Life of Being a Crown Prince in France-Chapter 669 578: Don’t Think About Escaping the Accounts That Should Be Settled

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You should know that Achard received a handsome salary for his research at the French Academy of Sciences. If he produced results, the patent laws would be extremely lucrative.

At the same time, the talent committee would also provide him with a butler and maid, the expenses for these servants he would not have to pay.

Even if he calculated it with his eyes closed, Achard's income was far higher than that of her fiancé—his business only earned four or five thousand francs a year.

More importantly, Achard's income was very stable, free from business competitions and market fluctuations, and it also came with a high social status; he could frequently enter the Palace of Versailles.

Marian Shuman took a deep breath, mustered all her courage, and walked towards Achard's villa, about to knock on the door, when she heard a gentle voice from behind, "Are you looking for Mr. Achard?"

She turned around and saw a very beautiful girl with a dignified demeanor standing not far away, smiling at her.

"Who are you?"

"I am Mr. Achard's fiancée. You can call me Ariel."

Marian was stunned; she had intended to use Achard's old feelings to try to salvage their relationship, but she did not expect to be caught red-handed by the "real mistress."

Listening to Ariel's pure courtly noble language and seeing her charming eyes and expensive silk gown, Marian immediately lowered her head with a pale face and turned to flee.

She knew that she stood no chance against her.

Every second she delayed would only bring her more embarrassment.

The door opened; it was Achard's old servant who had heard the voice of the lady and hurried out to greet her.

Ariel pointed towards the retreating figure of Marian and asked him, "Mr. Arsen, do you know this young lady?"

"Oh, it seems to be Miss Schuman."

Ariel tilted her head slightly and showed a proper smile, "Why did she suddenly leave? I should have invited her in to sit."

Meanwhile, Achard had received 50 acres of experimental fields allotted by the Academy of Sciences on the outskirts of Paris, along with 120,000 francs for research funding.

To be honest, it didn't take that much money to conduct agricultural research. The Crown Prince meant for him to use the cultivation of beet as an opportunity to set up an agricultural breeding laboratory.

By the end of the year, scholars responsible for breeding new varieties of wheat, corn, and potatoes at the Academy of Sciences would also gradually move into the laboratory.

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Achard would teach them knowledge concerning genetics, thereby greatly enhancing the speed of agricultural improvement in France.

Afterward, the premises would serve as the foundation for establishing the French Agricultural University.

At the same time, the Minister of Agriculture, Venio, was dispatched to the northern part of France by His Highness the Crown Prince to start promoting the cultivation of beetroot among the farmers there.

Although currently they could only cultivate varieties with 8% sugar content, it would take time for farmers to accept beetroot, and simultaneously factories for refining sugar from beetroot could also be established.

Once a high sugar content quality was developed in the future, it would spread quickly, becoming France's weapon against the British sugar industry.

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Of course, for now, subsidies are still needed for the farmers growing beetroots, just like Napoleon had done back then. But with Achard and advanced hybrid genetic theories, this situation won't last long.

As long as the sugar content in beetroots reaches 12%, the cost of sugar production can be reduced to 1 franc per 1.6 pounds of sugar.

By refining sugar domestically, France can save considerable transport costs — shipping from the Caribbean to Europe means crossing the entire Atlantic Ocean. So, after adding the costs of refining, packaging, and selling, the price could nearly match that of sugar cane from the Caribbean.

At that time, England's sugar production hegemony would be completely ended!

Inside the Palace of Versailles, Joseph began to instigate his mother to include beetroot as a must-have dish for every meal.

After all, Queen Mary liked sweets and was not at all averse to it.

He also took out 5,000 francs as prize money, holding a beetroot cooking competition among the court chefs, with Queen Mary acting as the judge herself, while the nobles of Versailles publicly tasted and rated.

Paris Commercial News even provided full coverage of the competition.

Soon, starting from the court, the craze for beetroots spread throughout Paris, and the demand for beetroots among citizens increased tenfold.

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Vienna.

Schonbrunn Palace.

The French Foreign Minister Talleyrand spoke loudly and righteously, "It is precisely because of the fraudulent acts of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce that a large number of factories in France face financial shortages and widespread bankruptcies! This severely endangers the stability of France and drags the government's finances and tax affairs into the abyss!"

Beside him, Baron Tugut, the Austrian Foreign Minister, hurriedly said, "Archbishop Talleyrand, this order incident was entirely the personal crime of Kleistier, and our country will certainly subject him to a severe trial..."

"Wasn't Kleistier the president of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce?" Talleyrand interrupted him, "And after the scandal was exposed, he was immediately assassinated, clearly indicating that there are others manipulating behind him.

"Given the scale of the order scam — over thirty million francs — I have reason to believe that the Vienna Chamber of Commerce was involved. Kleistier alone couldn't have had the money to pay the deposit."

Tugut quietly corrected, "He was only the vice-president of the Chamber."

Talleyrand ignored him and turned to Leopold II, "Your Majesty, on behalf of His Majesty the King, I formally request that your country compensate the affected French factories with a total sum of 32.7 million francs and investigate and judge those involved with the Vienna Chamber of Commerce."

Leopold II cursed Kleistier and the Dutch thousands of times in his heart; thirty million francs, nearly thirteen million florins! How could he compensate for that?

If he had that much money, he might have already captured Breslau.

But he knew himself he was at fault and could only try to placate the French's anger, "Archbishop Talleyrand, I can assure you that all involved will be severely punished... but as for France's losses, as you know, the Austrian government was unaware of this matter and simply cannot come up with such a large sum of money."

Talleyrand assumed a firm stance, "In that case, my country will have to find other ways to recoup the losses."

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