Chapter 2220 The industrialization path of the Ottoman Empire
In the fertile Danube basin, Ibrahim traveled to many places in detail. Almost every place was the same as here in Constantinople. The originally fertile fields turned into grasslands, and people no longer grew food, but instead raised sheep and cattle.
The wool and beef produced here were continuously sold to the Ming Empire, which brought considerable profits to the nobles and lords here, and also brought considerable tax revenue to the Ottoman Empire's treasury.
It seemed that everything was going well, but Ibrahim always felt that something was wrong, and there seemed to be a huge hidden danger inside.
But he still couldn't figure out what was wrong and what kind of hidden dangers there were.
With such doubts, Ibrahim returned to Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
He really wanted to go to Suleiman to report everything he saw in the Danube region, but the ruler Suleiman went to inspect the Ottoman textile factory that had just been completed and put into operation.
So Ibrahim hurried to the Ottoman textile factory in the suburbs.
At this moment, here in the Ottoman Textile Factory, there are many factory buildings in the huge factory. There are a large number of machines roaring in the factory. A large number of female workers are busy beside the machines, operating the machines with a little unfamiliarity, and quickly
The cotton is spun into thread and then into cloth.
Sultan Suleiman of the Ottoman Empire looked at the huge factory in front of him, the propaganda of the machines, the rotation of a large number of shuttles, the rotation of cotton threads, and in the blink of an eye, cloth came down from the production line like running water.
There was a smile on his face and he was very satisfied with this.
The Ottoman Empire finally built its first modern textile production line, officially starting the industrialization path of the Ottoman Empire.
"Your Majesty, our textile factory uses the first generation of steam-powered textile machines. Although this machine is not the most advanced, fortunately its structure is relatively simple. Our people can maintain it after studying in Daming."
"But the efficiency of this machine is quite good, and its production speed will not be worse than the most advanced electric textile machines of the Ming Dynasty."
"If it starts production at full capacity, it can produce more than 5,000 pieces of cotton cloth in a day!"
Next to Suleiman, the person in charge of the factory, Daniel, smiled and introduced the factory to Suleiman in detail.
The young sultan in front of him was talented and ambitious, determined to revitalize the Ottoman Empire, and carried out various reforms in all aspects of the Ottoman Empire.
The most important point is to follow the path of industrialization followed by the Dan Empire.
He saw that the Ming Empire became stronger due to industrialization, so he also followed the example of the Ming Empire and spent a lot of money to build a number of factories, including the textile factory in front of him, the cement factory and the steel factory under construction.
Moreover, it is said that electricity will be developed in the future, and it is promised that Istanbul will be as bright as daytime even at night, like the capital of the Ming Empire.
It's just that this road is obviously not that easy to walk.
Not to mention anything else, just in this textile factory in front of you, almost all the technology, equipment, etc. in this textile were imported from the Ming Empire at a high price.
This kind of textile production line driven by steam power was already an obsolete product in the Ming Empire. Now the people of the Ming Dynasty have gradually begun to use the third generation of electric textile machines.
No one wants this kind of steam spinning machine for a long time.
But even the backward steam textile machines were purchased at a high price by the Ottoman Empire. The total size of the machines in the entire factory cost the Ottoman Empire more than 3 million taels of silver.
Moreover, the construction, installation, transportation, etc. of this factory all depended on the people of the Ming Dynasty. Even an iron piece on the machine had to be transported from the Ming Empire.
Because in the words of Ming people, the iron sheets are also different. The ductility, toughness, etc. of iron sheets of different materials will have huge differences, which will affect the use of the machine.
The black-hearted people of Ming Dynasty dare to charge themselves a tael of silver for a piece of iron. They are simply stealing money.
There are also these people, just like their ancestors, who invited engineers from the Ming Dynasty to come here to install and debug these machines. These people from the Ming Dynasty are quite arrogant.
The salary is high, a Ming engineer actually costs more than 100 taels of silver a month, and he also has to pay extra for accommodation, food, entertainment, business trip subsidies, transportation subsidies, etc.
Adding up all these miscellaneous things, hiring an engineer from the Ming Empire would cost almost 200 taels of silver a month.
The people of the Ming Dynasty are very overseas Chinese, and when they eat, they say they want to eat the food of the Ming people themselves. They are not used to eating various cakes and other cakes from the Ottoman Empire, and they are not used to eating the mutton here.
Anyway, you have to assign chefs to the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the ingredients have to be specially imported from the Ming Dynasty, otherwise these people of the Ming Dynasty will just give up the job for you.
And the people of the Ming Dynasty are also very picky about the place to live. They said it should be similar to the Ming Empire. Not only should there be a toilet, but also electric lights and so on. Anyway, there are a lot of requirements, which is more than serving a noble master.
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The key is that in addition to these, people in Daming also have a strict work system. They only work eight hours a day and will never work overtime with you. Even if you pay more, they will not work overtime for you.
At the same time, Daming people have two days of rest every week. If there are any holidays in Daming, these people also have to take holidays. Anyway, they just won’t do anything for you. Even if you give money, they are still uncles.
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In order to let these people do a good job for him, Daniel spent a lot of effort to build a special canteen and a football field for the people of Ming Dynasty. Well, this is what they strongly requested. It is said that it is for
For relaxation and entertainment after work.
In order to allow these Ming people to work harder for themselves, Daniel even bought two beautiful female slaves for each of them, which made these Ming people look better.
But even so, the construction cycle of the entire factory took almost three years. It can be said that it took a long time and a lot of money, manpower and material resources.
"Can 5,000 pieces of cloth be produced in one day?"
"Not bad!"
When Su Laiman heard this, he immediately nodded with satisfaction.
"No wonder the Ming Dynasty's cloth is so cheap. Such production speed is indeed amazing."
Then Suleiman also sighed.
Ming people's cloth has always been in every corner of the Ottoman Empire. The Ming people's cloth is not only of good quality, but also very cheap.
Even after it was shipped to the Ottoman Empire and sold to consumers, the price of cloth from the Ming Dynasty was still much cheaper than the cloth woven locally in the Ottoman Empire.
This had a great impact on the Ottoman Empire's own craftsmen, causing a large number of craftsmen to lose an important source of income, and their lives became even worse.
It's just that during this period, everyone didn't really realize it. They just thought that the cloth of the Ming Dynasty was very cheap and of good quality, which was a bit incredible. They didn't know how the Ming Dynasty people did it.
Now looking at the machine in front of him, looking at the cloth being produced like flowing water, Suleiman can really feel the power and efficiency of the machine, the speed is so fast.
The factory in front of us can produce 5,000 pieces of cloth in one day. In these 10 days, it can produce 50,000 pieces of cloth. Calculated conservatively, it can also produce 1.5 million pieces of cloth in a year. Such a huge output is really astonishing.
The key is that this is not the most advanced textile factory in the Ming Dynasty.
"The great Sultan!"
At this time, Ibrahim came to the factory and found Suleiman, and saluted Suleiman respectfully.
"Um!"
"You are here at the right time. Come and see our textile factories in the Ottoman Empire."
"The textile factory in front of me can produce 5,000 pieces of cloth a day!"
When Suleiman saw Ibrahim, he also smiled and pointed to the factory in front of him and said.
"It's really awesome!"
Ibrahim looked at the rapidly rotating machine in front of him and nodded with a smile.
When a large number of machines rotate in an orderly and rapid manner, they give people a sense of mechanical beauty and dazzle them.
"You have been to Ming Dynasty and visited the factories of Ming Dynasty people. Can you tell me, how big is the difference between the factory in front of us and the factories of Ming Dynasty people?"
Suleiman asked Ibrahim with a smile.
"The great Sultan!"
"Objectively speaking, there is still a big gap between the factory in front of us and the factory of Daming people."
"When the Emperor of Ming Dynasty ascended the throne, I went to the Ming Empire to attend the grand ceremony and visited the factories of the Ming Dynasty people."
"The textile factory in front of us is nothing. What is really shocking is the automobile factory, the automobile factory of the Ming Dynasty. The feeling of a car being produced from component parts to becoming a car is truly shocking."
"On their assembly lines, cars are continuously produced like running water. Each production line is basically a gold mine, producing gold continuously."
Ibrahim thought about it and said very seriously.
"Um!"
"There is still a big gap between us and the Ming Empire."
"But as long as we can speed up the pace and keep moving forward, I believe we will one day catch up with the Ming Dynasty."
After hearing this, Su Laiman was not angry at all.
The power of the Ming Empire is something that is witnessed by all the world. Now I am quickly catching up with the Ming Empire, starting with simple textile factories, cement factories, and steel factories.
Next, Suleiman will also develop electricity, shipbuilding, chemical industry, oil refining, etc. He believes that with his own efforts, the Ottoman Empire will become as powerful as the Ming Empire.
There is nothing to be afraid of if there is a gap. What is terrible is the unwillingness to learn from the strengths of others and being complacent.