Flowers, Swords and France

After Charles explained the reasons in detail, Eugene Schneider gave up his guard and agreed to Charles' request, agreeing to let Charles set up a department and accept the guidance of this department to serve the war in a coordinated manner.

Of course, he was not inspired by Charles, but felt that he had no choice but to cooperate under the soft and hard tactics of the Minister.

However, Charles didn't care whether he was willing or not, as long as he nodded.

Eugene Schneider was one of the most famous industrialists in France. Now that he nodded, he was not afraid that others would not obey him.

After this negotiation, Eugene Schneider had no intention of accompanying Charles and his sister to continue shopping. He said a few polite words and left in a hurry. It seemed that he wanted to discuss specific countermeasures with his confidants, and Charles did not force him to stay and let him leave.

"It seems that he is still a little wary of you... Is it okay?" Looking at the back of Eugene Schneider leaving, Fran came to Charles and asked quietly, "How about I knock him twice in two days?"

The umbrella cover floated in the air, shielding the brother and sister from the sun.

"No need, we are not tyrants, we can't let others not even have their own thoughts." Charles gently scratched the hardened ground under his feet with his cane, looking relaxed and contented, "It is normal for him to have doubts. After all, it is very new to let his company accept a certain degree of guidance from the government and operate according to the national plan. It is normal for him to not adapt... But it doesn't matter. Anyway, we don't have any sinister plots in secret, so we are not afraid of him thinking too much. As long as he cooperates, it will be fine."

"Is that so..." Fran lowered her head. "Well, I will try to communicate with them, at least to make them correct their attitude and not delay your plan."

As for the so-called "industrial mobilization", she and Eugene Schneider were both confused and didn't quite understand what it was. However, since it was her brother's idea, she naturally had to do everything she could to implement it and absolutely couldn't let this thing go wrong. Moreover, she had worked with Eugene Schneider for a period of time before, and they had a good impression of each other, so she didn't want to ruin her relationship with Eugene Schneider.

However, there was one thing she didn't quite understand. "Then why did you let Philip take charge? He... He doesn't look like someone who can do things seriously."

"I can understand that you have a bad impression of Philip, but I still want to defend him. He is not a stupid person. He just used to be a young master and has a bad temper." Charles replied with a smile, "But he is my cousin. If I let him take charge, no one can doubt my determination and the authority of this department. Besides, the young master's temper has its advantages. At least if anyone dares to affect his work, he can get angry..."

"In other words, use him as a signboard?" Fran almost understood.

"That's about it," Charles shrugged, "Having him take the lead and share the pressure, isn't that good? You and Kong Ze will be responsible for the specific matters, and make sure everything is done well."

"Okay, thank you!" Fran immediately agreed happily.

To be honest, because of Charlotte, she had always disliked the Duke's clan members and felt that they were not capable of taking on important tasks. So when she knew that Charles was going to use Philip, Fran was very worried that he would ruin her brother's plan. Now that she had heard her brother's deep meaning, she was finally relieved and was very happy that she could continue to serve her brother.

In this way, the brother and sister inspected the factory together, met with many managers along the way, calmed their slightly agitated hearts, and emphasized that "everything is the same as before, and the Minister continues to have absolute control", and minimized the adverse effects of Charlotte's sudden decision.

It was not until the afternoon that they left the huge factory area, but Charles did not return to the hotel, but took a carriage and came to a secluded place along the deserted country road.

It is surrounded by a forest with a stream passing through it. The scenery is very beautiful. The pollution and exhaust gas from the factory area have no impact on this place, and it can still retain the past rural mountain scenery.

In the midst of this mountain scenery, there is a two-story house. This house covers a large area. From the style point of view, it is an old building from the Louis XV era. Because of the polishing of time, the colors of the corners and walls have become mottled, and some places are covered with moss.

However, perhaps because someone often takes care of it, although it looks old, it does not look dilapidated. On the contrary, because of its age, it has a bit of rural humor, just like a garden villa carefully arranged by a wealthy businessman for himself in the countryside. It is exquisite and full of spring spirit, enough to be a good place for entertainment.

Of course, Charles did not come here for entertainment.

This is the house he bought before. Because of its large area and hidden location, he chose it as the place to set up the laboratory. Of course, it is still a long way from his ideal modern laboratory, but it is enough for now.

Mr. Louis Pasteur, the consultant he invited, is also here now, working day and night.

After confirming their identities, the guard let the brother and sister in, and then a young man who was doing research here came to greet them and lead the way for their employer.

The house had been renovated, but not very thoroughly. All the gaps were just plastered with white plaster and reinforced. Now all the windows were closed, so the light inside was very dim.

If he didn't know what kind of research was going on here, Charles probably wouldn't care about this dark atmosphere, but now they knew that the house was full of pathogenic and even fatal bacteria, so even though he knew it was safe, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous and followed the guide closely, not daring to do anything extra.

When he heard the news that his employer had arrived, Professor Louis Pasteur quickly put down his work and hurried to the reception room.

"Your Excellency, Minister. Welcome." As soon as he saw the young minister, the young Professor Louis Pasteur enthusiastically spread his hands to welcome him.

"Nice to see you again, Mr. Pasteur." Charles nodded, and then carefully looked at this outstanding researcher.

Perhaps because of the day and night research, he looked a little haggard, with heavy bags under his eyes, and looked like he was swollen. And he obviously didn't take good care of his appearance during this time, so the beard on his chin had grown a lot, like a bunch of messy grass.

However, although he looked a little depressed, his eyes were full of spirit, and he was full of confidence when he looked around, which was a kind of scene that only people who devoted themselves to a certain cause would have.

"It seems that you have been a little tired recently..." Charles smiled apologetically, "I am sorry to have you come to such a simple place."

"It is not simple, sir, you have provided me with very convenient conditions." Louis Pasteur smiled and denied Charles's opinion, "Although this is the initial stage, the experimental equipment you provided is very sophisticated, and I am very satisfied with my life. There are no problems with the supply, and... the scenery here is also very good, which can keep me from being disturbed by others. The conditions here are better than I expected. I am very grateful that you can provide me with such ideal help."

"I feel relieved if you can say that." Charles smiled, "You are not dissatisfied with your research, right?"

"I am also very satisfied. I have selected several assistants. They are all very smart and sharp young people, enough to let me see myself when I was young." Louis Pasteur replied immediately, "They also cherish the conditions they have now, and they are working day and night to carry out research, and work with me to open the palace of science."

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"So has this temple been opened?" Charles asked again. "What progress has the research made?"

"We have roughly understood the pathogenic mechanism, and have begun to isolate the pathogenic bacteria. As long as we can find this harmful microorganism and study it, we will not be far from conquering typhoid fever." Louis Pasteur answered with the caution unique to scientific researchers, "However, I think this does take time and patient testing, because there are many types of pathogens and their mechanisms are different. To identify them one by one and find ways to restrain them requires careful research."

"I think you are the best person to conduct this kind of careful research." Charles nodded, seeming to be very satisfied with his results, "So what difficulties do you have?"

"It's not that difficult, but it's a bit troublesome." Louis Pasteur answered very honestly, "We have now isolated some pathogenic bacteria and started to do experiments, taking some animals to study symptoms and observe them in isolation, but animals have different tolerance than humans, and... and we can't ask an animal about the specific symptoms, so we can only observe objectively, and then describe their symptoms, and summarize the test results based on this, which is indeed a big interference for us. So I wonder if we can transfer some typhoid patients from some hospitals so that we can conduct comparative observations?"

"It's not easy to transfer patients." Charles thought for a while, and then answered. "Think about it, typhoid patients are already very weak, how can they afford long-distance transportation? And even if they can, what if they get infected during transportation? This will have a very bad impact."

This is of course one of his concerns, but he has a more important concern-if he does this, confidentiality here will also become a problem, because in that case, the cooperation of the government and hospitals will be required, and many idle people will come here.

He wanted to build this place into the future research center of his family business, so how could he be happy to see this happen?

"Is that so...?" Louis Pasteur was a little confused, "Well, we can try to use objective..."

"You need humans to do experiments, that's easy, I can bring some people to you, some people who are infected with diseases and have no worries." Charles suddenly interrupted him, "For example, death row prisoners, or some spies from enemy countries."

"What...?" Louis Pasteur was shocked after hearing this.

"Sir, this is for science, isn't it? This is much more humane than other practices." Charles immediately explained to him, not letting him think too much, "And you are contributing to the progress of mankind, and all you need to lose are some people who should not have survived in the first place."

Louis Pasteur moved his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.

"For your Majesty, for France, one brave and fearless warrior is worth a hundred criminal enemies." Charles reminded him, "Mr. Pasteur, it is not shameful for you to do these things for your country. Don't you want to help our soldiers?"

There is no doubt that this is a cold-blooded crime, but in the 19th century, it may not be morally abominable, at least there is no convention or code prohibiting him from doing so. In this case, Charles does not mind taking advantage of this convenience to speed up Louis Pasteur's experiment.