An hour later, Joseph walked out of the parlor with a relaxed expression.
Beaumont had already agreed to sign the "Land Contract Agreement," handing over 40,000 hectares of Church land to the Minister of Agriculture for management, with fees increased by 6% on the current tenant farmer taxation, though the specific lands were to be selected by the Minister of Agriculture himself.
Although Beaumont could not command other archbishops in different regions, as long as he found it feasible, other archbishops would generally accept it as well.
Joseph boarded his carriage and hurried to the Palace of Versailles.
Spring wheat and barley in France were generally sown in March, and he had to finalize the "contracting" of Church land with Venio as soon as possible, so that the farmers could switch to planting sugar beets before sowing.
In fact, Joseph also wanted to leverage this "contracting" event to pry into a corner of the Church land.
