Several Prussian ministers immediately began whispering, "I think this is entirely worth considering."
"The biggest problem is that it might provoke retaliation from England..."
"Yes, they might blockade the Baltic Sea, but that doesn't have much of an impact on us."
"Clearly, the increased revenue from the sugar trade far exceeds the little aid the British provide..."
"Perhaps this is a good opportunity to use France to suppress Austria. As long as the French don't cross the Rhine River, we can slowly integrate Northern Germany, something the British cannot offer us."
Suddenly, they realized, following France, "a thought arises, and the world feels vast."
By allying with France, immense changes would occur, from the economy to markets to geopolitics, yielding far more benefits than merely being enforcers for the British.
