The next morning, after breakfast, Chris and Bert drove to Barnard's "Billy Pharmaceuticals" in a horse-drawn carriage.

Although it is now past eight o'clock, the sky still looks drowsy because of the smog, which is the disadvantage of the industrial revolution.

"You're here. Seeing that the two people who had been thinking about it day and night finally came, Barnard hurriedly greeted him warmly.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Billy, but we've been delayed by trivial things these days. Bert, dressed in formal attire, picked up the low yarke hat on his head and said politely to Barnard.

I have to say that Bert, who received an aristocratic education since he was a child, really has a taste of high society after wearing a formal suit and a bow tie.

On the other hand, Chris, who was also wearing a black suit behind Bert, had some hints of followers.

Sure enough, a good temperament needs to be cultivated from an early age. Chris pouted on the side, and he couldn't do anything about his own stupidity and rusticism.

"Mr. Reed is gracious, please come in. ”

Barnard, the owner of the pharmaceutical factory, personally welcomed the two into the living room, and after the servant served Aris tea, Barnard went straight to the point:

"The new antidote you brought a week ago, I have already handed it over to the doctors in the hospital for experimentation, and the cure rate is as high as 90 percent, which is twice as high as the cure rate of other expensive antidotes on the market!"

"We're here for that, too. ”

Although Bert was even more surprised in his heart, his face remained impassive and said:

"However, due to technical problems, the current preparation of this agent will be much slower than the previous rate. ”

Although horses have a lot of blood, the old-fashioned method of precipitating serum from blood is undoubtedly very slow, which is also a headache for Chris now.

"That's right. Barnard pondered for a moment, "I just don't know how many copies you can provide each week, and how much each one costs?"

"We ...... every week," Bert said hesitantly, glancing at Chris beside him:

"I should be able to take out 20 copies and sell them to you for 8 pence each, but the final price in the market cannot exceed 15 pence. ”

This is the result of the hard work of the three of them in the stable in the yard every day.

"Well, the price is really not high, but this amount is ...... Isn't it a little less. Barnard said with a smile, "After all, you also know that the promotion of our pharmaceutical factory in the early stage requires a lot of capital investment, and if the number is too small, it is really worth the loss." ”

"Mr. Billy. After Chris heard Barnard's words, he still asked without giving up:

"I wonder if you know where there are centrifuges or similar equipment in the current pharmaceutical factories?"

"I'm sorry, but I haven't said that my fellow factories have this kind of equipment, maybe in the capital Atlantes...... As for similar equipment, you can go to textile factories and cheese processing factories to have a look. ”

Chris woke up suddenly, yes, the textile factory had a cotton dehydrator, and the cheese factory had a separator for separating milk, these were the earliest centrifuge equipment.

So Bert and Chris left the pharmaceutical factory, refused to be accompanied by Barnard, and went to the nearby factory on their own.

In order to prepare antivenom at a high phase rate, it is necessary to have a centrifuge with the required speed.

The two went to the door of a textile factory, and explained to the doorman in Bert that they had come to visit and order goods.

After a while, a steward came out, and when he saw the two well-dressed, especially Bert, who had an aristocratic temperament, he politely welcomed the two into the textile factory.

It was also the first time that Chris and Bert had such close contact with the mill and its workers.

The workers here were dressed in uniform black overalls, and most of them were middle-aged women, and in a brief casual conversation with the steward, they knew that the average time of the workers here was 12 hours, and their weekly salary was less than 1 gold pound, only a dozen halso.

It is not surprising that Chris, who grew up in the slums, was paid only 12 halso2p a week.

While the weekly wages of these workers are okay for them at the moment, this is only the weekly salary when they are at the peak of their health.

When they are a little older and have less energy, their weekly wages may not be half of what they are now. Therefore, the people at the bottom did not dare to get sick and lose their jobs.

But there are not only elderly people and children in their families, they also need to save money for future survival.

After all, when they are old and their physical strength is not enough, they will definitely be fired by the boss of the factory.

That's why Cole Sr. privately saved up 25 Hasuo. It's not that I don't want Chris to go to public school, it's that I don't know when I'm going to fall.

In the eyes of the people at the bottom who have lived all their lives, nothing is more important than being alive.

The same is true of these workers today, who are frugal and try to save up some copper pennies for the future.

Facing the danger of being fired at any time, these factory workers do not dare to be lazy at all, but only work hard.

The current laws are all made by the aristocracy, and they cannot protect the rights and interests of the workers at the bottom.

This is also the reason why Arnold the Great was supported by the people after the promulgation of the Civil Code. It is a pity that since the fall of Arnold, power has returned to the hands of the great nobles, and the Civil Code has existed in name only.

Chris looked around the machinery and equipment in the factory and found that it was still old and inefficient. There is no comparison with the modern machinery and equipment on the earth in the previous life.

Although Arnold the Great invented the steam engine, he carried out a series of industrial revolutions.

But because of the aristocracy and theocracy, Arnold also had to compromise, and the development of capitalism encountered great obstacles.

But the biggest obstacle is that there is no oil in the world.

Therefore, although the industrial revolution has promoted the development of the economy, and various factories have sprung up like spring sprouts after rain, there is still little progress due to the limitations of technology and resources.

Because the efficiency of the factory's machinery and equipment is not high, the profits of the factory owners are not guaranteed, and the workers at the bottom can only pay more time and physical strength in exchange for still meager wages.

A few minutes later, Chris was led by the steward to the room where the cotton cloth was dehydrated.

Here, Chris saw the oldest three-legged centrifuge, a bulky machine operated by two workers, and the speed was ......

Chris shook his head, maybe he could think of other ways to solve the speed problem, but this old-fashioned three-legged centrifuge was too bulky to prepare a more sophisticated antivenom.

In the same way, the two then visited the upper hanging centrifuge used in the sugar mill to separate the crystalline sugar, and the separator used to separate the milk in the cheese processing plant.

Because the three-legged and top-hung centrifuges are not only bulky, their filling, separation, washing and unloading processes are intermittent operations, but they also have to be unloaded manually, by gravity or mechanically, and it is impossible for Chris to hire these workers.

In the end, after the discussion between the two, the most expensive and smaller milk separator was purchased.

However, because there was no oil in this world, there was no more practical internal combustion engine, so Chris had to pull Bert to buy a larger steam engine. Otherwise, their milk separator would not work.

Bonnie stood at the gate of her yard, stunned as several workers brought in a two-meter-long and one-meter-wide machine, as well as a smaller cylindrical machine.

The large machine is a steam engine, and the small one is a separator.

"Oh my God, what did you buy back two of them?" asked Bonnie as she looked at Chris, who walked in.

"It's a steam engine and a milk separator. Rest assured, we will have ready-made milk and cheese in the future. Chris said solemnly as he instructed the workers on how to place the machines.

"You...... What are you kidding?" Bonnie believed, amusing and angry.

"He lied to you, Bonnie, this is for you. Bert, who was staring at the machine, was the last to enter the door and explained.

So, having paid the porter 3 halso5p for his labour, the three men closed the door and began to study the expensive machine which had been bought for 50 gold pounds.