Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

The contents of the proposals discussed in that negotiation and diplomatic handling were naturally made public, including some policy changes made by the Winter side regarding Mondstadt's debt to Winter itself.

The most important ones are nothing more than those few points, due to some changes in the latest national policies since winter.

Some commercial and economic settlements in Winter must be settled using a special currency called 'Imaginary Coin' issued by Winter. This includes Mondstadt's debt to Winter, which also needs to be settled and regulated through 'Imaginary Coin'.

On the other hand, considering that Mondstadt itself cannot provide such a large amount of cash flow, Winter will provide Mondstadt with 'imaginary currency' for macroeconomic control of the Mondstadt market in order to act as a friendly nation to Mondstadt.

In short, the Northern Bank will lend money to Mondstadt in order to facilitate the regulation of Mondstadt's economy, thereby injecting a portion of the funds to revitalize Mondstadt's economic lifeline.

However, this does not mean that Pantalone was particularly kind, nor does it mean that he was a philanthropist.

Instead, they lend money to Mondstadt so that Mondstadt can earn more money, and then use the money earned from the borrowed money to repay the debt. In other words, this is nothing more than a left-hand to right-hand transaction.

Although it looks very simple, this simple approach was enough to create enormous wealth for Pantalone.

At the same time, under this premise, the "imaginary currency" system and the Mora-based exchange rate system provide effective credibility for the Northern Bank's "imaginary currency".

Lacking sufficient cash flow, Mondstadt is unable to repay a sufficient amount of physical currency, so it must rely on the 'imaginary currency' issued by the Northern Bank to maintain its economy, making Mondstadt itself deeply bound to the 'imaginary currency' system.

However, most Mondstadt residents could not truly appreciate this, which led them to express their deep gratitude to the benevolent Lord Pantalone for being so understanding when they discovered that the Northern Bank was lending them money while they were in debt.

You should know that half of Mondstadt's physical industries and supply chains are now in the hands of that Lord Pantalone. The fact that they can still make a living by relying on their old professions is entirely due to the benevolent Lord Pantalone's great mercy.

In other words, all of their current industrial chains are leased to them by Northern Bank in terms of contracts.

It's already good enough that we can still eat; what more could we ask for?

Hurry up and be grateful to the kind master who is willing to give them a meal.

That's what human nature is all about. When you drive someone to the brink of despair, they'll only think about how they'd rather die than lose a piece of your flesh—a determination to perish together with you.

But if you suddenly leave a way out at this moment, then no matter how harsh the oppression and exploitation is, that person will only feel that being able to live is already a very good thing, and naturally they will not dare to think too much.

This is exactly the current situation for the Mondstadt people. On the one hand, the Northern Bank and the debt to Winterfell are like a mountain weighing on their heads, making it hard for them all to breathe.

On the other hand, at this time, the Winter and the Northern Bank still extended a helping hand to Mondstadt, helping Mondstadt overcome its difficulties with so much debt. How can we not be grateful for this?

Under these circumstances, naturally no one had any complaints about Lord Pantalone, who was acting as the envoy to winter.

Although a very small number of Mondstadt people, full of martial spirit and with a noble free will flowing in their blood, still cry out that they should resist this oppression of free Mondstadt by the Fools.

However, such people are ultimately a minority. As members of the mission stationed in Mondstadt, the Fools only need to report to the Mondstadt authorities that these are extremists who are disrupting public order and undermining diplomacy between Mondstadt and the two countries in the winter, and they will be able to capture them all.

That is why these few Mondstadt people were unable to cause any trouble.

After all, Mondstadt is indeed a free city-state.

But freedom can't put food on the table.

Faced with the choice between freedom and food, most ordinary Mondstadt residents, under the harsh realities of life, had to choose the latter.

This result is not surprising at all; in fact, it is quite reasonable.

Compared to the fierce warriors of the pioneering era who were willing to do anything for freedom, the Mondstadt people, now accustomed to a peaceful life in a tranquil era, simply start a business.

If I had to name the only thing that caused any minor disturbance during this period...

So it's likely that Lawrence, a sinner representing the old nobility, became the intermediary between the friendly nation of Winter and Mondstadt, and even joined the Knights.

This incident caused a huge uproar among the people of Mondstadt.

Countless people strongly resisted this, and some even went so far as to confront the Knights.

It is important to know that one of the culprits who made Mondstadt become what it is today is Lawrence, who is a representative of the old nobility. And Lawrence, a sinner of the Lawrence family, has now become the middleman in charge of coordinating the political and diplomatic relations between Mondstadt and Winter.

The idea that they would even have to join the Knights of Favonius was something that the vast majority of Mondstadt residents could not accept.

Ultimately, however, all of this had to be quelled under the official orders of the Knights and the Winter Solstice Mission.

As an envoy for the Winter Solstice, the diplomatic rhetoric of the Fools rendered those who held strong protests and objections speechless after reading it.

In this regard, the diplomatic language used by the Fools was also very simple.

Considering that although Winter is an ally of Mondstadt, interfering in the internal affairs of other countries is ultimately a major taboo at the national level, in order to coordinate the relationship between Winter and Mondstadt.

After careful consideration, we chose Lawrence, who is from Mondstadt, as the intermediary person in charge of diplomacy between Mondstadt and Mondstadt during the winter. This is also to coordinate and balance the power between the old Mondstadt nobles and the current Mondstadt government.

Taking all factors into consideration, Lawrence, as an old nobleman, the representative of the Fools of the Winter Mission, and the descendant of the Lawrence family from Mondstadt, are the most suitable representatives to mediate and balance this relationship.

This diplomatic statement immediately deflated the others who had initially intended to engage in some playful banter.

Since both the Winter Solstice faction and the Knights officially approved the decision, they couldn't say anything more, no matter how much they disagreed, given that the Lawrence family had acquired so many identities.

From a politically correct standpoint, there is indeed no one more suitable than Lawrence.

Anyone who opposes all of this is opposing political correctness.

Maliciously sabotaging the friendly relations between Winter and Mondstadt.

Once such a label is attached, even if someone wants to cause trouble, they have to consider whether they can bear the heavy responsibility of damaging the friendly relations between Mondstadt and the Mondstadt.

This meant that even if many people were dissatisfied, they could only swallow their anger and accept the situation.

After all, Lawrence now represents the identity of the Winter Ambassador in a certain sense, and no matter how much they resist all of this, they cannot openly oppose anything.

As a result, although they couldn't do anything to Yola, almost all Mondstadt residents would keep their distance from her after seeing her.

This caused Yura some trouble, no matter where she went.