Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 589 Ottomans and Jews
On the deck of a huge sailing ship, the Grand Vizier (Prime Minister) of the Ottoman Empire, Koprulu Fazor Mustafa Pasha from the Koprulu family.

Mustafa Pasha was looking at the port in front of him, lost in confusion.

The Zhuhai port in front of me can be divided into two parts with the naked eye. One part is a military port belonging to the Ming Guangdong Fleet, and there are huge sailing warships moored inside.

The huge number of naval guns makes people sweat!
The Ottoman prime minister swore: the Spanish Armada was not so terrifying.

The other part is a commercial port belonging to free trade, where ships from any country can come to berth, supply, and trade freely.

Only need to pay very low tariffs, conscience!
Now Daming has only three free trade zones: Zhuhai Town, Pudong Town, and Dagu Town.

After nearly a year of development, the three regions are becoming more and more prosperous.

If ranked according to the degree of development, the first is Pudong, the second is Zhuhai, and the third is Dagu.

Zhuhai Port is really very lively now. The port has undergone repeated expansions, and the scale is huge. Every wharf is very spacious and flat, and it is full of goods waiting to be loaded and unloaded.

Merchant ships from all over the world docked, and the flags of various countries flying on them were fluttering in the wind.

There were ships from Poland and Lithuania in Eastern Europe, as well as ships from the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, France, Portugal, Genoa, Venice and other countries in Western Europe.

The hustle and bustle of Zhuhai Port gathered ships and businessmen from almost all European countries.

There are even ships from Morocco in North Africa and Mongolia in the Qing Dynasty.

Mustafa Pasha took a deep breath, it was too prosperous!
Even standing on the deck, you can see businessmen from various countries constantly bargaining here at the port.

Merchants from various countries brought raw materials such as cotton, minerals, and grain, as well as various specialties and treasures, to Daming.

The Persians brought blankets, lapis lazuli, and precious medicinal materials, and the Mongolian Kingdom of the Qing Dynasty brought spices and cheap slaves from Tianzhu.

Their targets were silk, porcelain, cigarettes, soap, perfume, rum, matches, glass products, high-end clothing and other luxury and industrial products of the Ming Empire.

Here, merchants from all over the world can buy almost all the goods they want to buy, and the four-story bamboo-reinforced concrete high-rise buildings standing around the harbor have signs of Ming Dynasty firms hanging on them, and all the people who come in and out are from Businessmen around the world.

Mustafa Pasha couldn't help sighing: "From this port, the Ming Empire is really extraordinary!"

Can't help but remind him of his own country, the Ottoman Empire.

Because of the defeat in the Battle of Vienna, the life of his Koprulu family was once hanging by a thread. At the same time, it also caused turmoil within the Ottoman Empire and slow economic development.

However, Zhuhai Port here has integrated the trade and culture of merchants from various countries, and has become a platform for exchanges. At the same time, it has also brought great wealth and prosperity to the Ming Empire.

Mustafa Pasha suddenly had an idea, how about crossing the river by touching the Ming Dynasty? If a free trade zone like Zhuhai Port was established in the Ottoman Empire, would it be as prosperous?
If it can attract merchants, various goods and technologies from all over the world, it will greatly promote the economic development of the Ottoman Empire, and at the same time, it will be able to get the empire out of the situation of being blocked by European countries.

Mustafa Pasha decided to make this proposal to Suleiman II after returning home.

"My lord, your idea is right!"

Beside Mustafa Pasha, Shain, the Minister of Finance of the Ottoman Empire, nodded and said.

He is a Jew, and he used to be responsible for helping the Ottoman Empire deal with captives and slaves, selling captives and slaves to the Ming people.

The relationship between the Jews and the Ottomans was irreversible.

After the destruction of Jewish centers in the Iberian Peninsula, the Sephardic Jewish community of the Ottoman Empire became the new center of the Jewish diaspora.

Under the Ottoman Empire, Jews played an important role in the social and economic life of the Middle East and the Balkans.

For a long time, the Ottomans and the Jews cooperated and coexisted, the Jews were loyal to the Ottoman Empire, and Jewish immigrants contributed to the expansion and economic development of the Ottoman Empire.

The Jews were persecuted and deported in European countries such as Spain, but the Ottomans and the Jews regarded each other as allies.

A large number of Sephardic Jews expelled by Spain and other countries came to the Ottoman Empire and were distributed in various towns in the empire.

Larger Jewish centers were formed in Istanbul, the capital, Edirne in East Thrace, Thessaloniki, a city on the Aegean Sea, Safed, and the holy land of Jerusalem.

At the end of the 16th century, the Jewish population of the Ottoman Empire was about 10 to 25. The Jewish community in the Ottoman Empire became the largest and most prosperous Jewish community in the world at that time.

Because the Jews were loyal to the Ottoman Empire and had expertise in business and language, the Ottoman government relied on the Jews in terms of trade and diplomacy.

This is why Schein, as a Jew, was able to become the Ottoman Empire's finance minister.

"Sha Yin, I also have the same intention, you should remember this matter well, and remind me to report to Sudan when the time comes."

After finishing speaking, Mustafa Pasha looked at the Daming Dragon Banner (military flag) flying high in the garrison barracks of the Daming Defense Force in the distance. His eyes were full of curiosity, and he really wanted to enter it to find out.

Hearing that Ming's weapons are very powerful, the Ottoman businessman Akyol had the opportunity to meet the Emperor of Ming in Tianzhu a few months ago, and brought good news to the Ottoman Empire.

That is, Emperor Ming wanted to be good friends with the Ottoman Sultan!

This is great news. Although Suleiman II has little ambition, he also wants to avenge the shame of the Vienna Battle!

But Europeans are not vegetarians, especially Spain and France, which are extremely powerful. Once Ottoman wants to attack Vienna again, he will be surrounded and beaten by Europeans again.

In addition, the Battle of Vienna also has strong symbolic significance in European history. In this battle, European countries united together to fight against the invasion of the Ottoman Empire, showing the spirit of European unity against the enemy.

This battle also promoted the process of European integration and laid the foundation for the unity and development of Europe.

But if Daming and Ottoman become allies, plus the European shit-stirring British guy, then there is a chance to fight against the whole European continent!
Under the guidance of the pilot, Osman's ship moored slowly at a pier in Zhuhai Port. With an extremely happy mood, Mustafa Pasha disembarked and stepped onto the cement-paved pier.

(End of this chapter)