State Minister Baron Tugut nodded, "Your Majesty, the Empire's trade income has indeed been declining over the past two years."
Emperor Franz II then asked, "And the key to reversing the trade situation lies with France?"
Baron Tugut hesitated slightly before nodding again, "In a sense, one could say that."
Baron Walter, on the other hand, waved his intact hand angrily, "The French people are using unfair trade agreements to snatch our market in Southern Germany and have crushed many of our factories.
"As long as that treaty remains, our trade situation cannot improve!"
Baron Tugut quickly interrupted, "In fact, at the time of signing the treaty, the terms were favorable to us."
The Rhine-Saone Treaty was one he had signed on behalf of Austria, and naturally, he could not now discredit himself.
Emperor Franz II looked to Count Rhinefeels: "Then, what do you think we should do about the adverse effects of the treaty?"
