Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 590 Another Me in the World of Tartar
In Zhuhai Port, Mustafa Pasha and Jew Schein were wandering here with the Ottoman mission. They had been on boats for several months and were already very tired.

So I am going to rest here in Zhuhai for a day, buy something by the way, and then set off, take a boat all the way north to Yingtianfu.

"It's unbelievable that the people of Ming Dynasty mined so many stones to pave the road, making the road so wide and flat."

Mustafa Pasha stepped on the concrete road paved with cement, trying to dodge his feet, the road was very hard.

"This is not stone, but a road built with a special material called cement. They call this road a cement road. The rare tall buildings on both sides of the road are also made of cement."

The Minister of Finance Schein, who has been away all year round, has already learned about some magical things in Ming Dynasty.

"cement?"

Mustafa Pasha couldn't help but squat down and stroked it a few times with his hands.

"Yes, it is cement. It is a magical material. It becomes extremely hard when the water dries up. The walls and houses of the Ming people are all built with this kind of material."

Schein nodded and said, he couldn't help showing off his knowledge in front of the prime minister.

"nice one!"

"If our Ottoman Empire can master this cement manufacturing method, we can quickly build a large number of solid walls, which will become a nightmare for Europeans!"

Mustafa Pasha immediately realized that this is an extremely important building material and its great role.

"My lord, the Ming people keep their cement manufacturing methods very secret. Foreigners are subject to many restrictions in Daming. Their anti-espionage agency Jin Yiwei is very powerful. When entering and leaving the country, the Ming customs inspection is strict. They want to obtain Daming's cement manufacturing methods. ,very difficult."

"I've also ordered people to think of a way. Maybe you can negotiate with the people of Daming to see if you can get the cement formula."

Schein nodded solemnly and said.

"Good! These Daming people are really smart, and they always come up with some incredible things."

Mustafa Pasha nodded, and then looked at the bustling street in front of him.

On the spacious concrete road, there are people coming and going, four-wheeled carriages are constantly flowing, and people from all over the world gather here.

There are a lot of shops of all kinds. There are shops that specialize in buying all kinds of goods, and there are shops that specialize in selling various specialties. Of course, all the shops in the shops are small businesses.

The real big deals are all negotiated here, and from time to time, you can see the gates of each firm, and there are big Ming businessmen welcoming and sending off guests from all over the place with smiles on their faces.

"My lord, if it's a big deal, you can go to these big trading houses to negotiate. Many of these big Ming trading houses have the background of the Ming Dynasty royal family and are extremely powerful. It is said that some of their trading houses can earn tens of millions of silver dollars a year. No matter how big the business is, they can afford it."

"In the past, when I was in charge of selling European slaves, I sold them exclusively to these big trading houses. The price was a little lower, but no matter how many slaves they had, they could eat them all at once."

"Now the slaves don't need to be sold to these trading firms, they can be sold directly to the Royal Manpower Company of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty. While doing business, they can also make good friends with the Royal Family of the Ming Dynasty."

Schein was quite familiar with this place, and while taking Mustafa Pasha shopping, he introduced the situation of Daming to him.

"Earn so many silver dollars in a year!"

When Mustafa Pasha heard this, he opened his mouth slightly. This is really an incomparably rich country. At least the sultan of the Ottoman Empire only paid tens of millions of silver in taxes a year.

The most intuitive manifestation of the decline of the Ottoman Empire is its financial revenue. At the end of the 16th century, the financial revenue of the Ottoman Empire was estimated by Western counterparts as 600 million ducats in gold coins (not far from the actual situation. In 1534, the central government revenue of the Ottoman Empire was 500 million ducats. gold).

But by the beginning of the 17th century, it was reduced to more than 200 million ducats of gold coins, shrinking by 2 or 3 times.

This number is very huge, because the total value of goods shipped by sea in the Mediterranean throughout the 16th century was 600 million ducats of gold coins. about silver coins.

The Akche silver coin is the most common currency in the Ottoman Empire, and it is also the most convenient currency for keeping accounts. Ottoman soldiers rely on it to keep accounts when fighting wars and living, but the silver coin is poor in color and light in weight.

A resident of the Ottoman Empire had to pay him 25 Akche silver coins every year. At the end of the 16th century, the entire empire had more than 7000 million Akche silver coins in poll tax alone.

The empire needs 300 Akche silver coins to mobilize an Azab infantry archer, and it takes three to six Akche silver coins to make him work hard every day.

And a Praetorian Guard also needs an annual salary of around 20000 Akche.

In most of the 16th century, one Ducat gold coin was equal to 84 Akche silver coins. That is to say, the Ottoman Empire’s poll tax revenue alone was as high as nearly one million Ducat gold coins, and about 20 Azab archers and other assistants could be mobilized every year. Troops, plus [-] elite guards with wages, the Ottoman Empire can rival any major country in Europe in terms of military and financial resources.

但从1584年开始奥斯曼帝国的货币就开始崩盘，阿克切相对于杜卡特金币贬值了一倍，从对60个阿克切兑换一杜卡特金币暴跌为120个阿克切兑换一杜卡特金币，到1590年更是下跌为220比1！

Compatible with the depreciation of the currency is the skyrocketing poll tax of the Ottoman Empire. The poll tax rose from 25 akche per person per year to more than 17 akche per person per year in the early 300th century.

Currency depreciation and rising prices destroyed all businesses in the Ottoman Empire, while the Ottoman Empire pursued a small government policy, all walks of life were self-governing guilds, and the imperial government was only responsible for collecting money.

The life of Ottoman business people is getting more and more difficult. Everyone puts their minds on the army. The "pious" believers of the true God of Constantinople entered the Ottoman Guard in large numbers at the end of the 16th century.

They usually bribe the chiefs not to train, and they also excuse not to participate in wars, that is, they run faster than anyone else when they grab money.

Therefore, the degeneration of the Ottoman Empire is all-round, not inferior to that of the Qing Dynasty!
It is simply another me in the world of Tartar.

If Osman hadn't tried his best while he was not fully degenerate, not to mention that the Western world would carve it up, it is estimated that if the new Qing Dynasty was driven away from Tianzhu by Ming again, the next target would be Osman.

But now a fine Ming silver dollar can be exchanged for at least 100 Akche silver coins.

Therefore, even Mustafa Pasha was shocked when he heard about the income of these firms in Daming!
"Yes, the people of Daming are extremely rich, and the wealth of the Emperor of Ming is beyond imagination!"

(End of this chapter)