Chapter 23 Dream Battleship (Please Collect It)

Lamarck hesitated for a moment and said to Joseph: "Your Highness, I feel obliged to remind you that this pharmaceutical workshop will cost about 50,000 to 60,000 livres. If you only make a 3% profit, it will take you a long time to recover the cost.

Joseph smiled and shook his head: "This 3% is a reserve fund for unexpected events. I don't plan to make money with this medicine."

He is not trying to be a saint and throw money away, but he has a mature business plan.

As a medicine, salicin can save many lives, and selling it at a low price is also a good thing.

But this thing is not only used to reduce fever, but also a cosmetic with significant effects! Until the 21st century, salicylic acid, which is the oxide of salicin, was added to acne removal and skin rejuvenation products.

There is a famous saying in later generations-whose money is the easiest to make?

Of course, women and children!

As long as the packaging and publicity are done well, salicin skin care products can be sold for more than ten livres a bottle, and those ladies will rush to buy them like crazy.

Lamarck said: "You are so great, I thank you on behalf of countless ordinary Parisians!"

Joseph waved his hand and said: "This is nothing. "

Lamarck was eager to promote this miracle drug to the whole of Paris, and immediately suggested: "Your Highness, I know a place that is very suitable for building a workshop, you see..."

Joseph thought for a while and said: "Purifying salicin does not require too complicated equipment, and building a workshop from scratch is too inefficient. It is better to directly acquire a pharmaceutical or chemical reagent company."

The attendant Eman suddenly said: "Your Highness, can I interrupt?"

"Please go ahead."

"I remember there is a perfume workshop in the royal industry. It has been losing money for a long time and is about to be sold. Maybe it can meet your requirements."

"You helped a lot!" Joseph nodded, "Do you remember how much the selling price is?"

"It seems to be 26,000..."

Before he finished speaking, Joseph suddenly slapped his forehead and said: "Since it is a royal industry, why should I pay for it? I will ask the queen for it. "

When Queen Marie heard that her son was going to make affordable medicine to help ordinary people, she nodded immediately and asked her lawyer to handle the formalities. In less than half an hour, the perfume workshop was transferred to the name of the crown prince.

Joseph wanted to go and see it in person, but unexpectedly, the servant came to report that Marquis de Castries wanted to see him.

Joseph had no choice but to hand over the affairs of the pharmaceutical factory to Lamarck and went to the reception room to meet the Minister of the Navy.

In the spacious reception room, Castries bowed respectfully and went straight to the point: "Your Highness, Her Majesty the Queen asked me to discuss the new warships with you. I think it should never be reduced..."

Joseph smiled and interrupted him: "Marquis de Lastry, I want to ask you first, why do you want to build a large number of warships?"

"Of course it's to deal with the British!" The tone of the Minister of the Navy was as hard as steel, "Defeat their proud fleet, take back our robbed colonies, and then humiliate them severely, just like they humiliated my grandfather back then! ”

Joseph nodded: "So do you think that even if the finance fully supports you to build ships, you are sure to defeat the British?"

Castelli made preparations this time: "If we unite with Spain and use reasonable tactics, there is a chance!"

"The chance is very small." Joseph said bluntly, "and in terms of naval tactics, the British are better than us."

Castelli's expression dimmed for a moment, but he still refused to admit defeat and said: "How do you know if you don't try?"

Joseph gestured for him to drink tea, his expression was very calm: "If the navy is equipped with a speed of more than 20 knots, carrying 25 42-pound guns, 30 24-pound guns, and a warship wrapped in an iron shell.

"Add to that the existing warships, do you think you can defeat the British fleet?"

"You are an unrealistic fantasy." Rastry smiled, "If there is such a warship, I can make the British pee their pants."

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