Chapter 39 In order to cure the disease
“Frederick, do you want to build a glass workshop?”
Frederick stopped cutting the rosemary roast chicken with a knife and fork, and looked at him warily Looking at the Archduke of Mainz.
Dahlberg said kindly: "Don't look at me like this. I am Maria's godfather. You are Maria's good friend. You are my junior. It is important for elders to take care of juniors. That's right."
Frederick said directly: "No money."
Dahlberg was speechless.
Now Frederick really has no money. The gold beads that were originally used as primary reserves at home are almost used to dig canals, because Weisenberg University, sheltering disaster victims and newly opened factories are used as secondary reserves. The gold items are almost sold out.
The business tax of Wesenland is specially used to pay for Wesenland government personnel, Wesenburg City Defense Force and employees. The bonuses paid at the end of the year are still paid from the gold coins brought by Armand.
After some calculations, after saving some money for emergencies, there is not much money left.
Although glass products are profitable, the initial investment is quite large, and this unplanned money cannot be recovered.
Dahlberg thought for a while and then said: "It doesn't matter if you don't have money. I can lend it to you without interest. I will pay it back when I make money later."
There must be monsters when things go wrong, and Frederick is not in a hurry. He reluctantly picked up the juice and took a sip. He didn't say anything after putting down the cup, and just looked at him quietly.
Dahlberg saw that the little guy was so wary, so he patiently explained: "I want to build a glass mirror workshop myself, and Philip is the governor of this workshop."
"I have A distant nephew named George, he has been fond of making glass since he was a child. "
"But George and Philip have some conflicts, and he wants to start his own business. I want him to go to your place."
Frederick picked up the knife and fork, cut off a piece of chicken and ate it, thinking about the doorway behind it.
Dahlberg’s words cannot be fully believed. Generally speaking, the so-called “distant nephews” in the mouth of nobles are illegitimate children. I am afraid that the conflict with Philip is false, but it is true that the illegitimate child is arranged to be sent to another place. Otherwise, it cannot be explained. Give people and money.
Judging from the name, the mother of this illegitimate child is not a local.
Frederick thought about getting involved in the glass industry, but his priority was not high. The nearby city of Nuremberg is a glass production area with a long history. From the technical level of workers to raw materials and sales channels, There's no way to compare with them.
Now that there is a slime glue industry, the priority of the glass industry is even lower.
Just when Frederick was about to refuse, Sofia suddenly coughed violently, her whole body bent as if her head was touching the ground, her hands pressed tightly on her cramped abdomen, and she was still a little out of breath.
Philip immediately took out a medicine bottle from his wife's pocket, helped her up and fed her the medicine.
Maria jumped off the chair and came behind her mother, patting her back sadly.
Sophia stopped coughing soon after drinking the potion and sat on a chair, gasping for air.
Dahlberg frowned and asked: "Isn't the medicine useful?"
Philip said with a sad face: "A bottle of medicine used to last two days, but now it only lasts half a day."
Dahlberg sighed and said, "Take her to rest first."< br>
Frederick frowned.
At first he thought that Sophia was suffering from consumption, and the symptoms were very similar, but the disease was not contagious, and there was only one patient in the castle.
It’s just that he is not familiar with the medical skills of this world, so he can’t be of much help.
Philip and Maria helped Sofia leave, leaving only Frederick and Dahlberg at the table. "Alas..." Dahlberg sighed, "How could a good baron get such a disease of poverty?"
When he saw a question mark on Frederick's head, he Explained: "Sofia's family's territory is next to it. She is an only daughter. After marrying Philip, the two families' territories were merged."
"Her family has a copper mine, and she has never had to worry about it since she was a child. Eat and drink, who knew that this kind of lung disease is only suffered by poor people?" Frederick asked: "Is there no way to cure this disease?"
Dahlberg just shook his head slightly, picked up the wine glass and drank all the cider in it.
Frederick thought quietly for a while, raised his head and said to the Archduke of Mainz: "I agreed to the glass workshop, and I have another request."
Dalber Grid asked: "What are the requirements?"
Frederick replied: "I want craftsmen who can grind lenses, lenses like telescopes."
Unexpectedly, Dahlberg shook his head and said: " I don’t have such a craftsman. Grinding lenses like olive stones requires very high skills. You can go to the Kingdom of Sardinia to find them. Telescopes are imported from there.”
Frederick could only say: "Thank you for informing me."
He just thought of a microscope, and he might be able to use this method to discover the cause of Sophia's disease.
For glass production, under current conditions, he also knows to remove bubbles by adding arsenic and stirring.
There is no need to think about float glass. The protective gas required for this process cannot be solved by him. At most, the rolling method is used to produce flat glass with uneven thickness or waves.
On the contrary, it can be studied using molds to press out glass products such as dishes. The overall profit of the mid-range market is no worse than that of the high-end market.
Katie can help find a lens grinder. If you can find one, in addition to microscopes and telescopes, you can also consider glasses.
It is a pity for Frederick. The current light magic is focused on healing, lighting and creating phantoms. It would be convenient if the magic of light refraction is used.
Psyche has not yet mentioned how the light element stimulates cell growth.
After dinner in the restaurant, the two of them went back to their rooms to rest. Their subordinates would handle matters in the glass workshop.
Frederick wrote a letter to Katie in his room, asking her to help find a craftsman who could grind lenses.
After writing the letter, he began to think deeply at the table.
There is only a layer of window paper between the microscope and the telescope. It will appear sooner or later. It is probably not feasible to make a lot of money through this.
Sofia's condition is not optimistic. The lung disease may get worse and she may be hopeless. If she slowly develops a microscope, she may not have enough time.
In the end, in order to develop a microscope as soon as possible and add a possibility to treat Sophia, he decided not to engage in any monopoly business.
The young master who read Tarot entered a daze mode and gently helped him prepare parchment and pen and ink, and poured a cup of tea and put it next to him. He can get off work early today.
Frederick began to work hard to recall the content about optics in junior high school physics, preparing to summarize and improve the existing optical knowledge. At the same time, he used mathematical tools to guide the study of lenses and proposed the principles of microscopes.
Judging from his experience with the scholars at Weisenberg University, scholars in this world have a strong desire to study unknown things, which should allow them to invest in the study of microscopes.
(End of this chapter)