The dock operator said to Liu Mu: "I heard that it was the beginning of the year, and I didn't know that the prince was buying some wine and food on the way to Yuncheng, but he vomited and diarrhea, and he couldn't get out of bed for half a month. The medical officer found out the reason, it was someone who bought the crystal bottle of Fenjiu and filled it with fake wine. ”

"Fake wine?" Liu Muxin said that Datang has begun to have artificial fake wine.

"Yes, I don't know what raw materials are used, and finally I added some spices and it smelled very good, and the criminal department sent someone to check that this wine has made hundreds of people unwell, and the saint was furious. An order was issued to deal with it strictly, and then the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Criminal Affairs issued an official document punishing the fraudster. ”

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

The wharf operator of Donghai County said again: "Lang Jun is afraid that he doesn't know, but the lower officials have also seen it." Xia Guan bought a roast duck on the way to his post, and it looks very good. As a result, when I went back to prepare for eating, it turned out to be made of mud. ”

"Mud?" Liu Muxin said that this is also outrageous.

"It was indeed muddy, and the meat of the duck had been eaten, leaving only the duck's head, neck, feet and a complete skeleton, and then the skeleton was smeared with mud, and the outside was pasted with paper and dyed with color and then greased. In the evening, I couldn't tell the truth under the lamp, and when I turned around to look for it, the person had already fled. ”

"Really." Yanagi really didn't expect it.

"There are also candles made of clay, coated with real wax on the outside and mud on the inside. There are fake ink, fake leather boots, and water seepage in the wine is not a fake. This severe punishment is a very happy thing, so that in this Donghai County, the merchants on the road are not patronized by the people, the people only recognize the shops, the shops will not be fake, people can not run the shops, and the government inspects them once every ten years. ”

Liu Mu just nodded silently, he couldn't intervene in these things.

The fight against counterfeiting has been around since the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is all about money.

Liu Mu and Donghai County wharf operators chatted when Ma Zhou's ship docked at the port, and Ma Zhou was also confused as to why Liu Mu suddenly came here.

Ma Zhou came to see Liu Mu as soon as possible.

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

Ma Zhou shook his head: "No." ”

"Well, do you have any suggestions for Goguryeo's procurement of weapons?"

Ma Zhou shook his head again: "No." ”

Yanagi didn't understand: "Why don't you even have a suggestion?" ”

"Lang Jun, I can't think of a strategic approach on Goguryeo's side. I've heard Fang Gong tell me that the sage gave an edict to King Yijun that Baekje will disappear in about three years, so can Baekje be annexed by us? ”

Liu Mu didn't answer but asked rhetorically: "What do you say?" ”

"Definitely not, when we annex Baekje, Goguryeo will definitely do its best. Once the Tang Dynasty gained a firm foothold in Baekje, Goguryeo would have no danger to defend. Therefore, if Baekje is returned to Goguryeo, then it can only prove that this Baekje is poison, and if Goguryeo swallows it, it will accelerate the internal chaos. ”

Liu Mu hadn't even thought about what this strategy was, and this matter was currently being studied by Li Jing.

Ma Zhou said: "Therefore, I will not speak on all the issues of Goguryeo, and I will not say anything superfluous. Because I am not in the staff group, it is not a wise choice to speak indiscriminately if I do not know the inside story. ”

"Got it."

"What is Lang Jun doing here?"

Yanagi asked, "I heard that the ordnance is being refurbished here, and there is also a place where military uniforms are being made?" ”

"Yes, there is such a thing." Ma Zhou had nothing to hide from what he was in charge of, and Ma Zhou told Liu Mu: "In fact, this place will slowly turn into a huge armory, and the renovation work can be done for another year at most, and then new weapons will be made, and the saint has the intention to supply this place to the Eastern Romans." ”

"Understood." Liu Mu nodded: "Can you give me three thousand or five thousand sets of military uniforms, it doesn't matter what the style is, as long as these look the same." ”

"How do you use Lang Jun?"

"The Goguryeo people withdrew their guards from the mining area, and according to the contract, we Datang can send some soldiers as escorts. But I don't want to waste our soldiers in the mining areas of Goguryeo, and I don't want to transfer Japanese soldiers from Wajima, so I plan to train Goguryeo slave laborers, and I want military uniforms. ”

"Give me ten days, I'll pick out the old military uniform and leather armor and see if I can arrange someone to change some of them. If it is the same, no style and color are required, and there is no problem with 3,000 sets in ten days. ”

"Okay, I'll wait for you for five days, give me a thousand sets first, and then slowly ship them to me. Also, now I will start preparing 50,000 sets of very good-looking complete armaments, which I will use to get back the money that Goguryeo has earned from me for two years. ”

Hearing Liu Mu say this, Ma Zhou asked, "Then do you want to do a little trick?" ”

"No, how much do you think the old ordnance of our Tang Army is worth in the face of the new ordnance?"

Ma Zhou shook his head: "It's useless, arrows can't pierce armor, knives can't split, and it's cumbersome to death." Especially the cavalry armor, even those ponies in Goguryeo are afraid that the horse's strength has been exhausted after one charge, and it is impossible to have a second charge, but it is ......"

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

Ma Zhou thought for a while and said, "It's just that the Goguryeo people also bought a lot of cloth, grain, and a lot of luxury goods, how could they be able to give Lang Jun two years of income?" ”

"I'll lend them money."

"Borrow money?" After Ma Zhou exclaimed suspiciously, his eyes lit up: "Lang Jun is clever, the way of the Goguryeo people to borrow money will drag them to death, and it is impossible for Lang Jun to borrow real money and silver, only goods and pieces of paper." ”

Liu Mu smiled and waved his hand: "Nonsense, what is a piece of paper, it is a money roll." It is not a negotiable, legal money bank settlement volume. ”

"It's a money roll." Ma Zhou got up after saying with a smile: "If Lang Jun has nothing else to do, then I will immediately rush to the armory workshop and arrange to start preparing a thousand sets of military uniforms and ordnance for Lang Jun." ”

"Good!"

Liu Mu personally sent the horse to the outside, and especially explained: "You must look beautiful." ”

"Lang Jun rest assured."

Seven days later, Heijo.

After Liu Mu arrived in Pingcheng, he did not notify any Goguryeo people, but only went to Pingcheng Tangfang.

Tang Fang is the plot that Liu Mu originally painted, and a square was built near the wharf, and the people who lived here were all stationed here by various chambers of commerce.

Yanagi prefers another name in his heart.

Tang Concession.

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

Another large garden is a luxurious inn, which belongs to the site of Wenyue Pavilion, which is open to the outside world, and you can move in as long as you pay for the room.

Liu Mu lived in the inn.