Chapter 462

"Very well, let's go. Let's go to the expressway to observe the electric vehicles first, and then wait until night to see how the lights are being used."

After seeing that her adjutant said that he had taken note of it, Columbia walked towards the outside of Liyue Port.

After finally getting out once, she naturally had to walk around.

As for the mission given by the clown Piero, just complete it by the way.

...

"oh?"

Han Xiao, who was programming the Liyue Millennium game in the alchemy workshop, suddenly received a call from Ningguang, which made him stop typing on the keyboard with a slightly surprised look on his face:

"That girl finally came out to do some activities?"

"Indeed, this executive officer is much more settled than her previous colleagues."

Seeing that Han Xiao was surprised by Columbia's appearance, Ning Guang on the other side of the phone also agreed in agreement.

In recent years, Zhidong has sent a total of three executive officers of the Fools to Liyue. Whether it is the young master Dadalia or the lady Rosalin, they all started to cause trouble after arriving in Liyue.

On the contrary, the girl Columbia is the one with the least activity among them.

This made Ning Guangming want to send it back to Winter, but he could never find the opportunity.

It really echoes Liyue's old saying of adapting to ever-changing things by staying the same.

"After all, Zhi Dong's mission in Liyue has been completed, so now it is natural to repair the relationship."

Regarding the purpose of Columbia's arrival, Hanxiao, who understands many of the secrets of the Teyvat continent, is naturally more clear than Ningguang.

Zhidong did this mainly because they wanted to pull Liyue onto their warship.

Chapter 751: Diplomatic Relations in Winter

Since the battle of Kanria five hundred years ago, the consequences have not only been the destruction of Kanria.

The remaining seven countries of Teyvat also experienced drastic changes.

For example, in the Liyue region, if Tengshe Taimarshal Fushe Yaksha and Yelan's ancestor Boyang hadn't led the Qianyan Army to defend the front line of the Layeryan Abyss, Liyue would have suffered a devastating impact at that time.

It was similar in Mondstadt. In order to resist the invasion of the demon dragon Dulin, Rustan died fighting, which caused the lady Rosalin to hate Windy, the god of wind. From then on, a tragedy happened that lasted for five hundred years.

But speaking of it, the Mondstadt and Liyue regions have actually suffered relatively small losses.

The remaining countries are the highlights.

For example, Inazuma, not only did the main god Raiden Zhen die in battle, but his right-hand men Kozaimiya and Gogochiyo also died in the face of the dark army, and their whereabouts are unknown.

The situation in Xumi is also quite miserable. The Great Merciful Tree King fell in order to save the World Tree, paving the way for the crazy actions of the Order Academy in the past five hundred years.

The rest include Feng Dan and others who were directly frightened by the wave of "killing chickens to scare monkeys" by the maintainers of heavenly principles.

It can be said that all the seven countries have suffered too much in the past five hundred years.

The Ice Queen of Solstice also became a god who could no longer love after returning to Solstice after experiencing the battle of Camrea.

And revealed his thoughts against heavenly principles.

In the past five hundred years, Zhidong has embarked on a terrible path in order to fight against the laws of nature.

Now, Zhidong has been dormant for five hundred years, and now they are gradually showing their fangs. One of their goals is to plan to obtain the hearts of the Seven Gods.

However, this calculation was interfered with by Han Xiao, so it can be considered half completed for the time being.

The meaning of half is very simple, that is, the heart of God has not been collected completely.

However, the Ice God has determined the attitude of the gods towards Tianli, so this plan can actually be considered completed.

Therefore, Zhi Dong is now working on its second plan, which is to pull more countries onto their Zhi Winter chariot.

Even if the other party is not willing to get on the bus, it must be ensured that during the battle with Tianli in Zhidong, the other party will remain neutral instead of favoring Tianli.

So now Zhi Dong sent Columbia to Liyue to serve as a diplomat.

On the one hand, it may be that the alchemy products developed by Han Xiao and Abedo can indeed vigorously develop the country's economy.

On the other hand, it is to ease the somewhat rigid diplomatic relations between the two countries after the lady and Dadalia had trouble in Liyue.

After selectively revealing what he had thought to Ningguang, Han Xiao said to Ningguang in a comforting tone:

"Columbia staying in Liyue does seem to be a headache, but you don't have to worry too much."

"At least it's true that the other party said that she came here this time to ease the diplomatic relations between Zhidong and Liyue, which have dropped to freezing point."

"If you explain it this way, I really don't worry about Colombia..."

After listening to Han Xiao suddenly throw out a lot of secret information, even though it was some information that the other party had deleted and could not be revealed, Ning Guang was still shocked by the information revealed by his colleague.

She really didn't expect that such an important secret of the Ice God was hidden behind the trouble in Liyue before the winter solstice.

At least Ning Guang now knows that the Seven Gods are also under jurisdiction, and there are other gods above them.

Moreover, Lord Yan seems to have reached an agreement with the Ice Queen.

If it weren't for the sudden rise of Han Xiao, I'm afraid that the Heart of the Rock God would have fallen into the hands of the fools.

only...

The next moment, Ningguang changed the subject, and his tone became a little more worried:

"Hanxiao, if you go by what you said, doesn't it mean that we and Zhidong are actually on the same team?"

"Well... our relationship with Zhidong is not that close."

Han Xiao, who was holding her cell phone, immediately denied Ningguang's judgment.

"It can only be said that the emperor expressed an attitude to the Ice Queen with the heart of God, an attitude in which Liyue will stand neutral in the future."

"The remaining question of whether Liyue wants to repair diplomatic relations with Zhidong depends purely on whether we Qixing are willing to do so."

"That's good!"

After listening to Han Xiao's explanation, Ningguang's heart just dropped.

God knows how nervous she was after hearing the secret content the other party just said.

It’s okay not to be nervous.

Although Qixing now has full control over the entire power of Liyue, the emperor just retired and did not really die.

Once the emperor made a decision, Liyue could only choose to obey it.

Just now, Ning Guang was afraid that he would learn from Han Xiao that the emperor would decide to side with Zhi Dong. Then Liyue, which had finally embarked on rapid development, might be dragged into the quagmire of war, causing economic development to stagnate.

Fortunately, Lord Yan finally chose neutrality.

"That means God will not interfere with the alliance with Zhidong, right?"

"right."

Han Xiao first confirmed Ningguang's guess, and then she couldn't help but asked out of curiosity:

"What are your thoughts on the winter solstice, Ningguang?"

"I... naturally am the same as before."

Upon hearing Han Xiao's questioning, Ningguang, who already knew where the Emperor's bottom line was, quickly gave his answer.

Since Liyue's development direction can be controlled by Qixing under the premise of neutrality, she will not simply agree to Zhidong to repair the diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Never mind that the previous riot between the lady Rosalin and the young master Dadalia in Liyue was with the emperor's tacit approval.

They always brought a lot of trouble to Liyue.

Now want to repair diplomatic relations between the two countries?

Haha... Ningguang said that if she couldn't take a big piece of meat from the opponent's hand, her job as a legendary businessman would be in vain.

"Then I'm just looking forward to your performance?"

Seeing that Ningguang was still preparing to gain a lot of benefits from Zhidong, Hanxiao immediately cheered him up.

Seven Stars' purpose is the same when it comes to cheating Zhidong's benefits and fees.

They just sent a girl named Columbia, one of the top three executive officers, to show their attention, but Seven Stars would not agree to it.

After all, these days, if Zhi Dong wants to smooth over the troubles he caused in Liyue without giving him any substantial benefits, it might be too good to think too much.

They Liyue will not suffer this loss.

...

As Hanxiao and Ningguang finalized Liyue's attitude towards Zhidong in the future, it was evening.

Whether it's Liyue Port or Guili City, because the sky is darkening, the street lamps on the roadside light up one after another, illuminating the two cities like daylight.

Not only the street lights, but also the electric lights replacing candles in residents' homes.

“What a beautiful view!”

Standing at the entrance of Northland Bank, looking at the lively street scene in front of her, Columbia said to her adjutant Anna with emotion.

Chapter 752 Negotiations resume

"It is indeed beautiful."

Hearing her immediate boss express emotion to her, Anna, who was standing next to Columbia, couldn't help but recall the scenes she saw in every house along the way.

It was indeed a warm and peaceful picture.

“It’s rare to see such a warm scene in winter!”

"Girl, what you said is a bit biased!"

Regarding Columbia's sudden exclamation, Anna's face was filled with helplessness.

Although Zhidong may be affected by the harsh wind and snow all year round, which makes every Zhidong person have some toughness in his bones, he is not so cold-blooded that he cannot feel the warmth of his family.

Just like the young master Dadalia in the Executive Officer, she heard from her colleagues that he was a good brother who loved and protected his family.

"Well...what do you think about the introduction of electric lights in the winter?"

Columbia waved her hand and did not continue to discuss this matter with her adjutant. Instead, she asked Anna about her sense of electric lights.

"If it is introduced, I will support it with both hands."

When her boss asked about the introduction of electric lights, Anna immediately said that this was a very good suggestion.

Zhidong Kingdom's technology is actually very strong, but due to different positioning, Zhidong's technology is all focused on weapons manufacturing, and not much on people's livelihood technology.

Liyue clearly uses electric lamps, but oil lamps are still used in winter.

This gap is really quite big.

If you ladies can introduce electric lights into winter, it will definitely be a good thing that will benefit the country and the people.

At least it can solve the problem of home lighting at night for winter residents.

"Apart from electric lights, what about electric cars? What do you think of the market for electric cars?"

"The market for electric vehicles may be a little worse than that of electric lights."

After carefully considering the question raised by Columbia, Anna finally rated the electric car slightly lower than the electric light.

This is not to say that electric vehicles are bad. Electric vehicles directly change the mode of transportation and reduce long-distance transportation costs. These are the benefits of electric vehicles.

But compared with electric lights, she felt that electric lights were more worthy of attention.

"Then our next task is to bring this creation back to Solstice."

"Girl, this is probably not easy."

Seeing that her boss had made a decision, Anna's face showed a little worry.

If it were in the past, she believed that Liyue would be happy to do business with Zhidong. After all, the more things that can make money, the better.

But the current situation is a bit complicated.

Because the first two executive officers caused quite a stir in Liyue, Liyue had previously issued an order to expel the Fools in an all-round way.

As a result, they were under round-the-clock surveillance as soon as they entered the country this time. They were even allowed to take over the position of diplomats in name only before being released by Liyue authorities.

With the current relationship between Liyue and Zhidong hovering at freezing point, would Qixing really be willing to sell them lights and electric vehicles, which can improve the domestic environment?