Konoha, the land of the Uchiha clan.

In the snowy courtyard, the old man was sitting alone on the corridor holding a fishing rod, fishing leisurely.

Soon, footsteps were heard in the corridor. The old man turned his head slightly and saw Uchiha Rihuo walking towards him.

"Life after retirement is really comfortable, Elder Sifang."

Li Huo said with a teasing smile.

"I'm old, but I don't want to have to fight with others all day long at this age."

Elder Sifang said.

"But strangely enough, the Hinata family has become much more peaceful recently."

Li Huo touched his chin, seeming to be thinking about something.

"Don't tell me such a thing to an old man."

"I just wanted to give you a reference. It might affect the Uchiha clan."

"A boring question and answer. Why did you come to see me?"

The elders from all directions do not intend to pay attention to the actions of the senior officials, or the actions of the Hyuga family, nor are they interested in understanding them.

More than this, he wanted to know whether the fish he would catch later was fat and whether the maid at home could make it taste satisfactory to him.

"You know Fugaku's child, right?"

Li Huo asked.

"The child I had with that girl named Mikoto? I remember the child was born in June this year."

Elder Sifang recalled this matter carefully.

In June of this year, Uchiha Fugaku's child was born in the hospital. The elders from all directions knew about this.

"Yes, that child's name is Uchiha Itachi."

"Itachi? It's a very good name. And what does this have to do with me?"

"Don't be so cold, elder. Fugaku wants you to wait until his child grows up and accept him as his disciple."

Li Huo said this.

"...My energy is not as good as before, and I have also decided not to pay attention to any external affairs. He is also the leader of the Uchiha clan after all. Can't he teach a child well?"

Elder Sifang's eyes were cold.

He knew exactly what Fugaku meant.

He wanted to use him as a retired old man to increase the weight of the so-called clan leader and intimidate the radical clan members.

It may be a kind of temptation to hope that an old man like him would accept his children as his disciples.

"I'm just conveying his message, there's no need to be angry with me, right?"

Li Huo scratched his head helplessly.

"You have only been the leader of the clan for a few months and you dare to come and test my limits... Instead of wasting your energy on such boring tricks, it is better to focus on how to unify the voices within the clan."

When he first unified the voice of the radical faction within the clan, it took him several years to build up enough prestige, rather than being achieved in one fell swoop.

Fugaku has only been the clan leader for half a year, but he is so eager to complete a career that surpasses his predecessors. Elder Sifang understands Fugaku's mentality. The less he gets, the more he wants to prove to others that he has these powers. This kind of immaturity

His stubbornness is not a good thing for this clan.

"Then should I reply to him like this?"

"Let him perform well on the battlefield and stop thinking about messy things."

There was a deep look of disappointment on the square face, but he still gave this suggestion.

Although he didn't have high expectations for the Uchiha clan in the village, he didn't expect that less than half a year had passed before Fugaku couldn't bear the pressure brought on him by the radicals and secretly asked him for help.

I want to be cold-blooded and iron-faced towards my clansmen, but I can never harden my heart. I want to be tolerant of everything to my clansmen, but I am always dissatisfied with the militant ideas of the radicals, refuse to communicate with them, and reject them blindly.

He only hoped that through this war, Fugaku would mature and stop looking at the clan with such immature thinking.

However, the four elders also know that this kind of thing is difficult. The negative power of Sharingan affects people's thinking and personality. Pessimists can only see pessimism in their eyes. Fugaku is just one of the victims.

"I know. I will make it clear to him."

Li Huo nodded.

He was only acting as a microphone. Seeing that the elders from all directions were in a bad mood, he resigned and left.

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In the cold winter, you can still feel the warm sunshine shining from the sky.

Although people in the Ghost Country live a richer life than before, everyone is still used to storing a lot of food at home to survive the cold winter.

In this era when the labor force has not been liberated in large quantities, whether it is the people in war zones or the people in peaceful countries, the lifestyle can be described as poor. Of course, the life of people in countries at war will be even more miserable.

Before the New Year Festival, Shiraishi, who had nothing to do, once again led people to explore the rural areas of the Kingdom of Ghosts.

The main roads between towns in the Kingdom of Ghosts have been completed with smooth road construction. Even if the construction of these roads requires passing through forests and mountains, professional ninjas have opened them up. The roads leading to rural areas are also proceeding in an orderly manner.

Some places are really remote and difficult to build, but considering the development plan for the next few years, this is also necessary.

Shiraishi does not expect to change the way of life of the people of this country at once. Even if there are special professions such as ninjas with a lot of productivity, it is impossible to completely change the way of life and life of a country in just one year.

level.

Otherwise, areas like the Kingdom of Winds would have been able to use water escape techniques to build lakes long ago. The Kingdom of Winds would not regard water sources as so important and would import them from foreign countries every year, spending a large amount of money.

Ninjutsu is time-sensitive, and so is the water flow created by Water Release. When the chakra in the water flow disappears, the water flow will naturally disappear, and the resulting lake will also disappear. It can solve the urgent need, but such a large amount of water in the Kingdom of Wind

Population cannot be used just right to use water escape to solve urgent needs every time.

For the same reason, the same is true for earth escape, thunder escape and other escape techniques. However, there are also special escape techniques that can be maintained. For example, wood escape.

Therefore, if a Earth Release ninja does not learn professional road construction knowledge, the road he creates will only last for a period of time and then collapse immediately. The ninjutsu of the ninja only speeds up the process, rather than getting it right in one step. Just use any ninjutsu

, it can be solved once and for all. Otherwise, the existence of civilians really has little meaning.

However, as long as the ninjas are instilled with the corresponding construction knowledge, it will not be a problem for them to be able to fight one against a hundred in the construction industry. Some special personnel can be able to fight against one against a thousand, such as Liuli when opening the necessities.

When Sanenghu moved building materials, Ayane used divine air strikes to demolish old buildings, which could save a lot of manpower and material resources, and the consumption of funds would also be relatively reduced.

Make rational use of every resource at hand, and neither underestimate the convenience brought by ninjutsu nor ignore the sense of honor for ordinary people to participate in labor. This is what Shiraishi requires.

The great era will come, not created by individuals, but by the entire human collective. Human history is created by the human collective, not by one individual. In this world, people without organization can't do anything.

This is human beings. They don’t want to cater to organizations, but they must rely on the power of organizations to survive in this world.

After inspecting these remote rural areas, Shiraishi is generally quite satisfied. Although the work in some places is not perfect, the serious work attitude of his subordinates should be rewarded in time, rather than blindly dampening their enthusiasm.

After all, the New Year is coming soon. No matter how enthusiastic you are about your work, you will miss your parents, children, and your wife at home. This is human nature.

Some employees temporarily left home to reunite with their relatives, causing the project to be slow, but as long as it can be completed by the beginning of next spring, Shiraishi can't blame him for anything.

It took nearly half a month to inspect these places, and all of them were inspected, but some areas were randomly selected for work inspection.

Although he is willing to believe that the people under his command will not gradually forget the original intention because of their rich life, this trust is not an obligation that must be indulged in the first place. Shiraishi has always believed that those who do not practice it personally do not have the right to speak.

It's about taking responsibility for yourself.

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It snows at this time of year.

The stove in the room was burning, and there were dew on the windows.

After returning from the inspection mission, it was already dusk. Shiraishi sat in the entrance hall and began to take off his shoes.

"It's a little early to come back this time."

Liuli, wearing home clothes, appeared behind Baishi and said these words.

In the past, when Shiraishi went out for inspection work, it would take at least a month.

Shiraishi took off his shoes while changing his home, turning his head slightly and smiling: "Because we don't patrol every place, we just randomly select a few places as key investigation targets, which is of course faster than usual patrols."

Shiraishi noticed that there were missing slippers on the shoe cabinet and asked in confusion: "Is anyone here?"

"Huh, you'll know just by looking at it."

Liuli snorted lightly, turned around and walked in.

Shiraishi didn't pay attention. He came to the living room and found that someone was indeed coming.

And they are not strangers. Ruri's mother, Miyoko Uchiha, and Ayane are sitting there talking about something. Judging from the atmosphere of the conversation, they should be getting along pretty well.

Liuli also sat opposite them, picked up a teacup, and drank tea quietly.

Turn on the lights in the living room, filling the room with a bright and clean atmosphere.

"Xiao Baishi is back."

Miyoko smiled and greeted Shiraishi.

"Yes."
To be continued...