(There's a little more at the end that hasn't been typed out yet; please wait for 10 minutes before reading. I'm very sorry.)
The day after Talleyrand left for Russia, to attend Potemkin's funeral.
Second floor of the Tuileries Palace.
Joseph frowned, looking at the solemn Brian and Mirabeau, before finally turning his gaze to Trade Minister Bailly, "So, which countries support Salzburg's proposal?"
Bailly took a breath and said, "Except for Baden, which has sent people to solicit our country's opinion and has yet to take a stance, all other signatory states agree to vote on England joining the Rhine-Saone Treaty."
Brian added, "England has no need to join the trade agreement between France and Germany. This is clearly someone manipulating behind the scenes."
Given England's colonial scale and industrial capacity, why would they be willing to open their markets to these small countries in Southern Germany, to do a good deed?