Trade between the Chinese countryside and Chinese cities took place on a much smaller scale when compared to the trade that happened in France. In China peasants were more used to trading within their community and using their agricultural products for subsistence. Chinese cities also did not develop a manufacturing base as they did in France, nor did animal husbandry exist in China to the same extent that it did in Europe. French peasants began to use cattle, oxen, and other heavy mammals, but the Chinese used animal husbandry for smaller animals less adopted for agricultural purposes, such as fowl, chickens, and
Trade between the Chinese countryside and Chinese cities took place on a much smaller scale when compared to the trade that happened in France. In China peasants were more used to trading within their community and using their agricultural products for subsistence. Chinese cities also did not develop a manufacturing base as they did in France, nor did animal husbandry exist in China to the same extent that it did in Europe. French peasants began to use cattle, oxen, and other heavy mammals, but the Chinese used animal husbandry for smaller animals less adopted for agricultural purposes, such as fowl, chickens, and