The cloth market in the late Ming Dynasty mainly relied on self-sufficiency, which was also the characteristic of the era of small-scale peasant economy, almost all items were self-sufficient, and once they encountered natural disasters or **, it would affect the environment of the market, which is why it was easier to form hoarding in ancient times.

Since the successful invasion of the Australian denim into the Daming cloth market, the homespun textile handicraft industry in the coastal area of Guangzhou in Daming has been greatly affected.

This effect even led to the first homespun handicraft workshops in the countryside, when the decision to reduce production had to be made because the city cloth sellers had to buy less goods.

I have to say that under the influence of butterfly wings, the history of time and space that we originally knew is changing step by step.

But this change is unstoppable through the people, in order to develop, in order to save the nation that is about to fall into the rule of barbaric civilization, can only sacrifice the interests of a small number of people to strengthen themselves.

The characteristics of denim wear-resistant and good thickness in the hand are obviously loved by people, and they are almost in short supply once they are launched, but no matter how good a cloth sells, it will have its market saturation period, not to mention this wear-resistant cloth.

The cloth merchants in Guangzhou, who earned a lot of money by selling denim, are now more and more polite to Zhao De's uncle and nephew, walking in the street teahouse, if they meet people from Zhao Mansion, they will politely greet them.

And Zhao De, as himself, has once again become the object of the Guangzhou businessmen, whether they have business contacts or not, they will find various reasons to send a letter of worship to invite him to gather in Cuixiangju or taste tea in a teahouse.

The cloth market in Guangzhou has been hit by the Australian step, and the sales volume has dropped by half, and some handicraft workshops that see the market is not right, either sell the machine or put into the action of reselling Australian cloth.

In addition to the shock to the market, the biggest impact is probably those who fail to launch the weaving industry in time and the workers who make a living from weaving.

Shi Muqun is a large landlord and gentry in the stone village of the countryside of Guangzhou, the main source of income of the family depends on collecting rent and selling cloth for the industry, because he opened a large weaving workshop, so the reputation in this industry is also quite large, before the Australian denim did not come in, almost 50% of the cloth supply of the Guangzhou generation was monopolized by him.

But since the entry of Australian cloth, half of the fabric that has been barely woven by relying on the relationship of some old customers in the past can be sold, but for a big businessman like him, who has many hand-weaving workshops, he is definitely still in a state of loss.

Although the cloth can be saved, but the goods will increase the flow of capital return, doing business is about the quick look of the return of funds, the faster the return of money, if it is the opposite, it just means that the business is cold.

The Australian denim, Shi Muqun also let people buy a few and come back to see, it is indeed good, whether it is wear-resistant or wiped in the hands or with a clear eye will choose this step, that is, they think so, not to mention the people who buy cloth.

Weaving is not actually an ulterior craft, at most, it is different in the process of dyeing cloth, and the final will be different, he tried to study the cloth with several masters in the workshop, and wanted to imitate, but tried no less than dozens of times, but has not been successful, and the cloth is a lot of waste.

The most difficult thing to say about this Australian cloth was to dye it, not only did he not succeed, but also the other gentry who had woven and dyed cloth in the countryside for a living.

In fact, as early as the Australian cloth came out, the smart Ming people thought about imitation, not to mention that there was no cottage in ancient times, as long as it was a good thing in any era, there would be a cottage, not to mention in ancient times when there was no concept of intellectual property rights and patented technology, let alone protection.

After trying many times in a row, some small workshop owners decisively abandoned, so trying is certainly not a way, some minds are lively and business-minded moments poured up the cloth, this cloth sells well in Guangzhou, and other places will naturally not be bad.

Although these small workshop owners are flexible in changing careers, it is very difficult for big workshop owners like Shi Muqun to change careers immediately, so the loom is not said to be taken off, not to mention the backlog of some raw materials collected in their hands, and they can't be sold if they are not woven, and it is a waste to put it away, and it can barely be sold for a few bucks when it is woven.

But the more weaving means that the more goods are deposited, and the funds will be returned slowly, and the Shi family's assets are quite valuable, but they can't afford to spend like this.

It's not that he didn't think about reselling Australian cloth, but when he wanted to enter, there was no quota, and the Zhao family in Guangzhou had certain restrictions on the merchants who sold cloth.

Even if you want to buy more cloth, you don't just give it, almost all of them are evaluated according to the amount of local purchases, and they are saying that people don't have so much cloth.

It is said that the Australian people do not produce enough, and this is also thanks to the lack of production, which is enough for the stone and wood groups, and they have to jump into the river.

The stone mansion in Shijia Village, although it is not a high-walled and deep courtyard, but it is also an extremely luxurious courtyard in this ten miles and eight townships, and in the inner house, a graceful and luxurious woman walked in with a bowl of soup in her hand.

"Master, I'm worried about the cloth again, you see that you have lost a lot of weight these days, I asked someone to stew a bowl of ginseng soup for you to drink."

"Hey! It made Mrs. happy," Shi Muqun said apologetically as he took the ginseng soup from Mrs. Hand. These days, his lack of thought about tea and dinner also makes the family uneasy, especially this Mrs. Shi.

"Where did the master say, if you and I have been husband and wife for many years, wouldn't you be so polite. It's just that the Australian cloth did catch us off guard, and these days the slave family is also thinking that if we can make this Australian's cloth unsold, is it? ”

Shi Muqun frowned, "I understand what Madame means, but the Zhao family and the Guangzhou cloth business have already tasted the sweetness in it, and I am afraid that it is already a little difficult for the government to interfere at this time." ”

If you want to interfere through the government, the Shi family can come up with money, and the Zhao family may not be able to do it, although the Zhao family is not a wealthy family, and the rise has been in recent years, but it controls the sales of Australian goods and has a coalition with the gentry of a generation in Guangzhou, and it must not be something that the Shi family can control.

"Madame, don't worry too much, you can just wait and see," Shi Muqun sighed.