"The prerequisites I proposed were actually intended to help solve this problem."
Xu Yi turned and pointed at the Illusion Film still playing on a loop.
"Let's return to this Illusion Film. Everyone, I'm sure you all know that the Lampari Kingdom defeated the Sark Kingdom so easily because it had the support of our Xinfei Merchant Guild. That allowed it to equip its forces with large quantities of military magic machinery and easily overwhelm the military magic machinery the Sark Kingdom produced itself, giving it an absolute advantage on the battlefield. But do you know why the military magic machinery used by the Lampari Kingdom's army was better than the Sark Kingdom's?"
"President Xu, if you want to praise yourself, surely there's no need? We all know perfectly well that your Xinfei Merchant Guild is the undisputed leader, not just in military magic machinery, but in the entire field of magic machinery. You hardly need to emphasize that. Isn't that right, everyone?" an ambassador suddenly said with a laugh.
A chorus of agreement immediately rose around him.
If anyone had previously thought that the Sark Kingdom's ability to produce military magic machinery proved it was not particularly difficult to develop, and therefore believed its products were no worse than the Xinfei Merchant Guild's, no one harbored such doubts about the guild after the war between the Lampari Kingdom and the Sark Kingdom.
Xu Yi smiled slightly. "What I want you to consider first isn't whether the magic machinery our Xinfei Merchant Guild produces is better than what other people or merchant guilds produce. I want you to think seriously about exactly what makes it better."
Everyone frowned, looking troubled.
"President Xu, aren't you asking a bit too much of us? Our understanding of magic machinery is only superficial. How