Martial: I Started The Technological Revolution In Ancient Times

He hurriedly explained, "They are from Molan Country. Their manager met me once before."    

"You are lying."    

Xiao Yun said very calmly.    

Old Man Ma raised his head and looked at Xiao Yun. He did not know what to say.    

Xiao Yun waved at Hong Xiluo.    

When Hong Xiluo walked over, he asked, "It's just a group of people blocking the way. Do you want to make such a big scene?"    

Hong Xiluo sighed and explained, "Young Master Xiao does not know. This group of people is actually the elite of Molan Country! They disguised themselves as merchant caravans in order to invade the border and disturb the surroundings."    

"Hm?"    

Xiao Yun was stunned for a moment and asked, "In such a short period of time, you even finished the investigation?"    

Hong Xiluo smiled bitterly and said, "This matter is a little complicated, but just based on two points, I can confirm their identities."    

"Tell me about it."    

"Young Master Xiao, there are always people like this coming to Molan Country. This was what they used to do, not once or twice. But there will be seventeen or eighteen times in a year! The fate of Molan Country was not good. It could be said that Molan Country was poor and destitute. No one knew who had come up with this idea. The royal family of Molan Country raised a group of men of sacrifice, and they were nominally ordinary civilians. But in reality, they were the imperial court's soldiers. The Molan Country sent these people to the border of Sun Moon Country. They robbed houses and committed all kinds of crimes, all for the sake of getting some money and food back. They are heinous! "    

Hong Xiluo gritted his teeth and continued, "Of course, just based on this point, I will not make a wrong judgment. The key is... just now, I saw the arrows on their carriage."    

"Arrows?"    

"The arrow was a special arrow used by the army of Sun Moon Country. No one else can get it! In other words, these people escaped from the border army. Why did the border army chase after them? Besides spies, what else could it be? "    

It was reasonable.    

It was also a little too reasonable.    

Old Man Ma wanted to say something but stopped himself.    

Xiao Yun did not ask him. He waved at the people who were escaping and asked them to come over.    

Those people from Mo Lan Country had never seen Xiao Yun before, and they didn't know his identity.    

However, at this moment, they seemed to be extremely obedient.    

They even abandoned their carriages and gathered in front of him.    

Xiao Yun's eyes twitched because of this.    

"Do you know this person?"    

He pointed at Hong Xiluo.    

The people of Mo Lan looked at each other with a troubled expression.    

One of the old men stood out.    

He was injured, a wound on his arm.    

It was wrapped in bandages.    

"Young master, we don't dare to hide it, we do recognize him"    

“ Oh?"    

Xiao Yun smiled.    

As expected!    

If it wasn't because they knew Hong Xiluo, they wouldn't treat him like this.    

Why would they listen to Xiao Yun's every word? It was because of Hong Xiluo's attitude towards Xiao Yun!    

There weren't many people in this world who could make Hong Xiluo respect him.    

"Then how did you guys know him?"    

"To tell you the truth, young master, I have seen him from afar before. Walking in the Sun Moon Country, one must know who one could offend. Who you can't mess with, and who you can't even touch. One could not touch, and this Lord Hong Xiluo Hong was one of them. We naturally recognize him."    

Xiao Yun was stunned for a moment, then turned to Hong Xiluo and said, "Hahaha! I say, how did you become a businessman? It made other businessmen afraid of you, and even more so wanted to call you Lord Hong. The so-called businessman must do what people should do. You want to earn money from the people. Think of a way, but at the same time, make the people think that you are with them. Only by standing on the side can you do that. "    

Hong Xiluo smiled awkwardly, then glared at those people from Molan Country, as if he was going to strangle them to death!    

Lord Hong is Lord Hong, that's right.    

But he couldn't let Xiao Yun know.    

Or it could be said that Xiao Yun also knew. It was just that the two of them tacitly didn't say anything, and couldn't say anything either.    

Xiao Yun rubbed his nose, then stared at these people from the Molan Country and asked very seriously, "Let's not talk about other things first. Let's just ask why you came to the Sun Moon Country. This is not the border of your country."    

That's right!    

Where is this place?    

It was a public road to the west of Sun Moon Country.    

And Mo Lan Country was in the southeast of Sun Moon Country.    

In other words, if the people of Mo Lan wanted to come here, they needed to cross the entire Sun Moon Country!    

This was also the important reason why Xiao Yun did not believe that they were spies or bandits.    

How could bandits run so far?    

The people of Molan Country hesitated again.    

The old man gritted his teeth and said, "Actually... Actually, this was requested by a merchant of Sun Moon Country. He wanted us to transport the goods to Gou Lan Country."    

"Gou Lan Country?"    

Old Man Ma, who was beside him, quickly went forward and explained, "Gou Lan Country is a very, very small country. It produces flax. Almost all of it has to be sold to Sun Moon Country."    

"Is that so?"    

Badao, who was listening from the side, also heard some doubts.    

Seeing Xiao Yun lowering his head and thinking, he couldn't help but ask, "Young Master, why does this Gou Lan Country still exist? Since it has flax, why didn't Sun Moon Country directly take it down, so there's no need to buy it?"    

This question shocked everyone present.    

That's right!    

Why?    

What kind of place was the Gulan Kingdom? He didn't even have the slightest bit of defensive ability. Sun Moon Country only needed five thousand elite soldiers to occupy this country.    

Furthermore, it was close to Sun Moon Country!    

Not to mention Badao was puzzled.    

Even Hong Xiluo, upon hearing this, suddenly realized something, and felt that this matter was very strange.    

As for Xiao Yun, he was a little dumbfounded.    

"Ah? You can't even figure out such a simple question? It can't be, right? "    

In the end, he turned around to take a look.    

Everyone looked at him in puzzlement.    

Obviously, none of them knew!    

The corner of Xiao Yun's eyes twitched.    

"Hey, Hong Xiluo, Shopkeeper Hong, you are the Manager of Sun Moon Country in Qin Country. Not only do you have a high position in Sun Moon Country, but you also have a very high opinion of this matter. Don't you understand?"    

Hong Xiluo shook his head decisively.    

"That... Old Man Ma, we all know who you are. You have been training in Qin Country for so long. You have seen all kinds of bullshit. Evil in the world. You have seen almost half of it, don't tell me you don't even know this kind of thing?"    

"Er..."    

Old Man Ma also shook his head.    

Then, he lowered his head in shame.    

In the end, he lowered his head and thought about how everyone was like him.    

He didn't feel ashamed at all. He raised his head and laughed foolishly.    

Xiao Yun was helpless.    

He rolled his eyes.    

He coughed twice.    

He said, "The Gulan Kingdom must be a place with a lot of land and a lot of people. It's especially suitable for growing linen. Furthermore, there are no other countries around it, the only one close to it is... There is only one powerful and powerful country in the Sun Moon Country. Am I right? "    

Hong Xiluo nodded.    

Xiao Yun said again, "Manager Hong, you are a businessman. You should know the price of these things. Let me ask you, the price of linen is cheap from Gou Lan Country. Or is it cheaper to buy it from Sun Moon Country? "    

Hong Xiluo rubbed his chin and calculated for a while, then said, "It's cheaper to buy from Gou Lan, and... although the quality of marijuana in Gou Lan has always been bad, the quality is actually not bad. It is not much worse than the linen in Sun Moon Country."    

Xiao Yun nodded and asked, "The linen from Gulan is in your hands. You need merchants to buy it from Gou Lan Country, and then you need to spend a lot of effort to transport it to your side. Then you will sell it at the same time as the local marijuana without any transportation fees. In the end, the price is even cheaper than the local ones, but the quality is more or less the same. Doesn't that mean that in the original land of Gou Lan... The price of the marijuana was a little lower? It is so low that it is beyond the imagination of ordinary people?"    

Hong Xiluo was stunned for a moment, then he immediately said, "That's right!"    

Xiao Yun said, "Then why do you think the linen in the Gulan Kingdom is cheap?"    

"This..."    

Hong Xiluo said awkwardly, then said, "Maybe it's because there are a lot of land and the production is very big."    

Xiao Yun sighed and said, "You still don't understand. Then I will change the method. If the Gou Lan Country already belongs to your Sun Moon Country, who should this land belong to?"    

Hong Xiluo frowned and said, "Such a good piece of land has been occupied. I'm afraid there are many people who want it... Hmm?"    

Speaking up to this point, he was suddenly shocked!    

"This... for the sake of this land, I'm afraid there will be some nobles who will fight over it! At that time, perhaps the Imperial Court will be thrown into chaos again! "    

Only then did Xiao Yun nod his head in satisfaction and say, "That's right, this is one of the reasons, but it's only one."    

Hong Xiluo said, "Ah? There are other reasons?"