High-legged wine glasses, beautiful blonde and blue-eyed Western maids, and some dark-skinned Filipino native maids carrying a variety of food and wine shuttled through the crowd, and those Europeans from Western European countries were excitedly and enthusiastically discussing Liang Pengfei's speech.

"My God, how rich is that guy? Think about it, we only need to stay here for five years, no, even three years, and the wealth we get is enough to make us a rich man who has no worries about food and clothing. A middle-aged man with fiery red hair spoke aloud in French in an exaggerated tone.

His speech was echoed by many people, but not far away, another man with eyes and wigs, who appeared to be scholarly, glanced at the talkative red-haired man with a look of disdain. "Is it possible that we, civilized people, have nothing but profit in our eyes?"

"Then why did you come to the East? Dear Mr. Keane, are you a chemist, could it be that the East has your research project? Or is it possible to discover new scientific disciplines on this small island? A rich doctor couldn't help but laugh.

The doctor's smile soon faded, though, and at last he had to stop, for Professor Keane was looking at him coldly, and his self-righteous humor could not continue.

"Doctor Bruno, your joke is not funny at all, you know, I am a scientist, a rigorous scholar, and since I have been in this profession, I have dedicated my life to exploration and discovery in the field of science." Keane pushed his eyes and glanced at the somewhat quiet hall, most of the people's attention drawn to their conversation. "Do you know how many elements exist in this world?"

Although Keane, a scientist with the title of knight and nobleman, has been on Krab Island for less than a year, his rigorous scientific attitude is very respected by these Westerners, at least, no one wants to offend a scientist who is trusted by his patron Liang Pengfei.

And his question was likewise unanswered, for there was no one but him who had more say on the question, but he did not mean to sell it, and replied to himself: "There are twenty-six elements, and of them, nearly ten of them were discovered in this century." But how many elements are there in the world? Maybe no one knows, but someone told me something that explained my long-standing confusion......"

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"I can't imagine that Mr. Keane has such a high regard for you, and it seems that your understanding of science is no less than that of a good scientist." In a room not far away, a silver-haired man who heard the conversation coming from the hall raised his glass to Liang Pengfei as a sign of respect.

"It's nothing, I just told him the basics of atomic theory, and a very ordinary little table." Liang Pengfei smiled and picked up the wine glass in his hand and took a small sip of the delicious Bordeaux wine.

"Atomism? Hehe, I'm really sorry, honorable General, I really don't have that kind of mind and no interest in the study of the elements, my focus is on medicine and medicine, and of course wealth, which is why I came to the East. The silver-haired man laughed. Money and wealth are the driving force behind my work. ”

"It is very well said that any achievement should be rewarded as a means, or honor, or wealth, in short, I will not do anything that does not have any return, and we have something in common, dear Mr. Depan." Liang Pengfei laughed. He took a cigar from the cigar box on the table and handed it to the lovely confessed Depan in front of him.

Depan, who was born in Switzerland, went to England, and engaged in chemical research in England, and later worked in a pharmaceutical factory, and because of a mistake, or should it be said that due to Depan's greed, he used his authority to use substandard raw materials, which resulted in a life lawsuit, and Depan, the culprit, was quickly found out.

However, Depan was still quick to see the opportunity, and when he found out that the matter was exposed, he escaped from England and came to the East in a staggering manner, using his former identity as a doctor to live freely in the Spanish colony, but the desire for money made him accept Liang Pengfei's invitation, and on King Crab Island, together with several assistants arranged by Liang Pengfei, he carried out drug research and refining work.

Although this guy is greedy and has a surname, he has to admit that he does have two hands in medicinal chemistry, and he can actually follow some of the ideas provided by Liang Pengfei, and it took less than three months to extract morphine from opium, of course, the name morphine was named by Liang Pengfei.

It was with this thing that Liang Pengfei came up with the idea of supplying "special cigarettes" to the Annan royal family. A few days ago, Liang Peng in Guangzhou received a message from King Crab Island, after refining morphine and receiving a generous reward paid to him by Liang Pengfei, it seemed that his research enthusiasm was even more stimulated, and finally a few days ago, he successfully refined a new white crystal, which has an analgesic effect several times higher than morphine, and has an extraordinary refreshing effect.

Liang Pengfei speculated at the time whether this greedy medical worker had already refined the famous heroin among the drugs in later generations.

And just now, after Liang Pengfei finished speaking, while those people were chatting at the banquet, Liang Pengfei had already seen the real thing refined by Depan, which was indeed heroin.

However, what Liang Pengfei did not expect was that Depan, who had been the director of a pharmaceutical factory, actually started a deal with himself, and he proposed that he hope to establish a pharmaceutical factory, and he will work hard to study the process of quantifying the production of morphine and heroin, but on the condition that he can obtain 30% of the shares.

When the steward of King Crab Island described Depan's request in the letter in a contemptuous and unobtrusive tone, Liang Pengfei, who saw the content of the letter, was not angry, but felt relieved, because Depan's proposal opened a window for Liang Pengfei and opened a window to Europe.

In the course of the experiment, Depan found that in addition to the excellent analgesic effect of these two extracts, they can also have miraculous effects on bronchitis, bronchial asthma, tuberculosis, etc., and can definitely be used to relieve pain, and can also be used to treat common diseases such as bronchitis, bronchial asthma and tuberculosis.

Liang Pengfei had traveled in the war-torn area in later generations, and he had also come into contact with a lot of drugs, so he naturally knew that morphine and heroin were used as drugs at the beginning.

"Your wisdom is enough to illuminate the eastern sky, Your Excellency General." Respectfully accepting the cigar handed over by Liang Pengfei, the smile on Depan's face was a little more, and his inner excitement could not be suppressed and overflowed from the corners of his eyes and mouth.

"But, dear Depan, I agreed to your offer, but the shares you need are really a bit difficult for me." The corners of Liang Pengfei's mouth turned up slightly.

"Why? Your Excellency, I am the inventor of morphine and heroin, and I have the right to rely on this technology to take a stake. The greed for wealth even overcame his respect for Liang Pengfei, and he jumped up and shouted loudly.

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However, after seeing the indifferent gaze of the burly man standing behind Liang Pengfei, he quickly came back to his senses and apologized to Liang Pengfei, but he still muttered in a whisper that his credit was worth it.

"You don't have to be in a hurry, I didn't say I wouldn't give you shares, it's just that you're asking too much, you know, I'm going to build a factory that can produce at least 30,000 pounds of morphine and 10,000 pounds of heroin a year. It takes a lot of investment, and that's a lot of money. Liang Pengfei looked at this guy and said with a smile, he didn't care about Depan's rude performance, the most important thing is that although this guy is very greedy, he used it as a motivation to make a great contribution to himself.

It's just that Liang Pengfei doesn't want this guy's greed to affect his reason and research on drugs, because, if he doesn't squeeze this guy dry, how can Liang Pengfei be worthy of the money he paid?

Hearing Liang Pengfei's description, Depan's eyes almost popped out: "My God, your thoughts are really, really surprising." Although Depan doesn't think that Liang Pengfei can completely sell such a large output, but the problem is that the more he produces, the more he sells, and the more he earns, but when he thinks that Liang Pengfei is unwilling to give him 30% of the shares, Depan feels as uncomfortable as a fire in his heart.

"That's all two, right?" Depan thought about it for a long time, and struggled with some distress.

Seeing Depan's expression, Liang Pengfei almost laughed out loud, this guy really fucking wants money. "I'll just give you one percent." Liang Pengfei raised an index finger, looking at that finger, Depan's expression could be described as mourning.

"Your Excellency General, you can't do this, this is too little, you don't know, for your order, I don't know how much effort and effort I have put in, but now, my efforts can't be rewarded......" Depan, who was so painful that he almost pulled off the wig on his head, looked at Liang Pengfei with blank eyes, hoping that he could raise one more or even two fingers to soothe the hurt in his heart.

"Mr. Depan, you don't have to be in a hurry, Yicheng's shares are only temporary, if you can train a group of students for me, I will add another Yicheng to you." The smile on Liang Pengfei's face still hasn't changed much.

"I do!" Depan didn't think about it, and immediately patted his chest to express his desire to become a gardener, for the sake of Yicheng's face, let alone teaching a few students, even if he was allowed to run naked on King of Crabs Island with his bare butt.

"Okay, in that case, Shijie, give the share gift letter to this Mr. Depan to sign, Mr. Depan, I'm glad we can continue to work together happily, I have to go first, I have to meet the others, I hope you can have a good time on King of Crabs Island."

"You should not be a general, but a businessman, respected general." Depan bent down to Liang Pengfei with a helpless wry smile.

(To be continued)