Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1090, Learn from the Ming people

At the Daming Royal Hotel in Beijing, Chaland, the ambassador sent to Daming by the Emperor Ismail of the Persian Empire, was drinking morning tea leisurely while reading the newspaper.

When you come to Daming, the best way to understand Daming is to read newspapers.

Daming Morning Post, Daming Medical Journal, Daming Confucian Daily, Daming Business Daily, etc. With the popularity of Daming Morning Post throughout the Ming Dynasty, various newspapers have also sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain.

Through various newspapers, one can clearly understand what happened in all aspects of Daming.

"It's really an empire that is so powerful that it makes people despair!"

"The steel output of the Miyun Iron and Steel Works alone in one month is greater than the annual output of our Wave Empire as a whole."

"Tianjin Shipyard can launch hundreds of large ships a month, and manufacture thousands of ships a year, and there are several such shipyards in the entire Ming Dynasty, all over the major coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty."

Charland couldn't help sighing while watching.

The strength of Ming Dynasty is not only the strength of military power, but also the most powerful country in the world in terms of economy, culture, technology and so on.

If any aspect is compared, it is far stronger than the Persian Empire, and it can even be said that there is no comparison.

"Yes, Daming is indeed too powerful!"

Next to Chaland, Rasul, the permanent ambassador of the Persian Empire to Ming Dynasty, also sighed.

He has been in Daming for more than two years. Here in the capital of Daming, he has seen a real prosperous empire, a big city with millions of people, tall buildings, roaring factories, and straight and spacious roads. Concrete roads and proud and confident Daming people.

All of these left a deep impression on Rasul, and also made Chang often sigh.

"I came to Daming this time not only to buy arms and weapons from Daming, but more importantly, to visit Daming and learn the strength of Daming."

"Our great Majesty, although he is young, he is a hero of a generation, with great talents and bold plans, who inspires us to revive our great Persian Empire."

"But you also know the situation we are facing in Persia. The Ottoman Empire in the west is always our biggest threat. On the plateau in the east, there are still many tribes who are unwilling to submit to His Majesty's rule."

"In the words of the Ming people, we in Persia are facing internal and external troubles now."

Charland thought for a while and said to Rasul beside him.

"Your Majesty is so talented, we in Persia will surely be able to regain the glory of the Persian Empire under the leadership of Your Majesty!"

Speaking of Ismay, Rasul immediately said very solemnly.

"Have you ever visited Daming factories, shipyards, etc?"

Chaland nodded, thought for a while and asked Rasul.

"No, we foreigners have extremely strict restrictions in Ming Dynasty, even if I am an envoy of the Persian Empire, the same is true."

"I can't visit the factories and workshops of the Ming people, and I can't even leave the capital without the permission of the Ming government."

After hearing this, Rasul shook his head helplessly.

In this regard, Ming Dynasty was very strict in managing foreigners who were not vassal states, vassal states, or colonies.

"Because I am a foreign envoy, I can stay in Daming for a long time. If it is an ordinary foreign businessman, the time of stay in Daming is limited, and the area of ​​stay is also limited. Open port cities to stay."

"And on Daming's side, we can't do many things, otherwise we will violate the laws of Daming, and the punishment will be extremely severe."

"For example, in Daming, you are not allowed to preach to anyone. Once you are found out, you will be executed directly."

Rasul shook his head repeatedly as he spoke.

Daming people are a bit xenophobic, at least the many policies issued by the government are like this. In addition, Daming people are very proud and look down on foreigners extremely, thinking they are barbarians, uncivilized, barbaric and unreasonable.

"I heard that the most advanced textile and looms in Ming Dynasty use something called a steam engine. The amount of spinning and weaving in a day is dozens or hundreds of times that of traditional spinning and looms."

"I heard that Daming's Miyun Iron Works is the best steel plant in Daming, and its monthly output is higher than the annual output of our entire Persian country."

"There are also their shipyards and cement factories. This cement is a good thing. If we can learn the cement manufacturing technology and return to Persia, we can also build cement roads in Persia that are as spacious and durable as Daming. You can also build strong walls."

Charland frowned slightly, and said after thinking about it.

"However, the people of Daming do not allow us to visit these factories and workshops at all. Although I have tried my best to inquire about these technologies, but with little success."

Rasul shook his head slightly.

"You should apply to the Ming court and express our wishes to us. Let's see what Daming has to say first."

Charland thought for a while and ordered.

"Yes~"

Rasul nodded quickly.

"Let's go, let's take a stroll around Daming's capital~"

After breakfast, Charland got up and left Daming Royal Hotel, and wandered around Daming's capital very casually.

The area where the Daming Royal Hotel is located is located outside the traditional capital, in the southern suburbs of the capital. The land in this area was basically bought by Liu Jin and the crown prince, so it is naturally a key development area.

Everything is planned very neatly. There are straight and spacious concrete roads connecting all directions. The neighborhoods are very lively and the streets are extremely noisy. There are also academies founded by Liu Jin, which occupy a huge area and recruit students. Lots of students.

"These tall buildings are all built with reinforced concrete~"

Rasul accompanied Chaland for a casual stroll, watching while walking, and also introduced Chaland to the situation in the capital in detail.

"It's all built with reinforced concrete?"

"How much steel does that take?"

When Charland heard this, he looked at the tall buildings around him. They were actually not very tall, most of them were five or six stories high, but for this era, they were tall buildings.

Looking around, the two sides of the spacious street are full of high-rise buildings, and there are construction sites in the distance. You can already see that the buildings are very busy.

This scene was very shocking. Thinking about it again, when all these were built with cement and steel, he couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly.

Steel is very expensive in Persia, Ottoman Empire, Tianzhu, Europe and other places, because steel can not only be used to make weapons and armor, but also an important material for military defense. To build farm tools, tools, etc., is also an important material for production and life.

But in this era, the production of steel in various countries is very low, and the quality is also very poor. As a result, the price of steel in various countries is generally very high.

Persia is no exception. The price of steel is very high, and the blacksmiths who forge iron are considered to be people of status.

However, now I heard that these Daming people used steel extravagantly to build houses, and looking at it, there are tall buildings everywhere. Only the Daming people themselves know how much steel is used here.

"In Daming, steel production is very large. They not only use steel bars to build houses, but also use a lot of steel bars to build bridges, roads, dams, reservoirs, etc."

"The huge demand also made Daming's iron and steel enterprises develop rapidly. Now the largest iron and steel enterprises in Ming Dynasty, Miyun Iron Works, Songhu Iron Works, Qiongzhou Iron Works, Nanyang Iron Works, Liaodong Iron Works, etc., the output of any iron and steel plant It’s all astonishing.”

"But Daming's demand for steel is even greater. Now the people of Daming use a lot of steel in almost every aspect. They even use machines to cultivate the land. No amount of steel is enough for them."

Rasul shook his head as he spoke.

In this regard, he has a focus.

Because he knew the importance of steel, and also knew that the Persian Empire needed steel very much.

In Persia, steel is a precious resource. The Persian Empire needed steel to make weapons and equipment, etc., and then to make farm tools and cultivate food.

However, on the Ming side, the Ming people insisted on embedding high-quality steel into concrete to build houses, bridges, roads, etc., which is really a waste.

It's just a waste of money!
"Using steel in this way, it is true that no amount of steel is enough for them."

After hearing this, Charland also sighed.

Look at the Daming people on the street, everyone is wearing decent clothes, in this winter, everyone has cotton clothes on their bodies, their complexions are ruddy and shiny, obviously they are well fed and warmly dressed, and their spirits are quite good.

When looking at these Persians, they still straighten their backs, raise their eyes slightly, and look very confident.

"This is Daming!"

"When we in Persia were still worrying about food, people in Daming had already lived an extremely rich life."

"Look at these Ming people. Compared with them, we Persians are far behind. Not only food, clothing, housing and transportation, but also this kind of self-confidence!"

Charland couldn't help sighing.

"Yes, Daming people are very confident and proud!"

"The beggars of the Ming people don't even want alms from foreigners like us. Once a foreigner gave a gold bar to a beggar in Tianjin, but the other party didn't want it."

Rasul nodded, followed by a sigh.

"Our Persian Empire is also a great civilization with an ancient and long history like the Ming Empire. As long as we study hard, we can also become stronger, richer, and more confident like the people of Ming Dynasty."

"However, the most important thing now is to buy arms and weapons from Daming and learn the techniques of the Ming people."

(End of this chapter)