Chapter 1052: Persia's Beacons of War Rekindled
France and Spain quickly signed a treaty regarding the transfer of Louisiana.
Joseph obtained two million square kilometers of land stretching west from the Mississippi River to Wyoming, while Carlos IV finally saw the gold mine map he had long desired.
It was in California.
Spain had ruled the place for nearly two centuries, yet had never discovered that it contained a massive gold mine.
In truth, this could not be blamed on the Spaniards being incompetent. There were fewer than twenty thousand settlers there at present, and no one lived anywhere near the gold-bearing waters.
Historically, it was only after large numbers of westward-moving Americans poured in that the gold mine was discovered by accident.
Now, Joseph had artificially shortened that process by nearly forty years.
Under the French-Spanish Louisiana Treaty, France could begin sending settlers to Louisiana from that day onward.
Once Spain confirmed the scale of the gold mine, it would formally hand over administrative authority.
The local Spanish Army would continue serving France for several years. The exact duration would depend on how long the French Government was willing to pay their wages.
Three days later, after enjoying a long vacation, Joseph returned to Paris by carriage.
France, Lyon.
Inside the Bellet Textile Company's factory, steam looms thundered deafeningly. More than a dozen plumes of black smoke rose from the chimneys above the roof.
This was one of Lyon's five largest Textile mills, yet the entire factory was now working overtime to produce a strange-looking kind of thick trousers.
General Manager Latremu walked past rows of busy seamstresses. He casually picked up a pair of freshly sewn trousers and examined them closely.
Suddenly, he frowned and shouted at the finished-goods supervisor, "Chaumont, I told you that every folded