Compared with those people in the Western Regions, the Han people have always lacked the courage to go out, perhaps because of the premature entry into the agrarian society, so that the Han people's love for the countryside is very serious, and even for a long time, exile a person to another place is the main means of the imperial court to punish criminals, which is often seen by people who will often go out in later generations, some can not understand.

In fact, whether a country is strong or not, a large part depends on its ability to go out, in later generations, many countries are very small, but have many world-renowned brands, its economic strength and social status, are not bad, on the contrary, like India, the country is large, the population is large, but it is only a poor country.

Therefore, Sun Xiangfu, who has seen this kind of development, has a negative attitude towards the current situation of passive development of business in Datang.

The wise men of the Tang Dynasty, the merchants, are much smarter than those Hu people in the Western Regions, why can't they go to the countries of the Western Regions to do business and make more profits!

If you don't go out, you won't know what they need, and you won't be able to make more of what they scarce to earn their benefits.

This is only in the commercial aspect, the cultural aspect, it is more important, think about the period of India, has already spread the language and writing to the Jiaozhi Linyi country, which will invisibly increase the difficulty of the Central Plains Dynasty to rule where.

On the other hand, if Chinese and Chinese characters were transmitted and prevailed, it would make it easy for the Central Plains Dynasty to rule there.

Datang has two ways to spread culture, one is to let others learn from it to a large extent, and the other is to go out and spread it to its own people.

Li Shimin in history just let others learn, so a lot of technology was passed on to foreigners, so that they took a lot of detours and became strong quickly, in Sun Xiangfu's view, this is not advisable.

And going out on your own is different, you can have a selective and purposeful spread of your own culture, and on the premise of preventing them from growing rapidly, you can implant some things into their thoughts, such as Confucianism, which can definitely gain a foothold in those countries with a low degree of civilization and carry it forward.

We can't passively let foreign sects, such as Buddhism, Christianity, and Confucianism, spread to other countries, which is the right way to open.

"Zhengming is right, come on, come on, and tell me and the ministers, how can I make foreign countries admire my Middle-earth culture and turn my heart to the Tang Dynasty."

Li Shimin's tongue is a little bigger, but he didn't turn into a chatter like before, and he didn't finish talking, at this moment, he wanted to hear Sun Xiangfu's thoughts, he knew that if Datang wants to break the next development bottleneck, it will not only be internal reform, because the internal development plan, the general framework has been agreed, and it is good to implement it slowly.

Whether a dynasty can continue to be stable and prosperous, external factors also account for a very important proportion, and next, what Sun Xiangfu wants to say is to deal with some ideas for external factors.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Qian of the Han Dynasty, sent an envoy to the countries of the Western Regions, opened up the Silk Road, and introduced a variety of crops that are useful for the land of the Central Plains.

However, there are many such merits, but no one wants to stand up, my Datang can't sit back and wait for other countries to come to trade, take away their own needs, and also need to send envoys to visit other countries, the things we produce, sell out, and at the same time, they will have them, our scarce good things, bring them over, in the long run, the more abundant my Datang products, other countries will not be able to hope for my Datang to carry it. ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin's spirit was shocked, and he thought of cauliflower, as well as blueberries and other crops that might be grown in Shanyang in the future, such as the large amount of iron ore accumulated in the Shanyang smelting workshop, which is a good thing that is scarce in Datang.

If you send envoys to negotiate business with the kings of the Western Regions, will you be able to sell more of your own products and get what your country needs?

After all, a small businessman can only represent a small group of people in a country at most, and the resources he controls cannot account for a large proportion of a country.

At the same time, Li Shimin also thought of Gao Changguo, and a series of plans to compete for Gao Changguo could be staged in other small countries in the Western Regions in the future?

This should work, and the wisdom of those kings may not be stronger than that of Ko Wentai and his son.

"Why did Masaaki suddenly think to say this?"

Li Shimin's heart was still turning a thousand times, and Fang Xuanling looked at Sun Xiangfudao with an inquiring look.

"Because, as those in power, we should pave the way for the future of the people."

"Paving the way for the future of the people?"

Li Shimin came back to his senses and asked in unison with Fang Xuanling.

"Exactly, with the transformation of fields, and the gradual advancement of new farming technology, all the products of Datang will go to a higher level, have you ever thought that after two or three years, tens of millions of acres of cotton fields will produce cotton, what should we do if the people of Datang can't use it up? What should we do if the people of Datang can't eat the grain produced by hundreds of millions of acres of fertile land······?

Sun Xiangfu was only halfway through speaking, and the expressions of Li Shimin, Fang Xuanling, Xiao Yu and other wise men were stunned.

Indeed, this situation is about to happen! Two or three years, but it will pass in a blink of an eye.

Even if you don't count the fields of Shanyang, just one million acres of cotton in Guanzhong this year can make tens of millions of cotton clothes, and next year, the planting area and output will at least increase several times, so the clothes produced will not be tens of millions of pieces? How many people is there in total, the year after tomorrow, the year after tomorrow······

I can't continue to think about it later, because the more terrifying point is the grain, Jiangnan only needs two seasons of surplus grain, which can easily supply nearly 300,000 troops, and Jiangnan can produce three seasons of grain a year, in fact, Datang's current grain production has the ability to support 300,000 professional soldiers for a long time.

And next year, tens of millions of acres of fertile land in the territory of the capital of Anbei will also begin to produce, with the popularization of rice seeds, the surplus grain in various places will show explosive growth, these grains, the people of the Tang Dynasty can't eat them at all, do they all take it to feed the pigs? The point is, there may be too many pigs to eat!

Pig farms in Guanzhong, Luoyang and other places can now slaughter hundreds of thousands of pigs a year, and in the next two or three years, it is not a problem to break through one million heads. That number is estimated to reach more than a dozen, and in a few years, even if the people of Datang eat half of the meat at every meal, they may not consume so much output, because the increase in output is faster than the increase in population, and the further they go, the more they hoard.

This is a phenomenon that is easy to occur when the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there are too many resources that can be distributed, and a piece of land that can support more than one billion people can only support one or two million people, and as long as these people are not too stupid or lazy, they cannot be poor.

These two characteristics do not exist in the people of the Han nationality, so once the rapid progress in production capacity begins, the basic living materials are not the factors that plague the country at all, and too many things will be the troubles that may be encountered in the future.

It's a blissful annoyance.

"Zhengming, please tell me, how do we pave the way for the people?"

Sun Xiangfu didn't think much about it, so he pointed to the roof of Wangjiang Tower and said, "Your Majesty, colleagues, do you know my original intention of building this Wangjiang Tower back then?" ”

Hearing this, most of the people in the banquet looked at him with a look that you kid still has a face, and the line in their hearts was probably 'It's not to make money?' ’

However, Fang Xuanling, who had experienced the nine years of martial arts, Sun Xiangfu and the ministers, the eldest grandson Wuji and the others had a straight face, and finally, the eldest grandson Wuji said, "Zhengming is to sell the output of the fields of the emperor and the shareholders?" ”

Sun Xiangfu nodded and said with a smile, "Exactly, if it weren't for this Wangjiang Tower, the output in the fields of Huangzhuang and the shareholders would not have been able to sell at such a good price. ”

The word 'product output' doesn't need Sun Xiangfu to explain too much at all, everyone understands it.

If you don't do the work in front, when it comes to the end, there will be a lot of troubles, just this short remark, so that the wise men of the Tang Dynasty have a lot of ideas, and the first to have ideas is Sun Xiangfu's Taizhang Yu Shinan.

"The old minister suggested that Tang Jian, the left attendant of the Ministry of Rites, be sent as an envoy to various countries in the Western Regions to pave the way for the 'product output end' mentioned by Zhengming, and pave the way for the future of the people of the Tang Dynasty."

The old man learns words very quickly, and everyone feels that these words are used appropriately at this moment.

Due to the improvement of the grade of the ten second-in-command, the original Honglu Temple Qing Tang Jian has also been promoted from the fourth grade to the third grade, and the third grade or more are all big members, sitting close to the emperor naturally, hearing Yu Shinan recommend himself, Tang Jian was very moved, didn't Sun Xiangfu say it before, this is an opportunity to make a thousand achievements.

"The minister is also willing to go, please ask Your Majesty to ······"

Who doesn't want to get a little bit of it?

Not only the Ministry of Rites, but also the senior officials of various departments also want to join the mission, even if the profit is not much credit, but it will definitely be able to share a lot of profits, they look at the so-called 'product output end', just like seeing how profitable Wangjianglou is in Datang.

"This matter, after going to court tomorrow, let's take it out and discuss it, how to do it, we still need to have a careful plan."

After Li Shimin's drunkenness gradually sobered up, he felt that Sun Xiangfu's suggestion might have another effect, which he didn't realize himself, that is, to resolve some contradictions in the court caused by reform.

But not everyone can get used to the current set in an instant, and even, most of the people who are not used to it, but fortunately, Datang is now in a period of rapid rise, with the larger the territory, the more officials are needed, and the prospect of following Li Shimin is better, even if they are not used to it, they have to endure it.

This unaccustomed awkwardness needs to be released, leading them to the track of establishing meritorious service for Datang, so that they have the goal of striving for progress, which is very important.

If you want to progress, you must find the road of progress, if there is no road, then open up the road yourself, the Han Dynasty opened up the Silk Road, the Tang Dynasty, you can broaden this road on the basis of the Han Dynasty, and even, go further than the Han Dynasty to do it, take the Western Regions as a turning point, and explore to a more distant place.

Perhaps the current Tang Dynasty, because of the population base, is not able to completely rule Eurasia, but if it can't rule by force, it is okay to implement economic rule first!