Vienna Palace
Franz asked in surprise, "Are France and Russia drawing closer together?"
It was not surprising to Franz that France and Russia would grow closer; what shocked him was that it was happening too early.
An agricultural crisis was brewing, but it had not yet erupted. Desperate measures are only taken when the situation becomes severe, plunging into chaos.
It was still too early, the French's grand farm project was only on paper, and the British's food self-sufficiency plan hadn't even secured a location for food production.
Even if it were to impact international food prices, that would only happen once they started harvesting the crops.
Such indispensable staple products are not futures or stocks speculating on future market fluctuations.
Regardless of bad news or good, the demand in the market is always present. Before an excess production of food occurs, even if the international food market experiences turbulence, there won't be major upheavals.
