In a short face, Sun Xiangfu made Ko Zhisheng realize the facts, the Tang Dynasty is a country that even the Turks can easily defeat, and countries like Xue Yantuo, which are several times stronger than Gaochang militarily, have surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and he Gaochang is the green onion.

"That, Sun Dudu, what my father meant, is not to start a war with the Tang Dynasty, please think twice!"

Although Koji Zhisheng is young, he is not a fool, in history, after Hou Junji broke through the Gaochang Wangcheng, he chose to surrender very interestingly, which shows that he is not the kind of person who has a tendon, otherwise, the grass-like Koji Wentai will not let him come to do this.

It is no wonder that Ko Wentai will swing between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Turks like grass on the wall, they are really based on agriculture and are sandwiched between nomads, with natural weaknesses and insufficient military strength, and they must understand current affairs in order for the country to continue.

Seeing that Koji Zhisheng seemed to recognize the gap between Gaochang and the Tang Dynasty, Sun Xiangfu said, "Your Gaochang Kingdom is based on farming, but why did you take refuge in a nomadic people like the Western Turks and oppose my farming-based Datang?" ”

"Oppose? No, no, you may have misunderstood, I Gaochang has no intention of going against the Tang State, but I want to negotiate with the Tang Dynasty about the tax issues between the two countries. Koji Zhisheng waved his hand and denied.

"Tax issues? It's ridiculous. My Datang business is prosperous, don't you Gaochangguo also benefit, there are many merchants, as long as you do a good job of food and lodging along the way, grain and grass supply services, you can make a lot of profits, but you still want to vainly try to collect taxes, don't you know, even my Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, never levy tariffs on past merchants, in order to promote commercial prosperity, Lu Wentai is so short-sighted, no wonder the merchants of the western countries are unwilling to do business with your Gaochangguo. ”

When Sun Xiangfu said this, Ko Zhisheng almost thought that the problem was with themselves, and the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate did not levy tariffs on past merchants, but because it was outside the customs as a whole, there was no customs at all, and Sun Xiangfu had formulated a transaction tax for the jurisdiction from the very beginning.

That is, only the tax is levied on both the buyer and the seller, and passers-by who do not trade can be exempted from tax.

Yamen tax inspectors, only need to look at the local merchants in the treasury and shop placed in some goods, to know whether they have bought and sold, unilateral tax evasion, it is easy to be traced, the price of being punished, can be much greater than that little bit of commercial tax, therefore, the big businessmen will basically take the initiative to file taxes, small transactions of small people, tax evasion is a lot, the government basically does not investigate, it is considered to give some benefits to small traders and the people, this situation, in later generations also prevailed, outside the vegetable market and night market stalls, maybe there is a city management management, but there is no way to collect taxes, and it is even more unrealistic to want to grasp this in ancient times.

"This, they are unwilling to do business with our Gaochang, mainly because the goods of your Tang Kingdom are better than our Gaochang Kingdom, take the cotton clothes and cotton cloth you make as an example, my Gaochang is rich in this kind of white stacks, which is what you call cotton, but we can't make exquisite cotton clothes and cotton cloth like you made, so, what my father means, if the Tang Dynasty does not want my Gaochang Kingdom to tax past merchants, it is okay, as long as your country passes on the process of making cotton clothes and cotton cloth to our country, this matter, My country will no longer mention it. ”

Hearing this, the corners of Sun Xiangfu's mouth were hooked, it turned out that this was the purpose of Gaochangguo, Bai Diezi was originally in the Tang Dynasty, it was a kind of landscape flower, and it was roughly the same in Gaochang, which is rich in white Diezi.

It was Sun Xiangfu who made the craftsman study the technology of taking seeds and weaving cloth, so that it became a cash crop, and the technology of cotton seed weaving cotton cloth has been in the textile workshop at present, and it has not flowed outside.

"Hehe, making cotton clothes and cotton cloth is a folk craft, taxation, but it is a matter at the national level, you Gao Changguo want to learn my Datang folk craft, spend your own money to find a way, send someone to learn, pull out a tax problem, but it is in vain to be a villain." Sun Xiangfu smiled deliberately.

If Gao Changguo really sent someone to learn the craftsmanship of the Tang Dynasty, it would be his way, because the craftsmen of the textile workshop have been reforming and researching the loom, and the loom currently used has been two or three levels higher than the loom used by the people of the Tang Dynasty before, not to mention the textile industry is not developed Gao Changguo, even if the Datang originally specialized in the weaving industry, it is difficult to understand this thing.

If you want to learn more, you can! Send more people to Datang to study for many years! The more they communicate with the Tang Dynasty, the more they will find that it is a mistake to defect to the Western Turks, and when the time comes, the culture of the Tang Dynasty will inadvertently occupy the entire Gaochang, and they are afraid that the people who are sent to study will be reluctant to return to China.

Moreover, Sun Xiangfu is very sure of one thing, that is, after the people of Datang began to plant cotton, it will soon no longer be a cash crop, if Gaochangguo is also planted in a large area, Datang can use the price war in minutes to make Gaochangguo's economy collapse, because just the cotton grown in the territory of the capital of Anbei may be ten times that of Gaochangguo.

"We Gao Changguo can learn your Datang's cotton cloth craftsmanship?"

"Of course, including the technology of planting cotton, it is not a secret in my Datang, if you Gaochangguo learns from the past, the domestic cotton production will definitely be greatly improved."

When Sun Xiangfu digs a pit for others to jump, he will always behave amiably, that is, Koji Zhisheng is young, the city is not so deep, and he didn't realize the reason why Sun Xiangfu suddenly became so good at talking, in his opinion, he came to Datang this time, and he was able to solve the production process of cotton clothes and cotton cloth, which was already considered a success, as for the planting technology that made cotton high-yield, it was an unexpected harvest, and he was despised by others, and he felt that it was worth it to let himself exceed the task.

So, he didn't care about how Sun Xiangfu squeezed him just now, stroked his chest and bent down to salute Sun Xiangfu and said, "Xiao Wang is the people of Gaochang Kingdom, thank you to the Tang Dynasty Sun Dudu." ”

On such a public occasion as a restaurant, Sun Xiangfu received a gift from Prince Gaochang as an official of the Tang Dynasty, which is a very prestigious thing for the Tang Dynasty, and through this detail, many merchants from the Western Regions present have stronger confidence in the country of the Tang Dynasty, which is what Sun Xiangfu wants.

After the salute was completed, Sun Xiangfu shouted to everyone in the hall of the restaurant, "My Majesty the Tang Emperor will be touring north in the near future, and I will review my northern soldiers and horses in the north of Shanyang City. ”

For such a prosperous era, there are those present who want to miss it, and they have said that they will definitely dress up to attend and meet the Tang Emperor.

In the end, Sun Xiangfu said some words to those Hu businessmen, and then left first, but he let Chu Suiliang and a few other preparatory assassins stay to entertain these Hu businessmen, as the local political officials in the future, they must learn to deal with businessmen, get acquainted with the relationship, the north is bitter and cold, if business is not prosperous, the people here will not have a good life.

The carriage returned to the gate of the mansion, and Sun Xiangfu saw the carriage and horse of the inner attendant, presumably Wang Deyong was already in the mansion at this time.

"Sun Dudu, Your Majesty will go to Shanyang in two days, and you will have a place for food and lodging to welcome the ceremony, but can it be arranged?"

"Rest assured, the Anbei Army camp that can accommodate 50,000 people has been vacated, and all the people and horses brought by His Majesty can live in the camp in the city.

"Hehe, Governor Sun is very fine, after Your Majesty received your letter, he announced it to the accompanying ministers, and the ministers scolded you for slamming the door!

However, Your Majesty can't live in the barracks, because this time there are Concubine Wei, Concubine Yang and several princes and princesses to accompany you, so your mansion will be requisitioned from now on. ”

Sun Xiangfu's mansion was actually built when he was a candidate in Shanyang County, and the specifications were not very large, and he was later promoted to the county duke, and the county duke, but it was just a plaque, and it was not expanded. Because at that time, there was a palace-like mansion left by Liang Shidu on the side of Mayi, and before Shanyang was not spun off from Shuozhou to become the seat of the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, Yu Xiuer and he lived in Mayi.

Now, Li Shimin lives in Sun Xiangfu's big house in Mayi, and he naturally thinks that Sun Xiangfu's house in Shanyang is also very big, so he asked the king to issue the decree in advance.

But who would have thought that the mansion of the dignified Metropolitan Governor of Anbei was actually just a three-entry mansion, not a mansion with dozens of courtyards like Mayi City, and Li Shimin brought his concubines and many princes and princesses, and there were a lot of entourage, and it was estimated that this mansion had just been lived, so Wang Deyong had to clean up the personnel in advance.

"Uh, Your Majesty lives here with me, then I live there?"

"A barracks or an inn is fine! You are the landlord of this good yang, isn't it easy to find a place to live? ”

Sun Xiangfu covered his forehead when he heard this, and he didn't know what to say to express his unhappiness! I saw that Hongmei and Chuntao had already packed their luggage and came to the front hall from the backyard.

"Husband, these days, are you going to live in the barracks, the concubine can't accompany you."

When Sun Xiangfu heard this, he looked at Wang Deyong, but saw that he gave him a reassuring smile, and said, "Your Majesty will not bully your concubine, there are several ladies in the harem, in this house, there must be a few people who are familiar with the environment to serve!" ”

All right! Wang De's argument was very reasonable, Sun Xiangfu couldn't think of any reason to refute him for a while, and after letting Zhang Ke put his luggage in the carriage, he asked if Wang De had any arrangements for himself after using the emperor to Shanyang, if not, the itinerary would be under his command.

Li Shimin is not completely familiar with Shanyang's industry, but he made a request to Sun Xiangfu, after the military parade, in addition to inspecting Shanyang's various industries, he also has to check the surrounding people's conditions, do a civil survey, and what to investigate is uncertain.

In this regard, Sun Xiangfu did not feel any pressure, what is the situation in Shanyang, he knows better than anyone that Li Shimin's so-called investigation is mostly to learn from Shanyang's grassroots civil administration.

After the exchange, Sun Xiangfu boarded the carriage and set off again, however, before he arrived at the barracks, he was stopped again, and it seemed that he was not going to let him sleep well tonight.

It was Guo Po's subordinate generals who stopped the carriage, they came to report their work, Yi Nan had already gone outside the city, Guo Po called them to ask for instructions on whether to let him enter the city.