Chapter 713 Win-Win

Chapter 714 Win-win

"Me? Principal?" After hearing this, Perna sat up straight in surprise and waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, I will definitely not be able to do such an important job..."

Joseph smiled and said: "Be confident, you are the most suitable candidate. At least in terms of modern medical knowledge, you have surpassed 99% of doctors in France."

Yes, he said "modern medicine." Although Perna only obtained her medical license last year - when the Medical Association had just approved that women could practice medicine - her medical ideas were even more advanced than her father's under his long-term influence.

For example, she is now accustomed to judging the condition from the perspectives of bacteria, cells, immunity, etc., and carries out treatment.

It is far better to leave the Military Medical University in her hands than to leave it to those medical experts who are still thinking about bloodletting and body fluid balance.

Perna was still hesitant: "But I'm worried... you know, they don't pay much attention to a young woman's opinion."

The status of women in this era is indeed relatively low. Although she has published some very important medical papers, such as "The Significance of Double-blind Experiments on Drug Effectiveness", she is still only 19 years old, so it is normal for people below to be dissatisfied with her.

Joseph thought for a while and said: "I will ask the General Staff to send an assistant to you. Well, how about Brigadier General Martinola? I remember that he was a military doctor when he was young. He can help you with management matters. "

Perna's beautiful eyes widened: "Brigadier General? Is this, is this appropriate?"

"I think he will be very happy." Joseph smiled and nodded, "In addition, Dr. Lamarck has made great contributions to the development of antibiotics. I will ask His Majesty the King to promote him to the title of Count Gueret."

Lamarck now also has the title of earl, which seems to have little improvement, but Gueret is a big city in the province of Lamarche, and this actual title is more than one level higher than the "robed noble" title he purchased before.

Of course, according to France's current aristocratic system, a real fief only represents a noble status and does not actually own a fief.

Perna was moved and held the Crown Prince's arm, and said very seriously: "Thank you for your trust, I will definitely not let you down!"

She knew very well that if she had a father who was a real noble, then the number of people who dissatisfied with her would immediately be reduced by more than half.

His Highness is obviously trying to embolden himself.

While the two were talking, the carriage had already entered the Palace of Versailles - now, the wooden track has been built directly into the Palace of Versailles Square, and it only takes 25 minutes to get here from the western suburbs of Paris.

As soon as Joseph got out of the car, he saw Count Segur, the Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, coming up to him quickly. He bowed first, then gestured behind him, and in a lower voice, he said: "Your Highness, Mr. Radziwiew, the Polish special envoy, wants to see you. "

He had to be careful. At present, France has not stated its position on Eastern European issues, and any diplomatic behavior related to Poland may trigger a chain reaction in various countries.

Joseph nodded and asked Perna to return to the Palace of Versailles first, and then signaled the envoy to go to the Royal Ordnance Factory with him.

A moment later, in the office on the second floor of the ordnance factory, Radziwill bowed solemnly to Joseph and said: "Your Highness, I know that my appearance here may be untimely, but right now my motherland is facing huge difficulties, and The only ones who can help us are you and the great France."

Joseph has been paying attention to the war situation in Eastern Europe. He pointed to the sofa and said: "Please sit down. I will try my best to provide assistance to Poland."

"Thank you so much, Your Highness. You are the savior sent by God to Poland, and you have brought us the radiance of hope!"

Radziwiew bowed again, then clasped his hands and said very hesitantly: "The Military Commission sincerely requests you to provide some loans to our country... about 5 million francs."

Joseph was a little confused and said: "I remember that the Warsaw Ordnance Factory has enough raw materials until April next year. And your food and soldiers are also sufficient, so what will the loan be used for?"

Radziwill hurriedly said: "As you know, the war was very tragic, and there were an extremely large number of wounded on the front line.

"The money is mainly used to buy medicines, especially medical alcohol, and the consumption is really huge. In addition, there is also an extreme shortage of military tents, military uniforms, etc."

Poland had learned advanced battlefield medical technology from France long before the war began. Technologies such as alcohol disinfection, fumigation of medical equipment, and drinking boiled water were subsequently introduced into the Polish army.

After the war began, the Poles discovered that France's battlefield medical experience was amazing, and the mortality rate of wounded soldiers was reduced by more than half.

This was achieved despite the fact that the Polish military medicine was not comprehensive and the health regulations were not implemented thoroughly enough, but it has already made the Polish military overjoyed.

After that, medical alcohol became a battlefield necessity for the Polish army.

But this thing is extremely expensive - the technology for industrial alcohol preparation in this era is not yet mature, so the brewing methods of medical alcohol and drinking wine are basically the same, and the 75% alcohol concentration requires repeated distillation to obtain. This results in medical alcohol being more expensive than drinking alcohol.

Currently, the Polish army consumes more than 950,000 francs of medical alcohol every month, all of which needs to be imported from France.

As for tents and military uniforms, Poland can produce some of them, but it cannot keep up with the recruitment of new soldiers.

Joseph fell into thought.

5 million francs is currently available, but once inter-state loans are made during wartime, it will basically be a statement of attitude.

France is facing war with Britain at any time and must not be caught up in the diplomatic vortex of Eastern Europe again.

He suddenly remembered the report submitted by Lavoisier not long ago - the Paris Gas Industry Company has completed the technical research and development of extracting phenol from coal tar, but the purity of the phenol currently produced is too low, so it has not been sold on a large scale.

Phenol, however, is an epoch-making disinfectant that set off the medical revolution in the 19th century.

Because it is extracted from waste materials such as coal tar, the cost is very low, and the price is almost negligible compared to expensive medical alcohol.

In Poland's current situation, they certainly don't care about the purity of phenol - it just has a little odor and impurities, and disinfection can save the lives of wounded soldiers.

After receiving such a large order for phenol, the Paris Gas Industry Company can form a virtuous cycle of production-recovery of funds, and continuously optimize the process in the process until the purity problem is solved.

It can be said to be a win-win situation.

Thinking of this, he looked at Radziwiu and said, "I can provide you with another disinfectant that is even better than medical alcohol, and the price is only 6% of alcohol."

The latter's eyes widened immediately: "Oh, God, so cheap!"

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