"Huh?" Paimon asked in surprise: "Why is no one attending the Immortal Invitation Ceremony? Isn't this a very important festival in Liyue?"

Dean smiled and shook his head and said: "When I first came here, I thought the Immortal Invitation Ceremony would be very lively, just like our badminton festival in Mondstadt."

"But after I came here for a while, I discovered that the Qingxian Dianyi was said to be Liyue's festival, but it was better to say it was the judgment day of merchants."

"Judgment Day?" Paimon tilted his head and said, "Will the Rock King still judge those businessmen who have misbehaved during the ceremony?"

"No, the emperor's appearance at the ceremony has only one purpose, and that is to guide the development direction of Liyue. Regarding this point, I also specifically asked President Lisa to learn about it. She told me that the original mission of the Seven Gods was to guide mankind.

."

"The emperor has done a good job in this regard. Over the past thousand years, he is the only one who has always abided by his duties. Liyue can be said to have walked with the gods for thousands of years."

There was some seriousness on Dean's face and he said: "But it is also because of this that I say that the Immortal Invitation Ceremony is the day of judgment for businessmen."

"Every year at the Immortal Invitation Ceremony, the emperor will give some imperial decrees to guide and adjust the current Liyue economic market. When the imperial decree comes down, some chambers of commerce will fall from the clouds to the bottom, while some chambers of commerce will return to the future.

It’s skyrocketed in one year.”

"In the beginning, out of respect for the emperor, the people of Liyue, business tycoons from Liyue and cooks from the docks, would all arrive at Yujing Terrace on time to participate in the immortal invitation ceremony that day."

"But as time goes by, fewer and fewer people participate in the ceremony to invite immortals."

Paimon asked again: "Why is this? Don't the people of Liyue respect the emperor?"

"No." Dean shook his head and said, "The reason is very simple, it has nothing to do with him."

"Just like the cooks at the dock and the cooks in the kitchen, even if they know the emperor's decree, they don't have any power to change Liyue. They can only go with the flow. As long as they can eat enough today, it doesn't matter."

"As for some industry giants, although they have the ability to influence the market in Liyue, they cannot resist the emperor's decree in Liyue."

"When the emperor wants to rectify this industry, industry giants like them may be the first to suffer, but the first to die are the small chambers of commerce behind them. And industry giants like this know how to take risks

Transfer, their tentacles have already extended to other industries."

"If there is no business in this industry, then we can continue to work in another industry, so inviting Xian Dianyi will not have much impact on them."

"So, the ordinary people below don't participate, and the gentlemen above don't participate. Over time, only foreign tourists and businessmen who are neither good nor low in the industry will participate in the Immortal Invitation Ceremony."

“This can be regarded as an ‘attraction’ that even locals don’t go to.”

"Wow, that's it." Paimon looked at Dean in surprise and said, "I didn't expect you to know so much, Dean. Sure enough, those who can be named in the Chamber of Commerce are not ordinary people."

"Ah hahaha." Dean scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Actually, these are all things I heard from Master Guan Feng before."

Seeing that the two of them had almost rested, Dean smiled and said: "I will take you two to visit Liyue Port in the afternoon. As the commercial center of the whole continent, there are still many good attractions here."

"Okay, okay."

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Naturally, Dean couldn't take the two of them around the entire Liyue Port at this time in the afternoon.

However, he still took the two of them around Feiyun Slope.

Ying looked at the pedestrians coming and going with buckets in their hands, and asked Dean: "As we walked along the way, we saw many people carrying buckets. Are there any activities recently?"

Dean smiled bitterly and said: "Of course this is not an event, but a real disaster."

After receiving Dean's reply, Ying finally remembered the news that everyone had heard at Shimen before.

She asked: "Is this caused by the water source of Feiyunpo being contaminated?"

Dean nodded and said: "It seems that you have heard the news along the way. Yes, in fact, these people are going to eat at Huyan to get water."

Dean went on to explain: "About 20 days ago, a female corpse was suddenly discovered at the water source of Feiyun Slope. Because it had been soaked in water for too long, the body had become swollen and rotten, and her appearance could not be identified. Feiyun

Water sources throughout the region are contaminated."

"The Seven Stars of Liyue are worried that the residents will get the plague if they drink it, so they prohibit the residents of Feiyun Slope from drinking the water here during this period."

Paimon asked curiously: "The corpse is rotting. Could it be that the Qianyan Army couldn't even find the family members of the deceased?"

Dean suddenly lowered his voice and said to the two of them: "I do know something about this matter, but you two must not spread this matter, otherwise people will die."

Ying and Paimon looked at the seriousness on Dean's face and nodded solemnly, promising not to tell anyone.

Dean then said: "In fact, the deceased is Miss Huachu, the beloved daughter of Duke De'an of Minghua Bank."

"Mr. De'an?" Ying repeated in surprise. They also heard news about Gong De'an at Shimen some time ago.

It is said that as the largest bank in Liyue, he did not show his skill and courage as the largest bank when faced with the squeeze from the bankers of Zhidong Country.

The most fundamental reason is that his daughter committed suicide some time ago.

Ying and Paimon did not expect that the person polluting Feiyun Slope's water source would be Duke De'an's daughter.

If the people of Feiyunpo knew the truth of the matter, even if Liyue Qixing tried to protect him, he would be torn into pieces by the Liyue people...

Then Ying suddenly thought of something and asked: "Didn't you just say that the body was soaked in water for a long time and the body was rotting? How did Qianyanjun determine the identity of the deceased?"

Dean shrugged and said, "Of course it's the clothes on the deceased."

"It is said that the reason why Miss Hua Chu committed suicide was actually because her father opposed her marriage to a poor scholar named Jian Qiu."

"The two loved each other. Miss Hua Chu hoped that his father would agree to the marriage, but Mr. De'an refused on the grounds that he was not from the right family. Faced with the pain of separation from her lover, Miss Hua Chu tied her feet

He jumped into the water and committed suicide directly after leaving Chongyan."

Ying and Paimon didn't expect that there was such a story in it, and they were a little embarrassed.

Dean shook his head and sighed: "She is really a strange woman who dares to love and hate. However, I don't know when the Feiyun Slope water source pollution incident will be solved. Now there are many black-hearted businessmen who are making money from those old people.
Chapter completed!