Chapter 153: Konohagakure Economic Independence Plan

In Yamanaka Chujiu's planning, the Rising Sun Organization was not a violent, secret organization like the Akatsuki, specialized in warfare and slaughter.

What he wanted was a vibrant industrial organization hidden among the people, specializing in organizational construction, scientific research and development, industrial development, resource integration, commercial circulation, and the promotion of technology.

As long as the industrial scale was large enough, the Rising Sun could replace the Daimyo and become the true master of the Land of Fire and even the Ninja World.

Of course, he never thought he could achieve victory quickly. This book is first published on Tian Tian Kan Novels; look for the ttks. tw domain for a great, error-free, and correctly ordered reading experience.

Yamanaka Chujiu knew well that this required first helping Konohagakure achieve true independence, shaking off the Daimyo's constraints, and obtaining absolute security in terms of military force before he could pursue the goals of economic autonomy and industrial self-reliance.

Yet, the biggest trouble in controlling Konohagakure, the strongest military group, was not the strength of the military force he commanded, but how to change the thinking of the Konoha ninja.

If nothing unexpected happened, this would be a long process.

Starting from infiltrating Konohagakure's education, competing with the Third Hokage for the hearts of the new generation, waiting for wave after wave of children to grow up, and waiting for the stubborn old fogies to kick the bucket.

Yamanaka Chujiu even set the time for the world-shaking change to be after the Fourth Shinobi World War.

By then, the Ninja World would have been battered, the self-confidence of all ninja destroyed by the gods fighting, making it the perfect time for his new ideas to be implanted.

The Sage of Six Paths would fall into a low state after the outbreak, forced to hide in the Pure Land to catch his breath, unable to interfere with his actions.

And the Ninja World's strongest twin stars of destiny could not possibly remain unaffected by him.

With Yamanaka Chujiu holding Itachi Uchiha, there was no worry that Sasuke Uchiha would not be obedient.

The orphan Uzumaki Naruto was even less likely to escape his grasp.

But who could have imagined that the seemingly powerful ninja of the Ninja World would perform so poorly in war?

Yamanaka Chujiu only reached out slightly, and he crushed Kumogakure and destroyed Kirigakure with overwhelming force, shutting the mouths of the entire Ninja World.

The glorious might of destroying nations forced Sarutobi Hiruzen to disregard his dignity, principles, and the bond between teacher and student, all to strike first and ambush Orochimaru.

The result was that the Third Hokage personally severed Orochimaru's last shred of attachment.

Orochimaru refused to even grant his teacher the final shred of dignity, forcibly sparing Sarutobi Hiruzen's life and letting him live out his days in Konohagakure.

For a Hokage forced to step down, being alive was not a good thing.

As long as Sarutobi Hiruzen did not die, he had to watch how Orochimaru changed Konohagakure and endure the villagers and ninja comparing the gap between the two generations of Hokage.

Not to mention anything else, just the two wars Yamanaka Chujiu won were enough to give the Fifth Hokage, Orochimaru, sufficient confidence to be assertive toward other ninja villages, even demanding whatever he wanted.

What a massive benefit this was!

When a steady stream of benefits flowed from the four great ninja villages to Konohagakure, Konoha would naturally prosper, and the living standards of Konoha ninja and villagers would inevitably rise significantly.

With happiness and pride overflowing, Sarutobi Hiruzen's incompetence would be highlighted all the more.

His reputation would inevitably be ruined, eventually turning into a puddle of foul-smelling mud.

Never did he expect that Orochimaru would actually quit!

Just after becoming the Fifth Hokage, he dumped all the endless work, responsibilities, and the village onto Yamanaka Chujiu, almost crushing him to death.

Now, Yamanaka Chujiu had pulled through; not only did he hold the actual power of the Hokage, but he also possessed sufficient prestige throughout the village.

The conditions for promoting Konohagakure's economic independence and making the Rising Sun Organization public had actually been met ahead of schedule!

Yamanaka Chujiu did not hesitate to summon all members of the Rising Sun Organization, along with a group of children no older than fourteen and as young as six, to seriously discuss the future development plan.

At this time, the Rising Sun Organization was unknown, and even Shisui Uchiha had failed to earn the title of "Body Flicker Shisui" because of Kirigakure's rapid defeat.

In the eyes of the old fogies of Konohagakure, running the Rising Sun Organization was a sign of Yamanaka Chujiu's immaturity, or even just nonsense.

Those close to and trusting of Chujiu, such as Yamanaka Inoichi and Nara Shikaku, had tactfully advised him, but he only smiled without a word and offered no explanation.

Because these two were too smart and too wise; if he really explained, they would be able to understand.

And after understanding?

That would test the two men's stances: whether to stand with him, Yamanaka Chujiu, representing the commoner ninja of Konohagakure, or with the ninja clans represented by the Daimyo of the Land of Fire—this was an age-old dilemma.

For the sake of Konohagakure's harmony, Yamanaka Chujiu decided to work silently and firmly refused to explain.

Once the transformation of Konohagakure became an unstoppable trend, Yamanaka Inoichi and Nara Shikaku would no longer have to struggle with the choice.

But Yamanaka Chujiu did explain seriously to Hyuga Hiashi.

Because the Hyuga Clan was very special.

Looking at it as a whole, the Hyuga were the most established ninja clan, closely linked to the nobles of the Land of Fire, and were also firm supporters of the conservatives.

But looking at the composition of the Hyuga ninja, ninety percent of the clan members were from the Branch Family, slaves oppressed by the Main Family, with no guarantee of even their own safety.

Yet, the current head of the Hyuga, Hyuga Hiashi, did not like the Main Family system in his heart and was even more opposed to the cruel exploitation of the "Caged Bird."

He just didn't know how to change the Hyuga, and in order to protect the Hyuga Clan as much as possible, he habitually maintained the status quo.

When the Third Hokage bullied his way in and repeatedly trampled on the Hyuga Clan, Hyuga Hiashi was truly on the verge of a breakdown.

Therefore, when Yamanaka Chujiu helped Hiashi resolve the crisis, Hiashi followed Yamanaka Chujiu's plan without hesitation, solved the internal troubles of the Hyuga Clan, and completely eliminated the "Caged Bird" problem.

The liberated Hyuga Branch Family ninja erupted with great enthusiasm, and their strength suddenly increased by a large margin.

What was even more rare was that they stood on the side of the oppressed commoner ninja, representing the Hyuga Clan, and became a fighting force that Yamanaka Chujiu could win over.

The result was very smooth; Hyuga Hiashi was successfully persuaded and agreed with Yamanaka Chujiu's transformation plan.

He was willing to lead the Hyuga Clan to work hard for the new era of Konoha.

The Uchiha Clan was even easier to persuade.

Their clan head was still Uchiha Fugaku, but the ones calling the shots had become the brothers Itachi Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha, all of whom were among the original eight squad leaders of the Rising Sun Organization.

Yamanaka Chujiu didn't even give a heads-up; he directly summoned the Rising Sun Organization and announced the start of the Rising Sun Plan, and the Uchiha Clan automatically jumped on board.

With the cover of the two great clans, the Hyuga and the Uchiha, and the cooperative system explored by the Rising Sun Organization, Yamanaka Chujiu launched the Konohagakure Economic Independence Plan.

Relying on the Rising Sun Organization, he integrated various types of production-oriented ninja in Konohagakure, organizing large-scale production in areas such as medicine refining, weapon forging, medical development, and secret technique cultivation.

Soon, improved medicines, medical supplies, and Kunai, Shuriken, and Explosive Tags of uniform quality began to be produced, greatly reducing the daily expenses of ninja at astonishing prices.

The fertile land of Konohagakure was fully developed, and there was no longer any need to purchase grain from outside at high prices, causing the living costs of villagers and ninja to plummet.

By the end of Konoha Year 50, Konohagakure was already exporting bulk commodities such as medicine, grain, and weapons.

Seeing the prices of Konohagakure's goods, the leaders of the Land of Fields and the Land of Iron collapsed on the spot, yet they could only swallow their anger, not daring to talk back to the Fifth Hokage.