Early in the morning the next day after their conversation, Mona said goodbye to a bad little girl who stayed in bed and stubbornly refused to get up, and didn't even want to see her one last time before they parted. She just said goodbye. With a happy mood and the astonishing wealth that is truly unparalleled, I embarked on the journey to Mondstadt.
After leaving Wangshu Inn, Mona walked north along the avenue, passing Dihuazhou, and then soon reached the rugged Shimen Town Mountain Road Plank Road with stone steps that stretched upward.
As the name suggests, 'Shimon' means a gate made of stone.
After arriving at Shimen Town, if you continue to the south, you will reach the boundary of Liyue, and if you go to the north, it will be the free country of "wind and dandelions" in Mondstadt!
Shimen, a natural moat, is like Liyue's land gateway, and has always been firmly guarded at the junction of the two countries.
It took Mona three days and nights to walk from Wangshu Inn to Shimen!
And this is because she has fast feet and uses the water element for short-distance teleportation from time to time. If she travels like a normal business trip, it will not take more than ten or eight days to walk from Wangshu Inn to Shimen. Don't even think about it, and if you are carrying a large amount of cargo and vehicles, it will probably take even longer.
But no matter what, after Mona slept outdoors for two nights, tonight, she finally no longer had to suffer the dew and cold wind of that night.
Because she saw that there seemed to be a big tea stall on the plank road in front?
Although it is unlikely that there will be an inn here, it would still be very nice and comfortable if there was a shed where she could sit all night, drink a large bowl of hot soup and wait for dawn.
"Hello!"
"Old man!"
"Excuse me……"
"What are you selling?"
Mona walked forward quickly without being polite at all. She first looked at the male and female businessmen not far away who were also sitting at tables, drinking tea, resting and whispering something, and then walked to that place. The little old man who looked like a shopkeeper and was looking at her with a smile came up to her and asked softly.
"Yo!"
"Girl, didn't you see?"
"Big bowl of tea!"
The old man did not answer directly, but smiled cheerfully and pointed to the flag sign outside, which was made of a large piece of oilcloth and hung high on the flagpole, waving in the wind.
"ha?"
"A big bowl of tea?"
Mona was slightly embarrassed.
But it’s not her fault. After all, it’s late at night and it’s already very dark outside. Plus, she’s not a native of Liyue. How could she have the habit of looking at what’s written on that sign?
"girl!"
"There is heavy dew at night, especially in this area of Bishuiyuan. Come on, come on, please come and sit here first..."
"cough!"
"You must be very tired running out alone at such a young age, right?"
"What do you want?"
However, the old man didn't mind. He just warmly greeted Mona to the shed made of crude oil cloth and wood and asked.
"certainly!"
"Just bring me something to eat!"
“Noodles and wontons are fine.”
"Anyway, as long as it's the warm kind!"
Without thinking, Mona sat down on the small square stool and then hurriedly urged her.
“Noodles and wontons?”
"But……"
"Little old man, there is no such thing as food here, only big bowls of mountain tea that we picked ourselves."
"Almost forgot."
"There are still some leftover tea eggs that Aunt Qiao sold during the day. They have just turned off the fire not long ago, so they should still be warm. If you don't mind, girl, can you come with a few?"
However, what surprised Mona was that the warm noodles or wontons she had imagined were not available here.
"cough!"
"Little old man, we only sell tea here..."
"If you come a little later, girl, I'm afraid you won't even have a sip of hot tea!"
"It's getting dark, so I have to close my stall and go back to rest."
It seemed that he understood the shock and disappointment on Mona's face, so the old man shook his head and explained so earnestly.
"That……"
"Just bring me two big bowls of tea!"
"No!"
"Let's just have a big pot!"
"Then……"
"Bring me a big bowl of tea eggs too!"
"That's all!"
Thinking that she was already rich now, and thinking that the long night was a bit difficult, Mona didn't care so much, and boldly took out a mola with a face value of 10,000, patted it on the table, and ordered a large pot. Hot tea, a bowl of tea eggs, and some dried meat she brought with her to make do with. Then she would spend the night in this tea shed. Tomorrow, she would wait until dawn before continuing to climb the mountain and pass through the stone gate to Mondstadt. direction to go.
"okay!"
"Girl, just wait, you'll be here soon!"
After grabbing the brand-new coin that Mona slapped on the table, the little old man didn't hesitate and turned directly to his tea stall to work slowly.
"call!"
"At this speed..."
"We should be able to reach Mondstadt in three days. Then, we can rest well for a few days. After recharging our energy and adjusting our condition, we can then compete with Lisa!"
"That's right!"
"That's it!"
While resting, Mona also began to carefully plan her next trip and certain arrangements.
Moreover, she still stubbornly believed that the successor of the old woman's master's rival she was looking for must be Lisa Mintz, the genius witch that the Sumeru Order encountered only once in two hundred years!
In response to this, she worked hard in the past three days to formulate a complete set of countermeasures and countermeasures plans, in order to defeat the opponent in the competition, and then, when she went back to hand in work, she could be in front of the old woman. Have a good chat?
"..."
"Well?"
At this time, before Mona could continue to think about some details, she was shocked to discover:
Quite unexpectedly, a woman with long platinum hair curled up by a black and gold hairpin, wearing a gorgeous gold, white, and black cheongsam, with her legs exposed and a red tattoo on her left leg, actually wore a A maid wearing glasses and wearing a dark red cheongsam that looked like the uniform of the Liyue General Affairs Department came to her table and sat directly opposite her?
"You are……"
"!!"
"etc!"
"Are you that Tianquan Ningguang?!"
Then, Mona took a deep breath and stood up from her seat the moment she recognized the other person.
"oh?"
"You recognize me?"
"That's fine!"
"It saves a lot of time and effort."
The woman with long platinum hair was slightly startled at first, then smiled sweetly, and signaled Mona not to be too nervous, as if she was the owner of this place.
but……
In fact, maybe she really is the owner of Liyue?
"..."
Mona did not sit down as instructed, but continued to stare at the other person with a frown.
She was full of vigilance, not knowing what the imposing woman sitting opposite her with her legs crossed and the maid standing behind her meant to come to her.
"Um?"
"What are you afraid of?"
"I guess you don't mind sharing a seat, right?"
The fingers of both hands were crossed together, and then, Ningguang, who was sitting comfortably with his legs crossed, smiled and teased Mona, and asked like a provocative general.
"..."
"snort!"
"What am I afraid of?"
Sure enough, after hearing this, Mona felt annoyed, and then she sat back with a dark face.
"Say it!"
"What on earth is going on with you?"
"There are so many empty seats here, and we don't know each other. I'm afraid, Lord Ningguang, you're not just here to share a seat, are you?"
"besides!"
"I can see that you are here specially to wait for me?"
Although she had already sat down, Mona's face was still full of vigilance. While secretly on guard, she directly exposed the two of them and asked straight to the point.
"Are you in such a hurry?"
There wasn't much surprise on Tianquan Ningguang's face, there was just a hint of playfulness in his eyes when he looked at Mona.
"Alright alright!"
"Then I won't beat around the bush."
"Is such that……"
"There is something I originally wanted to discuss with you. I thought about it when we were at Wangshu Inn. Unfortunately, you left in such a hurry that day and even used water element teleportation. My people couldn't catch up all the way. , I had no choice but to come here overnight and wait."
With slumped shoulders, Ningguang couldn't help but feel a little emotional when talking about what happened in the past three days.
After all, she never thought that she, who had such incomparable control over Liyue, would almost lose track of the astrologer in front of her, and if she had not gone to Mondstadt, there would be only such a relatively normal road available. If so, maybe they will really miss each other, right?
"discuss?"
"What's going on?"
Mona would not say that she was rushing to Mondstadt to perform a mission, so she frequently used teleportation spells on the road. However, she had never thought that someone wanted to intercept her.
"..."
He smiled and looked at Mona without speaking.
She just remained silent until Old Man Zhou, the stall owner of the big bowl of tea, brought a pot of hot tea, two large empty bowls and a bowl of tea eggs and turned around to leave. He looked back.
"..."
Seeing this, Mona, who had always given up easily, of course stared back tit-for-tat.
"All right!"
"That's right, about the moras you carry..."
Finally, Ning Guang, who knew that continuing to glare at others was just a waste of time, couldn't help but speak first.
In her opinion, whether it is a price negotiation or a business war game, momentum and chips are actually secondary. If you want to win, you need to first understand the opponent's trump card.
Unfortunately, before she came here, she had already learned about the astrologer's trump card from a certain little girl and various channels, so there was no need to put on pretense or anything like that.
"!!"
"Mora?!"
Hearing this, Mona's eyes widened, her pupils shrank suddenly, and she stood up again. At the same time, the water elements on her body began to gather and resonate under the influence of her God's Eyes, which made a big difference. Just start the trend of fighting.
"Um?"
Seeing Mona's performance, Ningguang didn't mean anything.
"Ah!"
"Don't be nervous first..."
"We don't mean any harm. I heard Annie talk about it, and then I came to you specifically."
"I know those counterfeit coins were made by Anne."
"She gave you a lot, didn't she?"
"how many?"
Then, after giving a teasing chuckle and a comforting explanation, she asked with great interest, as if she was very curious about a certain answer.
"How much does it have to do with you?"
"I wonder why you didn't go find Annie?"
"She's got more!"
Mona didn't answer the question, she just mocked coldly.
As for how many of those 'counterfeit coins' Mora she had, Mona said that apart from Anne and herself, no third party would know about this matter.
because……
Some things, if only one person knows it, it is a secret, and if two people know it, it may still be a secret. However, once a third person knows it, it will no longer be a secret.
Besides, she's not stupid either!
If such a large amount of wealth is publicized, I am afraid that the people who will come to trouble her in the future will not only be the ruler of Liyue in front of her, Tianquan Ningguang. Countless people would try their best to kill him and take those things away from her!
"I know there's more to Annie, but I'm discussing it with you now."
"Can you sit down first?"
"I'm really not here to trouble you, I'm here to discuss cooperation."
"real!"
Shaking his head, he gave Mona a helpless assurance, then Ningguang showed his good intentions, leaned out with a smile, grabbed the teapot on the table and poured half a bowl of tea for Mona.
However, she did not pour herself a bowl.
Because, that tea bowl is too rough, not refined at all, and there are faint tea stains on it. Although she is not very fond of food and eats relatively light food on weekdays, when drinking tea, she is still used to using that kind of tea bowl. Fine white jade porcelain, not the sea bowls used by traffickers and lackeys.
"??"
"cooperate?"
"How are you going to cooperate?"
"besides!"
"Why should I cooperate with you?"
Mona did not accept the other person's kindness, and she did not dare to touch the bowl of tea. She just sat down slowly with a cold face, stared at the other person's face, and asked coldly every word.
"I have a plan, but it requires your full cooperation, Miss Mona."
"Is such that……"
Seeing that Mona was still so vigilant and maintained that faint hostility, Ningguang had no choice but to express some of her immature thoughts bit by bit.
After a few minutes……
"!!"
"Why don't you go and grab it?!"
However, before the other party could finish explaining the cooperation plan, Mona stood up and yelled angrily after hearing a certain point.
"Shh..."
"Miss Mona, can't you be more steady?"
Ning Guang looked at the businessmen not far away from the tea stall who were attracted by the sound and looked towards them with an apologetic smile. Then he looked at Mona helplessly and whispered. He said angrily.
"you!!"
"You actually want to trade for my Maura, and you still want me to be stable?"
"ha!"
"It's really a good calculation. As expected of Tianquan Ningguang, he really knows how to do business!"
Mona gritted her teeth and sneered, and tried her best to give the other party a look of contempt and a very disdainful expression.
She thought that the other party was really here to discuss things and cooperate, but she still wanted to do that kind of forced buying and selling business. Did they really think that she, Mona, was someone easy to bully?
Although she really couldn't fight with the 'Tianquan' Ningguang in Liyue, but as soon as she left, even if the other party was 'Tianquan' Ningguang, there was nothing he could do to her, right?
"But……"
"That's a counterfeit coin of yours"
After a pause, Ning Guang, who was sitting opposite, reminded him cautiously.
"Feel sorry!"
"It's not up to you to decide whether the currency is counterfeit!"
She raised her eyebrows, and then Mona sat down slowly with a sneer, then glared back at the other party without any fear and sarcastically said:
"I remember that no one in this world has ever admitted that only you, Liyue and Golden House, can mint coins!"
"The reason why only Mora circulates in the whole world is that in addition to being a precious metal, it is also the best catalyst. Currently, no country can inject the power of the Rock God like you in Liyue at a low cost. I didn't say that. Wrong?"
"if……"
Mona stared at the other person's face and mocked fiercely, and said an immature idea that she had just thought of.
"If I erase the writing on those gold coins, they must be able to be used as real currency. What do you think?"
"even……"
"I can also re-engrave the face value. For the time being, I will engrave it with 200,000. The name is 'Moana' money. Do you think anyone is willing to exchange it with me for a real 200,000 Mora?"
The other party wanted to exchange that kind of money with her on a one-to-one basis. Did she really think she was a three-year-old?
Although she does have a lot of those 'counterfeit coins' now, and there are so many that she will never be able to spend them all, but that doesn't mean that she can be manipulated by others!
"Is that rejection?"
Crossing his arms, Tianquan was noncommittal.
"snort!"
Mona didn't say much, she was just ready to counterattack at any time and wait for an opportunity to use her water element teleportation to escape in a flash.
"All right"
As a last resort, Ningguang sighed and stood up.
"how?"
"When Tu Qiong saw you, did you want to rob me?"
"Don't say you didn't remind me!"
"I'm afraid it won't be easy if it's just the two of you?"
Mona continued to taunt.
If there was an ambush from the Qianyan Army or other Liyue Seven Stars around, she would definitely turn around and run away, but if there was only the master and servant in front of her, she wouldn't take it too seriously.
"No!"
"On the contrary!"
"My principle has always been: If you can use Mora to solve things, you don't need to use the "Eye of God"! "
"Now, we are still in an important stage of business negotiations. At present, we just have some differences in interests, so..."
"Since you don't agree with the first plan, let's start discussing the second plan,"
As he said that, Ningguang waved his hand and turned his head to wink at Baishi behind him.
"The specific plan is here."
"Please take a look at it, Miss Mona!"
That Baishi didn't say much, he just twisted his waist and stepped forward, and placed a document that had been drafted long ago on the equally rough tea table, which was just made of simple polished solid wood.
"??"
"What are you..."
Mona was startled, and the aura and water element brewing in her body suffocated. Then, her expression inevitably became a little embarrassed and confused.
"Miss Mona."
"I also know that you may be very rich now, even richer than me?"
"but……"
"You wouldn't mind finding a new investment and partner, right?"
"No matter what, Maura can never have too much, can she?"
Niangguang asked with a smile, and motioned Mona to read the document, because the details were all written in it, and she believed that the other party would definitely agree after reading it. It was a win-win agreement, and she just said The dictated proposal was completely different.
"..."
Mona didn't speak, nor was she in a hurry to read the document, she just frowned and thought.
"Let's see!"
"You should be interested in this plan. Although we can't give you too many molas, but..."
"Are you not interested in investing in the Golden House business?"
"If you miss it, you won't have another chance."
Seeing that Mona was indifferent, Ningguang stretched out his hand again and signaled with his eyes. At the same time, he sat back again and once again crossed his comfortable and charming legs.
"!!"
"Buy shares in Golden House?"
"..."
She was shocked and kept silent for a while. She saw that the two of them really had no intention of taking action, and there seemed to be no Qianyan Army or other Liyue Seven Stars ambushing them around. So, after thinking about it, Mona Still unable to hold back the curiosity and temptation in his heart, he sat back and picked up the document and read it at a glance.
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