Uchiha Makoto stopped the extremely sharp topic from before.
Today's probing was enough.
If he continued to push Senju Tobirama's buttons, it would be counterproductive.
He would take it slowly in the future...
So Uchiha Makoto led Senju Tobirama away from the Ninja Academy. As they walked, they came to a building in the center of Akatsuki Village that was nearing completion, and he steered the conversation in another direction—about the Six Kage Summit.
"This is the Six Kage Building I've prepared for the ninja world, a place specifically for peacefully resolving disputes!"
"Six Kage Building?"
Senju Tobirama looked at the building before him.
The entire structure was hexagonal, symbolizing the six great ninja villages, and it was six stories high.
The windows were bright and clean, a refreshing sight.
Among the buildings in Akatsuki Village, it stood out like a crane among chickens.
All signs indicated that this building, named the Six Kage Building, must have an extraordinary purpose.
"That's right. I plan to use this negotiation opportunity to form an organization that encompasses the entire ninja world, led by the five great nations and six great ninja villages, with voting rights to handle disputes. The other ninja villages will be member components. Once an irreconcilable conflict arises between villages, they can negotiate here to solve the problem."
"Even if the villages really have to fight, we will have the opportunity to mediate and minimize the scope of the war as much as possible."
"It would be best to make such an organization a regular thing, with scheduled meetings..."
Uchiha Makoto plagiarized Senju Hashirama's idea and mixed in the concept of the United Nations from his previous life.
With his money-making ability and the help of a group of construction workers in Akatsuki Village, this Six Kage Building was already nearing completion and could be used for the negotiations between Iwagakure and Kirigakure this time.
So Uchiha Makoto took this good opportunity to paint a beautiful blueprint for Senju Tobirama.
He wanted to join forces with Konoha to push for the Six Kage Summit at this point in time.
With the power of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara as the cornerstone, this plan should be well-implemented, and its effect would be far better than in the original story.
The Five Kage Summit in the original story was really just a formality.
Senju Hashirama died midway, and the order he established immediately fell apart.
This kind of future was not good.
The ninja world, which upholds the law of the jungle, was too cruel... As the saying goes, having rules is better than having no rules.
Uchiha Makoto was not a natural-born killer. If he could sit down and solve problems through negotiation, he didn't want to resort to violence either.
Of course, the most crucial thing was that Akatsuki Village was backed by the Land of Fire, a large country with naturally fertile land.
Because the Land of Fire had the best geographical environment, it could support the ever-expanding Akatsuki Village. Because Akatsuki Village's strength expanded, it attracted the strongest capital and industrial system. The strongest capital and industrial system would further improve the national strength of the Land of Fire... a continuous cycle, like stepping on your left foot with your right foot to ascend to the heavens!
Akatsuki Village would always be at the forefront of the times.
Uchiha Makoto had full confidence that he could make Akatsuki Village bypass the option of war and use economic warfare to quietly suck the blood of the entire ninja world.
Until they couldn't take it anymore and rebelled... Sorry, but you started it!
"It's indeed not bad..."
"But you've already prepared the Six Kage Building and are only now telling me about this... I don't think you respect Konoha at all!"
Uchiha Makoto said a lot of things.
But the more Senju Tobirama listened, the more uncomfortable he felt.
Admittedly.
The idea Uchiha Makoto proposed was very good. Even Senju Tobirama couldn't find anything to attack. Overall, the implementation of this plan would be of great benefit to the peace of this ninja world.
But Senju Tobirama hoped that the leader of this plan would be Konoha, not Akatsuki Village.
The Six Kage Building should be built in Konoha!
"Hmm... I think the Six Kage Building should reflect the prosperity of our two great ninja villages in the Land of Fire... Konoha can also build a Six Kage Building... but if the two were to be compared..."
"What do you mean by that? Do you think Konoha is not as prosperous as Akatsuki Village!"
"Heh!"
Uchiha Makoto didn't answer, just gave a disdainful smile.
This arrogant posture instantly made Senju Tobirama irritable.
If it weren't for the fact that there were too many people here, he would really take out a kunai and let Uchiha Makoto have a taste of what it's like to be killed by the Flying Thunder God Slash that single-handedly killed Uchiha Izuna!
As the de facto person in charge of Konoha, the nine-thousand-year-old Shadow Hokage.
Senju Tobirama had poured too much of his heart and soul into Konoha.
And Uchiha Makoto dared to subtly belittle Konoha as not being prosperous in front of him!
He admitted that Konoha's economy, land area, and population were not as large as Akatsuki Village's, and its transportation... but besides that, what else did Akatsuki Village have that was stronger than Konoha?
But no matter how stubborn Senju Tobirama was, it was useless.
Because objective facts do not change according to human will.
Right now, Konoha was like a lame giant. Its combat power was still terrifyingly strong, but its economic strength... Putting aside those two overpowered monsters, Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama, in terms of the overall strength of the village, Konoha had already gone from being the leader to the one lagging behind and needing to catch up to Akatsuki Village.
The intelligence that the Konoha ANBU had given Senju Tobirama in the past did indeed reflect this.
But this intelligence was ultimately just on paper... like the death toll on a battlefield. Ten deaths, a hundred deaths... ten thousand deaths, if you don't see it with your own eyes, it won't cause a major emotional fluctuation. But if you experience it firsthand and see the cruel contrast, your sanity points will drop drastically.
Senju Tobirama's change of heart was more or less the same.
The gap was simply too great!
For a long time.
In Senju Tobirama's perception.
Uchiha Madara was a brainless brute, but his big brother would take care of him. As for the rest of the Uchiha, none of them were his match... I am the one who single-handedly killed Uchiha Izuna!
Now, he had inexplicably encountered a rising star who had caused him one setback after another, to the point where the current situation was almost equivalent to Uchiha Makoto mocking him to his face—Senju Tobirama, you're just pathetic!
This naked feeling of being inferior to Uchiha Makoto made Senju Tobirama even more uncomfortable, more uncomfortable than killing him!
Of course, this wasn't because Senju Tobirama was incompetent.
The inertia of his long-held mindset had always made him view the entire ninja world from a ninja's perspective.
By the time Uchiha Makoto had successively sucked several large blood bags from the Daimyo and nobles, giving Akatsuki Village's economy a booster to take off, the gap between the two sides had already widened!
"Tobirama, I'm not opposed to Konoha also building a Six Kage Building. That's your right!"
"But I must remind you, it's in both Akatsuki Village's and Konoha's best interest for us to have a unified message and keep the Six Kage Building unique!"
"After all, our two families are allies, as close as one. It doesn't really matter where the Six Kage Building is; the meat is still in the same pot!"
The building in Akatsuki Village, after several consecutive days of construction, was already nearing completion and should be ready for the negotiations between Kirigakure and Iwagakure this time.
So Uchiha Makoto continuously put pressure on Senju Tobirama, while pretending to be indifferent.
Since he couldn't stop Senju Tobirama from building a Six Kage Building in Konoha as well, he might as well lay out the pros and cons and let Senju Tobirama make his own choice.
After a moment of contemplation, Senju Tobirama finally decided to take a step back.
Having the Six Kage Building in Akatsuki Village would only indirectly increase Akatsuki Village's influence in the ninja world, but Konoha's power within it would not be harmed.
The so-called Six Kage Summit was about speaking with strength!
And what Uchiha Makoto had just said was only a concept on a PowerPoint slide. Who knew when this grand vision would actually be realized.
He might as well use this to make an exchange with Uchiha Makoto.
"Since you've already built the Six Kage Building... hmph... let's just do it this way!"
"But in exchange, I need a sum of funds..."
Senju Tobirama said these words with some shame.
He had indeed intended to cross the river by feeling the stones of Akatsuki Village.
But Akatsuki Village was crossing the river too fast, so fast that it caught Senju Tobirama off guard.
Coming to Akatsuki Village had been an eye-opener for Senju Tobirama, and at the same time, it made him realize that if he continued to watch from the sidelines, Konoha would only fall further and further behind Akatsuki Village!
So after he went back, he planned to initiate a reform in Konoha.
Konoha must catch up to Akatsuki Village!
But to imitate Akatsuki Village, he needed initial capital!
And Konoha didn't have a big blood bag like the Tulip Mania!
And Konoha's budget for this year had already been set.
Right now, Senju Tobirama really couldn't squeeze out any money to fill this gap.
Although the Aracasaka consortium was indeed willing to cooperate with Senju Tobirama, and the division of equity could be discussed, this didn't mean that Senju Tobirama could get something for nothing. Giving Konoha a thirty percent stake was their bottom line.
If Senju Tobirama was unwilling to cooperate, there was still the Uchiha clan!
But how could Senju Tobirama be willing to take only thirty percent and let a big merchant with a sensitive identity take the lead in the cooperation? He was afraid that after all his hard work, he would just be setting the stage for Uchiha Makoto.
"Those idiots of the Uchiha clan!"
"Do they really think Uchiha Makoto is that kind?"
"Sooner or later, they will regret it!"
While borrowing money, Senju Tobirama didn't forget to curse the Uchiha clan in his heart.
The amount of funds the Uchiha clan needed to start a new stove and compete with Senju Tobirama was definitely not small... but this money would mysteriously appear from the Naka River!
Of course, Senju Tobirama also knew who was funding the Uchiha clan from behind.
Who else could it be but the Uchiha Makoto before him!
This guy had already left the Uchiha clan, while the Uchiha clan was still a part of Konoha... If there were no problems in the future, how could that be possible?
"This is a loan, and there will be interest."
"I know!! But the most I can give you for interest is..."
"Hiss... that's too low!"
Uchiha Makoto deliberately raised his voice.
Senju Tobirama had a headache. Dammit... he didn't want to borrow money from Uchiha Makoto either!
But there were only so many people he could borrow from.
The Daimyo... after what happened last year, it was a blessing that he hadn't cut Konoha's budget for this year.
Borrowing from the private sector...
But the life of a ninja was always on the line!
Who in their right mind would open a bank and be willing to lend money to ninjas!
Ordinary ninjas had only one way to make money: do missions. To repay a debt, they had to do more missions, and more missions meant a higher risk.
What if you were crippled or died on a mission?
So what if you were a Kage.
Being a Kage didn't mean you couldn't die!
One Kage had already died in the ninja world!
The person is already in such a miserable state, and you go to collect the debt with a loan note. Ninjas have friends and relatives. Doing this could easily lead to a few shuriken in the back and a ruling of suicide.
Since there was so much trouble in lending money, for the little bit of interest from a ninja, you might end up losing the principal as well. It was better not to lend at all!
The situation was similar for borrowing in Konoha's name. They didn't have to worry about Konoha not repaying.
Konoha couldn't set such a precedent.
So the private banks would lend, but they would definitely demand a lot of collateral and high interest rates to hedge the risk.
That high interest rate, Senju Tobirama was scared just looking at it... working for the bank for free?
And the only one left who could afford it was...
Normally, Senju Tobirama would never borrow money from Uchiha Makoto, because Uchiha Makoto would definitely rip him off!
Now was a good opportunity.
"I'm just asking if you'll lend it or not!"
"Although the interest is indeed too low, it's fine, no problem. But I have one condition."
"All the money I lend you will be in the currency that Akatsuki Village will soon issue."
At this time.
Senju Tobirama remembered that Uchiha Makoto had indeed mentioned this to him in Konoha before.
He just didn't take it seriously then.
He didn't expect Uchiha Makoto to start pushing this matter so quickly.
But... what was he trying to do now? The operations of the successive Daimyo of the Land of Fire had already...
With Senju Tobirama's meager knowledge of economics, it was really hard for him to figure out Uchiha Makoto's hidden purpose—he couldn't figure it out!
If he couldn't figure it out, he might as well not think about it!
Senju Tobirama was more concerned about the money!
Whether the currency of Akatsuki Village could actually be used. He didn't want a pile of worthless waste paper.
"Can the currency of Akatsuki Village be spent?"
"Of course. I can guarantee that after you trade with the wealthy merchants, they can come to Akatsuki Village with the money and exchange it for an equivalent value of precious metals."
"Then why don't you just give me... why go through such a big circle!"
Uchiha Makoto smiled without saying a word.
He did not answer Senju Tobirama's question.
Including Konoha in Akatsuki Village's monetary system was originally one of Uchiha Makoto's established goals.
It was just very difficult.
Even with the Uchiha clan's coordination and assistance in Konoha, it was a stretch.
But if Senju Tobirama also used it, the effect would be greatly different.
The influence exerted by the combination of the Uchiha and Senju clans in Konoha was not as simple as one plus one equals two.
As long as Senju Tobirama agreed.
This loan could be made... even without interest.
Although on the surface it seemed that Akatsuki Village was losing some interest money.
But if you looked at it over a longer timeline—no matter how fast Konoha ninjas made money, could it be faster than Akatsuki Village's money printing press?
"What are you afraid of?"
"Tobirama, I've always considered you a brother from a different mother. Would I ever try to screw you over?"
"Hard to say!"
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