What Ningguang said after sitting down was not in a bad tone, nor was she condescending, it seemed like she was really just stating a fact.
She didn't let Ouyang continue to think about it, but continued to talk about the business directly.
"The news about your previous business dealings with the Legenfund family in Mondstadt has spread in Mondstadt, making the merchants there want to follow the Legenfund family's trade route.
Therefore, Captain Qin of Mondstadt wrote to me, wanting to cooperate with us to dig a waterway through the stone gate."
No, isn't this a good thing?
Ouyang didn't understand why he needed to be asked about this kind of thing.
It's a good thing if the trade routes are open. Ouyang doesn't want to take credit. Why bother asking when Ningguang can solve things by himself?
"You can just go and discuss it with Keqing. Why do you have to ask me about this kind of thing?"
Faced with Ouyang's question, Ningguang seemed to have discovered something extraordinary, and asked even more doubtfully.
"Have you not paid attention to Keqing's news recently?"
"Ke Qing? What's the news?"
It seems that it has been several weeks since Keqing set off. Ouyang has indeed not paid attention to the specific progress, but this cannot be blamed on him. He has to deal with so many things every day and has no time to pay attention to other news.
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On the contrary, when I met with Grandma Ping before, she told me something about Keqing, and that I encountered some ancient evil spirits while digging the canal. But with the mandrill here, is this a problem?
"Is Keqing in danger?"
"Ah."
With a chuckle, Ning Guang confirmed from Ouyang's doubtful eyes that the other party was indeed not paying attention to Ke Qing's affairs, so he stopped playing riddles.
"Keqing first went to Tianheng Mountain to send away the miners there in batches, and then planned to arrest the unscrupulous businessmen who were causing trouble in the ore business.
I just arrived at Wangshu Inn in Dihuazhou and settled down in the past two weeks, and then I started organizing people to build roads and dig canals.
It's easy to say that road construction is basically a ready-made official road. Other roads leading to various mountain villages and residential areas also have basic trails. There are no problems with this. At most, they are just some little monsters and monsters.
Yan's army was defeated in one attack.
It’s just that this canal is not as easy to dig as imagined. There are always various evil spirits appearing in this river. Normally, boating is relatively safe.
However, once the mud at the bottom of the river is excavated, they will be attacked by various evil spirits. Since the battlefield is on the water, Qianyan Army has no geographical advantage and is simply unable to move forward.
Therefore, apart from fighting every day, it is very difficult to advance the canal project."
"This is wrong. Isn't there still Mandrill? Didn't he help?"
"Do you still know Mandrill? Indeed, Mandrill is helping now, but this is just him. The land of Liyue is so vast, you can't ignore other places and only focus on the canal, right?"
Shall I go? Are there so many evil people in Liyue?
Ouyang knew that evil spirits would appear in Liyue, but he had no idea how frequent they were.
Thinking like this, he felt that something was not right,
Mandrill has been hoeing the earth every day for thousands of years. Can the evil spirits in Liyue continue to appear?
Thinking of this, Ouyang turned to look at Gan Yu standing aside and asked.
"After the death of the demon god, evil spirits will appear in the land soaked in the devil's blood. Will those evil spirits continue to regenerate after they are cleared away?"
"Yes, evil spirits are born because they are soaked in the blood of the devil. Getting rid of evil spirits only treats the symptoms. Eradication is very troublesome."
"There's nothing Morax can do?"
"No, in a sense, the devil is immortal. After his death, his body, blood, and will will all erode the soil. Therefore, if you want to completely eradicate it, you can only slowly eliminate the evil spirits by constantly cleaning them out.
The 'magic' in the soil is diluted."
After finishing speaking, Gan Yu seemed to feel that what he said was not rigorous enough, so Gan Yu added: "This method is only a possibility. Whether it can be eradicated has a lot to do with the demon that pollutes the land. The stronger the demon, the more powerful it will be."
Difficult to eradicate.”
Is there nothing I can do to "neutralize" it?
Things in Keqing can be said to be crucial. If the canal cannot be dug, then the recruited craftsmen will have to come back.
The economy that has finally stabilized in Liyue Port will face another impact.
At present, talents in other industries in Liyue are still in the training stage. There is still a way to go before we can achieve results and create employment demand.
But for a while, Ouyang couldn't think of any good way.
In the end, he could only say helplessly: "I know some formations. After the training of the Qianyan Army here is completed, I will go north to Dihuazhou to have a look."
When it comes to something dangerous that Ke Qing may encounter, you will indeed take it seriously.
Ning Guang, who saw everything in his eyes, thought in his heart,
She didn't know that although Ouyang was also worried about Keqing's situation, the most important thing was to understand that what happened at Keqing was the top priority for Liyue's stability.
After Ning Guang briefly tested the subject, he changed the topic.
"Keqing doesn't need help for the time being. It's just difficult to dig the canal, but it's not to the point where it can't be moved at all.
If you really want to go, I won't stop you.
But Captain Qin of Mondstadt, do you think you have to agree to the things mentioned in the letter?"
"Of course I agree. This can be considered a good thing. It can strengthen the foundation of Liyue's trade with the seven countries. But shouldn't they have Jingfu Port there? Has it been abandoned?"
"It should be that the matter of the Wind Demon Dragon has been bothering them, so the trade route has not been smooth. So after knowing the caravan route of the Legenfund family, many people wanted to take this ride, so Mr. Jing
The port may be left idle.”
First, he explained the question raised by Ouyang, and then Ningguang continued to ask.
"Then after the waterway is connected to Mondstadt, how should we deal with the tax?"
"You can talk to Gan Yu about this."
There is no embarrassment at all. When it comes to this kind of issue, Ouyang decisively throws the blame away.
It was he who proposed the idea of setting up traffic cards on waterways to collect taxes. Otherwise, Liyue would be at a loss if it spent so much money on infrastructure construction.
But Ouyang really doesn't know how to set this tax.
You can't just pat your head and think of a number, right?
Neither Ningguang nor Gan Yu had any objections to Ouyang's blaming behavior. Judging from the situation, the conversation was almost over. Ningguang was about to leave but was stopped by Ouyang.
"Ningguang, there are some things here that require your permission."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"I plan to set up some official newspapers, semi-official ones are also fine. The main reason is that the General Affairs Department wants to collect people's daily opinions so as to have a general understanding of people's ideological trends... I think this proposal is good, but if
It’s not appropriate to give words to adventurers, so I want to open a newspaper and develop some reporters.”
Ouyang, who originally thought he needed to explain, found that Ningguang didn't have any doubts as he spoke, so he changed his words and explained the situation briefly.
But the reality was indeed what he thought, Ning Guang said directly.
"Fontaine's Steam Bird Newspaper Agency is located in Liyue Port, can't you just use it?"
"No, you have to have an officially endorsed newspaper."
"Okay, so what do you need permission for?"
"I need you to give legal endorsement and standardize the code of conduct for journalists, otherwise it will be easy for problems to arise."
After hearing what Ouyang said, Ningguang sat down again.
"Tell me what you think. I've never paid attention to this aspect."
