Chapter 23: Learning to be a patriarch from scratch.

Chapter 23: Learning to be a patriarch from scratch.

Chapter 23: Learning to be a patriarch from scratch.

"Tomita, what do these people do?"

Uchiha Nan had been promoted, so he naturally moved to Uchiha Tomita's former room and officially began his life as the clan leader.

"Master Clan Leader, these people are the Uchiha accountants."

Uchiha Tomita pointed to the accountants standing in a row. They were all professional accountants hired by the Uchiha and were all civilians of Konoha.

As for why there is no Uchiha among these people, the reason is naturally that the Uchiha are only good at killing people, and these boring and complicated account books give the Uchiha a headache.

Uchiha Tomita gave a look, and the accountants began to report on the family's recent situation.

"Master Patriarch, so far, the family's weapons industry has continued to be in deficit. In order to cope with the war, Konoha owed a total of more than 530 million taels to purchase shuriken, kunai, detonating tags, etc. produced by the family."

"Master Patriarch, the performance of the family's shops is also not optimistic. More than three floors of tenants have been overdue for more than half a year, totaling 130 million taels. The specific details are as follows."

"Master, the compensation for the members of our clan who died in battle has not been paid yet, and many people are now arguing about it."

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The four or five accountants in front of me were muttering to themselves in the account books in their hands and reporting the accounts non-stop.

There is only one thing in his words: send me money!
Transfer money quickly, the more the better!
Uchiha Nan looked embarrassed. You're treating me like this right after taking office? You can't say that the family will go bankrupt in my hands.

"Don't say anything. In a word, how much cash flow does the family have now and how long can it last?"

Uchiha Nan couldn't stand the repetitive reporting anymore, so he just said the result.

"About 150 million taels. Not counting the family martyr's compensation, it can probably last about a month."

hiss!
With so little, it can only last for a month.

"Tomita, has the family finance become so dire?"

Uchiha Nan looked at Uchiha Tomita. The financial situation exploded just after he took office. How could he continue to operate like this?

"Master clan leader, you know, this war has been going on for too long, not only the Uchiha clan, but all the clans in Konoha are like this."

Not only that, Konoha's ninjas have not accepted any missions for a long time. All of them have been sent to the front lines to fight, and a large amount of Konoha's financial income has been cut off.

Konoha is maintained by the continuous bleeding and supply of people from various ninja clans.

grandma's!
"Where is the Daimyo, where is the Daimyo of the Land of Fire!"

"He didn't pay?"

Uchiha Nan was a little exasperated. The ninjas were working hard outside, but the daimyo was unwilling to pay a penny.

"The Daimyo gives Konoha 20 billion taels of silver every year, and in the past three years, it has been increased to 25 billion taels of silver."

"but."

Uchiha Tomita didn't finish his words, and it was obvious that all the money had been spent. The cost of one detonating talisman was no less than 3000 taels. In a small battle, there was no telling how many detonating talismans could be used on the battlefield every day.

There were also countless kunai and shurikens flying around the battlefield.

This doesn't even include food, medical supplies, etc.
That's not fighting a war at all, that's just burning money.

Spending money is slower than spending money on war.

It seems that Konoha is completely exhausted. If the fighting continues like this, it will collapse internally. With so much money being wasted, which family can withstand it?

Not to mention the casualties of the family, almost a generation has died. "Don't worry, clan leader, the daimyo has negotiated with Senju Tobirama and will allocate a large amount of funds to rebuild Konoha."

They have to pay. If they don't pay some money, Konoha will consider finding a daimyo who is willing to pay.

In the nearly thousand years of history of the ninja world, there have been many daimyos who were not sober-minded and did not pay enough, and were killed by their own ninjas.

Anyway, they all work for the Fire Nation. Even if the daimyo dies, there are still his sons and brothers, and one of them will always be able to succeed the daimyo.

Uchiha Tomita looked at Uchiha Nan who looked like he was about to die, but still gave him a sip of chicken soup.

The newly appointed clan leader cannot quit just because he has no money, otherwise it would be a disgrace to the Uchiha clan.

"How much exactly?"

"Master Tobirama didn't say that. It's a secret."

Depend on!
By doing this, that bastard Tobirama wouldn't be trying to enrich himself.

Now this huge sum of money is waiting to be distributed by the next Hokage. Who gets to eat more and who gets to eat less will all be decided by the Hokage.

We can’t let the Senju clan take the initiative this time.

"Master Uchiha Kusunoki, you must become Hokage."

Uchiha Tomita looked at Uchiha Nan with burning eyes, his eyes were almost tearing. Becoming Hokage means he has the right to allocate funds for rebuilding Konoha.

Isn't this what the Ninja Clan is looking for when they become Hokage?
They legitimately asked for money from the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, and then divided the money among them. The family would take some from it to train family ninjas and strengthen the family's strength.

Of course this is only part of it, there are also various kinds of hidden income.

For example, the division of Konoha's tasks, land sales, and business secrets.
These are rights that only high-level officials can control.

Each family is doing their best to gain and occupy as much as possible within the framework of Konoha, and then train family ninjas to enhance the family's strength. This cycle repeats itself and is passed down from generation to generation.

Whichever family can produce a Hokage will naturally be able to eat a lot of meat.

This is the closest the Uchiha clan has ever been to the position of Hokage, so they cannot miss this opportunity.

The family is in urgent need of recovery now!
"I will become Hokage."

Uchiha Nan made a promise, not only for himself, but also for his family and of course Konoha.

In the original novel, Sarutobi Hiruzen became the Hokage, the Senju clan was gone, the Uchiha clan was gone, and in the feast of the two great wealthy families, the only ones who could feast on it were the Sarutobi clan.

Damn, even though he fed his family, Konoha was gradually weakening.

"Of course I believe in Master Uchiha Nan."

Uchiha Tomita has great confidence in Uchiha Kusunoki. Who in Konoha can stop Uchiha Kusunoki who has opened the Mangekyō Sharingan?
"Master Uchiha Kusunoki, here are the documents that the clan leader needs to deal with."

Uchiha Tomita brought another stack of papers, which were the documents that Uchiha Tomita needed to deal with on a daily basis.

There are all kinds of things, such as promotions of Uchiha Guard personnel, patrolling the streets of Konoha, and catching spies.
In addition to the family business, the patriarch must receive important guests, who are of course either rich or noble, and are all big businessmen and nobles of the Fire Nation.

The most recent one was the day after tomorrow. It was a big businessman who had been cooperating with Uchiha and was responsible for supplying Uchiha with the raw material iron for making weapons. He was probably here to collect a debt.

Uchiha had been in arrears for nearly half a year. The last time he came, Uchiha Tomita and he drank until late at night to settle the matter, saying all the good words and dragging it out for a while.

Of course, this mess is now Uchiha Nan's headache.

(End of this chapter)