Genshin Impact: A Red Teyvat Life Starting from Zero

"I'll hand this task over to Iwasaki Tadashi later; he can handle it. But Shinkai..."

"Huh? What's wrong?" Xin Hai looked at Jiang Ming with a puzzled expression.

"This time, we have to fight a real battle no matter what. We can't rely on perfect teamwork like before. Should we move the 101st Division to the front lines as the main attacking force?"

Jiang Ming's suggestion made Xin Hai think.

The troops at the front are still equipped with cold weapons, and their combat effectiveness is not strong even after a large expansion. If they were to fight the Shogunate army, they would inevitably suffer heavy casualties, and even if they were to win, it would be a Pyrrhic victory.

Replacing them with the 101st Division would undoubtedly increase their combat effectiveness many times over, making it a piece of cake to defeat the Shogunate army; there shouldn't be any major problems.

As for whether their overwhelming combat power might cause new problems...

Xin Hai recalled those convoluted and complex analyses of contradictions.

"...Now, if we want to continue to gain the support of all parties in the shogunate, the key lies in attitude, not weapons or combat power, right?"

Xin Hai looked at Jiang Ming with some uncertainty.

"That's right. Until we have the strength to defeat the shogun or lose our usefulness to the shogunate, this will remain the case. However, we'd better fabricate a battle report to make the shogunate's losses look less impressive."

"Since that's the case, let's do it. It's always better to have fewer casualties."

"Alright, I'll get started on the preparations right away. I'll trouble you to inform Goro."

"No problem," Xin Hai readily agreed.

As the orders from Xin Hai Jiangming's side were relayed, preparations for war began quietly on Haiqi Island.

The 101st Division, which had just settled down, received orders that after a final period of rest, it would immediately prepare to go to the front line for a rotation.

The good news is that with the influx of technical data, they no longer need to use electrical crystals as primers for their ammunition, greatly improving production efficiency, albeit at the cost of a slight reduction in power due to the loss of overload reaction.

The bad news is that their internal reforms are still underway, and they have to prepare for battle with a debuff.

I just hope that the internal reforms can be settled before the official start of the war.

Hokuto, who was still staying on Haigi Island, was the first to feel this change.

She was all too familiar with the tense atmosphere of military preparations.

"How strange! We just finished one battle, and now we're about to fight again? Who are we going to fight this time? The Shogunate? Where are we going to attack?"

Beidou was quite puzzled.

However, this time she had no one to consult.

With the rebellion quelled, the environment on Haiqi Island became safe. Sparrow had been transferred back to the guard company, leaving only a few ordinary soldiers as guards.

[What could a few ordinary soldiers possibly know?]

Beidou had no hope at all, but Anxin went up and asked thoughtfully.

"You mean this? It's most likely an attack on the northern part of Bayun Island, right? That place is very suitable for developing factories and industries, which fits our current development strategy perfectly."

"?" Beidou tilted his head and slowly typed out a question mark.

Seriously? How could a lowly soldier really know that?

Meeting Beidou's surprised gaze, the guard seemed to have guessed what Beidou was going to ask and spoke up before Beidou could: "We think... the political commissar said that we need to know why we are fighting and know the purpose of fighting, so that we can have sufficient combat power. I think that's quite right."

"Why fight a war?" Beidou was very curious about this explanation. "Generally speaking, is it an order from superiors or to defend our homeland?"

"The former is unlikely to form combat effectiveness, and the latter reason is correct, but the explanation is not detailed at all, it does not correspond to specific events, and it is somewhat empty. If we use our political commissar's words, our attack on Bayun Island this time is to better release and develop productivity. With the development of productivity, we can live a better life and have more good food and good products."

“Productivity… specific events, um… hollow,” Beidou muttered to herself, repeating the keywords she had heard several times.

"I've learned a lot." Beidou cupped his hands in greeting to the guard.

"No, no, no, I don't deserve that. I was just repeating what our political commissar said."

After much deliberation, Beidou decided to delve deeper into more sensitive topics.

"Brother, what's your opinion on the relationship between your resistance army and the Inazuma deity?"

"General?"

The guard looked thoughtful.

"Perhaps the Shogun was not wrong, but his will was twisted by the people of the Shogunate. But all I know is that I couldn't even get the relief food from Narukami Taisha in Inazuma Castle. Just when I was desperate, I filled my stomach here on Umijima Island."

Beidou and Anxin listened to the guard's words and fell silent.

The guards didn't say much, but just watched them quietly.

It was only after a long time that Beidou solemnly responded to the guard: "I understand."

Anxin didn't say much, but quietly prepared to raise the rating again in the evaluation form.

Chapter 113 Yes, it definitely will! (4000 words)

Two days later, at the Coral Palace.

"Captain Beidou, we meet again."

Xin Hai and Jiang Ming met with Bei Dou.

"Long time no see, a lot has happened in such a short time."

"Is such that."

The group took their seats one by one, and a brief silence fell over the room.

Jiang Ming and Xin Hai both looked at Beidou.

"cough~"

Beidou coughed awkwardly, then said, "Actually, I came here today for two reasons: first, to discuss the specifics of the goods, and second, to purchase a batch of weapons from you. As for the price... it's negotiable, but I don't know..."

"We sold it."

"This... um?"

Beidou looked at Jiang Ming in surprise.

"You're willing to sell?"

“Of course, why not?” Xin Hai looked at Bei Dou with a smile.

"Hahaha, that's great! It's so refreshing to deal with straightforward people like you. Come on, name your price."

Jiang Ming silently handed over a price list, which Bei Dou took.

The one eye that was exposed was slightly wide open.

Good guy!

A standard assault rifle costs 15 million Mora, a standard pistol costs 8.5 million Mora, a grenade costs 2 million, and a regular rifle bullet costs 10,000 Mora.

"Are you robbing me?! The standard weapon of the Thousand Rock Army, the White Tassel Spear, is forged from fine iron, and it only costs 200 million Mora to make. Is the leather of your spear made of gold or are the bullets made of gold?"

"Look here, there aren't any guns here anymore. These are all guns that the military factories have scraped together. You think they're too expensive, and I think they're too expensive too."

Beidou was still staring blankly at the price list.

"Captain Beidou, our 101st Division is still waiting for production capacity."

Jiang Ming told Beidou in a tactful way that it was a seller's market now, and he was already being generous by being willing to sell.

Beidou gritted his teeth.

"Fine, you guys are really capable, I admit it. How many can you sell at most?"

"A company's worth, along with two basic loads of ammunition. However, I have a request."

"Is this considered an additional condition?"

"Not really. We hope to ask the Southern Cross fleet for help to bring a squad of our soldiers and their corresponding weapons and ammunition to Yamagami Hideo and his men."

"Soldiers? Bring them?" Beidou asked, a puzzled expression on his face.

"They are in Liyue, and are now honored guests of Liyue, so they are very safe."

"Of course we believe in your strength. However, our people travel throughout Teyvat, and there will inevitably be times when your reach is limited. Having a few guns might make things much better."

"Is this so..."

Beidou scratched his head and began to think carefully about the problem.

Although it wasn't supposed to be an additional condition, they had already brought it up, and if she refused, especially since a deal had already been made, the relationship between the two parties would be quite awkward, and she herself would feel guilty.

However, she felt something was off about the issue of bringing soldiers and weapons; she should have rejected the suggestion.

However, the other party's reasons are valid, and it seems that Liyue has never had a precedent for restricting the use of weapons; at most, it only requires that they not be displayed in public in places like Liyue Harbor.

But guns are indeed different from traditional weapons.

This……

Difficult.

Beidou always felt that Liyue's development was falling behind the times, and its laws and regulations were even more outdated.

After much deliberation, Beidou decided to take it first. If there were any problems, Ningguang could deal with them later. After all, there was no rule against it in Liyue.

"no problem!"

So Beidou readily agreed.

"Then let's have a pleasant cooperation."

"Pleasant to work with."

Beidou shook hands with Jiang Ming and Xin Hai in turn.

Inazuma's traditional greeting is to bow, and Liyue's traditional greeting is to clasp hands in a gesture of respect, but at this moment, under Jiang Ming's lead, they have all been unified into handshakes.

"Besides that, there are other cargo lists and letters we wrote to Hideo Yamagami and the others. I'll leave that to Captain Hokuto."

"No problem." Beidou put the two small books into his pocket.

Over the next few days, Beidou wandered around Haizhi Island, waiting for the Southern Cross fleet to finish loading and unloading the cargo.