Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 550 Maritime Silk Road
With more money, we naturally need to do more things. Sun Xiangfu took the opportunity to propose the merger of Jingying and Yingzhou, the upgrading of the administrative level, the reconstruction of the city, and the holding of the next sports meeting. After a huge planning drawing was unfolded, All the courtiers who looked at it, especially the heads of various departments, had bright eyes.

They came to Shanyang more than a month in advance, and they went to Dingxiang many times to visit and play. They say they are not envious of the advanced and developed Dingxiang City. That is a lie. , I hope that my hometown is such a prosperous, beautiful, clean and convenient city.

The holding of the sports meeting that Sun Xiangfu said is an opportunity to transform a city like Dingxiang City. Of course, Jingzhou has even prepared a plan, and the next sports meeting will be held in Jiangling City , is basically a certainty, but what about the next session?
If a sports meeting is held in the city under his rule, then all the people in the local area will benefit like the people in Shanyang and Dingxiang. Who wouldn't want to achieve old political achievements while reaping practical benefits?
"Your Majesty, I think that the next sports meeting can be held in Hongzhou, the Daoist office in the south of the Yangtze River. Hongzhou has abundant food reserves and well-developed water transportation..."

Li Xiaogong, the general manager of Jiangnan Road, has an unusually keen nerve for business and wealth. When Sun Xiangfu pointed to the planning renderings of Jiangling City to explain to Li Shimin and his ministers, he couldn't help but interrupt, and the Taotao began to talk endlessly. spoke up.

"Hehe, since my Hebei Daoxin was brought under the rule of the seven northeastern states, there are more than two million people. It is the place with the largest number of Han people and the most densely populated place in the Tang Dynasty except Guanzhong. The scale of the famous city of Weizhou , and it is a big city second only to Chang'an and Luoyang. If we want to hold the next sports meeting, we should first go to the famous city on the Hebei Road..."

Li Xiaogong interrupted Sun Xiangfu's words, and his own words were interrupted by Li Daozong, the governor of Hebei Province. After that, Xiao Yu from Jiannan Road quit, and Dai Zhou from Huainan Road quit. , Noisy is out of hand.

"Uh, Zhengming thinks, what should I do?"

Li Shimin is not stupid, and naturally he has already seen the benefits of holding such a sports meeting for the country and the local people. The reason why he asked Sun Xiangfu was naturally to see in Sun Xiangfu's mind the order of priority for the country's development , When he asked this question, the imperial study suddenly fell silent, and everyone turned their attention to Sun Xiangfu again.

"Uh, Your Majesty, you are embarrassing me! In this situation, no matter which place I say to go first, I will offend my colleagues in other places! How do you ask me to answer?"

"Dear dear ministers, how can you be a small-bellied generation? You answer directly according to the needs of the country." Li Shimin glanced at the ministers with a smile and said.Only then did everyone withdraw their scorching gazes from Sun Xiangfu.

Sun Xiangfu looked apologetically at all the ministers who are also state road chiefs, and said, "Your Majesty, holding a sports meeting in Jiangling City is a phased task to promote the development of the central region to the surrounding areas. According to the prediction of the minister, Six years later, the basic construction of our Tang Dynasty has reached a certain level, and what needs to be developed the most is the frontier land."

Hearing Sun Xiangfu talk about the frontier, Zhang Gongjin, Cheng Yaojin and others' eyes suddenly brightened. However, Sun Xiangfu did not look at them, but continued, "The dramatic increase in the foreign population has not only Only the local culture is known to others, and similarly, a new culture will be formed in the local area due to the impact of foreign cultures.

For example, Shanyang and Dingxiang, who would have thought that six years ago, it was just a place where herdsmen and people didn't like to stay too much, and Han people didn't want to come at all?But now, there are dozens or even hundreds of ethnic groups gathered here, but because of our relatively free management mode, a new market atmosphere has been formed, and there is no discord.

It can be seen that after many different cultures are mixed together, they will influence each other and naturally form a new social state. In six years, we let Shanyang, the Hu people in Dingxiang, initially integrate with us , completed a lot of infrastructure construction, and created an environment that can be prosperous together. This is a good example, and it is a good example that can be used for reference.

So, where should we learn from this example?
In my opinion, it should be Lingnan, Yunnan, Andong Dadu Protectorate, and Anxi Dadu Protectorate. "

Sun Xiangfu will not only tell the venue of the next session in his mind, but even all the venues of the following sessions. Moreover, after he finished speaking, Li Shimin's eyes immediately brightened, because , he seems to have figured out the meaning behind this sorting.

Of course, there were more people who hadn't figured it out for a while, and wanted to ask Sun Xiangfu why he did this, so they cast a questioning look at him.

Li Xiaogong took the lead and said, "As far as I know, the Lingnan Road managed by Princess Feng is a place rich in wealth. The tax paid to the imperial court every year and the rare items paid for tribute are all the best among all roads. Why does Zhengming think that , Is it better to put the sports meeting on this kind of state road where the economy is already very developed?"

Sun Xiangfu hardly thought about it, so he replied, "Because, six years later, our Tang Dynasty's other wing that can drive economic development will be fully unfolded, which is different from the current land trade route. 'Maritime Silk Road'."

"Maritime Silk Road?"

When all the ministers heard the words, they all repeated Sun Xiangfu's words in surprise.

"That's right, that's the name I gave to this sea trade route."

Sun Xiangfu nodded, and then swept his gaze away from the faces of the ministers, "During the Hanwu period, a land route was opened up for us to Central Asia, West Asia, and the European continent. At the beginning of this passage, It is mainly to sell the silk produced in the Central Plains, so it is called the "Silk Road" by merchants from all over the country.

In the Tang Dynasty, this trade route was more frequently used in the communication between our Central Plains and the Western countries. Everyone now knows that our country trades with the Western Regions every year, and the transaction volume is as high as tens of millions. The commercial tax collected by the imperial court is as high as one million guan, and the private people, because of these transactions, earn many times higher profits than tax revenue, and its importance is self-evident.

Then, under the circumstances that it is known that trade can bring such huge benefits to our country, opening up multi-directional and more convenient trade routes will enable more of our country's products to be sold all over the world, thereby obtaining greater profits. Benefit.

Starting from Chang'an, it is nearly ten thousand miles away just passing through the border of Anxi Dadu Protectorate, the westernmost control area of ​​our Tang Dynasty. It is almost this far to walk through the entire commercial and trade area. The products produced come from the south of our country, so the actual journey to the countries in the Western Regions may take more than [-] miles. This is why merchants in the Western Regions usually only send their goods to Chang'an and Shanyang for sale, and then enter the Western Regions. The reason for the purchase is only the products produced in Guanzhong and Beidi.

The journey of [-] miles is too far, and it will take more than a year for cattle, horses and camels to travel non-stop, which greatly increases the transportation cost of the commodities we produce, and reduces our trade efficiency and trade volume.

However, six years later, this pattern will completely change. We have a large sea ship made of more advanced steel structure keels, and we have also explored the path from the southern coast to the western coasts. , the goods produced in the south will be transported to the west quickly by sea. The capacity of the ship is ten times that of cattle, horses and camels. Moreover, it only takes two or three months to transport our goods to the western coast for bulk cargo. Its commercial efficiency will increase by more than ten times, and by then, the economy of the entire coastal area of ​​our country will be revitalized.

Therefore, six years later, the sports meeting we will hold on Lingnan Road is an opportunity to show all the merchants and countries in the Western Regions another commercial route opened up by the contemporary monarch and people of the Tang Dynasty. The country builds docks along the coast for our big ships to dock, and builds commercial channels for bulk cargo..."

After Sun Xiangfu's series of narrations, everyone has no objection to the next sports meeting being held in Lingnan. If the maritime trade is opened up as Sun Xiangfu said, then Datang will surely become an unprecedented The temptation to be an economically powerful country is too great, and everyone in the Tang Dynasty will benefit.

"Hahaha, it's a pity that the Lingnan road is far away, and Feng Qing still has a few days' journey to reach Shanyang. If he can hear Zhengming's wonderful talk, he will definitely drink a hundred cups with me."

Li Shimin laughed, and at the same time, the mood of the state road chiefs who failed to win the right to hold the sports meeting was no longer so depressed.

At this time, Fang Xuanling asked while the iron was hot, "Then, what is Zhengming's reason for suggesting that the fourth sports meeting be arranged in Yunnan? It is because he wants to make Yunnan a good place like the North." Yang, is Dingxiang like this?"

With such a big blueprint for strategic development, the entire Tang Dynasty, including Sun Xiangfu, can outline some unprecedented new ideas. Fang Xuanling does not want to let go of this kind of opportunity. With such a big development direction, as the prime minister, he , Governance will be much easier.

"The land of Yunnan will definitely be the top priority of my Tang Dynasty this year..."

Just as Sun Xiangfu was about to speak, he saw that the servant Wang Deyong came in with a report and handed it to Li Shimin directly. Usually, it is not something that needs to be dealt with urgently, but he would not do this. Immediately, Sun Xiangfu stopped talking.

After a while, Li Shimin read the report and said, "Zhengming is right. In the next few years, the land of Yunnan will be the top priority of my Tang Dynasty. Please take a look at this, dear friends!"

Li Shimin handed the report to Fang Xuanling, and after a while, everyone circulated it. This report was sent by Chang Sun Chong from Dingxiang. Coming from the west, he could arrive at Dingxiang in a few days. He said that he wanted to participate in this sports meeting. Chang Sun Chong asked if he would invite guests to receive him.

You know, ever since Lu Dongzan was captured in the Battle of Yanping Gate, Tubo has not communicated with Datang, as if they had forgotten about it. On Chang'an, Lu Dongzan and a group of Tubo generals , Just eating in prison, they have eaten several hundred shi of Datang’s food, and they have not seen any confession between their monarch and Datang. Before this matter is resolved, Datang and Tubo are still in a state of hostility Woolen cloth!Chang Sun Chong naturally needed to ask.

As for the Pyu Kingdom, there was no contact with the Tang Dynasty before, but now, after the Tang Dynasty brought the entire Western Yunnan Plateau under its control, the land bordering the Tang Dynasty is as long as thousands of miles. Uninvited, I don't know what attitude it is. This country can be considered a big power in this period. Its border is 200 miles from east to west, and [-] miles from north to south. There are [-] subordinate countries under its rule, nearly [-] There are three tribes and nine large towns with a population of no less than [-] million. They are on the left and right of Tubo, adjacent to the land of Yunnan. If these two countries are united, the land of Yunnan will not be very stable.

(End of this chapter)