I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 938: New Trends in Europe - Part
Joseph was also well aware that this model of breeding by specialized institutions was very costly, and that once the scale of planting reached a certain level, the supply of seeds would be unable to meet demand.

Moreover, with the unremitting efforts of industrial spies in various countries, the parent plants used to produce triploid beet seeds will sooner or later be leaked - after all, there is no such thing as a thief who can steal for a thousand days, and no one can guarantee that there will be no loopholes - and then they can cultivate the seeds themselves.

It is even possible that a genius will emerge in other countries and independently cultivate high-sugar beets.

However, Joseph was not worried at all.

Because before these situations arose, he had plenty of time to firmly bind beet sugar and the franc together.

Commercial trade is all about channels.

Once a channel is fixed, it is extremely difficult to change it. Especially for the huge amount of international trade, which also involves diplomatic issues, it is even more impossible to change it at will.

As long as triploid beet seeds are used and all sugar trading channels are connected to the Paris Futures Exchange, sugar produced in any country will have to be traded here according to market practices.

Just like Brazil in later generations, although it produced a quarter of the world's mung beans, it still had to be traded at the US CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade).

If all goes well, Joseph also plans to use the influence of sugar to gradually turn the Paris Futures Exchange into an international trading center for agricultural products such as wheat, oats, cotton, and tobacco.

The settlement currency for delivery of goods must be francs. At the very least, other countries must also quote in francs.

Three days later, Joseph went to Cologne as scheduled to attend the opening ceremony of the World Cup finals.

What he didn't expect was that when his convoy arrived at the village of Konigwitt northwest of Koblenz, he suddenly saw large tracts of beet fields in the village, with endless tender green leaves trembling in the wind.

You know, sugar beet cultivation has not yet spread to the Rhineland. And here is already on the Rhine River, across the river is Nassau and Hesse.

Judging from the growth of these beets, they must have been planted a long time ago.

Joseph motioned to Emmanuel: "Go ask someone about these beets."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Emman went to the nearest farmhouses and walked around. He returned quickly and bowed to Joseph.
"Your Highness, the beet seeds planted here should be smuggled from Lorraine. They started planting last year."

Joseph exhaled: "With such a large scale, there must be local officials involved in smuggling. Let the police department investigate.

"But don't involve the beet farmers. Oh, let Vergniaud promote beets directly in the Rhineland."

He thought for a moment and then asked, "Where will the beets grown here be transported to?"

"It will be shipped to Brunswick via Nassau, where there is a sugar refinery built by Prussia."

Upon hearing this, Joseph was a little impressed by the speed of the Prussians - it had only been more than a year, and they had already formed an industrial chain.

The profits from beet sugar are indeed very tempting.

However, he also believed that without a great man like Archard and the lack of steam engines, the technology and efficiency of Prussia's sugar refineries would certainly be far inferior to those of France.

Well, it seems that we don’t have to wait until triploid sugar beets are cultivated before we can take control of Prussia’s sugar industry.

Joseph ordered to continue on, and told Emang to record: “Build a new beet sugar refinery in Kemushi and Amberg, using the latest technology, to achieve a monthly output of more than 2,000 tons.

"These two factories accept sugar beets from any source, and the purchase price is higher than that of sugar refineries in Prussia." Kmushi is near Koblenz and can cover most of the sugar beet production in the Rhineland. Amberg is in northern Bavaria, not far from Prussia and Saxony.

With the technology and cost advantages of French sugar refineries, they could easily squeeze out Prussia's factories. After that, Prussia had no choice but to cooperate with France.

France helped Prussia refine sugar beets into sugar, and all the sugar produced by Prussia was traded under contracts on the Paris Futures Exchange.

Joseph suddenly realized that France has formed a technological monopoly in the entire industry chain of beet sugar production, and its advantages will continue to expand.

Well, after the fertilizer is developed, Prussia and other countries will have to come to France for help again.

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Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.

Christiansborg Palace.

Danish Chief Minister Bernstorff closed the report in front of him and bowed to Crown Prince Frederick:
"Your Highness, the Prince Regent, Austria's surrender so quickly was beyond all of our expectations. This caused our investment in diplomatic relations with Britain to be... ah, seriously distorted."

Frederick, the current Danish regent, nodded solemnly:

"France is gradually becoming the core of the European continent, and we have to adjust to this as soon as possible."

Yes, although Denmark claimed neutrality before, it was very inclined towards Britain in diplomacy. There was nothing they could do about it. As a country mainly based on peninsulas and islands, they had to pay attention to Britain's powerful fleet.

However, the international situation has now undergone drastic changes.

The Netherlands, Prussia and Austria surrendered one after another - Prussia's so-called "withdrawal from the war" was seen as surrender by the Danes.

As for small countries such as Sardinia and Bavaria, they directly turned to the arms of France.

In this situation, Denmark found that it could no longer focus only on its maritime power, as the French army did not seem to be far away from them.

"Fortunately, our country did not help Britain in the war against France, which leaves us room to improve relations with France." Finance Minister Count Schulenburg paused and continued, "Moreover, I believe that the outcome of this war has given us a good opportunity."

Frederick looked over and asked, "What do you mean by chance?"

"The Armed Neutrality League," Schulenburg said, "The British Navy used most of its strength to blockade France, and even suffered some setbacks in the Mediterranean.

"Today, they can no longer ignore the reputation of the armed neutrality alliance and control all maritime trade as they did more than a decade ago."

The League of Armed Neutrality was an organization led by Russia and participated by Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, and even Prussia. It aimed to protect neutral ships so that they could trade freely in the ports of belligerent countries. It required that during wartime, except for prohibited materials such as weapons and ammunition, belligerent countries should not seize or seize goods on neutral ships.

In fact, it was aimed at Britain, the maritime hegemon - other countries rarely carried out maritime blockades and seized merchant ships so recklessly.

In the first few years of this alliance, Britain was indeed quite restrained due to the large number of participating countries.

But soon, the British discovered that this so-called alliance was actually a loose sand, so they began to fight back.

(End of this chapter)