Bai Ruoguang's burgundy eyes twinkled slightly.

"You really have a bright eye."

As far as she knew, Bai Qiyun had rarely been out of Tingyu Pavilion these days, but even so, he could still discern the disharmony in Liyue.

"Actually, it's more troublesome to talk about it."

"It's okay, we have a lot of time, you can be more detailed."

Bai Qiyun released Hu Zhai Palace and Yan Duola, and the white fox instantly aroused Bai Ruoguang's alertness.

She saw through Huzhai Palace's true identity at a glance, which made her hesitate a bit.

After all, it is somewhat inappropriate for one of the two major council members of Daozi to hear about the internal affairs of Liyue.

Perhaps sensing her concerns, Baihu jumped up and immediately led Yandora to the second floor, leaving room for the two of them to talk.

After a while, Bai Ruoguang opened his mouth and said.

"This actually involves the issue of Liyue's overall economy. I wonder, Grandpa, whether you agree with the view that 'the fewer resources, the more concentrated they are.'"

Hearing this, Bai Qiyun thought for a moment and nodded slightly.

"Indeed."

Although he was reluctant to admit it, it seemed that this had been the case throughout the ages.

"That's easy to explain. Since the day of the Black Tide, Liyue's resources have become scarce, or the whole of Teyvat. But fortunately, the only remaining Liyue immortal took action and established a paradise like Babel.

The large-scale alien planting base barely managed to maintain the order that was about to collapse."

Looking back on that period, even Bai Ruoguang today has to admit that it was the darkest period in the entire history of Teyvat.

"But even so, Liyue's resources are often in short supply. Under such circumstances, wealth inevitably flows into the hands of a few people."

In fact, based on the original wealth of the Bai family, it is enough to be considered as wealthy as any other country.

However, the arrival of the Black Tide swallowed up everything, and only a few family properties remaining in Liyue Port were saved.

The Bai family's property also shrank a lot as a result, but because of the small number of people in the family and the special status of the Bai family in Liyue at that time, the impact was not too great.

But this kind of financial and resource impact has spread all over the country. The rich are holding onto their money tightly, while the common people have no living space at all. They can only sell their bodies, coolies, etc. cheaper than in the old world.

In exchange for the most basic survival value.

This phenomenon troubled Qixing at the time, but what Ningguang couldn't solve was the consumption downgrade that followed.

Because people earn so little money, they can only spend it on the most basic needs of food, clothing, housing, and transportation. Even the word "transportation" has been removed, because everyone lives on the boat, and there is not much space for transportation.

Naturally, this kind of consumption cannot support business development, so there will be fewer jobs provided and people's wages will be lower, eventually turning into a vicious cycle.

The problem that arises from this is precisely the opposite of inflation caused by excessive currency issuance - deflation.

The problem of deflation is more difficult to solve than inflation. If inflation is still an economic problem, then deflation, after removing the economic attributes, has more or less caused cognitive problems in some people's minds.

This problem was not solved even when Ning Guang was alive. Even though the seven stars of Liyue were all present and twisted into a ball at that time, and there were trustworthy people and immortals around him to help, they still had no idea about this matter.

The solution.

Because if you want to solve deflation, you need to boost consumption, and if you want to boost consumption you need to boost confidence.

But every day after the sun rises, the touch from the shipboard beneath everyone's feet reminds them all the time.

How bad their current situation is, seeds of doubt are planted in their subconscious minds.

No matter what Qixing does, it won't help.

In the old world, people often felt that Inazuma was just a country built on an island, and that Inazuma was as floating as duckweed and had no foundation at all.

But the people of Liyue, who have always advocated stability, now have to rely on ships to survive, but no matter how big the ship is, there is a limit.

The small area of ​​land that can be seen to the end at a glance is really unable to support everyone's confidence.

Compared to the Daoji people who can still live on the island today with their feet on the ground, perhaps the people in Liyue today are real wanderers between heaven and earth.

"To solve this problem, we must allow all Liyue people to return to the earth and the places where they have lived for generations."

Looking at Bai Ruoguang's face that suddenly became serious, Bai Qiyun understood one thing.

Just as Zhenjun Liuyun had his own reasons for supporting the trip to the snowy mountains before, Bai Ruoguang's reason for supporting the action... I'm afraid it was this.

"How much does this have to do with the current chaos?"

Bai Qiyun had a vague suspicion in his heart, but he still planned to leave the right of explanation to the woman in front of him.

Hearing this, Bai Ruoguang took a deep breath, calmed down his agitated mood and said.

"Although Master Ningguang worked hard, he could only construct the basic framework of Liyue in the future when he parted, and many problems could not be solved. After years of accumulation, these problems eventually evolved to an extremely serious level, even eroding Liyue.

Yue’s administrative system, in other words, many of the Liyue Seven Stars today have something to do with those people, and there is no way to bypass those people to execute government orders."

Just like the businessmen Bai Qiyun met yesterday.

Now Qixing has to go through their hands to purchase all kinds of materials, because all the resources in Liyue are concentrated in the hands of this group of businessmen.

This is one of the manifestations of administrative difficulties.

At the beginning, when the businessmen were not deeply connected with Qixing, Qixing also thought about rectification.

But in the current harsh environment, it is simply human nature to 'concentrate resources with fewer resources'. Even if this group of people is killed, the next group of people will still appear.

It was not that Seven Stars had not thought about nationalizing these chambers of commerce for unified deployment, but firstly, it was during the period of Seven Stars' replacement, and secondly, it involved too much and was contrary to the previous government orders they had always adhered to.

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It can be said that there are only a few people among the current Seven Stars who are not involved with businessmen at all, and Bai Ruoguang, who relies on family wealth, is naturally one of them.

But even so, today's Seven Stars have lost the ability to resolve incidents peacefully. If they want to uniformly allocate resources, they need to use extraordinary means.

Fortunately, the high-end combat forces in the Liyue area are now standing beside Bai Ruoguang. If they really take action, those people will not be able to make any waves.

It's just...doing this may have an indelible impact on Liyue today.

At the very least, Seven Star's credit will probably be greatly reduced.

"So that's the case. It seems that it will be difficult for you, but let me say one more thing. If businessmen influence the administration, your situation will be even more difficult in the future."

Bai Qiyun felt that he was not qualified to point fingers on certain positions, but it was a fact that from the previous Ning Guang to the later Bai Ruoguang, the Bai family had been trapped in the quagmire of Liyue's political arena and could not extricate themselves.

If he didn't say more from an outsider's perspective, the Bai family's situation might get deeper and deeper.

"Well, what you are saying is that we still need to use these chambers of commerce to collect materials needed for the sky patching plan, so we will put this matter on hold for now."

The plan to mend the sky was hanging over everyone's heads, so Bai Ruoguang had to take it as the top priority.

As for those businessmen... I will have the energy to deal with them later.

"As long as you have an idea, by the way, the price those people quoted me is 20% higher than the market price. What are you going to do?"

Bai Qiyun also knew that the overall situation was the most important thing, so he brought the topic back on track.

Hearing this, Bai Ruoguang's burgundy eyes wrinkled slightly.

"Twenty percent...those guys are too brave to open their mouths."

It seems that this amount is not something she can accept at will.

After a while, Bai Ruoguang let out a sigh of relief after struggling for a long time.

"There is no other way. Who asked us to use it in a hurry now? We can only agree to them."

Bai Qiyun raised his eyebrows slightly, noticing the disharmonious look on the woman's face, and asked aloud.

"If even you think this number is a bit large, doesn't that mean there are middlemen involved? Let me tell you frankly, are there other Seven Stars involved?"

The young man's words stripped away the heavy fog surrounding Liyue, making it impossible for Bai Ruoguang to avoid it even if he wanted to.

She could only helplessly smile and drink the tea at hand.

"I think it's probably true. Although the members of our council have not revealed the Sky-Mending Plan, the rest of the Seven Stars are also high-level officials in Liyue. They may have inferred something from my daily behavior, so they dare to ask for such an exorbitant price.

"

"Isn't this just trying to make money from people's hard-earned money? Is this really good?"

Bai Qiyun naturally knew that the money used by Tianquan Star to purchase this batch of materials came from public funds, in other words, it was the taxes paid by all Liyue people.

If those people charge more, they are depriving the people of Liyue more.

As Seven Stars, those people would not understand this truth, but they still did it, even with a hint of forcing the palace.

Thinking of this, Bai Qiyun's blood surged slightly.

Unlike Bai Ruoguang, he has no taboos now. It doesn't matter even if he takes action to teach those who have gone too far.

Bai Qiyun's waist bent slightly, his deep eyes flashed with a different kind of dangerous light, and his voice was low and hinting.

"Do you want me to..."

"No, no, no, you don't need to come forward in this matter."

Seeing this, Bai Ruoguang was startled and quickly waved his hands to indicate that it didn't have to be like this.

Bai Qiyun's achievements were astonishing to her ears, and she had even witnessed his opponent's sky-piercing blow on the snowy mountain before.
To be continued...