The first thing the Uchiha did after coming back to their compound was to make more copies of the scrolls and to send them to everyone, allies and enemies alike. Even the daimyo and the samurai of the Land of Iron got one. Even some of the nomads of the Land of the Wind, and the Senju's allies. Everyone means everyone.
This is where Tajima's devious political mind shone the brightest. The Uchiha's involvement in the Uzumaki massacre couldn't be hidden. As they had no clear reason to attack, some discontentment was bound to arise. People would condemn them, their allies would be wary and some of their shaky new friendships might end because of it. And the Senju were bound to kick up such a fuss that even the daimyo would have to get involved.
By taking the lead and giving everybody something to gain even if they did nothing, before the news of how exactly they got it reached this side of the continent, all the righteous voices had quitted. The narrative was quickly switched to the following: The Uzumaki clan grew too arrogant and started to bully all their neighbors, whilst hiding behind their oblivious cousins. The other shinobi clans had no choice but to ask for outside help to stop these dictators in the making, and the Uchiha, unafraid of the Senju wrath, answered their call. The Uchiha weren't really bad guys because they weren't motivated by greed, and the proof was that they shared the spoils of war with everyone. They really were just doing the people of the Whirlpool a huge favor.
When the Senju received word of what had happened, it was already too late. They rushed some of their troops to help out, but they only found the ruins of what was once a glorious compound. They gathered as many of the survivors as they could and took them in, whilst taking their revenge on some of the Whirlpool clans. But they couldn't attack the Lightning people, it wasn't worth all the expenses. And when they came back home, nobody was willing to back up their self-righteous claims against the Uchiha. Their allies just professed their anger but did nothing else. The Akimichi, Nara, Yamanaka and Hyuga just nodded politely. And even the daimyo said that it was none of his business. He was just glad that his Whirlpool neighbor was now severely weakened and he was even thinking about financing a campaign to take over his land. All the other daimyos were too, probably.
All in all, everybody was satisfied with not having to cough up large sums of money for the scrolls and seals every year. The Senju could only gnash their teeth and pick up their weapons to go fight the Uchiha themselves, but that wasn't exactly news, just that year's excuse.
After the campaign, the Uchiha started sorting their copies of the scrolls into separate categories: imitable, just give up, and to be studied. All of this was done by their research and development department, one of the many new additions created by Madara's faction.
Over the past six years, their squad had started growing in strength and climbing up the ranks fast. They were quite driven by their ambitions and goals, and had the support of both a large part of the clan and the elder council. Once Elder Genryu was one their side, things had started going a lot smoother and they were now working together instead of against each other. They still kept a lot of their traditional views, but it was a great way to balance the youngsters over eagerness. And even if Tajima was still weary of them, ultimately he acted in the best interests of his clan and was supportive whenever he could. Madara, who was also put in charge of assigning missions, also became the leader of their small remodeling-of the clan initiative.
Haruka had to admit that Madara was a born visionary. A few months after she had told him about it, he took her idea of getting some of their civilian clansmen to become jewelers and ran with it. He started by encouraging some of the younger clan members, who were not fit to be shinobi, to branch out, getting them apprenticeships with craftsmen who had good relationships with the clan. The Uchiha's excellent eye for details and mastery over fire techniques helped them quickly master stuff like glassmaking, pottery and porcelain making, papermaking and book binding, woodworking and carpentry and even stone carving. Some girls, under Haruka and Natsuki's encouragements even asked to be sent to learn fiber and textile crafts, like rug making, embroidery, weaving, knitting and sewing, outside of the clan to learn more than the basic stuff and how to make the Uchiha trade mark mantels. The old Uchiha seamstresses were outraged.
Their blacksmiths were growing in numbers every day, without the need for much help, and thanks to their own ingenuity were becoming pioneers in the field of engineering, especially if it had something to do with weapons. Haruka, with her knowledge of the future, started giving them some ideas. She wracked her brains to remember anything that could be useful. For example, she was able to come up with the blueprints to make modern locks, because she had learned how to pick them before. Those sold like croissants in a french bakery. All shinobi clans loved new and improved ways to keep their secrets and they always had orders whenever they came up with a new model. The blacksmiths had gotten her idea about the senbon dispensers and managed to create a simple mechanism that made them come into existence without need of her help.
When the apprentices came back, they found that a small factory was ready for them to work in. Their goal was to work on everyday essentials that were both good in quality and fast to make. Haruka described some of the techniques she knew were used in factories to maximize efficiency, and they adapted them to their environment. They worked diligently because they all knew that the results of their work would influence the whole clan.
At first, they were barely able to cover the needs of the clan, but with time people started noticing that the civilian Uchiha under Madara's protection weren't looked down on and enjoyed a good status in the clan even if they weren't shinobi. Everybody was intrigued by what was happening in the factory. And so more and more people started going towards the crafts, and this time they could learn without leaving the compound.
The Uchiha were still a warrior clan, but at this point, about twenty percent of the youngsters started choosing to be civilians and the numbers kept growing. The elder council was horrified at first and tried to argue that this was no time to start diminishing their attack force, but Haruka pointed out that they mostly were weeding out the people who get killed first, the ones who weren't made for battle. Madara's plan was for their army to be about quality not quantity. And slowly the elders started seeing that even with the decreased number of new recruits, the results were still roughly the same.
That's when they started the next phase of their plan: they started selling Uchiha goods to outsiders. They had many merchants in the clan who were only used to selling weapons, but Izuna had done his work. He had long since started befriending them, and other outsider merchants when he could, and managed to convince them to give it a try. For the first batch, the young craftsmen worked tirelessly to come with some of their best work. And the results met their expectations. The merchants sold everything, and came back with more money than expected because they realized they could sell at a higher price than what was agreed upon. The quality of their work was unmatchable, and their prices affordable even for the poorer civilians who didn't have to sacrifice quality to save money.
Haruka knew about the effects of branding, and slowly they started coming up with what came to be called "The Uchiha style." It was mainly putting the Uchiha crest on some of their products, or using a certain color palette on their pottery to make its provenance clear. Just small stuff that people could point at, to brag to their neighbors about. The most significant aspect was their fashion sense.
Haruka had long since longed for some modern looking clothes, and thus influenced the seamstresses. It wasn't anything dramatic, just some modern looking shirts with the high Uchiha collar, to replace the mantels and yukatas for everyday wear, some dresses that mixed both the traditional and modern, and of course adding a heel to their sandals. The latter had sold out quite quickly because of how adorable they looked, even if the kunoichi had to train for a while to adapt to them during combat. But beauty was painful.
The seamstresses were also young girls and liked to come up with new styles and embroideries, and slowly they were starting to develop a unique style that was quite sober but really elegant.
The mantles were still the Uchiha's official battle outfits, but about a year ago, for formal occasions, they had all operated a switch. Dark blue haoris with the Uchiha crest stitched on both breasts and dark blue and white hakamas for men. And for the women, dark blue kimonos with a white obi and a large painted metal obidome in the form of the Uchiha crest. Men liked to keep it sober with only some embroidery on the cuffs and on their belts, but women tended to accessorize it a lot and use fabrics that had some type of pattern on it in addition to the standard blue.
It had been a pain to get the male members of her family to go to the fittings for the multiple sets she had had made for them. But at the end, they all looked regal in them, and seemed quite pleased with their reflections in the mirror. She, however, had discovered herself a shopping mania and soon enough, Izuna had to move in with Madara to make space for her wardrobe. It came soon enough, because she was becoming a woman, if you catch the drift, and didn't feel like sharing any longer with the hormonal teenager that was her twin brother.
Their clientele was starting to grow and more money kept coming in. Because they were a large clan, they had invested quite a bit of money in their new endeavors, and had managed to build several small factories that were quite efficient in production. They quickly imposed themselves in the market for the past two years or so, but they also made sure not to gain a monopoly over it, so that they wouldn't rack up enemies like the Uzumaki were doing at the time. And sure enough, their predictions came true.
The majority of what they made was destined for the common people, but some of it was also luxury goods destined for the nobles. In the last month, they had opened some high end shops in the capital and major cities where the wives of the rich and the influential came to do their shopping away from the common people. They mainly sold perfumes, nail polish colors and accessories that were only accessible to rich people or to the Uchiha woman. Another section was meant for both men and women, so that they could browse through the more delicate porcelain, the beautifully designed and matching writing sets, the wood sculptures and other stuff that the nobles of this era liked to buy to make themselves look more cultured. The shops were still in their trial period, but Haruka was confident they would become a success. Nothing was easier than getting money from pretentious people, and her clansmen deserved to be recognized for their art.
These changes weren't exactly what Haruka had had in mind at first, but she was really happy about them. It was kind of a mix between her old world and her new one. And what was more important was that the Uchiha were no longer in economical danger. They were not as wealthy as the Senju yet, that would take decades of hard work to achieve, because the other party had had a head start of a couple centuries, but at least they were no longer on the brink of bankruptcy. They were no longer living paycheck to paycheck, and some of the people were even saving up money now.
The compound was also changing. First her new hospital was built, and now there was an entire area dedicated to small factories and workshops. People were renovating their old shabby houses, and the elder council was even looking into hiring an outside architect to help with the urbanization projects. And, also, to force him to teach some of the eager to learn Uchiha.
And last but not least the Senju's dominance over agriculture was no longer a sword hanging over their heads. That was what Madara had been working towards. Because they were putting a large chunk of the artisans out of business with their prices ( which wasn't too many people to begin with, and most of them found other jobs), the Senju also had to start indirectly buying from them, and so they had entered an interdependent relationship, where both parties benefited from letting what was left unsaid that way.
But the routine they fell into these years was slowly coming to an end, and a storm had started preparing itself to sweep them all in a few years.