After the calamity at Lepanto, the Ottoman court in Constantinople was debating how the Ottoman fleet should be rebuilt. The sultan was pessimistic, saying that "to complete five or six hundred anchors and the other implements for two hundred new ships – cables, ropes, and sails – that would be impossible."
The Grand Vizier, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, replied:
Here's the AHC; prove Sokollu right. With a POD of 1471, have the Ottomans, at any point in their history, build a fleet of galleys with all-silver anchors, all-silk ropes, and all-satin sails. "Fleet" here means more than twelve full-size war galleys.
The Grand Vizier, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, replied:
Your majesty, you still do not understand this great empire of ours. Believe me, this empire is such an empire that, were it your wish, every anchor of the fleet could be made of silver, every rope of silk thread, and every sail of satin without imposing the least hardship upon it.
In the end, the Ottoman fleet was entirely rebuilt just a year after Lepanto, though with iron anchors and cotton sails.
Here's the AHC; prove Sokollu right. With a POD of 1471, have the Ottomans, at any point in their history, build a fleet of galleys with all-silver anchors, all-silk ropes, and all-satin sails. "Fleet" here means more than twelve full-size war galleys.