Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 484 Dingxiang's core industry

Education is not something that happens overnight, and there is no rush. If Li Shimin wants Li Chengqian to manage the East Palace next year and go to the court to hear the lawsuit, Sun Xiangfu, as the prince's young teacher, will come forward to stop him. A young man with an immature heart cannot impose There's too much on him and it distorts his character.

Some time before the Spring Festival, there will be no more military tasks that require Sun Xiangfu to work, so he plans to go to Dingxiang City once. Although the snow here is thicker than Shanyang, there are still many people working. The construction time left for Chang Sun Chong is only about a year and a half. Among the two choices of shocking the world and being generous, Chang Sun Chong chose to shock the world.

Therefore, the various architectural settings in Dingxiang City will be very advanced. Here, there are even more than a dozen large restaurants and inns with different styles. If they are all completed, they can receive hundreds of thousands of people with high-quality services. Foreign guests.

The laborers who came from the Western Regions this year were brought here at his strong request. Some of them were smarter, worked as translators, and some were more attractive. They learned singing and dancing. At worst, they could also do some physical work. service industry in the city.

Moreover, Changsun Chong, who has more communication with Changsun Wuji, has already started to build a large commercial plaza in Dingxiang. Now, the main building has already been more than half completed.

"When I was helping you as the supervisor of Wangjiang Tower, I was very tired of muddy water and building these things. To be honest with you, I ran so frequently just because of the delicious snacks and food in your house. Unexpectedly Now, I kind of like the feeling of building a behemoth."

The establishment of a city under the guidance of one person is far more fulfilling than painting a huge painting. As the most central city in the middle of the Northland, Dingxiang City will carry a lot of things in the future. It may be After people from the Western Regions came to the Central Plains, they had to experience the first melting pot. The proportion of Han people here was extremely low, and the customs were very diverse. After passing here, there will be some obvious differences when going to the Central Plains.

"Are you interested in architecture? Maybe I should talk to His Majesty about this."

"Why, after the construction of Dingxiang City, what big move do you have?"

Starting next year, after two or three years of construction, Dingxiang City will enter the final stage of decoration and various construction work. Chang Sun Chong's most important task in Dingxiang will also be completed. Maybe he wants to stay here. See The development scene after Dingxiang City, but he knows that Datang still needs him a lot, and Dingxiang is just one of the footprints in the development of Beidi.

"I think that a talent like you who is good at dealing with barbarians should be placed in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, which is about to be established by the imperial court. There are the most barbarians there, and they are the most diverse. Of course, don't even think about the position of the Metropolitan Guard. , because you have no military exploits, and it is impossible for His Majesty to let your rank surpass that of your father, but it should be more than enough to be a long history of actually being in charge of specific affairs."

In order to prevent the local forces from becoming bigger, the position of Anxi Grand Protector, except for the initial stage, will definitely be taken by a minister in the court, just like Sun Xiangfu's current Anbei Grand Protector. The three more loyal Zhechong captains assisted in taking charge of the military, and carried out some rotations from time to time to prevent the local warlords from growing stronger.

At present, it seems that Cheng Yaojin is likely to be the guardian of Anxi. After all, he was the one who took down those places by himself, and he is high enough in terms of credit.However, after the real management and organizational structure is formed, he should return to Chang'an to enjoy the happiness.

Governing the Western Regions is a more challenging task than governing the North, because it is not only a multi-ethnic area, but also borders with many foreign countries. There are many things to deal with. Once it is managed like it was in the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, it will be for the entire For Datang, it is of great significance. When Sun Xiangfu suggested that Li Shimin set up the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, he also suggested that he use the most capable officials to govern here, such as Chang Sun Chong, Shang Guanyi, Liu Yong, etc. , officials who are good at governing minority areas are all among his nominations.

Not only that, after Goguryeo is taken down, it is estimated that an Andong Metropolitan Protectorate will be established, and a lot of talents will be needed. At that time, some talents in the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate will undoubtedly be dispersed. The government's governance of people's hearts is already on track, and some other officials can come over to take over, and the management can be done step by step.

After hearing Sun Xiangfu's words, Chang Sun Chong said expectantly, "You're right, Anxi Dadu Protectorate should be managed by someone like me, if I can build a few like Shanyang, Dingxiang In such a city, in the history books a hundred years later, it should not be said that I am the second generation ancestor who lived on the shadow of my father!"

Hearing Chang Sun Chong's words, Sun Xiangfu was a little relieved. He was born with a golden key in his mouth. He was supposed to be a rich second generation who played eagles and dogs in Chang'an City and ran rampant in the city. He was led on the right path by himself. Thinking of making contributions and leaving a name in history, this sense of accomplishment is much stronger than being reformed by Yu Fang as a reform-through-labour prisoner.

However, he came to Dingxiang City in person, not only to check the construction progress, but also to have some long-term plans for the positioning and development of a city. After walking on the street with Chang Sun Chong for a while, Sun Xiangfu said, "A Even if the city is not built, its business will definitely develop. If Dingxiang City wants to play a real role and prosper for a long time, it must rely on the support of many pillar industries. The characteristic of Dingxiang is that it is more Shanyang is closer to the depths of the grassland, there are more Hu people and herdsmen, and the animal husbandry is more developed. It is currently the nearest big city in Datang to Mobei. It has the entire Xue Yantuo's animal husbandry, which provides nutrients for Dingxiang. The basic conditions for agricultural output and development are basically in place, but this is far from enough."

Hearing Sun Xiangfu say that it is not far enough, Chang Sun Chong looked at him. You must know that because the geographical location is closer to Mobei than Shanyang, many merchants who used to operate in Shanyang are now going to Dingxiang. The city has moved, so don't underestimate the distance of two or three hundred miles. If you buy and sell goods at the same price, no one is willing to travel two or three hundred miles. In other words, the prosperity of Shanyang is almost doomed. It will be staged in Dingxiang, isn't it that prosperity like Shanyang is not enough in Sun Xiangfu's eyes?

"Don't be unconvinced, that Anatuo from Tianzhu this year almost exchanged most of Shanyang's goods by himself, you know!"

The big caravan of 400 camels and the big sale of [-] million jin Uzi steel ingots, Chang Sun Chong naturally heard about it, after thinking for a moment, he continued, "What do you mean, the production of goods in our northern land is not enough? "

"This is just one of the reasons. These Hu merchants purchase goods at the same price in Shanyang and Chang'an. They can save a journey of four thousand miles. I don't need to calculate the cost for you. Right! So, if they can purchase goods in Shanyang, they will directly purchase goods in Shanyang, but when they purchase goods from Perfect Yang, they will still go to Weinan to purchase goods. Why?

Because Weinan has enough kinds of goods and enough quantity of goods for them to choose and purchase, merchants have some ideas of doing business with special goods, because if only he owns a kind of goods, he will It can be sold at a better price. Shanyang has perfume, which means that some Hu merchants will come to Shanyang. What core industries does Dingxiang have to attract Hu merchants?

Not yet. Once Tai'an City, Shangqi City, and Ulan City are built, they will also produce the things produced in Dingxiang City. Then, there is no need for merchants from all directions to come to Dingxiang City to trade, because none of them They all want to replace the goods nearby to save costs. "

After Sun Xiangfu's explanation, Chang Sun Chong immediately understood that the five families in Shangqi City were trying their best to cut off the Wang family's trade with the Western Regions. With the development of the city, Dingxiang's export of animal husbandry and agriculture has basically been cut to death. That is a distance of several thousand miles, and the journey back and forth is tens of thousands of miles. Even if the price in Shangqi City is higher, Hu merchants in the Western Regions are also willing to purchase these goods nearby.

And the trade from several countries and tribes in the northeast will basically be concentrated in Ulan City in the east, and the smelting industry will be developed there in the future. This alone can attract all the merchants from the east to trade in Ulan City , because there is a lack of these things over there.In this way, Ulan City will gather all the specialties in the east, forming the characteristics that attract merchants, and Dingxiang, which is in the middle, will not only lose the commercial roads in the west, but also lose the commercial roads in the east.

"Okay, don't be fooled, come to Dingxiang City in the cold weather, I don't believe you didn't come with a plan." Changsun Chong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly turned the corner in his head.

"I know it's time-saving and lazy. Since Dingxiang has a well-developed animal husbandry industry, it should start earlier to dig deeper into this industry. For example, milk powder that can make a cup of milk with a spoonful, toffee that adults and children love to eat, if Turning it into a large industry that sells nationwide can be regarded as a core pillar industry.

There is also the meat industry. Dingxiang has a lot of coal, a lot of cattle and sheep, and the baked jerky that can last for a long time must be the lowest cost among all other places with animal husbandry. This is also a core industry.

Then, what I want to tell you today is the wool industry.

After more than a year of research in Shanyang Workshop, the craftsmen finally found a way to make wool soft and comfortable, suitable for weaving wool thread or wool fabric.

There is also a top-level textile material, cashmere, which I call the 'king of fiber', because the cashmere produced by certain breeds of sheep is much more comfortable and rare than silk, as long as the people under the rule of Dingxiang The herdsmen learned how to collect and produce these wool and cashmere, then it will make Dingxiang's economy in an invincible position. "

Even in the later generations with advanced science, top-grade cashmere is very precious. The pricing unit is usually the same as gold, which is as fine as a gram. Ordinary cashmere can also be sold for 200 yuan per catty. incomparable.However, the top cashmere generally comes from snowy areas, such as the 'Kashmir' cashmere raised and collected in the Nagchu region of Tibet, my country, which is the world's top.

Of course, Sun Xiangfu didn't expect them to be able to raise and collect these top-grade cashmere all at once. Ordinary cashmere is enough to crush all kinds of current clothing materials. After all, this is a high-end product.

And the wool cloth of mass products is also many grades better than the linen cloth commonly used now, and it will promote the revolution of clothing materials in Datang and even the whole world.

Clothing, food, housing and transportation are the four primary needs of human life. If animal husbandry can be extended to the "clothing" industry, and food is also taken into account, it will account for the two most important needs of human beings, and it will be no wonder if it declines.

"Yes, yes, no wonder you can let the Wang family develop agriculture in Dingxiang. It turns out that what you value has always been Dingxiang's animal husbandry. These industries are now in the hands of our government."

"Hehe, the Wang family only thought that they had mastered Dingxiang because they had mastered the fields and some properties around Dingxiang. In fact, it is not the case. Once the animal husbandry industry is deeply developed, the profits generated are simply incomparable to the Wang family. It can be regarded as licking bricks and tiles for the stable development of Dingxiang. The real core business cannot fall into their hands. Therefore, how to recruit workers and industrialize it is what you, the governor of Dingxiang, should do. Something happened."

(End of this chapter)