While Shen Yue was lying in bed doing nothing in the name of recuperation, the "Uchiha Farming Plan" formulated by her was also being carried out in an orderly manner. A remote clan land far away from the center of Konoha, which was originally planned to be developed into a training ground, was cleared out. After the surrounding wild beasts were cleared one after another, it was about to be rented to a group of civilians who were willing to come here to farm.
From the primeval forest to the arable land, the reclamation process in between took less than a month.
This is when the clan did not take this matter to heart at all, but just randomly selected a few ninjas who were good at water escape and earth escape. If ninjas with the strength of upper ninja were sent out, the time could be shortened several times.
In the Warring States period, ninjas were pariahs who were not allowed to own land and were strictly prohibited from engaging in production. The only source of income was to accept employment from nobles as a family unit. After entering the Ninja Village era, although this ban was abolished, the habit of not engaging in production for thousands of years has been deeply imprinted in the subconscious of every ninja.
Even in the timeline where Naruto was active decades later, ninjas still made a living by taking on missions, not to mention the initial period decades ago.
In fact, if Uchiha Madara had not been used to being domineering, the reclamation would not have been possible.
With the arrogance and pride of the Uchiha clan, it was really difficult for them to lower their status and do such things that would damage their status. When these martial arts tsundere monsters who only had muscles in their minds heard that they wanted to turn the originally scheduled training ground into fields, they refused quickly one by one.
Of course, under Madara's iron fist, no matter how much they refused, it would be useless.
However, Uchiha Madara could only help here. He could be said to have done his best to provide money and people, but don't count on him for other things - what kind of civilians should be selected to farm, what kind of agreements should be made with these civilians, how big the field should be for the first test, and countless other troubles need to be dealt with.
Expecting Uchiha Madara to deal with these, what's the difference between this and dreaming?
But the problem is that Shen Yue doesn't know how to solve these troubles!
She, Uchiha Shenyue, has never been to the countryside in her past and present lives. Her knowledge of farming comes from farming literature. She can't even recognize the five kinds of grains. She can even kill a cactus if given one!
Expecting her to handle these things is no different from courting death.
However, compared with most Uchiha who know nothing about fields and land, Shenyue has read at least hundreds of farming literature. She is the tallest among the short ones. She came up with the idea and made the plan. Now that things have come to this, Shenyue can only bite the bullet and do it herself.
"Woo woo..."
Walking on a remote path far away from the clan, Shenyue followed behind Uchiha Madara, who was covered in black air, with a conspicuous swelling on her head that only appeared in funny comics. This was the reward given to her by Madara after he found out that she was still lying in bed despite her recovery.
Ah, goodbye, my happy salted fish time.
Shen Yue, who didn't know how much suffering he would have to endure after returning, wanted to cry but had no tears. However, he was frightened by Madara's look and stood still immediately.
After leaving the wide gravel road between the clan land and the village, the road under their feet became more and more muddy, and another more real world appeared in front of Shen Yue.
"Good day, Uchiha adults!"
The civilians who had been waiting here early noticed the two people wearing black clan uniforms embroidered with round fans, and knew that the Uchiha people had come. They immediately bowed forward, their faces almost buried in the dust, and their backs trembled constantly.
Compared with their faces, Shen Yue noticed the thin bodies and tattered clothes of this group of people first. It is more appropriate to say that they are refugees rather than civilians.
Given that the Uchiha has always had a bad reputation, who would dare to come to this notorious clan if they were not really desperate?
Uchiha Madara frowned and scanned the civilians who were almost frightened to kneel on the ground. He didn't like the weak, and looked down on these weak guys without dignity, but he also clearly understood that this was the way for civilians to survive.
Under the arrogance and tyranny on the outside, Uchiha Madara actually had a heart that was keenly aware of suffering and grief.
He knew very well that this world was twisted and cruel - civilians were trampled under the feet of the strong and the nobles like mud, and endless suffering was repeated generation after generation, while the powerful ninjas were endlessly manipulated and used, becoming consumables of war on the endless battlefield.
He longed to solve the vortex of suffering of the world once and for all. He also knew that this expectation was foolish and unattainable, but he knew that this expectation would never stop.
"Shinzuki, do what you want to do."
The corners of Madara's mouth rose slightly, as long as Shen Yue also desires to change this suffering world, no matter how bold and incredible her actions may seem at first glance, he will support her to realize her plan.
Let me see how far you can go.
.....
Before reclamation, this piece of land assigned to the Uchiha was just a primeval forest that could not be seen at a glance.
But after the initial reclamation by the Uchiha ninjas, large tracts of woods disappeared, stones and weeds disappeared, and the uneven land was all turned over from inside to outside by earth escape. Now it looks like a farmland with a proper appearance.
For civilians who don't even have tools, it may take more than a year to cut down the tall trees in the Land of Fire. But for ninjas, this is just a small matter that can be done in half a day. As for the subsequent cleaning of tree roots and weeds, it is even simpler-if one fireball is not enough, then put another one.
Of course, don't count on these ninjas who can only kill and set fire to the land for subsequent farming.
The most common crop in the Land of Fire is rice, which is a very delicate crop. If you are not careful, it will die. It must be maintained by farmers who have lived on the fields all their lives.
Professional matters should be left to professionals.
Standing in front of the timid civilians, Shen Yue's eyes swept across their yellow and thin cheeks, and their hands that were as rough as old wood after years of work.
This group of people was certainly not randomly pulled over by her on the streets of Konoha, but carefully selected from the civilian population. Most of them were farmers, but they were forced to become refugees after their fields were taken away by nobles and merchants.
The number of these people is not small at all. The chaotic war situation in the Warring States period is bound to affect the farmers who rely on the fields for their livelihood and cannot escape the war.
No matter how carefully the farmers cultivated their fields and tried their best to survive, a ninja attack, a drought or flood, as long as it was an unfortunate natural disaster or man-made disaster, could destroy their harvest for the year.
At this time, the high taxes of the nobles and the deliberately raised grain prices of the merchants would force them to sell the fields they depended on for survival, or even sell themselves.
In the end, the nobles gathered a large amount of land and property, and the big merchants also made a fortune. Then, they used a small part of this large amount of wealth to hire ninjas to let them continue to fight, and thus, a perfect closed loop was completely formed.
Shen Yue sighed in her heart, compared to the ninjas, perhaps the nobles who controlled most of the wealth and land in their hands were the real masters of this world.
This situation must be changed!
She secretly made up her mind that in order to achieve this goal, the ninjas must have enough productivity!
When Shen Yue was looking at everyone, these people were actually looking at her.
They didn't understand why the Uchiha adults would send such a little girl, but they didn't dare to look down on her. The child in front of them was as noble and beautiful as the princess of the daimyo family. She was a noble person that they would hardly meet in their lifetime. These people didn't even dare to look up and look directly at those black glass eyes.
Ninjas and civilians are completely different.
At this moment, both parties were panicking.
Shen Yue was afraid that he couldn't handle the farming problem properly, while the civilians were afraid that the ninjas would be in a bad mood and burn them all to death with a fireball. Such things were not uncommon in the past.
After such calculations, of course the civilians were more pitiful. It would be too difficult for them to speak first at this time.
Shen Yue took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and quickly reviewed the hundreds of farming books he had read before crossing. When he opened his eyes again, at least on his face, he had restored the coldness and calmness of the Uchiha.
"Please follow me first. The house prepared for you is here."
House?
The civilians looked at each other, and saw shock and disbelief in each other's eyes. This group of people came here prepared to die, but now, the ninja who was as ferocious as jackals and tigers would actually prepare houses for them?
This is too kind, isn't it? !
A row of small bungalows is located not far from the farmland. Considering that this place is really remote, it is more time-saving and labor-saving for farmers to live nearby. Shen Yue specially had people build several small bungalows, which are also equipped with some basic furniture and daily necessities.
In addition to ordinary housing, there is also a large public warehouse. After allocating the residence of everyone according to the family, Shen Yue led people into the warehouse, where brand new iron farm tools were placed, and the newly made iron plow was shining with a bright cold light.
ThisThese people are good at farming, but almost no one has a decent farm tool. Seeing these new farm tools at this time, don't mention how itchy they are.
But they are also afraid that these brand-new farm tools will also become part of the debt they have to bear, and that the sharp blade will be stained with their blood in the future.
"These farm tools are also for you, and the oxen will be delivered in the next few days."
These farm tools are not so easy to get.
As a ninja village, Konoha is essentially a large military group. Where can it get decent farm tools? Shen Yue asked the Uchiha clan's summoning beast, the cat lady of the Ninja Cat Clan, to ask her to hire someone to make them at a high price.
The cat lady took her money and laughed at her, saying that she couldn't find a fool like her who could use iron farm tools in the entire ninja world.
Hum, when the harvest comes, I wonder who will laugh at me!
Shen Yue's heart was filled with sadness again. It was really funny to think about it. A kunai and shuriken used to kill people can be sold on the table in Konoha, but a farming tool cannot be found even if you dig three feet deep.
"The seeds are ready, come and have a look."
Shen Yue pointed to the big bag piled in the corner. Several brave civilians walked up and opened the bag. They saw that it was full of good seeds with full grains.
It was certainly not easy to get these good seeds. After all, this was a poor Konoha village that couldn't even afford to eat. In short, after all these hardships and obstacles, Shen Yue deeply understood the truth that "every grain of rice on the plate is hard-earned."
This series of tedious and complicated preparations almost cost Shen Yue her life, but now, she can finally throw this big trouble to others!
"The farmland will be allocated according to the number of people, and each of you will have land to plant."
After leaving the warehouse, Shen Yue pointed to the farmland at the door of the room and led the topic to the allocation of fields that everyone was concerned about. After talking about the distribution and precautions until she was dry-mouthed, she finally brought the topic to what she cared about most.
That is, the distribution of the harvest after the harvest, and other labor requirements!
"Every year, each of you must plant some crops required by our Uchiha clan. We provide the seeds, and we buy the crops at the market price."
The training of ninjas requires the nourishment of medicinal food, and these medicinal materials are also a large amount of money. What's worse is that under the hype of merchants, there is often no market for them.
Shen Yue thought about it for a while. If she could let the farmers under her grow a batch of medicinal materials every year, she could save a lot of money. Even if she didn't ask them to pay tribute directly like the nobles, but bought the harvest with money, it would still save money. At least she didn't have to worry about them asking for exorbitant prices.
"Of course, if you are willing, you can give priority to selling the crops to our clan, and the price can be negotiated."
The civilians looked at each other, some of them could not believe Shen Yue's generosity and kindness. Those nobles never paid a penny when they wanted something!
"Do you need anything else?"
Looking at the house, farm tools, seeds and cultivated land that she had prepared with great effort, Shen Yue felt that she had done everything she could do and her responsibilities were all over.
Now, she can go home and wait for the arrival of autumn, waiting for the white grain to fall into her pocket. At that time, let those arrogant muscle monster idiots who can't even have enough food see how wise and powerful she is!
"Sir, can you please dig a few more wells and dig more new canals?"
A steady female voice came from in front of Shen Yue, interrupting her delusion and intoxication.
"I walked around here before you came. This place has everything good. The terrain is flat and the sunlight is sufficient, but there is not enough water. But if there is not enough water, how can we irrigate the rice?"
Oh, right, how could I forget this.
Shen Yue touched his head embarrassedly. Rice, rice, it is obvious that water is needed!
"I will ask someone to do the work another day. By the way, who are you?"
A thin brown-haired woman with a firm look in her eyes walked out of the crowd and stood in front of Shen Yue. Unlike her companions who were timid around her, this woman's attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, and she had a tenacious temperament.
"My name is Hezi. As you can see, I am a farmer who grows crops."
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