People in Mondstadt, starting to develop black technology

"It's just a common business practice. Also, my name is Diluk, not Di."

"Okay, Master Dee."

"...Since you already have an idea, I will handle it according to your idea."

"Yeah! Okay, Master Di! Goodbye, Master Di!"

"Are you done yet?"

The Gos Caravan was just a trivial episode to Shen Qin and Diluk, but at this moment the Gos Caravan was in a huge crisis of life and death.

Mondstadt, Goss's residence.

At this time, the top executives of the Goss Caravan gathered here, everyone had a sad look on their face, and smoke filled the entire hall.

A woman opened the door and walked in. Seeing smoke lingering in the hall, she frowned, waved her hand in disgust, and opened all the windows in the room to let the smoke dissipate faster.

Goss didn't care about her behavior. He just asked her with a glimmer of hope in his eyes: "Euphemia, what did Boss Hornby say?"

"No hope." She dashed his hopes. "It only took Roy's caravan two days to bring his goods to Liyue, and then brought new goods back from Liyue. Moreover, the goods received by both sides were basically intact. He said that our caravan didn't have a transport vehicle, the delivery speed was too slow, the price was high, and the loss ratio was particularly high every time..."

"Bullshit!" Goss couldn't help but curse, and threw the cigarette in his hand to the ground, splashing a large group of sparks. "If I hadn't taken his order, his little business would have gone bankrupt long ago! He would have jumped off the Star-Picking Cliff long ago! How could he have bought a store like this and married a beautiful wife?"

"Now I'm in trouble, but he won't even give me some business to help me through this difficult time. What an ungrateful bastard! What an ungrateful bastard!"

Euphemia said expressionlessly: "But it takes us more than a month to go back and forth, which is enough time for Roy's caravan to go back and forth fifteen times."

Chapter 135 Freight Immortal

Goss's expression froze, and then he became even more angry: "The Roy Caravan used transport vehicles, and their freight is soulless. Only our rickshaws and animal-drawn carts have souls. We are freight immortals, so our freight is slow and expensive. Slow means attentiveness, and expensive means good quality!"

"Pfft——" Someone among his men laughed out loud.

"Who's laughing?" He slammed the table hard, and his murderous eyes swept over his men who lowered their heads, "Which bastard is laughing?!"

Euphemia sighed and said, "Boss, no one cares about business matters...soul or no soul, everyone only cares about one thing - Mora."

Gos pointed at her, but didn't know what to say in response, so he directed his criticism at those people who lowered their heads: "Why did Roy's caravan take away all our business at the same time? Do they have so many people? Huh? You bunch of rubbish, are you teaming up to deceive me?"

No one spoke, so Euphemia explained to him, "Boss Hornby is our biggest customer, but his goods can be transported by just one Dawn. The goods of other customers can be transported by four trucks."

There was something else she hadn't said in her mind: Are you underestimating the freight capacity of the transport truck?

“…” Goss didn’t know what to say, and finally sat down heavily on the chair and slapped the table hard several times.

After venting his anger, he turned to Euphemia and asked, "Euphemia, you are the smartest among us. Tell me, what should we do now?"

He has actually begun to regret it now. After the transport vehicles entered the market, his caravan has become uncompetitive. He bought the old vehicles of Roy's caravan before to prevent them from buying them back, but he didn't expect that he would end up with a waste of them now.

"There is only one way now. Sell the old car to the wood recycler, sell the livestock to the butcher, sell all the flying skateboards, healing sprays and other goods in the warehouse at a price lower than the market price, and immediately go to Academy City to place an order for a transport vehicle. In this way, our caravan may still have a chance to survive."

The Goss Caravan now needs to sell its old assets as quickly as possible to recoup its investment, and at the same time purchase transport vehicles to ensure that it can retain a small market share under the siege of the Roy Caravan and other forces.

When Old Goss heard her words, he pursed his lips unwillingly, but finally nodded: "Then do it this way. You will be fully responsible for this matter."

After receiving the order, Euphemia immediately took everyone to make arrangements overnight, but she still felt a little melancholy in her heart.

If I had known this, why did I have to?

She had objected when Goss had initially decided not to buy the transporter, but he hadn't listened to anyone.

The poor sales of goods such as flying skateboards made him hate Shen Qin, Diluk and their Academy City. Because of his timid and cautious character, he made the wrong decision to lead the caravan to a dead end.

Now he was forced to bow his head by the situation, but Euphemia still had worries in her heart.

Goss had united many people to spread rumors that were unfavorable to Academy City. Could Academy City really not find out? Then would Shen Qin and his team still be so "generous" as to sell the transport vehicle to the Goss caravan?

Things really took a turn for the worst.

Early the next morning, Euphemia came to Academy City in person to buy a transport vehicle, but was stopped outside the gate by the Sky Shield System and the Sentinel System and was not allowed to enter the city.

"Please help report to our superiors that we are cooperating with sincerity." She asked the guards to convey this message to those in charge.

The guard did his duty and helped her pass the message, but just when she was relieved, the guard soon brought her bad news.

"Ms. Euphemia, I'm really sorry. My superiors said that the order for the transport vehicle has been scheduled for a year. The factory's production capacity is insufficient, so we have stopped accepting orders."

After saying that, he politely handed her a bottle of purified water.

This is one of Sugar's recent research and development results. She purified the groundwater near the lake in the north of Academy City and bottled it for mass production. The water contains various trace elements needed by the human body and has become the internal drinking water of Academy City.

One bottle a day, longevity.

Ten bottles a day, water poisoning.

"Could you please be a little more flexible..." she said to the guard, but he only shook his head in rejection.

If they report it once, they are already very responsible. If they report it again after their superiors have responded, they would be foolish.

Euphemia realized that there was no way out of the situation, so she simply turned around and left.

On the way back to the city, she heard a passerby say that he had just placed an order for a transport truck with Academy City today and estimated that he would be able to pick it up in a month.

She didn't find it strange, as even a fool could see that Academy City was just finding a random excuse to deal with them and had no intention of doing business with them at all.

After all, the Goss Caravan had deliberately targeted Academy City before, and they had no means of counterattack. She didn't believe that they would be so magnanimous.

Never mind. I've tried my best.

She opened the purified water and took a sip. She found the water quite delicious. Unlike other water, it always had a slight odor. The bottle that contained the water was also very beautiful, light, thin and transparent.

She returned to Mondstadt and told Goss what happened in Academy City. As she expected, he was angry and made a fuss, and he smashed a lot of things.

She returned to her residence and began to pack her things, deciding to leave the boat that was destined to be stranded.

But as soon as she went out, she saw the deputy captain of the caravan carrying a bucket and a huge package, and was also preparing to run away.

The two looked at each other, nodded in tacit understanding, and left in different directions.

The disintegration of Goss's caravan did not cause any ripples in Mondstadt. Only former business partners in the industry would sigh and say that Goss made only one wrong decision and ruined the entire caravan.

Some people who disliked Goss's style of doing things or had conflicts with him would sneer and ridicule him, saying that he deserved such a fate because he was so eccentric in his dealings with others and finally hit a wall this time.

What surprised them was that Academy City and even the major forces behind it, apart from refusing to cooperate with Goss, had never fought back or sanctioned him from beginning to end.

After the Goss caravan was disbanded, Academy City did not kill Goss completely, allowing him to live the rest of his life in peace with the wealth he had accumulated in the first half of his life.

Although they didn't understand why Academy City held back, compared to how Goss had used despicable means to suppress his competitors and even forced their families to be broken up, they had to admire that Academy City was very open about this.

Mond has lost a Goss caravan and gained an Academy City, which is a great thing!

Chapter 136: Barbatos lost all his dignity in order to drink

After learning the news of the dissolution of the Goss caravan, the people of the Roy caravan were very happy. The feud between the two caravans had lasted for so many years. Fortunately, Johnston had always taken the initiative to avoid old Goss, so that there was no more intense conflict between the two sides.

The members of the caravan always thought that this was the boss's character, and the old men in the caravan also lamented that he was too much like his father Roy, both were kind.

Kindness is not a word that deserves praise in business.

But Johnston did not back down this time. Instead, he seized the opportunity to counterattack and defeated the Goss caravan in one fell swoop. Only then did they realize that he was much smarter than Roy, and they became more convinced of him.

"Boss, now that we have taken over the market share of the Goss Chamber of Commerce, are we going to take root here?"

"No." Johnston said without hesitation, "Our goal is the sea of ​​stars. Mondstadt and Liyue are still too small!"

"Oh ho!!!"

The players cheered.

They joined Roy's caravan because they also liked to travel around Teyvat, and they couldn't stand staying in one place for a long time.

Looking at the cheering crowd, Johnston clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Alright, let's get moving. We will hand over the business in Mond to the caravans with transport vehicles, and then pack up and embark on our journey!"

Old Gwen sat aside, watching this scene, with an unstoppable smile on his face.

He believed that the future of Roy Caravan would not stop here.

The emergence of Academy City has brought rapid changes to Teyvat. Stories like the Goss Caravan and the Roy Caravan happen every day. Those who seize the opportunity can soar to the sky, while those who fail to do so will become ordinary people.

However, this has little impact on Academy City. It is the leader of change in the times. As long as it ensures that its achievements are not stolen or destroyed and it always keeps making progress, it can continue to enjoy this dividend.

That day, Shen Qin took the Academy City bus back to Mondstadt and saw that the city was widening its roads on a large scale.

The Knights are planning to bring the Dawn coach into Mondstadt to facilitate the daily travel of the people of Mondstadt.

As soon as he returned to Mondstadt, he went to the Adventurer's Guild to post a quest, and then went directly to the Angel's Gift. As expected, as soon as he entered the door, he saw the bard who was sharing a table with the adventurers.

"Come on, come on! Friends. Finish this one, there are still three more!" He raised his glass drunkenly and toasted with the others at the table.

Shen Qin sighed, pointed at him and asked the bartender Charles: "How much has he drunk?"

"Mr. Shen Qin, Mr. Wendy has already drunk six glasses. Including this one, it's the seventh glass." Charles replied while cleaning the wine utensils.

"Eh? Where did he get so many Moras?"

Jiumengzi shouldn't be able to afford so many glasses of wine.

Charles said helplessly, "Well... recently the Adventurer's Association has had a lot of Academy City missions, and the adventurers have earned a lot of Mora. Mr. Wendy has been exchanging stories for wine with them, and has been looking for different adventurers to share a table every day for several days."

Shen Qin exclaimed, "Wow, you are the God of Wind, but you even want to betray Mora of your own people?"

Although it is a two-way fight, Barbatos lost all his dignity in order to drink.

"I'm treating you to this table today. Please put it on... Diluk's account." Shen Qin waved his hand generously.

"Okay." Charles agreed while holding back his smile, knowing the relationship between him and his master.

Shen Qin ordered a drink for himself and sat at the bar, watching Wendy's performance from a distance. When he finished ten glasses of wine and was about to leave the bar with satisfaction, Shen Qin stopped him and asked, "Do you have any shame?"

"Hey——" Wendy took a few steps back and looked at him in horror, "Is your business so wild now? You've even started selling human organs!"

"..."

"Hey, just kidding." Wendy scratched her head and said, "What's the matter this time? Anyway, every time you come to me, it's always bad news."

Yes, the first time was to borrow his power to buff the Sky Shield system, the second time was to use him as a laborer to break the barrier outside the Wind Dragon Ruins and take the Heart of God, and now it is the third time, and it must be another trouble that will affect his drinking.

"I just want you to help me research something. The reward will definitely be a lot. I'll make you drink more than you can finish in Angel's Gift for a year."

Wendy's eyes lit up immediately. "It doesn't matter if you're paid or not. I just want to know you as my friend. How can I not help a friend who needs help?"

Shen Qin smiled and said, "Since you don't want any reward, that's great!"

"..."

The two of them returned to the alchemy workshop noisily. Looking at this familiar place, Shen Qin's heart was filled with emotion.

He had previously planned to expand the area here, but he did not expect that a research base the size of a building had been built directly in the Academy City. Although it has not been officially completed, his laboratory has been built. The area is several times larger than here, and the equipment is more complete.

The alchemy workshop has fallen behind and cannot keep up with his research and development speed, but to him, it still has special significance.

This was the starting point of his alchemical career. In order to get the electric crystal from Lisa, he developed his first alchemical product here - a library management system and terminal.

"What are you feeling?" Wendy's voice brought Shen Qin back to reality.

"The Traveler and Paimon are here."

Wendy greeted Ying and Paimon at the door of the gold refining workshop.

"Shen Qin, there's also a street singer!" Paimon flew over happily and circled around the two of them. "How have you been doing lately? Hmm... but I can guess it - Wendy is singing and drinking in the tavern all day, so Shen Qin must be having a great time these days! After all, we in Mondstadt often hear about Academy City!"

"Little Paimon has become smarter~" Wendy said with a smile.

Paimon put his hands on his hips angrily: "I am very smart! And Paimon is Paimon, why do I have to add 'little' in front? Should I call you 'Old Wendy'?"

The two childish ghosts were bickering there. Ying came to Shen Qin and said with a smile, "Long time no see."

"Long time no see. Are you still doing the commissions from the Adventurer's Guild recently?"

"Yes, I plan to save up some Mora and go to Liyue in the near future to see if there is a chance to speak to the God of Rock at the Summoning Immortal Ceremony."

"Then you should come to the Academy City. The rewards for some of our commissions are much higher than those from the Adventurer's Association." Shen Qin invited her enthusiastically.