Genshin Impact: Another Traveler of Teyvat

Zhongli was drinking tea when he suddenly looked in the direction of Mingyun Town.

"Prices?" He looked at the tea in his hand again. "Whatever, it's good to knock on it."

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In June, the largest and most far-reaching iron ingot bubble event in Liyue's history slowly began.

In early June, a fleet of ships from the Kingdom of Winter arrived in Liyue, bringing with them several carts of iron ingots that exuded a unique metallic beauty, neatly stacked on the carts.

The Thorn Trading Company, led by the three brothers, is an old-established trading company in the Kingdom of Winter (so they claim). Because it was their first time in Liyue and they couldn't find the way, they pulled a team of horses and carts to the Frost Blade Ironware Shop.

When Mr. Zhang from Hanfeng Ironware saw the iron ingots, he exclaimed: "This is the material for the best purple and gold weapons!"

With the three brothers' hype, this easy-to-handle top-quality iron ingot was bought by all kinds of merchants. Speculators saw this low-priced and affordable top-quality iron ingot and started the first round of resale, making huge profits.

In mid-June, the price of iron ingots of all qualities in Liyue increased slightly. Among them, the price of the Iron Ingot of the Kingdom of Winter increased even more sharply. After all, it was a top-quality iron ingot, and it was the best for making purple and gold weapons.

Some experts even pointed out that the iron ingots must have a low production volume, and as a material for making gold weapons, it is reasonable for them to be several times more expensive. Under the manipulation of speculators, the second round of transfers began, and speculators once again made huge profits.

At the end of June, the three brothers brought in the second batch of top-quality iron ingots. Merchants from all over the world in Liyue Harbor could no longer sit still and began to rush to buy them.

As new speculators joined in, the price rose sharply again. The price of this top-quality iron ingot has exceeded 10 times the original price. The excess profit attracted more speculators to join. The third round of transfer among the merchants began. Countless speculators went crazy.

At the beginning of July, the Seven Stars joined the war, and the fourth round of transfers occurred. By the time the Winter Kingdom's top-grade iron ingots were sold, the price had risen 30 times. People kept buying top-grade iron ingots, waiting for the price to continue to rise.

In mid-July, the futures contracts of premium iron ingots were hotly traded in Liyue's trading houses. The price once soared to 45 times the original price. Almost everyone in Liyue participated in it, constantly buying premium iron ingots.

At the end of July, the three brothers brought in the third batch of top-quality iron ingots. The price of iron ingots in Liyue fell slightly, and then began to soar. The people in Liyue Port went crazy. The price had soared to 50 times the original price. Even many ordinary people bought a few top-quality iron ingots, waiting for them to continue to appreciate.

In early August, people in Liyue Harbor discovered a strange phenomenon. It seemed that everyone had top-grade iron ingots?

In mid-August, people in the streets and alleys of Liyue Harbor were sweating as they looked at the top-quality iron ingots in their hands. They simply couldn't sell them!

At the end of August, the iron ingot bubble was completely burst. The Seven Stars and the General Affairs Department investigated the incident, but the clues were completely cut off by an unknown person. The immortals and their descendants living in Liyue Port all kept silent about the incident.

According to statistics from the General Affairs Department of Liyue, at least 75% of the city's wealth had been looted. No one knew where these hundreds of thousands of tons of top-quality iron ingots came from.

All the people in Liyue Harbor got involved and passed the top-grade iron ingots around, but they couldn't find the source at all.

Ordinary people were fine, they only bought one or two pieces. But the big trading companies looked at the thousands or tens of thousands of tons of iron ingots in their warehouses, and the freight alone would be sky-high.

A high-ranking woman looked at a pile of futures documents that had almost become waste paper in front of her, and she wanted to sell them but couldn't. She then looked at another pile of loan contracts. Suddenly she woke up! This was a trap set against me!

Chapter 18 The subsequent impact of iron ingots

Xinyuexuan Restaurant.

"Emperor, thank you for not intervening to stop it this time." Lin Zixuan was making tea for Zhongli.

“This time you plundered more than half of Liyue Harbor’s wealth. What you did was truly earth-shattering!” Zhongli took a sip of tea.

"This is the commercial war in the era of human rule. It's just a brief preview. When you leave office, a commercial country like Liyue will inevitably suffer. I just made it happen in advance.

As businessmen, the Seven Stars often consider their own interests. Once the interests are involved and the seven people cannot make up their minds, they can only put it aside. This kind of management method can only be said to have advantages and disadvantages. It is a good thing that they put down their chips and participated in it this time and learned a lesson.

There are a few people in the General Affairs Department who have kept a clear mind in this plan. Unfortunately, their influence is not strong enough. Otherwise, I would not have been able to achieve the plan so smoothly. "Lin Zixuan curled his lips.

"What's the use of getting so many Mora? Your business is not short of money. Why do you do this?" Zhongli asked curiously.

"Emperor, where do you think the Mora of Liyue have gone? Excluding the thousands of years of chaos, let's take a look at the development of Liyue in the past 100 years.

Apart from the construction of a few residential areas, there was almost no change in Liyue, which was completely stagnant. Even the docks were not expanded. Liyue had paid taxes for 100 years for the countless merchant ships coming in and out every day.

With you here, there is good weather and a good harvest every year. After deducting some official expenses, there will definitely be a huge amount of taxes left over.

This tax money was not used for people's livelihood, military force, or construction. Where do you think this money went?

I checked the history, and there were some Seven Stars who asked the General Affairs Department to offer them 200 billion Moras as wages for half a year. My Uncle Fu only paid 100 Moras for a bowl of noodles. There are too many termites in Liyue now, and they are all fat and juicy!

Look at the roads outside Liyue, they are muddy and the occasional stone roads were paved twenty years ago. There are hundreds of villages in Liyue, big and small, but less than ten of them are rich.

Many villages in the north were rich in Jueyun peppers, which were a popular ingredient for the people of Zhidong Country to ward off the cold. However, most of them could not be transported out and rotted in the fields.

The beauty of Luhua Pond can attract many foreign visitors, but there is no way to get there. Only adventurers can get in.

They have such good conditions to get rich, but they are restricted by the road, so they can only take the path of treasure thieves. This reminds me of a saying: The rich have wine and meat, but the poor have frozen bones on the road.

I will use this money to split the mountain in front of Liyue Harbor and turn it into a flat land. Then I will build a flat road to Mondstadt that can accommodate four carriages abreast and last for 30 years.

How about this? I'll give you the money and you can help me move the mountain?" Lin Zixuan winked at Zhongli.

"Bang!" Zhongli slapped him hard.

"Don't think about doing something impossible. Since you have decided to do this, I will give you some support. Liyue's road really needs to be repaired."

"Really? Do you have the magic talisman technology and slime control technology?" Lin Zixuan rubbed his big bumpy head.

"You need to go to Aozang Mountain to find Master Liuyunjiefeng for the Immortal Talisman technology. As for the slime, if you improve your mental strength a bit, you should be able to control it yourself."

After having a good meal and drinking, Lin Zixuan paid and said goodbye to Zhongli, then walked out of Xinyuexuan happily.

What happened in Liyue spread to the six surrounding countries at an extremely fast speed.

Only three merchants from the Kingdom of Winter appeared in public. Now the official of the Kingdom of Winter has publicly stated that the three merchants were just three gangsters, and now they have disappeared, making the matter even more confusing.

All countries are looking for the manipulator of this incident. This way of making money is too horrible. I am afraid it will take a long time for Liyue to recover. All countries have urgently introduced relevant laws to prevent such things from happening.

At this time, the laughter and joy on the streets of Liyue had disappeared, and many shops were closed, making it much quieter. Lin Zixuan felt sad as he looked at the much quieter Liyue Harbor. But the pain now was to prevent something that would be ten thousand times more painful from happening in the future.

Manmin Hall.

Master Mao and a group of chefs sat at the door and sighed.

Lin Zixuan walked forward and said, "From the looks of you, you all bought anchors?"

"Yeah, that damn guy ran away with the money too quickly."

"Isn't it possible to make a purple-grade weapon? It's not such a big loss, right?"

"I bought it at the highest price, expecting it to go up. But I ended up losing money."

"How about making it into a purple kitchen knife? It won't be worth much if you sell it anyway. Make a legendary kitchenware series for Xiangling!"

"That's all we can do. What do you want to eat? I'll turn on the stove."

"No, no, I'm just taking a walk to digest my food. Is Xiangling going to school again?"

"Boy, don't always think about my Xiangling. Xiangling is practicing her marksmanship at home. I think she has to find a new teacher. That teacher mortgaged his house and bought thirty iron ingots. Now he should be packing up and going back to his hometown to farm."

"Uh, okay."

Lin Zixuan left the Wanmin Hall and continued walking forward. Is even the Adventurer's Guild so deserted? That's right, everyone has no money, so naturally they won't hire adventurers to do things.

Hanfeng Ironware... Was it smashed by someone? What a sin, what Old Zhang said was right, this is indeed the best material for gold-grade weapons. People are too greedy, blaming others directly, I will find a chance to compensate them later!

Eat the tail end of Tiger Rock. Has even the shipyard stopped working? Only one-third of the ships on the dock are left, and more than half of the snack stands are gone.

This is probably what is called the Great Depression!

Originally, they only planned to plunder 50%, but the speculation in Liyue was too crazy, and they directly got nearly 75% of the wealth. The most important thing was that all the Seven Stars got involved.

The wealth accumulated by the old Seven Stars from generation to generation is not something that ordinary people can compare to. It is precisely because of their participation that the prices have skyrocketed.

If there were some institutions in Liyue to restrict and regulate, this wouldn't have happened. The Seven Stars are all businessmen, how could they set up stumbling blocks for themselves? There are very few laws in Liyue that can govern the Seven Stars. I hope this lesson will serve as a warning to them!

Suddenly, he saw a figure jumping down from the shipyard. Lin Zixuan's pupils shrank. It was too far away, and he couldn't catch up.

Yes, this kind of thing can happen! Speculation fails and huge debts are incurred that cannot be repaid.

Although I had expected this kind of thing to happen, I still felt very uncomfortable when I actually saw it. Did I have to bear the responsibility of killing a person? I'm afraid I had to bear the responsibility of killing hundreds or even thousands of people during this period of time.

Now that the Emperor is still in charge, Liyue Harbor is just a little depressed, but not in chaos. If the Emperor is gone, and the smart people of other countries mess things up again, it may take decades to recover.

There are three reasons why the Emperor did not intervene:

On the one hand, he wanted to see what an outsider like me could do. This incident also made him see the consequences of such things. It may have happened before, but they were all small-scale and did not amount to anything.

On the other hand, I want to see if Liyue can respond effectively if human rule is implemented in the future. The actions and responses of the Seven Stars this time will, if nothing unexpected happens, lead to a major overhaul of the Seven Stars.

The last aspect should be to know what he is going to do with all these Mora? Otherwise, basically every time I go to the Hall of Rebirth, I can't find him. This time, he is sitting in the Hall of Rebirth.

However, it was precisely because everyone was poor that they were able to get a private room at Xinyuexuan. In the past, booking a private room at Xinyuexuan would have to wait two or three months.

If the money is used for infrastructure construction, it will drive the operation of various industries, which means that the money will be returned to Liyue, and the money will still be in the hands of the people of Liyue. If another country took the initiative to run away with the money, it might be stopped by the Emperor at the beginning.

In future plans, more people may die because of me, so is what I did right? Lin Zixuan couldn't help but start self-reflection again.

If I didn't have the scientific and technological support from Blue Star, the business case support from Blue Star, and the years of thinking training from Blue Star, how could I, as an ordinary citizen, have the ability to cause such a big stir in this world?

Lin Zixuan walked on the dock. There were a lot fewer boats. Those who left must have lost a lot of money!

At present, the use of iron ingots is only in the initial stage, just for making weapons and spatulas. Then there is no other use. But I know that these iron ingots, if they are really used, are simply a drop in the bucket. Blue Star's annual output of hundreds of millions of tons of steel can be consumed. The little output I throw in, on Blue Star, will not make a splash at all.

In the future, you will have to shoulder the responsibility of thousands or even tens of thousands of lives. Always reflect on yourself and never forget your original intention. You must not become like a certain pot king who uses any means to achieve his goal.

The next step is to start building the road and build the largest cargo transportation port in Teyvat outside Liyue Harbor. Open up various branch roads in Liyue so that they can transport the best goods in the village. Then, through the port, they can be transported to the whole world.

Relying on Blue Star's various insights, the process can be shortened, but this kind of infrastructure takes a long time, and too fast progress in some aspects will often bring greater side effects.

You may need someone who shares the same ideals as you, and who is in official power, to ensure the smooth implementation of such infrastructure plans.

At present, it is better to wait for three to five years for Keqing to travel around Teyvat and see the charm of other countries. It will be easier to persuade her. Then slowly influence her views, instill new ideas, and let her change into your own shape.

I have to take care of Uncle Fu for the next few years. It’s not good to always ask Uncle Fu to work overtime when he’s old. (Uncle Fu: I’m only 51 years old!!!)

Although I don't know why I came to this world of Genshin Impact, as long as I do everything with integrity and without regrets, I will have no regrets when I leave.

Chapter 19: The Desperate Tianquan Star

I was lost in thought all the way back to the villa. Uh, why are the guards and servants standing outside the gate?

Walking forward, he found the three secretaries standing in front of the villa door. The captain of the guard said hurriedly, "Master, Tianquanxing Ningguang is here!" Lin Zixuan nodded.

Under the angry eyes of the three paddling people, they entered the villa. Sitting on the seat in the hall, there was a beautiful woman in luxurious clothes. She turned around and glared at Lin Zixuan.

"What a good method and plan."

It seems that this person is not friendly! But where have I seen this familiar face before?

This year, he basically just went to tease Xiangling, and practiced and developed Wood Release Technique at home. Mingyun Town was full of men, and he had basically no dealings with this kind of beauty in her twenties.

Eh? What is this unique scent? I smelled it in front of the food stand a year ago, but when I went there later, I couldn't find the stand anymore. The black-haired, black-eyed lady and the white-blonde-haired, red-eyed beauty in front of me slowly overlapped.

Hiss... I shuddered. Did she hear about the plan? Did she get screwed? Did she think I was cutting off the payment?

All seven stars went to the battle, so she should take the lead, right? And then she planned to hoard a large amount of iron anchors, and after I stopped supplying them, she would sell them at a high price and make a huge amount of money?

But I didn't expect that I did the opposite, providing unlimited supply, and ended up not being able to sell the iron ingots she had hoarded. How much did she hoard? That's why she had to cook for herself.

Did he invest all his money in it and borrow a lot of money? Or should he just test the waters first?

"I wonder why Lord Ningguang has come to my humble abode in person?"

"You were the one who did this, right?"

"Lord Ningguang, please don't wrongly accuse me. It was those three people from the Kingdom of Winter who did it. My Xuanyuan Trading Company mainly sells food, not iron ingots."

"You bought Mingyun Town, a place rich in mineral resources, last year. Why wouldn't you sell the mine?"

"Sir Ningguang, I regret this very much now! It's difficult to mine in that place, and it's far from Liyue Harbor. The mines have been dug out, and there's nothing to dig out! I've lost a year's worth of money. Xuanyuan Trading Company is almost unable to hold on."

Blue veins gradually appeared on Ningguang's forehead, slowly turning into the shape of a "╬".

"According to Liyue Law: The General Affairs Department has the right to conduct an inventory of property obtained through improper operations."

"Master Ningguang, our company's goods are all delivered on payment. Even if we participated in the iron ingot transaction in this incident, we bought and sold them on payment. We didn't sign those futures contracts, and the accounts are clear."

Ningguang saw that they were so stubborn. Xuanyuan Trading Company's transactions did not violate Liyue's contract. The company also had the lawless outlaw Yan Fei, who could keep those immortals and their descendants silent. The backer behind them should be the Rock King Emperor.

He could only whisper, "Can your company spare some funds to help Liyue Port overcome its difficulties?"

This woman is not really selling herself, is she? How many tons does she have? She is running out to borrow money.

"Lord Ningguang, how many tons of iron ingots have you stockpiled?"

Ningguang's face darkened. "Two hundred thousand tons."

! ! ! ! ! !

I only put out more than 300,000 tons, and you took away more than half of it? There was no buyer to take over, and many futures contracts were signed. The buyer would rather pay the penalty than accept the iron ingots, causing these iron ingots to rot in their hands, and then I had to scrape together the money I borrowed, but I couldn't pay it back.

"If you can't pay it back, do you have to sell your Qun Yu Pavilion?"

As soon as these words came out, they had a huge killing force. Ningguang could no longer hold back. She stood up and grabbed Lin Zixuan's clothes, crying hoarsely: "It's all you, it's all your fault, my Qun Yu Pavilion, my Qun Yu Pavilion..."