Chapter 49: Internal Debt Isn't Debt.
Early Morning
Uchiha Nan, supporting his aching back, climbed out of bed, walked to the window, and pulled back the curtains. Sunlight streamed in, scattering across the bed, the snow-white skin contrasting with the golden light, a truly beautiful sight.
He was aroused!
However, the mirror directly facing Uchiha Nan in the room forced him to suppress his impulse.
Disheveled hair, deeply sunken eyes, heavy dark circles, and how had his beard grown so long overnight?
I've been harmed by wine and women, I look so haggard!
I'll abstain from now on!
Uchiha Nan made a silent vow. The taste of pleasure was too addictive, he couldn't afford to ruin his kidneys.
"Master, you're awake?"
Fene rubbed her eyes, seemingly awakened by Uchiha Nan's movements. Seeing Uchiha Nan's naked body, she instinctively covered her eyes, then realizing she was also naked, she quickly grabbed the bed sheet, covering herself, her cheeks flushed.
How adorable.
Uchiha Nan watched Fene's flustered movements, sighing inwardly.
"Master, I'll go make breakfast for you."
Fene nudged Ling, trying to wake her up, to help Uchiha Nan dress and wash up.
"It's alright, don't bother, I'll go out to eat, you two sleep more."
Uchiha Nan waved his hand. He had experienced being served while dressing and washing up, there was no need to make the two sisters work so hard.
Without giving Fene a chance to argue, he grabbed his clean clothes and left the room, washed up, shaved his beard, and then found a breakfast shop for a quick meal.
After breakfast, Uchiha Nan went to the meeting room.
At this time, there was still an hour before the meeting, and Uchiha Nan thought there wouldn't be many people in the meeting room.
But the meeting room was packed, almost all the high-ranking members of Konoha's major and minor clans were present.
Thinking about it, it made sense. The funds were being distributed, who wouldn't be eager to get their pay?
Thinking this, Uchiha Nan walked through the crowd to his seat.
Seeing Uchiha Nan enter, everyone wisely shut up and returned to their seats.
Uchiha Nan sat in the central seat, scanning the crowd, noticing that Mito Uzumaki wasn't there today, and asked Tobirama Senju casually.
"Why isn't Mito-sama here today?"
Tobirama Senju's fists clenched upon hearing this, he couldn't help but suspect Uchiha Nan was being deliberately provocative.
His mother's face had been beaten into a pig's head by the evil Uchiha Nan. If it weren't for the Uzumaki clan's strong vitality and recovery ability, she might have been disfigured.
In any world, a woman's face was paramount, and only Mito Uzumaki, for the sake of the big picture, hadn't fought Uchiha Nan to the death.
"Mother is feeling unwell and won't be here today."
Tobirama Senju answered expressionlessly, not intending to argue with Uchiha Nan.
"Oh! It seems her injuries haven't healed yet."
"You!!!"
Tobirama Senju snapped, now certain that Uchiha Nan was doing it on purpose.
Don't be angry, don't be angry.
Tobirama Senju decided to endure. There was no benefit to breaking ties with Uchiha Nan now, and Uchiha Nan might be waiting for him to lose his temper.
It was time to distribute the funds, he couldn't fall for the trap!
Tobirama Senju turned his face away, pretending not to hear Uchiha Nan.
"Since the Hokage is here and everyone is almost here, let's start the meeting."
Hiashi Hyuga stepped forward to smooth things over, not wanting the two major Konoha clans to become too estranged.
"Let's start the meeting!"
Uchiha Nan nodded, starting the money distribution meeting.
"The Land of Fire has allocated funds to Konoha."
Uchiha Nan paused deliberately, the clan heads looking at him expectantly, wanting to know the amount.
"30 billion!"
The amount broke the silence in the meeting room, and everyone began to chatter.
Was 30 billion a lot?
For one clan, it was an astronomical figure, but this amount was for the entire village of Konoha.
After deducting the 10 billion owed to the clans, there was less than 20 billion left.
This was just for the ninja clans of Konoha, there were also a large number of civilian ninjas. Although there weren't many Chunin and Jonin, there were a lot of Genin, which was another expense,
And there were various other places that required money.
"Today, we'll discuss these funds."
Uchiha Nan hadn't been in office long and couldn't make unilateral decisions about the allocated funds.
The entire village of ninjas was watching this money like hungry wolves.
As soon as Uchiha Nan finished speaking, everyone began to speak freely, no longer just whispering.
The ninja clans believed that the debts should be paid off first, and then the remaining money could be discussed.
A long list of budgets was compiled, including Konoha's daily operating expenses.
The ninja academy needed to continue recruiting, which was an expense.
And various ninja tools, soldier pills, and explosive tags.
Konoha's hospital needed to expand and train medical ninjas, which was another big expense.
And the defense lines against the Hidden Mist and Hidden Stone villages were a considerable expense, just the standing army cost 500 million ryo per month, and if there were local skirmishes that escalated into war, it would triple or quadruple.
And the Hidden Cloud village, although a peace treaty had been signed, it wasn't foolproof, and precautions still had to be taken.
The recorder kept calculating the future budget expenses.
Seeing that the discussion was almost over, Uchiha Nan asked about Konoha's future budget.
"Reporting to the Hokage-sama, if there are no large-scale wars in the future, these budgets would require about 50 billion."
"Hiss."
As expected!
Uchiha Nan rubbed his head. Budgets were never enough.
Every ninja village had shortcomings, either the ninja academy's funding was insufficient, or the medical aspect was lacking, or the defense was inadequate.
Those present had listed almost everything Konoha needed to develop as a ninja village, and this amount was definitely not enough.
"What if there's a war?"
Hiashi Hyuga asked, and the recorder gave a bitter smile. Once war broke out, there was no such thing as a sufficient budget.
You're burning money, and there's never enough.
"The situation isn't optimistic!"
"Comrades."
Uchiha Nan looked at everyone with a serious face. Money was still the problem!
"Konoha is our common home, we need to work together and embody the Will of Fire spirit..."
"..."
Uchiha Nan gave a long speech, conveying the spirit of the meeting.
Since Konoha's development funds were insufficient, someone had to pay, and who could be better for wealth redistribution than these wealthy ninja clans?
Rely on civilian ninjas?
How much could they scrape together?
A lean ninja clan was still bigger than a fat civilian ninja!
Konoha owed money to the ninja clans, it was an internal issue, it was internal debt!
Internal debt isn't debt!
Make the ninja clans suffer, he'd take the blame!
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