On the application of plant zombies in the world of Naruto

After school, Kyojuro said goodbye to his clingy friends and came to the open space in the west with his schoolbag.

The Sixth Elder has transplanted the pea seedlings that were originally in the pots to this land.

Common peas were also planted next to it.

Kyojuro put down his schoolbag, squatted beside the pea seedlings, and asked curiously,

"Master, if the two kinds of peas are planted so close together, won't the beans they produce be affected?"

In his previous life, he had heard that if two flowers of different colors were planted close together, it was possible that new colors of flowers would grow.

It is said to be called something... hybrid?

The Sixth Elder also squatted down, casually opened a common pea flower, and pointed it to Kyojuro.

"While the flowers are still closed, the peas have already formed pods, and there are tiny seeds inside the pods, so the peas bloom only after the seeds are formed."

(Closed-flower pollination should be familiar to everyone)

Kyojuro understood. "So even if different kinds of peas are planted next to them, the seeds they produce will still retain their own appearance and will not be affected."

"But, Master, why do you grow two kinds of peas?"

The Sixth Elder took out a tape measure from his sleeve and handed it to Kyojuro.

"For comparison, we planted them together with ordinary peas, which made it easier for us to observe what is so special about the special peas."

He asked Kyojuro to measure the two kinds of peas.

"If you look closely, the height of the special peas and the diameter of their stems are taller and thicker than those of ordinary peas."

“When I transplanted the special peas, their roots grew thicker than those of the regular peas.”

He asked Kyojuro to pinch the tip of the pea seedling.

"Pea tips and pea leaves can actually be eaten as vegetables, but the tips of the stems of special peas are also very hard, so their pea tips cannot be eaten as vegetables."

The Sixth Elder gave a subtle advice to his disciple who was recently troubled by the Fire Escape Technique.

"Whether it's ordinary peas or special peas, their quality is relative. When we want to get peas to make pea flour, special peas are better, but when we want to use pea tips as vegetables to eat, ordinary peas are better."

There is no absolute good or absolute bad.

Kyojuro realized that it was his master who was comforting him, and he plopped down on Boyan's legs like a small rice cake.

The raised face was full of admiration, "Thank you, Master! Master is the best!"

The Sixth Elder touched Kyojuro's head, barely suppressed the upturned corners of his mouth, looked around with pride in his eyes, and showed off to his subordinates in a subtle way.

"See? My apprentice still likes me the most."

A large Uchiha who was in charge of guarding the open space deliberately came over to ask Kyojuro.

"Kyojuro doesn't like your uncle?"

He just had a daughter and now is the time when he enjoys playing with the child.

"I like uncle."

Kyojuro counted his fingers seriously.

"Uncle comes here every day and does his job conscientiously. He waters the plants in the morning, puts up the awning when the sun is high, and replaces it with the rain awning when it rains."

These are what the plants that were well cared for in the fields told him.

Including but not limited to,

"The handsome guy's technique is so comfortable~"

"More, more, more, more~"

"Let the sunlight be stronger! I need stronger sunlight! No! I can't do it! The sunlight is no match for his eyes!"

Even the two cherry trees he planted wanted to have a cross-species love affair with the great Uchiha.

The Great Uchiha was a little strange, because when he did these things, it was usually in the morning or at noon, and Kyojuro was not there.

Immediately, he thought of a possibility.

Could it be that Wood Release can extract information directly from plants?

He looked at the Sixth Elder, who shook his head at him, saying that none of the Wood Release abilities previously recorded in the clan had this ability, and that it should be an ability unique to Kyojuro.

The best news in the world is that the enemy doesn't have it, but we do.

Not knowing the hidden communication between the adults, Kyojuro finally concluded,

"Although I like my uncle, my favorite is still my master."

The Sixth Elder became even more arrogant.

The big Uchiha spread his hands begging for mercy.

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Autumn came in a blink of an eye, and it was time to collect agricultural taxes.

The agricultural tax officer sat at the gate of the government office in a nearby town, waiting with his guards for the nearby villages to deliver the grain that was due to be paid.

He drank tea and took a bite of the golden recipe sent by the teahouse, thinking in his mind,

The harvest this year is not good, but the daimyo did not lower the tax rate, so it is not known whether the tax can be collected smoothly.

If those unruly people are unwilling to hand over the grain, he will have to use some special means.

The golden squares from Uchiha’s shop are the best. The golden squares from other shops always seem to lack a hint of sweetness.

But people from several nearby villages had already arrived early with food pushed over in wheelbarrows.

The agricultural tax officer was a little surprised when he saw his subordinates weighing the bags one by one.

This year, I paid the agricultural tax in full without any effort?

He didn't look embarrassed.

Although the agricultural tax officer was somewhat puzzled, he simply thought that these villagers did not want to be beaten.

As long as the food is collected, the rest has nothing to do with him.

……

Half a month later, the agricultural taxes collected from all over the country had been counted and moved into the granary.

The Fire Country Daimyo looked at the summary presented and angrily asked the Fire Country Daimyo who was answering in the palace,

"Only a few villages and towns in the west have paid their share of agricultural taxes."

"Since there are people who can pay it all, why can't other places pay it all?"

What I mean is, you'd better explain it to me clearly, otherwise you will have to fill in the missing part.

The Minister of Civil Affairs (roughly equivalent to the Minister of Revenue, in charge of taxation, household registration, etc.), who had been demoted a few years ago, replied respectfully, but the content of his reply was secretly sarcastic, trying to flatter the Uchiha in front of the daimyo.

"Your Majesty, there are Uchiha in charge in the west. They seem to have come up with something new and are distributing food to the farmers. That's why the farmers are so happy to hand over the food they grow."

In the eyes of those unruly people, Uchiha is more useful than you.

Daimyo raised his eyebrows. He could hear the provocation from Huo Zhifang, but he didn't want to follow the old man's wishes and be used as a tool by him.

In his opinion, the Fire Clan, who sent their daughter to the palace and gave birth to his eldest son, was more of a threat.

As for the Uchiha, they are just ninjas, and I don’t think they would dare to offend the Emperor.

He seemed to be exaggerating when he said, "The Uchiha family's new things are getting bigger and bigger."

He had previously overlooked the fact that this family was no longer entirely made up of ninjas, and had also started doing business.

Then it's time to collect the commercial tax.

"You step back and go get Tachibana."

Huo Zhifang bowed with satisfaction and left the hall.

Although he failed to directly make the daimyo dissatisfied with the Uchiha, he was able to directly cause the Uchiha to lose a considerable amount of money, which was also a way to vent his family's anger.

The damn Uchiha actually dared to use tricks in the officialdom, so don't blame him for an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

……

Tachibana, who was summoned by the palace servants, walked into the palace.

Before he came, he was still wondering why the daimyo suddenly wanted to find him, the minister of civil affairs who was in charge of commercial taxes, as he had been busy with the fire party in charge of agricultural taxes recently?

The high and mighty Daimyo stated his request.

To put it simply, he wants the Uchiha family to pay commercial taxes.

Ju Jie felt bitter, but he couldn't say it.

He could only act like a young man full of energy and grateful for the daimyo's appreciation, and shouted back,

"I accept your order."

When he got home, the fake smile on his face suddenly shattered.

"Ugh!!!"

He pulled his hair in worry.

Isn't this just going directly to the Uchiha family to rob money!

Great name!!!!

You really know how to ask difficult questions!!!

Does this cost money?

This is fatal!!!

"If Daimyo wants to kill me, can he be more direct? I will certainly surrender!"

By the end, even the fifty-year-old Tachibana began to cry.

The master who had been advising him gave him an idea.

"Why don't you hire the Thousand Hands, sir?"

“Even if Uchiha really disregards etiquette and dares to draw his knife towards you, we have the Thousand Hands to protect you.

As far as I know, the Wood Release User of the Senju family has already appeared in front of people."

Great idea!!

"Go and invite Chief Qianshou to come over for a chat!"

(Please substitute the words of the Jade Emperor in Journey to the West: Go and invite the Buddha from the West!)

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The Uchiha family didn't know that they were about to hand over a large sum of money.

However, once this tax is paid, it is equivalent to the official recognition that the Uchiha are businessmen rather than ninjas.

I don’t know whether this change is good or bad.

They were looking at the new tool Haoyi had taken out.

It is a tool made from discarded iron tools that can rotate and squeeze walnuts to extract oil.

A big Uchiha curiously asked Haoyi about the principle of this thing.

His companions immediately had the foresight to cover their ears.

Haoyi began to talk eloquently about the principles and operating steps of this.

"I named it the screw oil press, which is mainly composed of an oil pressing tank, a feed port, a screw rod and gears."

"The oil pressing tank is the most important part of this tool. It consists of a main shaft and a cylinder. When we rotate the handle, the main shaft will be pushed forward continuously to push the billet forward, and the crude oil will be squeezed out under the dynamic extrusion effect."

"And this spindle is much more sophisticated, including the depth and pitch of the thread, they are getting smaller little by little, just to accommodate..."

The Uchiha who asked the question began to regret why he asked this unnecessary question?

He wanted to escape, but he couldn't.

……

After Haoyi's explanation, which no one except the weapons department could understand, everyone understood one thing: this screw oil press is very useful.

The handle can be driven by an ordinary animal to advance the thread.

Seeing that Haoyi was about to start explaining again, everyone began to applaud enthusiastically.

"As expected of Hao Yi!"

“What a genius idea!”

“After pressing the oil, you can use the animals or livestock!”

"Genius, genius!"

"Hahahahahaha!"

"You guys still need to try out this tool with the Sixth Elder, so we won't bother you anymore. We're leaving now! Bye!"

With such a convenient machine, the output of walnut oil from the three walnuts (nut wall) that Kyojuro summons every month is about 75 kilograms.

But scarcity makes things valuable, so the Uchiha family always sells them out in small bottles.

Walnut oil has to be supplied to the palace first, and we only have these left. The adults in the city all want it, and we really have no choice. After all, we can't fool you with defective products. I'm really sorry, if you still want it, please come earlier next time, we really don't have any left this time - this set of sincere but a little embarrassing sales talk.

So in fact, at most 30 kilograms of oil can be sold per month.

The excess oil was kept for their own use and never sold outside. This was to prevent the price of walnut oil from falling due to the increase in the number of products, and to prevent them from being unable to provide the tribute if the daimyo suddenly asked for an increase in the amount of tribute.

When there is too much oil left in the tribe’s territory, we must find a way to consume it, otherwise it would be a pity if the oil goes bad.

Mrs. Mikiko was the first person to develop the recipe.

She removed the shrimp heads and skins from the shrimps she had caught from the river, opened their backs to remove the shrimp threads, and then used a knife to gently cut a few small cuts in the shrimps’ abdomens. She then spread the shrimps out from their backs and flattened them. She then coated the shrimps in flour, shaking off any excess flour and trying to keep the flour only as thin a layer as possible on the shrimps.

Then use egg yolk, well water and flour, stir gently to make a thin batter.

Walnut oil itself is very fragrant, and after being heated, the overbearing aroma instantly filled the entire yard. The few little Uchiha who were originally playing in the yard were now lying on the edge of the kitchen window, watching Mrs. Mikiko prepare delicious food.

suck-

When the oil is heated to the point where the batter begins to bloom, it means the oil temperature is high enough.

Mrs. Mikiko pinched the shrimp tails, coated the floured shrimp with a layer of batter, and then slowly put the shrimp into the oil pan.

"Jin, isn't your mother afraid of the heat?"

Uchiha Xue was in awe. When she was learning to cook miso soup at home, she felt very hot when she was splashed by boiling water. But Mrs. Mikiko actually approached such a hot oil pan with her bare hands.

“My mom is amazing!”

Don’t fry the shrimp for too long. It’s ready when the batter is golden and crispy.

If you fry it for too long, the batter will turn black and bitter.

Similarly, this method can also be used to fry wild vegetables and fish.

"Okay, come and try it!"

“Thank you Aunt Mikiko!” “Mikiko is the best!!” “I love you, Mom!!”

click-

!

"Five ants!!!!"

What a taste!

So crispy!

It has a crispy texture, but it doesn’t feel hard at all!

Click click click click——

For a moment, the only sounds in the yard were those of a few children eating their fill.

……

In a cave not far from the Uchiha clan's territory, a guy poked his head out of the cave and sniffed.

what?

So fragrant.

(What is made here is Japanese tempura that often appears in anime. I checked the information and found that tempura was first published in "Shidoki" in 1669. The background of the Warring States Period in Naruto should be taken from the Japanese Warring States Period, which is from 1467 to 1600 or 1615, so it can be assumed that there is no tempura in the Warring States Period in Naruto. After all, in an era when even oil was scarce, no one would be so extravagant as to eat fried food.)