sultan's crescent

Chapter 80

When Muhammad Ali was fighting with others, Sai Dadi was planning his initial industrialization plan.

Considering the empire's resources and technology issues, Selim set up several key development industries in the initial industrialization plan.

The first is the textile industry: the empire has abundant cotton resources, especially in parts of Asia and Africa.

For this purpose, Selim set up two major development areas and a special zone, namely the Anatolia region centered on Izmit and the Lower Egypt region centered on Cairo (Cairo and the Nile Delta region to the north) ) and the capital of the empire, the city of cities, the great Constantinian.

In this era, spinning machines and looms have been improved, and the conditions are ready for manual production to large-scale factory production.

Then came the coal mines and the coal industry: the empire was rich in coal resources, and so were the opencast coal mines.

And compared to the inexperienced government, Selim has already sold the coal mines in the empire that are easy to mine and transport.

From discovery to mining of a coal mine, there are actually many things to be done, such as mineral rights and mining licenses. Unfortunately, these have to go through the hands of the Sudan.

Sudan, a state-owned enterprise, can take advantage of the Internet and sell it at a low price. As for private enterprises, don’t you pay more money to be worthy of your private words in front of you?

The second is the metal smelting and processing industry: to put it bluntly, it is the iron and steel industry.The empire is rich in mineral resources and energy, which provides a good foundation for the development of metal smelting and processing industries.

Finally, there are shipbuilding and machinery manufacturing, but these two are just listening to it now, after all, at the level of the Ottoman Empire at this time
Rather than believing in his own company, Selim is no different from believing that later generations of India can build their own aircraft carriers. The only difference is that the former still has room for improvement, and the latter has room for reverse development.

Selim arrived in the suburbs of Constantiniya today. He is visiting the textile factory assisted by Matthew Bolton. He has to say that the text in the textbook is never as powerful as what he saw with his own eyes.

This is not so much a factory as it is the never-ending Sisyphus torture in Greek mythology. (In Greek mythology, there was a giant called Sisyphus who was condemned to keep pushing a huge rock that kept slipping down near the top, forcing him to keep starting over.)
When Sultan entered the gate of the factory with guards pretending to be inspectors, he immediately felt surrounded by the sound of machines.

But this does not affect Sudan humming the upcoming "Marseillaise" in his mouth, for no other reason than that he likes this sense of contrast.

Selim likes the feeling that the song is obviously intended to inspire the workers to resist, but it is used by the rulers as a song to adjust their mood.

Accompanied by the factory supervisor, he made his way deeper.

The factory was extremely noisy due to the constant running of the machines.

The noise of machines, the clatter of metal, and the clamor of workers intertwined to form a continuous noise.

At the same time, the safety conditions here are also quite poor. The high-speed running machines make workers extremely vulnerable to injuries during operation.

The workers are busy operating the machines, producing and processing.

Sudan turned to the factory supervisor next to him and asked.

"How long do these people generally need to work, how efficient is it, and is the output high?"

"My lord, the efficiency of this group of people can be said to be quite low. They have hardly touched the machine and are very unskilled in operating it. Yesterday, a female worker lost her left hand."

"Well, if this is the case, you have to think of a way. Isn't there a group of British workers, why don't they be trained?"

Sultan was a little annoyed. You must know that female workers are not easy to deal with. Islamic law is simply disgusting.

The reason why so many female workers can be found for the factory is purely a benefit from the Guards.

These female workers are family members of the rebels. Considering that the other party has lost their family support, Sudan sent them to the factory with a swipe of a pen. After all, the family needs to eat, and Sudan is also kind.

Hearing the words of the mysterious inspector, the supervisor hurriedly replied.

"My lord, the scale of our side is not too large, so the number of training places is relatively small.

But my lord, don't worry, out of consideration for production efficiency, we generally only arrange them to work a dozen to 20 hours a day.

Of course, in order to prevent them from being lazy, we did not stipulate a rest time.

Instead, we have arranged supervisors, as long as we find someone lazy, we will greet them with a whip. "

Seeing the flattering smile on the other side, Selim felt like laughing.

The factory has only been open for a few days, and these guys have already evolved into the profession of supervisor. Working a dozen or even twenty hours a day is nothing to them.

Selim began to reprimand the idiot in front of him.

"You have to understand, you idiot, they are human beings, not machines.

What Sudan needs is a factory that can continue to produce, not just the outbreak period. Prolonging their lifespan is only good for the empire, understand?
I really thought female workers were so easy to recruit, right? "

Facing Selim's scolding, the supervisor nodded and bowed for a while before dealing with it.

Everyone continued to walk deep into the factory.

It has to be said that the air quality in the factory is very bad.

Coal and coal are widely used in factories to feed machines, making the factory full of soot and dust, and the high concentration of fiber particles and dyes and chemicals used in textile factories make the air quality worse .

The ventilation system, which is extremely important to the factory, is simply a pile of garbage. It is just a few vents, a few open windows, and a big chimney, which cannot effectively remove the dense smoke and dirty air, making the working environment abnormal. Hot and humid.

The entire factory was dusty and dimly lit, with only the faint light from the tall windows illuminating the work area.

When the Sultan finished his visit, it was already evening.

From the outside of the factory, pollutants filled the air, obscuring the stars in the night sky.

Gray smoke spewed out from the tall chimneys, accompanied by rustling sounds, as if the portal of hell was opening, releasing violent power.

Selim got into the carriage that belonged exclusively to the Sultan. This was not his usual one. Even so, the appearance of the carriage could be said to be quite luxurious, and it simply did not match this place.

Seeing the factory gradually disappearing into sight, Selim let out a long breath. He felt that this visit would probably save him a few days of life.

But no matter what, Selim has already grabbed ahead of the Russians or the vast majority of European countries this time. Whether it is reconciled is another matter.

This is preemptive strikes!
　Ask for the first order, ask for the ticket, there will be one or two chapters later, let's see my speed

　　
　
(End of this chapter)