Chapter 221: Minister of Finance Ningguang Goes Online

Even after crossing into another world, should you still be thinking about your ancestors?

Izayoi had never considered it from this angle. But thinking about it, maybe a lot of people aren't really suited for transmigration. If you cross over, what about your ancestral graves? What about your house? Your car? Your relatives?

No wonder, in so many novels, transmigrators are always orphans.

At this moment, Izayoi had an epiphany! He finally understood the deeper reasons behind all this.

Kudou Asuka rolled her eyes when she heard this.

Forget it. There's no point overthinking something so complicated.

Family, huh? A complicated emotion flickered in Asuka's eyes, but she didn't dwell on it. Instead, she kept scrolling through the group chat.

Megumi Kato: [So you can bring your ancestors with you when you transmigrate to another world?]

Saten Ruiko: [Emm... What a bizarre idea.]

Boros: [Ancestors? My ancestors all died in battle—there's not even ashes left!]

Suoh Mikoto: [I'll think about it if I ever immigrate, thanks!]

For a while, everyone in the group started roasting Takumi's idea. It was just too ridiculous. In the end, nobody bothered to reply further—instead, they changed the topic and chatted about other things.

The whole "move with your ancestors" plan was just too out there.

After some idle chatting, the night passed quickly. The next day, Takumi went to Liyue City and found Ningguang, who was studying information about this world.

Last night, Ningguang had spent hours poring over data. By now, she already had a clear picture of the new world, and understood the situation in the neighboring worlds as well. She also had a good idea of what her responsibilities would be.

Ningguang wasn't here to manage Liyue—that was Keqing's job. Her own mission was to help Takumi oversee financial affairs for this world.

Takumi came over to check on her. Seeing Ningguang absorbed in her research, he asked:

"How's it going?"

"Have you figured out the situation yet?"

With just a glance, Takumi could tell what Ningguang was studying.

Hearing Takumi's question, Ningguang set down her terminal and replied,

"I've got a rough idea."

"Next, we need to address the currency issue."

"Right now, your world doesn't have any physical currency. It's all virtual. We need to fix that as soon as possible."

"Also, your currencies aren't unified—that's a real problem. When people try to trade, they'll only be able to use their own currencies. And in their world, there are all kinds of big and small countries."

"Even though their mainstream currency is linked to certain resources, it's just too unstable in my opinion. It's basically designed to drain the whole world for one nation's benefit."

"If possible, we should introduce a special new currency—something indispensable, just like Mora. Something that can double as an alchemical ingredient."

Ningguang laid out her thoughts. The main challenge was creating a form of currency others couldn't replicate, but couldn't live without either.

Takumi nodded.

"That's easy. I can make a universal material. If you add it to steel, it'll improve quality. It'll also have a thousand other uses. We can bind it directly to tech, so their technology and materials will advance by leaps and bounds. No one will say no to that."

Just like Mora.

Ningguang nodded, visibly excited.

"If that's possible, all the better. We can start developing it immediately and use it in our initial trades."

That would be ideal.

This was exactly what Ningguang wanted.

"Alright, it's settled then. No one will be able to counterfeit this currency—no problem at all. With Takumi's technology, making such a currency would be easy. Just imbue it with Authority, so only he can manufacture it and control the supply."

Takumi could create as much as he liked and ship it out as currency. In this world, people could use Takumi-issued credit points to exchange for the material, binding both systems together.

"Come on, I'll take you to your new office. You'll be living there for a while, so pack whatever you need."

With Ningguang's ideas set, Takumi led her off to her future workplace.

"Alright! I just need to grab my clothes," Ningguang replied. She returned to her room—temporarily Keqing's place—to gather her things. Soon, she was ready, everything packed away inside her Vision.

Seeing that she was prepared, Takumi opened a spatial portal and stepped through, with Ningguang following closely behind.

They arrived at the administrative center of Hope City. This was also where Saintess worked, and the heart of the government for Hope City. Most of the offices were located here.

Takumi led Ningguang straight to Saintess's office. At that moment, Saintess was busy working. Takumi pushed open the door and walked in.

Hearing the noise, Saintess looked up in delight. "Takumi!!"

Seeing Takumi, her face lit up, and then she spotted Ningguang. "Miss Ningguang?"

She already knew about Ningguang coming—Keqing and Miori Shiba had both given her a heads up. Takumi had mentioned someone else would be coming to handle the finances.

Honestly, Saintess felt relieved at this news. The job had grown overwhelming. When she was just a puppet ruler, she never felt any real pressure—she only dealt with little things. Now, the responsibilities were massive and it was all on her shoulders.

With Takumi finding someone to share the workload, she could only be grateful. She really needed the help.

"Miss Saintess!"

Ningguang smiled and greeted her in turn.

"I'll leave you two to it. Sort out whatever needs handling as soon as possible. I'll get started making the new currency right away."

With introductions done, Takumi assigned the new responsibilities. Saintess already knew why Ningguang had come, so things would go smoothly from here.