Chapter 689 Claude Sharp

Lord Marquis pointed at Bailly, saying, "Just as sugar cane production decreased in the Caribbean, beet sugar production in France surged massively. Isn't that too much of a coincidence?

"Surely you plotted to destroy the Caribbean's sugar supply to sell your beet sugar at high prices! Yes, now a pound of sugar has already been sold for 1 shilling and 4 pence, and you have made a huge profit!

"What else do you have to defend yourself with?"

Bailly suddenly burst into laughter. "You're quite humorous, Mr. Envoy.

"Why don't you do the math yourself?

"Our country lost 50 million francs in Santo Domingo, while our beet sugar production is only 2 million pounds a month, profiting less than 30 million francs a year.

"Do you really think that our country would act like a headless brute, destroying everything only to suffer losses itself?"

He was taking advantage of the unequal information other countries had.