Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 859 An investment idea

After Xiao Ling'er heard Liu Mu's words, she immediately sent someone to send a letter home, believing that the Xiao clan would come up with a practical plan soon.

After Liu Mu arrived in Pingcheng Tangfang, he never went out.

Two days later, Baoqin said to Liu Mu: "Mr. Lang, since you came here, Yuan Gai Suwen has never appeared again."

"He, knows I'm here?"

"I guess he's not a fool, he can tell something from some details, or he knows your ship."

Liu Mu asked again: "Which one do you think it is?"

"We didn't deliberately conceal our whereabouts, we only talked about the boat, although they are all the same kind of boat, but there are differences in details, if Yuan Gai Suwen is serious, he should be able to tell which one is your boat. "

After listening to Baoqin's explanation, Liu Mu asked again: "What is the judgment given by Wenyue Pavilion regarding Yuan Gai Suwen's avoidance?"

"Mr. Lang didn't officially tell Pingcheng your whereabouts, so Yuan Gai Suwen was more willing to acquiesce that you didn't come, so he chose to avoid it, worrying about meeting him here. I believe that the element of respect is more important."

Liu Mu said calmly: "It doesn't matter."

Baoqin asked again: "Then, does Mr. Lang want to see Yuan Gai Su Wen, or does he not want to see Yuan Gai Su Wen?"

"The same doesn't matter. The real reason I came here is not to meet someone, but to consider that selling luxury goods is more suitable than selling weapons and military equipment. If Goguryeo spent five years accumulating weapons and military equipment, and suddenly found that these things are useless, So what's next?"

Baoqin said seriously: "Perhaps, very happy?"

Liu Mu also replied seriously: "Well, it makes sense."

"Your Majesty, how do you plan?"

"Go to the country of thousands of islands to visit the emperor father, and drop Xiao Ling'er in the south of the Yangtze River."

"En." Baoqin nodded in understanding.

Liu Mu also didn't want to see Yuan Gai Suwen, because there was nothing to talk about when we met. Regarding many small issues in the mining area, such as Goguryeo's withdrawal of officials originally stationed in the place, such as Goguryeo's wish to unify the price of ore in terms of settlement methods , without distinction of ore quality, etc.

These can't be put on the table yet, so meeting Liu Mu and Yuan Gai Suwen is rather embarrassing.

On the third day after Liumu arrived in Pingcheng, a fleet from Jiangnan called at the port, and Persian merchants under the control of Liu Rengui arrived.At noon that day, Yang Luo, the steward of Pingcheng's Tangfang, entered Pingcheng and found Pingcheng's garrison.

Yang Luo handed over a formal official document and said: "Some customers of my Tang Dynasty made a very bad statement."

"This, what's the matter?" Pingcheng Defense had a feeling that the Tang people came to Xingshi to question the crime.

He thought about it in his head for a long time, and he didn't think that his subordinates did not do well enough, so they would wait for a response with nervousness.

"What I want to say is that the soldiers and horses you sent are to protect Tang Fang."

"of course."

"Then, why do my guests in Datang feel that you are monitoring and surrounding my Tangfang?"

"This……"

Such a question cannot be answered by Pingcheng's defense, because the order issued is to protect Tangfang, not to monitor.

Guard Pingcheng found an excuse and ran out of the house, and found Yuan Pure Land for help.

Yuan Jingtu came to the reception room in person, and Yang Luo explained the situation just now in detail, and then said: "General Yuan, please solve this problem, if Shangguan comes here to see this, he will doubt my ability .”

Yuan Pure Land asked: "Then Master Yang, what suggestion do you have?"

At this time, what Yuan Jingtu thought was that the owner of Yangfang might want to replace the soldiers here with Tang people. This is unacceptable to Goguryeo, but if there are one or two hundred more Tang soldiers, it is acceptable to keep the original Goguryeo soldiers.

"I will be seconded to Laizhou..."

Hearing this, Yuan Jingtu's nerves were tense all the time, which meant that troops would be dispatched.

Yang Luo went on to say: "Transfer ten team members."

"Ten people?" Yuan Pure Land almost yelled out, Tang Ren only asked to send ten people over.

Yuan Pure Land knew about the military system of the Tang Dynasty, a group of ten people, a team of three groups, a regiment of five to seven teams, and a battalion of several regiments.

The battalions of the Tang army were all mixed. The largest battalion of the frontier army had 500 people, and the smallest had 3000 people. The guards were halved, and the state defenders were halved again.

The first battalion of state guards in a state has thousands of people.

"That's right, ten teams are enough. I will provide one meal a day for the soldiers in charge of guarding, but they must patrol and train according to our rules. You can't always put on a posture of monitoring Tang Fang. Very uncomfortable."

"Yes." Yuan Pure Land couldn't find a reason to object. These soldiers were indeed responsible for guarding, not monitoring.

Yang Luo said again: "Then, we can also provide military uniforms, which are completely different from Tang Jun's. This batch of military uniforms was originally customized for the guards in the mining area, but the mining area chose lighter military armor, so it can be given to this side. for guarding."

"Yes." Yuan Pure Land agreed again.

"Then I will ask the leading captain from Laizhou to write the relevant rules for training, patrolling, guarding, outposts, checkpoints, etc. within [-] days, and they will be checked by General Yuan. You can make suggestions for amendments. If you have no comments, please accept them. Come down and implement the new rules.”

"Okay." Yuan Pure Land readily agreed.

Yang Luo's actions were quick. With the consent of Yuan Pure Land, he went back and immediately placed five civil officials for the more than 1000 Goguryeo soldiers, and reserved ten positions for military officers.

The supreme officer is still from Goguryeo, and the ten military officers are only responsible for training and not for performing any tasks.

The next day, the five civil servants began to announce the new duty rules, and then completely changed their clothes.

Yuan Gai Suwen knew that Liu Mu was here, and according to his people's report, every day someone would bring a large amount of written materials to Liu Mu's residence.

After all the Goguryeo guards outside Tangfang changed their costumes, Yuan Gai Suwen went to the outside of Tangfang to observe in person.

The Yuan brothers watched for half a day, and Yuan Jingtu said: "The Tang people changed the patrol route, the number of teams, and the time interval. For the guards, the most changed is the walking posture, formation, etc. It seems that there is nothing special about it. .”

Yuan Gai Suwen nodded slightly: "I heard that a Persian businessman came, and that Persian businessman proposed the idea that Tangfangxiang is a camp under guard."

"Persian businessman?" Yuan Pure Land's eyes lit up.

"Well, I have already sent our businessman to contact. The Persian can only speak simple Chinese. He found a Chinese who can understand Persian as a partner. He can provide female slaves. It’s much cheaper to get it on a private boat.”

"What about the quality?" Yuan Pure Land believes that one price is one product.

(End of this chapter)