"So, cousin Ginette, do you mean that Mazaranxiang intends to improve his relationship with our country?" Although introduced by his mother, Yu Xingguo, who grew up on the east coast, did not catch a cold with this cousin from Bordeaux. However, this cousin seems to bring great news on behalf of some of the big names in France.

Ginette Pasquire is much older than Xingguo, and he looks like a middle-aged man. This time, he and Frank, the old friend of Chief of Staff of the East Coast, the son of Baron Toulouse, adhered to the will of some upper-class figures in Paris, went to the East Coast to carry out some diplomatic temptations through unofficial channels. Frank had already asked Chief of Staff of the East Coast to "remind the past", and he himself naturally came to visit his aunt's house.

As for what they came to the East Coast to do? It was actually very simple. After seeing the dawn of the war with Spain (last year in the Southern Netherlands), Mazaranxiang of the Kingdom of France finally began to face up to the influence of the new six countries such as the East Coast Republic. In fact, it was impossible not to pay attention to it. Although the sales of East Coast textiles in the French market are becoming increasingly sluggish, the Greater Spanish market, the Ottoman Empire, Livonia, Brandenburg Prussia and even the relatively remote Russia have achieved remarkable results. With the help of the Italians and the Dutch, their commercial tentacles began to conquer cities and territory in more places. At this time, the Kingdom of France is indeed no longer able to ignore it.

Of course, to some extent, the above are all "nonsense"! What really makes the French pay attention to the East Coast, a pagan country, is the East Coast people's assistance to Spain for ten years. Although this assistance is not free, in any case, at a time when France is poor and the people are in poverty, the assistance of the East Coast people has indeed caused them a lot of trouble, because it is very likely to delay the end of the war.

This is not an exaggeration! Although France is now fighting in the South Netherlands, it is based on the alliance between Britain and France. The British Navy helped the French defeat the Spanish South Netherlands fleet and blocked this part of the coast, making it impossible for Spanish local armies, reinforcements and the most important military pay to be transported there in time. The efficiency of transportation is too low. But Cromwell, who is insisting on going to war against the West, is dead. The British country is in chaos, with the major generals, officers, bourgeois MPs, and royalists fighting extremely hard, and even in danger of civil war, which makes the French feel a little uncertain about the future.

Once Britain and Spain make peace alone and then withdraw from this war, how can France handle itself? Although the navy of the Kingdom of France has already had a certain strength after years of construction, can it defeat Spain steadily? If it doesn't work, then the Spanish can continue to transport troops and supplies to the South Netherlands, and the French main 6th Army will continue to fall there unless they reorganize more troops to cross the Pyrenees to attack Spain. But in that case, financial difficulties will be great and France may not be able to bear it!

Especially now, the food part of the Spanish used land pledge loans to stabilize the domestic situation (of course, grain loans on the East Coast only accounted for a small part), and the Spanish also used the weapons exchanged for land pledge loans to reorganize many infantry regiments. Although their combat effectiveness seems to be very weak at present, it is at least a big trouble for the French. Moreover, how do you know that the East Coast people will not continue to assist the Spanish? You must know that these two countries have been getting close recently, and God knows what will happen in the future.

Therefore, when the Spanish representatives did not completely bow down during the current peace negotiations, the powerful Mazaranxiang immediately felt tricky. He realized that perhaps some means should be used to test the position of the East Coast people. If possible, it would be difficult to make them cut off the Spanish aid, because France probably did not have enough bargaining chips to impress the East Coast people.

In fact, as early as the second half of last year, the French had contacted Zheng Yong, the East Coast envoy to Amsterdam through some secret channels, and asked whether the East Coast people could stop aid to Spain, but Zheng Yong refused it very neatly. However, the French did not give up. While fighting with Spain (actually, they were fighting and talking), they also sent the Pasquere family, who were closely related to the East Coast and members of the Baron Toulouse family, to the East Coast, to conduct some diplomatic tests in order to achieve some favorable results.

"The news was passed by the Finance Director Nicholas Fukai through an intermediary. My father did not dare to neglect the news and immediately asked me to pack up and come to the east coast." Ginette Pasquier said calmly. "And I only know my aunt's family, so I came here. But I guess your government may have already known some of the news, because Mr. Frank is also one of the secret messengers."

"To be honest, cousin Ginette." Yu Xingguo shook his head and said, "Even if I don't participate in political affairs, I know that this kind of thing is difficult. Because France lacks influence on the East Coast. Especially today, when the bilateral trade volume is only a few hundred thousand yuan, France really has no bargaining chips that can make the East Coast excited."

"Maybe, but who cares?" Ginette shrugged and said, "Anyway, my mission is to bring the news, and I do not have the identity of a formal diplomatic envoy. Once your government refuses, then Paris will not admit that we have communicated with your country through us. The face of Mazaranxiang and King Louis is more important than anything else. They would rather continue to collect 200 million Liver's funds in the country to maintain the cost of war than to be tarnished."

"However, the Director of Finance, His Excellency Fukai is also very interested in the machinery and equipment you produce. He hopes to import some and ship them to France, because the Dutch and the British have bought some more or less, and it turns out to be very useful." Ginette Pasquier said one thing and mentioned another: "Of course, if there are craftsmen or scholars in the East Coast who are willing to work in France, His Excellency Fukai is also very welcome."

"Don't make any idea about this, my dear cousin." Yu Xingguo was shocked when he heard this, and immediately dissuaded: "This kind of thing is very taboo on the East Coast. If ordinary craftsmen are nothing, if they are workers from some sensitive machine factories, they may be arrested by the Syphilis Patient Statistical Investigation Bureau. That would be worse than death. Don't make such an attempt, because it may also bring disaster to our family."

"Of course I won't do this." Ginette said immediately. "If the craftsman doesn't work, then you can only import some machinery and equipment. You need your cousin to help you. Uh, some of these equipment are also needed by our family. You may not know that my father started construction in the textile factory in Bordeaux again, but the equipment is aging and the cost is too high. I urgently need to purchase a batch of top-quality East Coast machines to improve efficiency."

"Do you want to buy textile machinery?" Yu Xingguo was stunned at first, and then quickly realized that his cousin was referring to the hydraulic or foot-pedal textile machinery exported to the Netherlands, which was naturally far less efficient than the machines on the East Coast, but the service life and reliability were better than existing equipment in Europe, and the efficiency was slightly higher. So the first-line equipment was not in the ranks of prohibited exports, so he immediately replied: "Of course there is no problem. Many textile factories in Leiden, the Netherlands use our machines. Of course, they mainly use them for wool spinning. Do you want to buy cotton spinning machines?"

"Yes, it's a cotton spinning machine. It's very popular in France now." Ginette was a little excited when he said this, and only heard him say: "Now the civil strife in France has subsided, and the main force of Spain's 6th Army has also been severely damaged. Mazaranxiang plans to restart the cotton textile industry that has been delayed for many years, many of which were created during Richelieu's tenure."

Yu Xingguo recalled a little, and remembered the incident in which Richelieu had built 12 textile workshops in Paris, which had been circulating in the East Coast. He was still very scared by the East Coast, but with the privateing activities of the East Coast Navy in the Caribbean and the strong control of the source of cotton, and France was deeply involved in the financial difficulties of the 30 Years of War, the cotton textile workshops in Paris were never able to rise, and they were always standing still in the second half of the protection of state subsidies and high tariffs.

However, now the French actually wanted to restart this plan, that is, to invest huge sums of money to develop the textile industry. It seems that after thirty years of war, the Stones Rebellion and the French War, the French Kingdom, whose domestic political situation is becoming increasingly stable, has gradually turned its energy to construction. In fact, it is understandable to think about it. Without construction, there will be sufficient national strength to support large-scale wars in the future? Mazaran wanted to develop the French industry, which is actually the same interest of the French officials and gentry class, and in general, it is also in line with the national interests of France.

The French Kingdom, which has oo ten thousand cheap livestock (the population may continue to rise after the annexation of some Spanish territory), is also a separatist princes just been wiped out, tax cards and barriers in various provinces and regions in China are gradually removed, and a unified market is about to form a powerful Western European country, and an absolute monarchy. This is indeed terrible to think about it! Once the power of the government and the opposition (and Louis XIV who ruled in the future) made up their minds to develop certain industries, then the various places can really carry out their implementation well. Perhaps France's textile industry, at least its traditional advantages, is about to rise (to be continued.)

You can get the view after getting off the clouds.
Chapter completed!