Original God, but the real world

Chapter 103 Chapter 102-A Possibility for the Future

Ning Guang rubbed his eyebrows.

"You always have such strange ideas."

There was a hint of helplessness in her words.

"Since the release of the isolation order, the exchanges between any country and Inazuma have gradually loosened, and even completely disappeared."

"There are even many people who have gradually begun to ignore Inazuma's existence."

This is an objective fact.

The general said he wanted to close the country. Is there any room for maneuver?

God can never be wrong.

Never try to correct an existence that can destroy a country at any time. Whatever He said should be the answer, the end point, and the correct future.

The value of right and wrong is far less important than His own will.

"I know."

Jiang Qing took it for granted, "My family went bankrupt in this way. How could I not know the situation and development after Inazuma locked up the country?"

Ning Guang rubbed his eyebrows.

She rarely saw the sadness of bankruptcy in Jiang Qing, and she didn't know whether it was because this man was too adaptable, or because Inazuma's life was a bit bad, so he didn't feel sad at all.

"It has nothing to do with you." She organized her words, "I, Nanahoshi, and no other businessman would want Inazuma to be isolated from the country."

"It's a business for the entire country. If it's managed well, the profits will be immeasurable."

In the situation of the seven countries, losing any market would be a serious loss for everyone.

"But it was the general who issued the order to close the country, and the general can't be wrong."

She looked at Jiang Qing and said seriously, "If He is not wrong, there is no need to revise the lockdown order."

Unless someone can make General Lei Dian admit that he is wrong...but which warrior can make a god admit that he is wrong?

For thousands of years, the Rock King has never made a mistake, but Ningguang knows very well that it is not that the wisdom of the gods has reached the point where they will never fail, but that no one is willing to bear the price of the gods' mistakes.

The error of an event may be caused by many factors, but it has nothing to do with God.

God can't be wrong.

Jiang Qing realized this very clearly.

Wendy's actions may seem unruly to anyone, but even Diluk will not lose respect for the God of Wind.

Not to mention Qin, she even has a complete understanding of Wendy drinking and singing.

It's not that there's something wrong with their brains, it's just that this is the public's perception.

Except for Xumi.

The Little Grass King of Xumi is no longer incompetent in the eyes of the Council of Teachings. No matter how the Council of Teachings understands it, in their cognition, the Little Grass King is not worthy of becoming the God of Xumi.

But General Thunder is not such a god.

The great power of the narrow space of the Wuxiang Blade warns every Inazuma person not to have any extra thoughts.

"I said if." Jiang Qing said, "Just if."

Ningguang's eyes narrowed slightly, and her expression became much more relaxed.

She didn't care about the source of Jiang Qing's strange information. She only cared about the information itself. It didn't matter where it came from.

If you take this news as true, it means that Inazuma will reopen one day... If you prepare in advance, you might be able to gain a lot of benefits.

"What do you want to do?" Ningguang didn't have too many assumptions.

This plan is not difficult. As long as the reopening of Inazuma is included as a condition, and with their professional qualities, it is easy to come up with a feasible plan.

The difficulty is not the plan, but General Thunder.

With too many expectations and assumptions, Ningguang was more curious about what Jiang Qing wanted to do.

"There is an International Chamber of Commerce in Inazuma. In short, it is a group of unlucky people who huddle together for warmth in Inazuma."

Jiang Qing tried to describe it, "The shogunate once issued a new decree. They no longer collect Mora directly, but pay taxes with crystallized bone marrow, a specialty of Inazuma."

Ning Guang smiled.

This method is not complicated; what is important is the power to amend the law.

She certainly understood the background and purpose of this legislative amendment.

“Let me guess. They will also control the amount of crystallized bone marrow entering the market, and charge the crystallized bone marrow according to the initial price.” Ningguang chuckled lightly, her words nonchalant.

Merchants should also rely on purchasing crystallized bone marrow to cope with the shogunate's taxes, but the shogunate controls the total amount of goods entering the market, so they have to spend several times the price when purchasing.

But at the same time, when the shogunate officials collected the money, they only calculated it according to the original market price.

It is just adding a process, and there will be many more controllable links in the tax process.

For the people, the simpler the process, the greater the benefit they will receive.

The more complicated the process is, the more benefits they will lose without knowing it.

Because the more processes there are, the more opportunities there are for manipulation.

"The shogunate dared to do this only because it relied on Inazuma's isolation of the country."

The seven countries of Teyvat are generally equal, but Inazuma dares to use the power of one country to oppress the merchants of the remaining six countries. The shogunate is certainly not crazy.

It's just that after they closed their country, they were able to use the methods they used against the foreigners living in Inazuma's land, and they didn't worry that other countries would replicate them.

The implementation of the isolation order made most of the Inazuma power and resources return to Inazuma's homeland, and they no longer cared about the rest that were rooted in other countries.

Under such circumstances, the shogunate's actions certainly aroused hatred, but no one could retaliate or settle accounts with the shogunate.

Because they are not playing on anyone else's turf at all, if they want to settle accounts they have to go to Inazuma.

But Inazuma is the shogunate's private land. In that land, no one needs to fear the shogunate backed by General Raiden.

If they stayed on Ming Shen Island, Ningguang would have no way to counterattack in any way.

But what if they let it go again?

"I think what they experienced in Inazuma is enough to deserve the word hatred," said Jiang Qing.

At the end of the story, Inazuma's reopening is not described in detail.

But this shouldn't be a story that ends easily.

Because there are indeed many foreigners who were exploited or lost their lives during the lockdown.

Life and death can create chains of hatred, and this will not end with the downfall of Kujo Takayuki and Hiiragi Shinsuke.

For example, the merchants of the International Chamber of Commerce, once the lockdown is lifted, they will have the opportunity to return to their own country. What attitude will they have towards the merchants from Inazuma?
There will be no more emotions than hatred or resentment.

In Inazuma, the shogunate could act with impunity.

Similarly, if they leave Inazuma and are in the territories of other countries, Inazuma's merchants will have to accept the rules of other countries.

These businessmen will always have friends, relatives or supporters, and their hatred will involve more people.

What Jiang Qing had to do was not complicated. It was just to release this hatred.

"If Inazuma is reopened, do you want to use the International Chamber of Commerce as a springboard to block Inazuma?"

Ningguang thought for a moment, "This idea is quite feasible. Hatred needs action to be resolved. If they suffer injustice, they will naturally want the merchants from Inazuma to understand the injustice as well."

This is a state and national issue.

Even if the shogunate finally announced that Kujo Takayuki and Hiiragi Shinsuke betrayed Inazuma's interests and chose to sell out Inazuma because of the instigation of the Faints, should the hatred for those who died because of the shogunate's harsh rule be abandoned and directed at the Faints instead of Inazuma's shogunate?
Apparently not.

"What if they continue to lock down the country?"

Ningguang asked.

"The merchants united to block Inazuma's trade. This was obviously to force the shogunate to make concessions and pay for its mistakes." Ningguang said slowly, "You may simply want to make the shogunate pay a price, but the merchants are unlikely to unite to vent their anger. They need benefits to unite."

Hatred does need to be vented.

Even if Kujo Takayuki and Hiiragi Shinsuke died, the mistakes they made would be blamed on the shogunate by the people, rather than simply everyone being happy with their deaths.

As one of the three magistrates, Inazuma has to bear all the consequences of their choices and the costs they have to pay.

The cooperation proposed by Jiang Qing has a basis, but it is not enough.

Businessmen need benefits to cooperate.

If Inazuma simply stopped playing and resumed the policy of isolation... Inazuma would indeed pay a price for it, but they would not benefit from it either.

This is no longer necessary.

"No." Jiang Qing shook his head. "If the general felt that the order to close the country was a mistake, he would not choose to close the country again simply because he was unwilling to pay the price."

"This matter has a basis for action and there are benefits to be gained."

"Hatred is a good excuse. Because the shogunate took action first, we took countermeasures. This is a reason that even General Raiden cannot intervene."

The case for a joint blockade is legitimate.

The shogunate's magistrate took the initiative to implement the despicable means, and was retaliated against for it.

The General could not possibly intervene in disputes between mortals, and He had no reason to do so.

As for tough measures...who doesn't have a god behind them?

The shogunate's toughness and the God of Thunder's toughness are two different situations.

"As for the interests, as long as the blockade affects the rule of the shogunate, they will naturally compromise."

This isn't about sleeping soundly, it's about paying for your mistakes, that's all.

“All of your conditions are unreasonable.” Ningguang said calmly, “But if all your prerequisites are met, then I can agree to this matter.”

Not difficult, but impossible.

The shogunate's current behavior is indeed not good. Under the closed-door policy, no one can knock on Inazuma's door anyway, so they don't care at all.

But once the lockdown is lifted, these people will return to their own countries with the seeds of hatred.

It is reasonable to vent revenge while forcing the shogunate to give up its interests.

So Ningguang didn’t find it difficult.

If it is profitable, it is not difficult to unite.

But there are too many prerequisites for this matter. First, the general lifted the isolation order, and then it was impossible to isolate the country again, and it was necessary to communicate with the outside world... You have said everything, and the possibility of such a thing is too small, almost zero.

Ningguang finally agreed.

Because this matter did not require her to do anything first, she could just wait and see whether things would develop as Jiang Qing said.

Everything is going as expected, and she still has time to free up time and resources to do things.

This is something that does not require any upfront investment and can be done by just waiting, so Ningguang did not refuse.

"Hmm... Why do I feel like you have done this kind of business with me before?" She suddenly thought of something and asked with a smile.

This kind of transaction does not require any advance investment, and only requires waiting for things to develop before deciding whether to take action. Ningguang always feels that Jiang Qing seems to have reached such a cooperation with her once before.

"Really?" Jiang Qing said innocently, "Why don't I remember it?"

“Oh, whatever you want.” Ningguang didn’t ask any more questions. “Since it doesn’t require too many resources to be invested in advance, I have no reason to refuse this matter.”

The blockade was used as a condition to force Inazuma to make concessions, and then the benefits were squeezed from the shogunate.

There was no reason for Ningguang to refuse such a thing.

Jiang Qing even found a reason for her, which was to make the shogunate pay the price for its unreasonable behavior during the isolation period.

Because some Liyue merchants suffered as a result, the Seven Stars had to stand up for their compatriots.

Makes sense, doesn't it.

"Then I'll ask you to pay more attention to it." Jiang Qing let out a long sigh, "You need to come up with a good plan."

Ningguang laughed.

"What did the shogunate do to make you hate them so much?"

She was a little curious. Jiang Qing was always obsessed with the shogunate. What on earth did the shogunate do?

"I almost lost my life."

Jiang Qing thought about it carefully and realized that was indeed all.

Is life and death worth so much work?

Ningguang thought about it, and finally nodded slightly.

That should be enough.

"The shogunate is really unlucky to have encountered a freak like you."

Jiang Qing is not normal.

He no longer hides anything now and has made it clear that he is special.

Ningguang did not pursue the source of the information; she was only interested in the information itself.

Jiang Qing's information was so accurate that it was comparable to predicting the future. Ningguang certainly knew that something was wrong with Jiang Qing.

But it doesn't matter.

This only shows that some unknown changes did take place in Jiang Qing's process from Inazuma to Mondstadt, but what does this have to do with Ningguang?
After being favored by the Emperor, the most dangerous development that Jiang Qing might be possessed by an evil spirit had been eliminated. No matter how special Jiang Qing was, it had nothing to do with her anymore.

"Bad luck for the shogunate?"

Hiiragi Shinsuke and Kujo Takayuki, it's not like they are unlucky.

Even if they are stripped of their power in the future and nailed to the pillar of shame in history, as Tenryo Bugyo and Kandeok Bugyo, they have already enjoyed most of the good things in the world.

Moreover, after making a mistake, the power of Tenryo Bugyo and Kanjo Bugyo still remained in the family.

Jiang Qing didn't think that they had anything to do with the saying of bad luck.

(End of this chapter)