Joseph's eyes immediately lit up, he asked, "What level have you increased the sugar content to?"
Achard's face showed a look of pride: "11.5%, very close to 12%, Your Highness."
The 12% sugar content was Joseph's original "strategic task" given to Achard, and although the deadline was still far off, he had essentially succeeded.
In fact, he was quite lucky. After conducting a massive amount of hybridization, selection, and fixation experiments based on Joseph's teachings on genetics, he discovered an extremely excellent sugar beet last year.
Sugar content reached as high as 11.5%.
Achard continued, "As long as we establish more stringent seed management protocols, Prussia's sugar beets won't have any competitive edge in the short term."
The sugar beets smuggled by the Prussians only contained 8% sugar.
Achard's new strain had a sugar content that was a full 50% higher, this translates to much more than just 50% higher profit.
