Chapter 235: Opportunities in Crisis

Joseph emerged from the "White Maple Forest" estate with ample confidence.

In the Île-de-France, including Valois and three other districts, the Archbishops had reached an agreement with him on "shares for grain" dealings. Coupled with Talleyrand of the Autun district and Brian of the Toulouse district, nearly half of the most influential high-level clergy of the French Church would be involved in this affair.

The rest was up to them to negotiate the benefits with the Archbishops of the southern dioceses.

From the information Archbishop Beaumont had just imparted, the Church's "private grain" stockpile was quite substantial, enough to fill in the gaps in France's grain shortage to a certain extent.

However, this meant that during the historic freeze disaster of 1792, one couldn't count on the Church's cellars. But Joseph believed that with the continuous development of Tunisia, the increased grain production in two years should be sufficient to cope with the brief spring famine.