In a square of the Ottoman Palace, the young Suleiman the Magnificent was carefully looking at the things that Ibrahim brought back from the Ming Empire.
"These are the Ming Empire's gifts in return?"
The first thing Suleiman saw was naturally the largest blue Mercedes-Benz car. The majestic exterior design and noble blue paint made people like it very much, and he fell in love with it at first sight.
As a young person, there is no one who does not love beautiful women and cars. The specially customized Mercedes-Benz car in front of you is the pinnacle of technology and industry in this period, whether it is its appearance, workmanship, or other aspects.
Wherever it is placed, people will fall in love with it immediately.
"Yes, yes, this car is really nice. It looks much better than the cars I have now."
Suleiman sat in the car and felt it carefully. He was full of praise.
Cars are just like BMW, all men love them.
"Great Sultan, this is a gift from the Emperor of Heaven to you. A limited-edition customized version of the car. There are only 500 of them in the world!"
Ibrahim also nodded solemnly and said.
"This car is nice, really nice!"
Ibrahim nodded with satisfaction.
"Your Majesty, this is a motorcycle. It is also a customized motorcycle produced by the Mercedes-Benz Motorcycle Factory. It is said that its fastest speed can reach 180 kilometers per hour, but it needs to be on a flat and open cement road. If it is on uneven ground,
On the road, you can only drive slowly and at a low speed."
"This is also a bicycle produced by the Mercedes-Benz Bicycle Factory. It is said that the Emperor of Heaven likes to ride a bicycle to exercise. Riding a bicycle every day is very good for the body."
Ibrahim also introduced them one by one in detail. Although the Ming Dynasty's return gifts this time were not expensive gold, silver and jewelry, they were of many types. There were hundreds of various Ming products.
They are all high-quality products from Daming, and the quality is very good.
"Well, this motorcycle looks a little different from the motorcycles in my collection. The tires are bigger."
"And this bike looks different too."
Suleiman looked at the motorcycle and bicycle carefully. As the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, he bought a lot of cars, motorcycles, and bicycles. He also liked to drive his own cars and motorcycles for rides.
"These are specially customized versions. They are motorcycles and bicycles commemorating the first anniversary of Zhengde. They are all produced in limited quantities and have been professionally specially designed and customized."
Ibrahim said again.
"Well, not bad, not bad."
Suleiman nodded with satisfaction. Although it was said to be an industrial product, these things were considered rare in the Ming Empire because they were all custom-made and limited edition.
"This is a watch presented by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. It is called Jun Lin Tian Xia. It is a watch produced by the most powerful watch factory in Ming Dynasty. It is also a limited and customized version. Its error is very small. It is said that the error is less than 1 month.
seconds."
Ibrahim took out a beautiful small box, opened it, and revealed a beautiful watch.
"To rule the world?"
Suleiman picked up the watch and looked at it carefully, and then looked at the watch on his wrist. It seemed that this specially customized version of the watch was cooler, sparkling, and inlaid with a large number of diamonds.
"Great Sultan, this thing is called a gramophone. Put the record on it and connect it to the power supply, and it can play songs."
Soon, the two came to the gramophone, and Ibrahim also introduced the gramophone.
"Play a song?"
"This machine can also talk?"
When Suleiman heard this, his eyes widened slightly and seemed a little unbelievable. In everyone's impressions and concepts, machines cannot speak and are dead things. Only living things can speak.
"Yes~"
Ibrahim nodded solemnly, and then Akito quickly started playing.
Upon hearing this, his subordinates also moved out the hand-cranked generator and connected it to the socket and wiring. As the generator rotated, a small red light on the phonograph lit up, indicating that the surface was powered on.
Then he put the record on, and soon a song that Ming people liked began to play.
Falling flowers flying all over the sky
White snow turns into water lilies
The leaves are falling off, the boat is turning and it is dark and sad
Twilight Sa Zhao Village
Raindrops hit the eaves
A piece of Li Qingzhao's "Slow Voice" was also sung through the singing method of opera. With this unique accent and profound singing skills, even though Suleiman could not understand the Ming dialect, he could still hear the authenticity of this singing.
good.
"Incredible, incredible!"
"It's amazing that this machine can sing such a beautiful and melodious voice!"
After the song ended, Suleiman and the surrounding Ottoman ministers all widened their eyes with incredulous expressions.
This machine can actually speak, and it can do so beautifully and tactfully.
"This thing is really magical!"
Emperor Suleiman the Magnificent couldn't help but study it carefully, and found out that the seemingly simple structure could actually sing and do good business.
"Yes, it is indeed very magical."
"This time, in addition to the gramophone, there is also a camera. This camera is also very magical. It can quickly take pictures of the scene you need."
"Great Sultan, please see, this is a photo of me taking a group photo with the Emperor of Ming Dynasty and envoys from various countries outside the Jinluan Palace of the Ming Dynasty this time in the Ming Dynasty."
Ibrahim nodded solemnly. This time he went to Daming. He gained a lot and was deeply shocked.
Not to mention the richness and vastness of the Ming Empire, what really frightened him was the powerful industrial capabilities of the Ming Empire.
The automobile factory of the Ming Dynasty could produce a car in five minutes.
A car has been studied by people in the Ottoman Empire. There are tens of thousands of large and small parts. The Ottoman Empire cannot even produce the simplest screws on it.
The gap is so huge that it’s disappointing!
What is even more terrifying is that the Ming Empire is developing very fast, with all kinds of new things and inventions emerging in endlessly, while the Ottoman Empire has not made much progress and development over the years.
This made Ibrahim feel that the Ottoman Empire must fully learn from the Ming Empire and learn the industry and technology of the Ming people. Only in this way can the Ottoman Empire slowly catch up with the Ming Empire. Otherwise, it will take several decades.
By that time, the Ottoman Empire could no longer compare with the Ming Empire.
"camera?"
"Picture?"
When Suleiman took the photo and looked at it, his eyes widened slightly. The photo in front of him actually showed the Jinluan Palace of the Ming Dynasty very clearly. Outside the Jinluan Palace, everything about the people was clearly photographed.
"The one in the middle is the Emperor of Heaven, right?"
Suleiman looked at it carefully, and quickly focused on Zhu Houzhao, who was wearing a dragon robe and a gold-silk winged crown in the middle, and asked.
"Yes, this is the Emperor of Heaven!"
"I'm in this position."
Ibrahim nodded quickly and pointed to his location.
"Oh, it's really clear. It's much clearer and more accurate than the painting."
Suleiman looked carefully, then looked at Ibrahim, and immediately nodded.
"This is the camera. Your Majesty, let me try it out for you first."
Ibrahim smiled and nodded.
Then he ordered someone to take out his camera and quickly take a photo of himself.
This Ming Dynasty man not only gave away the camera, but also specifically taught people how to use the camera.
After a while, a photo was developed.
Suleiman looked at the developed photo, then looked at the place where Ibrahim had just taken the photo, and compared it carefully.
"It's really amazing, how can this be painted with such strong light?"
Suleiman thought it was very magical, and he carefully opened the photo and looked at the front and back several times.
"Great Sultan, this is the power of the Ming Dynasty!"
"The Ming Dynasty's new science specializes in astronomy, geography, physics, chemistry, biology, etc., and has made great progress in all aspects, so they can create powerful machines."
"This time, I visited Damingren's factory. Their automobile factory is very advanced. With the assembly line production method, they can produce a car in five minutes."
Ibrahim nodded solemnly and said.
"Can you produce a car in five minutes?"
When Suleiman heard this, his eyes widened slightly. In his opinion, this car was extremely expensive and should not be easy to make. Who knew that this Ming Dynasty man could produce one in five minutes?
A car, this speed is too scary.
"Yes, Your Majesty, their factories use a lot of machines, and the efficiency is very high. People in the Ming Dynasty use all kinds of machines, whether they are farming, weaving, or producing cars, machinery, etc., the efficiency is very high."
"This is where the Ming Empire is truly powerful!"
"I have also visited their steel plant. The steel smelted at one time is very huge. The output of a steel plant in a few days is greater than the steel output of our entire country in a year."
"Their shipyard can build hundreds of large ships at the same time, and the efficiency is very high. Ships are launched almost every year."
"In their textile factories, countless machines are rotating. As the machines rotate, the weaving speed is very fast. The cloth output of one factory in one month is greater than that of our entire country."
"If our Ottoman Empire doesn't learn from the Ming Empire now, I'm afraid the gap will be even greater in the future. What will our Ottoman Empire do to compete with the Ming Empire?"
"We must learn from the people of Ming Dynasty comprehensively!"
