After staying in Fuba City for a while, Uchiha Tokumitsu despaired of the progress of the Uzumaki Research Institute's research on the harmlessness of natural energy, so he simply came out of sight, and after reiterating that he could not easily change the direction of his research or divert research funds for other interests, he took the initiative to wander back to Konoha to relax.

During this time, the results of the anti-terrorist forces were remarkable, and after clearing the occupied area of the Land of Thunder, Uchiha Shiina immediately turned around and returned to the territory of the country of Tian and Taki, and a total of no less than thirty black market strongholds were cleared, and a huge amount of materials and black money were seized, and the captured loot could cover the initial budget for the formation of this standing ninja army even if it was calculated at a discount.

"What a shame...... This kind of good thing can only be done once, and 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 accosted Sakushige Hagi.

"Original...... The black market is so rich! ”

Looking at the appalling number in the report, he could barely control his greed, and he couldn't wait to immediately lead his troops out to find a few black market strongholds to fight the autumn wind.

"The so-called black market, who knows which nobleman or big businessman is behind it to support them!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu snorted coldly, "From the Warring States period to the present, if such an underground organization can be maintained without a backstage, its power does not know how much it has expanded!" ”

The Uchiha clan's contract allies, the ninja cat clan, are part of the black market, and they are also one of the core suppliers of the underground large-scale arms trade, so Uchiha Tokumitsu also learned some secrets through the ninja cat clan.

The so-called black market is not actually a unified organization.

For example, the black market strongholds scattered in different places may have different supporters behind them; It's just that in order to better serve some big rich people or facilitate some shady things, different black market strongholds may exchange news or exchange intelligence, and even realize the connection of black market task settlement.

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 Tanokuni was actually privately supported by the country's daimyo in order to make up for the lack of force without a ninja village, in order to recruit some prodigal ninja or homeless ninja as military support, and even when the time is ripe, the underground black market will be converted into a national ninja village on the spot.

However, in the face of the heavily armed and menacing anti-terrorist forces, the efforts of generations of Tanokuni daimyo were completely in vain, not only the strongholds were wiped out, assets were confiscated, and even the evidence of the dealings between the daimyo and the black market fell into the hands of the anti-terrorist forces.

And since the Tokumitsu shogunate launched the "peacekeeping operation" and forced the land of thunder and Yungain to sign an unequal treaty, the country of Tanoku, which was originally a small buffer country, has been included in the sphere of influence of the country of fire, so, from the perspective of jurisdiction, Uchiha Tokumitsu, as the governor of Konoha who wears the seals of the two great powers, has the power to adjudicate this matter and even depose the daimyo of the country of Ta on this ground.

"If you depose the Daimyo...... It's still a bit sloppy. ”

Sakushige Hagi disagrees with the recommendation in the counter-terrorism report to depose the daimyo "and, besides, in addition to Tanokuni, I'm afraid that the daimyo in my country also have a lot of connections with the black market...... If the thing is done, it is estimated that the village and the daimyo's mansion will be completely incompatible in the future. ”

'Just the incompetent government army under the command of the Daimyo...... Even if you tear your face, what can you do? “

Uchiha Tokumitsu said indifferently, "Sakumo-kun, you don't think that our relationship with the daimyo nobles can return to the period of intimacy at the top, do you?" ”

"You know, the ninjas in the village don't want to pay blood taxes so cheaply now."

"Blood Tax ......"

When Qimu Shuomao heard this, he couldn't help but sigh.

The relationship between Ninja Village and the country, to put it bluntly, is the relationship between exchanging money for blood tax.

The daimyo nobles contributed money and food, and the ninjas of the ninja village contributed their efforts; In addition, after the ninja was gathered in the ninja village, the daimyo nobles also obtained a relatively controllable extraordinary force, and the place became relatively clean, and those nobles who boasted of noble blood did not have to worry about being touched by a certain wave ninja in the middle of the night.

This is the fundamental reason why the proposal to establish a ninja village among the Senju Pillars was supported by the daimyos.

For the aristocracy, the Shinobi Village era was the best era.

It's just that the good times don't last long, since the rise of Uchiha Tokumitsu, he has been committed to digging out the most valuable political legacy of the Thousand Hands clan, which is the system of one village and one country, not only supporting the army in the early days, but also setting up joint companies and stock exchanges to embezzle the monopoly commercial interests of the nobles, and even overthrowing the Hokage rule of Konoha Konoha, the strongest of the five ninja villages, to engage in the rule of Konoha Shinobi Co-governance, and the daimyo nobles are helpless in the face of the rise of ninja power.

Now, as Konoha enters the era of the upper ninja co-governance, the fog has entered the rule of the shogunate, and the sand has turned the village into a country to eradicate the daimyo nobles, plus the Iwakuin Yunyin, who is biased towards maintaining the system of one village and one country, is weak and does not dare to compete with the shogunate, as if the ninja power in the ninja world has entered its heyday.

Nowadays, the commission standard of Konoha has repeatedly increased in price, but it still can't stop the daimyo nobles who just need it from sending money over in a steady stream, and even if the Nanhechuan Stock Exchange makes up a random reason to put together a bond, it can pull the price to the top.

It is also because the ninja village economy can obtain relatively good income, the ninjas are more and more reluctant to work for the stinky money of the daimyo nobles - in comparison, the fixed salary issued by the United Company is much more!

However, in addition to the fixed appropriation of the daimyo, the main source of the village's income is the commission of the mission, and the ninjas of the village are too lazy to undertake the task, so the village's government affairs department expenses and public welfare will be affected.

And this is also the place where Sakumo Qimu has been particularly troubled recently.

"How about compiling a white paper on counter-terrorism and making it public?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu asked.

"What is a white paper?"

Qimu Shuomao 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 future official financial crisis, but he never found a chance to speak.

"You can understand it as an official announcement document released by the village to the ninja world, so as to show the position and practice of a certain matter, so that the countries of the ninja world and each ninja village can understand and support the village's actions - the reason why it is called a white paper is because I intend to use a white cover for the public document."

Uchiha Tokumitsu explained very patiently.

"Just this report......

Qimu Shuomao was a little surprised.

For the ninja village, anything involving the actions of the ninja in the village is generally regarded as confidential, but the level of secrecy is different, and Konoha and even all the ninja villages of all sizes in the ninja world have never done this.

"We want to promote the understanding and support of all countries for the cause of counter-terrorism~"

"In particular, the white paper will raise awareness of the dangers of the Myoki-san lineage, and the anti-terrorism operation led by the village will become a highly respected transnational operation, so that we will have a much less burden......," Tokumitsu Uchiha said.

Sakumo raised his eyebrows and didn't speak, just flipped through the table of contents of the anti-terrorism report again.

I didn't see anything in this report about the Myoki Mountain lineage!

This time, the operation to clear the occupied area of the Land of Thunder, the country of Tian and the country of Taki, not even a single toad of Miaomu Mountain was caught, how could it be related to the white paper and Miaomu Mountain!

Qimu Shuomao thought about it, but he couldn't figure it out.

"Ahem......"

Uchiha Tokumitsu cleared his throat and said, "That's right, although the white paper we released is based on Shiina-kun's anti-terrorism report, but well~ In order to achieve the purpose of our white paper and to play the expected role of public opinion while effectively protecting the confidentiality of Ninja Village, it is necessary to make some appropriate text modifications." ”

For example, the Miaokiyama line has been secretly interfering in the direction of the ninja world, the ninja frogs continue to steal the secrets of the ninja village, and directly intervene in the affairs of the ninja village in the name of finding a savior in the name of prophecy, etc., this kind of outlier who does not respect the independent status of the ninja village should be severely cracked down.

In addition, there are all kinds of medicinal values of ninja frogs, the exclusive role of fairy chakra in prolonging life, etc., which can also be boldly arranged, anyway, Miaomu Mountain can't fight back in public opinion.

Oh, "text embellishment", got it!

As soon as he heard it, he knew that it tasted right, isn't it the "evidence" needed for reasonable manufacturing! Why are you so elegant!

"That's okay ......"

"It's just that the white paper is proposed to be reviewed by the Senate and the House of Representatives before it is released to the public." ”

"This is natural~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu naturally had no opinion, "I will give the specific information and compilation requirements to the Ministry of Administration, I believe that under the leadership of Elder Mitomon, they will definitely be able to complete this work very well." ”

When Qimu Shuomao heard this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

I don't know who Uchiha Tokumitsu is hacking when he says this!

"There is one more thing, I hope Deguangjun can give advice......

Hachiki Sakumo laughed for a moment before continuing.

"Please speak~"

"According to the Ministry of Finance's calculations, if the village's share of tasks continues to decrease at the current rate, the village's fiscal revenue is expected to be beyond its means in the following year......

Qimu Shuomao said with some embarrassment: "So, the village urgently needs a new source of wealth......

"Isn't that easy?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu was a little surprised.

In these years, there are really people who can't beg for food with a golden rice bowl?

"So what exactly should I do?"

Sakumo Hachiki immediately asked.

"Develop a new village area!"

Uchiha Tokumitsu pointed out a path to the underworld, "The village is the first ninja village in the ninja world, and now there are many wealthy merchants, all industries are prosperous, and the territory in the village is already crowded, it is the best time to build infrastructure!" ”

"As long as the infrastructure is built, it can not only alleviate the residential pressure in the village, but also undertake more immigrants, and the income of the new district can also alleviate the financial difficulties of the village, so it is a win-win situation."

The more Uchiha Tokumitsu spoke, the more excited he became.

"After the land and houses in the new area are sold, won't it be necessary to build a new district?"

Qimu Shuomao hesitated a little, "In this way, wouldn't the village fall into a strange circle of disorderly expansion?" ”

"It's simple, the new area can be leased for a long time, all the newly developed land belongs to the village, the buildings on the ground are rented for about 30 years, and the management fee needs to be paid every year."

Uchiha Tokumitsu opened his mouth and came, "In addition, all shops in the new district need to pay a fixed business tax; Then, the village's finances have a sustainable income, how good! ”

"Tax ......"

Sakumo still felt that something was wrong, "But the current policy of the village is that ninja self-operated businesses are exempt from taxes, if they are taxed...... Everybody's going to be upset. ”

There is also a hidden meaning behind Hagi Shuomao's words, that is, the current business in Konoha Village is actually monopolized by various ninja clans, especially the arms industry monopolized by the Uchiha clan is even more profitable, and the United Company started with a smuggling business that openly resists taxes.

The salary of the village is only a few dollars, don't die!

As for those ninja-run shops outside of the ninja clan, how much money can be levied! It's good to have enough to pay the salary of a taxed ninja!

"It's easy~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu already had a plan in his mind, "We can adopt a new approach to the new area, an old village and an old approach; Only taxes and long-term rentals are implemented in the new area, and the Ninja Village Headquarters still implements the original system, so that everyone has no opinion? ”

"The development of the new district is very important, I have to think about it......"

Hagi still felt as if something was wrong, and couldn't help but scratch his head again.

"In addition, the new district can set up a development management committee, which is under the jurisdiction of the House of Representatives, after all, this is a matter of public interest in the village, and it is reasonable for the members of the House of Representatives to supervise it."

Uchiha Tokumitsu said quietly.

"You have a point, I'm going back to the House of Representatives to solicit it."

Hachiki Sakushige immediately changed his stance very smoothly.

As long as it is a high-ranking person, he cannot resist the temptation and impulse to expand his authority and personnel to engage in the "majority ministry system", and Uchiha Tokumitsu's words can be regarded as completely scratching the itch point of Hachiki Shuoshige.

A few days later, when the "Konoha Anti-Terrorism White Paper" compiled by the Ministry of Government Affairs was newly released, Uchiha Tokumitsu was admiring the peerless masterpieces of the government ninjas who sought enemies in the void, made cards in the void, and reversed black and white, when Sakushige Hachiki ran over again.

"Deguang-kun, there is a very important matter to discuss with you."

This time, he did not have the half-concealed posture of the past, and said bluntly: "The House of Representatives unanimously passed a preliminary resolution to develop the new area, but there is a problem at present. ”

"What's the problem?"

Uchiha Tokumitsu leaned back tactically and asked with a smile.

"The village has no money, and the budget can't squeeze out the money."

"Is it possible to issue bonds on the stock exchange? ”

"There is really no need to issue bonds~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu smiled, "But we can achieve joint-stock cooperation, and we can invest together to form a special company~ It just so happens that the joint company has accumulated rich experience in operating in oases in various parts of the ninja world, especially in the country of wind." ”

"How do you work together?"

Qimu Shuomao humbly asked.

"We can set up a Konoha Village Investment Company and engage in development together~"

The smile on Uchiha Tokumitsu's face was as sweet as honey, "Not only the Uchiha clan, but also the ninja clan can invest if they are interested, and in this case, even the Senate will have no opinion~"

"If you have money, let's earn it together~"

As long as the Uchiha clan earns the most.

Of course, Uchiha Tokumitsu would not say this on the spot.

"So...... Wouldn't that be the new district management committee a ......?"

Hagi immediately thought of another question.

"The right to operate and the ownership are separated~"

Uchiha Tokumitsu's eyes have become crescent-shaped, "Come on, come on, you listen to me analyze it for you......"

There is nothing special about this chapter, and I hope you will know about it

(End of chapter)