Chapter 345: Wine

The Pilsner beer made by Franz is much better than the Pilsner beer in history, both in terms of brewing technology and shelf life.

Joseph F. Gurol, a Bavarian brewer, was almost involved in the entire design of Pilsner beer, but he didn't know why its shelf life was so long.

This is natural, because pasteurization was not proposed until 18th century by Pasteur.

The principle is to use the characteristics of bacteria's own reproduction, treat them with appropriate temperature and insulation time, and kill them all, so as to achieve the purpose of extending the shelf life.

Franz respected Pasteur as a great biologist, so he did not hide the secret of pasteurization from him.

On the contrary, Franz sincerely invited him to come to Vienna for further studies, but was flatly rejected by Pasteur.

"Through what you have seen and heard in Vienna during this period, you should understand that the center of the future scientific community must be in Austria. And with my support, your future research will be smooth."

Franz is not good at dealing with scientists, because he always feels that these people's thinking is too divergent and they always think of some messy things.

But generally speaking, presenting facts and reasoning, this routine still works.

"Thank you for your love, Archduke Franz. During my time in Vienna, I have indeed seen a lot. Especially the research on those invisible creatures, I feel that I have benefited a lot, but please allow me to refuse your invitation."

Pasteur said very affirmatively, as if there was no doubt.

"Science has no borders, Mr. Pasteur. Those arrogant fools in Paris cannot recognize your true talent."

In fact, Pasteur had just turned 20 at this time, and after graduating from high school, he became an assistant teacher at Buson Mountain High School, which was extremely rare at the time.

But his university journey was not smooth. It was not until August 1843, when he was 21 years old, that Pasteur was admitted to the École Normale Supérieure in Paris to study the teaching methods of chemistry and physics.

Franz's condition was that if Pasteur was willing to come to Austria, he could choose any institution in the Austrian Empire and study any course he wanted.

The royal family would not only cover all of Pasteur's expenses, but would also give him an annual pension of 5,000 florins.

At the same time, Pasteur would be invited by the Vienna Royal Academy of Sciences to become the youngest member of the organization since its establishment.

"Science has no borders, and scientists have their own motherland."

Pasteur's answer surprised Franz a little. After all, the latter always thought that this sentence should be said by the Chinese, but in fact it was Louis Pasteur who first said this sentence.

Austria and France are a century-old feud, and this contradiction has long been integrated into the blood of all classes of both sides.

As a nationalist, Pasteur would never work for the mortal enemy, the Austrian Empire, but Franz respected his choice and did not stop him.

In fact, with Franz's energy, it is really easy to make a person disappear in Vienna, let alone a foreigner.

Ajani walked in and saw Franz looking lost and said.

"Did you lose your love?"

This made Franz very embarrassed. After all, most scientists of this era had poor living conditions, and he usually only needed to pay a very small price to persuade them successfully.

"It seems that the contradiction between France and Austria is deeper than I thought."

Franz didn't want to answer, and Ajani naturally couldn't continue to tease, so she followed Franz's words.

"The Habsburg and Bourbon families, from the earliest blasphemous alliance to the Thirty Years' War of Religion and the French Revolution. The contradiction between the two sides cannot be explained in one or two sentences."

That's right! If you are shameless enough, you can even see Catholic countries in the Protestant Alliance.

France really deserves the name of the Catholic filial son.

In fact, Pasteur's words just now made Franz fall into contemplation. He began to doubt whether he had the ability to turn the tide in this era of the nation.

Maintaining the dignity of a universal empire seemed so far away again.

Seeing Franz's thoughtful look, Ajani felt that now was not a good time to talk about things.

In fact, Mr. Pasteur was not a difficult person in Ajani's eyes.

The way he looked at her, he was dazzled, lowered his head and walked away fiercely, which was completely the performance of a pure boy, in other words, a virgin.

Based on Ajani's many years of experience, as long as she found a love veteran, let alone the motherland, it would not be a problem for him to kill his biological parents.

Of course, she would not do that without Franz's order. Because Ajani could see that Franz respected her very much, and her method was feasible, but it was too despicable and might cause Franz's dissatisfaction.

She came here this time to report to Franz on the sales and promotion of Pilsner beer. There is no doubt that this cheap beer has a very good market.

Franz set the price at 3 groschen, and this alone has strangled the throat of traditional ale beer.

In fact, Ajani didn't understand why the price was not directly reduced to 2 groschen. This would completely unify the beer industry in Austria and even Germany.

At this time, no country can compete with Austria in the beer industry. Even if a country secretly learns this technology later, Austria can still make the other party pay a considerable patent fee with its strong strength and influence.

Franz naturally has his own considerations. If the price is too low, the profit may be reduced. At the same time, after a large number of cheap wines enter the market, it will inevitably cause the effect of bad money driving out good money.

Although the quality of Pilsner beer is stable, Franz does not deny that the quality of some ales is better than the former.

And Franz does not want to offend all beer merchants. After all, rabbits will bite when they are anxious, let alone a group of living people.

As a time traveler, Franz knows that good wine is afraid of deep alleys.

So after the development of Pilsner beer was completed, he handed over the promotion work to Ajani.

In fact, Franz himself is a good billboard, but he and his friends are just a group of 12 or 13-year-old teenagers at this time.

If they drink together, it will cause some things that are difficult to end.

Although beer at that time was known as liquid bread, it was still a poor drink that was not presentable.

Adjani placed beer in the royal department store and the store near the train station. The former was to increase the popularity of this beer. After all, the quality was usually not bad with the royal endorsement.

The latter was to sell the beer, because with the development of railways and industry, a large number of workers would travel to all parts of the country by rail, and they were the main consumers of beer.

Of course, the army was also a good sign. Due to the long shelf life of Pilsner beer, it was very suitable for sea voyages.

So the Austrian Imperial Navy threw a large number of orders to the brewery, but those soldiers would not really keep the beer for the sea. They drank this low-alcohol beer as water.

Friedrich liked this low-alcohol beer very much. In his own words.

"We finally don't have to sail on the sea with a group of drunkards."

But in fact, low-alcohol beer can't solve the problem of soldiers getting drunk, because they will drink more than before.

The army also praised the Pilsner beer developed by Franz. You know, alcohol and sugar are important guarantees of military morale during this period.

This so-called Pilsner beer is not only cheap, but also has a long shelf life. This makes the generals of the War Department feel very useful. At the call of Count Latour, it became a must-have for military banquets.

In fact, the army is a relatively easy-to-satisfy group. After all, they can even enjoy the super-unpalatable instant coffee, not to mention the refreshing beer now.

At this time, the instant coffee is far from the taste of later generations, according to the description of the officers at the time.

"Those damn things are like a mixture of stones and sawdust, and the taste is bitter and astringent, which makes people nauseous."

But in fact, at this time in the Austrian Empire Army, ordinary soldiers were still very satisfied with instant coffee.

First of all, it can have a refreshing effect. Secondly, this kind of coffee is not troublesome. As long as there is hot water, it can be brewed.

Especially for the soldiers of the border army, this kind of coffee is really a gift from God. What they lack most when performing patrol tasks in the wild is time.

Faced with the massive orders from the army, Franz had to expand production capacity.

Soon, Pilsner beer became one of the pillar industries of Bohemia, and it also led to the development of a series of surrounding industries.

For example, the glass manufacturing industry. At that time, Austria was the world's largest glass exporter. Pilsner beer is different from traditional ale beer. It has a longer shelf life.

This means that it can be packaged independently, and Bohemia happens to be the largest glass manufacturing center in Austria. The conditions are unique.

As Austrian beer entered the German Confederation in a big way, the German states led by Prussia began to oppose this beer that violated the "Beer Purity Law".

Prussia, Bavaria and other countries felt that Austria's practice violated the spirit of the German Customs Union, while Austria insisted that Bohemia was an integral part of Austria.

But when the "Beer Purity Law" was promulgated, it did not belong to Austria, so it should not comply with this law.

Faced with the calls from the German states to kick Bohemia out of the German Customs Union, the local Germans who had been tempting the Czechs to independence all day long finally stopped.

The German nobles in Bohemia advocate Czech nationalism all day long just because independence can bring them greater benefits.

But if independence will make Bohemia leave the German Customs Union, they will never do it, after all, the profits brought by the German Customs Union are too lucrative.

Of course, not everyone can react. Some German nobles who have fooled themselves really think that Czechs should be independent.

Although they are also Czechs, the Czechs in Moravia expressed deep concerns about leaving the Austrian Empire.

Although Moravia did not benefit as much as Bohemia in the German Customs Union, many local industries relied on the platform of the Austrian Empire.

If they left the empire, they might be nothing.

Due to the transportation cost problem of this era, Franz's desire to dominate the beer industry failed, but since then, all ships sailing on the sea will carry Pilsner beer.

In fact, once people's living standards improve, the consumption of beer will surge. At this time, the beer production capacity is far behind the development speed of Austria, and of course its consumption of grain is also huge.

For this reason, Franz had to consider continuing to reform agriculture, and fertilizer is the foundation of modern agriculture. But ammonium sulfate is obviously too backward, and Liebig and his assistants worked out potash fertilizer.

Historically, this potash fertilizer was not developed until 1850, but at this time, Franz's intervention brought it forward by 8 years.

But Franz was still not satisfied, and he had a Jinkela plan in his mind.

"Mr. Liebig, since you think nitrogen is so important for plant growth, why don't you develop nitrogen fertilizer directly?"

Franz's words made him fall into contemplation. Indeed, a direct use of nitrogen as fertilizer can definitely greatly increase the yield of crops.

Liebig is undoubtedly a chemical genius, and his views and discoveries are very consistent with Franz's plan.

He believes that plant growth requires inorganic substances such as carbonic acid, ammonia, magnesium oxide, phosphorus, nitric acid, and compounds of potassium, sodium and iron.

Human and animal excrement can only be absorbed by plants if it is converted into carbonic acid, ammonia and nitric acid. These views are the basis of modern agricultural chemistry.

He also believed that animal food not only needs a certain amount, but also needs a variety of different types, either organic or inorganic, and in a considerable proportion. He also proposed the principle of fermentation.

He strongly advocated the use of inorganic fertilizers to increase harvests, which was particularly rare in this era.

South Africa in 1842.

The Cape Colony of Britain in South Africa annexed the New Boer Republic established by the Boers. Of course, the official explanation given was to protect white South Africans from the two black countries of Ndebele and Zulu, but in fact it was just to avoid being involved in unnecessary full-scale wars.

But in fact, the Boers have long complained that Britain did not take a tough stance against the Xhosa people on the eastern border of the Cape Colony.

The Xhosa people are actually the indigenous people of South Africa. They are not a nation in the strict sense, but a nickname for all local black people who do not obey the rule of the British and Boers.

In recent history, the Xhosa people launched a series of wars to protect their land and prevent white invaders from further plundering their homes.

These primitive tribes were very brave and even captured a British warship. However, these nomads living on the grasslands had no way to deal with these giant beasts floating on the sea, and finally had to return empty-handed.

The Xhosa people had been holding out this weak but brave resistance until the appearance of a fraudulent wizard, who truly disintegrated their resistance.

This wizard named Moharakza spread false prophecies that the British could be defeated through sacrifice, which eventually led to the starvation of hundreds of thousands of Xhosa people.

After that, the severely injured Xhosa people could no longer pose any effective threat to the colonists, and eventually had to live in the reservations designated by the British, ending up with the same fate as the Indians in North America.