Chapter 348: 348. Chapter 342: Heartsteel, Activate!

348. Chapter 342: Heartsteel, Activate!

After successfully retaining Uchiha Gin, who was preparing to go home to pack up his jailer suit, the three brothers sat cross-legged and began to discuss the future of the Uchiha clan.

During the day, Senju Hashirama gave Uchiha Madara an appointment letter. The specific content was to entrust him with the management of the village's prison system and security work.

Uchiha Gin frowned slightly after hearing Uchiha Madara's account. Neither the prison nor the security department were places with any oil and water. Compared to those fat jobs managed by the Senju clan, it was simply heaven and earth.

Even though he longed for the life of a jailer, he didn't want his big cousin to suffer without reason and have no rice to embezzle.

"Can you go find Hashirama and swap it? Take over the work of the logistics procurement department. I have a friend whose inventory of kunai is large, full, and of good quality. Most importantly, it's cheap."

It had been a long time since he had exploded the gold coins of the prison, and Uchiha Gin missed it very much.

"Big Cousin, I have my considerations. These two departments need a large amount of combat power supplementation, which is just right for clansmen to hold positions."

Although this work was tiring, it was also Konoha's real power department. Uchiha Madara naturally accepted it with a smile. Just these two departments were enough to provide many positions for clansmen, thereby reducing the frequency of clansmen going out on missions.

"Big Brother, the Konoha Security Force has always been managed by the Uchiha clan. The effect is not bad, but the friction with the residents is not small. In the few years you were away, there were basically complaints every day, and the clansmen below didn't want to do it long ago."

Uchiha Izuna's face at the side was also a bit bad, obviously remembering some bad things, and then he spoke about the real predicament that existed now.

"But it's still better than sacrificing outside, right?"

Regarding the friction between the Security Force and Konoha residents, Uchiha Madara also knew a little, but thinking of the cold list of sacrifices that Uchiha Gin had passed to him through the ninja cat, he still hardened his heart to take down these two departments.

"Ah, this..."

Uchiha Gin, who understood the meaning in his big cousin's words in seconds, twitched the corner of his eye. In the entire Konoha, only he knew that those "sacrificed" clansmen had all been transferred to the Uchiha's secret lair, managed by his uncle, and had turned into a mysterious armed ghost soldier squad, working everywhere to earn money to subsidize the family.

"Big Brother... I was shallow. As expected, you are the Uchiha with the most love!"

Hearing Uchiha Madara's words, Uchiha Izuna instantly shed tough-guy tears. Sure enough, his vision for looking at problems was still too shallow. Big Brother was the Uchiha who truly had great love in his heart.

"Big Cousin, what are your thoughts?"

Successfully gaining his brother's support, Uchiha Madara turned his gaze to Uchiha Gin, who was scratching his head incessantly at the side.

"The prison must be managed by our Uchiha clan, but this Security Force, there's no need to monopolize it."

Uchiha Gin recalled the Konoha Police Force led by that white-haired Senju Tobirama in the original work, which was a department formed by merging the prison and security departments, managed entirely by the Uchiha clan.

As a result, because of the Uchiha's extreme personality, it ended up being a department that the whole village hated, and finally, they were excluded and became a marginal family.

"But the correlation between these two departments is not small. Wouldn't it be very convenient if we controlled them both?"

In Uchiha Madara's view, the clansmen and Konoha residents not getting along was entirely because both sides weren't familiar enough yet. It had only been a few years since Konoha was founded. After a few more decades, everyone would be of one mind, and they would eventually be able to understand each other.

Uchiha Gin rolled his eyes at these words. There really were people who would go out of their way to offend others, and it was a one-stop service of catching, trying, and imprisoning.

"That may be so, but have you ever thought about how this is done... it's not conducive to unity!"

Seeing Uchiha Madara so insistent on his own opinion, Uchiha Gin had to bring out the ancestral motto that unity was greater than heaven.

"How so?"

How did the topic suddenly rise to this level? Uchiha Madara was also a bit confused.

"Big Cousin, think about it. How many families in Konoha still need help, especially... that Shimura clan. I heard that because their family's economic conditions are not good, plus the fierce competition for missions, the clan leader has started to mobilize family members to raise pigs. Sigh~ it's really heartbreaking to hear."

This wasn't a lie made up by Uchiha Gin. Because of financial problems, the Shimura clan really did imitate the Nara clan and started animal husbandry. And because the clan leader's precious son loved to eat pork head meat, they mobilized the whole clan to establish a pig farm. The business was booming, and the money owed to someone was almost paid off.

"There is such a thing?"

Uchiha Madara frowned at these words. In order not to squeeze the living space of ordinary people, ninjas not engaging in production was an unspoken rule of the entire ninja world.

It wasn't that everyone couldn't tacitly engage in a little family industry, but mobilizing the whole clan to raise pigs was indeed a bit too incredible.

"That's right. It is said that Shimura pork head meat is very popular and has even been exported to other countries."

Uchiha Izuna, who had heard a little about this, immediately spoke up to confirm the authenticity of the matter.

"Then what do you mean, Big Cousin?"

"Recruit people, must recruit people. We Uchiha with love must let the colleagues who raise pigs regain their confidence as ninjas. We cannot let them be mediocre and spend the rest of their lives with pigs!"

Uchiha Gin's eyes flashed with a firm light, he clenched his fist with one hand, and had a fearless expression of dedication to the village.

"Good! I'll go arrange it right away!"

Uchiha Madara did what he said and was about to set off to arrange the recruitment. As a result, Uchiha Gin raised a hand and blocked his way.

"Don't be in a hurry. Not only the Shimura clan, but many small ninja clans and civilian ninjas are still struggling on the line of food and clothing. We cannot favor one over the other, we must treat everyone equally!"

"Aiya! In terms of having love, I really am no match for you, Big Cousin. So broad-minded, I really look up to you."

Uchiha Madara stood at attention immediately upon hearing this, looked at Uchiha Gin, who had a firm expression, and nodded heavily.

He hadn't expected Uchiha Gin to consider things so comprehensively. With Big Cousin, why worry that the Uchiha won't flourish!

The next day.

"What? The Security Force is expanding recruitment, widely recruiting ambitious youths to contribute to the village?"

On the street, a Shimura clansman carrying a basket of swill looked at the recruitment flyer in his hand, stunned. Villagers passing by covered their noses and pointed at him, but at this moment, the Shimura clansman didn't care as usual. Instead, he rubbed his eyes tremblingly.

"Screw those pig farmers, I want to be a city manager!"

The Shimura clansman confirmed it several times, until he crumpled the flyer, before shouting excitedly. Then he threw the swill behind him into the sky, letting the fishy, smelly leftovers scatter all over the ground. Bathing in it, he was determined to become a noble city manager.

"I want to be a city manager!"

This similar scene happened in every corner of Konoha at the same time. In the relatively peaceful period now, ambitious youths who couldn't realize their great ambitions all raised their hands and shouted, deciding to take fewer detours in life and directly join the Security Force.

"Take it slow, take it slow, fill out the form first, then do the test~"

In front of the Security Force building, Uchiha Hi no Mi, who had a ponytail, was busy. The gate was crowded with men and women holding flyers. These ninjas mostly came from unknown small ninja clans, and there were also some civilian ninjas with decent strength.

However, there was a group that was very conspicuous, and passersby avoided them wherever they went.

"Who are you..."

Smelling a hint of the stench of swill, Uchiha Hi no Mi subconsciously covered his nose.

"Examiner, please take this, this is our application form."

The young man in the lead didn't get angry because of Uchiha Hi no Mi's small action. Instead, he took out a stack of application forms and handed them over.

"You line up... uh?"

Uchiha Hi no Mi, with a displeased face, took the application form handed over by the other party and just wanted to tell them to line up. As a result, he touched the storage scroll hidden under the application form. His expression stiffened, but he quickly returned to calm.

"Go over there and wait for the news, we will call the number."

Uchiha Hi no Mi nodded, and his face was no longer as stiff as before. The members of the Shimura clan immediately nodded and said yes, then obediently moved to the side.

"Who said our Security Force has no oil and water? Isn't it coming now?"

Stuffing the received scroll into his backpack, Uchiha Hi no Mi couldn't help but feel a bit proud in his heart. He had already received several waves of red envelopes. He had worked in the Security Force for so many years before, but he had never received a penny. He hadn't expected that as soon as he recruited outsiders, gift-givers would come one after another.

Just as the recruitment of the Security Force was in full swing, Senju Tobirama, who was sitting in the Hokage office and knew everything, couldn't sit still. He immediately gritted his teeth and shouted at Senju Hashirama, who was closing his eyes and resting.

"Big Brother! Are you really not going to care?"

"Ah? What is it again?"

Senju Hashirama, who had finally managed to steal some leisure, opened his eyes, looked at his furious brother, and tilted his head in confusion.

"Uchiha Madara actually let the Security Force recruit outsiders. Now many people have signed up."

Senju Tobirama hated it in his heart. The appointment of Uchiha Madara to be responsible for the prison and security was something he had promoted himself. On the surface, it was to share power with the Hokage assistant, but in reality, it was to let the residents who didn't know the truth personally experience the evil of the Uchiha clan.

As a result, he hadn't expected that this Uchiha Madara wouldn't love power and would actually dedicate the precious employment positions of the Security Force. Just because the current environment wasn't good, idle ninjas all wanted a stable job, so people signed up one after another.

Who would still think about raising pigs if they had a job?

"Isn't this a good thing? Madara is worthy of being my best friend, he is still so reasonable."

In Senju Hashirama's view, this behavior of the Uchiha clan had the meaning of showing goodwill to other ninja clans, and the reason for doing so, he knew without thinking, was for Konoha's stability and the unity of the ninja clans.

With such a pattern, the Second Hokage position belongs to you!

"Damn it..."

Now that things had reached this point, Senju Tobirama could only break his teeth and swallow them with blood. His plan not only didn't reach the expected effect but also won the Uchiha clan a lot of goodwill from the ninja clans.

Behind Uchiha Madara, there must be an expert giving pointers!

"Clan Leader-sama! We made it~"

Shimura Kenichi, who was comfortably gnawing on pork head meat in the clan leader's mansion, heard a rush of footsteps. Before he could speak, the clansmen who ran over excitedly had already arrived in front of him, holding a stack of papers high in their hands, smiling very happily.

"What happened? Did you finish feeding the pigs?"

Adhering to the philosophy of supporting family industry, Shimura Kenichi ate dozens of catties of pork head meat every day, and his weight was uncontrollably leaning toward the Akimichi clan. He reached out and wiped the oil from the corners of his mouth, and blinked his eyes in confusion. These clansmen were pig-raising experts cultivated with heavy money.

"Clan Leader-sama, why raise pigs? We have jobs!"

The excited young man forgot even the most basic etiquette and directly slapped the appointment letter in his hand in front of Shimura Kenichi.

"Konoha Security Force? You..."

"That's right, we all successfully joined the Konoha Security Force. From now on, we will be people with faces when we go out!"

"Huh? Then what about my pigs?"

The position of the Security Force was indeed decent, but the salary couldn't be compared with the money earned from raising pigs. Shimura Kenichi, who was still thinking about getting rich by raising pigs, hurriedly stood up and asked.

"The pigs have all been packed and sold to the pig farm at the head of the village!"

"Ah? Then what about the money?"

Hearing that the breeding pigs he had worked so hard to cultivate had been sold, Shimura Kenichi felt heartbroken, and then asked about the whereabouts of the money from selling the pigs.

"Tsk... Clan Leader-sama, you are also a person who has come over, don't you know that this kind of thing needs to be handled?"

It turned out that this clansman who raised pigs took the money from selling pigs to give gifts.

"Pfft!"

Hearing this, Shimura Kenichi's eyes went black, and for a time, he was anxious and spat out a mouthful of old blood on the spot.

"Clan Leader-sama... Big Brother! Wake up~"

No wonder this Shimura clansman dared to sell the clan's assets. It turned out to be the younger brother who was squeezed out of the clan leader candidate position by Shimura Kenichi. It really is the reincarnation of heaven, who will heaven spare!

"Gin-dage, this is the list of new members, and..."

Uchiha Hi no Mi, who had been busy all day, twisted his stiff neck, placed the personnel data on the dazed Uchiha Gin, and at the same time took out a large pile of storage scrolls from the bag at his waist.

As the recruitment interviewer, Uchiha Gin had pulled the honest and honest Hi no Mi to top the tank in advance, while he himself slept in the office.

"These are?"

For the data, Uchiha Gin didn't even look at it. He didn't even need to guess to know who wanted to come to the Security Force to seek a job. Then he set his gaze on the storage scrolls piled into a small mountain.

"Small gifts from job seekers."

"Tsk tsk tsk, sure enough, there is no shortage of human feelings anywhere~"

Shaking his head with a sigh, Uchiha Gin then pulled out a storage scroll. After keenly smelling a hint of an unpleasant smell, he looked at the huge sum of money in the scroll and raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"It's really a big deal. Which prodigal kid sent this? Remember to play with them more in the future~"

"That's the Shimura clan!"

After recalling, Uchiha Hi no Mi replied.

"Kenichi-dage is worthy of being my confidant, he really knows my heart~"

As long as you are willing to spend money, no matter how bad the relationship is, Uchiha Gin can shout "dage".

"You guys take it and divide it, you've worked hard all these years."

Although Uchiha Gin liked to pit money, he took it in a proper way. This rice was exploded for Hi no Mi and the others, how could he embezzle it!

"Thanks, Gin-dage!"

Uchiha Hi no Mi's face was happy. Before, the brothers in the Security Force had always served for free. Although there were allowances issued within the clan, they didn't earn as much as doing missions in the end. This was also one of the reasons why they didn't want to continue. After all, they also had families to support and couldn't just generate electricity for love.

"Sayonara, it will be handed over to you from now on!"

"Gin-dage, where are you going?"

He thought that Uchiha Gin, this interviewer, would be stationed in the Security Force to guide the work in the future. Now it seemed that he had another way out.

"Hehe~"

Uchiha Gin turned around with a light laugh, leaving Uchiha Hi no Mi with a majestic back, making the uninformed "dage" instantly respect him.

"I will step into that dark abyss, become the judge of evil, and use the shovel of justice to bury all darkness!"

Today is a good day to brush steel~

Ps: The following word count is not charged.

I thought the emergency would take two days to resolve, but I didn't expect the process to be very smooth. I only paid the price of a little life to successfully prevent the tragedy, which is a blessing in misfortune.

Since that's the case, I will definitely resume updates~

This volume of Konoha's founding should also come to an end. I will write a volume-end speech tomorrow to summarize it. That's it!

And also,

BLG, go go go!!! (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 349 =====