September 15, 1993 of the Teyvat New Era Inside the Class 1 Classroom, Moxiang Pavilion, Yunlu Academy, Feiyun Slope, Liyue Harbor “Everyone surely knows that our Liyue God is the Geo Archon, so what does the God value the most?” the old man on the podium asked the students below.
“contract,” the students said in unison.
“Correct.
According to the God’s instructions, our Liyue was founded on the contract, and is famous for its minerals.
Therefore, commerce and metallurgy are renowned overseas.
Most of the Liyue Qixing are also of merchant origin, and since the establishment of our Yunlu Academy, we have also cultivated three Qixing.” Speaking of this matter, everyone in the classroom shared a sense of honor.
“Ha~ hoo,” however, Kuaixue was not interested in the teacher’s enthusiastic explanation.
Compared to these, she wanted class to end earlier so she could go read at the Wenyuan Pavilion she had been yearning for.
Hehehe, the ancient books inside, here I come.
Thinking about this, Kuaixue showed an infatuated smile.
Sitting aside, Keqing felt speechless and ashamed seeing the expression on Kuaixue’s face at this moment.
Seizing the opportunity before others noticed, she pushed Kuaixue’s arm to bring Kuaixue back to her senses.
“And what about the God’s most important invention?
Do you students know what it is?” Facing this question, the students below were not like before speaking in unison; instead, they chattered away and expressed their own opinions.
“It is the stove,” which was obviously an answer only a foodie would have.
“The guizhong ballista,” a boy replied.
“The guizhong ballista seems to have been invented by an adeptus, not the God, right?” someone held a dissenting opinion.
“Isn’t the God just an adeptus?” the boy retorted.
The teacher on the podium took a sip of tea, moistened his throat, and watched the discussion below happily.
“It is Mora,” Xingqiu raised his hand and replied.
“Ah that’s right, Mora was also invented by the God.” “Wow, it’s used too often, so we forgot instead.” “Correct.” The old gentleman pressed his hand down towards the students, signaled for quiet, and then asked Xingqiu, “Then why is it Mora?” “This…
because it facilitates transactions.” Xingqiu, from a merchant family, gave her own understanding.
“Not bad, more accurately speaking, because it endows prices.” “Price?” “Price is the embodiment of a commodity’s value.
The higher the value of a commodity, the higher its price, and vice versa.” Looking at the mostly bewildered faces of the students below, the teacher said happily, “Although this knowledge is somewhat difficult, it is a must-master for students who will engage in commerce in the future.” Then the old gentleman gave a vivid explanation of the relationship between value and price.
“Um…
I believe all students already have a preliminary concept of the relationship between value and price.
Students who are still unclear can go to Wenyuan Pavilion after class to borrow related books.
Next, I will ask everyone an interesting question: Why is Mora currency?” Facing the old gentleman’s tricky question, everyone in their seats looked at each other and fell into deep thought.
Yeah, why on earth has Mora, which has been used as currency since they could remember, become currency?
“Because Mora is cast from the flesh and blood of the God, making it difficult to counterfeit.” Keqing gave her own understanding.
“That’s a good reason, what else?” The old gentleman’s eyes lit up, and he continued to ask, “You must know there are seven Gods in this world, but why was the God’s Mora chosen out of all?” “Perhaps it also includes reasons such as our Liyue’s developed commerce, Mora’s long history, and a more complete regulatory system compared to other countries.” For a moment, Keqing could only think of this much.
“Not bad, not bad, being able to think of two points in a short time is quite rare.
I wonder what insights this little student next to you has on my question?” The old gentleman shrewdly discovered that Kuaixue beside her was daydreaming, and tapped on the desk to warn her.
“Ah?
What question?” Kuaixue came back to her senses from the pain of Keqing pinching her.
Hiss, my waist.
“Why is Mora currency?” Keqing beside her quickly reminded.
Kuaixue thought for a moment and replied, “Emmm, personally I think the reasons why Mora is currency mainly include these aspects:” “1.
The particularity of Mora.
Mora is cast from the flesh and blood of the God, making counterfeiting difficult.” “2.
The stability of Mora.
As everyone knows, among the elements, only the Anemo element and Geo element possess the stability of not reacting violently with other elements.
However, the Anemo element is formless, while the Geo element has physical form.
As currency, Mora formed by the Geo element naturally has an advantage.” “3.
The martial might of the God.
As the God of War, the God was able to achieve the final victory in the Liyue region, which had the fiercest struggles in the Archon War, showing that his martial prowess ranks among the best of all gods, providing a foundation for the promotion of Mora.” “4.
The virtues of the God.
It is well-known throughout the world that the God values the contract; the credit of Mora minted by the God is superior to the currency of other countries.” “…This student, what is your name?” “Kuaixue.” “Haha, Kuaixue’s remarks can be described as gems of wisdom.
I wonder if Kuaixue has any intention to pursue advanced studies in business?” “…Teacher, I have just enrolled.” “Haha, it’s my impatience, but Kuaixue’s Talents are extraordinary.
If you have the intention to study abroad at the Sumeru Akademiya in the future, you can find me to write a recommendation letter for you.” “Thank you for the teacher’s kindness.” Everyone in the classroom looked at Kuaixue with surprised eyes.
Kuaixue also felt a bit shy under all these gazes, and her little face turned slightly red.
As soon as the sound of “Class is over” rang out, without waiting for everyone to react, Kuaixue slipped away at once.
Due to the difference in worlds, Teyvat’s main scientific research was concentrated on elemental power and mechanical power, and the research on social sciences like economics lagged at least several centuries behind her previous life.
Therefore, Kuaixue’s insights, which could be said to be “superficial” in her previous life, were so stunning in class.
“Wow, is this the gold content of the top rank?” Hu Tao exclaimed.
Seeing Kuaixue’s performance in class, Hu Tao’s interest in Kuaixue deepened even more.
Unfortunately, Kuaixue slipped away too fast, and she didn’t have time to say hello and get to know her.
“Clear logic and sufficient arguments, it can be described as ‘hearing a word from you is better than reading books for ten years’.” Xingqiu also held a very high evaluation of Kuaixue’s insights.
Keqing unwillingly clenched her fists, secretly making up her mind that when she went home today, she must spend at least 8 hours intensively making up on related books.
Her younger sister was too excellent, and as an elder brother, she could not willingly fall behind.
The competitive Keqing was going to study hard all night again today.
— Inside Wenyuan Pavilion “Wow.” Kuaixue, who usually gave people a lazy and inactive impression, showed extraordinary excitement when facing the vast sea of books at this moment.
In Kuaixue’s eyes at this moment, this was not a library at all, but clearly a ruin piled with treasure chests.
The architectural style of Wenyuan Pavilion presented a form similar to the Fujian Tulou of her previous life.
The pavilion was seven stories high, shaped like a hollow circle, and the hollowed-out area in the middle was a patch of grass, on which several small pavilions were located.
According to the seniors, every spring and autumn, many book lovers brought friends, sat on the ground, bathed in the sunshine while sharing reading insights, how cozy and pleasant.
And those small pavilions were places prepared for students to cool off and avoid rain in summer or rainy days.
Quietly listening to the cicadas or rain inside the pavilion had a unique flavor.
The layout inside Wenyuan Pavilion was roughly clear.
The first and second floors were currently popular readings, roughly related readings of martial arts, Rex Lapis, and romance.
Books widely circulated in the market such as “Lone Sword Record of the Barren Mountains”, “rex lapis travels in the mortal world”, and “Linked Heart Pearls” were all among them.
The value of the books on the first and second floors was also the lowest, and almost all of them could be purchased in Wanwen Bookhouse.
Therefore, there were no restrictions on borrowing, and they could be taken away directly.
Even if some students took advantage of petty gains and did not return them on time, the financially strong Yunlu Academy would check them on time every quarter and replenish them in a timely manner.
The third and fourth floors were some professional books, with the main categories being history, finance, and geography.
Hard-to-find books on the market such as “Qingzhai Guanglu”, “Buxu Stone Catalog”, and “Shi Shu Collection” were classified here.
The books in the fifth and sixth floors were foreign books, either local popular books, local folklore, or local poetry, etc., with diverse categories, appearing somewhat messy.
More classic ones included “History of the Kings and Clans”, “Collapse of the Faded Castle”, “Heart of Clear Springs”, and even books from Inazuma were collected quite a lot, such as “True Tale of Chiyen Shinkage-uchi”.
Perhaps some of these books could be bought in bookstores locally, but the vast majority of areas in the nations of Teyvat were still in an undeveloped stage.
Due to large areas of no-man’s-land coupled with the threat of monsters, and less market demand, the value of imported foreign books naturally rose.
Borrowing books from the third to sixth floors required providing the corresponding student ID, explaining clearly to the students in advance the consequences of losing books and the approximate compensation amount.
After hearing these precautions, many students chose to obediently stay in the library and copy the books they wanted to borrow into their notebooks.
Compared to the lower six floors, the seventh floor was undoubtedly the most spacious.
The bookshelves on the seventh floor were empty, and even the area was much smaller than the other six floors, because a large area of the seventh floor was used as a logistics warehouse, piled with spare desks and chairs.
What the seventh floor collected were some obscure and unpopular books.
“Hilichurl Poetry Selection”, “Hilichurl Customs Survey”, “Hiya-Sutra”, etc., the seventh floor could be said to be rarely visited by people all year round.
The books on this floor were only allowed to be copied, not borrowed out.
After entering Wenyuan Pavilion, Kuaixue went straight to the seventh floor.
For her, who loved books like life, rather than spending time picking and choosing on the third to sixth floors, it was more efficient to go straight to the seventh floor to copy those super unpopular books that she definitely had never read.
Just like that, Kuaixue picked a Fontaine book “Perinheri” on the seventh floor, patted the dust on it, skipped over to the few desks and chairs on the seventh floor, sat down excitedly, took out the writing notebook she had prepared long ago, and meticulously copied it.
“Khaenri’ah?” When Kuaixue copied to this point, her brows couldn’t help but twitch.
“I seem to remember it was the ‘nation without a god’ that existed five hundred years ago.” Kuaixue’s heart was full of wild fantasies: “It’s just a pity that it perished in an unknown calamity five hundred years ago.
Books in Liyue rarely have records about it, and even if they do, they are only a few strokes in Liyue’s history books.
A godless kingdom in this world of gods, it’s truly curious.” The already slow copying speed became even slower.
Kuaixue carefully looked at every single word, afraid of missing important information in it.
Unknowingly, the sun was setting.
However, the fully focused Kuaixue naturally didn’t realize the passage of time, until a thick book gently patted on her forehead.
“Sigh, Xiaoxue, let’s go.
If we don’t go home again, Mom and Dad will be worried.” Keqing held the “rex lapis travels in the mortal world” she wanted to borrow and said helplessly.
Over more than a decade, Keqing had long been accustomed to Kuaixue’s reaction when facing her favorite books.
Knowing Kuaixue’s thoughts well, after entering Wenyuan Pavilion, she picked up a copy of “rex lapis travels in the mortal world”, slowly walked to the seventh floor, and as expected, Kuaixue was right there.
Slowly sitting behind Kuaixue, unsurprisingly, Kuaixue completely did not notice his presence.
When the time was almost up, Keqing pulled Kuaixue out of her own world.
“Oh oh.” Kuaixue reluctantly glanced at the book she hadn’t even copied one-third of, gently put it back to its original position, and left following Keqing with three steps looking back at every one.
Seeing Kuaixue’s behavior and that pitiful look, Keqing suddenly felt as if he had done something wrong.
After confirming repeatedly in his heart, he hardened his heart with a clear conscience and pulled Kuaixue to leave quickly.
If they really followed Kuaixue’s turtle-crawling walking method just now, I’m afraid before walking out of Wenyuan Pavilion, his own heart wouldn’t be able to take it anymore.
Keqing, whose ear tips were slightly reddened by Kuaixue’s cuteness, secretly thought to himself.
“You really like the God a lot.” Kuaixue glanced at the book in Keqing’s hand.
“None of your business.” The two siblings walked towards home against the setting sun while bickering.