Naruto: After traveling through time, I became the disciple of the first generation

"Sorry to keep you waiting. I just finished dealing with things at the factory, and then I ran into the new person that Lord Qufeng arranged. I chatted with him for a bit, so I'm a little late."

Minato waved his hand after hearing this: "It's alright. Since there's something to deal with, it should be taken care of first."

As for the arrangement of new recruits by Toru, he didn't ask any further questions, since Hiruzen was still there and it wasn't convenient to inquire about private matters.

"The main purpose of this small meeting is to discuss the laying of railway tracks, starting from our Konoha Village station and going straight to the Kingdom of the Wind."

Kato Tsune nodded: "The required length of the railway track has been calculated, and it is about ten kilometers longer than originally estimated, so we can start laying it now."

"The final section of rail is also under construction."

The estimated needs were completely different from the actual requirements, so we only started preparing to lay the cables now.

An extra ten kilometers may seem like a lot, but in reality, it's good enough if you can make up for it.

"Didn't they say the Land of Wind would send people to help? They should at least send some Earth Release ninjas."

Minato nodded: "Sunagakure will send people to help, but they will only start helping after we enter the Land of Wind. We will have to build the infrastructure ourselves within the Land of Fire."

This didn't matter to Hiruzen: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether they help or not. It's just a formality. It's better if they don't help, because I can recruit more villagers to help."

Money is money no matter who earns it, but wouldn't it be better if the ninjas of our village earned it?

"That makes sense. I don't think they'll send many people. You can recruit them without worry. If you need ordinary people, you can recruit them directly from nearby villages."

"The village will cover the financial costs."

The cost of the railway was 70% from the village, 20% from the Land of Wind, and the remainder from the Hyuga clan.

Minato did not tell anyone else about this.

No one knew anything about the relationship between the Hyuga clan and the Kumo clan.

"Alright, since you've said so, Hokage-sama, I'm relieved. It would be good if we could set some rules today."

Minato smiled slightly: "Brother Hiruzen can go ahead and recruit with peace of mind. We'll settle the accounts later, and the village will pay you directly."

With funding secured, everything else falls into place; the construction team hasn't been deployed for a long time.

They were faced with two missions at once, and they were willing but unable to do so, so they had to recruit ninjas from the village.

Otherwise, their construction team would have taken all of these, leaving none for anyone else.

"Is there anything else we need to discuss? This should be the most important thing right now, shouldn't it?"

Hiruzen was silent for a moment, then spoke up: "Have all the materials needed to build the new city been prepared? The construction team is already waiting."

These matters were not under Kato Tsune's jurisdiction, so he remained silent.

"All kinds of sand and gravel materials have been ordered and are being transported from the royal city. As for steel, timber and the like, Konoha Village has everything you need. Just go to the warehouse to pick them up."

The warehouse is under the management of the Konoha Village Logistics Department, which covers a wide range of areas, including materials needed for construction and materials needed for the factory in the back mountain.

Alternatively, the ninja tools, clothing, and provisions needed by the ninjas during wartime were all managed by the logistics department.

Because it oversees a wide variety of things, it is one of the larger departments in Konoha Village.

They just keep a very low profile because they don't need to use them on a daily basis.

My daily work consists of only purchasing and transporting materials for the factory.

"Okay, I'll go to the logistics department later and ask them to deliver everything as soon as possible so we can start preparing the plan."

No one knows more about architecture than Hiruzen Sarutobi.

The head of his ninja clan has now become the construction king of Konoha Village.

The Sarutobi clan has also become synonymous with architecture.

Even the clansmen in the clan's territory, even if they didn't join the construction team, would learn a trade on their own and take on jobs in various parts of Konoha Village on weekdays.

After all, Konoha Village is quite large, and craftsmen are needed for everything, big and small. As the village continues to expand, the need for craftsmen will only increase.

With only so many members in the Sarutobi clan, the competitive pressure is far too low, almost insufficient.

"Let's leave it at that for today. Brother Hiruzen, you should go back and prepare as soon as possible."

"Assuming a complete and uninterrupted supply of materials, how long would it take to build a new city?"

Hiruzen estimated: "I think the new city will take at least five months. Lord Torifu will define this expansion as the last one."

"He also didn't want Konoha Village to be built layer upon layer, like a series of classes, so he gave this a specific meaning."

"He even recently planned to demolish the current outer city wall and merge the outer city with the new city to form a super-large urban area."

Shuimen frowned slightly after hearing this: "No, this idea is absolutely not feasible. People from other villages and residents of the outer city will be mixed together, which will be very inconvenient to manage."

Hiruzen thought so too: "That's right. After I talked to Lord Torifu, he also gave up the idea, so we'll proceed according to the original plan."

"However, Lord Tokifu suggested that the new city be expanded further to cope with the people from the Land of Iron and the Land of Water in the future."

There's nothing wrong with this suggestion; it's something that Toru and Minato had already discussed.

"No problem, did he give you the blueprints?"

Hiruzen nodded: "It's already in my hands."

"Alright, let's go with the latest blueprints then. This time I'll give you a final decision: there will be no further blueprints. Let's start building right away."

The new blueprints are not much different from the original, except that the area has been expanded. It's not a big problem.

"Okay, then I'll leave now and discuss it with the other leaders of the construction team. We'll start construction in the next few days."

There are still many tasks to be done before construction begins. The new city will be built to completely enclose the current outer city, roughly in a semi-circle shape, with walls connecting to the mountain.

Therefore, all kinds of rocks and trees need to be cleared away.

If these tasks were given to ordinary people, they would probably take a month to complete.

But for ninjas, it can be done in a day or two, it's not a big problem.

With the help of Earth Release ninjas, the construction speed is greatly accelerated. Although the workload of building the new city is relatively large, it can be completed in five to seven months.

After refining the details, it will be ready for people to move in in about eight or nine months.

At that time, Konoha Village officially began to connect with other countries.