"Your Excellency the Secretary-General, have I already passed!"

The candidate was a young priest in a white robe, who looked eagerly at Rastigne, who was sitting in the presiding judge's seat.

Rastigne smiled slightly, and did not answer the young priest's inquiry, and then replied with a vague remark: "Dear priest, I think you should devote all your energy to serving the Lord, and not ask here whether you have passed this matter. ”

The white-robed priest smiled bitterly and told Rastigne that he himself had actually been exiled by the Church on the grounds of his experience, and that he was now tired of the priest's job, but he had not taken off his robe because he did not have the right opportunity.

It just so happened that the Governor's Mansion was recruited in Libreville this time, and he himself knew something about various minerals, so he wanted to take this opportunity to work under the Governor's Palace.

At the same time, the white-robed priest hinted to Rastigne that as long as he could enter the Doge's Palace, he would definitely look up to Rastigne.

In the face of the laziness of the white-robed priest, Rastigne smiled slightly, he had heard such hints many times, and even in the previous interviews, someone had told him nakedly that as long as Rastigne could let him in, he would honor Rastigne a large sum of money.

However, Rastigne did not hear such a hint, and in his opinion, since such a person could sell himself to him for such a small profit, when there was a greater benefit in the future, there was a high probability that he would quickly betray him, and keeping such a person by his side was simply a regular bomb.

Moreover, Rastigne's goal was not to be just the secretary general of the Doge's Palace, this position was just a pedal for him, and only Paris was his vast world.

If you want to go back to Paris, you have to go back to Jérôme. Governor Paterson has to run Gabon well.

Otherwise, Rastigne would have to stay here for the rest of his life.

Therefore, in the selection of the bureaucrats of the Doge's Palace, Rastigne recruited with the determination to be indiscriminate.

"Mr. Priest, you just need to go back and wait for the notification to proceed!" Rastigne replied with a surging sentence, and the white-robed priest in his heart had been completely passed.

When the white-robed priest heard Rastigne's reply, his face couldn't help but show a touch of unwillingness, but it was obviously a bit unseemly to make a public disturbance here, so he had to force a smile and say to Rastigne: "That's good! Please notify me as soon as possible! I'll be sure to come over as soon as possible! ”

After the white-robed priest left, Rastigne continued to conduct the interview with his head down.

After interviewing several people in a row, Rastigne was never very satisfied with them.

So Rastigne stopped the interview and said to himself, "Am I asking too much?" ”

After a while, Rastigne shook his head again and said, "No! Wrong! If they can't even pass my level, how can they be expected to prospect for ore! ”

With that, Rastigne went back to the interview.

The interview lasted until 5 p.m., and a tired Rastigne packed up all his materials and arrived at the governor's office.

"How's it going to be today?" Jérôme who hears footsteps. Patterson looked up and asked Rastigne.

Rastigne shook his head at Jérôme. Patterson responded, "No! ”

"None of them? Haven't you seen a little bit? "Jérôme. Patterson asked again.

"None of them have been able to do so far!" Rastigne made a point of emphasis.

"That ......" Jérôme. Patterson put down the pen in his hand, showed a thoughtful expression, and after a while, replied to Rastigne: "Then you can only ask for help from Paris?" ”

"I'll interview for a while! Maybe you'll just meet the right person! Although Rastigne no longer had any hope in Libreville, he still had no hope in Jérôme. Patterson responded.

"Alright then!" Jérôme. Patterson nodded in agreement with Rastigne's request, and he himself did not want to trouble Paris for anything.

Over the next two days, Rastigne interviewed dozens of people non-stop.

However, not a single person made it past Rastigne (this chapter is not finished!). )

Chapter 873: New Technology and Manganese Ore

Rastigne had no choice but to return to the Governor's office again and tell Governor Jérôme the news. Patterson.

"Okay!" Jérôme. Afraid of the special training, he spread his hands and responded to Rastigne: "Now we can only seek help from Paris!" ”

Immediately afterwards, Jérôme. Patterson called a messenger from the Doge's Palace, and then, with Rastigne's astonishment, handed the letter from the drawer, and instructed him: "You shall now return to Marseille by boat at once, and send this letter to Paris by telegram!" ”

"Yes! Your Excellency the Governor! The messenger took the letter and sent it to Jérôme. Patterson saluted.

"Go ahead!" Jérôme. Patterson waved at the messenger.

After the messenger left, Jérôme. Paterson apologized to Rastigne, saying that the letter was nothing more than to prepare things in advance in case he could not find a suitable candidate.

"Your Excellency, you are doing the right thing!" Rastigne was straightforward about Jérôme. Patterson responded, "It's best to be prepared for everything!" ”

……

After leaving the Doge's Palace, the messenger departed that evening on a cargo ship back to France.

After a week or so of sailing, the ship arrived at the port of Marseille.

The messenger, disembarking from the cargo ship, trotted all the way to the telegraph office in Marseille.

"Where do you send it? Sent to sleep? The messenger asked the messenger as he tore open the envelope.

"Sir, Palazzo Douyinlery! Handed over to Jérôme. Your Majesty the Emperor Bonaparte! The messenger said to the dispatcher without hesitation.

The messenger's hand immediately stopped, and he asked with wide eyes and a look of consternation, "I didn't hear it clearly, please say it again!" ”

"Sir, please send the contents of the letter to Jérôme at the Palazzo Douinlery. In the hands of His Majesty the Emperor Bonaparte! The messenger replied to the dispatcher word for word.

"Oh God!" The dispatcher couldn't help but ***, and he handed the letter back to the messenger, telling him that it was best to have it conveyed by the town hall.

The messenger knew the sender's concerns, and he hastened to reassure the dispatcher: "Don't worry! The contents of the envelope are not unsightly, you can send it with confidence! ”

"Really?" The messenger asked the messenger with a worried face.

"Of course it's true!" The letter replied to the dispatcher in a firm tone: "I can't lie to you!" ”

"Alright then!" The dispatcher nodded, then opened the envelope, unfolded the folded letter in half, read it carefully, and sent it.

At the same time, a hundred kilometers away, the Dolin Leary Palace.

Jérôme. Bonaparte looked at Eugène with a wistful face. Schneider and William. Jointly submitted by Siemens.

It turned out that some time ago, William. Siemens heard rumors from somewhere that adding mirror iron (ferromanganese) to Gangzhong can effectively desulfurize.

So, in Eugène. With the help of Schneider, William. Siemens began experiments.

After numerous attempts and controlled experiments, William. Siemens has succeeded in using ferromanganese to control the phosphorus and sulfur levels in steel.

William. Siemens hurriedly applied for this patent in France, and then joined forces with Eugène. Schneider gave Jérôme together. Bonaparte submits the papers.

[PS: This discovery was originally supposed to be William. Discovered by Siemens in 1866. 】

Looking at the plan in front of him, Jérôme. Bonaparte was both happy and sad.

The good news is that the utilization rate of steel in France will increase significantly, and some iron ore with high phosphorus content in the Lorraine region can also be effectively used.

The sad thing is that there are too few manganese mines in France.

In this era, don't say France, there are not many manganese ores in the whole of Europe.

[During this period, Ukraine and Hungary had not yet been developed, and manganese ore was scarce in Britain and France. 】

Manganese ore is needed to smelt steel, which means that France has to use a lot of foreign exchange to import manganese ore. Siemens' reduction in steel costs has not been reduced much at all.

This technology is simply chicken ribs for France, except that France can find a cheap supply of manganese ore,

(This chapter is not finished!) )

Chapter 873: New Technology and Manganese Ore

"Manganese ore...... Manganese ore ...... I want to think about where there is manganese ore! "Jérôme. Bonaparte closed his eyes and muttered silently.

After a while, there was a knock at the door, and Jérôme. Bonaparte opened his eyes and asked, "Who?" ”

Outside the room, Basilio's voice rang out, "Your Majesty, I'm Basilio!" ”

"Please come in!" Jérôme. Bonaparte said in a surging voice.

Basilio pushed the door in, Jérôme. Bonaparte asked again, "What's the matter?" ”

"Your Majesty, here's a telegram for you!" Basilio vs Jérôme. Bonaparte said.

"A telegram to me?" Jérôme. Bonaparte stretched out his hand to Basilio and responded, "Take it!" ”

"Yes!" Basilio delivered the telegram to Jérôme. In the hands of Bonaparte.

Jérôme. Bonaparte glanced at the contents of the telegram and said with a chuckle on his face: "What am I?" It turned out that I was asked to send geologists to them! ”

Suddenly, Jérôme. Bonaparte seemed to realize something, and he turned to Basilio and asked, "Basilio! If I'm not mistaken, Jérôme. Paterson seems to be the governor of Gabon, right? ”

Jérôme. Bonaparte's sudden inquiry, Basilio, who was confused, subconsciously thought for a moment, and then responded decisively to Jérôme. Bonaparte said: "Your Majesty, Jérôme. Patterson was indeed sent by you to Libreville as Governor of Gabon! ”

"What a coincidence! What a coincidence! "Jérôme. Bonaparte got up and paced back and forth twice, then raised his head again and handed the telegram to Basilio to Basilio: "Look at it too!" ”

Chapter 873: New Technology and Manganese Ore