i am hokage in tokyo

Chapter 377 Chapter 378 Konoha Village
"Ah, ah, it's really annoying. I can't get excited when I see the faces of some greasy middle-aged people and bad old men."

After getting rid of the entanglements of various forces and returning to the ancestral home of the Sakaki family, Sakaki Namiru complained in a helpless tone:

"If you want to please me, you should at least find some handsome guys who can speak well."

Sakaki Namiru stood up and walked to the window, looked around for a few times, and said to Uchiha Naruto and Matsudaira Chiyo:

"There are still many people outside now. If you want to go back to Tokyo, you'd better wait for a while, otherwise you will be chased and intercepted again. My brother-in-law is gone, and these people should disperse."

"It's okay, we don't have class tomorrow."

Uchiha Naruto and Matsudaira Chiyo were sitting on the floor by the fire pit in the living room. After looking at each other, Uchiha Naruto said indifferently.

"Since it's hard to go out at the moment, let's have a chat if we have time."

Although she now has long hair and wears light makeup, Sakaki Nami showed off her tomboyish demeanor from time to time, sitting directly opposite Uchiha Naru and Matsudaira Chiyo.

"Chiyo, you are from the economics department, so I will test you."

Sakaki Namiru gave Matsudaira Chiyo the problem of reviving the village economy that the Uchiha Sect had asked her before.

"Sister Namiru, what is the main output of the village?"

Chiyo Matsudaira sat upright and asked.

"The main thing is to eat from the soil, rice and vegetables, with rice accounting for the majority."

After all, she had lived in the village for more than ten years, and Sakaki Nami knew all her treasures. She clasped her fingers and said:

"There are also mountains to eat, not far from Mt. Arakawa, and mushrooms, camellias, herbs, wild walnuts and other mountain products. There are also some handicrafts such as uchiwa fans, but they are only so-so. There are none outside Kawamoto Town. What fame.”

Matsudaira Chiyo pursed her lips.

"It's really hard to deal with a poor place like ours," Sakaki Namiru said with a smile.

"Nami-ryu-sama, it's such a rich place, and it's a great place with outstanding people."

Miru Sakaki had heard similar compliments countless times, but she knew the condition of the village well, and its output had no advantage compared to the villages around Mount Arakawa.

Even if you want to develop tourism, the famous Mount Fuji is a hundred miles away.

What little tourism resources are left are divided among several villages closer to Mount Arakawa.

If you use the banner of Minister Uchiha, you will definitely attract some tourists, but there will be nothing to see when tourists come.You can't open the Uchiha family's ancestral home for people to visit. It's just an ordinary old house in the countryside.

"Some of the people who came together before include the president of the Agricultural Association of Shizuoka Prefecture and the presidents of local food processing and tourism-related companies."

After Chiyo Matsudaira thought for a moment, he said with a smile:

"As long as Sister Namiliu comes forward to talk to the president of the Agricultural Association, it will not be difficult to raise the purchase price of agricultural and sideline products. Then the foundation will come forward to purchase and sell the village's mountain products and specialties."

After opening up the relationship with the agricultural cooperative, the villagers who have guaranteed their main business income should repay their kindness and hand over the output of their side business to the foundation. Isn't it a matter of course?
It’s not like you won’t pay, you can even get it slightly higher than the original selling price, and you save yourself the trouble of selling, so why not do it.

Matsudaira Chiyo, who was hiding a knife in his smile, stretched out his hand and made a gesture, which seemed to be like sharpening the knife to the pigs and sheep.

"Those local clubs in Shizuoka Prefecture will definitely be happy to purchase mountain products and handmade products from the foundation at 'preferential' prices. We don't have to be polite either."

In this way, the villagers make a small profit while the foundation makes a big profit.

As expected of Tokugawa Ieyasu, a descendant of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the daughter of a capitalist who could say, "Farmers are like sesame seeds, the more they are squeezed, the more oil they produce." She is indeed ruthless.

Matsudaira Chiyo's idea is 'power-for-money trading', which is the simplest and most effective method.

How much agricultural output can a small village like the size of a palm like Minister Uchiha's hometown have in a year? Let alone raising it to the next level. Even if it is doubled, it is just a small amount. The Shizuoka Prefecture Agricultural Cooperative will not fail to give Minister Uchiha face.

The real huge profits are the by-products underwritten by the foundation. Even if the price is ten times higher, there will be no worries about sales.

There are many people who want to flatter Minister Uchiha, but they can't find the temple gate even if they carry a pig's head.

The tycoons of Shizuoka Prefecture who were willing to fight and suffer but were slaughtered should also thank the foundation for giving them this opportunity.

"Daba!"

Miru Sakaki looked like she had expected it, crossed her hands and said:
"My brother-in-law has told me not to take advantage of local officials and businessmen."

Matsudaira Chiyo's plan does have immediate results, the income of the villagers can also increase significantly, and the foundation can make a lot of money over time, but this is essentially a trick for people to please the Uchiha Sect.

The original intention of Uchiha Senmen is not to make money, nor does it want to give some people the opportunity to take advantage of others.

"Any other ideas?"

"Well... I saw Uncle Uchiha giving an old man a tree burial today, and I was inspired to have an idea."

Matsudaira Chiyo rolled her eyes with a cunning look like a little fox, obviously she had another idea.

"How about building a tree burial cemetery with the hill where Uncle Uchiha held his tree burial as the core?"

In order to eradicate the church after the Amakusa Tokisada Rebellion, the Tokugawa shogunate formulated the "temple petition system" in 1664, which allowed Buddhism to govern the people's beliefs. Shintoism and Confucianism were actually placed under the jurisdiction of Buddhism. Buddhism subsequently became a prominent school, almost State religion status.

In addition, the Tokugawa shogunate even required people across the country to undergo "sect reform" like household registration. People across the country must register at nearby temples and become nominal Buddhists. This measure made Buddhist temples become famous The agency responsible for household registration management functions on behalf of the shogunate.

Because of this, large and small temples across the country have further participated in secular political life, and have monopolized Japan's cemeteries and burial sites. They have been fattening up their brains for hundreds of years by relying on real estate in the underworld.

However, as times change, traditional temple-style cemeteries have also been impacted, and new burial methods such as tree burials and columbariums have become popular.

Tree burial, as the name suggests, is to bury the cremated ashes in the soil and then plant a tree on top as a mark.

Although tree burial has great meanings such as saving land and environmental protection, the general background of its popularity in Japan is that people have no money due to the economic downturn, and the aging population of single people has increased.

"A traditional funeral, no matter how much you save, costs at least 100 million yen, the bulk of which is the cemetery, and you have to pay a cemetery management fee every year."

Chiyo Matsudaira talked as if he had gone through research.

"The cost of a tree burial is only one-third of that of a traditional funeral. And even if there are no survivors, management and support will be carried out, so the burden after burial can be reduced, and permanent support is provided. This is the biggest advantage of tree burial."

Japan is a super-aging society. Due to the soaring number of deaths year by year and the imbalance between supply and demand, the price of burial grounds has become increasingly high, dissuading many families who are not financially well-off to retire.

More and more elderly people choose to keep everything simple after death in order to avoid causing trouble to their children and grandchildren.

Coupled with Japan's sluggish birth rate, increasing lifelong unmarried rate, and the gradual trend toward smaller families, there are more and more elderly people living alone in Japan, and there are many graves where no one pays homage or cares.

Based on all the above reasons, the Japanese have to explore various new funeral models. If there is demand, there will be a market. Since the 21st century, Japanese funeral companies have renovated and introduced various new types of funerals, such as balloon burials, space burials and diamond burials. .

But the mainstream of new types of funerals are still tree burials and columbariums.

Data from 2022 show that the number of Japanese who chose new forms of burial that year has exceeded the number of people buried in traditional cemeteries.

"Tree burial has a history of 25 years in Japan. Now it started a little late, and it can only be regarded as half a blue ocean."

Matsudaira Chiyo said with a smile: "But our village has one of the biggest advantages. With the spiritual trees planted by Uncle Uchiha with extraordinary power, even ordinary hills will become geomantic treasures."

That's right, is there any place more suitable for tree burial than the location of the spiritual tree catalyzed by Minister Uchiha's Wood Release?
As long as a cemetery is built on the hill where Uncle Uchiha's tree is buried, and then the land where the tree is buried is sold, the village can make a lot of money.

"A Ming, what do you think?"

Sakaki Namimiru asked, with a hint of approval in her words.

Matsudaira Chiyo's clever idea sounds fantastic at first, but after careful taste, it actually tastes better the more you chew it, and it also has a lot of feasibility.

Uchiha Ming's face remained calm, but there was something strange in his eyes.

This girl Chiyo Matsudaira is really evil.

Whether it is a traditional or new funeral industry, the more people die, the more prosperous the business will be.

Although the three years of Jedi Tentong were considered peaceful, even Uchiha Naru, the mastermind behind it, didn't know what would happen after the Feiyue came again.

But it's definitely a disaster. Uchiha Ming deceived Yamashita Che in the simulated world line, and the doomsday where rivers of blood flowed and corpses littered the fields might actually happen.

The more Japanese people die, the more cemeteries in tree burial cemeteries are in short supply and the more money they can make.

Chiyo Matsudaira might actually have dug a gold mine for the village.

"I have no opinion."

Having said that, as a foreigner, Uchiha Naru always felt a little weird about building a cemetery near the village to develop the funeral industry.

But the Japanese are not so sensitive about cemeteries.

Major cities in Japan have their own wonders. Large cemeteries can often be seen in residential and commercial areas, and even Tokyo is no exception.

The historical reason is that ancient Japanese people were buried in temple cemeteries after death. However, with the process of urbanization, temples located in the suburbs have also been integrated into the city center.Even if the temple is moved, the cemetery usually remains in place.

Japanese people are used to living next to cemeteries.

In terms of cultural beliefs, the Japanese believe that after the deceased is buried in the cemetery, they have become Buddhas and will not have any impact on the living.

Moreover, many cemeteries were originally the location of temples, which are considered to have excellent Feng Shui and are blessed by gods and Buddhas. There have even been strange incidents where housing prices in the neighborhood have increased instead of falling.

"Chiyo, wait a moment, I will talk to my brother-in-law about this."

Sakaki Namiru picked up her mobile phone and called Uchiha Senmen to let Uchiha Senmen make a decision.

"Yeah, um, I know. Yes, brother-in-law!"

Sakaki Namiru hung up the phone, turned to Uchiha Naruto and Matsudaira Chiyo and said:

"Chiyo, my brother-in-law said we can give it a try!"

After receiving the initial approval from Minister Uchiha, Chiyo Matsudaira's pretty face couldn't help but reveal a bit of joy.

"But my brother-in-law also has a suggestion. He wants to change the name of the village. But both of these things must be approved by the village chief and the villagers."

Miru Sakaki said:

"The original name of the village was very rustic. Changing the name will also be good for development."

"Well. Exactly."

Matsudaira Chiyo said seriously.

The two of them were serious about building a tree burial cemetery and renaming the village. They had no intention of asking the villagers for approval.

2000 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to 30 billion yen, is like manna from heaven to this small village that is dying and has only about a thousand people.

White money, no, colorful swords are delivered to your door. How could anyone object?

Moreover, after Uchiha Senmon became the head of the Supernatural Police Department and became famous throughout the country, whether it was Shizuoka Prefecture or the village, there were already suggestions to change the name of the village to take advantage of Uchiha Senmon's reputation.

It was just that the Uchiha Sect disagreed, so they gave up.

Now, whether it is renamed Uchiha Village or Xianmen Village, it is just returning to the original track.

"Uncle Uchiha, what do you want to change the name of the village to?" Chiyo Matsudaira asked curiously.

"Konoha."

"Cough, cough, cough!"

When Uchiha Ming heard this, he immediately choked on his saliva and kept coughing.

"A Ming, what's wrong with you?"

Uchiha Naru had a strange look on his face, his mouth opened but he stopped talking.

Finally, he shut his mouth and waved his hands, indicating that nothing happened and you can continue.

"Konoha Village? What a name."

Matsudaira Chiyo nodded repeatedly.

Although it sounds a bit simple, it is extremely appropriate whether it corresponds to the wood escape power of the Uchiha Celestial Sect or the tree burial cemetery that was later developed.

After finalizing the new village name, Miru Sakaki and Chiyo Matsudaira discussed the follow-up construction work of the tree burial cemetery. They even discussed details such as inviting Taizanfu-kun from Shin-Sensoji Temple as the chief priest.

Uchiha Ming could only stare from the sidelines.

"By the way, Sister Namiliu, what do you think about the promotion of the Tree Burial Cemetery?"

"Since it's a funeral for the deceased, and it's the Leaf Village..."

Uchiha Ming suddenly interrupted:
"'Wherever the leaves are flying, fire will burn, and the shadow of the fire will illuminate the village and make new leaves sprout.'"

Miru Sakaki and Chiyo Matsudaira looked at each other with subtle expressions on their faces.

However, Uchiha Ming had no consciousness and was very confident:
"How about this promotional advertisement?"

"A Ming, although I have felt this way since high school, I was just a little afraid and didn't dare to ask..."

The corners of Matsudaira Chiyo's lips curled up, wanting to be serious, but couldn't hold it back, so he could only cover his lips, his eyes full of smiles:

"Pfft, are you suffering from chuunibyou?"

(End of this chapter)