Although the peace agreement between the Land of Rivers battlefield and the Hidden Sand Village has not yet been signed, the village is already promoting this good news.
The pressure of the war from some time ago had shrouded the entire village in shadows, and this victory against the Hidden Sand Village can finally make Konoha proud.
A while ago, we defeated the Hidden Cloud Ninja. Even though afterwards the Hidden Cloud Ninja attempted to steal and failed to defeat the Two-tailed beast, shifting the blame onto Konoha, the defeat documents weren't signed. Nonetheless, the Hidden Cloud Ninja did not send ninjas to occupy the Land of Hot Water.
Thus, the Land of Hot Water serves as a point of reconciliation between Konoha and the Hidden Cloud Ninja. Since then, the Hidden Cloud has also sent people to communicate, wanting them to sign the defeat documents and return the Two-tailed beast.
But the upper echelons of Konoha couldn't accomplish such a task, so they delayed it.
Although the Hidden Cloud is defeated, nominally, they don't acknowledge it. Without defeat documents, they can start a war again at any time, though they haven't stationed any forces in the Land of Hot Water for now.
This time the Hidden Sand Ninja really intends to admit defeat. However, they don't want to acknowledge it formally, so they proposed a change of topic, to sign a peace agreement, implying that neither side lost, but they want peace and no longer wish to continue the war.
As for the contents of the peace agreement, such as task delegation and resource proportion in the Land of Rivers, negotiations are required; however, the Hidden Sand Ninja may end up gaining nothing, as they lost in this war, and losers get nothing.
Konoha Security Team.
Over the past two months, their public image within Konoha has been completely renewed, giving everyone a refreshing feeling.
The authority is just as imposing as before, and they carry out law enforcement relentlessly, leaving no room for plea; however, the style and process of the team's law enforcement have completely changed, and law enforcement regulations have been made public to everyone in Konoha.
Uchiha Yoichi couldn't bear dealing with so many tedious tasks every day, so after becoming the Security Team Captain, he called a meeting of the team's captains to discuss.
They formulated detailed penalty regulations, clearly defining, for example, spitting disorderly incurs a first warning, a second instance results in a fine, and the most severe penalty includes twenty years imprisonment or death for espionage.
Uchiha Yoichi compiled previous penalty standards of the Security Team and then formulated a set of detailed punishment regulations, establishing bulletin boards at five places—east, south, west, north, and center of the village—to display these regulations.
After half a month of public announcement, implementation began.
If anyone commits an offense again, they'll be punished according to the regulations posted and captured.
With display boards and penalty regulations, villagers and ninjas in the village now know what is appropriate behavior, and if caught, the Security Team will post the reason for capture on display boards, making it known to everyone.
Even minor offenses like spitting or littering will be known by all villagers; at that time, those individuals won't be able to spread rumors against the Security Team and will instead face contempt from others.
After these changes, Uchiha Yoichi's burden lightened considerably, as eighty percent of trivial matters in the village can be decided by squad leaders themselves regarding the severity of punishment.
The remaining fifteen percent, the four squad leaders can decide, and cases are directly sent to Konoha Prison.
Only the final five percent are matters that Uchiha Yoichi needs to handle personally.
After the Security Team reform, their reputation improved significantly, and those speaking of reckless law enforcement by the Uchiha disappeared as spreading false information also results in imprisonment, a minimum of three days plus a thousand liang, with severe cases leading to a year.
Moreover, the Security Team started recruiting foreign clan ninjas not belonging to the Uchiha. Uchiha Yoichi's plan is to balance the ratio of Uchiha and foreign ninjas, thereby freeing more clan ninjas to develop influence in the Ninja World.
Staying within the Security Team all day, patrolling the village and capturing people has little benefit; instead, enhancing the Uchiha's reputation outside is more advantageous.
Upon hearing this news, the village's ninjas were initially skeptical, but the recruitment information was posted on the bulletin boards, proving Uchiha Yoichi wasn't joking.
Later, they gradually received eleven applications, and seven individuals successfully joined the Security Team; although they are Genin, they can still patrol and deal with villagers who violate regulations.
After a month's training, they can carry out tasks officially.
Additionally, Uchiha Yoichi personally ordered total equality within the Security Team, and anyone violating his command will face punishment.
After Uchiha Yoichi's stern warning, the seven new Genin who joined the Security Team felt the Uchiha weren't as terrifying as rumors claimed, and their benefits within the Security Team were much better than executing tasks as Genin.
The Uchiha's supermarket and food district were also established, with Mikota busy for a long time and hiring numerous skilled chefs to recreate various delicacies from Uchiha Yoichi's memories at about eighty to ninety percent accuracy.
On the opening day, the supermarket was practically packed, and consumers on the third and fourth floors were almost entirely Uchiha clan members.
Consumption on the first and second floors was relatively low, within ordinary people's reach, while the upper floors offered high-end goods such as premium fresh seafood, expensive beef, and limited daily supply of Magic Goat.
Few ordinary people in Konoha can afford the third and fourth floors, with only ninjas capable of such consumption, mainly the Uchiha Race, as their monthly welfare funds draw envy from all, including the Hyuga Clan.