Chapter 30 Pharmaceutical factory goes into production

Perna hurriedly completed her routine checkup, picked up her suitcase, and ran out of the house like a frightened deer without looking back. However, after exiting the door, she turned back and glanced at the crown prince at a very fast speed. Take a look.

Joseph looked at her back and blinked in surprise: "Is she... having a bad stomach?"

South Palace of Versailles.

In the Office of the Chancellor of Finance, Brian took the obviously much thinner text of the tax bill from Joseph and said doubtfully:

"Your Highness, you seem to have deleted a lot of taxes?"

Joseph nodded: "Yes, this is an attempt of mine."

Brian hurriedly opened the bill and looked at it item by item, but his brows became more and more frowned. When he was halfway through, he finally couldn't help but look at Joseph and said: "Your Highness, are all the clauses that you deleted are beneficial to the nobles?"

"Yes, Archbishop."

Brian put the bill back on the table, shook his head and said:

"Why are you doing this?"

Joseph asked rhetorically:

"Do you think you can get the bill passed if you keep making concessions?"

Brian shook his head.

"That's it, so let's change our thinking. You can try submitting this bill to the High Court first."

Brian sighed:

"Your Highness, this will not have any effect except irritating the nobles."

Joseph smiled and said:

"Have you ever seen a bullfight?"

"Bullfighting? Yes, Your Highness, I have seen it."

"The matador always has to use red cloth to make the bull angry. That's because the angry bull will lose its mind and make mistakes, giving the matador an opportunity to strike." Joseph said, "Let those nobles be angry, it's okay. not good.

"Please believe me, even if it is still rejected this time, this bill will be passed sooner or later!"

Brian was doubtful and said: "Can you tell me what you are going to do?"

"Don't reason with those people, attack them, divide and disintegrate them, and at the same time control public opinion so that they can only bow their heads."

Brian was surprised to see the Crown Prince's confident and cunning eyes. For some reason, he suddenly felt that he might not be fooling around.

For a long time, Brian nodded, and then laughed:

"Okay, then I will send this bill to the High Court, but please don't say that you made these changes, otherwise those greedy and selfish guys will definitely bear a grudge against you.

"And I, if the bill cannot be implemented before the end of the year, I should leave the position of finance minister. In the little time left, let's give it a try."

 "Thanks for your trust."

Joseph didn't expect to be able to convince Brian so quickly. He didn't waste any time and turned to his assistant:

"Contact the largest circulation newspapers in Paris and reserve prominent space.

"After the High Court rejects the tax bill this time, it will immediately publish the first tax item in the bill in the newspaper, and attach a detailed explanation of this tax, such as who will pay this tax and what impact it will have, etc. wait.

"From now on, one tax item will be published every day until the entire bill is published and explained clearly."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"In addition, a group of reporters should be organized to report in detail the bill from the moment it is submitted for registration until the High Court refuses to register it. Oh, don't report it all at once, write a little bit at a time to keep it hot."

 "yes."

 "besides..."

Having been busy in the Chancellor's office until noon, Joseph finally finished the preliminary preparations for the implementation of the tax bill, and then had lunch with the queen. Emman reported that Dr. Lamarck had requested an audience.

Joseph followed him back to his living room and saw Lamarck pacing back and forth anxiously.

"Mr. Lamarck, is there something going on at the pharmaceutical factory?"

Lamarque hurriedly saluted respectfully, and nodded first: "There is something..." Then he looked very nervous and said, "Your Highness, I heard that the little girl offended you last night. She is still young, so she must not have meant it! Please forgive her. Bar."

Joseph smiled and waved:

"Miss Perna did nothing wrong. I broke into her 'laboratory' unintentionally. Oh, and she even treated me to a supper."

"Thank you for your magnanimity." Lamarck hurriedly saluted again, shook his head and muttered, "I really shouldn't have agreed to let her study medicine. This child actually went to the palace kitchen in the middle of the night to dissect animals..."

Joseph praised: "Perna is very talented. In fact, you can let her go to the royal laboratory to practice dissection. Oh, if you don't want others to know, I can ask the guards and servants to keep her secret."

"I really don't know what to say." Lamarck's eyes were full of gratitude. "You are so open-minded. If the people in the Medical Association are half as open-minded as you are, Perna should have obtained a medical license and treated many patients. "

Joseph saw the glass bottle in his hand and asked, "By the way, you just said about the pharmaceutical workshop?"

"Oh, yes, yes." Lamarck hurriedly handed over the glass bottle, excitement reappeared on his face, "That perfume workshop is perfect! The equipment is very complete, and there is even a water wheel.

"I only bought some high-precision thermometers and condensers, which were enough to purify salicin.

"Also, the workers are also very good and skilled, and many of them have been exposed to purification operations. You see, the craftsmen made this last night, and Mr. Larseni and I did not interfere in the whole process."

Joseph looked at the beige powder, nodded with satisfaction, and asked again:

"How much do you estimate the output can be?"

Lamarck thought for a while and said:

"If there are enough raw materials, it will be about 2,500 grams per day. Once the workers become proficient, it should be doubled."

"Well, it's basically enough for all patients in Paris, and it should be able to supply some to other provinces," Joseph said.

If medicinal salicin is used to reduce inflammation and fever, about 0.5 grams should be taken orally every day. Paris has a population of more than 500,000, and 10,000 doses of the medicine per day are enough.

Lamarque nodded and said: "Your Highness, Mr. Larseny and I made an estimate. Each pill contains 0.25 grams of salicin and costs about 3 to 4 denier. It will be sold at 5 denier in the early stage and will be adjusted later depending on the income and expenditure. What do you think of the price?"

1 livre is equal to 20 sous, and 1 sous is equal to 12 denim. In other words, 1 livre can buy 48 pills, which is definitely a very cheap price.

"You just decide the price."

Joseph then remembered his "angel water" and said to Lamarck: "By the way, Mr. Lamarck, I have some special needs here. Please purify 300 grams of high-purity salicin every day and give it to me." Try to be as free of impurities as possible."

A little more than 1 gram of salicin needs to be added to a 200-gram bottle of skin care products. 300 grams per day can produce more than 200 bottles. It should be enough for early market testing.

Lamarck said without hesitation: "No problem, Your Highness."

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On the night that Joseph and Lamarck were discussing the pharmaceutical factory, Patriot Party leader Dendels was welcoming guests from France in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 400 kilometers away from Paris.