Be a legal businessman in Liyue!

Not only ordinary people were surprised, even Qixing was a little surprised.

"How could he be so fast? Has there been no news from our people?"

Uncle Tian looked at Ningguang with some curiosity.

Of course, he also knew about the water being added to Wang Que's construction site, but Tianquan was in charge of this matter later, and he did not follow up.

Ningguang's expression remained calm. "Of course there is, but he's just so fast. I can't possibly suppress him."

"Tsk, just watch him build the floating city first, then your Qun Yu Pavilion..." Uncle Tian said with a teasing tone.

Ningguang remained calm, "As long as I still have the courage to destroy another Qun Yu Pavilion, it doesn't matter whether I come in first or second."

Of course, there was one thing she didn't say, that in fact, Qun Yu Pavilion could have taken off a long time ago.

After all, her construction team is familiar with the job and this isn't their first time.

But after she got Wang Que's floating city design drawings, she did have a lot of feelings.

The original design of the Qun Yu Pavilion began to be modified.

Brother Tumu should know this.

The most taboo thing for those doing engineering work is to change the drawings after work has begun.

If Ningguang hadn't given them enough money, the construction team would have wanted to go on strike.

Therefore, Ningguang had already prepared for Wang Que to take off first, so naturally she would not be depressed or angry.

Moreover, after Wang Que's floating city took off, the people she sent were also sent back by Wang Que.

After all, the things have been built, so why keep your people here?

As for how much they learned, Wang Que really didn't care.

It would be best to learn the floating module as well, and then sell it to the Seven Star [Tubian Device].

However, the return of these people has accelerated the renovation of Qun Yu Pavilion, after all, it had just been built before.

Ningguang estimated that it would be completed before the Lantern Festival.

"Well, I thought I would see you angry." Uncle Tian said with a smile, and then suddenly coughed a few times.

Ningguang frowned slightly: "Are you sick?"

Uncle Tian waved his hand: "Maybe it's because I'm old. I'm not like you guys, who all practice martial arts or magic. It's normal for people to be weak when they get old."

"You should rest more." Ningguang said.

Uncle Tian waved his hand: "Bai Zhu said the same thing, but now is not the time to rest, Xumi still has to be watched."

"With me watching over them, nothing will go wrong," Ningguang said calmly. "Those academic tycoons are only interested in collecting money and have no idea how the market works. We've already captured 70 percent of the market."

As she spoke, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly: "In fact, we have completed the control."

A 70% share of an industry basically declares it a monopoly.

How does the saying go? The most "reasonable" distribution in an industry is that the boss takes 70%, the second-in-command takes 29%, and everyone else takes 1%.

As for why there is no third child?

Generally speaking, in the battle for market share, when the number one and number two fight, the number three will be the first to die.

However, Liyue's impact on Xumi's elemental material market did not encounter any effective resistance.

It easily captured 70 percent of the market.

Some scholars were even extremely excited about the elemental materials from Liyue.

The price is not high, the quantity is large and the quality is good.

It is very suitable for experiments by scholars like them.

In fact, this is the current state of Xumi's business environment.

The House of Representatives doesn't care about business at all. They make a lot of money from patents every year.

Many times, the tax officials of the Ministry of Justice would collect taxes randomly, causing many merchants to be unwilling to do business in Xumi.

Especially in the port system, those port officials are local tyrants who can customize the tax ratio themselves, which is much more relaxed than the port officials in Liyue.

"Xumeru is not a concern, but Mond, I have received a request for a foreign affairs visit from Mond."

Ningguang said as she handed a document to Uncle Tian.

"Mond? What's going on lately? Why are they visiting?"

Uncle Tian took the document. It only stated that the Knights of Favonius, on behalf of Mondstadt, had initiated a diplomatic visit to Liyue. The content of the visit was probably about trade, friendship, and technological exchanges between the two sides.

There was no mention of anything in particular; it was a very formal but ordinary application.

Ningguang shook her head slightly. "I don't know. According to normal procedures, they should visit before the Lantern Festival. It's a bit early now."

Liyue and Mondstadt are friendly with each other and often visit each other.

The time of visit is usually before the Lantern Festival in Liyue or before the Wind Flower Festival in Mondstadt.

It's the kind of thing where you send someone to congratulate the other party.

This early visit is obviously not simple.

"Do we have a big trade surplus with Mond recently?" Uncle Tian suddenly asked.

Ningguang memorized this data. "There are signs of expansion. Mondstadt's exports to us are mainly food, as well as some alchemical potions and alcohol."

"And what they buy from us is mostly ore and metals. With the Great Crusade, their demand for these resources has increased even more."

Ningguang was suddenly startled as she spoke: "Perhaps this is the reason for this visit."

Uncle Tian: "Negotiations for new ore supply?"

Ningguang nodded, then shook her head. "It should be part of it. I received intelligence earlier that Mond's chief alchemist had also developed a product similar to the elemental grenade. They might be coming here this time for the raw materials."

"Raw materials? That's not right." Uncle Tian shook his head. "We've known this before. Boss Wang's alchemy technology comes from this chief alchemist. If Boss Wang can create an elemental plantation, then this chief should be able to do the same."

When they were fighting for control of the plantation, they threatened Wang Que by saying they would cooperate with Albedo.

It's just a business threat, so it's impossible to take it seriously.

But there is no doubt that Wang Que learned some skills from Albedo.

"Maybe there are other reasons."

Ningguang shook her head. "It must be about the logistics of the Great Crusade. Otherwise, I can't imagine why Mondstadt would visit us at this time."

Uncle Tian thought for a moment and said, "Do you want me to go and receive them?"

"No need. The team this time is led by one of their cavalry captains and the chief alchemist."

Ningguang shook her head slightly as she spoke. "It seems Mondstadt is indeed empty. We can't even gather professional diplomats. Leave this matter to me."

Having the cavalry captain handle diplomacy is indeed somewhat... inappropriate.

But considering that most of the Knights of Favonius were taken away, it is understandable.

"Okay then, I'll leave it to you." Uncle Tian said, and stood up.

If it were usual, he would definitely compete with Ningguang for some power.

But his recent physical weakness has really made him feel powerless.

After Uncle Tian left.

Ningguang thought for a moment before speaking, "Bai Wen, please prepare a gift for me and send it to Solitary Cloud Pavilion's floating city. I'll give it to Boss Wang as a token of congratulations."

"Yes, Lord Ningguang."

Outside the office, Bai Wen's voice soon rang out, followed by the sound of footsteps fading away.

After giving this instruction, Ningguang did not rest, but took out the document and started to approve it.

Among the seven stars, no one is not busy.

...

End of December.

A delegation of the Knights of Favonius from Mondstadt entered Liyue Harbor.

“Wow, so many people!”

Klee left Albedo's arms and ran back and forth.

There are actually a lot of people in Mondstadt, but it is still a little less than commercial ports like Liyue Harbor.

It was the first time for Kelly to see so many people.

"Klee, be careful, don't bump into anyone." Albedo called softly.

Originally, he had not planned to bring Kelly with him on this visit.

After all, Klee is a dangerous person.

In Mondstadt, it would be enough to just put him in solitary confinement, but in Liyue, that may not be the case.

However, seeing Klee's pitiful appearance, he still couldn't bear to leave her in Mondstadt.

"I know, Brother Albedo."

Klee responded loudly, attracting a lot of people's attention.

But after seeing that it was a cute little girl, everyone smiled knowingly.

Human babies are always so cute.

Seeing Klee slow down, Albedo felt relieved and looked at Kaeya beside him: "What's the next plan?"

Kaeya was a little exhausted, seemingly reluctant to make this trip, but there was really no other way: "Go to the Liyue General Affairs Department and inform them of our arrival. They will arrange for us to rest. The official visit will be tomorrow."

This was not his first time in Liyue, so he was quite familiar with the place.

Albedo nodded slightly: "Then can I leave the team first?"

Kaiya was stunned: "Leaving the team? What are you going to do?"

"I have old friends in Liyue and I want to visit them." Albedo did not hide it.

Kaeya was even more stunned. "Old friend? When did you have friends in Liyue?"

In his impression, after Albedo came to Mondstadt, he basically ran between Mondstadt and the snowy mountains, and it seemed that he had never been to Liyue.

Albedo whispered, "I had a merchant friend from Liyue who, after being introduced by an Honorary Knight, learned alchemy from me..."

Before he finished speaking, Kaiya reacted: "Oh, Boss Wang, that is one of the purposes of our trip."

However, Kaia said with some emotion: "I didn't expect you to think of him as a friend."

He had previously thought that Wang Que and Albedo just knew each other.

After all, friend doesn't seem to be a common word for Albedo.

Albedo explained: "His alchemy talent is terrifying. I only taught him the basics. He learned everything that followed on his own."

Not knowing that Wang Que had a golden finger, Albedo naturally thought that Wang Que had slowly learned the techniques behind Black Earth Alchemy on his own.

This kind of talent made him marvel.

He himself is a genius in alchemy, so he understands even more how terrifying people like Wang Que are.

If he hadn't taught Wang Que alchemy, he would never have believed that someone could learn it so quickly.

"Okay, go ahead, but remember to come back before noon tomorrow."

After a pause, Kaia continued, "You can find us."

Albedo nodded: "Don't worry, I can find it."

Then he looked at Keli who was running back: "Keli, I'm going to visit a friend..."

Keli's eyes lit up: "Keli wants to go too!"

Albedo: ...

He hesitated for less than three seconds.

He nodded gently: "Okay, then you go with me."

"Great!"