Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2115, the gap is too big
On the railway leading from the river to the capital of Ming Dynasty, the mission sent by the Ottoman Empire to the Ming Empire to congratulate the son of Ming Dynasty on his enthronement was impressively among them.

Ibrahim put down the books in his hand and looked outside. The endless wilderness was extremely vast, the cold wind was howling, and the world was vast. From time to time, he could see a large herd of wild horses and wild camels looking for food in the wilderness.

The vast area in front of me has not been developed since it was brought under the rule of the Ming Empire. However, compared to the vast land, it is still sparsely populated.

Most of the population is concentrated in towns and cities. Apart from the towns and cities, the rest of the land is an endless open field, a vast grassland.

There are a large number of wild animals living on this vast grassland, wild horses, wild camels, wild sheep, wolves, foxes, wild deer, etc. When taking the train, you can easily see these wild animals.

Decades ago, the Ming army swept across the Western Regions and the Hezhong region, killing countless people wherever they passed, and directly turned this vast land with an area of ​​more than two million square kilometers into a desolate no-man's land.

Although millions of Ming immigrants migrated to the Hezhong area later, most of the area here is still uninhabited and has become a paradise for wild animals. Over the past few decades, the scale of these wild animals has become more and more numerous. More and more, it has become a landscape in the river area.

"Da Ming people are really extravagant!"

"It is such a waste that such a vast grassland with abundant water and grass has been left barren and turned into a paradise for wild animals!"

Ibrahim couldn't help but sigh.

Although he had heard countless rumors about the Ming Empire in the past, it was only when he actually set foot on the Great Ming Empire that he truly appreciated the vastness, wealth, advancement and strength of the Ming Empire.

The vastness of Ming Dynasty is just spread out on the map of the world, and you will know it by looking at your itinerary this time. From Nanyun Province, take a train through Nanyun Province, then arrive at Hezhong, then enter the Western Regions, then Gansu, and then enter Daming. In the mainland, it will take several provinces to finally reach the Ming Empire.

With such a vast distance and journey, it is only a part of the vast territory of the Ming Empire.

However, even this part of the territory is already extremely large for the Ottoman Empire, several times that of the Ottoman Empire.

Such a vast land is so huge that it is beyond imagination. The sun will not set on the land of the Ming people. I have only experienced a small part of the real empire on which the sun never sets.

The second is the wealth of the Ming Empire. It only passed through Nanyun Province and Hezhong Province. The richness of the two places left an extremely profound impact on Ibrahim.

Where the railway passed, he could see a large number of neatly built and extremely beautiful houses. These houses built with reinforced concrete are just ordinary people's houses.

But even the houses of ordinary people are already so beautiful. What is even more incredible is that almost all villages have been connected to concrete roads. The spacious concrete roads connect the four directions. From time to time, cars, motorcycles and various All kinds of trucks seemed to be showing off to Ibrahim the wealth of the Ming people.

What really shocked Ibrahim was the railway in front of him. When he opened the Daming Railway Map published by the Ming Empire, he could clearly see that the railways of the Ming Empire had already criss-crossed and extended in all directions.

There is a large Eurasian railway running from east to west, from Houzhao City in the west to the port of Vladivostok in the east of Ming Dynasty. The total journey is tens of thousands of kilometers.

There is also a railway built from the northernmost Beihai City to the Daming Nanyang Elephant Forest, and from the coldest zone to the tropical zone. The railway with tens of thousands of roads runs through the north and south.

The railway in front of me is really convenient.

It can walk day and night, travel thousands of miles a day, and can transport a large number of people and huge cargo at one time. The transportation capacity is very terrifying.

With such a railway, the Ming Empire could quickly mobilize materials and personnel from any part of the empire to another distant place.

Extremely efficient and fast!

"If only our Ottoman Empire had a railway connecting east and west!"

"It's just that the cost of this railway is too expensive!"

Just the railway made Ibrahim really feel the wealth and arrogance of the Ming people.

The cost of any railway is calculated in [-] million taels of silver, but the people of Daming have built one after another. Under the criss-crossing, the railways of Daming have formed a huge network running through the east, west, north and south of Daming, connecting Covering every province of Ming Dynasty.

Even the southwestern region, where the terrain is the most dangerous and the most difficult to build a railway, has already built the railway. How much money was spent on it is simply an astronomical figure that is difficult to count.

On the other hand, the Ottoman Empire has always said that it will build a railway from Istanbul to the Danube River. The purpose is to consolidate the Ottoman Empire's rule over the Danube River Basin, and to continuously transport food from the Danube River area to the capital.

At the same time, it can also facilitate the communication between the capital and the Danube area, and it is convenient and fast to mobilize troops to the border areas.

However, the Ottoman Empire itself did not have the technology, equipment and materials to build a railway, and only the Ming people could build such a railway.

The price quoted by the Ming people to the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire is 3 million taels of silver. It is said that it is a friendly price. It is because the terrain here is relatively flat, so the cost will not be too high, and the Ottoman Empire needs to collect a certain amount of silver. The case where the farmer comes to help.

It costs 3 million taels of silver to build such a railway!

3 million taels of silver, the annual financial revenue of the Ottoman Empire is only about 3000 million taels, and such a road can only be built under the condition of not eating or drinking for ten years.

After receiving the offer from the Daming people, Suleiman never mentioned the matter of repairing the railway, the cost was too expensive!
However, the cost of the railway was so expensive, but the people of Daming didn't even blink their eyes when they built it. They repaired it as soon as they said it. This one railway after another was built one after another, running through the east, west, north, south, and north of Daming.

Just by counting the railways built by the Ming people over the years, one can know how much money the Ming people have spent on this. Not to mention, the money spent on the railway repair alone is estimated to be more than [-] billion taels of silver.

For the Ottoman Empire, such a huge amount of wealth is really astronomical, but for the Ming Empire, they seem to enjoy it.

Not only the Ming court was willing to invest in the construction of railways, but even the common people and wealthy people of Ming Dynasty were very willing to invest in the construction of railways. A large number of railways were built with private funds.

The extremely wealthy Ming Empire invested heavily in infrastructure.

The construction of railways is only one aspect of infrastructure. The construction of roads in the Ming Empire is even more frenzied. When you open the road map of the Ming Empire, the densely packed lines have spread all over the Ming Empire. In many areas, even rural areas have already Completely hardened roads.

Railways, highways, ports, reservoirs, dams, rivers, canals, schools, etc., the people of Daming have invested crazily in infrastructure construction, and the amount is extremely huge.

"Da Ming people are really rich!"

The Ottoman officials who followed Ibrahim to Daming kept sighing along the way.

The wealth of the Ming people is not only reflected in the future, but also in the cars and motorcycles on the road. Cars and motorcycles in the Ottoman Empire were really affordable and affordable for the rich and nobles. thing.

However, in the Ming Empire, you can easily see a large number of cars and motorcycles in the towns and roads you pass along the way.

Motorcycles have almost reached the level that every household has.

"With such a great Ming Empire, how can our Ottoman Empire compare?"

"The gap is really too big!"

Ibrahim couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

Although you understand the ambitions of the three generations of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, they all want to find the Ming Empire to regain their position, to regain their face, and to avenge their shame, but after you really understand the Ming Empire, you will find that the strength gap between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire is is constantly expanding.

It is getting bigger and bigger, and it has reached the point where it is simply unattainable.

"If our Ottoman Empire wants to become as powerful as the Ming Empire, we must learn from the Ming Empire in an all-round way."

"Otherwise we will never be able to catch up with the Ming Empire, let alone become an enemy of the Ming Empire. That would be the most stupid idea!"

Ibrahim has silently come to a conclusion in his heart.

Now many countries and regions around the world are learning from the Ming Empire. For example, the Spanish Empire is learning from the Ming Empire, and Persia, Egypt, etc. are also learning from the Ming Empire.

If the Ottoman Empire wanted to be strong, it had to learn from the Ming Empire, which was also the main purpose of his coming to Ming this time.

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(End of this chapter)