[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-life-of-being-a-crown-prince-in-france":3,"chapter-life-of-being-a-crown-prince-in-france-life-of-being-a-crown-prince-in-france-chapter-1355":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Life of Being a Crown Prince in France",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},386513,646,"Chapter 1354 - 1259: The Disappearance of Germany","life-of-being-a-crown-prince-in-france-chapter-1355",1355,"\u003Cp>Several Prussian ministers immediately began whispering, \"I think this is entirely worth considering.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The biggest problem is that it might provoke retaliation from England...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, they might blockade the Baltic Sea, but that doesn’t have much of an impact on us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Clearly, the increased revenue from the sugar trade far exceeds the little aid the British provide...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps this is a good opportunity to use France to suppress Austria. As long as the French don’t cross the Rhine River, we can slowly integrate Northern Germany, something the British cannot offer us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, they realized, following France, \"a thought arises, and the world feels vast.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By allying with France, immense changes would occur, from the economy to markets to geopolitics, yielding far more benefits than merely being enforcers for the British.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet they completely overlooked that although large-scale beet cultivation could bring significant economic benefits to Prussia, it also meant handing over their economic lifeline to France.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, France controls beet seeds and fertilizers—Joseph, to allay Prussia’s concerns, will certainly sign supply agreements with them, but if a catastrophe of national proportions occurs, wouldn’t the agreements just be toilet paper?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To pressure Prussia anytime, just fabricate a \"fertilizer shortage,\" and it would give Prussia a fright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, the pricing power of the European sugar market is in the hands of France. Whether to give Prussia a carrot or a stick entirely depends on sugar price fluctuations at the Paris Futures Exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, as the Prussian treasury becomes dependent on beet cultivation, they are bound to continually expand the cultivation area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Joseph will continuously import cheap grain from North Africa into Prussia. As a result, Prussian wheat farmers suffer losses year after year, while their beet-growing neighbors get rich, so who will still plant wheat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most of Prussia’s land happens to be very suitable for growing beets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the main grain cultivation area in Prussia shrinks to the point where it can’t meet the people’s food needs, the ability to wage war will be completely lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, with just 8 million people, Prussia can live quite well solely by exporting sugar—30% of the annual British sugar market can sustain them—war-hungry Junker nobles would all turn into planting experts and sugar refining technicians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were to conflict with Austria or other countries, they could only seek assistance from France, further increasing their dependency on France.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Prince Henry and others’ obsession with \"integrating Northern Germany,\" it’s nothing but a mirage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joseph indeed promises not to seek territory on the East Bank of the Rhine, but that doesn’t mean France won’t extend its influence here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Starting with cultural infiltration. Bringing large amounts of French theater, music, and high-tech products into Northern Germany, and driving public opinion to promote the French lifestyle as a societal trend—this is an area in which France excels.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"rustically outdated\" Prussian culture will inevitably be scorned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Prussians still want to unify the Northern German states? Bumpkins, can you look at your shabby self, who would unify with you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What, you Prussians also fully adopt the noble French culture? Then there can be no German Federation, everyone learns from France, whence comes German national identity?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides cultural infiltration, transplant the set they used in Northern Italy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s exceedingly difficult for people from different regions to build a sense of unity, but creating divisions is remarkably easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cologne always belongs directly to Jesus,\" \"you paupers stop chumming up with the Hessians,\" \"except for Thuringia, you’re not fit to be called warriors...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a few years, it would be fortunate if these small countries don’t start fighting, France might still have to spend effort mediating for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What German nation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We are \"Hessians,\" \"Thuringians,\" \"Wuerzburg people,\" you Prussians stop claiming kinship with us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless Prussia resorts to military conquest, they will never establish a unified German Empire like in history.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Prussia fails to acquire the resource-rich Ruhr District, they will essentially miss the industrial revolution—currently, it is the territory of Cologne, Nassau, and Hesse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the lucrative beet cultivation, Prussia is more likely to stay on the path of an agricultural nation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prussia, without advanced industry, still hopes to militarily unite Northern Germany?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, France wouldn’t even need to send troops to intervene; providing the Northern German States with some advanced weapons might even reverse the advances toward Prussian territories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joseph’s core goal is to completely resolve the potential powerful northern neighbor—Germany and the threat it poses to France.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an estate in North Berlin, Prince Henry and several ministers stood by William III’s sickbed, reporting the terms proposed by the French:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...The French Prince also promises to invest in building at least seven sugar refineries in our country, and all the harvested beets will be processed into sugar domestically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On this basis, they will also limit the scale of French beet cultivation, ensuring our market share...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the same time, we can also obtain the most advanced automatic looms, steamships, and even the most advanced trains from France...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Semi-reclined on the bed, William III let out a faint groan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The front of his right thigh was ulcerated, with several leeches sucking pus and blood over the wound. The doctor had just measured his temperature: 39.3 degrees Celsius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had he not been young and robust, he might not have endured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under such circumstances, Prince Henry couldn’t be sure if the King understood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting to the side, Queen Louise glanced at her husband’s pale face and then turned to Prince Henry: \"What terms have they proposed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter exhaled heavily and said in a low voice, \"Compensation, 8 million taels...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Queen Louise shook her head in despair, \"That’s too much; we cannot accept it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince Henry hurriedly said, \"Your Majesty, if the beet cultivation plan is successfully implemented, we only need 13 years to repay this money without affecting our finances.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you certain?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Your Majesty. If the French control the cultivation scale, we can at least double the beet planting area within three years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Prussian Queen nodded, \"I trust you, Your Highness. Is there anything else?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Some trade requirements, like opening markets; our sugar must be sold on the Paris Futures market, and mutual patent recognition, etc...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He gestured to Baron Stein nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter had to brace himself as he continued, \"We have to give up enclaves like Ansbach, Bielefeld, and Emden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1061,"2026-05-30T06:21:36.914Z","2026-06-01T04:30:31.323Z",1,"novelbin.me","89581f2cc84146b71d87d486fc6fb9bb3c4ef849a2c70ab9b9ae514a4f03cd2a","life-of-being-a-crown-prince-in-france-chapter-1356","life-of-being-a-crown-prince-in-france-chapter-1354",1568,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Flife-of-being-a-crown-prince-in-france-cover.jpg"]