People in Mondstadt, starting to develop black technology

Grandma Ping didn't delve into the matter further. She drew three talismans of space magic and put them in a hardwood box and gave them to Shen Qin.

Shen Qin stroked the patina on the hardwood box and sighed, "This wooden box should be an antique."

"I remember it was something from about five hundred years ago."

"Antique! Five hundred years old! It must be very valuable!" Paimon suddenly appeared from the side, looking at the wooden box with shining eyes.

"..." Shen Qin, "Your ears become sharper when I mention something valuable, right?"

"No!" Paimon glared at him angrily, "I came to ask you if you want to go to the commercial district with us to buy some things to decorate Ying's Dust Song Pot."

He raised an eyebrow: "They are all going?"

"Yes!"

"You guys go by yourselves. Why would I want to get involved with a bunch of girls?" Shen Qin shook his head. "It just so happens that I can go find some friends in Liyue to have a drink."

Paimon immediately complained loudly to Sugar and Klee: "Sugar, Klee, Shen Qin wanted to go drink secretly without your knowledge, are you going to stop it?"

Shen Qin: “…”

He reached out and flicked Paimon's head.

When you look up, you have to face the aggressive Sucrose and Klee.

Grandma Ping looked at the noisy group of young people and a smile appeared on her face unconsciously. It’s great to be young. They will have a bright future in the future.

Everyone said goodbye to Grandma Ping.

Ying and a group of other girls went shopping and requisitioned Shen Qin's car. Shatang wanted to stay with him, but he refused.

"It's a rare occasion for you and Ying to get together, so don't worry about me. I'm sure someone will take me in." Shen Qin waved his hand indifferently.

"Pah, what do you mean by shelter? It makes you sound like you're homeless." Sandang rolled his eyes at him. "Then I'll go with them. Don't drink too much."

"Well, I won't have dinner with you."

"it is good."

Seeing Shatang being called into the car by them, and then the car disappeared around the corner, leaving Shen Qin standing there alone... he jumped for joy!

"Great, I can finally enjoy some free time!"

Then he immediately opened his communication, found Tartaglia, who had sent him dozens of messages but he had never replied, and made a video call to her.

"Hey? Shen Qin?" Tartaglia's voice came from the other end of the phone, but the screen was still pitch black and I couldn't understand what he was doing.

Shen Qin turned around and showed him the background of Yujingtai: "Guess where I am now?"

"Where else can you be besides Academy City... huh?" Then a faint rustling voice came from the darkness over there. Tartaglia opened the curtains of the room, revealing a face that was still half asleep, with a look of surprise on her face, "Yujingtai? You came to Liyue?"

Shen Qin said with disdain: "Your Fatui's intelligence system is not good. I have been in Liyue for a day and you still haven't received any news."

"Well...recently we have been busy...helping with the Xian Dian Yi event."

"Are you guys planning to cause trouble again? And disrupt the ceremony of inviting the immortals?" Shen Qin narrowed his eyes.

"Ahahahaha - how is this possible? How dare we be so presumptuous in front of the Rock God Morax!" Tartaglia scratched his head.

Shen Qin said calmly: "It doesn't matter. In a few days, I will fill the entire Liyue Harbor with sky shields and sentinel systems."

Dadalia: "..."

Chapter 230: Drinking? You buy me a drink

Tartaglia was too guilty to say anything. Shen Qin smiled and said, "Stop talking nonsense. I'm at Yujingtai. Come and pick me up!"

"Okay, okay, just wait for me there. I'll be right there."

Tartaglia hung up the phone and frowned.

"Why did Shen Qin come to Liyue? Isn't the opening time of Academy City tomorrow? How can he leave at any time? What is his purpose in coming to Liyue? Will it ruin our plan?"

Then he had another crazy thought: "Why not trade with him again? See if he can get the Heart of God from Morax."

He didn't know that Shen Qin had no intention of interfering with the Heart of the Rock God. This was a deal between Zhongli and the Ice Queen. Shen Qin was quite self-aware and understood that he had not reached that level yet.

Although the person who assisted in the deal was Rosalind, who had not appeared in the show for a long time, Shen Qin would not care about her as long as she did not provoke Shen Qin.

Just a character who will be killed by Raiden's sword sooner or later.

The North Country Bank is located in the direction of Yujingtai in the commercial district, very close to Shen Qin, so he waited for Dardalia after twenty minutes.

Tartaglia, wearing a pair of driving sunglasses made in Academy City, stood at the door of the cockpit and raised his chin to Shen Qin: "Get in the car."

Shen Qin looked up at the sun and said, "The sun isn't glaring today. Why are you wearing sunglasses? Are you trying to show off?"

"You are young and don't understand." He took off his sunglasses, revealing the heavy dark circles under his eyes, and said sadly, "I am embarrassed to go out without glasses."

Shen Qin got into the car and asked suspiciously, "Were you beaten?"

"Can being beaten be so symmetrical? I'm just tired." He returned to the driver's seat and fastened his seat belt. "A few days ago, I was chasing a group of treasure robbers who owed a loan to the Northland Bank and didn't pay it back. But they were more slippery than rats. It took me three days and three nights to catch them."

Shen Qin complained: "You guys dare to lend money to the treasure-stealing group? Don't wait until the end of the year. My dividends are less than 2,000 Mora."

He owns 20% of the shares in Northland Bank. Although he does not have management and decision-making rights, he can get full dividends every year.

"That's not necessary. We always have 20,000 Moras." Tartaglia said seriously.

Shen Qin: “…”

Tartaglia stepped on the accelerator and said, "Don't worry. We at the Northland Bank never do business at a loss. Even if the borrowers don't pay back the loans, we have ways to recover the principal and interest from them. Just like the treasure-stealing group I was chasing these days, they have long since spent all the principal on wine and women. But it doesn't matter. They will start mining on the permafrost of the Winter Kingdom the day after tomorrow."

"..." Shen Qin pulled the corner of his mouth, "Trafficking in human beings and slaves is illegal."

“We didn’t spend any money!”

Shen Qin thought about it and nodded in agreement: "Indeed."

"By the way, where are those two girls who always follow you? Don't say you came to Liyue alone." Tartaglia turned onto the road leading to the residential area.

"They went shopping, so I thought of spending some time with you."

"It turns out that I'm just a substitute." Tartaglia sighed: "I thought you came to see me on purpose."

His tone seemed very lost.

Shen Qin was too lazy to pay attention to him and said to himself: "Want to drink? If I can't get through after three bowls, you can buy me a drink."

"???" Tartaglia looked at him in disbelief, "You asked me to buy you a drink, and you're still asking me if I want to drink?"

Shen Qin: "You have to be polite! We are business partners after all."

"No, the Fatui are your partners, I'm just an employee."

"Why don't you switch jobs and come to our Academy City? Don't do the work of the Fatui anymore. You work yourself to death all day and still don't get many Moras. If you come to Academy City, I can give you some shares."

Tartaglia chuckled and said, "You've managed to pry someone into being a Fatui executive officer. Can you be any more outrageous?"

The two chatted along the way and soon arrived at the parking lot that Shen Qin had just visited in the morning.

"Cars can only be driven here. Driving is prohibited in residential areas."

Does that mean Ying'er should be banned from entering residential areas?

Speaking of Ying'er, Shen Qin thought of Timaus, who was half his student. He didn't know whether he had gained anything in Liyue after such a long time. It seemed that he had to find time to contact him.

It's not that I care about him, I just want to have fun.

Shen Qin and Dadalia walked towards Sanwan Buguogang with a clear purpose, without even glancing at the street vendors.

Tartaglia: "Are you really here for drinking?"

"What else? I haven't had Liyue's wine in a while."

He said in surprise: "Now that we have the transport truck, business on both sides has become much more convenient. We should be able to drink Liyue wine in Mondstadt."

"You don't understand. When drinking, we drink for the atmosphere. Drinking and listening to books at the same time is the correct way to enjoy Liyue wine."

"I really don't understand. I seldom drink." Tartaglia shook his head. "As an executive officer, I must always keep a clear mind and sufficient fighting power."

They soon arrived at Sanwan Buguogang and ordered a jar of sweet-scented osmanthus and a few side dishes. They happened to meet a storyteller who was getting ready to go on stage.

Tartaglia: "You should come in the evening. The one who will appear then is the top star of Three Bowls Never Die, Tian Tiezui. He and Liu Su, the 'tea doctor' of Heyu Teahouse, are known as the two most famous tea talkers in Liyue Harbor... Oh, yes, you should have known all this a long time ago. I forgot that you are from Liyue and always thought you were from Mondstadt."

Obviously, the Fatui's investigation into Shen Qin's identity and background was not as in-depth as that of the Seven Stars.

Shen Qin curled his lips and said, "Forget it. The most common phrase that people in Liyue hear from Liu Su is 'To know what will happen next, listen to me next time'. And I have never heard him mention next time."

"Haha, I feel the same way!" Tartaglia patted his shoulder in agreement. "I've also been to Heyu Teahouse to listen to books several times, but every time I listened, Liu Su only told the beginning of the story, and he didn't say anything about the rest! Later, I liked coming here to listen to books even more!"

"This brother has good taste. I only listen to storytelling from Sanwan Guogang. I don't like the ones from Heyu Teahouse!" The familiar buddy at the next table agreed.

Tartaglia smiled at him.

During the chat, the storyteller finally came on stage. He clapped his hands to attract the attention of all the guests, then opened his folding fan with a "swish" sound and said loudly:

"The last book said that the genius alchemist Master Shen Qin raised his arm and invited the leaders of the three kingdoms of Mondstadt, Liyue, and Winter Solstice. Our Lord Yuhengxing of Liyue was among them."

"In the darkness, a light suddenly appeared. It was a city that no one in the world had ever seen. Its appearance was revealed to everyone for the first time."

"Master Shen Qin said that this is Academy City, a template for future cities. He wants to mobilize the power of the three kingdoms to set off a wave of change in Teyvat..."

Shen Qin was stunned: "Ah?"

Chapter 231: Parody is not nonsense, adaptation is not random writing

Thanks to the advice of an old man who loves listening to books, Tian Tiezui, who is a great reader, adapted the story of Shen Qin founding Academy City.

The unique new theme attracted people's attention and interest among the stereotyped "Emperor Rock King" stories in the Liyue storytelling world at that time, and greatly increased the customer flow of Sanwan Buguogang.

Other storytellers in Liyue followed Tian Tiezui's example and adapted the stories of Academy City, or simply asked Mora to obtain authorization from him.

"So now you have become the protagonist of the storyteller's story." Tartaglia laughed at Shen Qin with glee.

"No! I can't tolerate this!" Shen Qin slammed the table and stood up.

Tartaglia was horrified: "What are you going to do? Don't be impulsive! You will provoke the wrath of the storytellers!"

As we all know, don't mess with writers, because their writing skills and eloquence are no joke.

They can write what is straight as curved and say what is false as true.

The bards of Mondstadt and the storytellers of Liyue all belong to the literary circle.

Shen Qin said seriously, "They didn't give me a share of the profits for adapting my story? I have to ask them for Mora."

"Come on, are you still short of that little Mora?" Tartaglia pulled him to sit down, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

In fact, Shen Qin did not pursue the intentions of these storytellers. Due to the limitations of the level of social development, the copyright awareness in Teyvat is not high, and there is no such thing as obtaining authorization from the storytellers themselves in order to adapt the story.

But parody is not nonsense, and adaptation is not random writing. There is still some merit in Mr. Liu's famous saying.

Shen Qin decided to have Academy City officials cooperate with storytellers and bards, and proactively provide some materials for them to adapt and disseminate, in order to expand Academy City's popularity and public recognition.

This wave, this wave is called controlling the mouthpiece of public opinion, Shen Qin knows how to create momentum.

The two of them listened to storytelling at Sanwan Buguogang for an entire afternoon and learned what impression ordinary people had of Shen Qin and Academy City.

Overall it is positive. After all, Academy City does not infringe on the interests of ordinary people, and the products it produces have brought great convenience to their lives.

However, Shen Qin was somewhat deified, and some people said he was a genius alchemist that only appeared once in Teyvat every five hundred years.

Albedo and the Doctor said they had something to say, they were just not as famous as Shen Qin, they were not dead.

As meal time approached, more and more customers came to eat their three bowls of rice. The aroma of food filled the hall, making Shen Qin and Tadalia feel a little hungry.

"How about dinner? Let's have it here?" Tartaglia asked for his opinion. After all, he was the guest today.

"Let's go to Liuli Pavilion. Of the three major restaurants in Liyue Harbor, I've only never eaten at Liuli Pavilion."

"walk."

Tartaglia paid the bill and summoned another Fatui to drive them to the Glass Pavilion.

He smiled and said to Shen Qin: "Since I became a member of the Fatui, I have never paid for anyone's meal. Do you think I am giving you enough face?"