Chapter 593: You Start on the First Day, I'll Follow Up on the Fifteenth

However, given the current situation in France, it was anything but easy to rapidly increase maritime trade.

Joseph absentmindedly finished his lunch but still hadn't thought of any particularly effective solutions.

The major maritime trade nodes for France at the moment—the United States, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire—were already saturated, with Russia even being somewhat overloaded.

Only trade with the Ottoman Empire could possibly be expanded, but this would certainly require lengthy diplomatic negotiations and the concession of some interests to the Ottomans.

Even if successful, this would, at best, increase France's maritime trade volume by only 20%, which would have a marginal effect on stimulating the number of sailors.

In any case, let Talleyrand negotiate with Selim III for now.