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1431 Union
The makeup from Ming Dynasty swept half of Spain, and was even brought back to Austria by the visiting Habsburg nobles.

No one can resist these healthier, more attractive cosmetics, but in fact the real reason for the trend has nothing to do with health.

Most of the cosmetics in this era have the same look, and even the perfume of the Ming Dynasty and the perfume of the Arabs have the same origin, but the steaming method was used in the Song Dynasty.

But Daming's cosmetics all adhere to the business philosophy from the Oriental military government, as long as it is sold across the border, it is only one word, expensive.

Expensive to look at, expensive to use, and naturally expensive to sell.

There is no need for Chen Mu to ask about this matter. The kiln owner from Jingdezhen is the most loyal supporter of the Minister of the East. In the past, the honesty-based craftsmen never thought that the standard wares fired in the kiln could be sold for such a high price.

Now, they contract all the packaging of high-end goods sold overseas, foundation cases, porcelain; perfume bottles, porcelain; jewelry boxes, porcelain; everything must be porcelain.

Even in the gimmick, there must be the top-level concept. The powder-bottomed porcelain box must use the latest blue and white colors, and the lucky boat, shark boat, and Liujia warship should be painted on it.

For a small perfume bottle, there should be a Ming soldier with a helmet on it.

They are the industries that benefit the most from national power. In the early years, European aristocratic families ordered some heraldic porcelain for them through the Eastern Military Government, but now those heraldic porcelains are no longer fashionable.

The best-selling ones are the pictures of Ming Dynasty’s private households’ life and interest, military exercises, officers’ uniforms, and civil servants’ uniforms. However, apart from the civilian household pictures, the other three types of porcelain sets need to be issued by the Beiyang Army before they can be sold.

Kiln owners also know why their products sell well, and what else can they do, just because their Eastern Banner Army can fight and tidy up people, so they naturally like their products.

So leave no stone unturned.

However, in today's England, from the head of Guizhou to the princes, none of them can feel the charm of the Ming Dynasty.

In Northumberland, nine hundred miles north of London, in Alnwick Castle, Queen Elizabeth walked around the castle restlessly, stomping her feet in anger from time to time, and stabbing the thick tapestry with a rusty sword on the way.

Her irritability was not attributable to strategic matters, but in fact things were looking up for the Tudors in England, and the Scottish army was streaming across the border, heading south after a brief rally at Alnwick Castle.

Ironically, when England was unprecedentedly strong on the island, the Kingdom of Scotland in the north was resolutely unwilling to be annexed by England, but when England was weak, the union proposal was quickly passed.

They simply settled on James Stuart, King of Scotland, as Elizabeth's heir, acquitted his mother, and would become king of the United Kingdom a hundred years after Elizabeth.

Such a decision made the six major Scottish nobles mobilize [-] troops to go south, and even recalled more than [-] Scottish warriors from the Kingdom of France through negotiations.

Most of the Scottish guards supported by the French royal family were good players recruited and trained by the Scottish king imitating the English longbowmen in the early years. When the Scottish king died, these guards were hired by France to become the royal guards to protect the Palace of Versailles.

The French also didn't want to see Ming suppress them from the north and the south, so they easily let these Scots go home, and equipped them with the best plate armor in Europe.

When Scottish longbowmen returned home, they were all regarded by the king as an elite combat force, and even sent conscripts to carry spears, longbows and melee weapons for them.

But such a good situation could not alleviate Elizabeth's restlessness.

Because Elizabeth has no makeup.

When she was 12 years old, Elizabeth contracted smallpox. Although she recovered from the illness, she left many horrific scars on her face.

Over the years, she has been relying on lead powder imported from Venice and a large amount of foundation and lipstick containing arsenic, mercury and lead to cover her face and body.

These things made the queen lose her appetite, her spirits were weak, her health was lost, and she was more and more prone to restlessness and unreasonable sadness.

Symptoms will be alleviated when people are happy, but when people's psychological pressure is too great, everything will erupt like a scourge.

At this moment, living in Alnwick, a castle built to prevent the Scots from invading, watching a large number of Scots going south every day and night, is undoubtedly the most psychologically stressful time for Elizabeth in history.

Not to mention that there are countless news pouring into the ears continuously, there are rumors and truth in them, and no one can clearly distinguish whether the things that happened hundreds of miles away are true or false.

Yang Gao, the Queen's confidant foreign minister, has always done his duty as a loyal minister, warning the Queen and the leading generals over and over again, what kind of opponent they are facing.

'The Ming army can carry dry food for three days and attack three hundred miles in two days. Once the army enters the range of three hundred miles, it will no longer be safe. '

'The scouts of the Ming army will cross the front line for hundreds of miles to conduct investigations, so be careful. '

Too much of these words will only make people frightened and annoying-in the war in England, no one can travel three hundred miles in two days, let alone scouts who can cross the front line for a hundred miles to conduct reconnaissance.

This is something they have never heard of, how to fight against it?
People thought that Yang Gao was trying to confuse the army, and later put him in the dungeon of Alnwick Castle.

It's just that the queen has not issued the order to execute Yang Gao for a long time.

She is worried, the past has shown her that everything Yang Gao said to her is true, all the advice is right, even those prophecies.

He predicted a storm at Southampton, the assassination of the Earl of Leicester, food shortages and rebellion in Ireland, and demanded that the Queen leave London.

Now London was indeed captured by the Ming army. If she hadn't left, she would be the one trapped in the Tower of London now.

All this proves that Yang Gao is a great loyal minister.

The most important thing is that none of the Daming spies approached Yang Gao.

Even now that Yang Gao is locked in prison, he must ask the queen to order the frontline army to advance three hundred miles, and the rear army must set up a defense line at least one hundred miles away on the banks of the Tyne River to prevent the Ming army from making a surprise attack.

But until the Scottish army entered Lancaster and York in two ways, there was still no trace of the Ming army. Instead, there was news brought back to Tsarist Russia from a merchant ship that had suffered a near death at sea.

They said that Tsarist Russia lost its ability to produce fur and was attacked by an extraordinary army in the east of the Ural Mountains. After describing it, the queen was very sure that the army the businessman mentioned was the Ming army.

Red hats and blue hats, is there anyone else in the world who wears such fantastic costumes?

Immediately afterwards, the Earl of Leicester, who was stationed in York in the south, sent back news that the Scottish legion sent south to London had already engaged the Ming army. It seemed that the Ming army had sent more reinforcements to London.

　Good morning!I slept in the rain.

　　I have to go to the tax office today, Chapter 2 will be released at night, sorry.

　　
　
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