Mr. Pantalone has no crazy plans today.

Seeing Schubert's feigned obedience, Anastasia naturally saw through Schubert's true thoughts, but she didn't care.

Because she shared Schubert's view on this matter, waiting until the plan was completed.

The Mondstadt Wine Alliance was useless to the Fools... no, more accurately, it was the Mondstadt Wine Alliance formed by Schubert and the old nobles, until everything was completed.

Half of the entire Mondstadt wine industry will fall into the hands of the Fools, becoming part of their business and providing funding for their other ventures.

The moment when all of this is completed is fast approaching.

Chapter 34 The Negotiations Between the Fools and the Knights

Just as expected from the beginning.

Driven by the frenzied demand in the Mond Wines market, the demand for the product has begun to surge to an unprecedented level.

Based on the intelligence provided by Kryps Legenfind, the Knights of Favonius, who were the de facto leaders of Mondstadt, realized that they could no longer allow this situation to continue.

Because they saw the huge undercurrents hidden behind this seemingly frenzied market.

The market for Mond Wines is currently too crazy, and no one has considered what would happen if this huge market demand disappeared.

Perhaps some people have already thought of this, but driven by huge profits...

Everyone believed they could exit before the market completely collapsed, and they were certain they wouldn't be the last one left behind. So they frantically poured huge sums of money into this crazy market and used leverage to gain even greater profits.

As long as I can get out before the market crashes, I'm sure I'll be able to get out in time.

This blind arrogance and self-confidence have blinded them to immediate gains. This unwise behavior, coupled with the influence of a large interest group and massive private fundraising, has completely hijacked the market.

Even the Knights of Favonius, who are the de facto official leaders of Mondstadt, felt at a loss.

This is because the massive private fundraising has completely hijacked this huge market. This is not an external force from outside Mondstadt, but rather a huge interest group and market within Mondstadt itself.

Even if the Knights of Favonius wanted to stop all of this, they would have to consider that if they wanted to intervene, they would have to consider all the Mondstadt merchants in this frenzied market.

It is impossible to forcibly stop all of this. If we do, the result will only be that we hurt ourselves more than the enemy. No one can afford the terrible loss of bursting this bubble.

In order to use more peaceful means, the Knights of Favonius acted as the official representatives of Mondstadt.

A request for discussion regarding the Mondstadt wine industry frenzy was sent to the Mondstadt Wine Industry Alliance, which represents the interests of the old Mondstadt nobles led by Lawrence and is behind this market.

However, the person attending this meeting was not Lawrence, who was nominally the agent of the Mond Wine Alliance, but the Winter Delegation, who was actually the financial provider behind Lawrence and the buyer of the order.

The Western Knights were not particularly surprised by this result, as they already knew that the buyer who provided financial support to Lawrence and placed large orders with the Mondstadt Wine Alliance was none other than the Fools.

They had no idea why the Fools, or rather, Winter, would buy such a large quantity of wine.

But it is conceivable that all of this was done by the Fools for some mysterious purpose unknown to them.

Although Mondstadt is nominally an ally of Winterfell, the Fatui have been trying to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries for quite some time. It is precisely because of this that they are so certain that everything the Fatui have done must have some ulterior motive.

Inside the Goethe Hotel, which served as a reception center for embassy officials during the winter.

The two parties involved in the negotiations have gathered here for this meeting regarding Mengde Winery.

The tall figure actually present at this meeting, seated at the head of the table, was none other than Falgar, the Grand Master of the Knights of the North Wind, who was the de facto leader of the Knights of the West and held the title of "Knight of the North Wind."

Beside Grand Master Falgar, accompanying him, was the Archbishop of the Church of the West Wind, a renowned adventurer on the continent, known as the "Cardinal of the Dawn," who served as a special advisor to the meeting.

Opposite to these two, the person in charge of the dialogue with the Western Knights was Anastasia, who served as the advisor to the Fools' delegation.

Grand Master Falgar, squinting as he watched Anastasia's figure, turned to Archbishop Simon of Westwind, who was serving as an advisor for today's meeting, and asked him a question.

Simon, what do you think?

"It's unclear at the moment, but I've heard that the Fatui's actions this time seem to be carried out in the name of that executive, 'The Rich Man,' which might be related to the Fatui's activities."

Archbishop Simon gently shook his head.

He was certainly not a dull person, but such things were not so easy to answer.

Even though he was the Grand Steward of the Church of the West Wind and possessed vision beyond that of ordinary people, he was still confused about the Fools' acquisition of such a large number of orders, as he had never seen anything like it before.

This answer made Grand Master Falgar fall into deep thought. He then looked at Anastasia standing to the side and slowly spoke.

"The orders placed by the Fatui delegation with Mondstadt exceed the usual amount. As a friendly nation to Mondstadt in winter, the Fatui could have placed orders with Mondstadt in a more peaceful manner. I hope to receive a reasonable explanation."

When questioned by Grand Master Falga, Anastasia performed the proper etiquette expected of an envoy.

Considering that Mondstadt is, after all, an ally of Winterbreak, the proper etiquette should at least be observed.

However, she did not intend to respond to Falgar's question.

"It is my honor to speak with the Knights of the North Wind, the pinnacle of the Knights of Favonius. However, it is a great pity that Grand Master Falgar, this mission was given by the Executor Lord Pantarone, and I was just following orders."

Lord Pantalone's order for this purchase is to entrust Lawrence with full authority. In other words, for the order to purchase from Mond Winery, our only designated agent is Lawrence. This is a business partnership between our Fools and the Lawrence family.

If Grand Master Falgar wishes to inquire further, I can only say that it is all a Winter's trade secret, and my only answer to such matters is: I cannot disclose it.

Anastasia's speech was so impeccable that Falga was speechless for a moment.

After all, the other party was an envoy from the Winter Solstice, so there was no problem from any angle.

On the other hand, the main reason is that even if they realize what kind of methods the Fatui want to use to interfere in Mondstadt's internal affairs, they can't find any fault with it.

Because the actions of the Fools were all in accordance with normal business practices and did not involve any illegal or irregular means, the Knights could not force them to do anything.