Hashirama Reborn

As soon as they returned to the tribe, the two brothers hurried to the meeting hall. Thousand-Handed Buddha and the elders, who had been notified long ago, had been waiting for a long time, their eyes full of anticipation and curiosity.

Tobirama first placed the remaining two baskets of watermelons in a corner of the conference room, then carefully took out several storage scrolls from his arms and unfolded them one by one. With the sound of bangs, a puff of smoke dissipated, and more than thirty metal utensils appeared neatly in front of everyone.

Several elders gathered around excitedly, and the chief elder asked tremblingly: Are these all fuel oil? Hashirama nodded carefully, and the chief elder immediately smiled with wrinkles on his face: Good, good! Then he turned around and asked: Buddha, is there any news from Amin?

A satisfied smile appeared on Thousand-Armed Buddha's face. He nodded and replied: According to the time, I should be able to meet the Daimyo tomorrow.

Haha, the elder laughed a few times, his cloudy eyes were frighteningly bright at this moment: Good, good! When the daimyo gets the oil well, he will definitely show some appreciation to the Senju clan for contributing intelligence, and we will definitely get more tasks and rewards in the future!

The Senju will definitely become the strongest ninja clan in the Land of Fire in the future!

Haha, Uchiha is nothing, Senju is the strongest!

The elders' joy and anticipation were beyond words, but Hashirama hung his head and said nothing. The future he hoped for did not require any tasks bequeathed by the daimyo, so naturally he was not happy at all.

The future he wanted was a peaceful world, a world where everyone could live in peace, have enough food and drink, no war and hatred, no oppression and slavery. To achieve this goal, he was doomed to have a hostile relationship with the aristocratic forces represented by the daimyo.

Hashirama lowered his eyes to look at the metal vessel on the ground, his mind full of thoughts. The existence of the oil well would bring huge benefits to the Daimyo and the Land of Fire, but it might also intensify the fights and conflicts between countries. In order for the Senju to not be held accountable by the Land of Rain and to be able to develop smoothly, he could only think of this solution.

I just hope that these resources can be used for peaceful causes instead of becoming the fuse of war.

Although Hashirama had a lot of thoughts in his mind, the atmosphere in the conference room was unusually high. Tobirama looked at his brother who had been keeping his head down and saying nothing, frowned, and pushed two baskets of watermelons from the corner and placed them in front of Hashirama. The third elder took the time to look over and asked curiously: Tobirama, what is this?

Tobirama opened the lid of one of the baskets, took out a round watermelon and put it in his brother's hand, while calmly answering: It's a watermelon.

Everyone was stunned. The third elder murmured: "Watermelon?" Seeing his father and the elders who usually had serious faces now looking confused, Tobirama tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth that were raised, and kept repeating in his heart, "Don't laugh, be calm!"

Cough

Tobirama deliberately coughed twice to bring everyone back to their senses, and explained loudly: This happened after I wrote the letter to my father, so I didn't have time to report it in the letter. My brother accidentally discovered that his Wood Release could promote the growth of plants. These watermelons were grown by my brother using watermelon seeds. We will have watermelons to eat in the future.

Thousand-Handed Buddha: ...

Elders: …

Tobirama continued: Not only that, we also met Mizunoe's people on the way back. Senju Butsuma frowned: Mizunoe, they are the ninja clan responsible for protecting Fujita, Tobirama, tell us everything that happened.

Tobirama nodded and recounted what happened in the Land of Rain, omitting the Uchiha version and telling the whole story, focusing on describing the negotiation process between Hashirama and the Mizunoe clan… That's it, after communication with his brother, the Mizunoe clan is likely to reach a cooperation with us and trade our medicines and watermelons with the aquatic products of the Land of Water.

……

The pros and cons of cooperating with Mizunotsuki flashed through everyone's minds, and they all fell into deep thought. After a while, the third elder suddenly spoke up: Only use seafood? The seafood supplied by the Uzumaki clan is enough for the clan to eat, and Mizunotsuki's seafood is not of much use to the Senju.

The second elder who was in charge of the transaction retorted: How can it be useless? Even if we have enough to eat, we can sell it to others. Don't forget, there are puppeteers. Besides, the Water Kingdom is so big, the variety and quantity of aquatic products are definitely incomparable to that of Whirlpool. I think we can't miss this opportunity.

The fourth elder also nodded with a smile: Not only that, if we cooperate with Mizunotsuki, with their ice escape technique, there will definitely be no problem with the quality of the seafood. There are always broken parts in the things sent by Uzumaki. Although we know that the journey is long and this kind of thing is inevitable during transportation, there is no need for us to refuse if there is a better option.

The third elder said hesitantly: If we do this, will Uzumaki have any objections? We have been cooperating with Uzumaki for so many years, and suddenly it’s Mizunotsuki who’s the one who’s here. This…

The second elder said dissatisfiedly: It is because we are relatives that every time Xuanwo sent us seafood, even if some were bad, we didn't say much and paid the original price. I never saw Xuanwo being polite to us.

Now that Senju has a better option, of course he must seize it. I think that if we can reach a deal with Mizunotsuki, we won't need Uzumaki's aquatic products in the future.

The third elder said hurriedly: No, doing so will hurt Uzumaki's feelings. We have been relatives for so many years, we cannot ignore Uzumaki's opinion!

The fourth elder said coldly: "It's just another trading channel. If it's suitable, we can cooperate. If it's not suitable, we can give up. Besides, what does the affairs of our Senju clan have to do with the Uzumaki clan? Why should we consider their opinions? Did they consider our opinions when they asked us to help without paying?"

The Third Elder's expression froze, obviously choked by the Fourth Elder's words. The atmosphere on the scene was extremely stiff for a moment. The First Elder coughed and interrupted casually: And the puppeteers, they will definitely be interested in fruits and seafood. Don't forget to ask them. If necessary, we can send them together with the herbs. The price is negotiable.

The second elder smiled and nodded in agreement. Ever since the deal was made with the puppeteer, the tribe had gained a large amount of extra income, allowing the tribe members to spend a rare relaxing and affluent winter. He was now paying special attention to the deal, and was naturally very happy to get the support of the first elder.

Senju Butsuma saw everything that was happening in front of him, his eyes lowered, the corners of his mouth raised in satisfaction. He suddenly spoke, breaking the slightly stiff atmosphere: Okay, Hashirama, Tobirama, you have completed this mission very well, go back and rest first.

Yes, father.

After bowing to Senju Buddha and the elders, the two brothers hurriedly left the meeting room filled with awkward atmosphere.