Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2226, I started to pinch my neck

On the outskirts of Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan Suleiman of the Ottoman Empire is inspecting a cement plant that is about to be completed and put into production.

"The Great Sultan!"

"All the equipment in this cement factory is imported from the Ming Empire, and it is also the most advanced cement production equipment, which can realize semi-automatic production. The cement produced is enough to supply our entire great Ottoman Empire!"

Suleiman was happily listening to the person in charge of the factory boasting about the size, equipment and technology of the cement factory in front of him.

Cement is a very important thing. Whether it is used for infrastructure construction, for building castles in wars, or for building dams, canals, etc. during disaster relief, cement plays a huge role in all aspects.

One of the most important reasons why the Ming Empire was able to rule the huge empire efficiently was that relying on the transportation network covered by railways and highways, it was able to quickly transport personnel and materials to any corner of the empire, thus forming an extremely efficient rule.

Suleiman is very clear about this, so in his industrial development plan, the textile factory, cement factory and steel factory are the three most important factories, and they need to be built first.

With the cement factory, Suleiman can learn from the Ming Empire to build roads connecting every part of the empire, and can also build taller high-rise buildings and stronger fortresses. In short, it has many and great effects.

In the past, all the cement of the Ottoman Empire was imported from the Ming Empire. Not to mention the high price, the key was the small quantity, which was far from meeting the Ottoman Empire's own development planning needs.

"Not bad!"

Suleiman nodded in satisfaction.

"The Great Sultan!"

"Not good, not good!"

At this time, Ibrahim came in a hurry and shouted out before the person arrived.

"What happened?"

Suleiman looked at Ibrahim and asked quickly.

"The Great Sultan!"

"The Ming Empire has issued the latest order. In view of the large-scale and large-scale food reduction in the world this year, in order to ensure the food security of the Ming Empire, its vassal states, and colonies, the Ming Empire will strictly restrict the export of grain from now on!"

Ibrahim told the latest policy of the Ming Empire.

"what?"

"Strictly limit the export of food?"

Hearing this period, Suleiman couldn't help jumping up.

Not long ago, I just arranged for Ibrahim to go to the Danube River Basin to inspect the grain production situation, and also issued an order requiring more grain in all parts of the Ottoman Empire, less cotton and sheep raising.

At that time, Suleiman was worried that one day if the Ming Empire did not export food, the entire Ottoman Empire would fall into an unprecedented famine.

Who knew that only a few months had passed, and the Ming Empire had actually restricted grain exports.

Now there's going to be a big problem.

"Go, go back!"

Suleiman was no longer in the mood to visit his own cement factory, so he took the lead and returned to the palace.

In the car, Suleiman asked about the specific situation in detail.

"Isn't the Ming Empire's food production far in excess?"

"Even this year's large reduction in grain production should have little impact on the Ming Empire, right?"

"No, Your Majesty, this year's situation is a bit special, similar to six or seven years ago."

"Extreme weather has appeared on a global scale. According to the information released by the Ming Empire, it was from the beginning of the year to March, and the weather was still cold, which affected planting."

"Then there were large-scale and large-scale droughts and floods on a global scale. The South African region of the Ming Empire suffered severe floods, flooding countless good fields, and the northern region suffered severe drought."

"On a global scale, Tianzhu is also suffering from a severe drought. It is almost certain that the grain production will be greatly reduced. The Black Earth Province and the Golden Continent of the Ming Empire are also suffering from drought, and the grain production has been severely reduced."

"In Western Europe, floods have occurred. Almost all potato plantations have suffered from mildew, and the harvest is about to fail. Our Ottoman Empire and Persia have also encountered severe drought."

"It's just because our main crop now is cotton, which is relatively drought-tolerant. In addition, there is a large amount of land to raise sheep, so the impact of drought is not great."

"But for the Ming Empire, such a large-scale and large-scale drought and flood will have a huge impact on its grain cultivation. This year's grain harvest will drop significantly, and many places may have no harvest."

Ibrahim also quickly told the situation announced by the Ming Empire.

At present, only the Ming Empire has accurate control and understanding of the climate on a global scale, and can know the climate conditions on a global scale.

"So the Ming Empire restricted grain exports?"

Suleiman frowned after hearing this, and his already pale face became even paler.

"Yes!"

"The Ming Empire must restrict the export of food, because not only the Ming Empire itself has a huge population of more than 4 million, but also the Ming Empire's overseas colonies and vassal states also have a huge population."

"Even if many colonies and vassal states have a lot of arable land, they grow very little food, and they specialize in planting one or two crops with better economic value, or simply mine certain minerals for maintenance. All food is dependent on imports from outside."

"This is a very typical example of the globalized economy. Take the Shu Kingdom on the Tianzhu Continent as an example. Although the Shu Kingdom is located in the fertile Tianzhu Continent, there is not a single grain of grain grown in the entire Shu Kingdom. Cotton and spices are grown, and the food is completely imported from Ningguo next door."

"In addition to considering the food security of its own country, the Ming Empire also has to consider keeping some food for these overseas vassal states and colonies. Therefore, it is normal to restrict the export of food in consideration of a large reduction in production. thing."

Ibrahim explained in detail.

"I see!"

"If the Ming Empire doesn't export grain to us now, how long can the grain in our hands last?"

Suleiman nodded, thought for a while and asked again.

"With the food we have now, I'm afraid we won't even last half a month."

"The people of Ming Dynasty have always exported a fixed amount of grain to us, and they will not sell us too much grain at one time. However, the grain we grow ourselves, in terms of this year's situation, may be a drop in the bucket."

Ibrahim thought for a while and said.

"Is it only half a month?"

Suleiman was dumbfounded when he heard this.

All this time, everyone has been eating cheap and high-quality Daming food, and they have never felt that there is anything wrong with this food, and they did not expect it to be so fragile.

The entire Ottoman Empire had only enough food for half a month without the food input from the Ming Empire. Such a huge problem had never been discovered before.

"Immediately find a way to buy food from outside."

"In addition, write a letter in my name to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, imploring His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty not to restrict the export of grain to our Ottoman Empire in view of the friendly relationship between the two countries."

Suleiman frowned, kept thinking, and then gave a very decisive order.

"Yes!"

Upon hearing this, Ibrahim quickly and solemnly replied.

Immediately afterwards, Ibrahim also quickly went to the concession outside Istanbul that was assigned to the Ming Empire.

In the second war between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire that year, the Ottoman Empire ended in failure. This time not only lost a lot of land and assumed huge war reparations, but also leased a piece of land on the south bank of the Istanbul Strait to the Ming Empire. .

The Ming Empire has stationed a navy here for a long time, always deterring the heart of the Ottoman Empire. At the same time, there are a large number of Ming businessmen and firms stationed here in the concession, and then they prosper and develop rapidly.

Up to now, Yanran has become another prosperous city.

And compared to Istanbul, the concession here is full of high-rise buildings, feasting and feasting, and extremely prosperous. It is the favorite place for the nobles of the entire Ottoman Empire, because you can buy everything you want, as long as you have money, you are the uncle.

The headquarters of the Ottoman Empire Branch of Tianjin Ocean Trading Company is located in the concession. This building with more than ten floors almost controls the foreign trade of the entire Ottoman Empire.

Most of the slaves plundered by the Ottoman Empire from various places, the special products of the Ottoman Empire, the export of cotton and wool, and the large amount of goods imported by the Ottoman Empire, etc., all went through the Tianjin Ocean Trading Company.

The most powerful firm in the Ming Empire, relying on its own strong comprehensive strength, high standard of service and good reputation, has an extremely large business worldwide. It is the most powerful firm in the Ming Empire. It monopolized the foreign arms trade and food trade of the Ming Empire alone.

All the arms, weapons and food sold to the outside world are all operated by Tianjin Ocean Trading Co., not to mention the sale of arms and weapons. The line is also a big profit.

It is not only the profit of the arms and arms trade itself, but also the benefits in other aspects brought about by it. For example, if you want to buy arms and weapons, you need to allow Tianjin Ocean Trading Co. to do other transactions, or to transfer some of the business Let them do it.

As for the trading of grains, Tianjin Ocean Trading Co. has always been in a loss-making business. Of course, the price of grain trading is very low, and there is almost no profit. No one will be jealous of this business.

(End of this chapter)