Chapter 105 Market Economic Regulation (5k for a large chapter, 22k per day, monthly ticket requested)
Arriving at the Death Star,

Wang Hao couldn't help but look at the battleship.

The warship was divided into four floors, equipped with a crossbow on both sides, the two front masts with railing sails, the two rear masts with triangular sails, and there was a very tall observation column in the center.

Wang Hao estimated that the battleship was at least fifty or sixty meters long, and its displacement was estimated to be over a thousand tons, or even up to two thousand tons.

There are several long decks, the poop is very high, and there are 7 stern decks.

There is a lot of cargo on the ship and the draft is very deep. Wang Hao couldn’t see how much there was, but he estimated that it was no less than eight meters.

Moreover, Wang Hao also felt the faint flow of elemental force on the boat.

There are probably a lot of runes hidden and carved on this battleship.

It is a 'superb battleship'.

Unfortunately, Wang Hao didn’t know much about runes, so he couldn’t recognize the functions of these extraordinary runes.

All the way to the captain's room,

Beidou twisted his neck, picked up a bottle of wine from the side, and took a sip: "Okay, tell me, kid, what do you want from me?"

Keqing, who was beside Wang Hao, took off her hood, revealing her face.

Beidou was stunned: "Keqing, Yuheng?"

Although she went to sea all year round, she still knew the name of Yuhengxing and had seen his portrait.

Moreover, these days, even among the dock workers, many people are talking about this bold Yuhengxing.

As one of the bosses at the dock, Beidou would naturally recognize Keqing.

"Oh, it's Yuheng Star. I've heard of your name for a long time these days."

Beidou smiled.

"It's me. I've long heard of your name, Captain Beidou." Keqing also showed a standard smile, as if the person being talked about by the outside world was not her.

On the other side, Xingqiu also took off his hood.

"Ha, a seven-star guy from Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, tsk tsk tsk."

Beidou was amazed, then looked at Wang Hao: "You kid are not some great person, are you?"

Wang Hao smiled and said, "I am Wang Hao."

Hearing this name, Beidou's face changed: "What, you are Wang Hao, Ningguang's man!"

She looked at Wang Hao with vicious eyes.

If most people didn’t know the tacit understanding between her and Ningguang, they would probably be scared to death.

But Wang Hao was obviously not scared, and smiled gently: "Captain Beidou, we want to take a ride to Guyun Pavilion."

"Good boy, not only are you not afraid, you even want to ride on the boat." Beidou slapped Wang Hao on the shoulder, with a hint of appreciation on the corner of his mouth.

Wang Hao's face changed slightly, what a great strength.

Captain Beidou definitely did not use elemental power, but just with such a casual slap, Wang Hao felt a huge force.

Thinking of the rumors about the captain at the dock, Wang Hao believed it even more.

This captain really killed the sea monster [Sea Mountain] with his own strength.

Seeing Wang Hao's slightly changed expression, Beidou laughed even more happily: "Hahahahaha, really good, kid."

Being able to withstand a slap from her was already quite good for Wang Hao at his age.

Then she glanced at Xingqiu with some disdain and reached out to grab his head: "You've lost some weight, Feiyun Chamber of Commerce boy."

Xingqiu:?
"Captain Beidou, can we talk?" Keqing suddenly asked.

Beidou looked at her and said, "Of course."

Seeing this, Wang Hao pulled Xingqiu and said, "Let's go out and take a look at the Death Star. This is the first time I've seen such a big ship."

Xingqiu also realized that Keqing and Beidou must have something special to talk about, and immediately followed Wang Hao out of the captain's room.

Wang Hao was not interested in what Keqing and Beidou were talking about in the captain's room, nor did he want to listen.
Instead, he was more interested in the crew of the Death Star.

In other words, he was more interested in ocean trade.

Why can Beidou compete with Ningguang?

Aside from the fact that the relationship between the two is indeed special, the Southern Cross Fleet is one of Liyue's largest ocean-going trading fleets.

Many goods that Liyue does not have have to be brought back by these ocean-going fleets.

These ocean-going fleets are also responsible for regulating Liyue's supplies.

Even though the tax officer just said that they would have to pay more taxes, in fact, the Southern Cross Fleet would still make no less money.

Whether it is Inazuma’s goods or goods from other countries, they are all hot items after arriving in Liyue.

After all, rare things are more valuable.

He and Xingqiu came to the deck,

There were many sailors busy around, and some children playing on the deck.

The Death Star is not closed, anyone can come up.

Although there are not only various tools and decorations on the ship, but also cargoes from the Southern Cross Fleet, these are considered trade secrets.

But Beidou never cared about these secrets.

If someone wants to do these businesses, she will help the other party.

It is this kind of magnanimity that makes Beidou more prestigious at the dock.

"Come on, let's look around."

Without disturbing the staff, Wang Hao took Xingqiu for a walk on the boat.

[Is Emperor Ye Tian not here? ]

[The timeline has not arrived yet. 】

[Inazuma should be closed to the outside world now, but no hunting order has been issued. 】

【Manye's friend was executed by General Raiden because of the Eye Hunting Order and the failure in the duel with Kujo.】

【Oh, thank you, originalist. 】

【…】

Barrages of comments flashed through Wang Hao's eyes.
Emperor Ye Tian, ​​General Thunder...

These are no longer unfamiliar words, Wang Hao often sees them in the barrage.

Especially General Lei Dian. When he just got the barrage, he didn’t know about it, but now that he has barely entered the upper echelons of Liyue, he naturally knows of his existence.

General Raiden, the god of thunder, ruled by Inazuma.

The legendary god of ultimate martial arts, comparable to the Rock King.

Such an existence, when he had just obtained the Eye of God and was still gray, these barrages instigated him to take the knife.

So, there are bad people in the barrage.

Of course, Wang Hao did not forget that Emperor Ye Tian seemed to have accomplished the feat of withstanding a blow from General Lei Dian.

I really don’t know what the scene would be like. If there is a chance in the future, Wang Hao also wants to go and see what a hero that is.

With a slight smile, he put the matter of General Lei Dian and Emperor Ye Tian behind him.
Wang Hao walked on the deck, his eyes occasionally sweeping over the surrounding cargo.

Xingqiu looked at them for a long time. Although they were all jade and jewelry from foreign countries, they were rare, but he had no shortage of them. Now they were no longer interesting. He looked at Wang Hao and asked, "What are you looking at?"

He was a little curious about what Wang Hao was looking at and why he didn't say anything for so long.

"I'm looking at the goods." said Wang Hao.

Xingqiu rolled his eyes: "I'm not blind. I mean, why are you looking at these things?"

He felt that Wang Hao was just trying to fool him, but he had no evidence.

Wang Hao stopped and looked at Xingqiu: "Do you know why goods are circulated?"

Xingqiu was stunned for a moment, then thought: "Because someone needs it?"

As expected of the young master of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, he easily grasped the key.

"That's right. The circulation of goods depends on the relationship between supply and demand. If there are people who supply and there are people who need, then there will be circulation."

Wang Hao nodded gently, and then continued,
"Look at the goods around you. Can you see anything?"

The surrounding goods?
Xingqiu frowned slightly and turned his gaze around, looking at the mountains of goods: "Jewelry, coral, jade..."

Finally, he hesitated and said, "They are all luxury goods."

"Yeah, there's almost nothing that ordinary people would use."

Wang Hao sighed softly, and before Xingqiu could get confused, he explained,

"Normally, the items that can bring huge profits from ocean trade include food, weapons and equipment, mineral materials, and rare treasures."

"Now, the cargo carried by the Southern Cross Fleet is mostly rare treasures."

"This shows that Liyue's demand for food, weapons, and materials is decreasing, while the market demand for this kind of jewelry and jade is increasing."

Listening to Wang Hao's narration, Xingqiu couldn't help but frown: "That's not right, we are the largest jewelry exporter."

The existence of the Layered Rock Chasm gives Liyue an almost inexhaustible supply of jade and jewelry. Why import them from outside? Wang Hao twitched his lips and said, "That's the problem."

"Something went wrong with the Layered Rock Chasm?" Xingqiu's eyes suddenly widened and he uttered an incredible sound.

Wang Hao's eyes darkened slightly: "It is possible, but it may not be the Layered Rock Abyss. It may be that there is a problem with the people in the management of the Layered Rock Abyss."

The Southern Cross Fleet must have professional economic and commercial personnel, who will decide what goods the Southern Cross Fleet will bring back next time based on Liyue's business environment.

Since most of the items brought back by the Southern Cross Fleet this time were jewelry and jade, the prices of jewelry and jade in the Liyue market must have fluctuated, or at least there was a situation where demand exceeded supply.

From this point of view, there is probably something wrong with the Layered Chasm.

The most important thing is that Wang Hao remembered something.
When Ningguang wrote to him before, she mentioned that Huishan Hall also had some problems.
Later, he also learned that Huishan Hall and Shenglu Hall were fighting, and Huishan Hall was trying to take back some of Shenglu Hall's authority.
The fluctuations in the jade jewelry market this time may be caused by the fight between these two giants.

Xingqiu pondered for a long time before he said, "Will this have any impact on us?"

He thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure out what impact the price fluctuations of jade jewelry would have.

Wang Hao sighed slightly. Although Xingqiu grew up in a business family and was very proficient in business matters, he was still not sensitive enough to such macro-economic issues.

"The Southern Cross Fleet is one of the largest ocean-going fleets in Liyue. A round trip may take several months or even a year.

Even it felt the fluctuations in the jewelry business and brought back the goods, so couldn't other merchants feel it?

The Southern Cross Fleet has brought back jade from the ocean, so other merchant caravans must have been involved as well, and it is even possible that they have completed the trade and have brought back the goods."

Wang Hao was somewhat helpless as he said this. He never underestimated the talent of the Liyue people in making money.

As long as there is a business opportunity, there will always be plenty of Liyue Chambers of Commerce willing to try.

“This will result in jade and jewelry accounting for the majority of the materials transported into Liyue from the outside world.”

At this point, Xingqiu finally realized: "Because the jewels are flowing inward, other goods have been occupied in the transportation volume, so..."

“Therefore, the supply and demand relationship of other commodities has been unbalanced. Just wait and see, the prices of many things will increase in the future.” Wang Hao concluded with a cold face.

It’s actually a very simple question.

The major chambers of commerce have a fixed amount of transportation volume, and it is impossible for him to create more transportation volume out of thin air.

Not only the transportation volume, but also the purchasing funds are quantitative.

Since jewelry and jade are the main sources of transportation and purchasing funds, other items are bound to be reduced.

This will be reflected in the Liyue market as these commodities with reduced market shares will become scarce.

In the market environment, scarce materials will inevitably increase in price.

"No wonder the tax officer downstairs told Captain Beidou just now that Lord Tianquan had increased taxes on luxury goods." Xingqiu looked as if he had suddenly realized something.

Imposing taxes on luxury goods can force most small businesses to stop doing business, which is, in a sense, a form of macro-control.

"Well, Sister Ningguang has always had a long-term vision, and I never doubt it." Wang Hao nodded, then sighed, "Now I just hope that those chambers of commerce doing grain business don't squeeze out the grain market share."

Liyue is not short of food, but its food production is definitely not as good as Mondstadt's.
Yes, Mondstadt is Liyue's largest importer of food.

Mond has vast plains and the largest amount of high-quality arable land in Teyvat, with huge grain production.

The largest grain producer in Liyue is Qingce Manor.

The key to maintaining low food prices in Liyue is that the private chamber of commerce imports large quantities of food from Mondstadt.

As for the grain in Qingce Village, most of it was used for food reserves.

If the fluctuation in jade and jewelry prices this time causes the big chamber of commerce to take up the grain share.

Then, reflected in Liyue Harbor, the price of food may rise rapidly.

And this is not the biggest problem.

Food can be solved by mobilizing reserve grain from granaries.
The negative impact of food fluctuations is the most important.

If food supply is unstable, people’s hearts will not be stable.

If coupled with fluctuations in other goods, it may lead to social unrest.

It seems a bit trifling, how could society be so fragile?

But don't forget, there is also a master at business and economics in Liyue Harbor.

There is no way that Northland Bank, and Pantalone behind it, could fail to see this opportunity.

Once Northland Bank intervenes, the previous concerns are likely to become true.

"Food..." Xingqiu smiled, "Then you don't have to worry. Feiyun Chamber of Commerce has an agreement with Mondstadt and Xumi. We import a large amount of food every month. This share will not be taken away."

As he spoke, Xingqiu's smile widened, and he looked at Wang Hao with a somewhat amused look in his eyes: "Also, have you forgotten something? Now that Lady Tianquan has discovered the problem, do you think she has no backup plan?"

"The families behind our classmates are all her followers now. There are more than a dozen chambers of commerce, big and small. The price of grain alone won't cause any waves."

"Other foreign products may see price increases."

Xingqiu's tone was teasing. He didn't expect that Wang Hao had overlooked such a big influencing factor.

After hearing what Xingqiu said, Wang Hao suddenly reacted.

Yes, Ningguang is not fighting alone.

Two years after taking office, Ningguang has already gathered around her a large number of interest groups centered around her.

Among them were Wang Hao’s former classmates.

A gamble, a donation, and a reward tied these students firmly to Ningguang's side.

Among them, Wang Hao made an indelible contribution.

Of course, Shi Jie also deserves credit.

With the help of these power groups, suppressing food prices should not be a problem.

Moreover, many large chambers of commerce will take the initiative to help.

Because for the big chambers of commerce, a stable Liyue is in their best interest, not to mention that there is an emperor above them.

"Huh, I was worrying too much." Wang Hao smiled and shook his head.

Xingqiu tilted his head: "What's the story behind worrying about the sky falling?"

"Oh, this is the story I heard, the legend..."

The two changed the subject and talked further and further away.

the other side,
Keqing and Beidou were also talking.
But the atmosphere here is not as good as outside.
Originally, Keqing admired Beidou very much.
She had also heard about the story of Beidou destroying [Haishan] and helping the weak and suppressing the strong.

But after an in-depth communication with Beidou, Keqing discovered that there was one point about Beidou that she could not accept.

Beidou’s legal awareness is extremely weak, or even... nonexistent.

For example, when I talked with Beidou about the treatment of dock workers,

Beidou directly said that the foremen and ship owners who exploited the workers should be beaten up and forced to raise their wages.
This is hard for Keqing to accept.

In Keqing's opinion, everyone should be gathered together to discuss and formulate a new work plan as well as salary and benefits.

Directly using violence... this is not what Keqing wants to see.

Moreover, using violence to force a wage increase...is against the law!
If we want violence, it should be the Qianyan Army that should come.

Well, anyway, Keqing doesn't agree with the direct use of violence, at least not personal violence.

Of course, apart from legal awareness, the chat between the two was still very pleasant.

Beidou is knowledgeable and many of his opinions are valuable to Keqing.

The two chatted until the afternoon.
The Death Star and other ships also completed the transportation of cargo.

Beidou and Keqing came out of the captain's room.

Keqing glanced around and saw Wang Hao and Xingqiu: "Captain Beidou is willing to take us to Lonely Cloud Pavilion, and she will send someone to see us off when we return."

"That's really great." Wang Hao and Xingqiu said happily.

the other side,
Beidou spoke to the crew members, and soon, the horn sounded, and the huge fleet of the Southern Cross Fleet slowly left the port.

Yes, a huge fleet.

[There are so many boats.]

[There are at least thirty of them.]

[I counted and there were thirty-six ships within Wang Hao's sight, including the Death Star.]

[I just said that the game is too petty. How can a ship be worthy of the title of Southern Cross Fleet? ]

[I finally understand why the Southern Cross Fleet always cruises around the Solitary Cloud Pavilion. If such a fleet were to stay at the port, it would occupy other ships.]

[There are many such fleets in Liyue. ]

[What is the Land of a Thousand Sails? (Leaning back)]

【…】

Like the barrage, Wang Hao was also somewhat shocked as he watched the Southern Cross fleet set sail.

When we were anchored before, the sails were lowered and we didn't know which ships belonged to the fleet.

And now, as they set sail, dozens of large ships were moving slowly, which was inexplicably shocking.

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(End of this chapter)