Chapter 47: Let's Turn Konoha into America!
Phew.
Finally back in the village!
After resolving the matters in the Land of Fire, Uchiha Nan hurried back to Konoha without stopping.
Having left Konoha just one day after becoming Hokage, Uchiha Nan was worried someone in the village might cause trouble for him.
He even hired a carriage to take care of Fene and Ling.
After all, they were just ordinary people and didn't have the ability to climb walls and leap across rooftops, jumping from tree to tree.
However, Uchiha Nan didn't make a grand entrance to the Hokage's office. He planned to go home first, settle Fene and Ling in, and have a secret rendezvous!
Social embarrassment was inevitable, but he remembered: if you can hide until the 15th, don't die on the 1st!
Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.
Uchiha Nan forgot to change his clothes. His Hokage robes were too conspicuous and were immediately spotted by Uchiha Tomita.
"Uchiha Nan-sama, you're back?"
Uchiha Tomita, looking delighted, immediately went to greet him.
"Yeah, I'm back, I'm back."
Uchiha Nan replied, not intending to linger with Uchiha Tomita, and headed straight for home!
"What's in the carriage?"
"Gifts, gifts, gifts the Daimyo gave me!"
"So many?"
"The Daimyo was enthusiastic, nothing I could do!"
Uchiha Nan lowered his head and quickened his pace.
"Hey! You guys over there, where's your sense of urgency? Help the clan head pull the carriage and bring the gifts the Daimyo sent to the clan head's house."
Uchiha Tomita called out to a few passing Uchiha youths.
There was no way he could waste Uchiha Nan's time on small tasks like pulling a carriage and carrying things.
Uchiha Tomita was also eager to go over the accounts with Uchiha Nan and put the extra 1 billion ryo into the clan's accounts properly.
1 billion ryo was no small amount. Even the clan's professional accountants would need time to falsify the accounts, and the receipts would need Uchiha Nan's stamp as Hokage.
"Yes, Tomita-sama!"
"Coming!"
The cool youths immediately came running over. Being able to do something for Uchiha Nan was something they eagerly sought.
They didn't give Uchiha Nan a chance to refuse and grabbed the reins of the carriage.
Uchiha Nan held onto the reins tightly, repeatedly waving his hand in refusal.
However, the youths saw this as just a token refusal.
"Clan head, what gifts did the Daimyo send? A whole carriage full!"
The thing Uchiha Nan feared most happened. One of the youths, out of curiosity, opened the curtain.
"Ah!"
Fene and Ling hugged each other tightly. Uchiha Nan had told them not to speak without his permission. Their serious expressions made them very scared. They had been nervous throughout the journey, and the sudden sound of so many voices made them cling together.
Gifts?
These were the Daimyo's gifts?
The Uchiha youths' eyes nearly popped out when they saw the twin sisters in the carriage.
Clan head, you're playing it big!
It's over!
Uchiha Nan's heart died. His principles shattered at that moment.
"Clan head, I..."
Cold sweat poured down Uchiha Tomita's back. Even if he were beaten to death, he wouldn't have imagined that Uchiha Nan's gifts were these.
Was he going to be killed?
"What are you looking at? Put the curtain down!"
"All of you, get lost!"
Uchiha Nan, exasperated, began to shoo them away. The youths, naturally eager to leave this troublesome place, ran away quickly.
"Tomita, stay for a moment."
Uchiha Nan's words were like a devil's whisper, stopping Uchiha Tomita, who was about to slip away.
"Uchiha Nan-sama, is there anything else?"
"Get me a big bed, one that can sleep three people."
Since it had already come to this, he might as well go all the way. Uchiha Nan decided to throw caution to the wind and give Fene and Ling's identities an explanation.
As the Hokage, his every move was under scrutiny, and he couldn't hide it for long.
"Yes, Uchiha Nan-sama!"
Uchiha Tomita inwardly sighed, thinking that Uchiha Nan was truly a young man with boundless energy!
He himself had entered middle age, and the unspoken difficulties of middle age were best left unmentioned.
Uchiha Tomita had initially planned to leave, but since Uchiha Nan had stopped him, he decided to say a few things while he had the chance, to avoid future trouble.
As the Hokage and the Uchiha clan head, with a noble bloodline and two bloodline limits, Uchiha Nan should marry a wife from within the clan.
Only then could the children born have the highest bloodline concentration and the best natural talent.
As long as Uchiha Nan gave the order, Uchiha Tomita could immediately hold a clan-wide selection of young women for Uchiha Nan to marry!
The clan elders were already urging him, and those with granddaughters were particularly eager. They couldn't delay any longer. When they were Uchiha Nan's age, their children were already calling them "dad."
As for the sisters the Daimyo sent, they could be kept as mistresses, which wasn't a big deal in large clans. However, becoming the Uchiha clan head's wife would be quite difficult.
"Got it, got it."
Uchiha Nan waved his hand, not intending to argue with Uchiha Tomita about this. Fene and Ling were unexpected, and he wouldn't have taken them if it weren't for the grotesque task rewards.
But they were indeed tempting!
As for a future wife, he'd just go with the flow, as long as she was pretty. Uchiha Nan didn't think that much.
Seeing that Uchiha Nan had no objections, Uchiha Tomita went to prepare the big bed.
After settling Fene and Ling in, Uchiha Nan and Uchiha Tomita went to the Hokage's building to work. They planned to stamp the falsified account receipts as requested by the Minister of Finance from the Land of Fire, to avoid future trouble.
"How much?"
"How much do you think?"
"2 billion!"
Uchiha Tomita sat down on the chair with a thud. The extra 1 billion ryo was already a pleasant surprise, but now it had doubled.
"Calm down!"
Uchiha Nan waved his hand, telling Uchiha Tomita not to get so excited. He looked like he had never seen the world.
After visiting the Ministry of Finance in the Land of Fire, Uchiha Nan realized how greedy and capable of amassing wealth those damned insects were.
Just commercial tax evasion alone could support another Konoha village, and that didn't even include the big chunk from land taxes.
Make money, make money, and make more money!
Without money, there was no way to develop.
To complete the roulette tasks, he had to find ways to make money. Relying solely on the Land of Fire's funding wouldn't fulfill his Konoha dream. The requirement of having ninjas from other villages join Konoha, even if it meant becoming rogue ninjas, was no small feat.
He had to turn Konoha into America to attract countless "runnin" (running ninjas) to join!
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