Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2220, food security issues

"Yes!"

"With your leadership and guidance, the great Sultan, our Ottoman Empire will definitely become as powerful as the Ming Empire!"

When Ibrahim heard this, he quickly flattered him.

"Ha ha!"

"I hope so too, but it's a long way to go."

"The gap between us and the people of Ming Dynasty is really too big, and we have not seriously faced up to this matter, and have not learned from the people of Ming Dynasty, so that we have missed the golden catch-up period for a long time."

When Suleiman heard this, he immediately laughed.

The whole person is also extremely amazed.

Only when you truly understand the Ming Empire, can you know how powerful and terrifying the Ming Empire is!
This is an unprecedented powerful empire!
With an unprecedentedly large territory, an extremely large population, terrifying military strength, strong technological and industrial capabilities, such a powerful empire, only when you really fully understand it will you feel despair.

To be honest, Suleiman didn't understand where his grandfather got the courage to take the initiative to attack the Hezhong area of ​​the Daming people, and never provoked this terrible enemy.

In the end, the 20 troops of the Ming Empire swept from east to west, slaughtered hundreds of cities in the Ottoman Empire, robbed the Caucasus, bombarded the capital of the Ottoman Empire, and forced the Ottoman Empire to sign an unequal treaty that humiliated the country.

After all, at the beginning, I didn't really understand this huge empire.

It was unlike any country around it, and it was not at all something the Ottomans should mess with.

If it is said that my grandfather did not know or understand the power of the Ming Empire at that time, so he provoked the people of Ming Dynasty, it would be understandable.

Then his own father, Suleiman, couldn't figure it out. After being taught a lesson by the Ming people, he should have known how powerful the Ming Empire was.

But they also went to provoke the Ming people. In a big war, the Ottoman Empire lost to the Ming people again, and lost a large number of islands here in the Aegean Sea. The previous war reparations were not paid off, and there were new war reparations.

Until now, I am still paying for the mistakes and stupidity of my grandfather and father.

Suleiman is fully aware of the strength of the Ming Empire, and is also determined to learn from the Ming Empire. He has also found one of the roots of the Ming Empire's strength, industrialization. Suleiman has been doing this since he was in charge. Prepare in all aspects.

The introduction of textile factories, cement factories, and steel factories from the Ming Empire is intended to initially establish the industrial foundation of the Ottoman Empire.

"Great Sultan!"

"I believe that under your leadership, we will definitely become stronger!"

Ibrahim flattered again.

"Ha ha!"

After Suleiman heard it, he immediately laughed happily, flattering and flattering.

"By the way, have you investigated the Danube area this time?"

Soon, Suleiman also asked Ibrahim to go to the Danube River Basin to investigate the year-on-year decline in grain production.

"Great Sultan!"

"What's going on, there are almost no people growing food in the Danube Basin area, so we can't collect food at all in these places now."

Ibrahim also hurriedly reported in detail.

"Everyone doesn't farm the land, should they raise sheep?"

"What do you eat?"

After hearing this, Suleiman frowned.

This area of ​​the Danube River Basin is the big granary of the Ottoman Empire, and now no one grows grain. If this continues, what will the Ottoman Empire eat?

"All the food that everyone eats is imported from the Ming Empire."

"The grain of the Ming people is very cheap. Even if it is shipped to our Ottoman Empire, the price is still very cheap. It is cheaper than the grain we grow ourselves, and the quality is higher than our grain."

"The income from farming is very small, and it is more cost-effective to raise sheep, so everyone is raising sheep, shearing sheep and selling them to Daming people, and then trading them for grain in the hands of Daming people, and they can make a fortune from it."

"The nobles and lords in Constantine and other areas are now earning a lot of money from raising sheep and shearing sheep, which is much better than farming before. This is the reason why no one farms."

Ibrahim continued.

"But if the Ming people don't sell us food, won't we starve to death?"

Suleiman thought for a while and asked a crucial question.

"Governor Constant has studied this."

"He explained that the people of Ming Dynasty would not stop selling grain to us. The people of Ming Dynasty have already realized mechanized planting of grain. A farmer can cultivate thousands or tens of thousands of acres of arable land, and the yield is amazing."

"The grain grown by the Ming Empire in one year is enough for the entire Ming people to eat for several years. Their grain is so much that they cannot be sold or used up. Even though the farmers have a good harvest, they cannot sell it and have no income. .”

"That's why the Ming people sold us at a very low price, and also sold them to the Persians, Europeans, Egyptians, etc., because the grain sold is tantamount to protecting their farmers and letting the people of the Ming Empire Farmers have income."

"If the people of Ming Dynasty don't sell grain to us, their farmers will have no income, and their grain can only rot in the warehouse without any effect."

"So it's not that we have to eat the food of the Ming people, but that the people of the Ming Dynasty cannot do without our market and need us to buy their food."

"Plus, this involves a globally integrated . . .

Ibrahim also told Suleiman what Governor Constant said in detail.

"Having said that, if we turn against the Ming Empire, if the Ming people don't export food to us, they can directly choke us. If we don't grow food ourselves, we will starve."

After Suleiman listened carefully, he immediately discovered the crux of the problem.

Hearing Suleiman's words, Ibrahim immediately found the crux of the problem that he hadn't figured out all along. It turns out that the most critical point is here.

Although this means that the people of Daming want to sell grain so that the farmers can earn income, but if something happens, the people of Daming will at most have no income for the farmers, but there will be no other problems.

But once the Ottoman Empire is choked by the Ming Empire, and if there is no food to grow, the whole country will fall into famine, and the problem will be serious.

As expected of Suleiman the Great, this vision and thinking are different, and he can find the key to the problem at once.

"Then what should we do?"

Ibrahim panicked immediately, and said hastily.

"This is a very important matter. Food must be in our own hands."

"Here, you have drawn up an order that requires the land in the country to give priority to the cultivation of food, especially the Danube granary. No more stocking, and all food must be planted."

"In addition, we will buy grain from Daming people on a large scale through the national treasury, learn from Daming people, and establish a grain reserve system. Anyway, grain is cheap, so we should reserve more. If there is any situation, we can also rely on the grain reserve. .”

Suleiman thought for a while and gave two orders.

"It is feasible to build reserves. Anyway, Daming people's food is cheap and too much to sell. They must be willing to purchase a large amount of us."

"However, if everyone is not allowed to raise sheep, grow cotton, or grow food, the nobles and lords will probably not agree."

"Because the gap between growing grain and raising sheep and growing cotton is too great."

"On the same piece of land, it can be said that there is almost no income from growing grain, but it is different from raising sheep and cotton, and the income is quite good."

Ibrahim thought for a while and said.

"If you can't do it, you have to do it, especially in important food producing areas. We must not let the fields become pastures. We must hold our own food security in our own hands."

"At least, we have to produce a certain percentage of our own food, so that we won't be completely choked."

Suleiman said very firmly.

He didn't want to have to look at the faces of Daming people in the future. All the food was in the hands of Daming people. If this continued, wouldn't he have to look at the faces of Daming people in the future.

"Yes!"

Ibrahim hurriedly nodded solemnly and replied.

Then he thought for a while and said, "Our treasury doesn't seem to have much silver. If we want to purchase grain reserves on a large scale, we need at least a sum of money."

"Out of money again?"

When Suleiman heard this, he was immediately unhappy.

I am really poor now, I can't do anything, and I always have no money.

I originally wanted to build a power plant and let the lights light up Istanbul, but I still had no money and couldn't do it. Now I have no money for the grain reserve.

"Great Sultan!"

"The textile factory in front of us, as well as the cement plant and steel plant under construction have spent all our money. There is really not much money left."

Ibrahim nodded helplessly.

The Ottoman Empire was originally very wealthy, but it lost to the Ming Empire in two consecutive wars and paid a large amount of war indemnity, which is still a heavy burden on the Ottoman Empire.

In addition, there are perennial wars with Europe, Persia, and Egypt, which also seriously dragged down the finances of the Ottoman Empire, leaving the Ottoman Empire always without money.

If it weren't for the continuous plundering of slaves in Europe and selling them to the Ming people for subsidies, the Ottoman Empire would have gone bankrupt and could not survive.

But over the years, an agreement has been reached with Europe, and the two sides are basically based on peace. This also means that a large number of slave income sources have been lost, and the situation is even worse.

"What about the Mesopotamia?"

"Didn't it say that a large amount of oil was found somewhere?"

"Where are these oil coins?"

When Suleiman heard this, he thought for a while and asked about the oil in the Mesopotamia.

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