blogombal Chapter 124
Chapter 124
"Old man, are you going to die?!"
After listening to Uchiha Yan's brilliant plan, Huo He was shocked, his heart was beating wildly, and he was frightened to the point of arrhythmia.
He looked around in fear, fearing that his devilish cousin would suddenly appear here and hear his crazy words. After confirming that there was no one around, Huo He, who had saved his life, breathed a sigh of relief, pushed the crazy old man in front of him away, and left without looking back.
"I'm not crazy, hey, don't leave!"
Seeing Huo He was about to leave, the old man hurriedly chased after him, shouting as he chased:
"Think about it carefully, doesn't he treat Shen Yue as his own child? And he is so old, if he doesn't find another one now, there will be no chance!"
Huo He thought about it carefully, and it seemed that this was indeed the truth...
Huo He, who was desperate to find a cure, didn't know that he had played into the old man's hands. Like many idle grandpas and aunts, Uchiha Shan's favorite thing to do was to urge the young people in the clan to get married quickly.
Especially Uchiha Madara's marriage, it was a heavy stone pressing on his heart, worrying him so much that he would think about it when he ate during the day and slept at night.
Look at the neighboring Senju Hashirama, the wedding of his eldest son has been decided, not to mention the next generation, the next generation will also have a place to go, and look at Uchiha Madara, who is still alone after so many years, and even his daughter wants to snatch his cousin's. Alas, how can Uchiha Shan not be anxious like an ant on a hot pot?
"You know that the girls in the clan are afraid of him..."
Huo He sighed faintly, his cousin is certainly not close to women, but the problem is that women don't want to get close to him!
For a long time, the training results of the younger generation of Uchiha were tested by the then young clan leader Uchiha Madara, which directly led to the fact that the young people in the clan, regardless of gender, were basically beaten up by him!
The girls in the clan who are not much different from Uchiha Madara will be scared to death just by seeing his face, and suddenly recall the tragic past when they were beaten by him and cried bitterly when they were young. It has become a childhood shadow that has penetrated into their bones and cannot be changed in this life.
Put yourself in their shoes. Who would marry the culprit who saw you crying until you hiccuped and had a runny nose when you were a child and beat you up like this?
Seeing that he couldn't find someone in the clan, Uchiha Yan rolled his eyes and immediately came up with a bad idea:
"Since it doesn't work in the clan, let's find someone outside the clan!"
"You say it easily, but how can we find someone outside the clan?"
As we all know, the Uchiha clan's social skills are unprecedented and unparalleled -
poor.
The only one who can compare with them in this regard may be the Aburame clan who raises insects.
You have to find a young girl who is about the same age as Uchiha Madara outside the clan, and this girl must not be worse than him in appearance and strength, otherwise Madara will definitely not like her. She must also be able to tolerate Uchiha Madara's bad temper and not be particularly afraid of him. Oh, by the way, it is best not to stand behind him suddenly...
"Why are the requirements so high!"
The dizzy Huohe screamed, asking him to find a wife for Uchiha Madara outside the clan, it would be better to just kill him!
Wait, it seems that there is such a person...
Huohe turned his head to look at Uchiha Yan and asked:
"What do you think of Mitohime?"
"But she doesn't seem to be interested in him..."
The two carefully calculated that since coming to Konoha, Mitohime has been focusing on making money and increasing her influence in Konoha.
The storage scrolls and sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan were welcomed by the ninja clan and civilians. The noisy red monkeys also got along well with the villagers. Mitohime even entered the ninja school directly and participated in all aspects of high-level decision-making.
Unknowingly, the foreign Uzumaki clan has established a firm foothold in Konoha, and its influence cannot be underestimated.
Logically speaking, Mitohime, who has both intelligence, strength, status and beauty, is indeed a good match for the clan leader, but the two of them just can't create any sparks, and their daily interactions are completely official. To be honest, compared to Uchiha Madara, Mitohime is obviously more interested in Shenyue.
Of course, feelings can't be forced, but if this goes on, wouldn't Madara-sama be single for life?
No, such a strong gene must be passed on!
Uchiha Yan frowned, anxious and terribly worried. After thinking about it for a long time, the old man came up with a shocking... bad idea:
"How about we write a marriage poster for the clan leader and paste it all over Konoha?""You..."
Huo He's eyes unconsciously widened, as if they were about to jump out of their sockets, but just when he was about to speak and want to blast the old man, he suddenly stopped.
Huo He took a deep breath, and after thinking carefully, he suddenly realized that as long as he did it secretly, he would not be discovered by Madara.
"Yes, that's a good idea. When the time comes, only my cousin's name will be signed on the poster, and don't put us on it!"
.....
Just when Uchiha Huo He and Uchiha Yan, the two of them, were secretly pasting Madara's marriage poster all over Konoha, Shen Yue and Madara, who were still unaware of the storm, were staying in the Hokage Building, discussing the top priority of Konoha's expansion with the Senju brothers.
It was already late at night, and although he had slept for a day and a night before, Shen Yue, who had overworked his brain, couldn't help yawning, and barely perked up, and picked up the information about the daimyo and read it carefully.
With the rise of Konoha, the credibility and power of the daimyo regime are constantly shrinking. Even though Konoha has not officially started to annex the Land of Fire, the territory that the daimyo can truly control is constantly being lost.
In the past, the most common tasks that ninjas received from daimyo nobles were to eliminate bandits and protect tax collectors to collect taxes.
Although this kind of task is extremely hateful, it is indeed the foundation for the continuation of the daimyo's rule. Now, the ninjas and daimyo have completely torn their faces, and the nobles who have always used ninjas as scapegoats and tools are surprised to find that although farmers are useless mud legs, their own lackeys are also not much better.
There were peasant uprisings everywhere, bandits everywhere, and the daimyo's territory was shrinking again and again, but Shen Yue was even more surprised to find that in the face of such a precarious situation, the daimyo of the Land of Fire not only did not repent at all, but even continued to rush on the road of death-
Intelligence showed that within the only territory in the hands of the daimyo, the land tax had risen to the point of eight public and two civilians, and it was very cunning to change to collecting monetary taxes.
Shen Yue was stunned as if struck by lightning, and couldn't utter a word for a long time.
"...Does he think there are not enough people rebelling?"
Although collecting monetary taxes seems to be nothing strange at first glance, in reality, farmers can't pay taxes directly after harvesting rice with great difficulty, but have to exchange it for currency from grain merchants. But at this moment, the market is full of newly harvested grains. In the end, these freshly harvested good rice can only be sold at a low price.
When the harvest season comes next year, the peasants will have to borrow money to buy grain to avoid starvation, but the money will naturally have extremely high interest rates, and the noble merchants who lend them money are not kind people who do business for free.
Such a system can be said to exploit the peasants layer by layer until only a layer of skin is left. Peasants who can't stand the exploitation often become bandits or directly revolt, adding new fuel to the demise of the daimyo regime.
Shen Yue certainly doesn't understand why the daimyo wants to exploit his remaining citizens so much. In the past, the luxurious life of the aristocracy was supported by the entire Fire Country, but now, there are only so few people left to support them. In order to maintain the same extravagant expenses as in the past, they must of course squeeze the bones and marrow of these remaining untouchables.
Compared with the entire Land of Fire, the prosperous Konoha is actually very small. In fact, this country is full of desperate nobles, opportunistic businessmen, and roaming bandits...
The Land of Fire is in a mess. Most of the responsibility is certainly due to the incompetence and greed of the daimyo nobles, but the powerful ninjas must also shoulder their responsibilities and must not leave it alone.
While reading the information, Shenyue also noticed that in addition to Konoha, the Fire Temple is another relatively stable major force, and many refugees have flocked to it for refuge.
Silently memorizing the Fire Temple in his mind, Shenyue looked at the map of the Land of Fire that Tobirama had outlined with bright red ink. The first batch of territories that were included in the sphere of influence of Konoha were the territories of noble landlords around Konoha Village.
It is easy to occupy these places, but the real headache is how to govern these places. Tobirama took out a stack of information about living ninjas, who will be the first batch of officials in the future.
These living ninjas selected by Tobirama are all from ninja clans, with the most being Senju and Uchiha. These people are well-trained, accustomed to obeying orders, and have a higher cultural level than the average level of the Land of Fire. They are also extremely loyal to Konoha.
Shen Yue thought for a while and suggested:
"Since it is so close, Konoha should have living ninjas born there. Such people know the details of the local area better and hate the nobles to the core."
Tobirama's eyes lit up and he feltThis idea was indeed good, so he immediately asked his subordinates to find someone. Although Hashirama didn't understand much, he still listened with great spirit and dignity. However, Madara was not interested. Compared with these construction and management matters, only expansion and conquest really made his blood boil.
He couldn't wait to kill all those stupid and incompetent nobles, and conquer the entire Land of Fire in the name of Konoha!
"Don't just say that Konoha is going to rebel, that's so ugly, just say it was done by stray ninjas."
Shen Yue winked playfully, and after sorting out her thoughts, she said:
"A group of foreign stray ninjas killed the local nobles. Seeing that the bandits were so rampant, Konoha immediately drew his sword to help, rushed up to deal with the group of stray ninjas, and took over the territory for the dead nobles. What do you think of this script?"