1855 United States Tycoon

Chapter 68-Prince Albert’s Request

Early the next morning, Scrooge had just had breakfast, and the royal carriage was waiting outside the hotel. It was the Lawrence Cavaliers who led the team to greet him yesterday.

“Mr. Lawrence, did Prince Albert start his office so early?” Scrooge has the habit of getting up early. He gets up almost every day before dawn. Therefore, Scrooge’s breakfast has changed accordingly. It was very early. At this time, the sun had just risen and it was not much higher.

“Yes, His Royal Highness Prince Albert is very diligent. He helps Her Majesty to deal with various affairs every day until after 11 o’clock in the evening, and every day at about 5 o’clock in the morning, His Royal Highness starts to work again.” Lawrence took. Said in a tone of reverence.

“Is it like this every day?” Scrooge asked as he walked into the carriage.

“Yes, sometimes if there is something important, the light on His Royal Highness’s window will not go out all night.” Lawrence replied, “It is precisely because of the diligence of Her Majesty and Her Royal Highness that Britain’s national power will flourish as it is today. .”

“Well, it’s really admirable.” Scrooge said as he boarded the carriage.

The carriage moved slowly, and Scrooge remembered some of the life of Prince Albert in his heart. The uncrowned king of England only lived to be forty-two years old. Compared with the European royal family members, this life span is indeed much shorter, and compared with his long-lived wife, it is even worse. Not to mention the entire life span, that is, with his wife Queen Victoria. Compared with the sixty-four years of his reign, he was shorter than twenty years. Scroozhi suddenly remembered a section in “The Romance of the Three Kingdoms”, saying that Sima Yi sent an envoy to meet Zhuge Liang. The envoy learned that the affairs of the Shu Han army, no matter how big or small, even if it was hitting ten sticks, “all depends on “Liang”, he sighed and said, “So safe and long lasting.” As a result, Zhuge Liang’s people were consumed in Wuzhangyuan. And those emperors who were too diligent in China’s history, such as Qin Shihuang, Zhu Hongwu, and the fourth elder brother Yongzheng who was annoyed by a lot of brain idiots before Shi Gaozhi crossed. longevity.

“Well, in the future, my business empire will become larger and larger, and there will be more and more various affairs. I must take a warning and train more helpers. The ultimate goal of making money is not for enjoyment. I can I don’t want to come up with the story of “death young” like these big guys. Well, if you want to talk about it, Prince Albert and Queen Victoria have a total of nine children. They are too capable of doing it, right? Albert While busy with government affairs so fortunately, at the same time…no wonder he died young.” Sitting in the carriage, Scrooge began to think about it.

At this time, the carriage gradually left the city of London, and the choking black mist around it gradually faded. After a while, the carriage drove up a high post. The soldiers stopped here to rest for a while. Scrooge also got out of the carriage to move around, and at the same time turned and looked back at London condescendingly. At this time the sun has risen very high, but the City of London is still shrouded in a thick black haze, and even the high spires of the London Bridge are completely invisible.

“London’s fog is really big.” Scrooge said emotionally, and he couldn’t help but think of the dark sky of the city used to hide the dead in a game he played in his previous life.

“Yeah, otherwise, how could London be called the city of fog? There are the most factories in the world here, and countless steam boilers burn a lot of coal and emit billowing smoke every day. The result is like this . But although this smoke is uncomfortable, it is a guarantee of the prosperity of the UK.” Lawrence said in response from the side.

“It’s a bit uncomfortable to live in the city. There must be a lot of pneumonia patients in London. Cough!” Scrooge couldn’t help but cough.

“Of course, foreigners like you usually have a cough when they come to London. Well, someone named this disease “London Cough”. So unless they have to, most of the rich are willing to live in More remote suburbs. Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Albert also live in Windsor most of the time and rarely return to Buckingham Palace in London.”

“It’s no wonder Queen Victoria was still more than ninety years old. If she stayed under the dark sky of London all day, it would be strange to become a skeleton soldier every minute.” Scrooge thought.

“Do you want to bring up the concept of environmental protection? Do you want to build a system for washing and removing smoke and dust?” But Scrooge immediately shook his head, and shook the untimely thought out of his head. “Putting up the concept of environmental protection, isn’t it blocking the train that a lot of tycoons rely on to make a fortune? As long as our trains continue to move forward, the man with the arm… Money? Even if I am myself, I don’t want to spend money on this in the own factory. So, um, don’t die. If you don’t die, you won’t die! Well, that’s it!”

After a short rest, the carriage set off again. The distance from London to Windsor is less than forty kilometers. If you are in the later generations, you will get there in half an hour as soon as you step on the accelerator. But now, sitting in the carriage, Scrooge and the others walked for almost three hours to arrive.

“After the war, at that time, oil exploration and mining technology is basically mature. Should we consider making gasoline engines, diesel engines, steam turbines, etc.? Well, then there are alternators and transformers. Then there are movies. Then I set up a film company, and the stars, from Onee-san to Loli, all unspoken rules. Then…”

Just as Scrooge thought of the ferocious wildness, the high spire of Windsor Castle appeared in his field of vision.

Accompanying Prince Albert to meet with Scrooge were some British nobles, later Sir Churchill, the grandfather of Prime Minister Churchill, and the current British Prime Minister, the Earl of Derby.

“Welcome, Mr. Scrooge Macdonald.” Prince Albert greeted Scrooge. “You are incredibly young.” She turned her head and said to the Earl of Derby: “My Lord, Earl, You see, seeing such a vigorous young man, I suddenly feel like I have become an old man.”

“Then His Majesty the Prince should look at me more, so that you will feel that you are very young.” Earl Derby replied with a grin.

“Ah, Mr. MacDonald.” Prince Albert politely introduced Scrooge to the guests next to him. “This is the Earl of Derby, the current British Prime Minister. He is an excellent speech. Home and translator.”

“Thank you for your hospitality, Your Royal Highness! Very fortunate to be able to see you, Your Excellency, the “Iliad” you have translated is really wonderful.” Scrooge bent down and bowed to the two nobles.

There are so many high-ranking guys who often don’t care about the praise of his power. On the contrary, they are more willing to hear the praise of things that seem to have little to do with him. For example, when Scrooge was in his previous life, a certain head of his department relied on constantly boasting that a certain leader was good in calligraphy, and helped him find various opportunities for him to remind me and take the picture. The big leader was comfortable and was promoted exceptionally. Now, this trick is used to deal with the Earl of Derby, and the effect seems to be very good. Hearing this sentence, the wrinkles on Earl Derby’s face seemed to unfold one by one.

“Is my translation available in United States?” said the Earl of Derby.

“Yes, this book can be easily bought even in United States. I just bought a set. Sometimes I get tired from experimenting and I just rely on it to relax. Well, it’s very effective.” Scrooge replied .

The so-called “wear for thousands, but not for horses.” This kind of high-end flattery made the Earl of Derby very happy. He even said: “Scrooge–ah, can I call you like that? Well, where do you live now? I’ll give someone a set for a while. Here is my signed “Iliad”.”

“Thank you so much, Lord Earl.” Scrooge said respectfully.

After the greeting is over, we will begin to discuss business matters. Prince Albert spoke first:

“Mr. MacDonald, I have carefully studied your “Research on the Causes of Some Infectious Diseases and the Effects of Certain Chemicals on Their Treatment”. I agree with your analysis of the various malpractices of hospitals in it. Some of my friends and I feel sad about the current status of hospitals in England and even Europe. We hope to build a high-end hospital that avoids all the drawbacks and can set a standard for other hospitals in the world. Hospital. But we are not good at this. I think there is no one in this world who has studied this more than Mr. MacDonald. So, we desperately hope to get your help.”

“His Royal Highness, it is my honor to be able to serve you.” Scrooge said, “I will write down some of my thoughts on medical treatment during this time for the reference of His Royal Highness.”

“This is really great.” Prince Albert said, “I would like to thank you on behalf of countless British patients. In addition, as you said in your “The Causes of Some Infectious Diseases and the Effects of Certain Chemicals on Their Treatment” As mentioned in “Research”, the new drug is extremely important for fighting the disease. Now, this drug can only be produced in the United States, which is too far away from Europe, which brings a lot of inconvenience. Isn’t it? For the well-being of the United Kingdom and even Europe as a whole, Victoria and I hope to obtain the right to use the sulfa patent from you at a suitable price. I want to know what you think about this matter.”

Scrooge increased his vigilance. He knew that the crucial time had come. He stabilized his emotions for a while, and then said: “Can I first listen to what suitable conditions the Prince is willing to give?”