Morax is dead, Liyue will fall into my hands.

It's not just a win-win-win situation, it's a complete victory!

Chapter 71: The two Seven Stars got into an argument!

Now the group members all understand. No wonder you specifically instructed Xingqiu not to reveal his name when he spoke to Yuhengxing.

So, does that mean everyone contributed money and effort, working hard for over ten years to finally build the road, only to have it all benefit your "Integration of Liyue Project"?

In fact, Li Ye's so-called plan to integrate Liyue is not complicated.

For example, in Qingce Village in Liyue, there are hundreds of households. There is Zhang San who forges blacksmiths, Li Si who makes carpenters, Wang Wu who raises pigs, Zhao Liu who sells pork, and Qian Ba ​​who weaves cloth.

Everyone performed their duties with clear division of labor, achieving self-sufficiency and working together to maintain the stability of Qingce Village. In the end, thousands upon thousands of Qingce Villages formed the Liyue of today.

Li Ye's plan was to have Qingcezhuang specialize in furniture making, Mingyun Town in blacksmithing, and Pingpan Township in textiles...

The system has changed from each individual being responsible for a specific task to each village being responsible for a specific task.

Then, through trade, all the towns and villages were combined into a larger "village".

This assembly line-like operation method greatly reduces the learning cost and improves production efficiency.

Ford revolutionized the world's industrial system by modifying the assembly line technology.

Furthermore, the large number of talents trained by the public welfare academy are no longer worried about employment difficulties.

Furthermore, based on the factory model, technological innovation is no longer just empty talk.

The so-called increase in productivity then naturally followed.

However, there is a major prerequisite for doing this: the transaction costs must be below a certain level.

Transaction costs refer to all the time and monetary costs incurred in completing a transaction, including activities such as disseminating information, advertising, market-related transportation, and activities such as negotiation, consultation, signing, and monitoring the execution of contracts.

Taking Qingce Village as an example, if Zhang San, who only knows how to forge iron, wants to make a chair, he would need to learn from scratch and prepare the necessary tools.

This would take too much time and money; it would be far better to use the ironware I made myself to exchange for the chair Zhang San needed.

However, if there is a rule that says a fee of 500,000 Mora is required to exchange ironware for chairs.

If Zhang San sees that the transaction costs are too high, and it's even more costly than learning to be a carpenter from scratch, then this transaction is destined to fail.

To realize Liyue as envisioned by Li Ye, the first problem to solve is the excessively high transaction fees!

The key to solving this problem, as Li Ye mentioned, lies in transportation and communication.

Ke Qing was still considering the feasibility of Li Ye's proposal. She didn't care much about how much Li Ye won, but only whether doing so could really achieve more infrastructure construction for people's livelihood with less investment.

If it's really feasible, I wouldn't mind helping Li Ye out.

After all... she has shares in this too!

Gan Yu had already cooked the noodles, and Li Ye briefly shared his ideas before leaving the chat group.

Under Gan Yu's watchful gaze, Li Ye quickly finished the soup and noodles.

Just as he was about to pick up the banknotes to write an advertorial for "Feiyun Chamber of Commerce", Gan Yu immediately stopped him without hesitation.

"I'm used to it."

Li Ye understood Gan Yu's meaning, chuckled twice, returned the blanket to Gan Yu, said goodnight, and returned to his own bedroom.

I had barely lain down in bed when I fell asleep again, not even a minute later.

I slept straight through until the sun was high in the sky.

Because Xingqiu found Li Ye too late, and Gan Yu stopped him, the article was never written and therefore could not be published.

This made Liyue Harbor less fun today, but something interesting happened at Moonsea Pavilion instead.

The stars Tianquan and Yuheng inexplicably started arguing...

The key point is that this matter seems somewhat inexplicable to onlookers.

Early in the morning, Ke Qing came to Ning Guang and subtly inquired whether she had ulterior motives for interfering in the public welfare and charity foundation.

In Ningguang's usual style, when faced with this situation, she would use a combination of offense and defense to force Keqing to give up.

For some unknown reason, Ningguang discovered that Keqing suspected her of having ill intentions, and almost got into an argument with Keqing over this trivial matter.

What do you mean?

Li Ye doubted himself because this guy never trusted Li Yue Qi Xing, so he always assumed the worst about Li Yue Qi Xing, which is understandable.

Kuaiyu doubted herself because she was initially unaware of the situation. However, after Li Ye explained the whole story, she did not hesitate to stand by her side and persuaded Li Ye to put aside his prejudice.

The results of it?

You, Keqing, have worked with Ningguang and me for so long, and we even fought side by side when sealing the Vortex Demon God. The key is that you know the whole story perfectly well. How can you doubt me under these circumstances?

Is my image in your mind really that unbearable?

I, Ningguang, have made countless contributions to Liyue over the years. Haven't you seen any of them?

Faced with Ningguang's anger, Keqing not only did not apologize, but also felt that Ningguang was acting out of a guilty conscience.

Given Ningguang's usual way of handling things, she doesn't care about other people's unfounded doubts and slanders at all. Besides, she was just testing the waters, so was it necessary to react so strongly?

What else could this be but a guilty conscience?

Keqing felt she had to stop Ningguang's behavior, hoping Ningguang would give up such dirty thoughts and advising her that some money should not be touched.

This led to a further escalation of the conflict between the two...

Baiwen, Baixiao, and the others huddled together, looking at each other in bewilderment, completely clueless about what had happened.

I feel that both Ningguang and Keqing are behaving strangely today. Normally, they would never be making sarcastic remarks to each other over such a small matter.

Even more terrifying is that, for some reason, the two of them started talking at cross purposes, as if they were in two different worlds. They must have eaten something disgusting.

As the culprit in a certain sense, Li Ye woke up, washed up, ate lunch, and then, at Gan Yu's insistence, gave himself a day off.

"I'm going to the 'Northern Bank' tomorrow. Although I reckon Pantalone won't dare to openly kill me, I never know when he might do something desperate."

"Should we bring Yuan Hua along? Not a good idea. No matter how skilled Yuan Hua is, he's still just an ordinary person. If Pantalone really takes the risk, Yuan Hua will be easily defeated by the experts from the Winter Solstice Kingdom..."

After finishing his workout, Li Ye began planning how to visit Pantalone the next day.

While I was struggling with this, a sudden inspiration struck me.

Oh dear, how could I have forgotten about him?

Mr. Zhongli was not only knowledgeable, but also the most distinguished guest of the "Hall of Rebirth".

The Hall of Rebirth holds a very important position in Liyue. As long as Pantarone wants to stay in Liyue Harbor, he would never dare to harm Zhongli, the "Guest Elder of the Hall of Rebirth"!

Amulet, here it is!

Chapter 72: You've Come at the Perfect Time

Zhong Li accepted Li Ye's invitation without hesitation.

It should be said that Zhongli usually does not refuse requests that are not particularly outrageous.

As for whether Pantalone knew his true identity, according to general theory, he should not have.

When Zhongli bestowed the "Heart of God" upon the lady through a transaction, only the lady, the young master, the traveler, and her external magic storage device were present. Moreover, Pantalone was not at the "Northern Bank" at that time.

Whether the lady and the gentleman will reveal their identities to Pantalone... remains to be seen.

Based on Zhongli's understanding of the Fools' Enforcers, these guys would be lucky if they didn't set traps for each other, let alone share information.

Rather than believing that these guys can help each other and share information, it's better to believe that all the members of the chat group "We Are a Loving Family" are loyal and righteous.

Furthermore, even if Pantalone did find out, Zhongli wouldn't care much.

Since Li Ye appeared, times have changed. Zhong Li even felt that it might not be a bad thing if more people knew his identity now.

Another night passed, and the appointed time arrived.

Li Ye got up early, washed up, said goodbye to Gan Yu, and went alone to the "Hall of Rebirth" to meet Zhong Li.

Before the sun rose in the early morning, Li Ye stood in front of the Hall of Rebirth. The streets were deserted and seemed particularly desolate.

Li Ye didn't wait for Zhong Li, but instead encountered a female ghost.

The sudden appearance of the female ghost, paired with the vermilion gate of the Hall of Rebirth, creates an eerie sense of terror.

The female ghost circled around Li Ye, scrutinizing him closely, and said, "There's business to be done again."

Seeing this, Li Ye was not afraid at all. Instead, he reached out and touched it with interest, only to find that he could not feel anything. He had no choice but to ask, "Are you a ghost?"

"That's right!"

The female ghost revealed her blue face and fangs, and began to bar her teeth and claws at Li Ye, as if she wanted to devour him alive.

"Are you planning to kill me? Wait a minute."

Li Ye reached out to stop the female ghost from doing what she was about to do, and patiently advised her, "If you do nothing, you can continue to be a ghost in peace."

If you kill me, I will become a vengeful ghost. Since we are both vengeful ghosts, I will have a way to take revenge on you, and you will not even be able to live peacefully as a ghost.

Thinking about it this way, don't you realize that killing me was an extremely irrational act?

"Then why do you think ghosts have reason?"

This time the voice came from behind.

Hu Tao looked at Li Ye with a face full of curiosity. A long time ago, Zhong Li had said that he was a potential customer of "Wang Sheng Tang". Since then, Hu Tao has been very interested in this boss Li.

"Ghosts may not have reason, but humans certainly do."

Li Ye left the entrance of the Hall of Rebirth, walked up to Hu Tao, spread his hands, and explained, "Although I know there are ghosts on the Teyvat continent, I believe there shouldn't be a ghost that would run wild at the entrance of the Hall of Rebirth."

Furthermore, if I were to encounter a vengeful ghost in the wilderness, it would be the ghost that would be afraid.

Walnut: "Why?"

Li Ye said solemnly, "Because all demons and monsters are paper tigers!"

Hu Tao was a little disappointed. She tilted her head and gently placed her right index finger on her chin: "I thought you would say that if you have a clear conscience, you have nothing to fear."

Li Ye shrugged and said, "I have a sickle and a hammer at home, so ghosts won't dare to knock on the door."

"You must be Hu Tao, the 77th head of the Rebirth Hall, right?"

A sly glint flashed in Hu Tao's plum-blossom eyes: "Have we met before?"

"No. But I estimate we'll be working together frequently in the future."