Yang Huairen did not hide anything from You Shixiong, and said everything he thought in his heart.

You Shixiong listened carefully, although he was very skeptical that the development of things would be as smooth as Yang Huairen's fantasy, but from Yang Huairen's sincere words, he still felt that Yang Huairen was a person with dreams.

Regardless of whether such an idea is too big or not, just from Yang Huairen's judgment, You Shixiong seems to really see a tall and majestic large city located in front of his eyes.

The reason why Jiangnan is rich is that in addition to the factors of natural conditions, the Jiangnan area is far away from the border areas and there is no war, so that Jiangnan maintains a sustainable development attitude, and there is now a land of fish and rice.

The northwest frontier is completely different, deep inland, the land is barren, the population is also sparse, and the harsh natural environment and geographical environment have restricted the development of the northwest region in all aspects.

Coupled with the continuous wars and constant incursions from the Fanbanghu people, it is difficult for this land to have a long-term period of stable development.

However, this does not mean that the northwest border region has no way to develop its economy, and it also has its natural geographical advantages.

From Yang Huairen's point of view, although there was maritime trade at that time, the actual import and export volume of goods was very small, and the trade objects were basically limited to some countries in eastern and southern Asia, and the fleets that came as far as a few regions in South Asia and East Africa were only one or two ships a year.

The vast majority of the goods between the land and the Western Regions and more western countries were still by land, and the border states of Qinfeng Road, located in the northwest, were the main ports of trade between the Great Song Dynasty and the countries in the Western Regions.

However, in the past hundred years, because the Western Xia was separated between the Great Song Dynasty and the countries of the Western Regions, and controlled the trade routes between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Regions, the trade and cultural exchanges between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Regions were in a stage of stagnation.

The Western Xia did not allow merchants from the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Regions to do business between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Regions, but they would collect high tariffs from them, and they would limit the types and quantities of goods on a large scale, and only allow their own merchants to deal in lucrative goods such as sycophants and tea.

As a result, the northwest frontier region was unable to develop its economy through commercial means, which to a certain extent limited the development of the northwest of the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the previous wars of the Song and Xia Dynasty were not as simple as simply fighting for the land and territory of several states and counties, and the deeper reasons here are the fundamental interests that caused all this.

At this point in history, a large-scale war was destined between the Western Xia and the Great Song Dynasty, which put an end to the dispute that had been fought for many years before.

Zhang Xuan is a person who understands the truth very well, so after he returned to the court and was appointed as the prime minister by Zhao Xu, in addition to assisting Zhao Xu in implementing his new policy, the preparation for the Western Xia War is the most important thing he is doing now.

Zhao Xu had his idea when he sent a person of Zhang Dun's status to attend the inauguration ceremony of a painless Culinary Academy.

Zhang Dian may not have known much about Yang Huairen before, but after passing the matter of ordering troops on the battlefield, he must have been deeply impressed by Yang Huairen.

After hearing a lot about what Yang Huairen had done from other people's mouths, and after opening up his heart at that banquet, Zhang Dian also understood how to use Yang Huairen to help him realize his political ideals.

Whether Zhang Dian used Yang Huairen's novel ideas, his method of training the forbidden soldiers, or his financial resources, Yang Huairen would play an incomprehensible but very important key role in what Zhang Dian wanted to do.

Yang Huairen knew this in his heart, and he naturally knew that Zhang Dian had some words and some things that he clearly wanted to use him, and in his opinion, why didn't he use Zhang Dian's political ideals to realize his ideals?

Politics, to put it bluntly, is the process of using each other to achieve their own goals, which is the real explanation of "mutual benefit" that we often hear.

Yang Huairen was also happy to be used like this, so when he left Beijing, he arranged everything.

Secretly coming to visit You Shixiong seems to be a casual move, but it is actually one thing he must do in his plan to make a detour along the way.

revealed a lot of things to You Shixiong, but also let You Shixiong know in his heart, since the mountain rain is coming, let him prepare in advance, including material and psychological.

The so-called two good things that Yang Huairen did for the northwest are, on the one hand, that he really has the intention to do something practical for the people and the soldiers of the border army in the northwest border areas, and on the other hand, in Yang Huairen's plan, he will also get huge benefits from these two good things.

If what he predicted was correct, in the next few years, if the place he circled really gradually developed into a border trade base, it would be the largest commodity distribution center for trade between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Regions in the future.

How much profit there is here, how much money can be made, it is difficult to calculate and imagine.

Of course, in addition to the huge profits and wealth that he himself will receive, the entire Great Song Dynasty will also receive a lot of benefits. Needless to say, the benefits of the people are not much to say, the Great Song Dynasty is rich in products, and merchants sell these products to the Western Regions, which will greatly promote the upgrading of various local industries.

The prosperity of the people does not dare to say that it benefits everyone, but it is predictable for the improvement of the living standards of the vast majority of the people.

As for the strength of the country, the effect will be more obvious after this matter continues to brew and ferment.

For example, the horses that the Great Song Dynasty lacked the most will be greatly innovated in terms of quantity and quality. In the past, the trade of horses was strictly controlled by the Great Liao and Western Xia, and the Great Song Dynasty was also helpless.

The number of horses in the Great Song Dynasty was not much, and most of these horses were mules and horses used for farming, and there were actually very few horses suitable for war horses, and there were only more than 30,000 horses in the forbidden army in the Great Song Dynasty at that time.

If the trade routes between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Regions were not blocked, the Great Song Dynasty would no longer have to be restricted by the Great Liao, and instead imported and purchased fine horses from the Western Regions.

There were more horses, and the imperial court no longer had to force households in the northwest and some areas in the north to raise horses, but chose a more efficient and centralized way of raising horses in a large-scale base style led by the imperial court.

In this way, the demand for horses for the forbidden army and other border armies will be alleviated in a short time, and those households who are forced to help the imperial court raise horses will also be liberated to engage in other industries that they like and are good at, and live a better life.