Sun Xiangfu sometimes has to say 'admiration' to the talents of this period, such as Ma Zhou, he can rely on his brain power to remember the names of hundreds of Western countries in the Western Regions, and even their kings, main members, national environment, political background and other basic information.

You know, there are many of them, in fact, they are not a country, only some large tribes, languages, and even more complicated, he is in the local area, and the communication with these countries is only six or seven days, short, maybe only one or two days, that is to say, since he arrived in the Western Regions, he has put his mind on collecting information anytime and anywhere.

In the imperial study, since the mode of admonishing the Western Regions has been opened, it is natural to continue to focus on Ma Zhou, who has returned from the Western Regions and has the clearest understanding of the local situation.

"Your Majesty, during this investigation, my mission has reached a national-level trade agreement with seventy-three countries in the Western Regions, these countries have a population of more than 100,000, several of which have a population of more than one million, of which, thirty-two countries, have agreed to our request to open factories in the local area and recruit local people to work, but there are some profit-sharing agreements that need to be reached, as long as we sign an agreement, we can manufacture some inconvenient transportation and low-tech goods locally."

The so-called inconvenient transportation and low technical content do not mean that it is worthless.

The commercial market of the entire Western Regions is at least five times larger than that of Datang itself, which is calculated according to the size of the population, so many countries, population, and the goods needed are not all high-end goods such as perfumes, silk, glass, etc., such as farm tools, ploughs, rakes, waterwheels, etc., which are made from Datang and sold in the past, which is obviously more than worth the loss, because the freight is too expensive.

But sending a few people to open a local farm tool factory, using their manpower and materials, to directly produce locally, and after doing it, it can also make a lot of money.

I think that at the beginning, when Sun Xiangfu came up with a new type of Quyuan plow, Li Shimin called it a sharp weapon of the country, and in those countries where the cultivation technology was more backward than the Tang Dynasty, the Quyuan plow was a sharp weapon of the country compared to the sharp weapon of the country.

The more than 30 countries that Ma Zhou said agreed to let Datang businessmen open factories in the local area did not simply give Datang a license, their domestic politics are relatively stable, they have a certain ability to protect themselves, and their land area is at least as large as a county in Datang, and promised that as long as Datang officials cooperate with them to open factories, they will use the army to ensure the safety of Datang businessmen and factories.

The lords of the Western Regions are not stupid, they know that it is beneficial for both sides to do this, because they need these things to improve their productivity, and the reason why the Western countries fight for life and death, and the frequent change of dynasties, in addition to religious beliefs, is mainly because the productivity cannot keep up, and most people are prone to hunger.

In this period, grain, salt and iron, is very important for any country, even if Datang's grain, salt and iron production, is already the world's highest, but it is currently strictly forbidden to export, the same, Datang also has a shortage of things, such as non-ferrous metals, gold, silver and copper.

Persia began to use gold and silver coins hundreds of years ago, and the Byzantine Empire also used gold and silver coins as the mainstream.

Ma Zhou suggested that the imperial court should supply some controlled items to the weaker countries through the government, which is a major benefit for the state-owned enterprises led by the Ministry of Commerce, because the price of selling controlled items must be high, and it can also achieve certain political goals for the country.

For example, when a certain amount of grain is exported to the country of Augustus, their lord agrees to open the domestic gold, silver and copper mines to the merchants of the Tang Dynasty for mining, anyway, they themselves are not able to mine those things, and they can still sit back and wait for the merchants of the Tang Dynasty to collect money.

There was also the sale of a certain amount of weapons and equipment, ships, to the Khazar Khanate, which was located between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. This will not only be able to get a large amount of gold and silver in their hands, but also make it have an impact on the Byzantine Emperor's Black Sea Economic Circle, at least increase the defense cost of the Byzantine Empire, realize the influence of Datang's casual actions, and thus face up to Datang's international status more seriously.

Ma Zhou talked about many affairs directly in the imperial study for two hours, so that the big guy had a general understanding of the situation in the Western Regions, and then, Li Shimin asked Yan Liben to roughly draw a map of the distribution of forces in Western countries according to his memory.

Today's business must be carried out together with the banquet, because there are so many things to talk about.

Although Datang is only an international sports meeting, what is really important is to accomplish various political goals and set up a good situation in the whole West.

During the banquet, Sun Xiangfu first reported the hot air balloon to Li Shimin, and after getting Li Shimin's full consent, he discussed with everyone about some specific procedures of Datang in this sports conference and finalized the final details.

In fact, as long as Datang's posture towards the world is established, its core purpose will be achieved.

It is a harmonious, wealthy country, with an open-minded monarch who is willing to help all countries that are still backward in their country to develop together.

The people here are free, the taxes are very low, the economy is growing rapidly, and people from all walks of life are welcome to join, as well as neighboring countries with difficult survival as a whole.

Kang, Shi, An, Tocharo, Huoxun and other more than a dozen countries in the territory of the Anxi capital protectorate, after being under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, in just over a year, the life of the local people was much better.

Because, after becoming the people of the Tang Dynasty, not only did they reduce the tax on agriculture and animal husbandry to a very low standard, but also the tax on commercial trade was almost negligible.

Originally, they had to go through many countries when they went to the Central Plains, and each country needed to pay toll tax, city entry tax, etc., and usually, the tax paid was much higher than the value of the goods themselves, so that they had to sell the goods at a higher price, resulting in a very small amount of sales each year.

Now, it's completely different, to the Central Plains, they don't need to pay any customs clearance, transit fees, only need to pay a transaction tax when trading.

At the same time, there is no need to spend a lot of money to support the army, all of which are borne by the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, with the technical support of Datang, the productivity of the local people is also rapidly improving, and some things that they did not know could be sold for money, after the officials stationed in the imperial court took office in the local area, they could also be sold at a high price, and these officials were really good, and when they went to the local area, they would help them develop industries, revitalize the economy, and introduce more advanced agricultural and animal husbandry tools, technologies, and so on.

These things can be used as examples for the people of the Western Regions.

At the beginning of the banquet, it usually ends at dusk, and most things are finalized in the process of eating and drinking.

Because Yu Shinan was too old to work, Li Shimin asked Sun Xiangfu to temporarily replace him to complete the function of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, receive foreign guests, and at the same time, all the affairs of the world's first sports conference were handed over to Sun Xiangfu and Ma Zhou.

In terms of security, Li Jing is the general dispatcher, Du Ruhui, Hou Junji, Niu Jinda and others are deputies, counting the Anbei Army, the troops used to maintain the order in Dingxiang this time are as high as more than 200,000, although the number of people is huge, but the task is also very arduous, because counting the local visitors of the Tang Dynasty, Dingxiang City may gather more than 3.5 million people.

As for Li Shimin himself and Fang Xuanling, they will formulate an overall layout for the Western Regions in response to some information provided by Ma Zhou in the period of time before the start of the competition, according to what Sun Xiangfu said, the entire Western world has a commercial market that is more than five times larger than Datang's own territory, and it will be deeply developed, and Datang's annual profit in the West will not be more than 10 million yuan now, at least two or three times more.

Moreover, in order to achieve the political goals of the imperial court, Li Shimin also needed to meet with many local forces and mobilize corresponding materials.

For example, the output of more than 10 million mu of fields opened up by the five families in Shangqi City needs to be contributed, because their location is less than 4,000 li away from the Oguz country, and the distance from the Pevineg, Oghuz and Khazar Khanate is less than 7,000 li, which is more than 8,000 li closer than the direct supply of the Central Plains to this area.

This is the advantage of going to the border land to develop the fields in the first place, and they are also growing grain, and their grain may be sold for two to three times the price of the Central Plains, because the gringos are short of grain.

If there is another city such as Tai'an City, which has been managed by Xu Jingzong, Gaochang, Qiuci, and Khotan, all the old lands of Khotan, it is also necessary to negotiate with local landlords such as Ko Wentai.

After the construction of Tai'an City, which is dominated by industry, the productivity has increased by more than two grades, and the cultivated land area has also exceeded 10 million mu.

Also because of their proximity, the cost of exporting grain goods from the Central Plains is much lower than that of the Central Plains, and this kind of strategic material that can solve the problem of the survival of Persia must be shouted by them in terms of price.

Before Li Shimin meets with the leaders of various countries, within Datang, it is necessary to reach a united front, which is a good thing for everyone to benefit, and no one will oppose it, so all classes in the entire Datang are happy to see the sports conference come to fruition, because everyone will benefit.

However, there is also an outlier, and that is Wang Hao.

Two days later, when Sun Xiangfu entered Dingxiang, in the crowd, Wang Hao, who had his head wrapped around and a big beard on his face, looked like a person from Central Asia, and looked at him with more complicated eyes.

Even if he is as conceited as Wang Hao, he has to admit that Sun Xiangfu is much stronger than him.

Zhang Cheng's idiot was targeted by Cheng Chumo, if he hadn't discovered it in time, now, I'm afraid he would have been caught by Cheng Chumo, so he had to take advantage of the situation to convert Zhang Cheng's line into a false line that confused Cheng Chumo.

However, doing so made his manpower very insufficient, because every time he gave Zhang Cheng an order, he needed to turn many turns, and he didn't dare to use the people who had used it a second time.

Sun Xiangfu's intelligence officers are too powerful, if it weren't for an accident, he knew the performance of the telescopes in the hands of these intelligence officers, and he still didn't know why the Tang Army was able to win every war.

Now, he wasn't even sure that his plan would succeed, because he had no one to use.

There are too many outsiders in Dingxiang City, Sun Xiangfu can't pay attention to an ordinary foreigner, he hasn't even gone to the courtyard built for him here by Zhang Chun early in the morning, and he received a report from the eldest Sun Chong, Yi Nan led Xue Yantuo's team to arrive, and he needs to go out of the city to receive him, because he carries more people, cattle, horses and livestock, so he can only camp outside the city.