Chapter 51 Ye Shan's Advice

Before the banquet began, Uchiha Fugaku, as the host, first expressed his gratitude to Yeshan for joining on behalf of the Uchiha clan, and then the atmosphere became lively with everyone's greetings.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Uchiha Fugaku clapped his hands, and servants immediately filed in and placed the dishes that had been prepared long ago on the table. The Uchiha clan was a powerful clan in the ninja world with a long history and its own etiquette for entertaining guests, which made Ye Shan feel restrained.

"Yeshan, there's no need to be restrained. The Uchiha clan doesn't have so many red tape. Just eat and drink to your heart's content. Come on, try this lobster sashimi." Uchiha Fugaku seemed to see Yeshan's restraint. He stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of food for Yeshan and said enthusiastically.

Ye Shan slowly put the lobster meat into his mouth, feeling the taste of mustard and the tender shrimp meat colliding in his mouth, raised his eyebrows, and said: "Young Patriarch..."

"Just call me Fugaku. There's no such thing as young clan leader or not. Everyone here today is my friend!"

Ye Shan showed an embarrassment, and seeing Uchiha Fugaku's firm attitude, he said: "Master Fugaku, where did you catch this lobster? It's really delicious."

Uchiha Fugaku laughed, pointed at a ninja sitting next to Ye Shan and said: "Ask our chief supervisor, he will definitely know."

The ninja who was named was about thirty years old, and he had an unusually strong murderous aura. He smiled at Ye Shan in a friendly manner and said, "Ye Shan, you don't know, this is not an ordinary lobster, but a summoned beast of the Mist Ninja. After I captured it, it became a delicious dish on the table."

"Excuse me, who are you?" Ye Shan did not dare to be negligent and asked politely.

"Hey, no need to be so polite, my name is Uchiha Keiji, just call me Keiji."

How could Ye Shan dare to call him by his name? In the end, the two of them argued for a while, and Ye Shan stopped talking after calling the other party "Brother Keiji".

After they had eaten half full, servants brought in some wine and the atmosphere of the banquet immediately reached its peak. For a moment, everyone was toasting each other and it was very lively.

The banquet did not end until about ten o'clock. After saying goodbye to everyone one by one, Yeshan and Yamashiro Tatsu walked out of the Uchiha clan territory and headed towards their respective residences.

When he returned home, Ye Shan found that there was a thick layer of dust on the floor. In desperation, he had to simply tidy up a place for himself to sleep despite being drunk. Then he lay comfortably on the bed, thinking about how to play his role.

Judging from today's banquet, the Uchiha clan has a very deep foundation. Every ninja participating in the banquet is a powerful jonin. According to Ye Shan's speculation, they are probably all truly powerful people who have opened the three magatama. In terms of force, Ye Shan really can't help the Uchiha clan. He still has this self-knowledge.

Since he had decided to choose the Uchiha clan as his backing, Ye Shan naturally wanted to give full play to his own value. If force didn't work, he would start with intelligence. Ye Shan believed that with the political literacy he had accumulated in his previous life, he would soon find the shortcomings of the Uchiha clan and put forward effective suggestions.

Thinking of this, Ye Shan could no longer control his slightly tipsy brain and fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, Ye Shan came over early and patted his swollen head gently. Ye Shan secretly decided in his heart that he should not drink alcohol casually in the future. After all, drinking can easily cause trouble.

After a simple wash, Ye Shan put on his casual clothes and went out to the hospital to visit his mother.

After careful calculation, Ye Shan had not visited his mother for two years, and he could not help but feel even more hatred towards the higher-ups. Along the way, the ninjas that Ye Shan met were like blind people, ignoring him, which made Ye Shan's face full of frost.

When Ye Shan saw his mother in the ward, tears welled up in his eyes, but he forced himself to hold them back and choked up as he cried out, "Mother..."

When Ye's mother saw her son coming back from the battlefield, a strange blush appeared on her pale face. She was about to speak, but she was choked by the phlegm in her throat and started coughing. Ye Shan hurried forward and gently patted his mother's back.

It took a long time for Ye's mother to recover. She took Ye Shan's hand and looked him over inside and out. After making sure that he was not seriously injured, tears began to flow.

"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back. Ye Shan, let's not be ninjas anymore, let's open a shop in the village. I've prepared the storefront for you, and we won't go out and fight anymore."

Ye Shan's nose was sore, but he didn't agree. Now he was standing on the edge of the cliff. He had to do it even if he didn't want to. It was not up to him. Even if he wanted to be an ordinary person, he couldn't. He had to make a name for himself in the village in order to live a stable life.

When Ye's mother saw that her son didn't say anything, she knew that he had made up his mind. She seemed to have lost all her strength and collapsed on the bed, muttering, "You can't beat them, you can't beat them..."

Obviously, Ye's mother, who was lying in the hospital, had heard some news, otherwise she would not be so disheartened. Ye Shan gritted his teeth secretly, thinking that his mother must have been treated unfairly, otherwise how could she be so thin as a mummy.

At this moment, as a son, Ye Shan wanted to grab his weapon and charge into the Hokage Building, like Sun Wukong, who made a big fuss in Konoha. But the actual situation did not allow him to do so, unless he did not want to live.

"Mother, I will arrange for you to be transferred to another hospital in a few days. You won't live here anymore!"

Ye Shan made up his mind and decided to arrange for his mother to recuperate in the Uchiha clan's exclusive hospital. He really didn't want to believe in the moral bottom line of Sarutobi Hiruzen and his gang. The bloody example of the Senju clan was there.

Ye's mother didn't want to say a word to Ye Shan. She just lay on the hospital bed with lifeless eyes, muttering the name of Ye Shan's father like a walking corpse.

In the next few days, Ye Shan accompanied his mother in the hospital in the morning. When she finished lunch and was ready to rest, he went to the street and watched carefully how the Uchiha clan ninjas enforced the law.

The Konoha Guard, formed by the Uchiha clan, has enormous power in the village. Everything from enemy infiltration and invasion to illegal vendors occupying the road are under the jurisdiction of the Konoha Guard.

To be honest, the Konoha high-level officials arranged the work for the Uchiha clan with evil intentions. Over the years, the civilians in the entire village were very resentful of the Uchiha law enforcers and had a vague hostility towards them.

Ye Shan knew what was going on at a glance. After all, who likes urban management?

After six days, Ye Shan came up with a plan in his mind. One afternoon, he visited Uchiha Fugaku, intending to demonstrate his value.

After a brief greeting, Yeshan and Uchiha Fugaku sat down in the study.

"Yayama, how is your aunt's health?" Uchiha Fugaku asked while casually flipping through a letter.

"not too good."

Uchiha Fugaku put down the letter in his hand, sat up straight, and said solemnly: "What's going on? The doctors in Konoha Hospital are not good enough?"

Ye Shan smiled bitterly and said nothing, but Uchiha Fugaku had already guessed the reason and shouted out the window forcefully: "Xie Ya, take Ye Shan's mother to Uchiha Hospital and arrange the best ward and the best doctor. Remember, the best."

After a dull "yes" came from outside the window, it fell into silence, and Ye Shan felt a little moved that a man would die for his friend.

"Lord Fugaku..."

"Call me Fugaku!"

Ye Shan touched his head helplessly and continued: "Fugaku, I came to visit you today and want to make some suggestions for our Uchiha clan."

Uchiha Fugaku, who had expected this, showed no emotion on his face. He nodded slightly to signal Yeshan to continue.

"The current dilemma of the family is that we have no decision-making power in the village. I don't think this is the most acute contradiction!"

Uchiha Fugaku frowned and asked in confusion: "What is the most acute contradiction?"

Ye Shan narrowed his eyes and said calmly, "Reputation."

"reputation??"

"Yes, it's the reputation of the Uchiha clan in the village!"

After a pause, seeing that the other party did not refute, Ye Shan narrowed his eyes and continued speaking.

"I think the current Uchiha clan has little hope of returning to the top, and can only pin their hopes on the Fourth Hokage. But Sarutobi Hiruzen is very popular and will not abdicate in the short term, so the Uchiha clan's top priority is to establish their own reputation and prepare for the next transfer of power."

"But the Uchiha clan's reputation has already spread throughout the ninja world. Why do we still need to establish a reputation?"

Ye Shan shook his head and said, "What the Uchiha clan needs is not a reputation for military strength, but a reputation for being close to the people and loving the people!"

Uchiha Fugaku was stunned. He was taught since childhood that the strong are respected, and he didn't understand why Ye Shan wanted to please the common people who were like ants.

Seeing this, Ye Shan narrowed his eyes, smiled slightly, and told him all his suggestions.

The suggestion is roughly divided into three steps, and each step is designed so seamlessly that it is enough for the Uchiha clan to gain a lot of praise.

The first step is to recruit the hooligans in the village to form the non-staff of the security department, responsible for managing the illegal vendors in the village. According to Ye Shan, it is to divert the conflict, turning the conflict between the civilians and the Uchiha clan law enforcers into a conflict between the civilians and the hooligans, and the Uchiha law enforcers will punish the hooligans who act rudely in public at the appropriate time, and establish a people-friendly image.

The second step is to establish the Fire Country Daily, which will be published for free for the first three months, and then only the cost will be charged. The content of the newspaper includes both military and national affairs, as well as anecdotes about public figures. Most importantly, in the corner of each issue of the newspaper, the people-friendly actions of the Uchiha clan ninjas will be published to control the direction of public opinion.

The third step was even simpler and more rude. They directly spent a huge amount of money to issue coupons for fruits, vegetables, grains and other daily necessities, and built a department store outside the Uchiha clan territory, promising that all civilians holding Uchiha coupons could buy goods in the department store without restrictions. This established an image of loving the people.

Uchiha Fugaku was stunned for a long time after hearing Ye Shan's suggestion. He had never thought that political tactics could be used in this way. It felt like the door to a new world had been opened.

Looking at the darkening sky outside the window, Uchiha Fugaku, who was still reluctant to leave, kindly invited Yeshan to stay for dinner. At the same time, he sent someone to call back his father, the clan leader who was busy outside, wanting to discuss in detail the future development of the Uchiha clan.

In the study, Uchiha Fugaku held Ye Shan's arm affectionately and praised his wit repeatedly. Looking at Ye Shan with narrowed eyes, Uchiha Fugaku felt deeply that he had picked up a treasure this time.