Liu Mu said again: "Also, this thing is basically inaccurate, and you don't have to think about the accuracy of the head." Like the high tiger and the high leopard, they were the people who tried to make the wolf squat small cannon in the first place, and they shot it I don't know how many times. Ordinary soldiers can't practice like this, so they rely on numbers, overwhelmingly hit the past, and there is always a shot that hits the key person. ”

Cheng Yanjin asked curiously, "What if there is only one fruit cannon?" ”

"Don't say it's one, it's ten doors that want to hit the ground at a distance of more than 100 paces, and basically after shooting, you have to rely on prayer to correct the shooting route."

Lao Cheng listened very attentively, and asked very seriously: "What kind of ordnance is this prayer?" ”

Liu Mu stretched out one hand: "Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, God bless." ”

Cheng Yanjin almost choked to death by his own spit, staring at Liu Mu with round eyes.

"Drink!" Liu Mu didn't say any more, and some words were not yet timely.

Cheng Yanjin didn't ask again, Liu Mu's words had already hinted at him, there will definitely be a big war with the outside world in the next year or two, and Cheng Yanjin will definitely not miss it this time.

In the evening, Feng Zhidai also came to Wenyue Pavilion.

In front of Liu Mu, Feng Zhidai is older than Liu Mu but still carries out the etiquette of the younger generation, after all, Liu Mu and his father are peers, and that kind of worship is not a joke, so Zhi Dai is very particular about the etiquette of this generation.

"Sit, this is your own territory, let your guards go have a drink and rest."

Wenyue Pavilion is the secret base of the predecessor of the hidden guard, and it is no longer a secret for the Tang nobles, and everyone who should know it knows it, and one who is inconvenient to know it does not know.

Feng Zhidai sent a gift list to Liu Mu, who opened it and asked, "Do you have any gifts for the nobles in Chang'an?" ”

"There are a lot of preparations, but I ask Uncle Yanagi for guidance on who to give them to and how to send them back."

"Give it to the saint, let the saint arrange the Ministry of Rites to send it in the form of a New Year's reward, this is the New Year's gift from the Xigang Shipping Division to Chang'an, and then all these things are converted into a price and included in the operating costs of the Xigang Shipping Division. And then next year......, no! Since the beginning of this year, all the goods from the Xigang Shipping Company will give the people of Chang'an a parity at the end of the year. ”

After listening to Liu Mu's speech, Feng Zhidai was puzzled: "These gifts are a drop in the bucket for the big account, will it make people think that the people of Lingnan are stingy." ”

"No, even if it's a penny, as long as it's a proper expense, it can be credited to the big account cost. In a few days, there is a good show to watch in Chang'an, the news I just received. Liu Mu handed a piece of information to Feng Zhidai.

Feng Zhidai took it with both hands, and the content of the news was that several officials accepted the banquet of the state capitals that came to Chang'an to participate in the Great Sacrifice, and one or two of them received some precious gifts because of the preference for distributing the purchased goods.

"My nephew doesn't understand this."

Liu Mu took back the information and said, "So have you heard of Ling Chi?" ”

"Nope!"

Feng Zhidai hadn't heard of it, and Liu Mu reacted that there was only a record of this kind of torture in the five dynasties after the Tang Dynasty. Not at the moment.

Yanagi explained: "This is a kind of punishment, which is more terrible than cutting off the city. The prisoner was tied to a pillar and cut one by one, and it took three days to cut a total of 3,601 knives before the prisoner died. ”

After hearing this, Feng Zhidai, who had been fighting for many years, shuddered, this was completely terrifying.

"Someone takes bribes, it will inevitably increase the procurement cost of each shipping company, who dares to reach out for money, who has to be prepared to be scraped by a thousand knives, they secretly add a percent, so how much will the Westport shipping company lose?"

Feng Zhidai understood, and immediately replied: "I'm afraid that a boatload of money will disappear like this." ”

"That's the reason."

"Nephew understands, we have to dare to put anything on the table, and it is not okay to give gifts at the end of the year every year, but according to the annual reward of the saint to give some benefits to the officials of Chang'an, then this matter is a matter on the table, if it is a private gift, it will inevitably make people discuss."

"yes, that's it." Yanagi nodded solemnly.

Feng Zhidai said again: "My father and uncle have a relationship of righteousness, so my Feng family and my great-grandmother's family sent some special products over, which is a private matter of the two families. ”

"Yes, that's the reason, some of them are particularly precious, you send them to the palace instead. I really need it, I spent money to go to Xigang to buy it back, and our family is not short of money. ”

Feng Zhidai answered several times in a row, he understood Liu Mu's style of work.

Then, Feng Zhidai handed Liu Mu a private letter: "This is my father's pen, and I don't even know the content, I just said that I asked Uncle Liu Mu to have an idea and have a preparation." ”

Liu Mu opened the letter and read it quickly, and the content of the letter was the incident of the prince who fled from Funan back then.

Liu Mu shook the bell, and someone came in to take the letter from Liu Mu's hand, and Liu Mu said: "Quickly send it to my eldest brother-in-law, and ask him to ask Fang and Du to help him get an idea, whether to report this matter to the saint, and let my eldest brother-in-law be the master." ”

"Yes!"

There are some things that Yanagi doesn't intend to decide.

For example, this kind of excuse to attack the surrounding small states, especially in countries like Funan and Zhenla.

In principle, it's a little scary.

The tropical forests, the climate, and so on are all the help of the enemy, so it takes really intelligent people to think.

For example: Fang, Du!

And Liu Mu, at this time, needs to enjoy the last time of his leisurely life.

Two days later, the Taiji Hall of the Taiji Palace in Chang'an, Datang.

Liu Mu, who was the envoy of the Chinese and Hong Kong ships, officially accepted the appointment, and there was no official document from the Ministry of Officials, nor a scroll from Shangshu Province, only the Tang Emperor Li Shimin wrote a letter of appointment for a piece of white brocade forging of good quality.

But the stamp on it is not trivial.

Li Shimin has a special seal for handling official documents, and that piece of treasure-level jade seal will never be used easily. That thing is an artifact in Li Shimin's eyes, the most precious artifact in Datang.

The jade seal of the first emperor, the jade seal of the country.

And then......

The most troublesome thing happened to Liu Mu, and Li Shimin gave Liu Mu two choices.

"Liu Juma, one, my Qin Wangfu is idle at the moment, you always advocate thrift, and even engaged in a disc action in your own home, very good, this is a virtue. Of course, you have a second option, although there are not many idle places in Datang, you can also choose another place. ”

The corners of Liu Mu's mouth twitched, and the other was idle......

That's right, exactly the same as Liu Mu thought, Li Shimin opened his mouth and said: "The original Prince's Mansion is completely idle, but the place of the prince's mansion's subordinate officials has been occupied by most of the six departments, and it is estimated that only a dozen people can be arranged to do things. ”

"Saint, there is still a place to choose from."