Chapter 581 Lamarck's Resentment (asking for double monthly tickets)

Chapter 582 Lamarck’s resentment (asking for double monthly votes)

Bai Yi was quite surprised and said:

"Your Highness, these are the things that have been needed for marriage for hundreds of years. What new ones can be 'created'?"

Joseph smiled slightly:

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“As long as the packaging and promotion are adequate, getting married can require everything in the world.

"By the way, which products do we have the largest backlog this time?"

"Ah," Bai said with a pointed finger, "textiles, iron products, furniture, wine, paper products, and carriages."

Joseph frowned when he heard this. This damn Hope had almost all the products that France could produce.

He thought for a while and said: "The textiles, iron products and furniture here are the least suitable for long-term storage. Then we will start from here.

“For example, we can vigorously promote the ‘three major things’ needed to get married now to ensure a happy married life.”

"Three big items?"

"Yes, that is: a set of French fashion, a set of composite furniture, and a set of iron French cooking utensils. We need to start from the female perspective and let them establish the concept that it is embarrassing to not have these three important things in marriage."

Joseph began to play a guest role as an unscrupulous businessman in later generations: "Several channels for publicity.

"The first is folk rumors. They spread the rumors that 'This is the latest fashion trend for French people to get married' and 'French women will never enter a church without three important items.' Whether they are caravans or diplomats, as long as they go to Germany and Italy, , you must say these things to at least ten people.

"The second is to publicize it in newspapers. Hire some well-known reporters and ask them to write articles on the 'latest scientific research.' For example, 'Ordinary iron pots contain harmful ingredients that will affect future generations. Only high-quality iron materials produced in Nancy, France or Luxembourg can Guaranteed health'.

"In addition, it is to include the promotion of three major events in the drama. Oh, "The Marriage of Figaro" is quite suitable. I will discuss copyright and adaptation issues with Mr. Beaumarchais. Recently, I have performed in Vienna, Florence, Massive encores in Brussels and elsewhere.”

Bai Yi's eyes widened when he heard this - he could already imagine how obsessed the girls would be with the so-called three big things before getting married after using these means of publicity.

Joseph was still adding: "Well, let's add a slogan, 'French girls all know that in a once-in-a-lifetime marriage, you must be kind to yourself.'"

Bai suddenly smiled and leaned forward and said: "Your Highness, I think that maybe this batch of goods does not need to be shipped to Southern Netherlands and Tuscany at all.

"With your help, French newlyweds will be able to snap them up."

"What are you talking about?" Joseph immediately looked at him seriously, shook his head and said, "This set of things must not be promoted in the country!

"Not only is it necessary to ban the promotion of the 'three big things' in the country, but in order to eliminate the impact of news coming back from abroad, counter-propaganda is also carried out domestically. For example, 'Love is everything in marriage,' and 'Don't let material things tarnish the purity of marriage. '.

"Ah? Why is this?"

"Because it's going to hit our country's population growth rate hard."

"No, that's not the case..."

Joseph breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The prices of these three major items are not cheap, and it is difficult for ordinary families to afford them. Even if you bite the bullet and buy them, you will need to save money for a long time, which will inevitably delay the wedding.

“In addition, couples are likely to have fewer children as they consider that their offspring will also face huge costs when they get married.

"We must not let France fall into the trap of underpopulation just to sell more goods now!"

He remembered that the emperor had cut France's birth rate in half because of the family and inheritance clauses in the Code. 【Note 1】

This led to the Franco-Prussian War that broke out decades later. France's previous advantage in the source of troops was greatly reduced and became one of the important factors in the defeat.

Population is always one of the core competitiveness of a country!

A strange look flashed across Bai's face, thinking to himself, so in order to sell goods, the birth rate of other countries doesn't matter, right?

But he still complimented: "Your Highness really devotes himself to France. May God bless you."

While the two were talking, the carriage slowly stopped.

Eman opened the car door, and Joseph immediately saw endless green in front of him, all of which were neatly planted beets.

He secretly sighed that France was indeed the most suitable place in the world to grow sugar beets. It had only been more than a month since the establishment of this breeding laboratory, and the sugar beets planted were already growing so lushly.

Archard and several agricultural experts from the breeding laboratory learned that the Crown Prince was coming and hurried to greet him.

Then, Joseph saw a familiar figure in the crowd that he had not seen for a while - Dr. Lamarck.

After several people saluted, he asked Lamarck curiously:

"What are you doing here?"

Lamarck would report to him on the development progress of penicillin every six months. Although the concentration of penicillin obtained has been increasing, there is still a long way to go before it can be used for medicine.

Could it be that he was under too much pressure from work and came here to enjoy the green plants and relax?

Lamarck hurriedly said: "Your Highness, I heard that you have recently invented a theory that can quickly cultivate improved seeds, so I came to learn from Mr. Archard."

"Ah? Are you also interested in breeding?"

Lamarck said with a face full of resentment: "Your Highness, the key to the development of type 1 antibiotics is the cultivation of high-yield strains. And the cultivation of strains and breeding have a lot in common. If your theory of genetic factors could be created two years earlier, my progress would definitely be much faster than it is now."

"Type 1 antibiotics" is the secret research and development code of penicillin.

Joseph was stunned immediately. Yes, he really ignored the role of genetic knowledge in the cultivation of Penicillium, and now he has lost a lot...

He changed the subject somewhat awkwardly, looking at the green ocean in front of him, and said to Archard: "How is your progress?"

"With God's blessing, everything goes well, Your Highness." Archard said excitedly, "I have conducted hundreds of batches of hybridization experiments with my assistants during this period. Combined with the accumulation in Bavaria before, I believe that a new variety with a higher sugar content will be obtained next summer.

"Oh, and beet seeds. Now more than ten hectares of 'high-sugar beets' have been planted, and they will mature in September, enough to provide seeds for farmers who are willing to grow beets. ”

The “high-sugar beets” he mentioned are the varieties with a sugar content of 8% that he had cultivated before. After several months of unremitting promotion by Vergniaud, many farmers in central and northern France expressed their willingness to plant them.

However, only a small sugar refinery was built this year, and most of the harvested beets can only be eaten as vegetables. It will not be until next autumn that the scale of sugar production can reach the level of 5,000 tons per month.

[Note 1] The Napoleonic Code stipulates that non-eldest sons have the same inheritance rights as eldest sons, and even illegitimate children can inherit part of the property. In order to avoid the already limited land being cut into pieces, many French families decided to have only one child.