After making a round through the workshop and finding no major issues, Tang Yu chatted with the managers in charge for a while. One of them brought up the problem of piracy.
As the comic jade slips sold like wildfire, other merchants saw the staggering profits and grew envious. All kinds of pirated jade slips had begun appearing on the market.
Their prices were lower, so naturally they sold well.
This act of taking money out of Tang Yu's pocket instantly left Young Master Tang deeply displeased.
He had run into this sort of thing back below, and now he had encountered it again in Kyoto.
"Pirated jade slips, huh? Have you found out where they're coming from?"
Tang Yu asked.
"We've already investigated. There are currently fourteen outfits in Kyoto, large and small, secretly producing pirated copies. There are also some others still under investigation."
The person in charge of the workshop took out a list and handed it to Tang Yu.
Tang Yu glanced at it, then took out a handful of message flying swords. After recording the list on them, he sent them back to Kyoto.
Now that he had become a Thousand-Household Commander of the Northern Pacification Commission, aside from the Central Rear Office, he had established connections, more or less, with the Thousand-Household Commanders of the other thirteen offices.
The network centered around him was steadily taking root and growing within the Embroidered Uniform Guard.
For something like investigating piracy, all he needed to do was give them a heads-up.
With the Embroidered Uniform Guard stepping in, unless those pirates were tired of living, no matter how bold they were, they would not dare court death like this.
"Next, the Embroidered Uniform Guard will help handle it. Then we'll follow the trail and shake down