Sure enough, before long, fast horses kept running out of Chenjiazhuang, and they looked like they were delivering letters or looking for someone.
The county king's people also followed early and kept records of every shop and house they landed.
Interestingly, the people from Chenjiazhuang also visited Shangzhou and the ruined temple where Muchuan and the others arrested poisoning suspects, but they left without staying much longer.
This item was firmly remembered by Muchuan, and his suspicion was confirmed.
The prince saw that he had a strange look on his face and asked:
"What's wrong?
What's the problem here?"
It's no wonder that the prince didn't know. When he arrived in Shangzhou, he was just a very low-key ordinary rich man.
When I met Muchuan, the poisoning case had been closed.
"Your Majesty, you don't know. Before your Majesty and the official met, there was a poisoning incident in Shangzhou. The gathering point of the poisoners was in this ruined temple."
Muchuan frowned and looked at the report to explain.
When the prince heard this, he knew that this was no ordinary coincidence. He looked at Muchuan, waiting for Muchuan's next explanation.
"These poisoners are not ordinary people, they come from a certain organization, but what is the name of this organization?
Where is the headquarters?
No one knows at all.
There is only one person who takes the lead, and every time he relies on people above him to pass on information to him before he can do anything."
When the prince heard this, his expression changed. He and Muchuan were thinking the same thing, this organization cannot be ignored.
"What are the characteristics of their poisoning?"
The prince sat up straight with a stern expression.
"Specially select officials, especially senior officials."
Muchuan spoke clearly, word for word.
The prince immediately became vigilant. This was no small news.
In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, no one could have imagined that there would be such an organization, always thinking of draining the firepower and destroying the territory of Datang from the management level, leaving Datang with only an empty shell without support.
"Someone is coming!"
The prince shouted loudly.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
The person who came was a secret guard.
"Go, increase manpower, and record all the deaths, serious illnesses, and injuries of local magistrates and officials above within six months as quickly as possible!"
The prince made arrangements in a deep voice.
"As you command!"
After the secret guard saluted and left, Muchuan heard a low sound coming from the palace, and then the palace fell into silence again.
"Your Majesty, can the small organization in Shangzhou be as powerful as the entire Tang Dynasty?"
Fang Cheng felt that the matter in Shangzhou was not serious and was probably just a small group of people.
He had heard Xin'er talk about this, but what Xin'er knew was something Muchuan and Yin Boyan polished and publicized in order to appease the people.
"Small organization?
Whether it's small or not depends on local records."
The prince sighed and leaned back in his chair.
In the days before local news came back, the county king placed all the targets of tracking in several shops that Du Jiachen had visited.
Some of these shops are easy to understand: blacksmith shop, stonemason shop, carpenter shop, bamboo shop, and even tailor shop and book shop.
It was just that no one could recognize these materials. He guessed that they were some kind of synthetic materials, but he had no idea how to synthesize them. He could only ask people around or read books.
It's just that some shops are hard to understand, such as Yaxing. Whether they are looking for people or things is worth pondering.
Therefore, the county prince also kept a keen eye on Ya Xing, and the people Du Jiachen came into contact with were also closely monitored.
The results are obvious. The people in the dental industry whom Du Gachon comes in contact with have more behaviors similar to Du Gachon's daily behavior.
But they all found nothing.
Because the county prince could not go to court, he looked forward to getting more information every day for entertainment. Sometimes he called Fang Cheng over to ask him about his business, and he also took some money to invest. This was taught by Muchuan.
Muchuan was not relaxed. After going to court today, Li Shimin summoned him.
"What has Master Mu been busy with recently?"
Li Shimin asked while looking at the fold.
"Your Majesty, I have nothing to do recently."
Muchuan said respectfully.
"Didn't you go see how the princess mansion was built?
I think that in a few days, the main body will be completed."
"Your Majesty, when the main body is completed, the two princesses will move there."
Muchuan lowered his eyes and kept his head bowed.
Li Shimin was a very easy-going emperor, but Muchuan would still remain highly vigilant when it came to the princess.
After all, this suggestion he once made made Li Shimin unhappy.
"Okay, sit down quickly, I don't blame you."
Li Shimin looked at him with a smile.
Muchuan responded "Yes" and sat on a chair nearby.
"I'm not an unreasonable person. It's just that the princess has a special status and is a princess from a foreign country. Mu Da has to avoid suspicion."
After Li Shimin finished speaking, he sighed.
"Wei Chen understands your majesty's good intentions, and I would like to thank your majesty on behalf of the two princesses."
Muchuan left his chair and bowed respectfully to Li Shimin.
Li Shimin nodded slightly, thinking in his mind which prince or grandson had reached the right age.
"I wonder if Master Mu has any candidates for his consort?"
Li Shimin looked at Muchuan and said.
"Returning to your majesty, the princesses have their own affairs, and the ministers have a lot to say."
Muchuan answered cautiously.
Li Shimin understood what Muchuan meant when he heard "the princesses have their own affairs".
He doesn't even let himself interfere. He is really a good friend of the princesses and always considers the princesses.
He did promise to wait until the princesses wanted to get married.
Li Shimin sighed in his heart, forget it, he can only say that he has no hope.
Anyway, if the princess is in the Tang Dynasty, she will marry the Tang royal family sooner or later.
Sooner or later, the power of the two countries they were in belonged to the Tang Dynasty.
"By the way, Master Mu, I heard that the Ministry of Finance has new plans recently?"
Li Shimin asked curiously.
"There are too many foreigners coming to the Tang Dynasty, but there are too few people who understand the foreign languages, so some subordinates suggested that we could open a foreign language academy to learn the foreign languages and customs and culture, so that the merchants of the Tang Dynasty can also do business."
Muchuan replied that this proposal was only raised yesterday. The commercial tax collected by the Ministry of Household Affairs this quarter has not increased much compared to last year. After their research and discussion, in order to quickly replenish the national treasury, merchants in Datang must also be able to leave.
go out.
However, it is necessary to learn foreign languages and cultures. If, like foreign businessmen, each person brings an interpreter, not to mention that it is slow to train translators in the Tang Dynasty, and if they are trained in private, the error rate is high. To carry out foreign business normally,
Trade will take a long time.
"Is this the truth?
But when merchants from the Tang Dynasty went out, didn’t they take their money with them?”
Li Shimin was a little confused. All the money had gone out, what would happen to his treasury?
"Your Majesty, Rong Chen reports that if the merchants of the Tang Dynasty bring goods out to sell, and the purchase of goods is small, it can ensure that the treasury of the Tang Dynasty continues to rise."
Muchuan said rationally.
"How can Master Mu ensure that my merchants in the Tang Dynasty buy less things from outside?"