Only when he really walked into the Western Regions, Ma Zhou knew how correct Sun Xiangfu was when he proposed that the Tang Dynasty send an envoy to the Western Regions, as a representative of the Ministry of Commerce, he was mainly responsible for the inspection of the commodity market, no wonder every year when Hu merchants from the Western Regions went to Chang'an to purchase goods, there was always a feeling that there were not enough camels, and there was really a lack of everything here.

Ma Zhou roughly estimated that the population of many small countries known here is at least two to three times that of Datang, and all aspects of craftsmanship are lagging behind Datang.

If Datang sells some low-end goods here, or directly opens a factory here, and sells them with the people and materials here to manufacture the low-end goods demanded by the people here, then it can earn a lot of profits with only a small investment in technology.

He had already thought about it, the first thing to open was a farm tool factory, and when the people in these Western Regions could better solve the problem of eating, they would have surplus labor to develop the materials needed by the Tang Dynasty, such as gold, silver, copper, iron ore and so on.

As for clothes and fabrics and other things that are abundant in Datang, they are resolutely unable to spread to this side, Sun Xiangfu said, this is called trade regulation, if they themselves know how to weave better fabrics than Datang, or raise silkworms and silkworms, then so many fabrics and silk made by Datang will not be sold.

Of course, the busiest person in the entire mission is Sun Erli, this guy is interested in all the crops here, in the eyes of ordinary people, grapes are grapes, some are sour, some are sweet.

But in his opinion, it is different, there are many varieties of grapes in the Western Regions, black-skinned, red-skinned, green-skinned, round-skinned, oval-skinned, and different sizes, all of which are different varieties.

You know, the price of grapes in Chang'an is not cheap, they are all calculated by the price, Xingfu Village has planted many grapevines next to the eel pond before, and now it has grown very lushly, and there will be a lot of grapes every year, however, the taste of those grapes is far from the grapes produced in the Western Regions, at most it is not sour, there is not much unique sweetness of grapes, and the taste of the wine is also very light, and it is not as popular as watermelon and cantaloupe in Xingfu Village.

Sun Xiangfu said that this is a matter of variety, and it is necessary to find good grape varieties to plant, so that the grapes are sweet, and glucose is also a good auxiliary medicine, and Datang needs to plant a lot.

Therefore, he collected more than a dozen kinds of grape seeds alone, and because he had to collect a large number of seeds for various crops, he needed to communicate with the local people in a lot of languages, and some officials who were fluent in nonsense brought from Chang'an had to follow him often, which took up a lot of resources of the mission.

There is no way, officials of various specialties are short of translators, it seems that after going back, he will have to suggest to the imperial court that he specially recruit some people with language talent to learn various Hu languages.

Speaking of language, in fact, it is more reliable to let these Hu people learn the language of the Tang Dynasty, and the art troupe can play such a role.

Now, at the beginning of each performance, they interact with the audience and say, 'Hello', 'Do you like it?' After a few performances, they were quickly learned by the local audience, and the avid fans who followed in their footsteps, traveled to several countries, and watched many performances, were able to sing some simple lyrics they sang, but they didn't necessarily understand the meaning of the lyrics.

Ma Zhou believes that if this kind of literary and artistic exchange and dissemination activities become frequent, they will definitely become more and more familiar with it, and eventually they will be able to listen to and speak Chinese.

Generally speaking, the situation of the envoy to the Western Regions is very good, but it will have to wait a few years for the results of this envoy to be reflected in the economic interests.

In the winter, in addition to occasionally teaching some homework to the children of the peasant sect, his main action is to teach Li Chengqian to deal with some government affairs in Shanyang, so that he can be familiar with how all walks of life in Shanyang develop, what relationships they have with each other, why they should formulate corresponding systems, and what consequences may lead to the collapse of the system.

Moreover, he will not tell him according to the rules and according to the book like Chu Suiliang, but through a vivid story, tell him how to do things, is correct, a month or two later, Sun Xiangfu almost told him the "Little Oriental Story" he liked to read in middle school, which made Li Chengqian's three views more upright.

"Teacher, you said that the territory of our Tang Dynasty is getting wider and wider, and the center of the imperial court needs to have stronger control over the local area in order to keep the overall situation not chaotic, but, like the Broken Leaf City in the west, nearly 10,000 miles away from Chang'an, it will take several months just for the messenger to run back and forth, if the power is not fully delegated to the magistrate, won't the place be chaotic?"

Sun Xiangfu is more pleased that Li Chengqian can ask such a question, which at least proves that he has begun to have his own reflections, unlike at the beginning, when he only asked Sun Xiangfu what kind of role he wanted to play today.

"It is precisely because of the distance and the independence of local political power that it is easy to form separatist forces and eventually break away from the Central Plains Dynasty, during the Han Dynasty, Liaodong, Liaoxi, Sanhan, Jiaozhi in the south, Rinan and other places.

With the population and military strength at that time, these remote places will gradually be out of the control of the imperial court, not to mention our current Tang Dynasty. ”

"So, what kind of solution does the teacher think should be used?"

"Actually, it's not difficult, since they are far away, then let's try to shorten the distance with them."

"Closing the distance with them? But Lone doesn't have the spell to shrink the ground into inches! ”

There is a saying that the farthest distance in the world is not the end of the world and the cape, but I stand in front of you, but you don't know me."

"Uh, what does that mean?" Li Chengqian asked a little confused.

That is to say, the people in the remote areas do not know you, so how can they respect you, love you, and submit to you willingly? This, in fact, has an example to see, that is, His Majesty and the people of Shanyang.

Before His Majesty's northern tour, the people here had never seen His Majesty's demeanor at all, they only obeyed us because of the defeat of Tuli and Jieli, and after that, he might be grateful to me who brought them a good life, or the employer who hired them to work, or the merchant who bought their cattle and sheep at a high price, but they would not add this gratitude to His Majesty.

But what about His Majesty's northern tour? The situation is very different, he brought gifts to the people, exempted the people from poll tax, brought business to the local businessmen, preached force at the same time, cared, greeted the living conditions of the people, and left his benevolent and majestic image in the hearts of the people, so the people here love Your Majesty, and Your Majesty is one heart, then, they will not easily rebel against the Tang Dynasty, Shanyang during His Majesty's northern tour, for the Tang Dynasty, is a remote place in the north. ”

Hearing Sun Xiangfu's explanation, Li Chengqian suddenly realized, "Lone understands, what the teacher means is to let Lone walk around the people, communicate with the people, establish their own image, and let them have a heart with Lone, the heart is close, the distance is naturally close." ”

"Well, that's pretty much what it means! As the so-called winner of the hearts of the people wins the world, in fact, to be an emperor, it is not necessary to have a talent stronger than others in all aspects, as long as you can do a good job of the people's work, the development of this country will not be too bad, because, the country is so big, there will be many talented people in all aspects, as the emperor, you can use everyone's talent to help yourself manage the country.

For example, Fang Xiang's strategy is better than His Majesty's, and His Majesty entrusts him with political matters.

Li Xiang's military strategy was superior to His Majesty's, and His Majesty entrusted him with the matters above the military strategy.

Teacher, I surpassed His Majesty in farming, and His Majesty entrusted me with the matter of farming.

But it is difficult for some strong men to force His Majesty to learn all the skills of our people, after all, no one is perfect.

His Majesty has the strengths of His Majesty, he is broad-minded, open-minded, sympathetic to the people, sociable, and knows what he gains and loses. Able to control all aspects very well.

So, Prince, what do you think are your own strengths? ”

"Lonely, Lonely's strength, is acting! Of course, the instrument sings, it's not bad······"

When he said the back, Li Chengqian's voice became significantly quieter, because he found that Sun Xiangfu's face sank.

After thinking about it for a long time, Sun Xiangfu said, "As the heir of the emperor, if you can just sing, it is definitely not enough, it can at most give you a little more points when you win the hearts of the people, at least, you also need to learn to know the gains and losses."

Next, the teacher will send you to all walks of life in Shanyang for internships, when the time comes, all of them will not know you, and they will not treat you as a prince, but just an ordinary person, you are accepting a variety of different jobs, you can't reveal your identity, of course, you can also think of it as a role-playing game, when you know what the needs of people from all walks of life in this country are, you should know, how to measure the gains and losses. ”

Sun Xiangfu first set a general tone for Li Chengqian to win the hearts of the people and win the world, and then around this tone, carry out specific actions, and the whole thing of being the emperor is much simpler to watch the song. Li Chengqian only needs to let himself know what people in this industry want to get through internships in various professions, and when he becomes the emperor, he will know how to make these people return to his heart, and he also knows that what he does will make him lose the support of the people.

Therefore, Li Chengqian's first professional experience began, an assembly worker in a carpentry factory, the experience time, half a month, after that, Sun Xiangfu would ask him to write an experience impression, and then, from the sales of the store, the shopkeeper, the account room, to the street vendors, the miscellaneous servants of the restaurant, the slaughtering workers of the ranch, and even the inspectors of the Public Security Bureau, the officials, etc., etc., as long as he is still in Shanyang, dozens of occupations, each profession, he has to experience half a month, and then write his experience feelings.

Of course, Sun Xiangfu will not just change his clothes and throw him out to experience, the necessary safety measures will definitely be there, and all the places where he experiences will choose people who don't know him as much as possible to ensure the authenticity of his experience.

Of course, even if he knows him, he will pretend not to know him, and even deliberately create some contradictions, so that he can judge right and wrong, and sharpen his various experiences in dealing with the world.