Lord of Industrialization

The sun rose as always, and the morning sunlight passed through the narrow windows of the castle and shone right on the bed.

Claire was awakened by the sunshine and sat up suddenly. She was shocked when she saw that there was only her maid next to the bed. She looked up and breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Frederick reading in a chair on the other side of the room.

She already knew why she was under house arrest. She was lucky to have escaped being hanged after breaking into a restricted military area.

What she had to do now was to stay with Archduke Wessen. When the time came, he and his people would go to Wesenberg City, take over the originally agreed fishing boat without sails, and then go home.

In the camp, old Louis also woke up and subconsciously touched the mattress under the white sheets.

This mattress is inflated and very soft when you lie on it. It is said to reduce pressure on the back and try to avoid the formation of bedsores.

He was very curious about everything he saw in this tent hospital. Everything everyone did had a corresponding reason, which was easier to understand and accept than what Ganden had said before.

For example, the self-operating bellows outside blows the wind through two layers of gauze first, and then through a thick layer of carbon. Finally, before entering the ward, there is a life-withering technique to kill the invisible bacteria. The air is incredibly clean.

Moreover, these winds were so strong that the curtains of the insulating tents were blown up. It was said that the clean air kept blowing out, and the dirty air from outside could not come in.

The maid on duty outside saw that the king had woken up. Soon after, Earl Green put on a white coat, hat and mask and came in to help old Louis relieve himself. Then Florence came to take his temperature.

"38 Webster degrees." Florence looked at the thermometer and said, "It's still a low fever and it hasn't gotten worse."

After a suitable thermometer appeared, Frederick arranged for people to collect body temperature data of ordinary healthy people in Wesson. The final average was 37.3 Wechsler degrees.

At first he thought it was the difference in temperature between the two worlds, but later he discovered that farmers generally have higher body temperatures than citizens. After thinking about it, he discovered that the current hygiene level is too low, the human immune system is very busy, and high body temperature is conducive to resisting the invasion of bacteria and viruses.

The next step is to lower blood pressure. Old Louis's blood pressure was originally high due to drinking too much and eating a lot of food. After being sick for so long, it actually became normal.

After the routine inspection, Earl Green brought breakfast, which was just simple milk, steamed bread, eggs with fume and tomatoes mixed with sugar as fruit.

Frank reported on the first day of treatment: "Your Majesty, this morning we will conduct blood culture and lung puncture to drain pus."

"After today's blood culture draw, you will begin taking the capsule to allow your body to adjust to the drug first."

"Today His Royal Highness will select five people for injection treatment."

Old Louis was keenly aware of the problem and asked: "How long does it take to draw blood?"

Frank replied: "It is planned to draw 10 ml of blood every five days and culture it in the culture medium for two to three days. From this, we can determine the number of bacteria in the blood."

Old Louis asked like a child: "It won't hurt, right?"

Frank suppressed a laugh and replied, "It's just a needle prick."

Old Louis breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, I thought it was going to be cut with a knife."

After Frank finished his report and left, Earl Green continued to serve old Louis for breakfast.

Old Louis looked at no one else around, a sly smile appeared on his face, and asked Earl Green in a low voice: "I heard that you stayed in Wesson's room for a long time yesterday?"

Earl Green said expressionlessly: "There is something I didn't tell you because I was afraid you wouldn't be able to bear it."

Old Louis was a little surprised. After Earl Green's father died in the war, she became his mother's adopted daughter. He has always regarded her as his biological sister or even half his biological daughter. She even told her about joining the Witch Sisters. What else happened? Didn't say anything?

Earl Green continued calmly: "I made money on tulips last year."

Old Louis suddenly felt heartbroken and was in no mood to care whether anything had happened between her and Frederick.

At the same time, not far outside the ward, an awning was set up outside the kitchen tent, tables and chairs were obtained from the castle, and everyone was having breakfast.

Eugene was at the table with Prince Moritz and the friends he invited, and everyone was eating breakfast.

"Don't say I didn't warn you guys." Eugene said while eating noodles with red tomato and meat sauce. "His Royal Highness Louis found a few people to test the medicine. I suggest you grab this job."

Theo and other young nobles were not so sensitive, and Prince Moritz immediately realized that this was a good opportunity to show off in front of His Royal Highness.

The competition among the top players in the country is fierce, so if you have the opportunity, you won’t miss it.

Eugene continued: "Before we came here, we conducted a drug trial with hundreds of people. A classmate of mine from the military school participated because of pneumonia. He was cured in five days without any side effects."

Prince Moritz nodded and said in a low voice to the group of young people: "I will not participate in this kind of thing. His Majesty the King and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know about me anyway. But you, there is nothing except jealousy and fights." Let them know things."

"You have to behave well later. This is a favor that will last a lifetime."

Theo and others immediately nodded. Their fathers were all vassals or allies of Prince Moritz, so it was natural to listen to him.

"Not good!" Theo suddenly exclaimed, "What we can think of is what others can think of. Now that we are here and His Royal Highness is in the castle, will they go and talk to His Highness now?"

Several other young people thought he was right, and some wanted to go to the castle now.

Prince Moritz glanced at Theo with satisfaction. This kid usually looked like a fool and was often used as a gunman, but he had a keen sense of smell when it was critical.

He looked at Eugene with more satisfaction. Although his son ran out to hang out with Wesson, he still took care of his own family. Yesterday, he only asked Teo and a few young people to come to visit, which was obviously to prepare for this matter.

Just as Theo had guessed, little Louis' office was now filled with little nobles who came to express their loyalty.

In order to weaken the power of local nobles, the Gallic royal family had broken up the large nobles whenever they had the opportunity for more than a hundred years, so many small nobles with limited power appeared.

The local nobles gathered in groups to compete with the royal family. However, for the royal family, compared with the stable big families, the relatively loose mountains were much easier to deal with.

The big nobles looked down upon this matter today, but it was different for the small nobles, especially those whose territories were far away from the royal capital.

In the king's eyes, they were just numbers and parts of the heraldry book. They usually only had the opportunity to meet the king every three to five years, and each meeting only lasted for more than ten minutes.

How could I miss the opportunity to do something that would directly impress the king and future kings?

Little Louis didn't expect that so many people could squeeze into this small office. He thought of canned fried shrimps, but the smell was a bit strong.

He had a headache due to the noise, and finally decided to throw the blame away: "This medicine was brought by Archduke Wesson, let him decide."

Frederick was chatting with Claire about fish, and was startled when he arrived at the open space under the castle. There were too many people. Not only was Little Louis' office full of people just now, but the corridor outside was also full.

Each of these people hold their heads high and make themselves look braver. Their wealth in the next few decades will be at this moment.

Frederick looked around, nodded, and said, "Let's decide by drawing lots."

Everyone, including Little Louis, looked at me and I looked at you, an unexpected operation.

After a while, five people were selected to test the medicine. When Little Louis took them to the temporary hospital, Teo and his friends were left with only the hanging bottles.

"What are you..." Little Louis was shocked.

Theo said solemnly: "We heard that His Majesty Louis is going to use a new treatment method. We are worried about the safety of this method, so we came here to test the medicine for His Majesty!"

Several other young nobles also said the same thing.

Little Louis was a little touched. These guys often got into trouble. They could inherit the family business and become a nobleman by lying down, but they didn't expect that they would get into trouble themselves.

The few guys who were chosen by lot were depressed. They were brave. They didn't expect others to be braver. It would be better if they came directly.

But there was someone in the tent who looked out of place compared to Theo and the others. Little Louis pointed at Eugene and asked, "What's going on with him?"

At this time, Eugene was tied tightly to the chair, his eyes were like salted fish, and there was a full bottle hanging next to the almost finished medicine bottle.

Theo said: "Prince Moritz said that he had the important task of protecting His Majesty Louis and could not test the medicine with his own body, so he asked his son to do it for him."

Little Louis walked up to Eugene and asked, "Why did you offend your father?"

Eugene gave a salty smile.

An old Louis guard was here to see if Theo and the others had any adverse reactions, and whispered to little Louis: "Yesterday Eugene told Prince Moritz that he could arrange for him to live in the same tent with Count Green. The prince cherished that I even gave him an incredible pocket watch."

"Oh?" Little Louis' heart was burning with gossip. Many people knew that Prince Moritz wanted to date Count Green, and asked hurriedly: "What happened next?"

The guard shrugged and said regretfully: "We are indeed in the same tent, but separated into two parts by a wall made of sandbags."

Little Louis shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it was Prince Moritz who didn't beat Archduke Wesson to death because of his face."

That's what he said, but Prince Moritz asked his son to test the medicine himself, and even tried two bottles. The needle was actually inserted into the blood vessel. This is a fact before his eyes.

Little Louis asked Theo the question he was most concerned about: "How do you feel now? Is there anything uncomfortable?"

Theo replied: "The doctor said there is alcohol in the medicine. I feel a little drunk now. It also feels like I have eaten garlic in my mouth, but I clearly didn't eat it."

"There's nothing else to feel like."

Little Louis curiously began to study the medicine bottle and infusion tube. After obtaining the consent of the nurse on duty, he lifted the gauze on the back of Teo's hand and saw that there were several strings on the palm of his hand holding the transparent infusion tube. The needle at the end of the infusion tube was really real. It stabbed into his veins.

"Does it hurt?" asked little Louis.

"It doesn't hurt." Theo said with a smile, "I just felt a little bit when I first put it in."