Li Qiuzhi cupped a handful of warm water and gently poured it over Lisa's long chestnut hair, lightly smoothing her damp, silky strands.
Hearing Lisa's question, he thought for a moment and said:
"...Hmm, I have no objections. You can decide."
They would give the design drawings to the Sweet Flower Merchant Guild to handle, letting the guild manufacture the finished products and sell them to Liyue.
With this intermediary arrangement, Liyue would not have to bear the enormous expense of purchasing the elemental storage device's blueprints.
Besides, the Sweet Flower Merchant Guild belonged to him, Lumine, and Ningguang. They were all family, so whoever earned more, the money still went to one of them. They could afford to be a little less formal in their negotiations.
"In that case, let's settle on that."
Lisa gazed at Li Qiuzhi with hazy eyes, not particularly concerned about it.
"Speaking of which, a single nation's power is limited. Only by connecting with one another and drawing on each other's strengths can we rapidly improve Teyvat's technological level.
"So I think the Sweet Flower Merchant Guild could serve as a link between the nations, acting as an agent for each nation's high-tech products, just as it does now.
"We could help them quickly establish industries, then sell their products through the guild wherever there's demand. Do you think that business model would work?"
Li Qiuzhi's submerged hands stroked up and down Lisa's soft waist as he turned to ask Ningguang beside him.
"...Hmm." Ningguang played with a few strands of hair, considering briefly before answering, "Normally, the chances would be rather low. After all, no nation would hand the technological achievements it worked so hard to develop over to outsiders."
"I can help make the connections." Li Qiuzhi slid his palms down from