Dark Naruto's acting life

A few days passed after receiving compensation from the Land of Lightning.

Calm and calm.

The Land of Lightning seemed to have really swallowed this humiliation and did not take any action.

Naruto knew that this was just an appearance, so he didn't care and just waited quietly for the other party to make a move.

Naruto also took advantage of this time to deal with the internal problems of the Whirlpool Country.

Although he is considered the true overlord of the Whirlpool Country, there are still many people who do not accept him.

The leader among them is the aristocracy of the Whirlpool Country.

After Naruto took control of the Land of Whirlpools, the first thing he did was to order the entire country to be exempted from taxes for one year.

The people were naturally delighted by this and believed that they had welcomed a wise ruler.

But the nobles did gnash their teeth.

Except for a small number of these nobles who are truly capable of making money on their own, most of the others make their money by sucking the fat of the people, or by relying on their status to oppress the people and dominate the market.

Naruto's actions were undoubtedly destroying their jobs.

After all, even if everyone shares a year's tax revenue, it would be a huge sum of money, and no one would not feel bad about it.

As a result, some landlords pretended to obey Naruto's orders, nodding their heads in agreement on the surface, but in fact, they just collected the land under a different name, which was easy for them.

This is still a relatively good situation. After all, Naruto has limited manpower and does not have complete control over the Land of Whirlpools. The rulers of some nearby cities pretend to surrender because of his power.

But the landlords and nobles in cities farther away ignored Naruto's orders.

Until half a month after the Thunder Gods withdrew from the Whirlpool Kingdom, they still did not come to see the new overlord.

They were betting that the newly-coming Uzumaki clan wouldn't dare to do anything to them.

The Whirlpool Country is neither big nor small, but it has a population of millions and more than thirty cities. How is the governance of so many cities and populations maintained?

Of course, it depends on these landlords and nobles.

Their power is complex and their network of relationships is intricate.

Take charge of all the affairs of the Whirlpool Kingdom.

From the running of the country to the daily necessities of life, they have the final say.

What does it matter if your Uzumaki clan is powerful? In the end, it will still be up to them to govern this country.

So, it would be fine if the newcomer is willing to sit down and talk. If not, they will kick you in the back, or even cause riots from time to time, making your people's life miserable and the whole nation against you. What can you, the Uzumaki clan, do?

In the end, newcomers still have to learn to compromise. Once you understand this, the nobles will give you a piece of the cake, and then you can live in peace.

This is the rule that has governed this land for thousands of years.

The city of vortex.

The capital of the whirlpool country.

This is the central hub of the Whirlpool Country and one of the most prosperous cities in the country.

The contemporary daimyo of the Whirlpool Country, a large number of nobles and wealthy businessmen all gathered here.

The Kisarazu clan is the richest clan in the Land of Whirlpools.

They control nearly 30% of the resources and wealth of the Whirlpool Country and are known as the "Golden Family".

That means being rich enough to rival a country.

Today, the patriarch of the Kisarazu family, Ichiro Kisarazu, hosted a banquet for guests.

The luxurious banquet hall was packed with guests.

Bird's nest, shark's fin, abalone and fish belly are just common dishes on the wine table, and aged fine wine can be enjoyed at will.

Dozens of beautiful girls were dancing gracefully in the center of the hall.

The distinguished guests were enjoying drinking fine wine, eating delicious food and appreciating the dancing of beautiful women. It was such a great pleasure.

The incident passed in a flash.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Ichiro Kisarazu, who was in charge of Takatsukura, ordered all the outsiders to leave, leaving only a dozen or so important guests who were invited to the banquet waiting for today's main event to begin.

Kisarazu Ichiro took the lead.

He was an old man with a bald head, wearing a pair of round glasses, and a black kimono with the Kisarazu family's emblem, "Kanzan Tower", tied on the belt around his waist.

This man was of standard build. Although he was nearly seventy years old, he looked quite young, and seemed to be only fifty years old.

He opened his half-closed eyes, a gleam of light emanating from them: "I will not repeat the reason why you are invited here. Please express your opinions on how to treat the new guest from the Whirlpool Country."

An old man with a flat head said, "The Whirlpool Clan, it's great that they can drive away the Thunder Nation, but they seem to be a little too impatient. As soon as they have achieved some success, they presumptuously announced that they will reduce taxes for a year. Ha, forgive me for being blunt, but they either don't take us seriously at all, or they are complete idiots who don't know the rules at all. For people like this, I think we need to make them suffer a little and learn some rules."

Everyone nodded.

Ichiro Kisarazu did not express his opinion.

He said calmly: "Brother Yutuo, do you have any ideas?"

Utazonosuke, the old man with the crew cut, sneered and said, "I think we should let them see our methods. Didn't he want to be exempted from taxes? Then let him be exempted. However, I think the weather has been good in recent years, and the harvests of those peasants are also good. Is it not too much to raise the rent a little?"

Everyone smiled knowingly when they heard this.

They are nobles and landlords. The power represented by this one house of people occupies more than 40% of the land in the Whirlpool Kingdom.

Of course, the land in their hands is not strictly speaking entirely theirs.

Those lands were handed over to the people in the areas they managed for cultivation in the form of contracts.

The people's land output is double the transaction tax, and double the transaction is given to them.

This 20% tax was originally given to the army of the Thunder Country.

But now, the Thunder Nation’s army has fallen, and they are the only ones collecting taxes.

Originally, the tax paid to the Kingdom of Thunder did not need to be paid, as a way of giving an explanation to the Uzumaki clan, but it is not excessive to increase the rent that originally belonged to them, right?

It just increased by 20%, which is the same as before.

But that is not called tax, but rent.

You, Uzumaki Naruto, are tax-exempt, what does that have to do with my land rent?

It is reasonable to do so.

I don't lose a penny and I give you face.

This is called a show of force.

Kisarazu Ichiro smiled slightly but still did not express his opinion.

"Let's not talk about that for now. I really want to know how much you know about the newcomer."

Everyone was silent.

No one has openly looked for Naruto yet.

Some smart people wanted to seek refuge, but due to the pressure from the nobles above, they did not dare to express their opinions immediately, but waited and watched.

The powerful guys present were well aware that a new era had arrived and they needed to take sides, but Naruto's tax exemption policy angered them, so no one expressed their opinion.

It’s not that no one has tried to investigate Naruto’s background, but they all came back empty-handed with nothing gained.

Therefore, no one really knows what kind of person the new overlord of the Whirlpool Country is.

I could only get some information and intelligence about Naruto through indirect means.

But that little bit of superficial information can only be used as a reference and is not of much use.

Seeing everyone silent, Ichiro Kisarazu knew the answer in his heart.

He said calmly, "Everyone, I want to befriend this hero who saved the Whirlpool Country and Water and Fire. Tomorrow, I will send my youngest son to the Whirlpool Village to pay a visit to him. Are you interested in sending someone to go with him?"

"I also plan to send one of my grandsons to visit the Uzushio Village." Uta Cangzhisuke was the first to express his opinion.

Everyone is not stupid and it is easy to guess what Ichiro Kisarazu meant, which is to use courtesy before force, and send someone to test the waters first. If the other party is willing to integrate with them, then it will be a win-win for everyone. If nothing works out, then it cannot be blamed on them.

As a result, everyone expressed their willingness to send people to visit the Uzushio Village.

No one will refuse because it is a good opportunity to get first-hand information.

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