In the Downing Empire, the strongest scientist was Faraday, the strongest engineer was Brunel, and the best business partner was Paul, a German Jew? Reuters, who was the head of Downing's intelligence network, and even the executives of the Bank of Zurich were introduced through this Jew. Reuters was born in Kassel, Hesse-Kassel, and this time Mr. Reuters accompanied him on a trip to Europe, working as a staff officer and as an interpreter.

Downing also began to learn German, a branch of the Germanic language family, which shared a lot of words with German, and their relationship was much closer than French, and of course it was easier to learn German than French. Seeing that Downing spent a lot of money on compiling a simple English course and a simple French course, a discerning linguist took the initiative to compile a simple German course, and spent several months without Downing's consent to produce a first draft, imitating the paradigm of the more successful version of the simple English textbook.

Reuters told Downing that the development of Reuters' intelligence network was now constrained by the cessation of telegraph production. Yes, I've been fighting the BT guys for months, and there is still no clear prospect for this war, it's time to start anew.

The Zurich Telegraph Company? No, another telegraph company will be boring, and it will be condemned by the British government, although the contract did not say that BT should monopolize the telegraph industry, but after all, people spent 3 million pounds, well, if you make a Zurich telegraph company to kill the British telegraph company, it is reasonable to be a little unwilling, to mix in the UK, you have to give the British government a little thin face.

In any case, first smuggled BT's talents to the European continent, under the secret planning of Downing, the technical staff in BT resigned one after another, BT's senior management has felt the tension of the mountain rain, due to the use of leasing business model, BT is not unable to pay wages, and the resignation of technical personnel can only indicate one situation - someone has dug the wall, and Downing is the biggest suspect.

Lionel was furious when he learned that these men were likely to go to the Continent and asked the court to restrict Downing from leaving the country to prevent someone from absconding, but the jury thought it was ridiculous. Just kidding, Downing has more than one property in the UK, British Steel, British Aluminium, Knights of the Round Table, Windsor Medical Devices, The Telegraph, Reuters, Leica Camera, Lego, which is not a well-known name? All the companies are rooted in the UK, which is much more reliable than the bankers, and it is easy for Rothschild to abscond with money, but it is not easy for Baron Buckingham to run away.

Lionel just watched the great British telegraph company being hollowed out and powerless, and he had also seen Downing's influence in the government and parliament, it was impossible to settle the government, but it was completely fine to protect himself, and this road to suppress Downing would not work.

Downing took his hand-trained technicians from BT and left London, took a boat on the Thames to Amsterdam, and then took an overland transportation to Kassel, the capital of Hesse.

At this time, the Grand Duchy of Hesse had been relegated to an electorate, and the monarch was Friedrich? William. The European Enlightenment and the European bourgeois revolution profoundly affected the German state, and after a long political struggle, the Elector of Hesse established a constitutional monarchy in 1850, although unlike England, its monarch still enjoyed a great deal of real power. The German states were more or less affected by the European Revolution, and there were ** conservatives and constitutionalists in the country, and the Electorate of Hesse was a state with a slight advantage in the constitutionalists.

Compared to the Free City of Frankfurt, 200 kilometers away, Hesse's economy is far behind, otherwise how could it be the cradle of mercenaries? The German Confederation had formulated a unified constitution after the European Revolution in 1848, and had the opportunity to develop into a federal unified state similar to the United States, and the Bundestag was located in the Free City of Frankfurt at that time.

On the recommendation of Mr. Reuters, a native of Kassel, the little baron was able to meet with Elector Wilhelm, ruler of Hesse. Everyone in the world knows that the little baron has a million-dollar family, and Marquis William naturally knows it. Tang Ning presented the Leica camera that was passed down as the supreme treasure by the European aristocracy, and the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

At that time, the annual fee given by the British to Hessian mercenaries was 10 pounds per soldier, and Tang Tuhao's family was rich and hired Hessian soldiers at a price of 15 pounds. As for where Tang Ning uses these people to do business, Hou Ye is lazy, as long as he doesn't beat him.

Downing's private army quota in the Straits Settlements is only 500, what to do with the extra soldiers? After thinking about it, he had the answer - ostensibly 500 people, and the extra were sent to work on plantations and factories. The requirements of 2000 were easily met.

His soldiers were used to protect the factory, and were commonly known as the "factory guards".

After the Hesse capital of Kassel had finalized the matter of the factory guard, leaving the head of the huntsards, Broadrucker, in charge of the follow-up operations, Downing went to Frankfurt, mainly to promote the SIX Swiss Exchange's telegraph information system to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The city has always been the financial and trade center of the German Confederation and has the potential to develop into a large financial center.

Next stop, Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria.

The German Confederation was very trivial, the smallest was called a city, like the Free City of Frankfurt, the larger was the Elector, the larger was the Grand Duchy, and then the kingdom, the largest of course Prussia, followed by Bavaria.

The rule of the Kingdom of Bavaria was also like that of Prussia, and the royal power remained dominant. The current king of Bavaria is Maxmilan II, after the baptism of the European Revolution, he also has liberal tendencies, but who can withstand the temptation of ** royal power? After coming to power, he began to rule autocracy. Although democracy is the general trend of modern civil society, authoritarianism also has its advantages. Without the power of the King of Prussia, it would have been difficult for the German Empire to unify, and the Bavarian King's autocratic power enabled him to strongly intervene in the direction of Munich development, ignoring religious factions and inviting famous academics to Munich, otherwise why did Munich become the center of innovation and manufacturing in Germany?

Liebig's teaching methods, discoveries, and writings soon made him famous throughout Europe. In addition to many German students, many foreign students came to Giessen specifically to attend his lectures, including 84 British and 18 Americans. For this purpose, he was awarded the title of Baron in 1845.

He was hired by the universities of Tallinn in 1827, Göttingen in 1835, St. Petersburg in 1839, Vienna in 1841, London in 1845 and Heidelberg in 1851, but he refused. Each time, however, he took the opportunity to negotiate with the Ministry of Education in Hesse to improve his economic and working conditions. But when the King of Bavaria personally wrote to hire him, and personally summoned him to show him the plans for the new chemistry institute to be built and the professors living next to it, and to guarantee him the freedom of teaching and research, he could not refuse the offer.

Maxmilan II was such a science-minded king, and when he learned that the great scientist Downing was passing through Munich, he excitedly extended an invitation to meet him. Although Downing hated the monarch of real power, he was happy to see a king who was so friendly to scientists.

As the manufacturing center of the German nation, which valued education, Munich was home to a large number of scientists and engineers, and at the call of the king, a large number of high-ranking people gathered at the royal palace to feast with Downing. The king even summoned more than a dozen members of the royal family, including handsome men and beautiful women, and declared to them: "These scientists and engineers are the elite of mankind, no matter which country wants to be rich and strong, they are indispensable, let us toast to science and technology!" ”

The atmosphere was warm, and the king sighed: "Mr. Windsor is a great student in the United States, right?" The British have picked up a big bargain, and if wireless telegraphy was born in our Munich, it would be great, and it would be the best in the world's communications industry. I have learned about the competition between you and the Rothschilds over the British Telegraph Company, and it is absolutely impossible for this to happen in our Bavaria, and a banker still wants to control the great Telegraph Company, shamelessly! Is Mr. Windsor interested in investing in a factory in Munich? I will definitely give you the best policy. ”

Sure enough, it was the emperor's grace, Tang Ning was almost moved, and said: "The academic world in Munich is really impressive, such a physics and chemistry master, if I don't set up a factory in Munich, I will be sorry for these elite talents, but I still have to consider what factory to run." ”

The king did his homework and said, "The men of the English telegraph company have been brought to the continent, and you are not going to build a telegraph company on the continent?" Don't hesitate to build in Munich, we have more engineers and mechanics than in Switzerland! ”

Tang Ning smiled and said nothing, the king was really overly enthusiastic, and said half-truthfully: "Aren't you still trying to find a daughter-in-law?" Look, are there many beauties in our Bavaria? His big hand waved at the royal maidens, quite a gesture of choice.

Tang Ning smiled sincerely, and unconsciously glanced up at a girl he thought was the most beautiful and cutest. This subtle gesture was watched by the king, who turned to the girl who looked to be only a teenager, and said, "Sissi, you say, do you want Brother Downing to open a factory in Munich for the production of telegraphs?" ”

This girl did not have the slightest restraint in front of a large number of strangers, stretched out her crystal palm, and counted her fingers one by one: "Of course I hope so!" Brother Downing has invented the wireless telegraph, the typewriter, the Round Table Rider bicycle, the Leica camera, and I have them all! I hope Downing will create something that will leave us stunned, and if it's in Munich, it's even more perfect! ”

The girl Bala Bala said German and looked really lively and good-looking, but unfortunately Tang Ning's German was too dish, and she didn't understand it halfway, and she fully understood it after listening to the Reuters translation around her, and took the opportunity to appreciate the invincible beautiful girl again.

The king took this scene in his eyes again, and carried out the beauty plan to the end: "Sissi, isn't your sister going to Vienna to go on a blind date with the little emperor of Austria?" When to go? ”

Sissi: "I was going to leave, but my mother had a migraine and was very strict, so I had to put it on hold first." ”

The king frowned: "Didn't the imperial doctor see it a few days ago?" Why hasn't it improved yet? Alas! ”

Reuters muttered to Downing about the conversation, and Downing said, "Windsor Medical recently invented an analgesic, and I brought some with me when I traveled, so I can try it on this woman's mother." ”

Downing's theory of cholera treatment and successful clinical cooperation with St. George's Hospital are famous all over the world, and the scientists here know a little bit, but Wang and Sissi are not very clear, and after some exchanges with the scientists, they found that Downing has also made achievements in medicine. The series of sterilization products produced by Windsor Medical Devices has led to a one-sided "microbial pathogenesis" theory throughout the medical academic community, and all the numbers support a significant reduction in surgical mortality after sterilization, and puerperal fever is almost extinct.

The original surgeon was known for his "professionalism" on his clothes, but now this absurd perception has been completely reversed by Downing's own efforts, and only the cleaner and whiter the dress, can make people feel at ease.

This is Downing's master-level contribution to the theory of pathogenesis, and there is a "god-level" contribution, that is, the invention of anesthetics, the king only learned that the most advanced anesthesia technology in the medical field is also from Windsor medical equipment under the reminder of scientists, since even anesthetics can be invented, analgesia is of course not a problem, and suddenly the king and Sissi have great confidence in this new drug.

A chemist interested in medicine asked Downing, "Why is it amazing that Mr. Windsor keeps inventing medicines, and how do you do it?" ”

Downing: "Because I'm rich...... No kidding, I've invested more in developing new drugs than anyone thinks, and if you go to my real farm in London, it's scary. （http:／/.)。 Only with real animals can new drugs be effectively tested, and many new drugs come from the purification of plants. The purification process also costs a huge amount of money to test.

For example, lidocaine, a local anesthetic I invented, is a derivative of cocaine, which is first extracted from coca leaves, and then chemically obtained the final product. This is because I feel that the psychedelic effects of coca leaf have the potential to inhibit a person's neural perception. There is also this latest analgesic, inspired by ancient prescriptions, hundreds of years ago doctors found that willow leaves can play a certain analgesic effect, my new medicine is a highly effective analgesic extracted from willow leaves - acesalicylic acid. Of course, the purification process plays a crucial role in the efficacy of the drug, if the patient is in severe pain, chewing willow leaves, the pain has not been suppressed, but the leaves have already filled the stomach and died. ”

The scientists further exchanged their knowledge of pharmaceuticals with Downing, and Downing did not disappoint them, and he was even able to explain in detail why acesalicylic acid works. The sensation of pain in the human body is transmitted to the brain by a substance called adrenaline, and acesalicylic acid is able to inhibit adrenaline.

The chemists further inquired how he had discovered adrenaline, and the discussion with Downing was so hot that the king and the princess all looked at each other in disbelief.

The scientific terms were one after the other, and Mr. Reuters' German and English were not enough, but fortunately, many of the scientists present were proficient in English and became temporary scientific translators.