People in Teyvat, starting from saving the grass god

He walked side by side with Keqing, and under her guidance, he headed straight for the Jade Pavilion, the palace of Ningguang on the Tianquan Star, one of the Seven Stars of Liyue.

This time, Rhodes came with a personal letter from the Grass God, and also received a formal visiting document issued by the official of the Ministry of Education.

In terms of status and importance, the title is no less important than that of a diplomatic envoy.

Liyue usually entrusts this kind of formal official meeting to Ningguang of Tianquan Star to handle.

As for the Yuheng Star.

Her job is to manage land and planning, and diplomatic affairs are not quite in line with her job.

Liyue's carriage that came to greet Rhodes was quite low-key.

Apart from the Qianyan Army who were responsible for the escort, it was impossible to tell from the outside that the people sitting here were the Sumeru envoys and the Yuheng Star.

along the way.

Rhodes was still looking around with great interest, and would pay more attention to anything he came across that interested him.

For the country of Liyue.

He always had a special feeling for her.

so similar.

Both the culture and the customary architecture were very similar to the ancient times that Rhodes knew.

Although he has now confirmed that he was able to appear on the continent of Teyvat with the help of the legacy of the flower god, in terms of household registration, he is a national of Xumi.

And after arriving in Teyvat, he spent most of his time living in Sumeru.

But every time he came to this country which was very similar to his hometown, he would still feel a sense of closeness that he could never experience in Xumi.

"Mr. Rhodes, is it convenient for me to ask you a few questions?"

After looking at Rhodes for a long while, Keqing asked hesitantly.

"You said."

Rhodes lowered the car curtain and replied, "As long as it's not something difficult to talk about."

"Well, I want to ask something."

"How did the godless Sumeru keep functioning when the Grass God was imprisoned?"

When asking this question, Keqing looked embarrassed, but her eyes were full of anticipation as she waited for Rhodes' answer.

This question is indeed quite presumptuous.

The imprisonment of a country's gods is no small matter.

It's even embarrassing to say it out loud.

Usually, Xumi people rarely talk about this matter outside, and they always talk about the return of the Grass God.

But Keqing was really curious.

How does a country without God, relying solely on mortals, maintain its operation?

As far as Keqing knows.

During the hundreds of years without the Grass God, Xumi still had a very good reputation.

Today's science and technology, superb educational conditions, top medical standards, and affluent people's lives.

These are the images that Xumi shows to the outside world.

The occasional bad reputation is mostly caused by mercenaries who often turn against their employers.

In Keqing's opinion.

This godless country seems to have surprisingly good social order?

If it were someone else, they might not think too much about this matter.

But in front of Rhodes was Keqing.

The only disrespectful dignitary among Liyue's high-ranking officials.

[The Emperor has protected Liyue for a thousand years, but will it be the same for the next thousand years, ten thousand years, or a hundred thousand years? ]

This is what Keqing asked during the ceremony of inviting the immortals.

This statement is extremely disrespectful.

However, Emperor Yan Wang was not angry or dissatisfied with this. He just smiled, did not answer the question, and left.

only.

In Liyue, where the mainstream trend is to worship Geo Emperor, Keqing's words naturally became the target of public criticism after the ceremony of summoning the immortal.

Especially since she is the Yuheng Star among the Seven Stars of Liyue.

Her every word and action will be infinitely magnified by people with ulterior motives.

Especially since this question was asked in public.

In addition to the ordinary people present, there were also many people in Liyue who had complaints about Keqing, including the Secretary-General Ganyu who had been sitting in Yuehai Pavilion for thousands of years.

Although everyone was very restrained and did not bring these emotions into their daily work.

But ultimately, it is inevitable that those who have a grudge against Keqing will become lazy and lax when working under her.

This caused considerable trouble to Keqing's work.

Because of this, she became more and more impatient and her trust in other people became thinner and thinner. She wanted to do everything by herself. Even if it was a matter that needed time to be solved, she would try her best to shorten the cycle and finish it in one or two days. Her pace was out of sync with the people around her. No one who assisted Keqing in her work could persist for more than three months.

Nobody knows.

This style of behavior is just her attempt to imitate the behavior of Geo King, and to prepare for Geo King's departure which may happen at any time.

Moreover, she had made countless deductions about Liyue after the departure of Geo King, and carefully calculated what kind of turmoil would occur in all walks of life in Liyue if Geo King was gone, how to solve it, and so on.

Let me say something that might offend Ningguang.

Keqing even thought about it.

If Geo King was gone, what kind of diplomatic pressure would Ningguang face?

The diplomatic pressure faced by Godless Mond is obvious to all. If it weren't for Falgar's support, it would have been bullied long ago.

Keqing had communicated with many Mondstadt people in the past.

That was just the conclusion she came to in the end.

That is, the national conditions of the two countries are completely different, and it is not easy to learn from Mond's methods of protecting its people.

Now there happened to be a person who had experienced the godless era of another country in front of her, and Keqing once again couldn't resist the urge to ask him something.

This question also made Rhodes ponder for a long time.

He thought a lot and pondered what he wanted to say.

At last.

He curled his lips and concluded: "How should I put it? A complete mess is more appropriate."

"what?"

Keqing opened her mouth slightly and asked in disbelief, "A complete mess?"

It cannot be said that Rhodes' words are completely inconsistent with Xumi's external image, but it can be said that there is not a single similarity between them.

At least those Xumi scholars who came to Liyue just complained that it was difficult to write papers, but no one said that the public security in Xumi was chaotic or made any other bad remarks.

Why is that?

"I guess no one has ever told you what the desert is like?"

Rhode shook his head: "That's right. With your status, you probably won't be able to come into contact with those mercenaries from the desert."

Before Nashida's return.

Few of the desert people of Xumi can leave, and even fewer can go abroad.

Basically, only those working as mercenaries have the opportunity to travel abroad with merchants doing ocean-going business.

This also means that the mercenaries and Keqing who know the true injustice of Xumi cannot be contacted.

Even if Keqing hides her identity and visits the people.

Due to the special nature of mercenaries, it is difficult for them to encounter them.

As for those scholars who are able to go to Liyue to do scientific research, most of them are rich people. Regardless of their academic performance, at least their family’s wealth is enough to support them to live abroad and do scientific research for a long time.

After all, in foreign countries, unlike in Xumi, many things are inconvenient, and doing scientific research requires time-consuming and laborious official reporting.

So how could these scholars, who come from wealthy families and have no worries about food and clothing, possibly know what life is like over there in the desert?

Or rather.

Even if they knew, they would not bother to say it out loud.

Rod briefly described the scene before the desert.

Many of the things he described were things he had experienced personally, and he described them vividly.

Let’s talk about the desert.

He started talking about the rainforest area.

"Compared to the desert, people in the rainforest, where the climate conditions are superior, at least don't have to worry about food."

“The free education provided by the Fatwa is also universal.”

“Perhaps the only difficulty is that it is not easy to write a graduation thesis. It is very difficult to become a scholar.”

At last.

Rhodes concluded: "Without gods, we have to rely on people. As for whether a country can maintain peace and stability, it depends on the personal qualities of the ruler."

"you mean."

"A country cannot exist without gods?"

After saying this, Keqing fell into deep thought.

She had not expected Xumi's previous situation.

She has always devoted her energy to her job, and she had never expected that the godless Xumi would be in such a situation.

However, just when she was doubting herself.

But Rhodes shook his finger and said to her: "Look at Mond."

"Is Mondstadt without the Wind God?"

This ready-made example made Keqing fall silent again.

Compared to Xumi, Mondstadt and Liyue have more trade exchanges, and Keqing is more familiar with the situation in Mondstadt.

have to say.

If we ignore the diplomatic pressure Mond faces, they do govern the country very well in the absence of gods, which is a completely different picture from the chaotic real situation in Xumi.

So what's the problem?

"people."

Rhodes and Keqing said this word together.

Yes.

people!

The key lies in the people who are the descendants of God and the rulers.

"The Knights of Favonius in Mondstadt were steadfast in their beliefs and sacrificed their own freedom to gain freedom for the people of Mondstadt."

"The Gunnhild family controls Mondstadt's military and political power. The first words their children learn are 'Protect Mondstadt forever.'"

"These four words are the unchanging ancestral motto of their family."

"If such people were in charge of Mondstadt, would they do something detrimental to Mondstadt?"

"The negative example is the House of Ordinances."

"They incite racial confrontation in thought, suppress the desert in action, and blaspheme and murder in philosophy. If such people were in charge of Mount Xumi, how could there not be chaos?"