Podor is now in chaos.&26705;&33310;&23567;&35828;&32593;&39318;&21457;&32;&119;&119;&119;&119;&46;&115;&97;&110;&103;&119;&117;&46;&110;&101;&116;Earlier this year, a force originated from Prince Conde captured this premier city in southern central France. They asked Mazaran to release Prince Conde who was imprisoned in prison. Prime Minister Mazaran, who held the central power of France, naturally refused. How could he release Prince Conde, who had a huge reputation among the people and the army, and also intended to compete for power with him?

Not only Prince Conde, but also his brother Prince Conte and Duke Langeville, who were strong backbone who opposed Mazaran, were arrested by him and imprisoned in Vincent Prison. Since the rebellious nobles lost to the king again and the Spanish army was expelled from France from both north and south, Mazaran's self-feeling began to become very good and his power grew. What was so good that Prince Conde, who made great contributions in quelling the aristocratic rebellion, also believed that he should replace Mazaran and take control of France's power, which caused an irreconcilable contradiction between the two, which then developed into a sharp political struggle.

The result of the struggle was obvious—or in the short term—Prince Conde was defeated! Mazaran captured him and some other disliked guys, and the French court became his one-man show since then. In this way, the situation in France also changed dramatically. The French generals (led by Tirena) who had just led the French team to defeat the Spanish invading army fled to Spain (Atois, South Netherlands, etc.), and then colluded with them to attack France in turn.

As it turns out, they have never been a pure patriot. They will attack Spain because of their own interests, and sometimes act as Spanish lackeys to attack France. They betrayed their previous oath of loyalty to the king. After finding that they could not monopolize the power, they quickly stood on the side of the foreign invaders.

In order to deal with this threat, French Prime Minister Mazaran personally led an army loyal to the king to invade the Southern Netherlands, fought against the army led by Tirena, and finally won. However, the battlefield in the north was victorious, but the south was not very optimistic: not only did the Spanish army enter southwestern France again, but some French teams loyal to Prince Conde also occupied Bordeaux and used this as a base to oppose Mazaran's rule, and the French civil war broke out again!

The full outbreak of the French Civil War (or the Second Tribute Movement) was really a mixed matter for the East Coast people. First, as Bordeaux was captured by the rebels, the entire city fell into chaos and the normal business order was completely disrupted. Don’t overestimate the discipline of these chaotic troops. Last year in Paris, the French rebels (mostly Parisian citizens) plundered the city and killed thousands of innocent citizens. This time in Bordeaux, they still started plundering unscrupulously. The robbers could cause death if they resisted a little.

The East Coast people's business stations were no exception. A group of French riots surrounded the place and then emptied many of the unsold cotton cloths in the warehouse, with a total value of more than 100,000 yuan. Fortunately, the East Coast people had just paid the money once in the first half of the year. Most of the money had been shipped back to the local area, and the small amount of funds left in the business stations were transferred to Istanbul through Marseille to support Mo San's series of actions there. Therefore, the losses of the East Coast people in this catastrophe in Bordeaux are still within the controllable range, but only tens of thousands of pieces of cotton cloth, which is nothing! If you really talk about the losses, I am afraid that the losses caused by the collapse of normal business order would be greater.

However, the normal business order collapsed and was paralyzed, and some "abnormal" commercial behaviors gradually flourished. The East Coast people in the Netherlands, the Hanseatic Alliance territories and some captains or merchants mobilized by Sweden, were loaded with cheap and affordable East Coast goods, and then went to areas where the local ruling class was in war and the power of the local ruling class was greatly weakened, and promoted goods from the East Coast.

The King's Army and the rebels fought in these areas, but the people's normal life still had to continue to live. But now many places are in war and the production order is greatly damaged. Many merchants who have been operating various businesses all year round find that they can't get in overnight. Most of the handicraft guilds that originally monopolized the raw materials to the terminal market are also in chaos. Local nobles and officials have even begun to take sides and attack each other. No one cares about how the country should operate, and this undoubtedly gives some opportunities to smuggle goods on the East Coast.

You should know that the East Coast goods in these areas were never possible in the short term, but the war destroyed the original order and destroyed a considerable part of France's industrial production capacity, forcing them to increase the import of foreign goods. These gave the East Coast smuggled goods at low prices and good quality. Of course, according to the current situation, it seems that the Netherlands, Germany and British merchants have taken a big advantage. The East Coast people's background is still too shallow, and the French network of relations is still not rich enough. You can only see

The merchants in these countries feasted, while the East Coast people could only follow behind and eat some leftovers. However, in the past six months, they had earned more than 200,000 yuan in profits through smuggling trade. Not only did they make up for the losses stolen by the merchant station, but they also had more surplus, which made Mo, who was far away in Istanbul, extremely satisfied. For this reason, he gave Kandin, the webmaster of the Bordeaux merchant station, and temporarily allocated the inventory in the merchant station in Florence to him for management in order to gain more profits.

In fact, when it comes to this, the people of the East Coast have to admire the British merchants. With Cromwell's full power in Britain, the emerging bourgeoisie began to escape the shackles of feudal shackles. Although they were still slaughtered and extorted by the republican government, and although the business environment was still bad, they finally got rid of legal obstacles and their social status was significantly improved. Therefore, England's business still developed tenaciously in a stuttering manner.

Especially the wool textile industry, which was hit by the civil war, entered a period of recovery and development since 1649. This year, it has conquered cities and lands, gradually expelling Dutch wool from their traditional market and made great profits. In addition to wool, the development of industries such as shipbuilding, iron smelting, fishing, and gun manufacturing was also quite rapid, which further enhanced the discourse power of the British bourgeoisie. As an emerging class, the bourgeoisie began to gradually embark on the political and economic stage, and it seemed that this seemed an irreversible trend.

The rise of capitalists may correspond to the decline of feudal aristocracy. Especially the consequences of those royal aristocracy were even more miserable. In order to cope with the huge government and military expenditures, the Cromwell government had to order the confiscation of the royal aristocracy's property, which made many people fall into poverty overnight. Even those who were not confiscated had to pay a fine that was enough to hurt them in proportion, which avoided the ending of the proletariat.

However, this situation unexpectedly promoted the development of the British American colonies. A large number of former royal members who were excluded, suppressed and persecuted in England were forced to leave their homeland and go to the North American continental colonies to develop. Some of the noble members seized the opportunity after arriving in North America and through hard work, and eventually became prominent families in British North America and later the United States. Their surnames are familiar even now: Washington, Randolph, Madison, etc.

Perhaps, the Netherlands, a country with supreme power controlled by capitalists, is the least willing to see the rise of Britain. Their merchants are not fools, and the rise of British industrial capital will seriously threaten the interests of Dutch merchants. For example, most of the herring fishing in the Netherlands are now carried out in the waters around the UK. After being cured and processed, many of the herrings caught are dumped into the British market again, which aroused great disgust among the British. In addition, Dutch fishing ships (generally large tonnage) are often bullied at sea, colliding with British herring fishing ships with tonnage of only 6-12 tons. The conflict between the two sides on the fishing industry has almost reached a white-hot level.

For example, the British refused to sell their wool or tweed to the Dutch (the Dutch usually sold them to various places for profits) and instead began to produce themselves, and through their advantages in raw materials supply and skilled industrial workers, they began to regain their traditional markets that they lost due to the civil war - such as the Ottoman and Baltic markets, which undoubtedly seriously damaged the interests of Dutch merchants.

There is even more serious point in that the British are considering whether to export grain to Spain and Italy, which have always been short of food, instead of transporting grain to Amsterdam distribution market for sale. If this policy is implemented, it will undoubtedly seriously provoke the Dutch merchants' monopoly of the European food market and indirectly affect the direction of many countries through food weapons. The Dutch may not tolerate such serious provocations by the British. It is really hard to say what will happen at that time. Maybe it is a comprehensive economic blockade, maybe it is a war, in short, it will not be easy, it depends on whether the British are determined to burn their boats.

The East Coast people are also very concerned about the trade dispute between Britain and the Netherlands. At present, the Bordeaux Merchant Station is also sending the collected information to Mosan in Istanbul at any time to summarize and analyze. Mosan is a time traveler, and of course he knows what will happen between Britain and the Netherlands. Moreover, after he has been in Europe for so many years and carefully studied the direction of Britain and the Netherlands' economy, policies, and diplomacy, he found that unless the British are willing to degenerate and continue to let Dutch capitalists suck blood and exploit, a war will break out between these two countries sooner or later. If a war cannot solve the problem - that is, the British capitalists are not satisfied and the Dutch capitalists are unwilling to give up their vested interests, then a second and third war will definitely break out until one of them surrenders...

Although the East Coast people cannot directly intervene in this possible war due to their weak national strength, if they are prepared in advance, they will not be unable to obtain some benefits. It depends on how to operate it. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!

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