On September 2, 1913, three young scientists from the Institute of Medicine, after a year and a half of hard work, I don't know how many times they failed, finally made a substantial breakthrough and developed a white powder.

In his great joy, he announced that he would reward everyone with 1,500 oceans!

Qin Di compiled more experiments overnight, recruited more scientific researchers, and continued to engage in related research. Because there are too many varieties of sulfonamides, some are suitable for internal use, some are suitable for external use, and some are suitable for intestinal sterilization, from 1932 to 1948, a total of 5,500 sulfonamides were launched, and only a few dozen have really passed clinical verification.

Subsequently, Zhu Wan used sulfadiazine in clinical trials and achieved great success!

Zhu Wan couldn't help but be overjoyed when she saw the patient healed with her own eyes: "Ah Di, under your guidance, it is really remarkable to have obtained such a miracle medicine from the research! This is an epoch-making achievement! It is the gospel given by God!"

When she calmed down, she asked Qin Di's opinion: "Can we apply for a patent in Britain and the United States?"

Qin Di thought for a while and said, "Mom, this matter is not in a hurry, let's talk about it in a few years." ”

Zhu Wan was puzzled: "Why wait a few years?"

Qin Di explained: "According to the patent system of the British Empire, there is only a 20-year protection period, and if we apply now, we have no raw materials, we cannot expand our production capacity, and we will not make much money." ”

Zhu Wan couldn't cry or laugh: "Make money, make money, how do you know how to make money?"

"This is a jungle world of deceitful and deceitful! Westerners do not hesitate to transport opium that harms people in order to make our money! We have finally developed a miracle medicine, and we are ashamed of the blood and tears of the Chinese people without peeling off a layer of skin from Westerners. ”

"Look at what you say, how can there be so much blood and tears?"

"Mom, I read the recent newspapers and came to the impression that Europe is not very peaceful, the waves are turbulent, and next year, there may be a big war that will sweep dozens of countries, and this is just the opportunity for us to make a fortune! After the war is over, we will apply for a patent and publish relevant papers at the same time. ”

"Adi, what do you want so much money for?"

"Keep it for your grandson, won't you?"

"If someone else preemptively applies for a patent, you just wait and cry!"

Qin Di smiled: "Mom, I thought of this a long time ago! So I left a hand in the laboratory, and the raw materials were only written with serial numbers, not with specific names." The three researchers followed the steps I had written, and they didn't know what they were synthesizing, and they didn't know what they were for. Even if they wanted to publish a paper, they couldn't do it. ”

The invention of sulfonamides is a great event, and the interests behind it can make people crazy, and of course they have to take precautions.

Subsequently, Qin Di increased his capital, tripled the size of the pharmaceutical factory on Chongming Island, and recruited some new people to specialize in the production of sulfonamides. The drugs produced in the early stage were supplied free of charge to Western doctors in the magic capital for testing.

In 1913, there were 19 hospitals with about 2,500 beds.

Some of these doctors are foreigners, and some doctors are trained in China, and at this time, there are already Beiyang Medical College, Union Medical College, St. John's University Medical School, Tongji University School of Medicine, etc., all of which can train regular doctors. As for the Xiangya Medical College in Hunan, it will not be established until 1914, which is still a year away.

With the clinical promotion, sulfadiazine has been accepted by major hospitals in less than three months, and almost every doctor calls it a "miracle drug".

Subsequently, there were missionaries and doctors who brought medicines to Europe and the United States, which also caused a great sensation and called them "oriental miracle medicines".

It stands to reason that if we put it aside in modern times and have various detection methods, drugs can be reversed. However, science and technology are not developed enough in these years, and there is no polarimeter, gas chromatograph, liquid chromatograph, spectrophotometer, etc., and it is very difficult to reverse the composition of drugs.

Therefore, the "Oriental Miracle Medicine" is extremely popular, and the price has also risen all the way.

Fast forward to June 28, 1914, when Archduke Ferdinand, the crown prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was shot dead in Sarajevo, leading to the outbreak of World War I.

65 million people took part in the battle, 20 million were wounded and tens of millions were killed.

In order to save the wounded, European countries rushed to import "oriental miracle medicine", and the price had to be measured in gold.

At the same time, the Great War also had a great impact on China.

In September 1914, Japan declared war on Germany! They did not go directly to Europe, but sent 27,000 men to fight the German army in Shandong! This not only greatly humiliated China's face, but also brought great harm to the people!

At the beginning of the war, Yuan Shikai declared neutrality and forbade the two countries to fight on Chinese soil.

Soon after, under pressure from the Japanese side, he was forced to recognize Shandong as a war zone.

Later, Germany was defeated and retreated, and Japan seized Qingdao, Jiaozhou Bay and Shandong Railway.

When the news came, the Chinese people were very angry.

The atmosphere of the Qin family also became very solemn, Qin Hanxu smashed the pot and bowl at home, Keiko looked embarrassed, and had to apologize repeatedly.

Later in the war, in 1917, the Beijing government controlled by Duan Qirui declared its entry into the war, sending 140,000 Chinese laborers to Western Europe. As a result, 5,000 of these people gave their lives. In addition, Russia recruited 160,000 laborers from China, and about 7,000 died at the front.

However, the war was also good for China, many people in Europe embraced the revolutionary ideology, and national sentiment was rising, especially at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, when several empires secretly decided to let Japan accept German privileges in Shandong, so the May Fourth Movement broke out!

During these five years, China's private enterprises flourished and industrial production expanded at a rate of 15% per year, which can be said to be a golden age in industrial history. The increase in the number of workers to 500,000 laid the foundation for the proletarian revolution in the big picture.

And for the Qin family, they also got benefits.

Cotton cloth from Europe and the United States was sharply reduced due to the war, and Britain's cotton grey cloth exports to China were 25% less than before the war, and Japanese products were also boycotted, so the Qin family's yarn mills and printing and dyeing factories encountered a good time, and just before the war, they raised capital and took the opportunity to expand production, thus making a lot of money, and the capital expanded five or six times.

The grain bank also has a good income, and unconsciously, Qin Hancheng has more than two million oceans of funds.

Of course, for Qin Di, this is all drizzle. He controlled sulfadiazine and aspirin, and by making war money, he made more than five million pounds in assets, plus eight million dollars! One pound can be exchanged for 3.2 dollars, so all the profits add up to more than 24 million dollars!

What is the concept of this money? An ounce of gold is worth $21, $24 million, which is equivalent to $1.8 billion in later generations!

In 1913, Yuan Shikai borrowed a lot from Britain, France, Germany, Russia and Japan to deal with the aftermath, and only borrowed 25 million pounds. In order to borrow that money, he did not hesitate to mortgage the salt tax and customs duties.

With such a comparison, we can see that the assets in Qin Di's hands are already rich and rival the country.

He divided the money he earned into several parts, which were deposited in Citibank in the United States, Mogunbank, Standard Chartered Bank in the United Kingdom, HSBC, Union Bank in Switzerland, and a small amount in the Bank of China, or bought real estate in the magic capital.