How badly did Napoleon Bonaparte need money?
For example, in 1789, the French people rose in a great revolt and stormed the Bastille because Louis XVI had imposed a crushing tax of 300 million francs. In 1802, Napoleon's tax target was 500 million francs, yet neither the townspeople nor the provinces had any intention of rebelling over heavy taxes, except for areas controlled by the Chouans in the west.
What he feared was unrest caused by hunger. As long as there was enough bread, there was nothing to worry about. That was entirely different from the days of Louis XVI.
He now needed to create jobs. Canning factories could replace sugar mills, and this matter was left to Georgiana.
As for how to nationalize tobacco while also persuading the French to accept the British transporting it, that was not her concern. All she had to do was pass a message to the British envoys.
Tobacco was not grown only in America. It could also be cultivated in India. With sufficient profit, Britain would become France's ally against the newly independent America.
How the game was played was none of her business.
In 1795, Napoleon offered 12,000 francs for a method of preserving food. After conducting experiments, a confectioner named Nicolas Appert invented this method of canning. At first, however, it merely involved placing food in glass jars and sealing their mouths with corks to preserve freshness.
That was where the jars she used for Corsican citrus preserves had come from.
Now she was going to find that confectioner named Nicolas Appert.
He had started his business in Paris in 1781 and become a master pastry and confectionery maker. After inventing canning technology in 1795, he moved to Ivry-sur-Seine by the river in Seine-et-Marne, where he began selling preserved foods.
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