Chapter 1869: Endlessly Actually paving the road with iron, this is not what a show of wealth is, of course, Ibrahim Pasha is not impressed with such a show of wealth.
Because of his long stay in the court, he had already seen the extravagance of the Istanbul court, and at this time, the Ottoman Empire, which was in the ascendant period, was somewhat resistant to too extravagant and wasteful things.
So for Ibrahim Pasha, the measure of a country's strength has always been not how much wealth they have, but how many horses they have and how many soldiers they can support.
But when he watched the railroad track stretch all the way, walking for more than ten miles, and still couldn't see the end, Ibrahim Pasha was stunned.
At present, everyone knows that iron is one of the most important assets of the country, it can be used to forge weapons, but also to forge agricultural tools, whether it is war or farming, the application of pig iron is closely related.
But here, these valuable steels were paved into roads, and what made Ibrahim Pasha feel even more terrible was that the rails looked like the best steel No, this iron may even be better than he imagined, and even the Damascus steel, which was admired by the Ottoman aristocracy, may not be better.
Look at this smooth steel, which is almost impurities, paved on this road for more than ten miles, and there is almost no end to how many swords can be forged and what a large army can be supplied Ibrahim Pasha felt extravagant, and then he realized that it was not as simple as showing off his wealth, but he had to admit that if he was to show off his wealth, this way of showing off his wealth would be even more shocking to make a fortress out of gold.
If you look closely, you can see that the junction of the rails is seamed, with pieces of sleepers in between, and even under the rails, there is a special gravel paved roadbed.
Their procession marched along the railway, and after half a day, they finally arrived at the first town of Luguo.
This town stands in this vast sea of grass, like an oasis in the desert, with houses made of stone and wood, and warehouses, looming, the population here is obviously not much, but a few hundred, but here, there is a huge shed.
And this shed is actually a wool processing workshop, oh, and some leather processing workshops.
Ibrahim Pasha smelled the peculiar smell of leather, and knew the purpose of this small bazaar, there must be many pastures in the vicinity, and these so-called workshops were obviously doing some processing recently, after all, the processed leather goods were convenient for transportation, but it was two thousand miles away from their national capital, where would these leather goods be sent Before Ibrahim Pasha could find out, Ibrahim Pasha was invited to the station, and when he saw the behemoth steam train for the first time, he was really shocked.
The Ottoman Empire, at this time across Europe, Asia and Africa, is considered to be outstanding in terms of chemical art and scientific and technological level.
Because of this, although Ibrahim Pasha had heard of the Great Han Ming of the East for a long time, he did not necessarily pay attention to it, and he arrogantly believed that the Ottoman Empire would inevitably advance much more than the Great Han Ming.
But now, when this behemoth of countless steel machines combined appeared in front of Ibrahim Pasha, before he could react, someone urged him to get in the car, and he had to be shocked.
It was only then that Ibrahim Pasha realized that the railroad track had been built because of the car Suddenly, a terrible thought suddenly arose in Ibrahim Pasha's heart, according to the introduction of the person who came to greet them, this car will go straight to Qinglong, which is two thousand miles away, so does this mean that the railroad track will extend for more than two thousand miles?
It was a terrible number, and a question that made his heart tremble in Ibrahim Pasha's mind about how much steel it would take At this time, he even imagined that all the steel of the whole Ottoman combined might not be worth one of their rails.
He had been on the orders of the Sultan to seek the weapon to conquer the fortified castle of Vienna, but now, Ibrahim Pasha had suddenly forgotten his mission, and this nobleman from the Balkans, who had been educated at court, had suddenly realized that the real horror of this mysterious Lu country might not necessarily be the rumored firearms.
Ibrahim Pasha was still immersed in his shock, but the train began to move, and the violent vibration made people tremble, and finally Ibrahim Pasha woke up.
The movement of this steam train is actually not smooth, the carriage is shaking desperately in the process of driving, but the train moves, it does not stop, under the carriage, the sound of the axle clicking makes a harsh noise, and the speed of the train is not fast, and the speed is only thirty miles per hour.
But as it crossed the steppe, as if it never stopped, it continued to drive eastward, and occasionally came to a stop on the way, and a market, or even a city, appeared before Ibrahim Pasha.
Some of these markets have only a few hundred people, some have begun to prosper, and some seem to have reached the size of thousands, and you can even see the huge chimneys of the city, and when you arrive at the station, there are people and cars, and people get off the cars, some people move the goods to the back boxes, and some unload the goods.
Everyone spoke in words that Ibrahim Pasha did not understand, and he saw many men getting out of the car, with guns pinned to their waists from the Kazakh Khanate, brought to Istanbul by Ottoman merchants.
Ibrahim Pasha's gaze couldn't help but become complicated, it was this firearm.
When His Majesty the Sultan saw this firearm, he realized that this firearm had a great effect on breaking through the city defenses, and that it would be even better if this ammunition could be converted into artillery.
Because of this, both the sultan and the princes of the Ottoman Empire agreed that this was a precious treasure of the Lu State, and that the Ottoman Empire must strive for it in order to be strong in the future.
But when he saw that this most precious treasure actually appeared on the waists of ordinary people, that is, ordinary herdsmen, carrying such a thing around their waists, Ibrahim Pasha's eyes became more and more complicated, and he was obviously shocked again. aa2705221: