war could not be fought for a while and a half, and the funds raised by the bonds could not be misappropriated to fill the village's financial holes.
“…… What do you mean by misappropriating the funds raised from the newly issued bonds to pay off the ninja's white strips? ”
Hachiki asked cautiously.
"Yes! Any questions? ”
Uchiha Tokumitsu agreed to express surprise.
Isn't this routine? Is it worth the fuss?
"Isn't the purpose of issuing bonds to raise funds for the war against the threat of other ninja villages?"
Sakumo Qiki was very puzzled.
"Isn't there no war yet?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu shrugged his shoulders and asked rhetorically.
"This ......"
Sakushige Hagi felt that his mind was running out.
But I vaguely feel that the door to a new world has been opened!
This is also due to the fact that Konoha and even the ninja world generally adopted a financial system of "living within their means" in the past. In addition, not long after he was promoted to the top level, he has long been accustomed to the financial allocation system of precise budgets, and has not yet tried such a flexible allocation of funds.
"If you directly embezzle the bond funds to pay the white strips of the ninja clan, I'm afraid that the rest of the village will have opinions......"
Qimu Shuomao faintly had some new ideas, but he couldn't connect them in a short period of time.
"It's easy!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu said casually: "Issue another credit bond under the 10 billion bonds, and transfer funds to the village in the name of special bonds, so that the village will not only have money to pay the white strips of the ninja clan, but the funds of the 10 billion bonds can increase in value, which is a win-win situation!" ”
"Reissue bonds to repay debts......
Sakumo Hachiki is really stuck this time.
After pondering for a long time, Sakushige Hachiki decided to put the issue aside for now.
If you think about it, your skull will smoke.
"Will the bond funds be used to expand armaments?"
Qimu Shuomao's words are also aimed at the current situation of Yunyin and Shayin temporarily ceasing to fight.
"Of course!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu said very decisively: "If the money is in hand, it will not be used to expand armaments, should it be used as reparations?" ”
"It's just...... How will it be paid back then? ”
"There are more ninjas in the village, so naturally there will be more tasks to receive, so wouldn't it be okay to grab more task shares when the time comes?"
Uchiha Tokumitsu said in an indifferent tone, "If it really doesn't work, I'll issue new bonds and borrow money to pay off old debts." ”
The Nangagawa Stock Exchange is just a role for issuance, earning management fees and transaction flows, and the actual owner of the bond is still Konoha Ninjamura, of course Uchiha Tokumitsu doesn't matter.
"Someday, the debt problem will get bigger and bigger, even to the point where it can't be repaid......"
Hachiki Sakushige thought more about Uchiha Tokumitsu's words.
"Then let the daimyo be relieved~ What a big deal!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu had a headache, thinking that why the ninja people were so brainless, "The purpose of our debt issuance is to defend the Daimyo, isn't it natural for the Daimyo to forgive the debt?" ”
"This may be contrary to the spirit of the contract......
Qimu Shuomao's heart is like a mess.
"It's okay, the other ninja villages that issued bonds will soon have the spirit of abandoning the contract, and as long as Konoha has not taken the initiative to default, it will be easy to negotiate debt forgiveness with the daimyo."
Uchiha Tokumitsu seemed comforted.
Although most of them have been stationed in the Eastern Border Defense Force recently, the Uchiha clan's intelligence network continues to send all kinds of information to Uchiha Tokumitsu, especially the bond issuance plans of other ninja villages.
Yunyin originally planned to issue 2 billion bonds, but after the introduction of the Konoha 10 billion bond plan, the original plan was immediately shelved, and the latest bond issuance amount has not yet been determined.
Although the tone of Shagakure has been lowered, he still stubbornly issues bonds according to the previous plan, but for some reason, Shagakure did not copy the "bearer bonds" of Uchiha Tokumitsu's "original", but raised funds through "micro-innovation" in the form of real-name registration.
This is equivalent to abolishing the liquidity of bonds.
However, the funds in the ninja world are always limited, and the more funds Konoha absorbs, the more difficult it will be for Sand Hidden and Cloud to issue bonds; After falling behind by the first step, the chances of the other ninja villages catching up are even slimmer.
"I see......"
Qimu Shuomao's face still had a blank look, and he didn't know if he really understood.
"Then don't worry, besides, you're not the Hokage, why worry so much!"
Uchiha Tokumitsu got up and said, "I'll have someone arrange a bedroom for you." ”
"No need...... I left the village secretly, so let's go back......"
Qimu Shuomao hesitated for a moment, but decided to go back to the village overnight to save unnecessary public opinion turmoil.
"Then let it be......"
Uchiha Tokumitsu was noncommittal.
……
It has to be said that the financial situation of the ninja world, which is both divided and active, has benefited the Uchiha clan a lot.
Bearer bonds, in particular, do not know how much black market funds have been absorbed.
According to the feedback of the Uchiha people on the exchange, there are often anonymous high-rollers who come to buy bonds with large sums of money, and some of them are even issued by a certain country during the Warring States period, which has long since declined.
But Uchiha Tokumitsu welcomed it.
What about black market money?
Isn't black market gold gold?
What's more, the Uchiha clan can also make another interest rate difference by exchanging the Golden Judgment for the Fire Country banknotes, so why not do it.
As a proxy issuer, the Minamigawa Stock Exchange is not only responsible for the underwriting of Konoha bonds, but also can carry out short-term "flexible disposal" before the bond funds are allocated and paid, making profits for the family, which also makes the Uchiha family more convinced of Uchiha Tokumitsu.
Therefore, even if he is far away from Konoha and the family, Uchiha Tokumitsu is not worried about the decline of his personal influence.
What's more, the income of the Nangagawa Stock Exchange is also related to the operation of the laboratory, so Uchiha Tokumitsu is naturally particularly concerned.
"Sand Hide, Cloud Hide, and Fog Hide......"
After Hagi Sakumo left, Uchiha Tokumitsu sat alone in the big tent, carefully calculating.
Sha Yin and Yun Yin are already difficult to ride tigers, if they don't borrow money to expand their armaments, then they can only be opened up by Konoha The gap in strength will be even more uncomfortable in the future.
However, if the scale of the bonds is expanded, it may not even be able to repay the interest with its fiscal revenue.
It's like a sunflower book thrown into the martial arts rivers and lakes to spread around, do you practice or not?
If you don't practice, anyone can beat you up at that time, and if you practice more, the effect will be like that.
It's just that in terms of fog concealment, after some tossing and turning by Hachiki Shuomao, Uchiha Tokumitsu also felt that something was wrong.
And what Uchiha Tokumitsu couldn't figure out the most was what Madara Uchiha, who secretly controlled the three generations of Mizukage, thought so.
Is it true that the position is unstable due to defeat?
Uchiha Tokumitsu was puzzled.
And after many exchanges with the Fog Hidden Ninja who presided over the special border trade, Uchiha Tokumitsu also had a certain understanding of the current situation in the Fog Hidden Village.
According to the character of the three generations of Mizukage, that is, the Uchiha Madara behind it, even if there are more opposition parties jumping out, I am afraid that it will be directly killed, how can there be so much patience to play any tricks.
Because in the Fog Hidden Ninja Village, which advocates bloody violence, only force is the truly useful right to speak. Although the current fog is not as terrifying as the future implementation of the "Blood Mist Policy", there are already signs of the rise of the Blood Mist Sect.
"Could it be...... Madara Uchiha has another plan? ”
Uchiha Tokumitsu thought of this question.
In the memories of his previous life, Madara Uchiha died only after giving the eye of reincarnation to Nagato and making Uchiha Obito his spokesperson, so it stands to reason that he didn't hang up so soon.
However, after the Vortex Country was defeated by the siege of the three major ninja villages, the remnants of the Uzumaki clan had been brought back to Konoha by Uchiha Tokumitsu and Hachiki Sakushige, and even if a few were scattered or captured, the number should not be large.
As for the Land of Rain, half of the country has long been controlled by the dispatch army led by Akido Tsuki, and there are no Uzumaki people living there......
In this case, it is also possible for Madara Uchiha to draw up a new plan for unlimited monthly reading......
The more Uchiha Tokumitsu thought about it, the more apprehensive he became.
"Damn age spots......"
Uchiha Tokumitsu was completely sleepy, and he cursed and came out, intending to go to the laboratory to inspect the progress of the research.
After all, after spending so much money to get in, it's really not easy to take a few more looks.
(End of chapter)