Jean closed her eyes in contemplation.

It's not something to be able to refuse.

Rama wasn't her subordinate, nor was she someone who could win over Mondstadt like Diluc.

He has the interests he wants, and he runs and toils for them.

He opened his mouth to hand over the benefits, which was not an exchange, but a notice.

Diluc has preserved Rama's research, and Jean has agreed to Diluc's terms in exchange for Regunfender becoming an official in Mondstadt.

During this period, the return of the owner of Dawn Winery to the Order was a very positive increase in the reputation of the Knights of Favonius.

Because Diluc is rich.

Most people don't know how good he is, but everyone in Mondstadt knows that Dawn Winery is a giant in Mondstadt's wine industry, and it is indeed rich.

Diluc's departure from the Order in anger was no secret to the upper echelons of Mondstadt.

To this extent, the relationship between Dawn Winery and the Knights is naturally relatively average.

In Free Mondstadt, as long as you have enough reasons, there's nothing wrong with giving the Knights a face.

The relationship is average, and Dawn Winery still makes money in Mondstadt.

If it is replaced by Inazuma, the situation will be different, and the three will not respect any free trade, and if you want to make money under them, you can only be a lackey.

Now that Diluc is back, it means that a large amount of money has begun to flow and work at Dawn Winery, which is a great opportunity to reassure everyone.

This is the condition of the deal, and with Diluc taking out the chips, Jean must choose to respect the contract.

Rama: This is just a notice, not a request for cooperation in the transaction.

"No problem."

Jean folded her hands and quickly regained her complexion.

"During the time you are away, I will ensure that the research base is continuously supplied with funds and materials, and build the steps for your plan as soon as possible."

The way Rama made the alchemical potion had been completely delivered to the Knights, a power that Jean could not refuse.

Mondstadt has already been stepped on for a round, and he doesn't want to change, so when he is stepped on for the second time, will he only be able to get what he wants and leave, just like today?

"Thank you so much." Rama smiled and thanked, "This is my deal with Diluc, and if you come up with a new commitment, then I should also come up with new chips." ”

Don't take advantage of the other party in the transaction.

You can find a way to get it yourself, but you can't take it from the other party.

Any additional benefits are actually already priced, and they are never free.

Rama believes in Jean's friendliness, but it's not that he can't get the bargaining chips, so he still doesn't want to accept other people's favors.

"This is the alchemy potion that Sumeru has popularized and is supplied to ordinary people." Rama explained, "Unlike the requirements of genetic elixirs on the human body, basic alchemical elixirs can act on almost all ordinary people, allowing them to grow their physical fitness by leaps and bounds. ”

The improved genetic medicine does not have low requirements for physical fitness.

Rama has reduced the side effects, and if the conditions for taking it are lowered, there is no need for research.

He's doing research, not a babysitter.

The core of the potion is to make the strong stronger, and those whose physical fitness is not up to standard can also be taken, but the probability of success will be reduced, and the price to be paid will become higher, which is not a tricky trouble, and there is no need to refine it again and again.

The basic alchemy potion was of little benefit to Rama, who had already studied the enhancement of the human body quite deeply before he seized power.

In the follow-up research, if it were not for the need for systematic data to advance the research process, Rama would most likely directly challenge the research on the Flame Burst Tree.

After all, with his physical fitness, he could have directly challenged the last step of the plan.

Unlike ordinary [Genshin Impact], Rama's elemental power comes entirely from himself, and his advantages in this regard are certainly not as good as those of immortals, but they are also much higher than normal people.

That's why the subjects he chose were the Fatui and the Treasure Hoarders.

These people have relatively good basic physical fitness, especially the Fatui, and although they have a relatively short lifespan due to the evil eye, their strength is indeed the best among the armed forces of countries such as Mondstadt and Sumeru.

Putting aside the game of power at the top, the wealth, intelligence network and power displayed by the Fatui are obviously the top of the Seven Kingdoms.

Contrary to Rama's thinking, Rama conventionally believed that Teyvat's world was actually the world of a few special people, and that all the rest were just vassals who acted according to their will.

They can have their own will, but their will must be dependent on their choice.

Kamisato Ayaka also doesn't support the eye hunting order, but she has Kamisato's surname and enjoys the protection of the authority of the shrine, so she won't stand up for it openly, and her only thought is to let strangers take risks.

She has the courage to take risks, but the surname gives her too much, and she doesn't dare to drag down her family.

But Qin attaches great importance to ordinary people.

She valued most of the common people, and like gods such as the god of flowers and Morax, she recognized the value of the masses.

Although the actual ideas of the two sides may be very different, they are similar in expressiveness.

"Then on behalf of Mondstadt, I would like to thank His Excellency the Great Sage." Qin pursed her lips, "This gift is something I can't refuse." ”

Gifts depend on people, and this kind of means of helping the general public happens to be what Qin values.

"No thanks." Rama said, "It's just a reasonable deal." ”

"You're here to help look after my research, and I'm giving you leverage."

He confined the matter to trading, so Jean didn't say anything more, just nodded slightly.

Think of it as a reasonable deal... Although Jean thinks that she gets more and pays less.

But these things can be compensated for in other ways.

If you can make up for it, you don't have to shrink back and turn it down.

"That's all the cooperation between me, Diluc, and the acting head of the group." Rama smiled, "Good cooperation. ”

"It's a pleasure to work with." Jean stood up and sent Rama away.

During the conversation, Jean gradually got to know Rama's character, pieced together information, and negotiated in person, and she realized that there was really no need to have too much courtesy and politeness with Rama.

Open and close, take out any chips as soon as possible, and just say what you want.

This is Rama's collaboration.

I have what I want, you have what you want, as long as you can come up with what I want, or swap positions, everyone will show their chips and finalize the cooperation.

If not, then say goodbye politely and don't have more unnecessary communication.

"Oh, that's a pure person."

Lisa, who was watching the transaction, pursed her lips and said.

"Pure?" Jean raised her eyebrows slightly, "Maybe." ”

"From the information gathered, Rama is indeed enough to keep the contract."

Qin looked at his best friend with a heavy expression: "Maybe his research is a little ······ It's weird, but since the result is good, there's no need to pursue it. ”

"Including Diluc and Kaeya who substantively set you apart?" Lisa asked rhetorically.

"There are many explanations for this, such as your personality is really not suitable for knowing these things, such as cooperation is indeed beneficial to Mondstadt, but ·······"

Extrapolating from the results, in working with Rama, Mondstadt gained more than he lost.

After all, Rama's research had only taken a few Treasure Hoarders and Fatui that were of no value to Mondstadt.

Being alive causes trouble, and dying is more in Mondstadt's interests.

"But their concerns are correct, aren't they." Jean sighed lowly, "Even if I don't extrapolate from the results that have become facts, just look at the situation when the situation is not clear that day, I know that cooperation with Rama is a good choice." ”

After all, the dead were useless and had nothing to do with the people of Mondstadt.

There are probably Mondstadt people in the Treasure Hoarders and the Fatui, but they have turned their back on Mondstadt's interests, and Jean will not choose to shelter these people, no matter how much she loves Mondstadt.

At present, all the interests have been superficial, and anyone who is a little more rational can judge the gains and losses, and it is not difficult to do hindsight.

Even in the past, when the interests were not yet clear, it was beneficial for Mondstadt to cooperate with Rama at the expense of some "other people" who were not inconsequential, who were not Mondstadt.

But if Jean knew about it at the time, she would have judged the benefits and losses, and then stood up to stop Rama.

"You've got to have some persistence." Lisa smiled and reassured her best friend, "I have learned about this great sage of Sumeru, and of all the information we can know, Rama will always insist on two things. ”

"Peer-to-peer chip trading."

"Keep the contract."

"That's why Diluc, even the Fatui, know that he is anything but good, but they still compete with him."

Qin replied in a low voice: "Because they all know very well that as long as Rama promises something, he will definitely do it." ”

He promised you a treasure, and you will be able to get it in your hands.

Of course, just because you can get it doesn't mean you can take it safely.

But that's enough.

Diluc, the Fatui······ Could these people be the ones who are completely counting on their allies to do things?

They also don't trust any so-called allies at the last minute, and in the end, they trust themselves the most.

In the process of cooperation, the Fatui also wanted to kill Rama, but Rama countercalculated, and could only say that his skills were not as good as others, but he could not say that others were cheating.

What was promised to you has been done.

The cooperation of these people is like this, there is never absolute trust, and some are just mutual exchange interests.

"You have that trait, too." Lisa pursed her lips and smiled, "I don't know if it's stupid or stubborn, but I'm sure that both Mondstadt's enemies and Mondstadt's friends want you to be the dominant force in Mondstadt." ”

"Anyone is willing to cooperate with you with confidence, and the only reason why they don't choose you is that they know very well that their cooperation cannot be on the table."

It's comforting, but it's also true.

Among the options of collaborators, as long as the piano can appear, she is usually the first choice.

If Rama were to choose a partner from among the people of Koto, Ningguang, Kujou Takayuki, and Hazard and Tartaglia, he would choose them all with his feet.

A gentleman can be deceived in a way.

Even if you don't "deceive" him, his behavior allows you to deliver trust and chips without worrying about being backstabbed.

Unfortunately, pianos are not usually in the selection.

Her conduct is both a virtue and a constraint.

"I'll just think you're complimenting me." Jean rolled her eyes.

Few people know that Jean is very fond of love.

She will read stories like "The Melancholy of the Girl Vera" many times in the dead of night, yearning for the delicate and fragile love between young girls in the story.

Fortunately, she is not a love brain, and she can always consider her responsibilities and identity as the pride of Gunnhild and the acting head of the Knights of Favonius before she likes and yearns for it.

Recently, however, as the responsibilities have been shared, Jean has rarely become more leisurely.

Diluc wasn't alone.

Over the years, he has also managed his own network of forces and intelligence in Mondstadt, and as he returns to the Order, these people have gradually begun to integrate as his support for the Order.

Jean isn't alone, and Diluc isn't alone.

It was because Diluc had entered the Knights of Favonius with a relatively well-established interest group that Jean had more time to rest.

Work is limited, and when responsibilities are shared, leisure naturally comes.

"There's one thing you may have thought of, maybe I shouldn't mention ······" Lisa retracted her smile, "That's too frustrating." ”

Qin looked out the window, "You said you were defeated, can you not say it?" ”

"If you don't want to hear it, of course I won't say it." Lisa sighed.

That's already the answer.

Responsibility is equal to power in Mondstadt, and you are qualified to hold as much power as you can take on as much responsibility.

Jean used to be busy, partly because she couldn't bear to refuse a reasonable request from the people of Mondstadt, and partly because the acting head was really busy.

And now she's idle.

Diluc and his team began to take responsibility and divide the powers.

Although at the beginning, they had already discussed that they would not choose to compete with Jean for the position of head of the Knights.

But this is Diluc's own opinion.

His subordinates don't necessarily think so.

Sometimes the top boss doesn't go up, and it's hard for them to do it, because you want to go up, but you can't be higher than your boss.

Then we can only raise him up one block first, and then everyone will naturally share the fruits of victory.

Jean had no intention of guarding against such a possibility.

Lisa had nothing to say.

She's certainly not going to lose anything by that, librarian······ In this kind of position, you just let her go, will Lisa lose anything because of this?

(End of chapter)