Chapter 23: Learning to Be a Clan Leader from Scratch.
"Tomita, what are these people doing?"
Uchiha Nan had been promoted, so he naturally moved into Tomita Uchiha's original room and officially started his clan leader life.
"Lord Clan Leader, these people are the Uchiha's accountants."
Tomita Uchiha pointed to the row of accountants standing there. They were all professional accountants hired by the Uchiha and were all civilians of Konoha.
As for why there was not a single Uchiha among these people, the reason was naturally that the Uchiha were only good at killing people. These boring and complicated account books made the Uchiha feel a headache.
Tomita Uchiha gave them a look, and the accountants began to report the recent situation of the family.
"Lord Clan Leader, so far, the family's weapons industry has continued to be in deficit. Konoha owes a total of more than 530 million Ryo to cope with the war, used to purchase the family's shurikens, kunai, explosive tags, etc."
"Lord Clan Leader, the efficiency of the shops under the family is also not optimistic. More than 30% of the tenants have overdue payments for more than half a year, totaling 130 million Ryo. The specific details are as follows..."
"Lord Clan Leader, the family's compensation for the dead clansmen has been owed and has not been paid. Now many people are arguing..."
"..."
The four or five accountants in front of him kept reciting the account books in their hands and kept reporting accounts.
In other words, there was only one sentence: pay!
Pay quickly, the more the better!
Uchiha Nan's face was embarrassed. Was this the way he was treated as soon as he took office? He couldn't say that the family would go bankrupt in his hands.
"Stop talking. In a word, how much cash flow does the family have now, and how long can it last?"
Uchiha Nan couldn't stand the chanting-like account reporting and asked them to just tell the result.
"About 150 million Ryo. If we don't count the family's martyrs' pensions, it can probably last for about a month."
Hiss!
So little, it can only last for a month.
"Tomita, has the family's finances deteriorated to this point?"
Uchiha Nan looked at Tomita Uchiha. His finances exploded as soon as he took office. How could he play this?
"Lord Clan Leader, you know, this war has been fought for too long. Not only the Uchiha, but all the families in Konoha are like this."
Not only that, the ninjas of Konoha had not taken on missions for a long time and were all sent to the front line to fight. A large part of Konoha's financial income was directly cut off.
It was relying on the continuous bleeding and manpower of the various ninja clans to maintain Konoha.
Damn it!
"Where are the daimyo, where are the daimyo of the Land of Fire!"
"Didn't he pay?"
Uchiha Nan was a little annoyed. The ninjas were risking their lives outside, but the daimyo was not willing to pay a penny.
"The daimyo gives Konoha 20 billion Ryo of funds every year, and it has been increased to 25 billion Ryo in the past three years..."
"However..."
Tomita Uchiha didn't finish his sentence. The meaning was obvious that it had been spent. An explosive tag cost no less than 3,000 Ryo. In a small battle, no one knew how many explosive tags could be used on the battlefield every day.
There were also countless kunai and shurikens flying around on the battlefield.
This did not include soldier pills, food, and medical supplies...
It was not fighting a war at all, it was burning money.
Burning money was slower than fighting a war.
It seemed that Konoha was completely unable to fight. If it continued to fight like this, it would collapse internally. No family could withstand burning money like this.
Not to mention the casualties of the family, almost a generation had died.
"Don't worry, Lord Clan Leader. The daimyo and Tobirama Senju have negotiated and will allocate a large amount of funds to rebuild Konoha."
They had to give it. If they didn't bleed a little, Konoha would consider whether to change to a daimyo who was willing to pay.
In the nearly thousand-year history of the ninja world, there were not a few daimyo who were not very clear-headed and did not pay enough, and were killed by their subordinates.
Anyway, they were all working for the Land of Fire. If the daimyo died, there were his sons and brothers who could always find a successor.
Tomita Uchiha looked at Uchiha Nan's dying look and still gave Uchiha Nan a bowl of chicken soup.
The newly appointed clan leader could not stop working because he had no money. The Uchiha would lose face.
"How much is it specifically?"
"Lord Tobirama didn't say. It's confidential."
Damn it!
Playing this trick, Tobirama, this bastard, didn't want to embezzle public funds.
Now this large sum of money was waiting for the next Hokage to distribute. Whoever could eat more and whoever could eat less would be determined by the Hokage.
This time, the Senju family could not be allowed to take the lead.
"Lord Uchiha Nan, you must become Hokage."
Tomita Uchiha looked at Uchiha Nan with burning eyes. His eyes were about to burst. Becoming Hokage meant having the right to allocate funds for rebuilding Konoha.
Wasn't this what the ninja clans wanted when they became Hokage?
Righteously asking for money from the daimyo of the Land of Fire, and then distributing the money, and the family would get some more to train the family's ninjas and strengthen the family's strength.
Of course, this was only part of it. There were various invisible incomes.
For example, the division of Konoha's missions, land sales, and business secrets.
These were all rights that only high-level people could control.
Various families were doing their best to get as much as possible under the framework of Konoha, and then train family ninjas to enhance family strength. This cycle would continue from generation to generation.
Whichever family could produce a Hokage could naturally eat meat in it.
Now was the closest the Uchiha clan had ever been to the position of Hokage, so it could not miss this opportunity.
The family urgently needed to recover blood!
"I will become Hokage."
Uchiha Nan made a promise, not only for himself, but also for the family, and of course for Konoha.
In the original work, Hiruzen Sarutobi became Hokage. The Senju family was gone, and the Uchiha family was gone. The feast of the fall of these two wealthy families could only be enjoyed by the Sarutobi family behind them.
Damn it, after feeding his own family, Konoha gradually weakened.
"I naturally believe in Lord Uchiha Nan."
Tomita Uchiha had great confidence in Uchiha Nan. Who in Konoha could stop Uchiha Nan, who had activated the Mangekyo Sharingan?
"Lord Uchiha Nan, these are the documents that the clan leader needs to deal with."
Tomita Uchiha brought another stack of paper, which were the documents that Tomita Uchiha usually needed to deal with.
There were all kinds of things, such as the promotion of the Uchiha Police Department personnel, Konoha street patrols, spy arrests...
There was also the family's business, important guests that the clan leader had to meet. Of course, they were all rich and powerful, all big merchants and nobles of the Land of Fire.
The most recent one was the day after tomorrow. It was a big merchant who had been cooperating with the Uchiha and was responsible for supplying the raw material iron for the Uchiha to make weapons. It was estimated that he was here to collect debts.
The Uchiha had owed nearly half a year's payment. The last time he came, Tomita Uchiha drank with him until late at night to settle the matter and tried his best to delay it for a while.
Of course, now this mess was Uchiha Nan's headache.
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