Seeing Yoshida Jin's reaction, Tatsuya nodded in satisfaction. "Uncle Yoshida Jin, I've called you here today to discuss something with you. It's a small matter for you, and also a good thing."
The reason Tatsuya dared to so directly reveal Pakura's identity was to intimidate Yoshida Jin. Anyway, Sunagakure would never proactively expose Pakura's identity and situation, so Tatsuya could use Sunagakure's name as a bluff without worrying about being exposed. And once his strength was truly formidable, he wouldn't be afraid even if he was exposed!
Indeed, Yoshida Jin didn't dare to say no. He nodded repeatedly. "Speak, speak."
Tatsuya looked steadily at Yoshida Jin and said slowly, "It's like this. Konoha and Sunagakure are now allied, and the higher-ups of both villages are planning to establish a secret base in the Land of Rice Fields. She will be the direct person in charge of the base, and I will mainly be responsible for assisting her in initially setting up the base.
"To avoid attracting attention, this base will operate under a new name, and neither Konoha nor Sunagakure will directly use their forces to support it. Therefore, we'll have to handle the initial establishment of the base ourselves. And right now, what we lack most is funds."
Yoshida Jin somewhat understood Tatsuya's meaning. He pointed to himself, his expression uncertain. "You mean you want me to provide the money to help you establish this base?"
Tatsuya nodded. "That's right!"
"Can I refuse?" Hearing this, Yoshida Jin was completely deflated. He'd originally come hoping to get some benefits from Tatsuya, but before he could gain anything, he was going to have to spend a large sum of money! He'd lost big time!
From the moment Tatsuya spoke, Yoshida Jin knew he couldn't avoid this matter. Yoshida Jin understood that, with the strength of the two major ninja villages, if he refused, they would definitely find an opportunity to eliminate him.
Seeing this, Tatsuya patted Yoshida Jin on the shoulder and smiled. "Uncle Yoshida Jin, don't look so glum. Don't worry, you won't lose out on this deal. I'm currently working on researching a medicine that can increase life energy. I might be successful soon. When I succeed, I'll hand it over to you to manage. How about that?"
Yoshida Jin's face regained its cheerful expression, and he looked at Tatsuya in surprise. "Really?"
He had already personally experienced the benefits of improved physical energy. If there really was a pill that could directly increase life energy, it would definitely be an incredibly lucrative business!
Immediately, Yoshida Jin no longer cared about his complaints and grumbles. He began to energetically discuss the details of establishing the base with Tatsuya.
More than an hour later, Yoshida Jin left, full of vigor.
"Is he really reliable? You just revealed our secrets to him like that!" Standing by the window on the second floor, watching Yoshida Jin and his two men leave, Pakura asked calmly.
Tatsuya nodded reassuringly. "Don't worry! Merchants like him are the most shrewd. He'll know what to say and what to do."
Pakura wasn't as optimistic as Tatsuya. "I hope so! My situation can't be kept secret for too long."
Tatsuya smiled confidently. "Trust me. Before that time comes, we'll have enough power to protect ourselves, or at least, we won't be easy targets."
The next day, Tatsuya and Pakura moved into Yoshida Jin's mansion. However, to avoid attracting attention, Tatsuya and Pakura entered Yoshida Jin's mansion under new identities after some disguise. Tatsuya was a physician, and Pakura was a wandering ninja.
After entering Yoshida Jin's mansion, Tatsuya immediately became a recluse. He spent every day in the small laboratory Yoshida Jin had prepared for him, analyzing and experimenting, wanting to combine the Akimichi clan's Three-Colored Pills formula and the Disease Sealing Technique to create a new medicine that could greatly increase life energy.
This was the prerequisite for Yoshida Jin to cooperate with Tatsuya and Pakura's actions. Fortunately, in the previous month or two, Tatsuya had been constantly analyzing with the bio-chip and had made significant progress. All that was lacking were some experimental data to fill in and correct. This was also the source of Tatsuya's confidence in coming to the Land of Rice Fields to carry out his plan.
During this time, Pakura acted as a guard ninja for the mansion.
More than twenty days later, Yoshida Jin, the top wealthy merchant of the Land of Rice Fields, made a big move. Several consecutive announcements immediately caused a sensation among the citizens of the Land of Rice Fields' capital.
First, Yoshida Jin, in his own name, purchased a large tract of land in the suburbs of the capital of the Land of Rice Fields and began to build houses on a large scale. At the main entrance to this area, a sign named "Ansei Hall" was first erected.
Ansei Hall's land area was tens of thousands of acres, almost equivalent to building a small town, and a large number of laborers were recruited for construction.
Ansei Hall, this was the name Tatsuya chose for his first enterprise. In his original world, Tatsuya remembered a pharmaceutical company called Ansei Hall. This name was also a tribute to his memories of his previous life.
While Ansei Hall's industrial park was still under construction, Yoshida Jin ordered the announcement of a second piece of news. That was the public recruitment of pharmacists from all countries in the ninja world, with the number exceeding one hundred!
This was another blockbuster announcement!
It should be known that in the ninja world, the profession of pharmacist was not easy to maintain. Each pharmacist was trained with a large amount of money and time. Even the top five hidden villages in the ninja world had a limited number of pharmacists. In Konoha, the top pharmacists mostly served in several major clans. The Akimichi clan, which could produce the secret Three-Colored Pills of the clan, was one of them.
Now, Ansei Hall was actually going to recruit over a hundred pharmacists at once. This inevitably made people surprised and suspicious.
Initially, Yoshida Jin was also strongly opposed and unwilling to do this. However, after Tatsuya created the first batch of pills and gave them to him to use, Yoshida Jin immediately stopped objecting. There was no other reason; the effects were simply too good.
This pill, which could greatly increase life energy, could not only be used to heal injuries but also had great benefits for normal people. Especially for wealthy merchants like Yoshida Jin, they would spare no expense to buy this kind of pill to improve their health. Judging from the efficacy of this new medicine developed by Tatsuya, it would definitely give rise to a huge and lucrative industry.
With this money, supporting over a hundred pharmacists should be no problem. Moreover, Tatsuya had made a good point.
The efficacy of the new medicine was too powerful, and the interests it represented were enormous. If they didn't use the recruitment of over a hundred physicians to cover it up, its origin and formula would inevitably arouse the greed of others and become the target of many powerful forces. With Ansei Hall and the many physicians as cover, the origin of the new medicine would not become a target of suspicion.
To avoid becoming a stepping stone for others, Tatsuya would initially have Ansei Hall only release a simplified version of the new medicine, with only one-third of the effect of the finished product, and significantly increase its selling price and suppress its output. In this way, Ansei Hall and the new medicine could avoid becoming the target of major powers.
At the same time, the many recruited physicians could also form a large research group, researching and developing various other medicines in the laboratory provided by Ansei Hall to enrich Ansei Hall's product line. When Ansei Hall truly became powerful in the future, all these problems would be solved.
Tatsuya also gave the simplified version of the new medicine a good name: Six-Flavor Rehmannia Pill!