Chapter 52: The Pope's Deputy

Hearing Alfonso's refusal, Napoleon was unimpressed, as he said, France, with its 1.2 million troops, was not inferior to Catalonia.

But since it has been refused, there is not much to talk about, Catalan is like a toddler baby in front of France, and he really can't find a place that can interest Nasan.

He was even more disappointed when he learned that Alfonso was blocked in the basement but didn't open Musou.

After a few casual words, she said goodbye to Alfonso under the pretext of being unwell, and Eugenie left, leaving only Nasi and Alfonso in the lounge.

"Dad is too busy, but he still cares about you." Seeing that everyone else was gone, Na Si Fu came to Alfonso's sofa next to him, comforting him, and he also saw that Na San's attitude was a little perfunctory.

Alfonso pushed him away with all his might, and he was a little dissatisfied: "Don't say that I'm like a child who longs for his father's love, Nasan is not my father, he doesn't care about me, I don't care at all." ”

"But the emperor is the people's little father." Nasi blinked: "You're French." ”

"Have you read too much Tsarist literature?" Alfonso questioned:

"Can a nobleman count nationality by blood? Then His Majesty Alexander is still Germanic, and His Majesty Wilhelm is not his father, the grandfather of Tsarist Russia. ”

The "......" was speechless, and he had recently read Russian literature under the guidance of his court teachers, and was very envious of the Tsar's unlimited power, and often fantasized that the French Emperor also had such a ability to speak like this.

"Well, I don't have any opinion, Your Majesty Napoleon has been busy lately, I know." Alfonso's tone softened.

He was just a little speechless by the behavior of forcibly climbing the relationship with the four, but he didn't have any thoughts in his heart.

He took a lot of advantage from this meeting, and because he allowed the royal family to defer the payment of funds, the Bonapartist royal family made some promises.

Chief among them, several fertilizer companies privately controlled by the royal family, will give priority to the supply of fertilizer to Catalonia, and Nasi does not understand what is precious about this thing, but Alfonso knows it.

In these years, chemical fertilizer is a real rarity, and although the nitrogen fertilizer and urea commonly used in later generations can be synthesized in the laboratory, factory production is still far away.

And another nitrogen fertilizer technology, synthetic ammonia, does not even have a shadow.

The main raw material for chemical fertilizers today is struvite, which is a mixture of fine particles mixed with the excrement of seabirds, bats or seals with animal and plant residues, rich in nitrogen and phosphorus.

It can not only produce fertilizer, but also gunpowder, and a country's people's livelihood and military are all accounted for.

So struvite is an important strategic material at this stage, and ten years later, the saltpeter war in South America, also known as the guano war, is to grab this thing.

Historically, one of the main means of British blockade of Germany was to limit the export of struvite, and Germany also developed synthetic ammonia technology, and only after bypassing the blockade did it dare to start a war.

The main sources of struvite are South America and the islands, all of which were independent from Spain, and they did not like Spain very much because of nationalist problems.

In this case, Catalonia should not be delusional about obtaining too much struvite for the production of fertilizers.

So when Alfonso and Fidel discussed agriculture, they didn't mention it - it couldn't be solved by themselves.

However, there are still a lot of struvite in France, and Britain and France divide the world, and no one can lack them.

A little exposure from the French fingers is enough for Catalan to eat well, and Catalan's agricultural report for the next quarter should be impressive.

In addition to fertilizers, there is also the mutual granting of most-favored-nation tariff status, and so on.

In short, although Nasan has a tendency to treat Catala and even Spain as a little brother, it is really good for the little brother.

……

Nasan is busy these days, and Alfonso is busy.

As the representative of Catalonia, he had just finished talking to France about some things, and he had personal matters to deal with.

The foreshadowing laid a few months ago has finally come to fruition, and the Red Cross is already growing in various countries.

The first training centre for field doctors in Paris has also been opened.

The reason why it is a training institute rather than a Red Cross hospital is that the Red Cross has not yet completed the transition from wartime to regular assistance.

A training center was set up temporarily, and people who aspire to become war doctors can come here to receive training in their free time, and there are special instructors to teach for free.

In fact, it is a tutorial class.

Because now anyone can see that the Franco-Prussian war is inevitable.

Henry and the Red Cross saw the war as an opportunity for them to take off, and they prepared for it very carefully.

They are very active in the international community, commenting everywhere and calling on both sides to exercise restraint and avoid creating a humanitarian crisis.

While aggressively expanding the medical team and creating a sense of popularity, people will know that they will be the saviors of all wounded soldiers.

In this context, Alfonso, the permanent honorary president, has also been noticed by many people.

In line with his previous deeds, some people now call him the contemporary paladin Roland, with a perfect face, a holy heart, and a strong force.

His Majesty the Pope was one of those who noticed him, and not only sent a representative to meet him in Paris, but also invited him to Rome if he had time.