Chapter 2117, Grandma Liu enters the Grand View Garden
In the first year of Zhengde, as the day for the enthronement ceremony got closer and closer, the entire capital began to be immersed in joy.
The new emperor's accession to the throne this time is very different from the past. First of all, the beloved and respected Emperor Hongzhi is still here. Although his health is not very good and he can't see, he is still there. This is why he is still here.
Countless people in the Ming Dynasty were extremely happy, enshrining Emperor Hongzhi's longevity tablet at home, and constantly looking forward to his recovery.
Secondly, this time the emperor’s coronation ceremony was held. Countries and regions from all over the world were invited to participate, from the Ming Empire’s own colonies and vassal states to the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, to the Ottoman Empire, the Persian Empire, and Egypt.
The Spanish Empire, Portugal, France, England, etc., and even the Holy See have received invitations from the Ming Empire and have sent people to attend the enthronement ceremony of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty.
This can definitely be said to be the real coming of all nations!
It is more prosperous and lively than any previous dynasty in history, and the whole world is involved. This is definitely something that has never happened in any previous dynasty.
Missions from all over the world also arrived in the capital one after another, adding a lot of exotic colors from all over the world to the entire capital.
This is a bustling commercial street in Beijing.
Duke Hans, who was ordered by King Henry VIII of England to cross the ocean and come to the Ming Empire, was strolling around the commercial district in front of him like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.
"Oh, God!"
"There are too many people here, the shops here are too luxurious, and there are too many types of products here!"
Hans couldn't help but sigh.
Even though he is the Duke of England and has been to Hong Kong several times, the commercial district in Hong Kong pales in comparison to the commercial district in the capital of the Ming Empire.
The commercial street in the new area of Daming South District is a pedestrian commercial area with several adjacent streets. It is several miles long and the entire area is filled with various shops.
It is already the favorite place for people in the capital to go shopping on weekdays. On weekends, it is even more crowded. You can eat, drink and have fun nearby. It is definitely one of the favorite places for people in the capital.
Looking at the commercial street in front of him, there was a very large flow of people, but this was not what surprised Duke Hans the most. What really surprised him were the shops here.
Daming's commercial development has become more and more prosperous. In the commercial street, almost all shops use glass windows and walls, allowing people to see various products inside from the outside.
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Each store is extremely luxuriously decorated and looks magnificent, colorful and beautiful under the various lights.
Duke Hans also experienced electric lights in Hong Kong, but in the Ming Dynasty, electric lights were already a very common thing, especially in the commercial streets, which were the first places to use lights.
Take a closer look at the products in these stores. They are very comprehensive. There is nothing you can’t imagine. There is nothing you can’t buy here. Even wine, cheese, ham, etc. from Europe are sold in specialized stores here.
The products are all top quality.
"God, this thing is too expensive. This piece of clothing costs hundreds of Ming Dynasty silver dollars!"
Soon, Duke Hans was attracted by a beautiful dress, but when he saw the price marked next to it, he couldn't help but shake his head.
Although as a Duke, Hans had a good income, but spending hundreds of taels of silver to buy a piece of clothing was no different from a fool in his opinion.
"These Ming people are so rich!"
Duke Hans looked at his clothes and suddenly felt that he seemed to be out of class.
The Ming Dynasty people around are all dressed in fashionable and clean clothes, and all of them look good-looking. Especially the clothes worn by these Ming Dynasty women are extremely beautiful, with bright colors and various styles, coming from all over the world.
The clothes and styles can be seen.
As well as the clothes worn by the Ming Dynasty men around them, all of them looked like real aristocrats, elegant and polite.
"Too expensive, too expensive!"
Hans couldn't help but shook his head. He was still thinking about buying a few sets of clothes for his wife and mistress. But looking at the price, he suddenly felt that his wallet was empty. He had better look at other things.
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The surrounding Ming people couldn't help but look at Hans as they passed by, and then they all hurried away, holding their noses.
This made Hans confused. He smelled his own scent again. Yes, he had already sprayed perfume before going out. This perfume was purchased from Hong Kong.
What do these people mean?
On a road in the Xincheng Industrial Zone in the southern district of Beijing, Ibrahim brought his entourage to the Mercedes-Benz car factory. After informing the factory of his identity, Duan Hai, the director of the factory, also warmly entertained him.
Ibrahim and his party.
Here is the automobile production line. Duan Hai took Ibrahim and others to visit the factory's production line.
"This production line is one of the many production lines in our Mercedes-Benz car factory. It can produce a Mercedes-Benz car every five minutes."
Duan Hai was very proud to introduce the production situation of the factory to Ibrahim.
As the earliest automobile factory in the Ming Dynasty and the most luxurious automobile brand in the Ming Dynasty, the Mercedes-Benz Automobile Factory has always attached great importance to technological innovation and the application of new technologies.
Not only are we working hard on automobile improvement, production, industry, quality, comfort and many other aspects, we are also constantly improving the production process of automobiles, adopting a large number of mechanized production and streamlined production models, so as to continuously
Improve the quality and reliability of automobiles while reducing automobile production costs.
"Can you produce a Mercedes-Benz car in 5 minutes?"
When Ibrahim heard Duan Hai's words, his eyes widened slightly.
If you take a closer look at the assembly line in front of you, you will be deeply shocked by its efficiency.
In the car production line in front of us, starting from the very beginning, a car comes down step by step, and parts are quickly assembled one by one. At the final exit, it becomes a brand new car.
Throughout the process, a large number of machines were used, which was very efficient.
Look at the factory in front of you. It is very clean and tidy. Everything is in order. All the workers are wearing uniform clothes and are working hard.
"Truly worthy of being the pearl of the Ming Empire!"
Ibrahim couldn't help but sigh.
The automobile industry is known as the industrial pearl of the Ming Empire.
What you see in front of you is just the tip of the iceberg of its huge industrial system. Relying on its strong industrial capabilities and technological capabilities, the Ming Empire has a complete automobile industry.
Not just the Mercedes-Benz cars in front of you, the Ming Empire owned dozens of brands of cars, large and small, and could produce tens of millions of cars a year.
The steel required to produce these cars alone is a very huge amount, but the Ming Empire also has an extremely large steel industry.
Steel plants such as Miyun Steel Plant, Tianjin Steel Plant, Songhu Steel Plant, Qiongzhou Steel Plant, etc. are large in scale, have extremely large output, and their technology has always been the most advanced in the world.
Yesterday, he went to visit the Miyun Iron and Steel Plant. There were huge blast furnaces. When the blast furnaces were turned on and pots of molten iron flowed out, he truly understood the huge gap between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire.
difference.
It’s far more than just what you see on the surface like railways, high-rise buildings, factories, etc. The difference may be thousands of miles.
Just like the Mercedes-Benz car factory in front of us, it has standardized the production of all parts, and the error of each part is controlled within a very small range, so it can achieve standard assembly line production.
Otherwise, if any component fails, the entire assembly line will be affected and cannot continue to operate.
The Ottoman Empire could not do this alone.
Until now, the Ottoman Empire has not been able to truly unify its domestic weights and measures, let alone achieve industrialized and standardized production.
But it is possible in the Ming Empire. Their automobile manufacturing industry is extremely developed, and many automobile factories have even joined forces to formulate relevant automobile standards to jointly solve many problems and difficulties encountered in the process of automobile development.
This greatly promoted the development of the automobile industry in the Ming Empire.
This is also one of the important reasons why the Ming Empire was able to produce tens of millions of cars per year. The standardized assembly line-like production was very efficient.
"Ha ha!"
"Da Ming's cars are naturally the best cars!"
"Among all cars, our Mercedes-Benz is naturally the best."
"Our Mercedes-Benz cars have been constantly innovating and using many new technologies. For example, our cars can now drive at night because we have installed electric lights and batteries to store electricity. Even at night,
You can still drive with the lights on."
When Duan Hai heard this, he immediately introduced the many advantages of Mercedes-Benz cars in detail with great pride.
Ibrahim also listened carefully, but he was thinking rapidly in his mind.
"If we in the Ottoman Empire want to build our own cars, where should we start?"
"With so many parts and so many processes and techniques, can we really make it?"
The car factory in front of him shocked him so much!
