Tuileries Palace, second floor.
Joseph watched Brian's figure disappear and then looked at the annual financial report on the table, shaking his head with a sigh.
Although France's industry and agriculture had both achieved vigorous development, the pace of France's debt growth had sharply increased again after a brief decline at the beginning of the previous year.
Last year's total fiscal revenue was 580 million francs, increasing by as much as 70 million francs from the previous year.
But at the same time, expenditures also surged to 540 million, plus the nearly 100 million francs in annual fixed national debt interest payments, resulting in a deficit of over 60 million!
By the beginning of this year, France's total debt had reached a new historical high of 2.25 billion francs.
