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Xie Jingxi's suggestion was timely, Sheng Luan and Gu Yun felt that she really had too much of a tacit understanding, such a good idea, why didn't they think of it?

In truth, Xie Jingxi had her own plans, she felt that she would need to learn it sooner or later. At the very least, there would be foreign books that would be sent over, and she wouldn't be blinded by them.

From the roots, the two of them were not people who liked to read books. The little girl did not want to be a talented girl in the future, so it would be easier for her if she was called a little girl. Therefore, Gu Xiaoyu had played around like crazy for almost four years and could not even understand a single word of it.

Even Sheng Tong was able to teach her a lesson. Since they had started to learn how to read, it would be better if they could learn English together, and teach Martin his crappy Chinese, a method to kill birds with one stone.

However, Xie Jingxi knew that Gu Yun and Sheng Luan were planning to do something else in their hearts. After the two of them returned to their room, they asked him, "You can't be thinking of letting Martin secretly sell firearms to you, right?"

Just with Martin's mouth, we wouldn't be able to do this. We won't do this kind of thing that can't be exposed to the public, what we want is technology, what we create is the right path.

Gu Yun pulled her to a seat and explained in detail, "Let me put it this way, Sheng Luan and the King Jin have never been ambitious in military matters. Let's not talk about it first, the things that Sheng Luan has been thinking about for the past few years, the way he wants to build his own navy, from ships to weapons, then to the training of soldiers and generals, all of this needs to be at the top, he is good at everything except ships and firearms, this is not something that can be developed just because he wants to develop.

This time, Xie Jingxi completely understood that Sheng Luan had immersed himself in the ocean for many years, and knew that it was extremely difficult for his to become as skilled as other people. Such a strong person, if she wanted to establish his own army, this was something he understood, there was no lack of foreigners in Guangdong in the recent years, so it was not a problem to find someone to translate a few books, but the root of it was that these sort of technology-type secrets, the most fundamental parts of them would not easily spread across the entire world.

Furthermore, since Sheng Luan developed his skills privately, he had to find someone he could trust. Although this Martin might not have much use, but he was still a trustworthy person. With him around, it would be much more convenient to use him, and he might not even have any use for it.

"How did you know Martin? After not seeing him for so many years, aren't you afraid that he has ulterior motives?"

Speaking of which, Gu Yun wanted to laugh and worry, so he cleared his throat, "Well, let's talk about this, we need to talk about your man's story, I originally wanted to tell you about it slowly, but since we've started, it doesn't matter, I did go out to sea a few times before, and I've gone to the places with good fortune before."

Xie Jingxi raised her eyebrows, "It's deep enough for you, to be able to make me look at you in such a way, are you afraid that the days will get stale, and you will keep it to provoke me?"

Gu Yun pursed his lips and laughed, "Someone who knows me, Xi, since there will be too many people following behind you, I will drag you to Xi Yang."

"Cut the crap, why aren't you summoning them from the dark!"

"Martin is a slave, their side's slaves, they are similar to our side's slaves, but their tragic location can't be described as the same. Their generations are slaves, their lives are like grass, their physical bodies are all suffering, they are a group of people that will live their entire lives in darkness, it can be considered a coincidence that they can save Martin, but in their hearts, they all have an extremely strong belief, in his words, I saved him, he is willing to be my slave for the rest of his life. Although I don't need him to be a slave, but I believe in his words."

Martin seemed to be a little naive. This kind of innocence was not that simple, but it was because his stomach was not twisted at all, making the knowledge of life that she had come into contact with run in completely opposite directions. He was not a person from the world that she had come into contact with, and such a person's passion and sincerity was still worth trusting.

Xie Jingxi looked at him, "No, that's not the main point. The main point is, how could you be so daring?

Gu Yun laughed, "You don't know, but I am not like now, these things are nothing in my eyes, and are not taboo to me at all. Furthermore, I used to be in the south at that time, and I had nothing to do, it was purely to relieve my boredom by going out to sea, as for those overseas things, I did dabble in them, but they were all just small fights and were not worth mentioning."

already said that Gu Yun did not have much talent in business, why is he so rich at such a young age, to actually earn so much money, really going along with Master Gu's life plan.

Xie Jingxi laughed at him, "You are just being a little dishonest, aren't you? You are someone who has extended your hand and yet you are looking for trouble with others, and even though you have a big face, the few masters that were pulled down by you, must know that Lord Gu is the ancestor of the Dao, and can't help but scratch your face when you are angry."

Even if I do not do it, I am afraid that they will fail. Even if I earn some money, it does not affect anyone, I am only a commoner, I do not have any malfeasance and I do not step over people's lives to earn money, I am not like them who do whatever they want, my eyes are not even as sharp as them, following Song Yanting who is a wicked ghost, it would be weird if I am not unlucky.

Xie Jingxi sternly said, "To be honest, with regards to Song Yanting, can Song Yanchen really take it all in? If it goes on like this, won't it mean that we're breaking up?"

Gu Yun laughed, "Even if you can't, you have to swallow your saliva. It's not like his brother doesn't know what Song Yanting is up to, if he knew what he did in private, he might have to thank me for it."

Xie Jingxi frowned, she felt that this matter was probably more serious than she thought, and was purely upsetting foreign goods, Song Yanchen would not make a fuss about it, even if this matter were to be exposed, her Right Shore Merchant Union would more or less be suppressed, but to reach a point where Song Yanting's life was not important, then it must not be an ordinary matter.

"Song Yanting wouldn't be secretly dealing in firearms, right?"

Gu Yun raised his eyebrows, "My wife is smart, it only takes a guess, but I am not 100% sure, if even you feel it, then there is a 80 to 90% chance that it is true."

The only thing he earned from selling firearms was money that had no descendants. No matter how reluctant Song Yanchen was to part with his younger brother, he did not want to invest his entire life's worth of assets into it.

But when it came to firearms, Xie Jingxi could not help but think about it elsewhere, the army's firearms were usually involved in the rebellion. In the front, there were the Abandoned Crown Prince's secret stash of firearms, and the private army's training, as well as the former King Qin's secret forces.

The Abandoned Crown Prince was actually nothing to be afraid of, but what he was afraid of was that the mysterious powers would take advantage of him. With the two of them combined, they were able to fight evenly with the imperial government, and might even be able to be stronger than him.

The enormous power of the mysterious powers was something they could not control right now. So what if they found it, what if they could beat it? Would they be able to eliminate it? All of that surpassed their imagination, and it was even refreshing the bottom of their hearts at any time.

The Guangzhou Prefecture seemed to have opened up a new path for them. It was a place filled with wealth and wealth. At the same time, it also had a deeper layer of filth, making it even more unpredictable in the future.

"Xi." Sheng Luan said in a serious tone, "I'll bring you to see Old Gao in two days. Sheng Luan has made a few new Fire Rod, and plans to give me a few, I think it's good to leave a few behind to protect myself, especially you, so they can teach you how to use them.

Xie Jingxi immediately understood her intentions, he was afraid that if her strength failed, she and Gu Xiaoyu would have some ability to defend themselves, and for some reason, she felt a little heartache. Gu Yun had pressed all of these matters onto his own head, no matter who they were, he would feel overly flustered, blamed himself, and it was also growing worse by the day.

"Alright, I'm actually quite interested. There's no harm in studying." Xie Jingxi could not bear to reject him.

Seeing that she had agreed to it, Gu Yun even heaved a sigh of relief, and said: "But let's forget about Gu Xiaoyu, since a child's self-control is poor, it's better not to touch these things, furthermore, this child's brain doesn't have any life or death matters, it's too dangerous to brush the gun and fire, but you can't touch the fire balls, it's fine to learn kung fu, there's already a teacher at home, and these children will all learn a bit of body strengthening techniques, which in my opinion, makes Sheng Jin the only child here, I don't know if Gu Wan would agree to it, but this child is born lawless, it would be more trouble for him."

Gu Yun laughed and said, "This is not a good way for them to defend themselves, for those who can cause trouble, if they do not learn martial arts, they will not be provoked. It is not this logic, they should learn, and they must be guided on the right path."

Sheng Tong was not very interested in anything other than studying, but if she really allowed him to learn, he would accept it and learn it very seriously. On the other hand, Gu Xiaoyu was very interested in everything, but she wasn't sure if she could persevere for a few days, so on the first day of their lesson, she was the most excited. With her leading the way, the others couldn't help but feel embarrassed to not go.

He didn't expect that the day before he went to school, he would cause quite a commotion.