If someone asked me what's best about the Black Sea opening, I'm confident in picking just one thing.
"...To think I'd live to see such days. The great France importing so much food from our country."
While not surprising for Britain as a representative food-importing nation, I didn't expect France to import everything from wheat, barley, rye, beans, oats, to corn without hesitation.
Unlike fruits and vegetables, these were all easily stored long-term items, so food stockpiled since last year was sequentially leaving warehouses.
Well, when the economy crashes, food prices are the biggest headache, and among the Entente, we're the only country where food prices haven't soared, so it's understandable.
"Still, we had to strengthen the purchasing system for price defense."
"If we'd used national bank funds including the Peasant Land Bank for purchasing, we'd have faced state enterprise financial difficulties too."