The word "Tsar" in Tsarist Russia is the same as "Caesar", because of the marriage of a Roman princess, the Russians have always regarded themselves as the true heirs of the Roman Empire, and now, the Russians have been expanding for more than 200 years to restore the glory of the Roman Empire. However, to the dismay of the Russians, they have not been able to find a warm water port after more than 200 years of hard work. An important sign of becoming a world power is the strength of the navy, and a navy without ice-free ports cannot be strong. Peter the Great moved the capital from Moscow to St. Petersburg on the Baltic Sea in order to develop his navy, but this was still not a warm water port. The Russians' ambitions to expand south into the Black Sea have not been extinguished, and since the annexation of Ukraine, Russia and the great empire Ottoman Turks have lost their buffer zone, and a major war of expansion and counter-aggression is inevitable.

Just as China was called the sick man of East Asia in this era, there was also a sick man of Europe, the Ottoman Turk Empire. The sun never sets on Britain with a rotten regime, backward science and technology, and a sluggish economy, while Ottoman Turkey is a sunset empire. The Russians are a fighting people, fighting like cattle, and with a large population base, the sick man of Europe has little chance of winning, but few European countries want to see Russian expansion, and diplomacy is the only chance for Ottoman Turkey.

Britain also does not want to see Russia move westward, as the boss of the world pattern, has carried out unremitting mediation with Russia and Austria, however, the Russians are also one of the two great powers of the anti-French alliance, and their strong army reputation is probably above the British army, Britain is a god navy, a scum army, and the Russians are not afraid of the British army.

The British army made a great effort when the government funded and controlled the British Telegraph Company, but in exchange for a telegraph company that was lying on its stomach, and when the war was approaching, the military was angry, and a senior general made a statement to the Times reporter, strongly condemning the British Telegraph Company, saying that the military intelligence system was good? Not to mention the military intelligence system, even civilian wireless telegraphs have been discontinued, and the more than 10,000 telegraph machines that have been rented out have all become fragrant and sweet.

Lionel took the opportunity to encourage the media to join the military in condemning the unscrupulous former president of BT, demanding that he return to work and hand over trade secrets, which belonged to BT, not to one person, and if he could coerce the entire company alone, then what was the point of the British government's £3 million?

For a while, the voice of condemnation was very loud, and Tangning felt bored, Lionel was so annoying.

At this juncture, there was a problem with the infrastructure of the British telegraph company, and all the international telegraphs were lying on their stomachs, and no one could fix them well! This matter will affect Tangning's own intelligence network, so he went to check the situation in person as soon as possible, but he found out that BT did it on purpose, so he was so angry that he brushed his sleeves away. There was a fierce battle of public opinion between The Telegraph and The Times.

The British, accustomed to international communications, were so uproared by the accident that MPs even suggested that an investigation team be set up to find out about the incident. Lionel himself is a member of Congress and has second to none power in Congress due to his strong financial clout. Of course, Downing is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and it will not be easy to bring down Baron Buckingham with powerful allies such as Scottish bankers and Birmingham industrialists against Rothschild power.

Back in the last BT case against Downing, there was already a debate about whether Downing was going to leave for himself, and no one in BT fully understood the mechanics of wireless telegraphy. The general attitude of the jury was that Downing's actions did harm BT's interests, but there was no indication in his contract with the government that he must pass on the skills to others. Who would have thought that there would be no second person in the whole of Britain who could master this technology? So last time, the jury awarded damages. This time, the Congress debated this incident again, but it is still unclear, and since it is not clear, many people already have a feeling that Rothschild will not please this time. BT's fate is in jeopardy.

Before the second person understood the principle of wireless telegraphy, Downing was the king of super telegraphy, and even the British government could not do anything about him, not to mention that he had a lot of friends in Congress, even if Congress agreed to enforce coercive measures against Downing, he had one last resort - to run away. Don't forget that Downing has Swiss citizenship. Switzerland is not a soft persimmon, a mountainous country, located in the middle of Germany, France and Italy, the land of four wars, the people are fierce, when the poor Swiss mercenaries are famous all over the world, compared to the Hessian mercenaries are not inferior, they are independent after defeating the German Holy Roman Empire, I am afraid that England will not be able to let Switzerland easily hand over an extremely important Swiss citizen. Besides, isn't it rumored that Tangning is Chinese? In case he really sneaks into the Qing Empire, you won't be able to find it if you stop in the crowd!

Downing's layout in Switzerland has already shown its power, and all the parliamentarians dare not make excessive demands, because Downing's property in Switzerland is enough for him to withstand severe repression but not to die, and the final loss will only be the British Empire. The power of technology has sent chills through the entire Parliament of the British Empire.

During the debate, one of the councillors asked Downing: "What conditions does Mr. Baron need to be able to teach all the wireless telegraphy technicians to BT?" ”

Downing replied: "I have already taught, written in black and white on the specification, written on the patent, but no one can understand, just like Fermat's conjecture, I solved it, but who can fully understand?" ”

The MP continued: "So to change the question, what conditions do you have to be willing to return to work at BT?" ”

Downing: "Both Mr. Lionel and the Marquis of Dalhousie are out, that's my minimum." ”

It was clear that Lionel could not agree to this request, but Dalhousie did not care, and after the newspaper reported it, the Indian governor was generous and said that he was willing to withdraw.

Downing's support in BT and Rawlinson's and Samuel's shares add up to a total of 50%, as long as Dalhousie retreats, Lionel's forces will be expelled from BT, so the Marquis of Dalhousie suddenly became a key figure, he thought that Downing would take the initiative to contact him, and then he could use this small but important 5% of the shares to get up and down, left and right, but Downing hated this guy and would rather drag things down. On the contrary, it was Lionel who bitterly advised the Indian governor to unite with him, anyway, we also broke up with Tangning, and confrontation is the way out, right?

The fight with the Rothschilds always bores Downing, because the old fox has been in parliament for a long time, and there are constantly members of parliament who make trouble for Downing, and he has to deal with it. Yes, I won't quarrel with you, my lord is gone. Downing is ready to go to the European continent for a "tour".

Downing met with Broadrucker, the retired battalion commander of the Hessian-Kassel Chasseurs introduced by Wood, and had a good impression of each other, and took this opportunity to decide to go to the Duchy of Hesse with Broadrucker to see the world-famous Hessian mercenary system.

The Grand Duchy of Hesse has always had a tradition of being mercenaries, and unlike individuals who spontaneously become mercenaries, Hessians being mercenaries is an act of the state, a business assignment by the state, the purpose of which is to earn foreign exchange, they receive military salaries according to regulations, and all the income from being mercenaries must be handed over to the treasury. The mercenary business is a well-established industry in the state of Hesse-Kassel, with a one-stop service from training, equipment and pensions, and the provision of mercenaries accounts for more than half of the state's revenue. One of the leaders of the state of Hesse, Count William VIII, once said: "Without mercenaries, we will lose all our resources." ”

Due to the good reputation and high quality, Hessian mercenaries have always been in short supply in the international market, so the Hessian Ka-Serbon State attaches great importance to army building, and the standing army is maintained at about 24,000, and the military-civilian ratio has reached an astonishing 1:15. The vast majority of officers had extensive battlefield experience, a high reputation in Europe for their military literacy, and the inherent discipline of the German nation, the Hessian mercenaries were widely praised as "the best army that money could buy".

However, contrary to what was imagined, although these mercenaries risked their lives to fight for things that had nothing to do with them, their actual income was very low, and they were paid a minimum salary from the state, and the staggering amount of remuneration for their services all went into the pockets of the leaders of the Hesse-Serbon state. Speaking of which, the fate of the average Hessian mercenary soldier is actually quite bleak.

What Downing wants to do is to build a strong and belonging-worthy private army, and if he mixes with Baron Buckingham, he will naturally not be treated badly, he doesn't just want to spend some money to find 500 top thugs, he wants to train these hunters to become the patron saints of the Downing Empire, so he has to personally inquire about every detail of recruitment.

Before leaving, Downing had his first meeting with Farrah, saying that he was going to the European continent to escape Lionel's endless harassment, to recruit private forces to protect his colonial estates in Hesse, and to Zurich to look after his business there.

Because the world's first power grid in the City of London is about to be completed, it is a big day, Faraday very much hopes that Downing can go to Europe again after a while, but Downing smiled and said: "It's good to have you, but everyone is starting to have electric lights, I have long been used to electric lights, it's not a big deal, keep in touch with the telegraph." ”

He asked Faraday if he had any friends in Hesse, and he had to pay a visit, he didn't have many friends in Europe, so he could take care of them.

Faraday: "Hesse...... Libbig is there! Last year, however, he moved to Munich. Do you know this man? Chemistry everybody. ”

I know too much, I don't know anything else, Downing, a scientist or something, basically knows, not to mention such a great chemist, who can almost be said to be the father of organic chemistry, and his most outstanding achievement is the discovery of the nutritional role of nitrogen in plant growth.

Nitrogen atoms have very strong chemical bonds with each other, and it is not easy to convert N2 into useful nitrogen-containing compounds, both in industry and in living organisms. Correspondingly, nitrogen is produced when nitrogenous compounds burn, explode or decompose, and can often release large amounts of useful energy. Unlike gases such as oxygen and carbon dioxide, all plants participate in metabolism, and only a few bacteria have the ability to convert nitrogen into nitrogen compounds, and it is an indispensable nutrient for plants, so it is the most important fertilizer. Together with Liebig, his friend Wüller, a German chemist, discovered isomers, synthesized urea, breaking the strict line between inorganic and organic.

Superphosphate, discovered in Liebig's laboratory, became the dominant phosphate fertilizer for hundreds of years. It is also an extremely important fertilizer. In an era of scarcity in Europe, where famine was at risk in the most developed part of the human race, organic chemistry scientists like Liebig were national treasures. Liebig had a fairly reliable science-based intuition about nutrition, and once a friend's daughter contracted cholera at his house, and based on the symptoms of acute diarrhea, he invented a remedy similar to Downing's rehydration salts published in Nature — using concentrated gravy.

His research on food also led him to the invention of infant food, where the only source of food for babies was breast milk, and when mothers were unable to breastfeed for health or other reasons, the rich could only find wet nurses, and babies from poor families often starved to death. After a long period of research, Liebig invented a product that he called "******" and advertised it in newspapers.

Mercury is widely used in mirrors today, but Liebig may have been the first scientist to realize the dangers of mercury to human health, and he invented the use of silver instead of mercury, but due to cost constraints, it has not been adopted on a large scale.

Liebig's greatest strength is that he is a science educator. As a child, Liebig did not adapt to traditional methods of education, and his teacher commented on his intelligence: "You are a sheep!" You can't even be an apprentice in a pharmacy. Sure enough, his apprenticeship at the pharmacy in Hepenheim did not continue to the end.

Hands-on experiments are a very important part of science education, which is why Downing paid so much attention to the role of Lego bricks in the selection of gifted children, Liebig realized this, his students are too famous all over the world, there is a statistic, 42 of the first 60 Nobel Prize chemists were his students!

What a great scientist, Munich is so close to Zurich that Downing decided to pay a visit to the master.