Chapter 262 Theory of Potato Growth

Happy times are always short. When the sun rises on time the next day, Ye Shan abandons his inner desires and throws himself into his busy work again.

Outsiders think that the Hokage is in a high position and has great power, and even dreams can come true the next day. However, they do not know that under the complete system, the power of the Hokage is relatively constrained. Of course, there is no strong supervision and regulation for all this, and it all depends on the self-discipline of the Hokage himself. Ye Shan is a man with lofty ambitions. He is unwilling to abuse power, and will not use power for his own personal gain. In other words, he has gotten rid of low tastes.

He didn't need fancy clothes, exquisite food, luxurious housing, etc. As for clothing, Ye Shan always wore Konoha's standard vest and Hokage feather webbing; as for food, he had three meals a day in the Hokage office building and basically didn't go out to eat; as for housing, it's needless to say that Ye Shan still lives in the old house left by his grandfather and father. Therefore, although the old party ninjas were dissatisfied with the new policy, they couldn't find any major problems.

In the corridor outside the Hokage's office, there is a square table, which is the desk of the full-time secretary Nara Shikaku. Whenever the Hokage is immersed in reviewing documents, he sits here quietly, waiting for instructions.

"Cough cough!"

There was a cough in the office. Nara Shikaku quickly stood up, slowly opened the door and walked in, bowing and asking, "What can I do for you?"

"Send these documents to Uchiha Keiji's office and ask him to handle them as soon as possible and deal with them strictly and severely!" Ye Shan said without raising his head as he was reviewing documents at his desk.

Nara Shikaku picked up the document and walked out without pausing. After the door closed, he couldn't suppress his curiosity and glanced at the document. He saw the words written in bright red on it: "I have heard about what you reported. Konohagakure will not tolerate good-for-nothings. All of your positions will be removed and the law enforcement team will investigate!"

There is no doubt that someone from the old party must have run into trouble. In the past few months, this kind of thing has happened many times. Ye Shan has dismissed many members of the old party under the banner of being aboveboard.

Perhaps before long, the entire village will become the world of the new party, and the old party will no longer have a place to stand.

Nara Shikaku was not moved at all and even felt like laughing, laughing at the old party for their low IQ. As the saying goes, a tree that is moved dies, but a person who is moved lives. Even Orochimaru was easily taken down by the Hokage, so why are you old party members still jumping around? Could it be that Tsunade Senju is more capable than Orochimaru?

As the saying goes, a new emperor chooses new ministers. Hayama's governing style is completely different from Sarutobi Hiruzen. The former focuses on practical work while the latter emphasizes reality. Three years have passed, and there are still people who are dreaming of drinking tea and getting paid! You don't need to think about it with your underdeveloped brain. Is this reasonable?

Anyway, Nara Shikaku is very self-aware. The three ninja clans, Ino, Shika and Chou, have been relying on big trees to survive since ancient times. It's not that they don't want to grow independently, but the ninja world is too cruel. Only by relying on the shade of big trees can they thrive.

As early as the second day after Hayama became Hokage, the Ino-Shika-Chou family privately expressed their attitude, which was also an important reason why Nara Shikaku was in such an important position. Otherwise, how could a person with the label of Sarutobi Hiruzen sit firmly in the position of office director? Of course, in terms of power, he, as a secretary of the Hokage, was a commander without any troops, and he didn't even have a ninja to serve under him, but who dared to look down on him?

Uchiha Keiji's office is on the second floor of the building, less than 20 meters away from the Hokage's office, and Ye Shan's angry scolding can often be heard. Nara Shikaku greeted the secretary sitting outside the door and went straight into the room.

The decoration inside the house was very luxurious. The floor was covered with woolen blankets produced in the Kingdom of Wind, which made it feel like walking on clouds. A yellow wood desk was placed opposite the door, which was worth a lot of money. There was also a coral next to the desk, and many gems were hung on the coral, which was so dazzling that it was blinding. Nara Shikaku looked straight ahead, but he was slandering in his heart. These few things alone were worth at least 10 million taels. Uchiha Keiji still maintained his exaggerated style as always.

"Brother Shikaku is here? Come sit down and have a cup of tea." Uchiha Keiji stood up with a smile, took his arm affectionately and sat on the sofa, poured two cups of tea, and said, "I heard that the Hokage personally cooked for the guests at home last night. It tasted good, right?"

"You are well-informed." Nara Shikaku smiled and sat down. It was just some insignificant things, so it didn't matter. "Hokage's cooking skills are good. It hurt my throat!"

"Hahaha, come and have some tea."

"Thank you, sir!"

The two sat for a while. Uchiha Keiji looked at the documents on the table and asked, "What's the latest order from the Hokage?"

"That's right, please handle it quickly."

"Okay, okay." Uchiha Keiji glanced at the documents, his face darkened, and then he continued with a smile: "It's time for lunch, let's eat together?"

Nara Shikaku was not willing to stay for dinner, he stood up and said with a smile: "The Hokage-sama needs to be served for a moment, I will treat you another day, let's go out and have some fun."

"Slow down, bro!"

The door was closed, and Uchiha Keiji's face darkened. He picked up the document again and looked at it carefully, his eyes filled with murderous intent. He was a man who held grudges, and he had found excuses to punish all his former enemies. The remaining few were all here.

"Somebody come!"

The members of the law enforcement team half-knelt on the ground, waiting for orders: "As usual, everyone please go home and have tea!"

The home he was talking about was the headquarters of the law enforcement team located on top of the Hokage Rock. Over the past few months, it has become a place that all the ninjas in the village are afraid of. Anyone who enters here will be skinned alive if not killed!

As soon as the law enforcement team left, his secretary walked into the office twisting her waist. The scent of jasmine arrived as expected, making Uchiha Keiji feel comfortable and intoxicated.

"Sir, Kang Duan from the New Rain Country has returned."

"Who?"

"Uchiha Yasutoshi."

Uchiha Keiji's eyes widened and he asked anxiously, "Isn't he with Master Fugaku in the New Rain Country? Why did he return to the village for no reason?"

"He refused to speak and requested to see you."

"What about people?"

"Waiting outside!"

"Let him in!"

Uchiha Kangduan came in respectfully. The Konoha standard vest he was wearing was covered in mud, and the smell of sweat it emitted even overwhelmed the scent of jasmine.

"Don't kneel, just tell me what's going on!"

"The chief sent me back to deliver the letter."

"Who is it for?" Uchiha Keiji grasped the key point and asked.

"Lord Hokage!"

"Asshole!" Uchiha Keiji was furious, slamming the table and yelling, "Since you are delivering a letter to the Hokage, what are you doing here?"

Uchiha Kangduan scratched his head, smiled awkwardly, and said: "I would like to ask you to deliver the letter."

"You, you!" Uchiha Keiji didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he suppressed his dissatisfaction and said gently: "Remember in the future, report everything to the Hokage immediately, and don't think of letting me know!"

"Why?" asked the young Uchiha Kangduan, who was hopelessly stupid.

"Of course you have to report clan affairs to me, but when it comes to the village, Hokage-sama is the real leader. Do you understand?"

"You must change your mindset and never think that these are all trivial matters. Some things may seem to weigh only four ounces at ordinary times, but once they are weighed, they weigh more than a thousand pounds!"

"Your behavior today is, at best, a failure to distinguish right from wrong, but at worst, it is an attempt to overthrow the rule of the Hokage! The Hokage is in charge of everything, and we can only intervene with the talents he has allocated to the Uchiha clan. If he doesn't allocate them, we can't take them!"

Uchiha Kangduan was sweating profusely. He never expected that his unintentional behavior would be so serious. He whispered: "I just want you to be prepared so that you won't be completely clueless when the time comes."

"Nonsense! If everyone is like you, where are the rules of the village? Where is the dignity of the Hokage?" Uchiha Keiji said angrily: "The old party is too selfish, so they ended up in a weird situation! They always think 100% for themselves, but they don't open their eyes to see where there is 100% beauty in this world!"

"You are going to report to the Hokage's office now, and you must take the initiative to explain what just happened!"

Uchiha Kangduan left in embarrassment. Uchiha Keiji walked to the coral tree, staring at the gems inlaid on it, and wondered in his heart whether he should write a letter to remind the clan leader. If he failed to distinguish between public and private, something bad would happen sooner or later.

Not long after, Nara Shikaku came back and asked him to go to the Hokage's office to discuss something. Uchiha Keiji did not dare to neglect him, and hurriedly put on his forehead protector and followed him.

Yeshan liked his ninjas to be neatly dressed, so most of the ninjas in the village abandoned their regular clothes and went out wearing Konoha standard vests all day, resulting in the streets being often green.

"Keiji is here? Sit down quickly, Shikaku will pour you a cup of tea."

Uchiha Keiji sat awkwardly on a chair, facing the Hokage who had a bad look on his face. He did not even look at the poured tea.

"The new policy of the New Rain Country is progressing smoothly. This is the official document sent by Uchiha Fugaku. Take a look."

Uchiha Keiji took the document, took a quick look at it, and said with a smile: "Under the wise leadership of Hokage-sama and the efforts of the people of the New Rain Country, it is inevitable that we have achieved a phased victory. This can be regarded as a slap in the face of the old party!"

Ye Shan smiled faintly and said: "This is the result of everyone's concerted efforts. As the Hokage, I dare not take credit for it sitting in the office every day."

"You can't calculate it that way," Uchiha Keiji said, "If it weren't for the Hokage who overcame all objections and opened the prelude to the new policy and provided the correct direction for the new policy, their efforts would be in vain."

"Okay, okay, I didn't call you here to flatter me. Although the New Rain Country has achieved some success, it faces many problems." Ye Shan handed over another document and frowned, "Look, Fugaku mentioned the problem of the people's ignorance. What do you think?"

Uchiha Keiji looked very carefully this time. He put the document down after a full cup of tea. He didn't say anything, but took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Ye Shan. The two of them smoked in silence.

"Sir," Uchiha Keiji said slowly, thinking in his mind, "Regarding the issue raised by Lord Fugaku, I personally think that it is a bit exaggerated."

"How is that an exaggeration?"

"To be honest, the people of Xinyu do have feudal superstitions and rigid thinking, but it's not to the point of shaking the foundation of the new policy. The people are not fools, they know who is good to them. Those daimyo nobles have been riding on their heads and bullying them for thousands of years, causing a lot of blood and tears. I don't believe that they will follow the nobles blindly until the end."

"You said that all ideas must be tested in practice. At present, the problem of rigid thinking among the people of Xinyu is not obvious, but only a few clues. I think we should raise our heads high and put them down lightly, and focus all our energy on reclaiming wasteland and building new houses to resettle millions of disaster victims and ensure that a situation of feeding back will be formed next year!"

Ye Shan nodded and agreed: "What you said makes sense, and it really hits the nail on the head."

Uchiha Keiji was delighted, but Ye Shan's next words made him nervous again.

"Those who do not plan for the overall situation are not qualified to plan for a specific area. I have also published this sentence in the Journal of the Ninjutsu Research Association. Have you read it?"

"I have seen it. You mentioned it in the last issue of the first quarter journal of the Ninjutsu Research Association. It was intended to warn the village ninjas to have a sense of the overall situation and not always care about the bottles and jars around them." Uchiha Keiji replied, vaguely guessing the intention of the Hokage.

"Glad that you've seen it." Ye Shan stood up, walked to the window and slowly watered a pot of plants. These were potato seedlings that he had specially found and planted in the Hokage's office to remind himself to pay attention to agricultural development. Now, under his care, the plants are growing well.

As for why he planted potatoes, Ye Shan had his own little idea. When the potatoes were ripe, he would go to the Nanhe River to catch some fish and make some grilled fish for a snack.

"The New Rain Country is like this potato seedling. It looks green and lush, and it seems that we will have a good harvest soon." Ye Shan pointed at the potato seedling and said with a smile: "But the fruit is buried in the soil. No one knows how the potato is growing until the day of harvest."

Uchiha Keiji stood up and came behind Ye Shan to look at the potato seedlings. He had seen this plant before, but he only knew today that it was potato... Who would have thought that Ye Shan, the Kage of a village, would grow potatoes in his office?

"I water it and fertilize it every day before work, hoping that it will thrive. To be honest, when my father was seriously ill and dying, I didn't take such good care of him."

"But even so, I can't guarantee that it will bear big fruits in a few months."

Ye Shan put down the kettle, turned around and looked at the Deputy Hokage whom he had promoted, and waved to him to sit down.

Perhaps I have been too busy and neglected the internal problems. Now it is time to loosen up the soil and let it breathe.