Franz arrived at his lab, where he had garlic ready. Of course, these garlics are strictly screened. They are undoubtedly ripe, dry, moth-free, and mildew-free; And it has been removed, divided, peeled off the endothelium, and washed with water to remove impurities.

It is first mashed into a paste and then dehydrated at low temperatures.

(Low temperature dehydration does not mean sub-zero, but below a certain threshold, such as 50-60 degrees for garlic.) ）

After grinding into powder, add anhydrous alcohol, then cover and seal to allow the allicin to be fully released and dissolved after 24-48 hours.

Pour it into a strainer to obtain relatively pure allicin, pour it into a chicken heart bottle, heat it to 78 degrees to allow the alcohol to evaporate, and the chemical properties of allicin will not be destroyed until more than 80 degrees.

Then filtered again, the purity of allicin is greatly improved, it is dehydrated at low temperature, ground into powder, packed into a special seaweed capsule, sealed with a metal hose on the outside, and stored for up to 6-12 months.

Of course, this is only a laboratory practice, in fact, the procedures and methods of industrial production will be slightly different, but this is Europe in the nineteenth century, not the end of the Ming and early Qing dynasties, and the mass production of this simple drug can still be done.

After the mass production of this thing, a considerable part of the quack doctors in the Austrian Empire would be laid off, and of course it would also lead to the problem of misuse of antibiotics, so the only way to limit this was to raise the price.

Since the production cost of this drug is very low, the profit will be very high. It's just that its popularity is still very small in the early stage, so the main objects of procurement are still the military and government officials, as well as overseas colonists.

Of course, Franz did not intend to promote the drug on a large scale in the early days, and there is no doubt that the biggest beneficiaries of this drug will be Britain, France and the United States.

The consequence is that the colonization efficiency of these countries has risen like a rocket, and with the existing quinine, there is no need to go through a long process at all, and it only takes ten years to complete the division of the world map.

For Austria at this time, it had already reached the limit of its colonies, and it was pointless to gain more territory than to develop and increase the pressure on the defense.

The most pitiful thing about this thing is that the technology content is extremely low, and it is effortless to imitate, even if the scientific and technological level of the Qing Dynasty at this time wants to imitate, it is only a matter of time.

Therefore, even if Franz gave up 99% of the benefits, it would be impossible to slow down the pace of Britain and France, so it was better to register the patent directly, and then desperately raise the price so that everyone could not afford it was the best way.

So a drug that cost only a few pfenyl was forced to be raised to 20 florins. (1 florin equals 120 pfennig)

However, its appearance directly rejuvenated the Austrian colony, and together with quinine, it could resist almost all the threats of diseases at that time.

Especially in the hot and humid Indochina Peninsula, the combination of allicin, quinine and bleaching powder greatly reduces the local mortality rate and the spread of the disease.

In the Kowloon River Plain, the freed slaves felt as if they had stepped into Elysium; As long as you are industrious and hardworking, not only will you not enjoy the treatment of a leather whip, but you can also reach a passing level of three meals a day, and even have private property.

The introduction of various medicines and treatments made the locals feel awe of the mysterious country of the Austrian Empire.

And the spies sent by Emperor Shaozhi to the Zhenla Cult to inquire about the information were almost all rebelled against by the missionaries, and these God's attendants naturally did not give up on these lost lambs.

So they were sent to Vietnam after some training and teaching. These spies also managed to develop a lower line, and their tentacles even extended into the palace of Hue.

The results of the First Austro-Vietnamese War also reached Siam (Thailand) at this time, and King Rama III, as the peerless monarch, generously presented his powerful neighbor to the east with a horse, gold, silver, jewelry, and a series of unequal treaties.

Even the iron ore that Franz had always coveted was given to Austria, and there was no reason to find fault with it.

At the same time, due to the deepening of trade between the two countries, the war gradually became a negative option, and Austria even sold weapons to other powers at low prices on a regular basis in order to ensure that it could not annex Siam.

Despite the fact that Rama III always put on a posture of being slaughtered, he had the equipment in his hands to arm a sizable army.

At the same time, since the Great Powers made Siamese money, the commoners had always been staunch supporters of the royal family against foreign invaders. I don't know if a country with exclusive ambitions to monopolize Thailand will be beaten by the great powers, but it is true that they will most likely not be able to take this country at all.

In fact, the purpose of the great powers to colonize here was to seek wealth. As long as you can make money, who cares who owns this land. Franz was no exception, and the only pretext for war to fill the gap in iron ore no longer existed, and there was no reason to resort to fishing with all his might.

And if you are bitten by a fish or hurt yourself when you fry fish, it will be even more worth the loss.

Let's turn our attention to Africa, where the whole of Austrian West Africa, with the exception of Namibia, is in a cotton fever. Due to the unprecedented development of the textile industry in the Austrian Empire, which recently dominated the entire Central European market, the demand for raw materials naturally increased exponentially.

At this time, only cotton income was stable in its colonies in West Africa. Other commodities are either volatile in price or unstable in demand, and it is impossible to judge the expected returns. In fact, during a previous visit to the chiefs of West Africa, Franz also gave advice on promoting coffee, cocoa and rubber in the region.

However, in view of the long growth cycle of those crops (5 years for coffee, 4 years for cocoa, 8 years for rubber and 5 months for cotton), the idea was finally abandoned for the time being, after all, the economic benefits and the laws of crop growth cannot be artificially changed.

As mentioned earlier, before ending his trip to West Africa, Franz gave the local chiefs, or more precisely, the future plantation owners, two options: to trade in the traditional barter mode or to trade in exchange for the expected banknotes.

The former, which is dominated by the acquisition of cheap industrial goods and weapons, is a model that is familiar to the indigenous people and they are happy to accept. Under this model, the empire could not only make a good profit, but also dump a portion of its goods.

And few tribes will choose the latter, after all, they do not understand the actual effect of these pieces of paper. However, as the first chief to dare to eat crabs appeared, other onlookers discovered that the purchasing power of the expected banknotes was completely beyond their imagination.

Don't underestimate this thin roll of paper, which the tribesmen alone were able to freely go to Austria to purchase the supplies they wanted. The only drawback was that only Austrian ships could be hired, and there was a part of the cost of going back and forth.

But the Bumiputera executives, who were initially skeptical, saw this as the perfect opportunity, and if they got it right, it could be an opportunity for them to break away from the European Union.

Although the empire generated slightly less direct profit under this model, the tribes would have been unwittingly integrated into the Austrian economy once they had adopted the second model.

In the long run, it is clear that the latter will be more profitable, will have more control over the colonies, and will be able to cultivate a group of "elixirs" for free.

When all the elites of a country or a nation betray it, the success rate of its own resistance is almost zero. Unless it is pushed by a stronger external force, this balance of evil can be broken.

(End of chapter)