Chapter 43 The Scent Of War? No! It's The Scent Of Money

Tetsuya nodded.

"Grain storage is indeed a good choice, and since we run a hotel, there will be no problem even if we hoard food on a large scale."

Seeing that Tetsuya agreed with his idea, Kakuzu swiftly began to simulate food acquisition and calculate how many granaries should be constructed.

As expected of Kakuzu, as long it's related to money, his enthusiasm for work is absolutely top-notch.

"Besides stocking up on food, there is another thing we can plan to hoard."

"What?"

Kakuzu looked at Tetsuya curiously. He also wanted to know what else could make money besides hoarding food before the war came.

"Izuna, how's the process regarding the things I asked you to do prepare?"

"No need to ask, I am Uchiha Izuna, this is a piece of cake."

Although Izuna's character is considered to be mild among Uchiha, there is always that special sense of pride engraved in their bones.

As he spoke, he took out several documents from the drawer of the cabinet nearby.

"This is the land deed for the largest blacksmith shop in the capital, as well as the transfer documents for the blacksmith shops in several surrounding cities. This is the contract for the iron ore cooperation in the Country of Fire..."

Contracts were placed on the table one after another, and Kakuzu, who was extremely keen on money, immediately noticed a grand opportunity.

"Boss, are you planning to hoard iron ore?"

Tetsuya grinned.

"Bingo."

"Oh, I wondered why you wanted me to buy blacksmith shops. I thought you were going to sell farm tools."

Izuna suddenly realized that although he pondered excessively when he excecuted Tetsuya's mission, he would never relate blacksmiths to an upcoming war in the ninja world. This Information Gap is exactly why proper intelligence is paramount.

But now that I recall carefully, it turns out that he had already planned on hoarding iron ore from the very beginning. The acquisition of the blacksmith shop was just a cover for his own hoarding of iron ore.

"Wonderful, truly a masterclass of Monopoly."

Kakuzu clicked his tongue in surprise.

"Once the major ninja villages prepares for the upcoming war, they would inevitably increase the production of ninja tools.

Although top ninja tools require some rare ores in addition to fine iron, most of the ninja tools used by ninjas, such as senbon, kunai, shuriken, etc., require only fine iron. .

Due to the large-scale production of ninja tools, the iron ore needed by those ninja villages will exponentially increase. The more severe the war, the higher the demand for iron ore will be.

As a result, the value of iron ore will increase following dwindling supply. When the time comes, we can earn a mind boggling amount of money just by relying on the iron ore hoarded in our hands. This doesn't even take into account our Grains "

"You're a genious. When the opportunity presents itself, we could potentially supply all the iron ore flowing on the market. When to sell the iron ore, what price to sell, how we sell, doesn't that rely entirely on our whims?"

Tetsuya laughed as he spoke.

Kakuzu also laughed in agreement.

"Hahaha, this is the capital monopoly you explained before, right boss ?"

"Truly a studious student Kakuzu.

"With that said", Tetsuya looked at Kakuzu and said. "Kakuzu, I have a mission for you."

"Boss, just order this slave, I will go through fire and water."

"very good."

Tetsuya took out a banknote, and the numbers on the banknote made Kakuzu's five hearts beat wildly at the same time.

"You have been walking the ninja world for so many years. You should have cultivated many hidden channels. I need you to hoard as much iron ore as possible on the market in other countries."

Taking the banknote, Kakuzu nodded solemnly.

"I see."

Since you want to play monopoly, then just the Land of Fire is definitely not satisfactory. If you want to play, go big or go home.

Even if they cannot personally monopolize all the iron ore on the market, they still have to hoard most of the ores currently circulating.

Tetsuya could already imagine how jacked up the price of iron ore on the market would be when the major ninja villages began to frantically build ninja tools in order to handle the early days of war.

As for whether his doing this will usher in the revenge of the major ninja villages.

Are you kidding me? Is his strength just for show?

Not to mention that He, Izuna, or even Kakuzu's strength is comparable to hundreds of ordinary ninjas.

Secondly, his interactions with the Daimyo Mansion of the Fire Country over the years were not a waste of time.

"Okay, let's arrange it as so. Kakuzu will collect the iron ore that is flowing in other countries outside of the Fire Country. I will contact the daimyo and ask him to provide us with the iron ore produced from the Fire Country's veins . Izuna, you will be in charge of grain acquisition."

Saying that, Tetsuya stood up.

"Everyone, as long as the Ninja War breaks out, we will usher in unprecedented wealth like you have never seen before. Are you ready to get rich?"

"I'm ready!"

Kakuzu shouted excitedly, as if imagining mountains of gold and silver waving at him.

Izuna, on the other hand, had greater expectations transcending mere wealth. After Tetsuya finishes this job, will he be able to resurrect my brother?

Time marches on. Tetsuya collects almost all the iron ore from the Land of Fire according to the plan, Kakuzu lives up to Tetsuya's expectations, continuously transporting seal scrolls back from other countries, and sealed within these scrolls lay Mountains of iron ore and refined iron.

At the same time, Chiba Hotel was also undergoing an expansion. In the name expansion, a granary was built, and a large amount of food was sent into the granary.

Not only the Chiba Hotel in the capital, but also establishments in major prosperous cities in the Land of Fire like the Chiba Ramen Shop, Chiba Fried Chicken Shop, and Chiba Milk Tea Shop that Tetsuya opened over the past few years, all began to hoard food, waiting patiently for this moment.

The 2nd Ninja World War is coming.

As the fated war approaches, all the Countries began a race for resources. Within the Ninja Villages, internal conflicts intensify, fueled by the rising warring factions, each village began to employ a not so peaceful plan.

What should we do when the development of a country or a village cannot meet internal needs?

Two options. One, develop internal productivity and increase production to meet demand, or two, launch a foreign war and use war as a means to plunder external resources to meet internal needs.

Obviously, for the ninjas in the Ninja Village, their only choice is to launch a foreign war and mediate internal conflicts through resources plundered.

In the thirty-fourth year of Konoha, friction between the major powers intensified, and the haze of war slowly began shrouding the entire ninja world.

In the thirty-fifth year of Konoha, a ninja team from Konoha encountered a conflict with a ninja team from Earth Country, this resluted in the two sides clashing. In this battle, Tetsuya's old friend Hatake Sakuya regretfully passed.

The death of Hatake Sakuya intensified the conflicts between the ninja villages, and more ninjas including Orochimaru were stationed to the border of the Land of Fire .

Now that the atmosphere is chaotic and tension between borders are tense, everyone in the ninja realises that a 2nd ninja war is about to break out.

Following this revelation, prices of food skyrocketed, multiplying dozens of times. At the same time, major ninja villages also started an arms race and began vigorously producing ninja tools to cope with the upcoming ninja war. The price of iron followed suit and started skyrocketing.

Kakuzu went crazy with joy when he received the news.