Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 857 Yizhou Ordnance Workshop

The manager of the dock said to Liu Mu: "I heard that it was at the beginning of the year. I don't know that the Duke bought some food and drink on the way to Yuncheng, but he vomited and diarrhea, and couldn't get out of bed for half a month. The medical officer checked. The reason is that someone bought the crystal bottle of Fenjiu and filled it with fake wine."

"Fake wine?" Liu Muxin said, someone in Datang has already started making fake wine.

"Yes, I don't know what raw materials are used. Finally, some spices are added and it smells very fragrant. The Ministry of Criminal Affairs sent people to check the wine and it has made hundreds of people feel unwell. The Ministry of Punishment issued an official document of severe punishment for falsification."

Liu Mu didn't comment, this kind of thing is very helpless.

Donghai County Wharf Operation Envoy said: "I'm afraid I don't know, but I have seen it before. I bought a roast duck on the way to the post. It looked good. But when I went back to eat it, it turned out to be made of mud."

"Mud?" Liu Muxin said, this is too outrageous.

"It is indeed mud. The meat of the duck has been eaten up, leaving only the duck's head, duck neck, duck feet and complete skeleton. Then, mud is smeared on the skeleton, and paper is pasted on the outside, dyed and painted. Oil. You can’t tell if it’s true or false under the lamp in the evening, and when you look back, the person has already fled.”

"It's really good." Liu Mu really didn't expect it.

"There are also candles made of mud, with real wax on the outside and mud on the inside. There are fake ink and fake leather boots, and the water seeping in the wine is not fake. This severe punishment is a matter of great joy, even for this Donghai County. The shopkeepers in the shop don’t have the patronage of the people, the people only recognize the shop, the shop will not cheat, people can’t run away from the shop, and there are government inspections every ten days.”

Liu Mu just nodded silently, he couldn't talk about these things.

Cracking down on counterfeiting has existed as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was all about money.

Ma Zhou's ship had just docked when Liumu was chatting with the port manager of Donghai County, and Ma Zhou was also at a loss as to why Liumu came here suddenly.

Ma Zhou came to see Liu Mu immediately.

After the two arrived in a very safe room and sat down, Liu Mu asked Ma Zhou, "Did you receive any instructions when you came out of Chang'an regarding the sale of ordnance to Goguryeo?"

Ma Zhou shook his head: "No."

"Well, do you have any suggestions for Goguryeo to purchase weapons?"

Ma Zhou shook his head again: "No."

Liu Mu didn't understand: "Why is there no suggestion."

"Lang Jun, I can't figure out what kind of strategic approach Goguryeo is here at all. I heard Fang Gong tell me that the saint gave an order to King Yijun, saying that Baekje will disappear in about three years, so Baekje may disappear. Annexed by us?"

Liu Mu didn't answer but asked instead: "What do you think?"

"Certainly not. When we annex Baekje, Goguryeo will definitely try its best to make a move. Once Datang is firmly established in Baekje, Goguryeo will have no danger to defend. So if Baekje belongs to Goguryeo, then it can only prove that the Baekje Ji is poison, and if Goguryeo swallows it, it will accelerate internal chaos."

Liu Mu didn't even think about what this strategy is, and Li Jing is currently studying this matter.

Ma Zhou said: "Therefore, I will not speak on all issues concerning Goguryeo, nor will I say anything superfluous. Because I am not in the staff group, it is not a wise choice to speak indiscriminately without knowing the inside story."

"understood."

"What are you doing here, sir?"

Liu Mu asked: "I heard that ordnance is refurbished here, and military uniforms are made here?"

"Well, there is such a thing." Ma Zhou will not hide anything about the things he is in charge of. Ma Zhou told Liu Mu: "In fact, this place will gradually become a huge armory workshop. The renovation work can at most After another year of work, new weapons will be produced next, and the saint intends to make this place available to Eastern Rome."

"Understood." Liu Mu nodded: "Can you give me [-] or [-] sets of military uniforms, the styles don't matter, as long as they look the same."

"How do you use it, Mr. Lang?"

"The people of Goguryeo withdrew their guards in the mining area. According to the contract, we can send some soldiers as guards in Tang Dynasty. But I don't want to waste our soldiers in the mining area of ​​Goguryeo, and I don't want to transfer Japanese soldiers from Wa Island, so I plan to train Goguryeo slave labor, I want a military uniform."

"Give me ten days. I'll pick out old military uniforms and leather armor to see if I can arrange someone to remake some of them. If you only want the same, no style or color is required, [-] sets in ten days will be no problem."

"Okay, I'll wait for you for five days, first give me [-] sets, and then slowly ship them to me. Also, start preparing [-] sets of complete ordnance that look very good now. I will use these to save Goguryeo from my The money earned here for two years will be brought back.”

Hearing Liu Mu's words, Ma Zhou asked, "Then do you need to do something?"

"No, what do you think is the value of our Tang army's old ordnance compared to the new one?"

Ma Zhou shook his head: "It's useless. Arrows can't pierce armor, knives can't split, and they are too heavy to die. Especially the cavalry armor. Those short horses in Goguryeo may have exhausted their strength after a single charge." , it is impossible to have a second charge, it's just..."

Liu Mu didn't speak, quietly waiting for Ma Zhou to say the next thing.

After thinking for a while, Ma Zhou said, "It's just that the Goguryeo people also bought a lot of cloth, food, and a lot of luxury goods. How could they give Lang Jun two years' income?"

"I'll lend them money."

"Borrowing money?" After Ma Zhou exclaimed in doubt, his eyes lit up: "Your lord is clever, the way of borrowing money from the Goguryeo people will drag them to death, and it is impossible for you to borrow real money. Cargo and paper."

Liu Mu smiled and waved his hands: "Nonsense, what is a piece of paper? It's a money roll. It cannot be circulated. It is a legal bank settlement roll."

"It's the money roll." Ma Zhou smiled and got up, "If you have nothing else to do, then I will rush to the ordnance shop immediately and arrange to prepare a thousand sets of military uniforms and ordnance for you."

"it is good!"

Liu Mu personally sent Ma Zhou outside, and specially confessed: "It must look beautiful."

"Don't worry, sir."

Seven days later, Pingcheng.

After Liu Mu arrived in Pingcheng, he did not inform any Goguryeo people, but only arrived at Tangfang in Pingcheng.

Tangfang is the land that Liumu had painted at the beginning, and a workshop was built near the pier, and the people living here are all the people sent here by various chambers of commerce.

Willow prefers another name in his heart.

Tang Concession.

There are two large gardens within the scope of the Tang Concession, one is the resident of the Donggang Shipping Department, which is responsible for all the affairs of all the merchants of the Tang Dynasty.

The other big garden is a luxurious inn, which belongs to the site of Wenyue Pavilion. It is open to the outside world, and you can stay as long as you pay the room fee.

Willow lives in the inn.

(End of this chapter)