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At 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon of 30 April 1843, it was already dark, and a half-worn horse-drawn carriage rumbled through the streets of Manchester's industrial estate. On both sides of the road, there are factories one after another, mainly textile factories. Even in the current economic downturn, the chimneys of most factories are spewing thick black smoke, and the roar of machines is deafening.

After spending a month at the pleasant scenery of Windsor Castle, and then returning to Manchester's industrial area, where the air is filled with the smell of soot and feces, Zhu Jishi has a feeling of being separated from the world, as if he has traveled through time and space again.

The carriage stopped in front of the door of the only factory on the street without the roar of the machine, and as soon as Zhu Jishi stepped out of the carriage, a familiar shout came from the shadows.

"Jason! Jason! Is that you? Is your job at Windsor Castle over? ”

Zhu Jishi fixed his eyes and saw Will. Heming was walking from the factory with a cane, and he really looked a bit like a factory manager.

"Will, why are you here? Are you here for an interview? ”

Will. Hai Ming walked up to Zhu Jishi quickly, waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, no, no, I don't work as a reporter at Polaris now, the salary there is too low, and if I keep working, I will become poor sooner or later." So I decided to work for you, and Kospel gave me a job, Jason, and you're my boss now. ”

"Will, are you working for me?" Zhu Jishi was stunned for a moment, and looked at him suspiciously, "What do you do?" ”

"I'm the head of security at the factory, which is a very important job, and now I'm patrolling the factory."

As he was talking, a brand-new carriage passed by and drove directly into the factory, this carriage was much more exquisite than the second-hand carriage that Zhu Jishi had just bought. There were workers watching the gate at the factory gate, but they did not obstruct the passage of the carriage, apparently. Through the glass window of the carriage, Zhu Jishi vaguely saw a bearded foreigner sitting in the carriage, his eyes closed and recuperating.

Zhu Jishi hesitated and asked Will. Heming said: "Whose carriage is this?" ”

"It's Ricardo. Tang Dynasty. Mr. Rodriguez's carriage. ”

"Ricardo. Tang Dynasty. Rodriguez? Who is he? Zhu Jishi asked Will a little confused. Hamming.

Will. Hemming smiled: "The owner of the Rodriguez comptoir in Spain, a friend of Isabel, is very interested in our morphine hydrochloride and diethyl X morphine, and wants to obtain the agency rights in Spain, Mexico and Colombia. In addition, he brought a strange leaf from South America, which is said to be a 'sacred grass' used by the Incas to relieve hunger and fatigue, and wanted us to see if we could develop something new out of this leaf. ”

The sacred grass of the Incas? This is...... Coca leaves! Good thing, it can be used to refine cocaine, this thing is a very haode pick-me-up, it can be used to produce refreshing drinks and medicinal liquor, and the earliest Coca-Cola contains cocaine. Moreover, the Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud once published an article called "On the Coca Tree", in which he strongly advocated the use of coca drugs to treat various diseases such as asthma and morphine addiction. In addition, cocaine is also a very good anesthetic drug, which was once widely used in local anesthesia.

In fact, the research and development of cocaine has long been included in the list of Zhu Jishi, a big drug lord in the 19th century, and as long as the central laboratory of Hero Pharmaceutical is established, it will begin to refine cocaine and M flavine, another important drug raw material in later generations -- after reacting M flavine with red phosphorus and iodine, the famous methamphetamine will survive! The drug has a very unpleasant name called B poison, but it was not considered a drug until the 1960s. In the Second Shijie War, methamphetamine was also an important munition, both the Allies and the Axis used this drug to improve the courage of soldiers, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a brave drug, if you can get this "brave medicine" out, you will definitely be able to get large orders from the armies of European countries.

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Zhu Jishi walked quickly into his office building in the Vincent Street factory, which is also the headquarters of Jishi Holdings. He also set up his own English name "Jason Central Laboratory" here, and is also preparing to buy a house in Manchester to live with Mrs. Turan.

Cospel. William, Carr. Blomstein, Meyer. Blomstein, as well as Frank Brown, the former director of the Omen Hospital, who is now an assistant to Zhu Jishi (pharmaceutical research and development). Hahn, as well as being cospel. The director of the Hero Pharmaceutical Factory, whom Wilhelm hired, had worked as an engineer in the gunpowder factory, Hans Brown. Schmidt and others are gathering here for a meeting. That Ricardo. Rodriguez was also present in the conference room, smoking a cigar and Cospel. William whispered and laughed.

Seeing Zhu Jishi coming, everyone got up to greet him, and everyone looked at him. After returning from Windsor Castle, Zhu Jishi's status has been improved again, and now he is a member of the Royal Society and a baron of Great Britain, and he has also made friends with Prince Albert, which can be regarded as officially squeezing into European high society.

"Sir, this is Ricardo of Spain. Tang Dynasty. Mr. Rodriguez, the owner of the Rodriguez comptoir. "Cospel. William bowed slightly to Zhu Jishi, and introduced Rodriguez, a tall and burly Spanish businessman with a big beard, to Zhu Jishi.

"Sir, it's an honor to meet you." Rodriguez grinned and had a bear hug with Zhu Jishi, which was really enthusiastic.

"Me too, Mr. Rodriguez." Zhu Jishi also smiled politely, raised his hand and lowered his chair, and invited Rodriguez to sit down. Then he walked to the seat at the top of the conference table and slowly glanced at his ordinary subordinates, "Gentlemen, I am glad to see that our business is thriving after returning from Windsor Castle, and it is all thanks to you, and I have decided to make every senior executive of Jeshi Holdings, Hero Pharmaceutical, and Jason-Cospel Rubber Company a shareholder of Jeshi Holdings, so that our interests are completely aligned." ”

Applause erupted, and everyone had a smile of satisfaction on their faces. In this era, there is no concept of stock options and management shareholding, and Zhu Jishi's approach can be said to have created a precedent for business management. And according to his plan, in the future, all the R&D personnel of "Jason Central Laboratory" will also own a small part of the shares of Jishi Holdings.

Zhu Jishi smiled and said to Rodriguez: "Mr. Rodriguez, I heard that you brought some coca leaves from South America?" ”

Rodriguez smiled and said, "That's right, it's a magical leaf, it's going to be a big business, sir, we Rodriguez Comptoir want to partner with you in this big deal, are you interested?" ”

Zhu Jishi nodded and smiled, thinking that this guy is very enthusiastic on the surface, but there is a lot of treachery in his bones, and he wants to cooperate with him after taking a few broken leaves, and this coca leaf is not monopolized by your Rodriguez firm. However, on the face of it, he still nodded with a smile, "I don't know what the Rodriguez Comptoir is going to do in the coca leaf business?" ”

Hearing Zhu Jishi's question, Rodriguez chuckled lowly, "We provide information on coca leaves and the use of this leaf by the Incas to cure diseases, plus 1,000 pounds of funds in exchange for half of the proceeds of future coca patents." ”

Zhu Jishi smiled and looked at Cospel. William, the latter shook his head slightly. Zhu Jishi smiled: "Mr. Rodriguez, I know how the Incas used coca leaves. Actually refining alkaloids from coca leaves is not too difficult, you can do it for £1,000 and hire a better chemist. But the question is, what can cocaine be used for? Is it used to make narcotics? Is it more potent than morphine hydrochloride? ”

A look of disappointment appeared on Rodriguez's face, but in the blink of an eye he regained his smile, "Well, to hell with this coca leaf, sir, can we talk about the business of morphine hydrochloride and diethyl X morphine now?" ”

Zhu Jishi nodded and said: "Morphine hydrochloride and diethyl X morphine are just APIs, in addition, we also have a very effective antibacterial berberine hydrochloride, based on these three APIs, we have also developed dozens of patented drugs...... The production authorization of these patented drugs can be transferred, I wonder if Rodriguez Commercial Bank is interested in buying it? ”