Chapter 514 Subscribing Shares
Perficott introduced his sugar-making technology to several noble ladies attending the tea party, and expressed the hope that everyone would spend a sum of money to open a sugar factory.
This business immediately attracted great interest from several noble ladies. One of them immediately asked with concern: "Your Majesty, how is the output and cost of this new sugar-making process? Compared with the old-fashioned one What are the specific advantages of sugar production? ”
This is also the question that others are most concerned about. They don’t pay much attention to a sugar factory, although it may be a huge source of profit and income. , but it is obvious that the benefits that can be obtained by dividing it among so many people are not too generous.
In contrast, being able to establish a good relationship with Purficott is what these noble ladies value.
As for being concerned about the sugar-making process, this is of course giving a topic to Purficott, and it is also a disguised means of flattering Purficott.
After all, Purficott invented this new technology. Judging from her consistent performance, it is undoubtedly better and more efficient than the old technology, but it is obvious that it is inferior to her.
At least for people of their level, flattery is a bit unsavory, and as a person like Purficott, she was tired of hearing it.
So instead of directly praising it, it is better to pretend not to understand and ask Purficott about the advantages of this technology. This can also be considered as scratching Purficott's itch.
Although it is still flattery, there is no trace of it.
Let her show off what she's proud of, which is more effective than you bragging about how awesome she is.
In fact, even if Purficott could understand that the other party was flattering her, she still introduced this technology with a bit of pride that she was not aware of: "Compared with traditional The sugar-making process is different. My sugar-making technology does not require raw materials, or the raw materials are everywhere.
As I said just now, the core of this technology is to convert carbon dioxide into starch, and then convert it into starch. Starch is converted into sugar.
I believe everyone knows about the conversion of starch into sugar. This is not explained too much, and the conversion of carbon dioxide into starch is an imitation of plant photosynthesis
This way. The advantage is that we don't need to plant sugar cane or beet in large areas as raw materials for sugar production. As long as there is carbon dioxide in the air and water can be obtained, the factory can be maintained and sugar can be continuously produced
In terms of cost, compared with the past sugar production methods, it can be said that only the maintenance cost of the factory is left. In this aspect, there is no significant cost increase compared with traditional sugar factories. ”
Photosynthesis is a discovery by botanists. It is similar to the process of discovering photosynthesis in the original world. It was also a scientist who tried to put a small animal, a pot of plant and a candle together in a In a glass cover, it was discovered that plants can "purify" the air.
But the slight difference is that because of the existence of alchemy, the research and analysis of photosynthesis in this world is slightly faster than that in the original world. A little.
Alchemists soon discovered that plants convert carbon dioxide into oxygen during photosynthesis, and carbon is converted into carbohydrates by plants
This is also considered the current biological process. It is one of the most cutting-edge achievements in the field of scientific research. For this reason, the Royal Academy of Sciences has awarded medals and other honors to biologists who discovered photosynthesis
But discovery does not mean that it can be used. Alchemists feel that this is of no use. Since plants can do all this, just let the plants do it. There is no need to let alchemists do it for them.
However, for Purficott, these research results have undoubtedly become the theoretical basis for the new sugar-making technology she has come up with. She didn't need to explain much, she just briefly explained the process and products of photosynthesis, and then she could say that she was using alchemy to reproduce the process.
How exactly is it done? Purficott felt that even if she said it, these noble ladies would not understand, let alone listen.
In this era, although it was popular for nobles to invite a well-known scholar to a salon or banquet, and then deliver some speeches on the cutting-edge of science and technology, most of the time these nobles were arty.
Not many of them really care about technology. They just show that they care about the development of technology to create a good persona for themselves.
Of course, for Purficott, she does not reject this behavior.
Inviting scientists to give lectures can always provide a fund for those scientists, and it is also conducive to publicizing the development of science and technology, which is very beneficial to creating an atmosphere and environment that advocates science.
Because of this, even those aristocrats who are nominally arty and support the development of science and technology must spend real money to support scientists.
Even though this may only be a small amount of money for the nobles, who are spending money to buy a little fame, it will undoubtedly be of great help to some scientists who are relatively strapped for funds.
In fact, Purficott herself also held some similar salons or lectures in the north, but she usually did not need to handle these matters personally. Her loyal old housekeeper would arrange these things properly.
And Purficott does not need to attend in person every time. He can show up once or twice when he is occasionally free or when he encounters a topic of interest to maintain the popularity and attention of this activity. That's it.
But most of the time, Purficott doesn’t have much free time, so people who want to get in touch with Purficott through this activity usually can only Returned disappointed.
After briefly explaining the technical principles and advantages, Purficott looked at these noble ladies and asked them: "Are you interested in joining this project? You just need to provide financial support. "
At this point, Purficott saw that none of the noble ladies showed rejection, so he took the initiative and said: "This project requires about 80,000 to 100,000 gold pounds. , you can subscribe for a part of the shares according to your own financial resources, and the shortfall will be made up by the Northern Lords Palace and the royal family.
Subsequent dividends will also be distributed in proportion to the capital contribution. What do you think? "
"I have no objection, but because my family has moved to the north and we have to spend money everywhere, I don't have much money on hand, only about 20,000 gold pounds. "A noble lady said her bid.
"I pay fifteen thousand gold pounds, which is my private money. "Seeing this, another noble lady also took out her share.
"Eight thousand gold pounds, I am not as wealthy as you. For this money, I have to sell two pieces of jewelry. "Some people are also pretending to be poor. For nobles of their level, they can't be reduced to selling jewelry.
Perfect didn't care about so much, seeing that they quickly collected about 60,000 gold pounds. He looked at Princess Anne aside and said, "How about the royal family and the Northern Lords' Mansion contribute 20,000 gold pounds each for the remaining 40,000 gold pounds? ”
(End of this chapter)