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When European nations started to colonize North and South America, they created large plantations for the production of Cotton, Tobacco & Sugar. First they tried to use the local population as slaves, but they quickly died out where that was tried. Slaves were then imported from Africa, which created a triangular trade system. Europe sold textiles, rum & manufactured goods to Africa, Africa sold slaves to America, and America sold cotton, sugar and tobacco to Europe.
With a sizeable contingent of European Traders in China, the demand for Chinese porcelain has skyrocketed. The Chinese porcelain is demanded by all in Europe, and the Chinese only accept silver or gold as payment.
Our inventors have spent some time studying samples of porcelain that our traders have brought back from China. They claim to have discovered the secrets of its production. The samples that they have presented to [Root.Owner.Monarch.GetTitle] [Root.Owner.Monarch.GetName] are certainly very fine, and will bring in considerable wealth if they can be produced in large amounts. They now request our investment to set up a porcelain manufactory which will, they say, allow them to capture the German market for chinaware.
With Protestantism taking over in more and more Catholic countries, there are fewer people who observe Lent. Without the 40 days when any proper Catholic cannot eat meat and is forced to eat fish, the demand for fish is plummeting.
Originally a drink largely associated with the Muslim world, coffee has become more and more commonplace even among the Christians in Europe. In an increasingly interconnected world acquiring anything, including coffee is no longer quite as hard as it once was. As a result, coffeehouses are increasingly being established in Europe and the exotic beans are in increasing demand.
During the Renaissance, Indian cotton fabrics had become increasingly popular in Europe. Eventually, the [Root.GetAdjective] wool industry came under intense pressure and demanded a ban on cotton imports.
Originally a Chinese beverage, tea quickly became the new [Root.GetAdjective] national drink after its introduction in [Root.GetName]. Mixed with sugar, it is consumed by the rich, the poor and even [Root.Monarch.GetTitle] [Root.Monarch.GetName].
The discovery of the East Indian Trade Route has ushered in the age of the Spice Trade. With new trade routes available, controlling the flow of spices like pepper or cinnamon has become more important than ever.
With slavery now banned in [Root.GetName] and other countries likely to follow suit, it seems the transatlantic slave trade will be seeing a sharp decline.
In February 1600, the Peruvian volcano known as Huaynaputina erupted in a massive explosion. The effects of the eruption were felt all across the world, where famine killed millions and trade of grain and wine collapsed.
The winters have been getting longer and colder for as long as anyone can remember. As ice and snow once again creep further south this winter crops are becoming ruined, wine is spoiled and the fish have begun migrating to warmer waters.
Developments in bottle making have allowed Wine producers to create bottles in more standardized sizes and as a result have been able to reintroduce the use of the bottle cork. This is a much more efficient way to seal in the wine than the old cloth stoppers and has meant that wine can now be transported over much farther distances than was previously considered possible. Perhaps we are now seeing the birth of a worldwide wine trade.
A new technique for fabric production have begun to emerge among the clothworkers of $COUNTRY$. The so called 'New Draperies' are much thinner, lighter and cheaper than the thick woolens that used to be in demand. While demand is on the rise for these new products their productions makes use of considerably less wool and as a result prices have been declining.
The enlistment armies of old are increasingly being replaced by more permanent national armies. As part of this process many states have begun to regulate how the uniforms of their soldiers should look and some have even begun to provide these uniforms themselves to their soldiers. Dye was never cheap and with the increased demand now put on both dyes and cloth prices are on the rise.
Our explorers report that over the Grand Banks of Newfoundland they have found waters teaming with thousands upon thousands of fishes just waiting to be caught! Fishing expeditions are headed to these waters in greater and greater numbers and markets are awash with an unimaginable supply of Fish.
The steady supply of Indian cottons has begun to result in some big changes in European cloth consumption. Muslins, calicoes and other cotton cloths are being sold at higher and higher prices in the European markets.
The demand for furs has been constantly rising throughout the middle ages and an increasingly colder climate has not done anything to change this lately. Because of this the European beaver population is having trouble coping with the constantly growing demand for furs. It has gotten to the point that beavers are very rarely seen in Europe at all and furs now have to be imported at great cost from Russia and the far north.
Beaver fur is an excellent material for hat-making. It keeps warmth and can hold its shape well even in rough weather and over long times. Rising demand for felt hats along with the complicated process involved in making them has led to the growth of a healthy hatmaking sector in our economy.
Permanent navies have gone from being exceptional cases to becoming the norm. The institutions devoted to the control of these new navies are beginning to take a much more active part in the procurement of supplies for the construction, rationing and upkeep of their ships.
The bronze cannon has made its entrance on the battlefield and is here to stay. The materials needed to feed the growing cannon-making industries have led to an explosion in the demand for copper over the last few years and prices have risen as a result.
Tea drinking is far from a new element in Japanese culture. The continued development of the Japanese Tea Ceremony during the 16th century, however, has led to the drink now becoming commonplace throughout Japanese society.
With an increasing amount of competitors in the spice market the availability of the once extremely rare spices of the east have increased drastically in the west. While some have tried to stabilize the Spice prices by burning what they produce or imposing stricter rules for its export it now seems clear that the profitability of the business has taken a permanent downturn.
Sugar was once a rare luxury that had to be imported from the Maghreb or the Middle East. As the world has opened up and the purchasing power of our urban class has increased, sugar may still be considered a luxury, but quite an affordable one.
Silk has been in high demand throughout the world since long before the middle ages and its procurement was one of the driving forces behind the voyages of discovery in the east. With the greater availability of silk, both raw and woven, the demand for Silk cloth in the west is soaring ever higher.
Our direct control over some of the dye producing areas of northern India has attracted a number of fortune seekers aiming to expand the production into our lands in Bengal. Some parts of Bengal would seem ideal to grow Indigo and most seem to judge that it is likely that these efforts will be successful if allowed. Growing Indigo and process of turning the plants into dye is hard work, however, and allowing these unscrupulous people free reins here might lead to difficulties down the road.
Initially many types of tropical wood would be considered too brittle by woodworkers. With the development of veneering, however, it has become possible to make use of Ebony and other tropical woods selected for their beauty rather than their strength. As a result the creation of beautiful and original cabinets and other prestige furniture from tropical woods has grown into a major business.
After many years of slow declining the Elephant population of South East Asia is now at an all time low. The demand for Elephants and Ivory products in both South East Asia and China has, however, never faltered and as a result the price of elephants and their ivory is rising.
Various advances in the field of ironworking have meant that the iron cannon is now both more efficient and reliable than the old bronze cannons. As iron products are also increasingly replacing copper in other fields, such as for mealtime utensils, the price of copper has been dropping while the demand for Iron is on the rise.
The use of Cocoa to create a hot beverage is a custom inherited from the American natives. While the new drink caught on quickly in some parts of European society it has taken some time, and large amounts of sugar, before it reached a larger acceptance. With that out of the way, however, the demand for chocolate is now steadily increasing in the old world.
Originally marketed as a medicinal plant Tobacco has come to be increasingly popular in both the Christian and Muslim world for its recreational purposes. From Paris to Bengal the habit has grown to such an extent that the tobacco business is becoming quite lucrative.
For centuries coffee has been a product exclusively grown and exported from Yemen and Ethiopia. The merchants of Yemen in particular have had such a strong grip over the coffee trade that they have gone to great lengths to stop anyone from bringing the plant across their borders.
Just as the silk worm once traveled west along the trade routes, so too has the coffee plant come to be in the possession of our merchants. The plantations in [java_coffee_here.GetName] have begun to produce a significant amount of coffee, making beans much more readily available..
The merchants that once came to our ports to procure coffee now have other options, and while [mocha.GetCapitalName] remains an important port in its own right it is no longer the main entrepot for coffee beans in the world.
While paper is superior to parchment in many ways, it has never entirely been able to displace it. However, with the popularization of the Printing Press, books, pamphlets and even playing cards have become commonplace, in a way they never have before. The art of producing paper itself has also become far more refined over the last decades and these two things now coincide to make paper much more sought after than ever before.
Perhaps the most visible example of this is the bookmarket of [bookmarket_here.GetCapitalName], which seems to grow larger every year. Originally a fair for the printers of [bookmarket_here.GetAreaName], the fair now sees visitors from the entire continent.
For centuries paper mills have relied on mechanical hammers to beat lumpen paper pulp, crushing the fiber to create the raw material needed to then create paper.
Using the local windmills for power, enterprising artisans in [hollender_beater_province.GetName] have now devised a more efficient solution. What they call the [Root.GetAdjective] Beater, is a vat with a wind-powered horizontal roller with blades. These blades can shred as much pulp in hours as the old hammers did in days.
Bureaucrats have long favored paper over parchment and other materials due to how much easier it is to work with. There are also various measures that can be taken to make official papers harder to falsify. The invention of the watermark in Fabriano is one, the elaborate marbling techniques and calligraphy of the Islamic paper producers another.
As Empires increasingly come to grow to encompass more than one continent this need for provable authenticity and ease of use has lead to Imperial Bureaucracies from China to Europe exclusively using paper for official documents and orders.
With literacy on the rise, the spread and dissemination of books has become an objective both for economical and, ideological reasons. Booksellers have become a much more common sight in many cities in general, and in large ones such as [lending_libraries_here.GetName] there are entire shop streets lined with boxes of books for sale.
For those that could not afford to buy books themselves there are now an increasing number of ways to lend or co-finance book purchases, such as paid lending-libraries, book buying cooperatives, or subscription societies.
With the colonization of the Americas a wide range of new seeds, crops and animals are starting to spread between the New World and the old. From the first moment of introduction crops such as maize, manioc and tomatoes are now spreading over the entire old world, just as Non-American beasts of burden are becoming ever-more sought after in the new world.
As lands that were once considered unfit for growing anything, either for part of the year or in some cases ever before, are put to use in the production of food and cereals, the general availability of food in the world is higher than ever before. Few things in this century will bring as much benefit to the common man, as grown food is now much less scarce than it once was.
Gem-cutting masters in [diamond_city.GetCapitalName] have made a breakthrough in diamond cutting by experimenting with diamond dust suspended in oil on their scaifs. This is allowing the [Root.GetAdjective] artisans to cut the rare stones in entirely new shapes and to much greater brilliance. The resulting technique, known as faceting, produces a stone of a more pleasing geometric shape and with better optical qualities. As the new stones, and the technique for making them, spread across courts and workshops the demand for jewelry, diamonds and precious stones is increasing greatly.
Diamonds, a type of stone so durable that it cannot even be polished, save from using its own dust, has long been the most rare of all precious stones. For centuries India has been the only known source of Diamonds in the entire world, and even there it is only found in a few well guarded mining regions.
With the discovery of large quantities of diamonds in inland South America, however, diamonds have become something not only for kings and princes, but also for rich magnates, burghers or other connoisseurs of jewelry.
Many Reformed and Protestant theologians have come to reject not only the elaborately decorated nature of Catholic churches but also the use of incense in religious rituals. The use of scents, candles, and incense is now increasingly considered sacrilege and as a result the demand for all types of incense that for over a thousand years have pulled frankincense and myrrh from the east to Europe has finally begun to decrease.
A growing merchant class as well as increasingly demanding social code among the nobility and upper classes has lead to an increased demand for perfume. The halls of grand palaces are now expected to have a likable scent as well as a majestic decour. This has lead to a surge in demand for products such as frankincense, myrrh and other scented products for the making of perfume and in [perfume_city_grass.GetCapitalName], the refinement of local flowers and foreign scented goods have even grown into a major industry in itself.
Through the scientific and very aggressive breeding of horses, pigs, cows and sheep, [Root.GetAdjective] farmers have begun to create entirely new types of animals, more specialized for the various tasks they are to perform. For centuries various regions have had famous breeds of livestock but with the new methods now being pioneered it has become evident how easy it is for man to create specific improvements in the animals.
As a result the cattle trade is being revitalized, with a drastic increase in the quality of sold animals rather than just the quantity of animals sold.
For centuries Venetian glass has dominated the glassmaking sector, with smaller glassmaking enterprises trying to faithfully emulate the masters on Murano island. Bohemia has been a glass-making region since the 12th century, but by combining their native chalk with potash in a new method the Bohemian glass-makers are now finally able to challenge the Venetian glass. The new strand of Bohemian crystal is both more durable, brilliant and distinctly different in its style form the Venetian glass. Bohemian crystal chandeliers, glass jewelry, and engraved glass is rapidly becoming a common sight in all the courts of Europe.
Ever since the 13th century spectacles made from glass lenses have come to replace the reading stones of older eras. Through thorough optical observation these lenses have now reached a level of perfection that has allowed even the smallest of things to be enlarged.
To the delight of scholars these new lenses can also be used to create both optical microscopes, allowing them to examine what could never be seen before, and the refracting telescope, allowing study of far-away objects such as the stars. The field of optics is now at the brink of a revolution, bringing great benefits both to science, navigation and warfare.
Glassmakers in [glass_province.GetName] have started using flintstone and sand together with lead to create a clear, easily worked and flawless product. This new method is rapidly challenging the existing major glass producing centers in the world as the markets are flooded in the new, and very popular product.
Over time, technology has greatly increased the output of existing coal mines as well as making it possible to mine coal in many places where it would previously have been unfeasible. Our coal mines are working at an unprecedented efficiency and while the continued industrialization still means that coal is in great demand this demand can now more easily be met.
- See also: Trade goods
This is a list of all events concerning trade goods price changes[1] (from /Europa Universalis IV/events/PriceChanges.txt).
Contents
- 1 id 1 - 10
- 2 id 11 - 20
- 3 id 21 - 30
- 3.1 Japanese Tea Culture
- 3.2 Decline of the Spice Trade
- 3.3 Changing Patterns of Consumption
- 3.4 Popularization of Silk Fabrics
- 3.5 Dye Plantations of Bengal
- 3.6 Development of Veneering
- 3.7 Declining Elephant Populations in South East Asia
- 3.8 Development of Ironworking
- 3.9 Hot Chocolate
- 3.10 Growing Popularity of Tobacco
- 4 id 31 - 40
- 4.1 Dissemination of the Coffee Plant
- 4.2 Decline of [mocha.GetCapitalName]
- 4.3 The International Bookmarket
- 4.4 The Beater
- 4.5 Administrating An Empire
- 4.6 Lending Libraries and Book Clubs
- 4.7 Columbian Exchange
- 4.8 Faceting
- 4.9 New World Diamonds
- 4.10 Protestant and Reformed Churches Reject Incense
- 5 id 41 - 50
- 6 References
id 1 - 10[edit]
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The Triangle Trade
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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 This will increase the demand for Slaves.
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European Traders in China
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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This will increase the demand for Chinaware.
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Porcelain in Meissen
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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This will decrease the demand for Chinaware.
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Protestantism Entrenched
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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This will decrease the demand for Fish.
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Coffee Boom
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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This will increase the price of coffee.
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Cotton Imports
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We will not restrict free trade.
Mercantilism is the right way.
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Of Tea and Sugar
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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This will increase the demand for tea and sugar.
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Spice Trade
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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This will increase the price of spices.
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Abolitionism
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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This will decrease the demand for slaves.
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Eruption of Huaynaputina
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Grain and wine will be less profitable for now.
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id 11 - 20[edit]
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Coldest period of the Little Ice Age
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Brrrr.
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Cork Bottle Stoppers
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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New Draperies
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Uniform Regulations
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Grand Banks Fisheries
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Calicoes & Other Cotton Cloths
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Depletion of the European Beaver
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Felt Hats
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Permanent Navies
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Bronze Cannons
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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id 21 - 30[edit]
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Japanese Tea Culture
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Decline of the Spice Trade
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Changing Patterns of Consumption
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Popularization of Silk Fabrics
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Dye Plantations of Bengal
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Allow it.
Restrict the creation of new Plantations.
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Development of Veneering
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Declining Elephant Populations in South East Asia
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Development of Ironworking
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Hot Chocolate
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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Growing Popularity of Tobacco
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Ok.
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id 31 - 40[edit]
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Dissemination of the Coffee Plant
Just as the silk worm once traveled west along the trade routes, so too has the coffee plant come to be in the possession of our merchants. The plantations in [java_coffee_here.GetName] have begun to produce a significant amount of coffee, making beans much more readily available..
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Have a cup of [java_coffee_here.GetName]!
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Decline of [mocha.GetCapitalName]
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Let us hope the [From.GetAdjective] merchants choke on their vile concoctions.
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The International Bookmarket
Perhaps the most visible example of this is the bookmarket of [bookmarket_here.GetCapitalName], which seems to grow larger every year. Originally a fair for the printers of [bookmarket_here.GetAreaName], the fair now sees visitors from the entire continent.
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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This will benefit the entire province.
 [bookmarket_here.GetCapitalName] truly is the greatest bookmarket in the world.
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The province of bookmarket_here does not have a special goods produced modifier
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The Beater
Using the local windmills for power, enterprising artisans in [hollender_beater_province.GetName] have now devised a more efficient solution. What they call the [Root.GetAdjective] Beater, is a vat with a wind-powered horizontal roller with blades. These blades can shred as much pulp in hours as the old hammers did in days.
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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The Paper Market will never be the same.
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Administrating An Empire
As Empires increasingly come to grow to encompass more than one continent this need for provable authenticity and ease of use has lead to Imperial Bureaucracies from China to Europe exclusively using paper for official documents and orders.
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Paper is the future.
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Lending Libraries and Book Clubs
For those that could not afford to buy books themselves there are now an increasing number of ways to lend or co-finance book purchases, such as paid lending-libraries, book buying cooperatives, or subscription societies.
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Can the masses really be trusted with the written word?
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Columbian Exchange
As lands that were once considered unfit for growing anything, either for part of the year or in some cases ever before, are put to use in the production of food and cereals, the general availability of food in the world is higher than ever before. Few things in this century will bring as much benefit to the common man, as grown food is now much less scarce than it once was.
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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That's great...
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Faceting
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Gems are truly outrageous.
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New World Diamonds
With the discovery of large quantities of diamonds in inland South America, however, diamonds have become something not only for kings and princes, but also for rich magnates, burghers or other connoisseurs of jewelry.
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Diamonds are forever.
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Protestant and Reformed Churches Reject Incense
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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All in flames.
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id 41 - 50[edit]
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Growth of the Perfume Industry
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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They certainly have a good nose for things like this.
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Selective Breeding
As a result the cattle trade is being revitalized, with a drastic increase in the quality of sold animals rather than just the quantity of animals sold.
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Remarkable.
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Bohemian Crystal
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Clear as Crystal.
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Improvements in Lens Making
To the delight of scholars these new lenses can also be used to create both optical microscopes, allowing them to examine what could never be seen before, and the refracting telescope, allowing study of far-away objects such as the stars. The field of optics is now at the brink of a revolution, bringing great benefits both to science, navigation and warfare.
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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We can now see things far away as if they were nearby.
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Flint Glass & Lead Crystal
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Brilliant.
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Improvements in Coalmining
This event happens only once during a campaign.
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Excellent.
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References[edit]
- ↑ Trade goods base prices are listed in /Europa Universalis IV/common/prices/00_prices.txt.
