Genshin Impact: A Red Teyvat Life Starting from Zero

The remaining aristocratic forces were simply unable to cause any significant trouble.

In other words, the Grand Master took everyone away and they also encountered the Stormterror, which gave the Fatui an opportunity to take advantage of the situation and become aggressive.

Although the Grand Master has left with his men, the Dragon Plague hasn't arrived yet, and the Mondstadt people are still enjoying their peaceful and prosperous days.

After looking around, I realized that Mondstadt, which is like a beginner's village, is actually the best-made one.

Chapter 195 The Only Person Who Laughed and Cheered

Mondstadt is currently developing quite well, and under Jean's leadership, the living standards of its residents are rapidly improving.

It's basically a two-pronged approach running in parallel.

The existing economic system will remain unchanged, and the original state will be maintained to ensure employment. The introduced automated factories and robots will mainly be used to produce various industrial products to improve the quality of life.

The main focus is non-interference.

After producing a wide variety of goods, the Knights of Favonius distributed the revenue from their sales, both directly and indirectly.

For example, building public facilities, or distributing welfare subsidies, etc.

In particular, with the resource outlets of the snow-capped mountains at their backs, the Knights of Favonius are now incredibly wealthy and powerful, and are making great strides in all aspects.

They even directly purchased a complete set of defense equipment solutions from Jiang Ming to enhance the combat effectiveness of the Knights of the West and alleviate their manpower shortage.

Now, robot soldiers can be seen patrolling at close intervals on the main roads of Mondstadt, and every now and then, you can also see Knights of Favonius patrolling in military vehicles.

Although the Grand Master took away more than four-fifths of the manpower, thanks to advancements in technology and equipment, Mondstadt's security environment not only did not decline, but actually improved.

The revenue from resource exports, distributed by the Knights of Favonius, was then transferred to lower-income groups engaged in agriculture and other similar activities, thereby increasing their purchasing power.

Although various problems inevitably arise, most of the funds still enter the circulation in various ways.

As for the small amount of missing funds, it has no impact compared to the income from exporting snow mountain resources, but rash actions may have unknown and significant consequences, so Qin chose to put it aside for the time being.

Her primary conflict is facing various opposing forces within Mondstadt, such as those who want to seize the snow mountain resources and factories for themselves.

She has publicly stated that the snow mountain belongs to all Mondstadt residents, and the revenue from exporting snow mountain resources should belong to all Mondstadt residents. The machines purchased with this revenue should also belong to all Mondstadt residents, and the fruits of their labor should be shared by all Mondstadt residents.

In doing so, Gynt gained the support of the vast majority of Mondstadt people, and subsequently firmly rejected all sorts of objections.

For example, there are voices suggesting that the Knights of Favonius, as Mondstadt's administrative and security body, should not interfere with resource extraction or production activities, and that decisions should be left to the market or the Chamber of Commerce, which is not free, etc.

Diluc, Mondstadt's richest businessman, expressed his strong agreement and support for Jean's statement and decision, effectively siding with her.

The Church of the West Wind followed closely behind.

The most powerful, the richest, and the most persuasive people in Mondstadt are now standing together, and those trying to cause trouble are already struggling to survive.

Although it is highly dependent on the additional fiscal revenue brought by the monopoly of resource exports, it is undeniable that Mondstadt was the first country besides the island of Umi to have the rudiments of a public ownership system and corresponding distribution mechanism, and it is also the country with the fastest improvement in the living standards of its residents.

—Although this system is still in its infancy and quite rudimentary.

In Fontaine, however, undercurrents have been surging in the past six months, with social conflicts slowly but steadily escalating.

They also adopted a fully automated production model, similar to that of Mondstadt.

However, the means of production in Fontaine are all in the hands of nobles and merchants.

Unlike the Knights of Favonius, who distributed resources to the people through various means, they would only try to use them for their own growth.

This is why their path to full automation has been met with numerous obstacles.

The people of Fontainebleau and the Momo Palace are both opposed to this; the nationwide strike triggered by the robots last time already demonstrated the sensitivity of the people of Fontainebleau to this issue.

They are nothing like Mondstadt, where several major forces are able to unite as one.

Now that robots are banned, they've started experimenting with automated machines.

This time they've made thorough preparations, like boiling a frog in lukewarm water, so that the situation won't directly ignite people's emotions like last time.

As automation levels increase, more and more people in Fontainebleau are facing unemployment.

People felt something was off.

I didn't do anything, and there were no robots, but I still lost my job.

Some of them wanted to accuse their boss, but this was just the result of machine upgrades; the boss neither used robots nor hired labor at low prices.

He simply used the machine and then eliminated himself; the layoffs were entirely in accordance with procedure, and there was no suitable charge whatsoever.

Is it a problem with the machine?

Does that mean we should also oppose machines and ban them?

This sparked heated debate in Fontainebleau.

However, their discussion was not about whether to restrict fully automated machines, but rather expanded to whether to ban machines altogether.

On the one hand, some people interpret sensitive robots according to the existing "narrow definition," while on the other hand, they begin to blur the line between ordinary machines and fully automated machines.

Unfortunately, most people actually fall for this.

What a joke! Fontaine is famous for its machinery, and their quality of life benefits from the powerful productivity of machines. There's no reason to ban machines.

Among the remaining few, even those who clearly understand the difference between fully automated machines and ordinary machines, a large portion are still confused and conflicted.

They are also wondering if banning both robots and machines is going too far.

Of course, I'm not pitying those noble merchants, but rather thinking, if everything were banned one day, would they just stop developing?

There must be some other way.

Faced with this situation, even if Vilette was willing, the nobles would not budge an inch.

Since no one objected and it didn't cause any impact, they felt justified in doing so.

Could it be that Villette is going to bring up those things from last time again?

This is against the rules.

To put it simply, because not enough people have expressed their firm support, Villette doesn't have enough action points left.

The situation remained deadlocked, but the problem of unemployment was imminent.

Even though the Mo Mang Palace urgently approved increased unemployment benefits, its effect was barely better than nothing.

Most people began to feel sorry for themselves, while a few began to complain about the nobles and merchants who controlled the means of production, and about the inaction of the Momo Palace and Navilette.

The population of Grey River has gradually risen to near historical highs, and public discontent is also gradually increasing.

Moreover, it wasn't just the workers who were dissatisfied; the nobles were equally so.

—They could have eaten more.

The nobles turned their anger towards the mostly commoners and Navelette.

Navelette, who was dedicated to reconciling the conflict between the two sides, gradually found herself caught in the middle, disliked by both.

People acknowledged Navelette's fairness and impartiality, but his inefficiency and inaction were equally dissatisfying.

In fact, Navelette was powerless to do anything about it; he was following the rules, so he could only patch things up for the time being.

The current situation doesn't seem to warrant breaking the rules.

In short, Fontaine's society is stuck at this point, and is getting worse and worse.

In contrast, the Fontainebleau Academy of Sciences, with its new energy system, numerous development directions, imaginative yet practical technological ideas, and continuous technological breakthroughs, seems to have ushered in a spring of prosperity.

They were probably the only people in Fontainebleau who were laughing and joking.

Chapter 196 Desert Armed Separatism

Meanwhile, in Sumeru, the Church under Azhar's leadership began to gradually reveal its inhuman nature.

On the one hand, Fontaine developed nylon materials with wide applications based on petroleum.

Nylon stockings, in particular, outperform traditional stockings in every aspect. As a result, they sold out instantly in Teyvat, despite their high price.

Teyvat can't be without stockings!

Seeing the oil flowing out of their desert transformed into various superior materials through processing in Fontaine, generating huge profits, the Faculty of Education became envious.

The Church of Christ was in a state of conflict.

On the one hand, they look down on these businesses, considering them "vulgar," and they only pursue knowledge and wisdom.

On the other hand, their research cannot proceed without funding.

With this conflicted mindset, the Order rejected their application to explore more areas.

No matter what price the working group in Xumi offered, the two sides could not reach a consensus.

On the other hand, it was under these circumstances that the Church began to hire the Gilded Brigade to carry out various attacks on the growing Gerald Regiment and began to harass its oil industrial facilities.

They also couldn't tolerate the existence of a large-scale gilded brigade that wasn't aligned with their own interests, and on the other hand, they hoped to force them to give up their existing mining rights through harassment.

However, those sent by the Church of Christ often never return.

They either "disappeared" or were recruited into Gerald's Regiment.

The Church of Fathers organized several operations against Gerald's Regiment, but the Regiment only grew stronger with each attack.

Under these circumstances, Gerrard spoke with representatives from both sides (Hagi Island and Fontaine) stationed in the desert region.

"I heard you want to start mining more areas, but the Order of the Church disagrees?"

"That's right, we're also having a headache, they changed their minds too quickly."

"Perhaps we can help you."

"?"

The representatives on both sides looked puzzled.

They glanced at each other, then looked at Gerrard.

"Do you have a way to persuade the great sage?"

Why make it so complicated?

Gerald waved his hand, showing great disdain for the idea of ​​persuading the Great Sage.

"Your goal is simply oil, isn't it?"