As we sat at the table, I started the conversation with "You all know that most of the Ito clan is destroyed and we have no inheritance or any source of income... We have no speciality too which make thinking of a way to generate sturdy income much harder... Any ideas?"
Haru was the first to refute my question saying "Can't you just rely on my restaurants in Tanzaku town? Or even if that was not enough, I can ask for some help from my family!"
It was warm to see her commited to me, yet I couldn't accept her offer "What would people say if a great clan like us depended on the foster mother of their clan head? Of course I can take some of the money, but I can't rely on it forever... This is why I need to find a new source of income, the more sources the better!"
Haru nodded, and the table went quiet again. It was cute seeing Maho trying to think, this 5 years old lolita is the cutest thing I ever seen <3... I will be honest, people in this world look weird as fuck! There is no way they look like people in the world that I came from...
while I was looking at Maho with happiness drawn all over my face, Fumika thought of an idea and then said excitedly "I have Magnet release now right? Konoha is mostly covered in trees, so their metal production is so low, there are also some mountains here and there, but it is not like people can find metals in every mountain... I was thinking if I could train so I can identify the places where there is a lot of metals, then we can build a mine and hire workers to produce a lot of money for the clan! With the attention you gave me yesterday... I think it will take me a 3 months or so to be able to feel metals 300 meters away from me"
I started thinking about it 'Sunagakure sell refined metals for us for a huge cost of food. Because of that there are only a small amount of metal refiners here... I think it is better to sell refined metal than raw metal, because I can make up for the refinery price by learning refinery or even teaching it to Fomika after that to safe time'
I looked at Fumiko "Fumiko, now that you have Scorch release, why don't you start learning metal refining? It will help both yours and Fumika's team work, and also benefit the family since selling refined metal is way more valuable than selling raw metal."
Fumiko nodded at me, and with that I started to build up ideas about what are the good sources of income that I could create for the family.
I looked up after thinking for 5 minutes and said "I will report to the Hokage that I unlocked Mud release and Boil release. Haru, you use the Kurihara's name to buy a big land in the Land of Rivers between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind. It would be preferable for it to be near a river. With my Mud release, I will transfer the burned land there into a land suited for farms, and I will also use Wood release to stop the sand from entering into the farm, using the trees as a barrier to stop wind blown sand from the Land of Wind."
"The farms there will be very valuable to rise the price of refined metals by trading with Suna with a higher ratio than the market. Trading with a better ratio means making an alliance with Suna ensuring the safety of the farms. I am sure they won't be stupid to destroy the farms knowing that the food that they will be able to purchase after that will be much lower than what they need"
"Increasing the price of refined metal will make Konoha in a huge need for refined metal for ninja equipments, so with us openning a mine and being able to refined metal for the creation of ninja tools, the name of the Ito clan will become more famous in Konoha by doing so. Haru in the other hand, will become famous in Suna, and until the justification of your high morals of feeding the hungry no matter where they are. I am pretty sure Haru will become a celebrity in Suna if she ever went there!"
Haru started thinking a little, then said "I heard there are some dried up rivers in the Land of Rivers, there is also a forest there. Do I buy the land near the rivers that are still running? Or where should I get the land exactly?"
"Buy big chunks of lands near dried up rivers and I will make them run again with my jutsu. No need to care of the kind of dirt there are, as I said before, I will use mud release to turn it into a functional land"
Her face brightened "So we are buying the wastelands that were left behind by the war and turning them into a farm? The prices of those lands are dirt cheap, I think I can buy you 800k acres!"
"Do that in 5 months. Fumika and me will make trip around the land of fire to find a metal deposite. Meanwhile, Fumiko will use our money to buy some urefined metal to train her refining skills. Maho... You just enjoy your time while I am not here, try to make friends, but if they were bad to you, don't talk to them, just ignore them until I come back"
Everyone nodded, except for Maho who was pouting "I don't want to separate from you! I will come with you and auntie on the trip!"
She was so cute I couldn't say no... I just nodded feeling bad for destroying Maho's childhood.