From: elurio

Why do you think "The Emperor of the World" would give up a HUGE tract of land
like that?

It was a sheer genius move, had History had gone the way he had wished.

He sells the undeveloped, essentially worthless land for as much as he could
get, use the money to finance his military, conquer (eventually) the Colonial
U.S., and regain possession of the land for free.

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