Be a legal businessman in Liyue!

But for the alchemy apprentices under Wang Que, it was really different.

They have a broader perspective and understand the world a little better because they have learned alchemy.

But there is a saying that goes, the more you know, the more you realize your own ignorance.

As a result, some alchemy apprentices will subconsciously pursue more knowledge.

Therefore, some senior people in the field of alchemy will naturally come into their sight.

Albedo was naturally well known to them.

Before Albedo arrived in Mondstadt, Mondstadt's alchemy was at kindergarten level.

After Albedo became the chief alchemist of the Knights Templar, Mond's alchemical potions became export products, earning a large amount of Mora.

It's terrifying that one person can raise the alchemy of an entire country to a first-class level.

Moreover, when Wang Que was teaching them, he never concealed the fact that he learned alchemy from Albedo.

"Master Albedo, please follow me."

The apprentice who received him immediately became respectful and extended his hand to Albedo.

After leading Albedo and Klee to a more comfortable rest area, the apprentice said, "Please rest for a while. I'll report to you."

Albedo nodded: "Sorry for the trouble."

The apprentice's face flushed immediately, and he waved his hands repeatedly: "No trouble, no trouble."

It feels like a fan seeing their idol.

After saying this, the apprentice quickly turned around and left. He first found Wen Shitou and reported the matter to him.

Then Wen Shitou did not dare to delay and informed Wang Que of Albedo's visit through the floating city's intelligence.

Inside the floating city lord's hall.

Wang Que is renovating his laboratory and connecting it to the element pool to obtain energy.

After hearing the news, I was also stunned.

"Albedo is visiting?"

Chapter 277 The Mission's Purpose

Upon learning that Albedo was coming, Wang Que naturally would not hide away like he did with other businessmen.

A floating platform module was specially sent to pick up the people.

Soon, he met Albedo and the curious Klee in his new office.

Keli's eyes lit up when she saw Wang Que: "He's the big brother who does different things!"

She still remembered Wang Que.

Back in Mondstadt, Wang Que accompanied Albedo in making new adhesive, and Klee was present throughout the process.

At that time, Wang Que also saw Klee mixing materials of different properties to make bouncing bombs.

Wang Que also sighed that it was worthy of being Klee.

If it were Bennett, it would have exploded the moment the materials came into contact.

"Haha, Keli, long time no see."

Wang Que smiled, bent down, and rubbed Keli's head.

Even through the hat, the big hands were warm. Keli squinted her eyes and rubbed them subconsciously.

Albedo glanced at Wang Que's palm and recognized it as some kind of blessing spell, so he ignored it.

"I came here with the delegation this time because I wanted to see your alchemy skills and exchange ideas."

"However, it seems that your progress has far exceeded my expectations."

Albedo explained his purpose to Wang Que.

Wang Que smiled and said, "I have special learning skills."

Then he looked at Albedo with some curiosity: "You mean the diplomatic mission?"

Albedo nodded. "Yes, it's about some negotiations on military purchases. However, nothing has been finalized yet. I just came here to express my intention."

He had no intention of keeping it secret.

"Military purchases? For the great expedition?" Wang Que said subconsciously.

"I guess so. There's also the idea of ​​updating the Knights of Favonius's armaments," Albedo said. "During the Tevarin Rebellion, the Knights were very passive in the face of the Fatui pressure."

"This is essentially a manifestation of insufficient force."

"And yet Liyue repelled the invasion of a demon god, which surprised Qin."

"She hopes to communicate more with Liyue about military equipment."

"This time I'm just coming here to start. Maybe I'll come more frequently in the future."

Albedo explained it very clearly.

Wang Que was very excited when he heard this, but he was also a little confused: "Isn't the standard equipment of the Knights the West Wind series?"

Albedo was stunned: "Who told you that?"

"Ah, isn't that right? I just heard it from someone else." Wang Que remembered that in the game text, the text recorded that the Favonius series was the standard weapon of the Knights.

Albedo smiled and shook his head: "You can't say it's wrong. The weapons of the Zephyr series are indeed the standard weapons of the Knights, but this is only limited to senior knights or titled knights."

Titled knights are knights with clear code names like Amber and Eula, and are the elites of the Knights Templar.

Albedo continued:

"As high-quality weapons, their use conditions are still too high, and most ordinary knights cannot use them."

"Take the Bow of Zephyr for example. An average knight can only fire it a few times, so how could it be used regularly?"

"In fact, the Bow of the West Wind is usually only awarded to outstanding archers with outstanding archery skills and long service time."

"The Scout Knights were once the largest group of Zephyr users in Mondstadt. However, with the departure of the original Scout Knight, this force declined."

After a slight pause, Albedo smiled and said, "Come to think of it, this scout knight is from Liyue."

Wang Que nodded without saying anything.

He is Amber's grandfather, a mercenary leader in Liyue.

He passed on all he knew in his life to the scout knights, including the ability to track in the wilderness and the intuition to smell danger, which were not possessed by the knights.

Therefore, the skills of the Scout Knights are extremely valuable to the Knights.

However, as Albedo said, after this person left, the Scout Knight declined.

In the plot, Amber told us that she wanted to revive the Scouting Knights.

Albedo saw Wang Que nod slightly, knowing that he knew the story he was telling, so he continued:

"This is also one of the reasons why Qin wanted to discuss military equipment with Liyue."

"The Grand Master led his men on an expedition, and some senior knights of the older generation retired, causing a gap in the Knights' strength."

"A similar situation actually occurred in Liyue."

Albedo seems to be very familiar with these things, fully demonstrating his knowledge.

Wang Que naturally knew what this situation was.

In fact, it is the distinction between the Thousand Rocks Group and the Thousand Rocks Army.

Today's Thousand Rocks Army can no longer carry the weapons that the Thousand Rocks Group once had.

This is also a period of downgrading of military force.

But Liyue came up with alternatives to the Qianyan series, namely the Black Tassel Spear, White Tassel Spear and the Yue Spear series.

These three-star weapons effectively guarantee the current combat effectiveness of the Qianyan Army.

Apart from the Qianyan Army, there are no other three-star-level organized troops at other national levels.

So even though Liyue has no industrialization, in fact, it still has abundant martial virtues.

"I see." Wang Que nodded slightly, already thinking in his heart whether he could intervene.

A country's arms business, even if it only takes a small part, is a huge fortune.

Albedo seemed to see what Wang Que was thinking and said, "Don't even think about it. Jean can't be purchased directly from outside. It's likely that Mond will produce it themselves after some discussion."

Wang Que frowned immediately: "If we don't outsource, why would Liyue communicate with you?"

Although most of the people of Liyue are kind and friendly.

But the Liyue Seven Stars are definitely not like this.

If there is no benefit, why should we communicate with Mond and share our experience in weapon iteration?

Don’t think that simply changing a weapon can make the army transition smoothly?

From ancient times to the present, unless it is a chaotic peasant army, replacing or iterating weapons for any organized troops is a huge problem.

Let’s not talk about the tactics, military formations and other issues involved.

Whether the soldiers can use it easily is a difficult problem to solve.

Liyue’s experience in iterating weapons is very valuable.

"We should probably increase the share of ore purchased from Liyue," Albedo said directly. "To update our armaments, we need more ore, and Liyue has the most ore in Teyvat."

"This is good news for Liyue, so your Seven Stars shouldn't refuse."

Albedo explained.

Wang Que narrowed his eyes and shook his head: "Then you have some time to grind."

Albedo was a little puzzled: "Is there a problem?"

"Before you came here, did you know the price of ore in the Liyue market?" Wang Que said with a smile.

Albedo frowned: "I don't know, that's Kaeya's job."

"Due to some special reasons, the price of mineral materials in the Liyue market has been skyrocketing recently." Wang Que said.

The closure of the Chasm means more than just workers losing their jobs.

Without the constant supply of ore from the Chasm, Liyue's mining industry suffered a severe blow.

And the capital market is sensitive.

As the Seven Stars have been slow to resume production in the Layered Abyss, the price of ore in the market has also skyrocketed.

According to what Wang Que knew, Qixing had released inventory several times to stabilize the market.

You know, ore is one of Liyue's economic pillars.

Liyue’s initial prosperity was due to mining.

However, Wang Que was not worried about the market collapse. After all, in addition to the Chasm, there were still many mines in Liyue.

The most likely scenario is that prices will remain high for a while until travelers come to resolve the issue.

"Well, this is something Kaeya needs to be reminded of." Albedo frowned slightly.

He recognized the identity of the Knights Templar, and he would also care about the interests of the Knights Templar or Mond.

"Haha, okay, let's not talk about this for now. You came to me this time not just to chat with me, right?" Wang Que changed the subject.

Albedo nodded: "I want to inspect your elemental plantation."

After a pause, he continued, "To be precise, it's those elemental plants."

"You want to replicate it?" Wang Que raised his eyebrows.

Albedo shook his head: "No, Mondstadt's leylines are not suitable."

He explained, "His mighty power enveloped Mondstadt. Under the [Great Orchestra], Mondstadt's leylines are orderly and smooth, making them ideal for growing crops. However, large-scale planting of elemental plants would disrupt the original leyline order and even cause disruption to the [Great Orchestra]."

"Although it's not difficult for him to reweave the Great Symphony, it's still a problem."

Wang Que nodded slightly: "So it's a procurement inspection?"