Chapter 1494 War without gunpowder
With the strong support of the Ming Dynasty, the anti-Habsburg Alliance and the Habsburg Alliance troops were greatly enhanced, especially military supplies, which were even more powerful than in the 1636 period in history.
So when both sides saw their army becoming much stronger, they felt that they had reached the peak of history and were unprecedented.
Anyway, I just feel that I have become so powerful that I can break through the world and even fight invincible hands.
It has to be said that the illusion of improving strength can really make people fall into misunderstandings in their thoughts. This is true for the country and so for people.
Only the Ming Dynasty, I, has gained great benefits in this bilateral trade.
France purchased a large amount of strategic materials, and they used tariffs as collateral and agreed that Ming Dynasty goods could be sold at will.
Since then, France's business has gradually been eroded by the Ming Dynasty.
Cotton, grain, salt and other gadgets from the Ming Dynasty quickly occupied half a step in the French market.
Who doesn’t know that the cotton cloth from Daming has a fine texture, good feel, warm clothes, and the quality is much higher than that of local products. The most important thing is that it is cheap, it is really cheap, as long as it is one-third of the local price.
You said how you choose, do you say you should buy local coarse cloth or buy exquisite cotton cloth from the Ming Dynasty.
Ordinary people don’t care what your feelings are. They just want one word: cheapness, cheapness overwhelms everything, not to mention that the cotton cloth of the Ming Dynasty is of better quality than the local ones.
So the Ming cotton cloth was exported to France in just half a year and tens of millions of Ming Dynasty one or two yuan.
Even the French army has abandoned the local coarse cloth. Buyers from the French army have specified that they must use cotton cloth from the Ming Dynasty, because the noble officers and soldiers in the army all think that the cotton cloth from the Ming Dynasty is of good quality, which is easy to wear and move. Moreover, because of its good quality, it can also achieve some protective effect during military training.
So in the army, the coarse cloth in France disappeared immediately. The soldiers in the army smiled happily when they received their new military uniforms. The coarse cloth merchants in France were crying so hard that they didn't know what their name was.
What's even more sarcastic is that Louis XIII issued a decree requiring the entire France to use cotton cloth from the Ming Dynasty to make military uniforms and other uniforms, so as to show their France's mental outlook.
After all, the local coarse cloth used to be unable to keep up with the times. The large cotton cloth was thin and brightly dyed, and the effect looked so good that it could not be better.
In this way, France's local weaving industry suffered more than half of its vitality and was seriously injured, and now it has begun to transform to a half-dead life.
As for why Louis XIII promulgated such an interesting decree, the reason is actually very simple, so simple that it cannot be simpler. This is not because Louis XIII's brain is broken, but because Louis XIII used the Ming Dynasty cotton cloth to get it.
The Ming Dynasty would take the initiative to pay taxes for any cotton cloth that entered France. Although it only paid half of the tax, it also blinded Louis XIII.
The first time he found out, it turned out that there were so many taxes in the weaving business.
That's right, the Ming Dynasty used the most terrifying but none of the smoke of gunpowder to attack Europa as a first-hand attack method.
Chapter completed!