Chapter 16 Costerblue

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Constantine observed the grass in his hand and recalled the scene of his previous meeting with Stanley.

At that time, Stanley complained that Europeans in southern Africa were not adapted to the local climate and often got sick, such as malaria, dysentery and other diseases were very common.

At that time, Constantine also thought that although cinchona bark can treat malaria, the side effects are very serious. Unfortunately, artemisinin was not invented until after World War II.

Thinking of this, looking at the grass in his hand again, he was ecstatic and finally understood the source of familiarity. Isn’t this Artemisia annua?

In the previous life, because of the invention of this artemisinin, China also won a Nobel Prize. At that time, the media and public opinion were at a climax, and they took turns to report the significance of artemisinin.

At that time, because of curiosity, I personally watched some pictures of Artemisia annua on the Internet. When talking with Stanley, I also thought of Artemisia annua, so I naturally felt familiar when I saw Artemisia annua here.

Constantine stood up from the blanket, walked quickly to Nina, and asked anxiously: "Where did you get this grass?"

While speaking, he handed half a branch of Artemisia annua in his hand to Nina.

Nina didn't understand the situation for a while, and asked in confusion: "What grass?"

Constantine shook the half branch of Artemisia annua in his hand and said; "It's this grass in my hand, where did you get it from?"

Although Nina was full of doubts, she saw Constantine's firm attitude, so she took Constantine to a small river not far from the rest camp, pointed to the river beach and said: "It's there."

Constantine walked closer to check, and sure enough, a large piece of green weeds on the river beach, isn't it Artemisia annua?

Constantine was overjoyed, this is really an unexpected prey!

In his previous life, Constantine had also looked up the information on artemisinin. He remembered that malaria could be treated directly with a single herb. The prescription recorded by Ge Hong more than a thousand years ago was: a handful of Artemisia annua, soaked in two liters of water, squeezed out the juice, and drank it all.

To put it bluntly, this thing can treat malaria. You only need to soak it in water, squeeze out the juice and drink it.

Malaria is a disease caused by Plasmodium, which can be transmitted by mosquitoes. When it attacks, it sometimes has a high fever and sometimes is cold.

This disease was very widespread before the emergence of the special medicine quinine.

For example, in ancient China, books described Lingnan as a "malaria land".

"Jiangnan is low and humid, and men die early", this is a description of Jiangnan.

Needless to say, the reason for this statement is almost certainly due to the role of malaria.

This disease once protected the inland areas of Africa from the invasion of Europeans and became a stumbling block for European colonists.

The landmark meeting for the Europeans to divide Africa was the Berlin Conference in 1884, which officially kicked off the European colonial countries' division of Africa.

For example, Germany obtained German East Africa (Tanzania) and Namibia after this meeting, and sent officials to the colonies to maintain rule.

Seeing this, people will be very confused, why so late?

You must know that the Age of Exploration began around 1500, after which the Portuguese and Spanish occupied colonies all over the world. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Britain and France occupied large colonies such as India and North America.

So why did Europeans only start to divide Africa in 1884? After all, where else in the world is as close to Europe as Africa?

For example, in the Americas, whether in South America or North America, there are a large number of descendants of Europeans, but there are very few descendants of Europeans in southern Africa, and only South Africa and Namibia have a small number of European whites living.

The answer is malaria.

The popular drug for treating malaria now is quinine, which is extracted from cinchona bark.

At first, some missionaries saw the natives using cinchona bark to treat malaria, and they also imitated them to eat cinchona bark, which was later proven to be effective.

It was because of the emergence of quinine that Europe's division of Africa became possible.

However, cinchona trees have strict requirements for the growth environment and can only be planted in subtropical areas. In terms of material collection, it is definitely not as convenient as the widely distributed Artemisia annua.

Of course, Constantine still has a long way to go to make money by selling this thing to make medicine.

Apart from anything else, if Constantine shouted out loud that Artemisia annua can treat malaria, everyone would definitely not be stingy with praise, and sincerely praise Constantine's discovery for the good news it brought to patients.

As for making money, just think about it, and what happened afterwards has nothing to do with Constantine.

Countries such as Britain, France, Germany and the United States really don't care much about the patent rights of a little Greek prince.

In the face of huge profits, it's really okay to infringe on other people's patents.

The unexpected discovery of a medicinal herb made Constantine not pay much attention to the subsequent hunting.

The guests invited by Constantine had their own gains in the subsequent hunting activities. Seeing that the host Constantine had changed his enthusiasm in the morning and lacked interest, they naturally did not force him and hurriedly ended the hunting activities.

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Costobreu hurriedly returned home from the hunting activities in Tatoi Palace. He walked into the living room exhausted, took off his tight hunting clothes, and sat on the sofa in a relaxed manner.

Perhaps the servant forgot to light the candle. Costobreu, who was sitting on the sofa, thought that the light in the room was dim.

"How is it?"

The sudden sound startled Costerblue. He squinted his eyes to adapt to the darkness in the living room. It took him a while to realize that in the living room facing the garden, a middle-aged man was lying on a chair. It was his father, Jon, the founder of Alpha Bank.

"Oh, today's hunting was pretty good. I shot a deer?" Costerblue thought his father was asking about his hunting results.

"I mean which prince is good and whether it is worth spending time to make friends with," his father asked.

If you want to be a successful banker, how can you succeed if you don't have a wide range of friends?

Not only should you make friends widely, but you should also make friends with great energy.

Thinking of his father's past teachings, Costerblue recalled Prince Constantine's performance during the day.

"He is a very scheming person, but he is a little whimsical," Costerblue said when he thought of the African plan.

"But I still listened to your father's wishes and expressed my goodwill," Costerblue replied.

"Did he make any requests today?"

"No"

"Do you think his African plan has a chance of success?" Costerbrew felt that his father was testing him.

"Unrealistic idea", Costerbrew replied.

"I heard that the prince has mobilized the Royal Guards, do you know?" Jon asked.

After meeting with Stanley, Constantine only informed the Guards that they would be assigned tasks in the near future and asked them to prepare.

"If you want to inherit the family business in the future, it's better to be well-informed", Jon frowned and looked at Costerbrew.

"What do you think the prince mobilized the Guards, but the king did not stop it?" Jon continued to ask.

Costerbrew's forehead was sweating at this time. He racked his brains and didn't want to make a fool of himself in front of his father, but he really couldn't think of a reasonable reason.

"I don't know if you are really stupid or lack experience, hey", Jon was a little disappointed when he saw his son's ignorance.

"His Majesty did not stop it, which shows his attitude, he supports it", Jon said earnestly and guided him.

"Yes, the king supports it," Costerbrew said.

Then he thought that His Majesty the King had been in power for about 20 years and had good political ability. It was impossible for him to watch his son spend a lot of money and make trouble, and then lose face.

He supported it, which meant that Constantine's plan was indeed possible.

Looking at Costerbrew who suddenly realized it, Jon nodded.

"Tomorrow you will continue to contact Constantine at Tatoi Palace and give him a check for 500,000 pounds, saying that the Costerbrew family supports his African plan."

Hearing the huge figure of 500,000 pounds, Costerbrew was shocked and looked at his father in disbelief.

"Then, what are our requirements for spending 500,000 pounds?" Costerbrew said.

"There is no need to say anything. Prince Constantine will understand. Even if he doesn't understand, His Majesty the King will understand, and that's enough."

After saying these words, Jon seemed to have lost interest in continuing the conversation, and the room returned to silence.

Only Costerbrew was still carefully pondering what his father had just said.

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