"You have to have money first."

Zhang Cheng, who returned to his suite and lay down, frowned, thinking about how he could change his situation. He doesn't have any family background, and if he wants to get ahead, he can only have money first.

After hundreds of years of development and cultural exchanges with European countries, the Ming Empire, which had already appeared before Zheng He's voyage to the West, had already transformed into a completely capitalist world. Here, having money is the same as having everything.

"Traditional businesses are definitely not going to work. After so many years of development, it has long been occupied. You can only look for things that don't show up. What can make a lot of money quickly? Zhang Cheng frowned and thought about it for a long time, but found nothing. As the sleepiness came over me, I decided to wait until tomorrow to find some information and look at it.

Early the next morning, Zhang Cheng went out early to the largest library in the concession to inquire about materials, and there were all kinds of materials here.

I was dizzy looking at materials in the library, and I spent the whole day and found nothing. Zhang Cheng was depressed and returned to his suite after dark.

"Do you really want to be a police officer?" Zhang Cheng thought depressedly. If it were in modern time and space, there was an opportunity to become a policeman, and Zhang Cheng would probably jump up with joy. But since it has been crossed, it must be done a big cause. Being a policeman, Zhang Cheng couldn't accept it.

"It's almost time to move out." After counting the money left on his body, Zhang Cheng shook his head helplessly. The cost here is not low at all, and the suite where Zhang Cheng lives is very expensive. If he continues to live here, he probably won't have much money for long.

An irritable Zhang Cheng got up and went to get his backpack, ready to play a mobile game for fun. When I opened the backpack, I unexpectedly remembered that there was a small box of family medicine boxes in the inner zipper!

"Medicine!?" Zhang Cheng's breathing suddenly became rapid, and he raised his hand and slapped his head hard. Just thinking about the industry, I actually forgot about the drugs of the super profiteering industry!

Zhang Cheng excitedly took out the medicine box. Originally, the company didn't care about it when it was issued, and it was casually stuffed into the backpack. I didn't expect to be brought here at this moment!

"Cold medicine, banlan root, Yunnan Baiyao, band-aid, what is it? Calcium? What's the use of asking for this? Well? This is!? Amoxicillin capsules! That's great! Zhang Cheng almost jumped up with excitement with a box of amoxicillin.

Penicillin, is there any medicine that is more valuable and easier to get rich than penicillin?

"That's not right." Zhang Cheng frowned and whispered to himself, "I remember that penicillin was discovered by accident?" Amoxicillin is a semi-synthetic penicillin product, and I don't study medicine, how did I get this thing? That is to say, only this bottle? ”

"Alas~~~" The ecstasy that had just risen quickly dissipated, and Zhang Cheng sat back on the bed helplessly. Looking at several other medicines, he shook his head helplessly.

Looking at the box of amoxicillin in his hand, which was incomparably expensive in this era, the corners of Zhang Cheng's mouth pulled out a helpless wry smile, "Unless you sell it to the rich man to save your life, or sell it to the emperor." What can this bottle do? How do I explain the origin of the drug? Depressed. ”

The ups and downs of life are too fast, Zhang Cheng is now irritable and grabbing his hair hard, thinking about whether he needs to drink some wine to relieve his boredom. But he suddenly raised his head and stared at amoxicillin in his hand with blazing eyes. The corners of his mouth slowly hooked, "Before amoxicillin was invented, there seemed to be a very valuable drug, sulfonamides!" This shouldn't be difficult, right? ”

Sulfonamides, which are decomposed from the many waves of leather dyes, are antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drugs that can effectively kill streptococcus and treat fatal diseases such as sepsis. This is also a valuable medicine comparable to gold.

The important thing for Zhang Cheng at this time is that compared with the penicillin cultivated by Dayun, sulfonamide is much simpler. As long as there are hundreds of waves, then sulfonamides can be made!

If it weren't for the fact that it was getting late now, the library and other places for information would have been closed. That Zhang Cheng will definitely go crazy, and generally rush to check the information to prove his judgment.

"Please, please. There must be a hundred waves of rest, and no one has discovered sulfonamide yet. Please, please. Zhang Cheng folded his hands and prayed to the gods and Buddhas of Mantian with great piety, asking them to bless themselves to earn the first bucket smoothly, no, it was the first gold mountain!

Zhang Cheng, who spent the whole night in restlessness and couldn't sleep at all, rushed out of the Blue Rose Hotel with red eyes when the sky was just bright. Hop straight on a rickshaw "Library!" ”

"You must bless me." Zhang Cheng, who looked anxious, rushed into the library and pounced straight on the dye bookcase. I saw the name of Bailang Duo in the dye catalog!

"Huh~~~" After a long sigh of relief, Zhang Cheng found the introduction page of Bailang Duoxi.

Azo dye is combined with a sulfonamide group, an orange-red compound, and a red dye for textiles, which is washed and dried without fading. That's right, that's it!

Zhang Cheng gasped heavily, and after finally calming down his excitement, he turned around and walked slowly to the medical bookcase. He's looking for proof that sulfonamides don't exist at the moment!

Another day passed. When the clouds roll in the distance and the fiery red fiery clouds cover the blue sky. With his head held high and his face proud, Zhang Cheng walked out of the library with vigorous steps.

His reasoning was correct. There is no specific drug for sepsis, no anti-inflammatory and antibacterial drugs, no sulfonamides!

In this era when sepsis is still a terminal disease, Zhang Cheng seems to have seen endless wealth coming towards him.

"What's going on?" Zhang Cheng, who looked puzzled, sat in the rickshaw and looked at the crowd of cheering and singing cheerful songs in the distance. Asked suspiciously.

To return to the Blue Rose Hotel from the library, you need to take Victory Road, which is on the other side of the road outside the concession. At this moment, countless English locals gathered outside the concession, and they desperately waved slogans and flags, and shouted slogans loudly, making the garrison stationed in the nearby concession nervous. It looks like there's some kind of grand celebration going on.

"Oh, sir, you didn't read today's paper?" The rickshaw driver with a big nose, deep eyes, and blue eyes replied as he pulled the cart: "Today's newspaper says that the Ming Empire has signed a formal amendment to the Berlin Treaty with the German Empire, returning the Schleswig-Holstein colonial territory to the German Empire for the second expansion of the Kiel Canal. The German Empire became the second country in Europa, after France, to completely reclaim its colonies. I heard that Germany for"

The rickshaw driver's next rambling words, Zhang Cheng couldn't listen to it anymore. The expansion of the Kiel Canal or anything is just an excuse. The core of this news is that the power of the Ming Empire is declining, and the empire can no longer control the colonies of powerful countries. This is a helpless compromise and concession! That's why those Englishmen are so excited.

What the Germans were able to do, would it be far for them?

"Huh~~~" Zhang Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back against the car. The cheers of those Englishmen in the distance grew farther and farther away. Zhang Cheng's originally excited mood gradually calmed down.

The situation in the Ming Empire looks far worse than Zhang Cheng imagined!

The Ming Empire was able to become an empire that dominated the world for hundreds of years, and the biggest reliance was on the huge overseas colonies that continued to transfuse blood to the mainland. This time, the colony that was so important and had such a rich income was returned is enough to prove what kind of predicament the Ming Empire was facing at this time.

And it can have far-reaching consequences. Under the suppression of the Ming Empire, the countries of Europa, which have long been full of anger, will inevitably take the initiative to test the bottom line of the Ming Empire, and constantly force the Ming Empire to spit out their own interests.

Once this kind of thing has begun, there can be no other way to end it than war!

As a Chinese, Zhang Cheng, who is a Chinese no matter what time and space he is, feels heavy. The fate of nations is always tied to the individual. When the country is weak, the individual is the sick man of East Asia. When the country is strong, then you are a superior person! It is a high-class person who can walk into the park where barbarians and dogs are not allowed!

The core of the Ming Empire, thousands of miles away, is the imperial capital.

In the Forbidden City, which has been passed down for hundreds of years, an old man in Chinese clothes slowly lowered his head and saluted to the young emperor on the dragon throne with an angry face, "All the responsibility for this matter is on the old minister, and the old minister is willing to take all the responsibility for this matter." ”

"Humph!" The emperor, who had been reduced to a symbolic existence many years ago, looked at Lord Shousuke, who had the heaviest authority in the empire, and his heart burned with raging anger, and he had nowhere to vent, so he could only snort heavily, flick his sleeves and turn away angrily.

"My lord, no one can understand you." On a lavishly decorated carriage leaving the palace, Shousuke's henchman said with some emotion.

"The empire has rotted to this point, what else can the old man do? It can only be patched up. As for fame, what more fame is needed for the sake of this country. Shousuke, with his eyes closed, said categorically.

At this time, the Ming Empire was far weaker than it appeared on the surface. Hundreds of years of rigidity and the ridge of family gate valve power. The breakdown led directly to the rapid decline of the empire. The contradictions on all fronts are becoming more and more acute. The provinces and overseas colonies had their own agendas, and the power of the country was scattered and could not be unified at all.

This time, the German Empire had to abandon its colonies in Germany as a last resort under the threat of war. Let this Shoufu master, who has been in charge of the empire for twenty years, exhausted.

Lord Shoufu's name is Zhang Yue, a native of Songjiang Prefecture, who has been the first assistant of the empire for twenty years. All these years, the old man has been struggling to maintain this empire. Unfortunately, few people can understand him. Even many people have been scolding him for betraying the interests of the empire. But how many people can understand the actual inside story?

When the Germans threatened war, Shousuke-sama immediately summoned the high-ranking generals of the navy and army and asked them if they could protect the interests of the Reich.

However, the answers of these generals and marshals broke Shousuke's heart. When they open their mouths, they say all kinds of difficulties. What is the lack of troops, the lack of materials, the lack of transportation capacity, etc., etc. In short, he kept asking for military expenses from the first assistant, and asked for military expenses. If you go to war, you need to discuss again, and you need to discuss again!

After so many years of development, the army of the Ming Empire has gradually become the private power of various forces. The forces that the empire can wield are very small. In addition to military spending, each faction serves its own forces. Transporting goods by warships is pediatric, and there are countless cases of reselling military supplies!

In this case, what can even be done by Shousuke!