Walsh frowned upon hearing this: "If I understand correctly, are you planning to have people burn coal at home?"
"It's processed into special types of coal."
"God, that smoke will choke people to death."
Rochefort smiled and said: "That's true of French coal, but I'm talking about the hard coal from the Rhineland."
Walsh was quite familiar with hard coal, as England is currently Europe's largest producer of hard coal. He grew up in a household that used coal for heating. This is also one of the key reasons why the Industrial Revolution first appeared in England.
However, he still shook his head: "Transporting from such a distant place to Paris, the shipping costs would likely be very high."
"There's a government subsidy," the chubby man immediately replied, "for every ton of coal transported to Paris, there's a freight subsidy of 6 francs."
