Li Shimin's inspection is of course very important, but Sun Xiangfu's own work is equally important, and he must assign those skilled farmers brought by Li Shimin as soon as possible, so that they can guide those family farmers who do not know how to grow cotton and melons, and manage the repair of seedlings, insect pests, harvesting, etc.

Receiving the news that Sun Xiangfu was going to send technicians to each family, several people began to scramble again without surprise, and they all offered Sun Xiangfu superior conditions.

However, in order to allow each family to have a good harvest, Sun Xiangfu can only allocate manpower to them according to the scientific ratio, but it is in the hands of the official and the people who are assigned to them, that is to say, Sun Xiangfu took the opportunity to give agricultural technicians to each family, and infiltrated his power into the control of the family over the low-level serfs.

This kind of infiltration will not have any effect in the short term, but when something forms an atmosphere and needs to be detonated, they can do that spark at a critical time.

In the yamen and the family had a morning meeting, when Sun Xiangfu returned to his mansion and was about to report some information to Li Shimin, he happened to see Li Shimin enjoying a bowl of lion's mane mushroom stewed chicken soup in a big gulp, and Concubine Wei, Concubine Yang, as well as Li Chengqian, Li Tai and other princes and princesses in the hall, obviously, they have no resistance to this delicious soup, even in the hot summer, sweating profusely, they will not stop.

This scene made Sun Xiangfu regret not being at the beginning, and only hated that he didn't hide all the good things in the house earlier, and now these things are estimated to be scum.

After everyone finished eating and returned to their rooms, Sun Xiangfu said to Li Shimin, "Your Majesty, if you don't have an inspection plan today, you can take some time to meet with Koji Zhisheng of Gao Changguo." ”

"What's the charter?"

"The black-faced minister has already sung it, you just need to sing the red-faced, specifically, after you look at this, the minister will tell you."

Sun Xiangfu handed over a development plan for Tai'an City to Li Shimin, and since what he wrote was in the vernacular, Li Shimin quickly read it.

"Well, very good, after I learned about your development strategy, I sent Xu Jingzong to do the future Tai'an assassination history, it is precisely such a plan, you can tell me about it carefully!"

"Xu Thorn Shi is wise, good at ingenuity, let him govern Tai'an City, but it is just right, recently he and his minister's staff Tang Fengyi has been soaked in the major workshops in Shanyang, for a variety of industrial production routines, get started quickly, when the industrial development of Tai'an City will definitely drive the development of Yi, Wu, Ting, West and other four states."

The location of Tai'an City chosen by Sun Xiangfu is very ingenious, he will be the westernmost city of the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei, and it is not more than eight hundred miles away from Li Shimin's new four states, and the closer ones are like Yizhou and Tingzhou, but they are only four or five hundred miles away, and they can be reached in one or two days by fast horse.

As long as this line of defense is held, Datang has thousands of miles of strategic depth outside the Yumen Pass, and there is too much room for operation in this thousand miles, because the ecological environment in this period is better than that of later generations, and there are many places here that are suitable for farming and grazing, not like later generations, all of which are deserts or the Gobi Desert.

And Sun Xiangfu wants to build a large-scale commodity output end behind this line of defense, but it is of full strategic significance, because the distance from the countries of the Western Regions is closer than that of Shanyang, once it is completed, then the merchants of the countries of the Western Regions can go to the country from here two or three times a year, and the development of commerce and trade will definitely stimulate the economy of Tai'an and the four frontier states.

You must know that from the westernmost part of the Tang Dynasty at this time, to Shanyang, which is in the middle, it is almost 5,000 miles away, and if you go back and forth once, it is more than 10,000 miles, which is almost a three-month journey, and Hu Shang in the Western Regions wastes a lot of time on this journey every year.

If, directly close to them, an industrial output city is built, then it will be a great blessing for the Tang Dynasty and the countries of the Western Regions.

Can build a city five thousand miles away from Shanyang, the difficulty is not ordinary, at the beginning, it must have to spend a lot of money, manpower, but also need to be nearby to Gaochang country, Qiuzi country to absorb, Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate can now support the development of Tai'an City, at most, it is those herdsmen who surrendered to the Hui Ministry, there are hundreds of thousands or so, this is because they originally grazed the area, which is relatively close to there.

How to absorb people's power from Gaochangguo depends on Li Shimin's red-faced means.

Sun Xiangfu's suggestion to Li Shimin is to use grace and temptation to make them willing to contribute to the construction of Tai'an City, and when Tai'an City is really built, they will know what it means to dig a pit and bury it by themselves, and it can completely crush the economy of Gaochang Kingdom in minutes.

Sun Xiangfu was very relieved about Li Shimin's ability to do things, and after talking about what he should say, Sun Xiangfu retired, and was about to send someone to notify Koji Zhisheng to come to see him, but found that the eldest grandson Chong entered his door from the outside, and he looked a little unhappy.

"What's wrong with you?"

"You don't know?"

"Should I know?"

"Of course, Your Majesty wants to send that Zhang Xingcheng to be the assassin of Dingxiangcheng, and let me come back to be your long history, and take care of the prince by the way."

"Why, you can't afford to settle in Xiangcheng now?"

"Of course, I've been working hard there for more than a year, and seeing that the new city is about to be built, transfer me back at this time······"

"Is it just because the new city is about to be built?"

"No, you should also know that it is also very cool to live in the grateful and adoring eyes of those herdsmen and people."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu nodded and smiled, "Well, now you are definitely qualified to be a state assassin, don't worry!" Teach you a way to get His Majesty to officially appoint you as the Dingxiang Assassin. ”

When the eldest grandson Chong heard this, his face turned happy, and he hurriedly asked, "What way?" ”

"It's very simple, tell your majesty about your governance methods in Dingxiang, as well as the bits and pieces of getting along with the herdsmen and people in Dingxiang City, and the real situation, Your Majesty is a Ming monarch and knows what to do."

Hearing this, Changsun Chong was a little apprehensive and said, "Do you really want to talk about it?" I'm afraid that after I finish speaking, Your Majesty will not let me continue to stay in Dingxiang. ”

"Don't worry! Anyway, just right, I can delay you a little, go ahead! ”

Since the eldest Sun Chong had something to tell Li Shimin, Sun Xiangfu was not in a hurry to send someone to inform Koji Zhisheng, but went to the barracks, and asked Guo Po to send cavalry to the grassland to see the situation, and welcome the leaders of the Murowei, Yao, and other departments into the city, according to the estimated distance, they will almost arrive tomorrow, and what is the charter of this parade, Sun Xiangfu has to tell them first.

In the living room of Sun's Mansion, after the eldest grandson Chong gave Li Shimin a salute, he was given a seat, and he made it clear that he had political affairs to talk to Li Shimin, so Li Shimin had to be patient and listen to it first.

"Your Majesty, Dingxiang City now has a total of 140,000 herdsmen from all over the grassland, as well as from Shanyang, about 350,000 people, as soon as the minister arrived in Shanyang, he was sent by Sun Zhengming to govern Dingxiang, and it has been more than a year now."

"Well, since Sun Zhengming handed over a population of 350,000 to you, you must have made a lot of achievements in Dingxiang!"

"Compared with Sun Zhengming, it is not a good achievement, but the minister is not bad, now Dingxiang has more than 2 million acres of good fields, more than 800,000 cattle and sheep in captivity, more than 500,000 cattle and sheep in captivity, horses, more than 150,000 horses, in addition to their own food or seeds, this year can provide 300,000 sheep, 100,000 yaks, 30,000 tamed war horses to the imperial court, and the number will increase every year in the future."

When Li Shimin heard this, he nodded with some surprise and said, "It's really not bad, I originally just wanted you to learn some new government affairs management from Sun Zhengming, but I didn't expect you to make achievements so quickly, let's say it!" I want you to give you some reward. ”

"That, the minister wants to continue to govern in Dingxiang, at most two years, the minister is sure to develop Dingxiang into a city similar to Shanyang."

"Hey, the ambition is not small!" When Li Shimin heard this, although he praised it, he looked at Changsun Chong with a look of disbelief.

"Your Majesty, the minister dares to make such a bold statement, there is a basis, I decided that the people of Xiangcheng, although all of them are Hu people, but they all listen to the words of the minister, because it is the minister who leads them to build a greenhouse for cattle and sheep to spend the winter, teach them to use a new lawn mower, hoard forage, teach them to feed cattle and sheep with fermented grass feed, and ask a doctor to diagnose and treat their diseases······

After the spring ploughing, the construction of the city wall of the new city is almost completed, and before the winter, many brick houses and roads will be built, almost like the good sun at the beginning of last year······"

The development of Dingxiang City can be said to be standing on the shoulders of Shanyang, with the support of Shanyang in all aspects, it will be smoother than when Shanyang was established.

The eldest grandson Chong was poisoned by Sun Xiangfu's concept that when he was an official, he should serve the people, and he was deeply involved in it and couldn't extricate himself, so he did a nanny for more than a year for all the herdsmen who gathered in Dingxiang, from production to life, to help those herdsmen solve problems in all aspects.

Li Shimin listened to the crackling explanation of the eldest grandson, and immediately understood the whole process of how Dingxiang City evolved from a broken city into a new city full of vitality and about to go to glory.

In his opinion, Changsun Chong's experience for more than a year should be a model for all officials in the Tang Dynasty to manage the place, and he used his practical actions to influence those people who did not belong to the Tang Dynasty and make them return to their hearts, which is simply incredible.

After the eldest Sun Chong told all his experiences in Dingxiang's administration and his ideas for the future, Li Shimin was stunned for a long time, and finally said, "Chong'er, you have grown up and are enough to dominate the ruling party, I can't let the country lose a pillar because I want you to take care of Chengqian, so you can continue to stay in Dingxiang City!" After a while, I will go to Dingxiang City to have a look, and when the time comes, I will officially appoint you as the Dingxiang Assassin. ”

"Minister, thank you, Your Majesty." The eldest grandson Chong was relieved and overjoyed.

"Well, you go down first! I am about to summon the prince of Gaochang. ”

Li Shimin waved his hand at him, and after the eldest grandson Chong saluted and retreated, the chamberlain did not immediately come over to inform Lu Zhisheng to ask for a meeting, and Li Shimin just reflected on what the eldest grandson Chong said just now.

How can you let the officials, like the eldest grandson, think about serving the people?

Perhaps, the imperial court's performance evaluation system should also be changed, not to be able to make merit without chaos, not to be able to complete the task of taxation to be meritorious, should be evaluated by the amount of growth and the number of new industries developed, as well as the per capita income of the people, to put it simply, to force officials to grasp production, grasp the people's livelihood, and enrich the people.

After only a little more than a day in Shanyang, Li Shimin found a few more things that needed to be improved, and if he continued to change it like this, he was afraid that he would eventually change all the political systems that inherited from the former Sui Dynasty.