France and Spain quickly signed a treaty regarding the transfer of Louisiana.
Joseph obtained 2 million square kilometers of land stretching from the west bank of the Mississippi River to Wyoming, while Charles IV was finally able to see the gold mine map just as he wished.
It was right there in California.
The Empire had ruled it for nearly two centuries, yet had never discovered the existence of a massive gold mine there.
Actually, you couldn't really blame the Spaniards for this—currently, there were fewer than twenty thousand settlers in the area, and the rivers producing gold had virtually no one living nearby.
Historically, the gold mine was only discovered by accident after a large influx of westward-bound Americans arrived.
Now, Joseph had artificially sped up this process by nearly forty years.
According to the France-Spain Louisiana Treaty, France could begin sending settlers to Louisiana immediately.
