Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2116, Grandma Liu enters the Grand View Garden
In the first year of Zhengde, as the day of the enthronement ceremony was getting closer and closer, the entire capital began to be immersed in joy.

The enthronement of the new emperor this time is very different from the previous ones. First of all, the beloved and respected Emperor Hongzhi is still here. Although he is not in good health and his eyes are invisible, he is still there. Countless people in Daming were extremely happy, enshrining the longevity tablet of Emperor Hongzhi at home, and constantly looking forward to his recovery.

The second is the enthronement ceremony of the Son of Heaven this time. Countries and regions from all over the world were invited to participate, from the colonies and vassal states of the Ming Empire to the vassal states of the Ming Empire, and then to the Ottoman Empire, the Persian Empire, Egypt, The Spanish Empire, Portugal, France, England, etc., even the Holy See has received an invitation letter from the Ming Empire, and has sent people to attend the enthronement ceremony of the Emperor of Ming.

This can definitely be said to be the real coming of all nations!

Compared with any previous dynasty in history, it is more prosperous and more lively, and the whole world is involved, which is absolutely unprecedented in any previous dynasty.

Missions from all over the world also arrived in the capital one after another, which also added a lot of exotic colors from all over the world to the whole capital.

Here is a bustling commercial street in the capital.

Duke Hans, who was ordered by King Henry VIII of England to sail across the sea to the Ming Empire, is currently strolling around the commercial district in front of him like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

"Oh, my God!"

"There are too many people here, the shops here are too luxurious, and there are too many types of goods here!"

Hans couldn't help sighing.

Even though he is the Duke of England, although he has been to Hong Kong several times, the commercial district on the Hong Kong side is nothing compared to the commercial district on the capital of the Ming Empire.

The commercial street in the new district of Daming South District is a pedestrian commercial area with several adjacent streets. It is several miles long, and the entire area is full of various shops.

On weekdays, it is already the favorite place for people in the capital to go shopping. On weekends, it is even more crowded. You can almost do all the eating, drinking, and entertainment nearby. It is definitely one of the favorite places for people in Beijing.

Looking at the commercial street in front of him, there is a lot of traffic, but this is not what surprised Duke Hans the most. What really surprised him was the shops here.

The commercial development of Daming has become more and more prosperous until now. In the commercial street, almost all the shops use glass windows and walls, allowing people to see all kinds of goods inside from the outside. .

The shops are decorated extremely luxuriously, and under the background of various lights, they look magnificent, colorful and beautiful.

Duke Hans also experienced the electric light in Hong Kong, but electric light is already a very common thing in the capital of Daming, especially in the commercial street, where it was the first place to use light.

Take a closer look at the products in these stores. There are very complete types. There are only things you can’t think of. There is nothing you can’t buy here. Even wine, cheese, ham, etc. from Europe are also sold in special stores here. The products are still high-quality goods.

"God, this thing is too expensive, this piece of clothing costs hundreds of Ming silver dollars!"

Soon, Duke Hans was attracted by a beautiful dress, but when he saw the price marked next to it, he couldn't help shaking his head.

Although as a duke, Hans has a good income, but if he spends a few hundred taels of silver to buy a piece of clothing, it is no different from a fool in his opinion.

"These Daming people are too rich!"

Duke Hans looked at his clothes, and immediately felt that he seemed to be out of class.

These Ming people around are all dressed in fashion and clean, and they all look good, especially the clothes worn by these Ming women are extremely beautiful, with bright colors and various styles, from all over the world. Clothes and styles can be seen.

There are also the clothes worn by these Ming men around, each of them looks like a real nobleman, with a personable and courteous appearance.

"Too expensive, too expensive!"

Hans couldn't help shaking his head, thinking about buying a few sets of clothes for his wife and mistress, but looking at the price, he immediately felt that his wallet was flat, so let's talk about other things. .

When the surrounding Ming people passed by, they couldn't help but look at Hans, and then each of them clutched their noses and hurried away.

This made Hans confused, and smelled his body again. That's right, he had already sprayed the perfume before going out, and the perfume was bought from Hong Kong.

What exactly do these people mean?

On a road in the Xincheng Industrial Zone in the southern district of Beijing, Ibrahim came to the Mercedes-Benz car factory with his entourage. After reporting his identity to the factory, Duan Hai, the factory director, also warmly received him. Ibrahim and his party.

The assembly line of automobile production here, Duan Hai took Ibrahim and others to visit the production line of the factory.

"This production line is one of the many production lines in our Mercedes-Benz car factory. It can produce a Mercedes-Benz car every five minutes."

Duan Hai proudly introduced the production situation of the factory to Ibrahim.

As the earliest automobile factory in the Ming Empire and the most luxurious automobile brand in the Ming Dynasty, the Mercedes-Benz Automobile Factory has always paid great attention to technological innovation and the application of new technologies.

Not only working hard on car improvement, production, industry, quality, comfort and many other aspects, but also constantly improving the production process of cars, adopting a large number of mechanized production and streamlined production models, so as to continuously Improve the quality and reliability of the car while reducing the production cost of the car.

"Can a Mercedes be produced in 5 minutes?"

When Ibrahim heard Duan Hai's words, his eyes widened slightly.

Taking a closer look at the assembly line in front of me, I was also deeply shocked by its high efficiency.

The car production line in front of me starts from the very beginning, and each car goes down step by step, quickly assembling parts one by one, and it becomes a brand new car at the final export place.

During the whole process, a lot of machines are used in large quantities, and the efficiency is very high.

Look at the factory in front of me again, it is very clean and tidy, everything is in order, all the workers are wearing uniform clothes, and are busy earnestly.

"As expected of the Pearl of the Ming Empire!"

Ibrahim couldn't help sighing.

The automobile industry is known as the industrial pearl of the Ming Empire.

What you see in front of you is just the tip of the iceberg in its huge industrial system. Relying on its strong industrial and technological capabilities, the Ming Empire has a complete automobile industry.

Not only the Mercedes-Benz cars in front of us, the Ming Empire has dozens of brands of cars, large and small, and can produce tens of millions of cars a year.

The steel needed to produce these cars alone is a very large number, but the Ming Empire also has an extremely large steel industry.

The iron and steel plants headed by Miyun Iron and Steel Works, Tianjin Iron and Steel Works, Songhu Iron and Steel Works, and Qiongzhou Iron and Steel Works are large in scale and extremely large in output, and their technology has always been the most advanced in the world.

Yesterday, he visited the Miyun Iron and Steel Works, where there were huge blast furnaces. When the blast furnaces were turned on and pots of molten iron flowed out, he really understood the huge gap between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire. difference.

It is far from being as simple as the railways, high-rise buildings, factories, etc. that I see on the surface. The gap may be hundreds of thousands of miles away.

Just like the Mercedes-Benz car factory in front of us, it has realized the standardization of production of all parts, and the error of each part is controlled within a very small range, so it can realize the production of the standard assembly line.

Otherwise, if any component is unqualified, the entire assembly line will be affected and cannot continue to run.

This alone, the Ottoman Empire could not do.

Until now, the Ottoman Empire has not been able to truly unify its own domestic weights and measures, let alone achieve industrialized standardized production.

But the Ming Empire can do it. Their automobile manufacturing industry is extremely developed, and even many automobile factories have joined together to formulate relevant automobile standards to jointly solve many problems and difficulties encountered in the process of automobile development. This greatly promoted the development of the automobile industry in the Ming Empire.

This is also one of the important reasons why the Ming Empire was able to produce tens of millions of cars a year. The standardized assembly line-like production was very efficient.

"Ha ha!"

"Da Ming's car is naturally the best car!"

"Of all the cars, our Mercedes-Benz is, of course, the best."

"Our Mercedes-Benz cars have always been innovating and using many new technologies. For example, our cars can already drive at night, because we have installed electric lights and storage batteries on the cars, even at night. You can drive with the lights on."

When Duan Hai heard this, he immediately proudly introduced the many advantages of Mercedes-Benz in detail.

Ibrahim also listened carefully, but he was thinking rapidly in his mind.

"If we in the Ottoman Empire want to build our own cars, where do we start?"

"So many parts, so many processes and processes, can we really make them?"

The automobile factory in front of him shocked him too much!

(End of this chapter)