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Zhongli and the traveler entered Yiyan Palace, while Famas returned to Feiyun Slope from Yujing Terrace and came to a teahouse with a signboard of "Yanshang" as if strolling.
The Yanshang Teahouse is located on the edge of Chihu Rock, in the precious Liyue Port, occupying a prime location across the bank from Feiyunpo. The decoration is quite elegant and sophisticated.
However, although this place is only across the street from the bustling Chihuyan Snack Street, it is deserted and rarely visited, showing a love-it-or-leave-it attitude with a high threshold.
As we all know, Liyue is a famous tea-producing holy land in the mainland. The people of Liyue are addicted to tea, no less than the people of Mondstadt who are fond of wine.
There are many types of tea in Liyue. According to the place of origin, it can be divided into northern and southern schools and multiple categories. Among them, Tianheng Yangu, Yunlai Pehao, and Qingce Luohong are all well-known and well-known tea varieties. Among them, they have profound knowledge. , pays much attention to it.
If you want to make a living from the tea business in Liyue, it is definitely not something ordinary people can do.
At night, Yanshang Teahouse will reveal another face - the largest underground gambling house in Liyue Port.
Liyue law strictly prohibits gambling on property, and setting up a private gambling house is an even higher crime. Once found guilty, one will face several years in prison.
But even so, Yanshang Teahouse still dared to open a gambling room under Qixing's nose. In addition to the rich background of the boss behind it, more importantly, there are always loopholes in the law.
Precisely because Liyue law only stipulates "gambling property" as a crime, in other words, as long as there is no direct gambling, it cannot be convicted.
Substitutes such as lottery jackpots, chips, gift certificates, etc. have emerged. These things themselves have no value, but they can be exchanged for property in a flexible way.
As a legislator, Ning Guang naturally knew to close this loophole, but the interest game involved needed to be handled carefully, otherwise the ban on gambling would not be successful and would instead involve unnecessary trouble.
In other words, appropriately allowing certain gray parts to exist is a necessary condition for a country to survive for a long time.
History has proven that there will always be omissions in human governance, and it will never be possible to reach the heights of gods. To this day, Liyue Port has not turned into a Datong rule where no one can pick up the lost things, and those who violate laws and regulations still exist.
But perhaps because there was such an absolutely powerful deterrent as the Rock King Emperor standing behind the human regime, there was never any major chaos.
This situation lasted until half a month ago, and then, the world changed, and this absolute deterrent quietly disappeared.
It was only after such chaos that Ye Lan returned to Liyue Port from another country.
In order to investigate a big scandal related to the Fools' Executives, she had been lurking outside for a long time. On the eve of closing the net, Yelan received news from an informant stationed in Liyue Port at any cost, saying that the emperor had been assassinated and the prisoner had absconded. Immortals are overwhelming the city, and the souls of the dead are seeking revenge.
The amount of information conveyed in just a few words was shocking. Ye Lan briefly estimated the time it would take to return to Liyue Port, and knew that she would not be able to catch up anyway.
Based on her understanding of the current Seven Stars, Ye Lan can be sure that the assassination of the emperor was definitely not Ningguang's work.
Ningguang, a woman who started from scratch, has reached her current position with astonishing wisdom, courage and good luck that are rare in a century. If she wants to weaken the emperor's influence in Liyue, there is no need to use such extreme methods.
Even if Ningguang really wants to do this, she will not leave the most critical part behind the scenes. If this is a conspiracy against Ningguang, the purpose is to change Liyue's life, then Going back now is undoubtedly a trap.
As an undercover person, the power available to her is unable to fight head-on with any force. Once exposed, all its effects will be lost. It would be better to settle the matter in advance. If Ningguang is really defeated, at least the enemy is in the open and we are in the dark, so we don't even know who is doing it.
Facts have proved that her choice was very correct.
Just when Yelan completed the mission as planned and returned to Liyue Port on a starry night journey, Ningguang had already declared the beginning of a new era as a winner.
In contrast, cleaning up the mess in the Iwagami tea room was purely casual and not even a warm-up.
Previously, the former owner of the Iwagami Teahouse and the North Country Bank had their own hidden agendas and signed many contracts with hidden secrets. Both parties were fully prepared to take advantage of the other party at any time.
As a result, the Beiguo Bank had just begun to liquidate when the Qunyuge Incident broke out, giving Yujingtai an excellent excuse. Most of the diplomats had to evacuate from Liyue Port overnight.
Beiguo Bank is in a state of unspeakable pain. The Qun Yu Pavilion incident has turned many of the early plans of Foolish People into useless paper overnight. However, this is a game between high-level officials.
In order to prevent more effective forces from being lost in the bottomless pit of [Osser Project], the executive officers except Dadalia and dozens of Winter Kingdom envoys had to swallow their anger and escape from Liyue in disgrace.
In the end, Ye Lan only paid a small price and won the property with a sign on the facade. As for whether this would cause Beiguo Bank's bad debt rate in this quarter's report to increase by a few percentage points, that was not something she could control. .
Anyway, the rich executive in charge of Beiguo Bank claimed that his wealth could buy the entire land of Liyue Port to build huts. I don't think a big shot with such wealth would care about the gains and losses of tens of millions of molas. of.
However, before Ye Lan, who was about to take a vacation, had time to reckon with the bad debts left by her previous boss, she got several pieces of incredible information from Tianquan Ningguang, who was currently enjoying great fame and power in Yujingtai. :
“The initiator of [Sunburst Port], ‘War Lord’ Harpas has not left Liyue, but now we have no way to restrain the other party. We must keep a safe distance from him and withdraw all surveillance personnel. "
"The ninth executive officer of the Fools, the "rich man" Pantalone will arrive in Liyue by ship soon to discuss war compensation matters. "
"Since this is an unofficial business visit and the wealthy man is visiting Liyue as the president of the Bank of China, Qixing has no reason to deny him entry."
"I will handle the overt game, but I have to worry about the dirty things behind the scenes..."
Sitting at the fortune-telling stall on the pier, Ye Lan, who was dressed in disguise, recalled Ning Guang's original words, frowning from time to time, occasionally stroking the blue water jade bracelet on her right wrist, and then lightly closing her sleeves, the bracelet disappeared like a magic trick. .
Today, only the South Pier in Liyue can operate normally and handle goods. Merchant ships from Xumi, Mondstadt and even Solstice Kingdom have to squeeze in and out of the port at the same terminal.
Without the intimidation of the King of Rocks, many chambers of commerce and chaebols who already had old grudges took the opportunity to use shady means to suppress the normal commercial and trade activities of other forces.
Thieves, smugglers, bounty hunters, stowaways from the rice wife... At this time, Liyue South Pier was a mixed bag of fish and dragons. The maritime flags of the major fleets were fluttering in the wind. Qianyan troops holding long guns were constantly patrolling the port. Administrators Jiang Zhou and Xiao An were extremely busy.
Following the fleet into Liyue Port, in addition to a large amount of cargo, there were also a few inconspicuous Winter Kingdom voyage ships.
A banker with long curly hair, handsome appearance, dignified temperament and wearing gold half-rimmed glasses walked onto the deck from the cabin.
The gray-haired old butler and the dignified lady behind the mirror followed each other step by step.
Even when he saw such a lively and prosperous Liyue Pier, the banker's eyes were still as indifferent as the thousands of miles of snow in the northern country, staring at the country that had rejected him without joy or sorrow.
"Master, shall we go to Beiguo Bank first?"
Russell bowed to guide Pantalone, while the squinting banker nodded thoughtfully, then turned to look at Yin Linna beside him.
The lady with a hidden mirror also wears a Liyue-style azure bracelet on her wrist, which matches her winter snow-like outfit.
"Of course, we have to clean up the mess of the last one first."
"But, Yin Linna, you have to be careful about those Liyue rats you met last time..."
"They might be quite interested in the [Youqi Wrist] on your hand."
The afternoon sun slanted into the bustling pier, and Pantalone's face seemed to be a little nostalgic. Her long black curly hair was like waves, floating in the golden afterglow, which more and more contrasted with the dimness of the light gold frame in the shade.
"Please rest assured, my lord, I will keep your gift close to your heart."
The silk cloth blocked Yin Linna's eyes. Her figure was graceful and upright, but her tone was still as cold as frost: "Those who attempt to steal...will be punished."
