Chapter 2127, the industrialization plan of the Ottoman Empire
The Imperial Palace of the Ottoman Empire is located on the hillside of Istanbul. From the walls of the palace, you can overlook the entire city of Istanbul and have a panoramic view of all the scenery.
As night fell, darkness enveloped the earth, and lights began to light up everywhere in the palace.
The young Emperor Suleiman stood on the city wall overlooking Istanbul in front of him, with Ibrahim standing next to him.
"You said that in the cities of the Ming Dynasty, the lights are brightly lit at night. Is that true?"
Emperor Suleiman looked at the city of Instanbul in front of him. As night fell, it was almost completely dark, with only a few places showing weak firelight.
There is no beautiful scenery at night, there is nothing to see except looking up at the stars in the sky.
"Yes, great Sultan!"
"In the cities of Ming Dynasty, people basically have to go to work during the day, so they don't have time to play. But at night, lights are brightly everywhere. Their electric lights have become very popular, and there are even some in the city.
Specialized street lights are provided by the government at the expense of the government.”
"At night, the lights of thousands of houses light up, and there are so many high-rise buildings, so it looks very spectacular and beautiful."
"They even held the football match in the evening. A football match can attract tens of thousands of people to watch, and the seats are packed."
"There are also theaters that are the most lively at night. When the singing reaches the climax, countless silver dollars are poured from the audience to the stage."
"The commercial street is crowded with people, and the lights in every store are turned on, which is brighter than during the day."
Ibrahim replied solemnly.
Only by truly visiting the Ming Empire in person can you truly feel the prosperity, dependence and advancement of the Ming Empire, just like this night.
The capitals of the Ottoman Empire were dark, but even many small counties in the Ming Empire now had electricity, and they were bustling and lively at night.
In this aspect alone, we can see the huge difference between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire.
"Light the lamp."
Suleiman remained silent, not knowing whether he did not believe what Ibrahim said or whether he was unwilling to accept the huge differences between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire.
After thinking about it, Suleiman also wanted to see for himself how magical and bright this electric lamp was.
"yes!"
Ibrahim nodded and replied, then nodded to the people around him.
At this time, in the palace behind him, a high-end glazed lamp had been hung on the top of the palace, the wiring had been connected, and a series of small lamps of various colors had been arranged everywhere.
In the palace, many important ministers and nobles of the Ottoman Empire were waiting early.
There are only a few people who have seen an electric light. Most people have not seen an electric light. Although they have heard about the magic and brightness of an electric light, they have always thought that it is similar to an oil lamp or something.
"start!"
Following Ibrahim's order.
The two Ottoman Empire strongmen also began to turn the hand-cranked generator.
This hand-cranked generator is the first generator specially manufactured by Daming Electric Company. It is specially used to supply places that are not powered by electricity but still need electricity.
In addition, it can be used as a backup power supply for hospitals, schools, etc. Of course, generators driven by internal combustion engines have also been developed. However, considering the problem of purchasing gasoline around the world, this old-fashioned hand-cranked generator is also provided for everyone.
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"Huh~"
As the two strong men began to turn the hand-cranked generator, the magnetic field continued to cut, and a steady stream of electricity began to be produced.
The originally dark palace suddenly became brighter.
The glazed chandeliers above everyone's heads were extremely luxurious and beautiful in design. Especially when the lights were on, the glazed chandeliers bloomed with bright light, instantly piercing the surrounding darkness.
"Wow~"
Many ministers of the Ottoman Empire opened their mouths in surprise and looked up at the glazed lamp above their heads. Such a bright light was far beyond what candlelight or oil lamps could compare with.
Look at the many colorful decorative lights around, all in various colors, they look very beautiful and gorgeous. The originally ordinary pillars look like treasures at this moment.
"This is the electric light!"
"I always thought that electric lamps and oil lamps were just about the same, but I didn't expect them to be so bright."
"Yes, there are actually various colors. How is this done?"
"It's amazing!"
Many ministers of the Ottoman Empire kept discussing and lamenting the magic and brightness of electric lights.
No wonder those Ming businessmen have been praising their Ming lamps all the time. People still think that these Ming people only know how to brag.
Only now do I realize that this is not the people of Ming Dynasty bragging, but that everyone has not seen the world, so they think others are bragging.
After actually seeing the electric light, everyone realized that this Ming Dynasty man was not bragging at all. This electric light is really very bright.
Emperor Suleiman looked at the bright palace in front of him, then at the glazed lamp above his head and the small lamps decorated around him, and now he understood that Ibrahim was not lying.
If there were such electric lights everywhere in the city of the Ming Dynasty, then the whole city would indeed be brightly lit, as bright as day.
"We in the Ottoman Empire must start our own path to industrialization!"
Emperor Suleiman soon made a decision in his mind.
"Everyone, what do you think of this electric light?"
Su Laiman came to his throne, sat down slowly, looked at the ministers and asked.
"The great Sultan~"
"This electric lamp is very magical. It is like daylight. It is really amazing!"
"Yes, we should buy more electric lights from the Ming Dynasty to decorate our great Instanbul and make the whole city brighter."
The ministers also expressed their thoughts one after another.
"When Ibrahim came back from the Ming Dynasty, he told me that every city in the Ming Dynasty was brightly lit at night, just like daylight."
"I didn't believe it at first, but now I do!"
"Everyone, look at our Instanbul. It is completely dark at night. Can you imagine the brightly lit scene at night in the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty?"
"Ibrahim told me that the Ming Dynasty's automobile factory can produce a car every five minutes; one of their steel plants produces more steel in a month than our entire country produces in a year.
Many, many; one of their mills can spin more cloth in a month than our entire country produces in a year."
"One of their shipyards can launch hundreds of ships in a month; one of their farmers can farm thousands or even tens of thousands of acres of land, and the grain they produce even when shipped to our country is higher than ours.
Cheaper and better quality.”
"I don't know how you feel, but for me, all I see is despair. Just like the outside world, the future of our Ottoman Empire is dark, with no light in sight."
"We always say that we want to seek revenge from the Ming Dynasty people and regain the lost land and glory!"
"But who of you can truly know the huge gap between our Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire?"
Emperor Suleiman stood up and spoke to everyone present in an extremely serious manner as he walked.
After all, he is still too young. He has only been on the throne for a few years, and the power is not yet fully in his hands. Therefore, he still needs to discuss with these ministers and get their support to do anything he wants to do.
After hearing Su Laiman's words, everyone fell silent.
How big is the gap between it and the Ming Empire?
I’m afraid only the Lord knows this.
"Everyone, we in the Ottoman Empire can no longer continue in the same muddleheaded way as before!"
"We must learn from the Ming Empire and learn from the Ming people's industrialization and mechanization. Only if we master the same strong production capacity and advanced technology as the Ming people can we have a chance to compete with the Ming people."
Su Laiman looked at everyone and expressed his plan.
"Great Sultan, I wonder how you want to learn from the Ming people?"
Pasha stood up and asked.
"We must learn from the Ming people comprehensively. We must learn from the Ming people to use textile machines to weave cloth. We must also learn from the Ming people to make steel and use the Ming people's technology to make steel and build steel plants."
"We also need to build our own cement factory, build a large number of cement roads, railways and trains like the Ming people; we even need to study this electric light like the Ming people, and rely on our own abilities to make electric lights and use them.
Electric lights are no closer to lighting up our own cities."
"In a word, we will learn wherever the Ming people are strong. We must catch up with the development trend of this era, otherwise the gap between us and the Ming Empire will only become wider and wider."
Su Laiman thought for a while and said very firmly.
"We in the Ottoman Empire plan to initially achieve industrialization in about ten years. In the next ten years, we will put all our energy into this, including financial, material and human resources.
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"We first learn from the Ming Dynasty people, imitate the Ming Dynasty people, and then integrate and self-innovate, and finally achieve the goal of surpassing the Ming Dynasty people."
The ministers of the Ottoman Empire were all excited when they heard Suleiman's grand plan.
If this could surpass the Ming Empire, how powerful would it be?
But after thinking about it carefully, many people feel that it may be very difficult to achieve this goal.
