Uchiha Tokumitsu was very patient in staying in Konoha for more than a month and methodically arranged a financial offensive against the land of water; During this period of time, the two houses of the Konoha Senate and House of Representatives were as quiet as backwater, and even the usual regular meeting affairs were extremely harmonious, and there were no more quarrels and fights before.

The Uchiha Quartet, who served as the chairman of the Senate, finally stole half a day of leisure and lived a comfortable life for a full month.

Over the course of more than a month, the three clans stationed in the southern archipelago followed the instructions of Uchiha Tokumitsu to recall merchants such as the "Honor Shinobi" who were operating in the territory of the Water Country in batches, and systematically placed a large number of seafood barter orders with the gold yuan as the pricing medium at the fishing boat owners in the ports of the Water Country.

The goods that the Tokumitsu shogunate wanted to use for barter were batik leather coats, woolen sweaters, and cotton cloth from the country of grass.

Although these three materials are not suitable for daily use in the humid land of water, it is precisely because of this that the spies of the Tokumitsu shogunate mixed with the merchants and mixed into the territory of the country of water also used this to convey a crooked concept of consumption to the nouveau riche of the country of water, especially the shipowners.

True luxuries are unique, scarce, and rare, but at the same time fragile, fragile, and in need of care.

The high-quality calfskin from the vast grasslands of the country of grass, coupled with the batik leather made from the high-grade paraffin dyed from the country of stones, is a high-quality leather coat that has been cut and tanned by the high-level ninjas of the Hyuga clan with the most care and finesse, and is a ticket to aristocratic life!

Just such a coat, it is not a problem to exchange for a thousand catties of high-end seafood!

After all, this is a luxury product that contains the labor crystallization of countless workers from the country of grass and stone, and then made by the ninja of the sun!

You must know that the luxury goods produced by the Hyuga family have always been high-end goods sought after by ministers and nobles from all over the world!

Nowadays, you don't need hundreds of gold judgments, you only need a thousand catties of sea goods, you can get such a high-end leather coat that can be called the standard of the nobility, which is too worthwhile!

As for the characteristics of these so-called luxury goods such as batik leather clothing, such as fear of water and salt erosion, the merchants in charge of promoting such goods said: Where would the real aristocracy care about this?

"What? Could it be that you, as an upper-class person, still have to go out to sea to fish? ”

With such a seemingly simple sentence, knocking on the door of the so-called luxury sales, the simple and yearning nouveau riche shipowners rushed to reach a trade contract with the merchants of the shogunate, exchanging the heavy fishing fire for a ticket to the aristocratic life.

Even the Hyuga family, which is already known for producing luxury goods, can't help but be sincerely impressed by Uchiha Tokumitsu's marketing methods!

Although the luxury goods produced by the Hyuga clan are extremely expensive, and a brocade robe can be exchanged for ten bullocks, this does not mean that there is a quality problem.

On the contrary, the Hyuga family, because it is a wealthy ninja family, attaches great importance to the quality of the goods sold to the outside world, and often takes the standard of ninja as the quality requirement, and then stacks it with various cumbersome and complex processes, and only after its artistry and practicality are full, it is regarded as a qualified luxury goods for external sales.

But even among the Hyuga family, which is rich in all kinds of luxury goods and fine crafts, there has never been a ghost who has touted a simple leather product as an aristocratic entry item and sold it for a high price just by telling a story!

The operation of Uchiha Tokumitsu, in the eyes of the Hyuga clan, is really a heifer on a plane - the cow is in the sky!

"Well...... I'd like to call it light luxury! ”

In front of the Hyuga patriarch who came to learn the scriptures, Uchiha Tokumitsu said so.

"What is luxury?"

Hyuga patriarch humbly asked.

You know, although the luxury goods of the Hyuga family are expensive, they really don't make much money! After all, both the material and the process are top-notch real materials, and the cost is piled up there.

"The so-called light luxury is a luxury that can be affordable for the middle class."

Uchiha Tokumitsu explained.

"So, what is the middle class?"

Patriarch Hinata continued to ask.

In the stereotype of Konoha ninjas, Uchiha Tokumitsu always invents words that sound inexplicable at first glance but seem to make sense when you think about it, so Patriarch Hyuga doesn't think it's strange.

“…… It refers to people or classes who also have certain skills and have a fixed income. ”

Uchiha Tokumitsu thought for a moment and described it with a popular metaphor: "For example, small and medium-sized merchants, workshop owners, shipowners and the like, or the senior shinobi of the village." ”

"Got it......"

Patriarch Hinata nodded.

To put it bluntly, it is a group of people who are less than the top and more than the bottom.

Or to put it another way, it's a group of people who can't get on the big stage and may fall back to the bottom at any time.

"But...... Although the light luxury mentioned by Deguangjun has indeed lowered the threshold of luxury, what is the significance of this for the so-called middle class? ”

Hinata asked the patriarch a final question.

"Why should it make sense?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu leaned back tactically and asked with a puzzled face: "I have fulfilled their dream of getting closer to the aristocratic life, and the dream has only received those insignificant and inexhaustible catch of a thousand catties of seafood!" ”

"Is there anything more important to the middle class than a dream?"

Hearing this, the Hyuga patriarch didn't know what to do, so he could only nod slightly and raise his glass of tea to hide his embarrassment.

The pattern is smaller......

Patriarch Hyuga thought for a moment, and then found that his pattern was too small!

Although the luxury goods of the Hyuga clan in the past were famous, they have always only been circulated among the daimyo nobles, not to mention ordinary people, even the big merchants in the ninja world can hardly get a splendid costume produced by the Hyuga clan.

Even within Konoha, there are quite a few ninjas who can't afford the luxury goods produced by the Hyuga clan.

Moreover, because the Hyuga clan pays great attention to product quality, many luxury goods are often regarded as heirlooms and passed down from generation to generation within the families of small and medium-sized nobles, and this overly cherished attitude further hinders the Hyuga clan's desire to expand production and supply.

The Hyuga patriarch can even imagine that if the so-called "light luxury" of Uchiha Tokumitsu is well promoted, then the mid-range market in the future will be occupied by the products of the Uchiha family, and even slowly erode the high-end market that was originally exclusive to the Hyuga family with the passage of time and the gradual rise of the so-called middle class......

"But what impact does this have on the land of water?"

Patriarch Hyuga chose to divert the subject.

"When a nation indulges in vanity, then its demise is a matter of course......

Uchiha Tokumitsu chuckled twice: "I call this a currency war ......"

"It's too ......"

The more Hyuga patriarch thought about it, the more headache he felt.

Although he still didn't quite understand the significance of Uchiha Tokumitsu's repeated operations, although he was willing to maintain his market position, the Hyuga patriarch felt that he didn't know where to start.

With the power of the Uchiha clan, it is absolutely impossible to win by the usual means of force, and even if it is market competition, the Hyuga clan does not have as many channels as the United Company to distribute goods.

Moreover, the Hyuga clan has long been accustomed to the production mode of one-person craftsmanship, and in terms of output, it is even more different from the transnational cooperative production of the Uchiha clan.

"By the way, if the Hyuga clan is interested, you can join the ...... together."

Uchiha Tokumitsu smiled and said: "My purpose is to make money together, the brand of the Hyuga clan is well-known in the upper aristocratic society, if it can be co-branded with the light luxury products of the United Company, then it can not only bring more benefits to the Hyuga clan, but also spread the noble aesthetics of the Hyuga clan to all levels of the ninja world......"

"If that's ......"

Patriarch Hinata was immediately moved.

"However, after all, the family's property is shared by all clansmen, and the matter proposed by Deguangjun is indeed important, I wonder if I can make a decision after discussing it with the elders of the family?"

"Naturally!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu raised his glass and took a sip of tea, "After all, I like to act fairly, and I will never engage in forced buying and selling!" ”

"Tokumitsu-kun's reputation resounded throughout the ninja world, and everyone knew it, and everyone knew it......"

The Hyuga patriarch laughed dryly twice and raised his cup of tea.

It's just that his heart is full of slander.

The Hyuga patriarch had long been informed through the Ministry of Intelligence that the shogunate merchants were selling the so-called "light luxury", and the shogunate merchants also used the "Hyuga's high-level ninja handicraft" as the biggest gimmick to attract those nouveau riche, but now they are pretending to be white lotus in front of themselves, which is really ......

"Too modest, too modest~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu waved his hand again and again, and said modestly: "The Uchiha clan has always been lenient towards others, and they have vigorously supported their allies, not to mention that the high-end products of the Hyuga clan are famous in the ninja world, and if we can work together, it will definitely be a good story in the ninja world!" ”

"I understand Deguangjun's good intentions, and I will make a decision after discussing it with the family elders!"

Patriarch Hinata hurriedly said.

……

By the end of the evening, the Uchiha Tokumitsu had finally waited for the important information he had been waiting for.

At the instigation of the daimyo nobles of the Land Country, Iwakuin officially sent troops to invade the Land of Wind under the banner of "Supporting Justice and Restoring Orthodoxy", breaking through the border troops of the Land of the Wind and capturing the fortress of the North of the Land of the Wind in one fell swoop!

Not to be outdone, Shagakure immediately sent Raksha to secretly envoy Konoha again to meet with Uchiha Tokumitsu and propose to purchase a batch of arms as soon as possible.

For the sake of the large amount of gold placer that Raksha offered, Uchiha Tokumitsu transferred a large amount of military supplies to Raksha, and thoughtfully gave him a list of the latest quotations for the Uchiha arms trade.

The Uchiha clan absolutely supports the invasion of Iwakure, which does not conflict with the status quo of Konoha and Iwakure's occupation of the southern region of the Thunder Country Division!

Uchiha Tokumitsu even said that if necessary, he could even issue a black market mission on his behalf and call on the ninjas in the black market to fight for the sand and hide.

Although Raksha was very moved, he still reluctantly rejected Uchiha Tokumitsu's "kindness".

Because most of the so-called "black market" is secretly supported by the aristocracy behind the scenes, if the sand ninja who staged a coup d'état and promoted the "village into a country" had a relationship with them, maybe he would be stabbed in the back at an important juncture.

After seeing off the equally excited and loaded Raksha, Uchiha Tokumitsu returned to the chamber and drew a circle on the location of Iwakure and Sagakure on the ninja map hanging on the wall.

This also symbolizes that in a short period of time, two of the four ninja villages in the ninja world outside of Konoha have just fallen into a state of war.

In addition to Iwakuin and Sand Hide, in the northern region of the Land of Thunder, Fog Hide has once again increased the number of troops of the expeditionary ninja army, and launched a continuous attack on the entrenched Cloud Hide.

Yun Yin has fallen into a state of strategic defense and counterattack after the defeat of the last round of decisive battle, and under the encouragement of the three generations of Thunder Shadow, although Yun Yin has now lost the tailed beast and many ninja troops, he still maintains a high morale and continues to fight to the death with Wu Yin.

Uchiha Tokumitsu naturally strongly supported all legitimate "business needs" of both sides of the war.

Even if the other party sent an envoy to ask the shogunate to stop selling arms and materials to the opponents participating in the war, Uchiha Tokumitsu only prevaricated casually, and continued to sell arms more and more prosperously.

If it weren't for the fact that he was really unwilling to reveal his purpose too early, Uchiha Tokumitsu would have wanted to spend his own money to send the mercenaries from the Rain Ninja Village to the northern battlefield of the Land of Thunder to fill the trenches.

"It's finally time for this moment......"

After Uchiha Tokumitsu quickly arranged the follow-up material support for Sunagakure's affairs, he quickly sneaked back to the Tokumitsu shogunate in the country of Vortex to wait for the opportunity.

……

"Mizukage-sama, through conclusive information, the Tokumitsu shogunate has indeed provided a large amount of military supplies to Shagakure and Yunyin through channels such as the United Company, and at the same time, there are also a large number of shogunate merchants in the land of Mizuki who are purchasing all kinds of seafood in large quantities......"

In the Great Tent of the Fog Hidden Chinese Army in the Land of Thunder, Loquat Shizo, who was in charge of foreign affairs of the shogunate, reported on the three generations of Mizukage of the Upper Seat.

"Uchiha Tokumitsu has been in Konoha lately?"

The three generations of Mizukage looked through the information with a blank face, and asked a question seemingly casually.

"Indeed, according to the intelligence, the elite of the Sand Hide, Kamishinobi Rasha, has also secretly traveled to Konoha many times, and it was Uchiha Tokumitsu who negotiated and met with him......"

Loquat Shizo hurriedly said: "Moreover, judging from the amount of armaments sold by the Tokuko Shogunate recently, it has gained extremely large profits by provoking wars!" ”

"Hehe......"

The third generation of Mizukage sneered, "The Uchiha clan actually came up with such a thing...... It's so much fun! ”

"Also, why can't the intelligence determine why the shogunate's merchants left the Daimyo's territory? And why did the merchants of the shogunate place such large orders with shipowners everywhere before leaving? ”

“…… It is said that the merchant's honorary ninja status needs to be reviewed annually, so he just returns in a centralized manner. ”

Loquat Shizo's forehead began to sweat.

He also knew that there were loopholes in the expression of the information about this matter, but it was impossible to check whether the information was correct in a short period of time, so the report on the intelligence was also written more vaguely, but he didn't expect to be seen through the little trick by the three generations of Mizukage all of a sudden.

“…… This is not an example! ”

The three generations of Mizukage snorted coldly, and then turned to the recent ninja army dynamics of the shogunate and studied it carefully.

"Thank you Mizukage-sama for your forgiveness!"

Loquat Shizo breathed a sigh of relief.

“…… The time for a decisive battle may have come! ”

The three generations of Mizukage "snapped" and slapped the intelligence book on the table, "The Shogunate Ninja Army has not yet assembled, Konoha dismounts and puts Nanshan, and at this time it is officially the day of Yunyin in one fell swoop!" ”

The three generations of Mizukage stood up, "Convene the various ministries to hold a pre-war meeting, I will destroy Yunyin within a month!" Sweep away the Land of Thunder in two months and return to the village in triumph! ”

"Obey orders!"

The fog and darkness in the tent were immediately ordered to leave.

I will update the first chapter first, and continue to update it at night after work

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