[quote=@Dinh AaronMk]
[@Letter Bee]

Bee, under which circumstance do you think France is buying Egyptian cotton.

And secondly, under which circumstance would a private merchant be operating in Egypt when the Egyptian state acts as the sole purchaser and seller of all goods in the Egyptian realm, as it is also the sole land-owner of all Egypt.
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1.) For the War with Russia, with Egypt selling for lower prices but at greater bulk.

2.) Oh, my god; I forgot about that. Damn myself. Perhaps he could have been allowed to lease out the land from the state? Or I can retcon him into being a state official?