Chapter 57: Bavaria

The girl known as Sissi was 16-year-old Elizabeth? Ameya? Eugenie, for Max Milan? The daughter of Duke Joseph and Princess Ludovica, the little duchess, can also inherit her mother's name Princess Sissi. Her father is a "man of the hour", the eldest is not small, but he is obsessed with circus and wandering like a child, and he is not at home for three days, and is called "Mad Max". There is a crazy father, who has a different childhood from ordinary aristocratic girls, she often skips school with her siblings to go horseback riding in the countryside for sightseeing, quite a bit of a father's style, lively and active.

Sissi's sister, Princess Helen, is much quieter and knows how to stay at home with her sick mother. Princess Helen was surprised to see her sister bring a man home!

Princess Sissi introduced to her family: "Mr. Baron Buckingham, the most powerful inventor on earth! He came to see his mother, and the medicine he invented shocked all the scientists and professors from the University of Munich. She couldn't remember the odd name of acesalicylic acid.

The duke and the princess, the baron and the duchess are far apart, and the princess is even more than 108,000 miles, and the little baron salutes Princess Ludovica with great respect, and I have never seen him so respectful when I see the king.

Don't let people see that he has a crush on someone else's daughter, Tang Ning explained the medicine and taboos to Princess Ludovica very carefully, and he even asked Reuters to write down everything in detail in German and hand it to Princess Ludovica.

Princess Ludovica has a migraine and has no spirit to talk to people, Princess Sissi's 14-year-old brother Carl? Theodore was curious about Downing: "Did the great inventor come to Munich to open a factory here?" ”

After continuous discussions with the professors of the University of Munich, Downing has made up his mind to open a factory, but he really doesn't know what factory to open, the planned telegraph factory is to be opened in Zurich, and the technicians can't all run around with him in the German Confederation, most of them have already run directly to Zurich, and Bavaria is a ** country, the king is friendly and insecure, and he will face the soldiers of the Kingdom of Prussia in the future.

Although the little Duke Theodore is only 14 years old, he is relatively tall and strong, and after asking, he is actually ready to join the Bavarian king's ** team, and the itinerary has been determined.

Downing half-joked: "Maybe I should open an arsenal in Munich." ”

The little duke was more innocent, took this seriously, and asked, "Is it?" Is it because you invented new weapons? Is it a gun or a cannon? "In his opinion, a great inventor can invent anything, right? Wireless telegraphy, bicycles, cameras, anesthetics, what is the connection between them? It can be seen that the little baron is a cross-border king.

I didn't expect the little duke to take it seriously, I can't say that I'm fooling you, right? Tang Ning had no choice but to follow his words and say, "Have you ever shot?" ”

Little Duke: "Of course, my marksmanship is pretty good. ”

Sure enough, it was a little hero, and Downing continued: "Oh, that's good. Have you ever noticed that today's rifles smoke and block the view when fired? Also, with each shot, gunpowder residue remains in the barrel, so it needs to be cleaned up. What I'm going to invent is a new rifle cartridge that is smokeless and residue-free. This falls under the category of chemistry. ”

The little duke's eyes suddenly lit up, and he gave a thumbs up: "Master!" Sure enough, it's a master, there is no residue, this is powerful, and the launch speed can increase a lot. ”

Downing listened to Reuters' translation and couldn't help but be surprised, it seems that this little duke is quite smart.

When the little duke thought about it again, he became even more excited, and spat all around: "Wow, no! Wouldn't it be possible to use rifled guns on a large scale without gunpowder residues? Oh my God, this is a revolutionary invention, Mr. Windsor, I'm finally convinced, you can change an industry just by saying it. ”

Tang Ning froze, this is a little genius, not just as simple as being smart.

It's really a casual remark, how can such an arsenal be run in a ** country? Downing still likes England and Switzerland, and Germany is not sure what will happen to these N states in the future.

Because of the little duke's admiration for Downing, the atmosphere of this home visit was very good, and the little duke was also very interested in science, saying that he had read the German version of the inaugural issue of "Nature", and was shocked by the theory that the eye has three kinds of cells, which receive red, green, and blue light, respectively, what is Downing's head made of? You can come up with such a theory, God-man.

Chatting and chatting, the acetosalicic acid that Princess Ludovica took worked, her migraines were greatly reduced, no one was happier than the patients who got better after getting sick, and in her eyes, Tangning also became a god.

Under the reverent gaze of the dukes and princesses, the great god explained the mechanism of action of acesalicylic acid in a serious way, and only the little duke listened with relish, and asked questions from time to time, and the princesses continued to be unaware.

"Acetylicolic acid only relieves symptoms, and migraine is a disease that can be triggered by many factors: stress, irregular diet, and fatigue," the doctor said. Migraines are more likely to occur during menstruation. There are other hormonal effects including oral contraceptive use, pregnancy, premenopause, and menopause. I would like to learn about the living habits of Her Royal Highness the Princess and see what can be adjusted. ”

It is obviously embarrassing to ask a lady about her living habits, even if Tang Ning makes a look like a healer's parents, Princess Ludovica is still a little embarrassed, and she has to translate guò, which is even more lame. No way, this is to see a doctor.

After an embarrassing exchange, Tang Ning's Jian yì is to go out for a walk, exercise, don't think too much about troubles, and do something happy, Princess Helen remembered something, and said: "We have an aunt who has just died, and my mother is a little depressed. ”

I see, Tang Ning nodded, looking for happy things to do is still the same.

The little duke admired Master Tang too much, and strongly recommended that his mother stay at home with Tang Ning. What a great opportunity, but unfortunately Tangning couldn't agree, because the king had invited Tangning to live in the palace, and Tangning had already refused, saying that he was going to live at Libigg's house, which was a predetermined thing, and the old Li family cleaned the guest rooms cleanly, if it was changed, I was so sorry for the people, in Tangning's eyes, Libig was more important and noble than the Bavarian king. And after rejecting the king, you must refuse the little duke, otherwise the king will be unhappy again, and he is really entangled.

After letting the big light bulb Reuters take a photo of Princess Ludovica's family and Tangning, Tangning reluctantly said goodbye to the Duke's house, his mind was full of the image of Princess Sissi, ah, why am I in love with a girl again? And always fall in love with a noble girl, does it depend on whether people marry to see whether their background is good or not? Last time, I saw the Countess, but this time it's good, Duchess! Love always makes people uneasy, girls from ordinary civilian families, local tyrants are sure, but it is difficult for the daughters of big noble families to succeed. He was a little unconfident even to look at Princess Sissi twice, and at this time he was very grateful to the then British Chancellor of the Exchequer Wood for giving him the title of baron, otherwise it would be even more hopeless if it was a commoner. Because a nobleman marries a commoner and loses his title.

The power of love is great, and back at Liebig's home, Downing began to learn German desperately! Li Bixi didn't know why, and thought that he was working so hard for the convenience of communicating with himself, and he was very moved, and asked his wife to cook food for Tang Ning every day.

Early the next morning, the little Duke Theodore went to the palace to report to the king the chemistry of the unleashed bullet that Downing had told him, and he knew that the king liked to recruit scientific and technological talents, but he was afraid that the king would not know the military technology innovation brought about by this technology, and let go of the great scientists who could make Bavaria a military power.

The king was worried about how to keep Downing, and just as the little guy came to the door, the little duke went to warmly entertain and spy on the information, and strive to let Downing settle down in Munich completely, and the hukou problem was easy to say. At the end, the king also gave him a secret note: "Downing seems to be interested in your sister, if you start in this direction, we will have a chance." ”

The little duke was overjoyed: "As soon as I say this, I have a score, and I promise to live up to the trust, but I don't know what my sister and my mother think, after all, Tang Ning is just a little baron......"

The king patted his chest and promised: "Knighthood? When Downing becomes my Bavarian son-in-law, the title is greatly reduced, you can rest assured of this! ”

To turn Bavaria into a first-class military and technological power, what kind of title is not cost-effective? The king's game is a good calculation.

The little duke ran to Liebig's house non-stop, and Mao recommended himself to be Downing's Munich tour guide, although he didn't know English, but he could speak French, it was impossible to talk very happily, there was no problem with communication, Downing's French was already able to communicate with him, especially for sightseeing, wasn't it just those few words?

The little duke wanted to get close to Tang Ning, Tang Ning was still thinking about the little girl of the duke's family, the two hit it off, although the communication was not very smooth, but it couldn't stop their enthusiasm to mingle.

The academic atmosphere in Munich is really strong, especially after the king's banquet to try the edge, the academic community in Munich is even more sensational, there are constantly big-name scientists coming to Liebig's house as guests, the academic exchange meetings of the University of Munich are one after another, so busy that Downing has no time to go to the duke's house to get acquainted, no way, who called Downing the most like academics, he doesn't want to disappoint any of them.

The sheer number of scientific and technical talents in Munich finally moved Downing, and he seriously thought about setting up an industry here, and the German nation was known for its rigor and perfectionism...... Well, set up the car factory here. A telegram from the president arrives in London, and most of the scientists in General Dynamics' laboratory are heading to Munich. The team wasn't well-known, their migration didn't attract much attention, all eyes were on the telegraph, and the team had basically arrived in Zurich. (http://.)。

The head of General Dynamics is Walter? Hancock's son, Hancock Jr., whose father was the inventor of the steam bus and had a company that actually operated, and Walter's brother Thomas? Hancock is a partner of Downing, the holder of a patent for the rubber vulcanization process in England.

Hancock Jr. was in charge of the design of the car body, and he knew that the core of the car was the "fuel cell" technology that no one could understand, so the big boss had a fate, and he didn't dare to disobey, so he had to run thousands of miles from London to Munich, and he felt a little unhappy.

This time the team's big transfer was really moving, a large number of power equipment and mechanical equipment were transported to Munich on large ships, and even alarmed the British customs and seized their black technology equipment. The notoriety of a certain baron as "unpatriotic" was once again hyped up by The Times.

Downing's employees were careless this time, they would have had a concession to Brussels, otherwise what would have happened to the factory in Zurich? But this time, they planned to divert to Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and they ended up in this disaster.

Rothschild's people were in it, and Downing was not in London, and this time the turmoil could not be ended for a while. Bavaria's ambassador to Britain intervened.

After the matter became bigger, there was a fierce quarrel within the cabinet, and finally the prime minister decided to temporarily ban Downing's company from exporting rights, hoping that Downing would return to London to explain to Parliament that he had no intention of transferring the industry. The British are not stupid, the world's number one inventor has really shifted, and it will be a serious economic injury to England, the British Empire cannot withstand such a blow, and if the prime minister does not act, I am afraid that the resignation is imminent.