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Chapter 1249, Ming people are rich and powerful

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    At West Pole Port, Ali~Pasha and Moses took their men to hang out here very casually. After taking the boat for several days, they were already very tired, so they planned to rest here for a day before setting off again, all the way east.  Head to the capital of the Ming Empire.

    ¡°It¡¯s incredible that the Ming Dynasty people actually mined so many stones to pave the road, making the road so wide and flat.¡±

    Ali Pasha stepped on the concrete road paved with cement and tried to avoid his feet. The road was very hard.

    "This is not a stone, but a road built using something called cement, mixed with sand, gravel, etc. They call this road a cement road. The high-rise buildings on both sides of the road are also built with cement and steel bars.  "

    When Moses heard this, he quickly explained.

    "cement?"

    Ali Pasha couldn't help but lower his head and take a closer look.

    "Yes, it is cement. It is a kind of adhesive. It can be used to mix sand, stones, etc. by adding water. Once the water dries, it becomes extremely hard."

    "The cities and buildings of the Ming Dynasty were all built with this kind of stuff."

    Moses nodded and said. He was a Jewish businessman and was very familiar with the Ming Dynasty's goods. His family also frequently traveled to the West Pole Port to specialize in related trade.

    "What a good thing!"

    "If we in the Ottoman Empire can master the manufacturing method of this kind of cement, we can build a large number of strong walls and passes."

    Ali Pasha immediately realized that this was an extremely important building material and its huge role.

    ¡°The people of the Ming Dynasty keep their cement manufacturing methods very secret, and we foreigners are subject to many restrictions in the Ming Dynasty. It is difficult to obtain the cement manufacturing methods of the Ming Dynasty.¡±

    "I've already ordered people to think of a solution."

    Moses nodded solemnly and said.

    "The people of Ming Dynasty will always come up with some incredible things."

    Ali Pasha nodded with satisfaction and looked at the bustling street in front of him.

    On the spacious cement road, people come and go, and four-wheeled carriages flow continuously. People from all over the world gather here, including the northern Mongolian Tatars who look extremely barbaric and bring a lot of furs.

    There were Kazakhs riding BMWs, wearing sheepskin jackets and carrying machetes, Persians with their heads wrapped, and Europeans from Europe carrying crosses.

    Of course, the most common people are Ming people with black eyes and black hair.

    There are many shops of all kinds. There are shops that specialize in buying all kinds of goods, and there are also shops that specialize in selling various specialties. Of course, what is done in the shops are all small businesses.

    Real big business deals are negotiated at each business house. From time to time, you can see Ming businessmen at the gate of each business house greeting guests from all over the world with smiles on their faces.

    "Sir, if it is a big deal, you can go to these big trading houses to negotiate. These Ming Dynasty trading houses are extremely powerful. It is said that some of their trading houses can earn tens of millions of taels of silver a year. No matter how big the deal is, they can handle it.  be able to eat."

    ¡°In the past, when I was in charge of selling slaves, I would sell 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, and they all paid in advance, so they were very honest.¡±

    Moses was relatively familiar with this place, and while taking Ali Pasha shopping, he introduced the situation here to him.

    "Earn tens of millions of dollars a year?"

    When Ali Pasha heard this, he opened his mouth slightly. This country is really rich. At least the Ottoman Empire's sultan cannot receive tens of millions of silver in taxes a year. Now he can only survive by selling slaves.  of life.

    "Yes, the people of Ming Dynasty are extremely rich~"

    ¡°The wealth you have is beyond imagination.¡±

    Moses nodded enviously.

    Jews are famous for their business and are famous for their wealth in Europe.

    But Moses knew clearly that compared with the people of Ming Dynasty, the little wealth held by the Jews was simply insignificant.

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    However, Moses and other knowledgeable people among the Jews also knew clearly that the reason why the Ming people were so wealthy was because their country was the most powerful country in the world. Relying on such a powerful empire, they could do whatever they wanted.  Even doing business can be very big and make a lot of money.

    So the Jews have been trying to find ways to enter the Ming Empire and want to operate in the Ming Empire.In the empire, transportation is extremely inconvenient. In the circulation of goods, transportation costs account for a large proportion, sometimes even greater than the cost of the goods themselves.

    "In order to promote the development of commerce and strengthen their rule over various places, the people of the Ming Dynasty spent huge sums of money to build cement roads in various places. Now they are also building railways on a large scale. It is said that the trains of the Ming Dynasty can transport two thousand or hundreds of thousands of people at a time.  A kilogram of goods can travel thousands of miles in a day.¡±

    "If the train goes to Nanyun Province, it will take more than two months to travel from here to the capital of the Ming Empire by horseback, but if you take a car, it will only take more than ten days."

    ¡°It¡¯s just that until now, we still don¡¯t know what this train is, but it¡¯s so magical and powerful.¡±

    Moses sighed as he spoke.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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