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Perfect introduced his sugar-making technology to several noble ladies attending the tea party, and expressed the hope that everyone would pool money to open a sugar factory.

This deal immediately attracted great interest from several noble ladies. One of them immediately asked with concern, "Mr. Earl, what is the output and cost of this new sugar-making process? What are its specific advantages compared to the old sugar-making process?"

This is also the issue that other people are most concerned about. They don't take a sugar factory seriously. Although it may be a huge source of profit and income, the profit that each person can get after sharing it among so many people is obviously not too great.

In comparison, being able to establish a good relationship with Perfectcot is what these noble ladies value.

As for the concern about the sugar-making process, this is of course passing the topic to Perfect, and it is also a disguised way of flattering Perfect.

After all, Perfecto invented this new technology, and judging by her consistent performance, it is undoubtedly better and more efficient than the old technology, but she would be inferior if she openly boasted about it.

At least for people of their level, it was a bit ungentle to flatter others openly, and as someone with Perfectcott's identity, she was tired of hearing it.

So instead of praising it directly, it is better to pretend not to understand and ask Perfectcot what the advantages of this technology are. This can be regarded as scratching Perfectcot's itch.

Although it is still flattery, it is subtle.

Letting her show off her masterpieces is more effective than you bragging about how great she is.

In fact, even if Perfect could understand that the other party was flattering her, she still introduced this technology with a sense of pride that she herself did not realize: "Unlike the traditional sugar-making process, my sugar-making technology does not require raw materials, or these raw materials are everywhere.

As I said earlier, the core of this technology is to convert carbon dioxide into starch and then make starch into sugar.

I believe everyone knows how to make sugar from starch, so I won’t explain it in detail. The conversion of carbon dioxide into starch is an imitation of plant photosynthesis.

The advantage of doing this is that we do not need to grow sugarcane or beets on a large scale as raw materials for making sugar. As long as there is carbon dioxide in the air and water is available, we can keep the factory running and produce sugar continuously.

In terms of cost, compared to the previous sugar production methods, it can be said that the only cost left is the maintenance cost of the factory, and this aspect has not increased significantly compared to traditional sugar factories. "

Photosynthesis was discovered by botanists. Similar to the process of discovering photosynthesis in the original world, a scientist tried to put a small animal, a pot of plants and a candle together in a glass cover, and then found that plants can "purify" the air.

However, there is a slight difference. Because of the existence of alchemy, the research and analysis of photosynthesis in this world is slightly faster than that in the original world.

Alchemists soon discovered that plants photosynthesize carbon dioxide into oxygen, while the carbon is converted into carbohydrates.

This is also one of the most cutting-edge achievements in the field of biological science research. For this reason, the Royal Society has awarded medals and other honors to the biologist who discovered photosynthesis.

But discovery does not mean that it can be utilized. The alchemists felt that this was useless. Since plants can do all this, let the plants do it. There is no need to let the alchemists do it for them.

However, for Perfect, these research results undoubtedly became the theoretical basis for her new sugar-making technology. She didn't need to explain too much, just briefly explained the process and products of photosynthesis, and then she could say that she was reproducing the process with alchemy.

As for how she did it, Perfect felt that even if she told them, these noble ladies would not understand, let alone be interested in listening.

In this era, although it was popular for nobles to invite a well-known scholar to participate in a salon or banquet and then give a speech on the cutting-edge of science and technology, most of the time these nobles were just trying to be pretentious.

Not many of them really care about technology. They just pretend to care about technological development to create a good image for themselves.

Of course, for Perfect, she does not reject this behavior.

Inviting scientists to give speeches can always provide them with funding, and it is also conducive to promoting scientific and technological development, which is very beneficial for creating an atmosphere and environment that respects science.

Because of this, even those nobles who nominally support the development of science and technology must spend real money to support scientists.

Even though this may be just a small amount of money for the nobles, and they are just spending money to buy a little fame, it undoubtedly provides great help to some relatively financially strapped scientists.

In fact, Perfect herself also held some similar salons or lectures in the North, but these things usually did not require her to handle them personally, and her loyal old housekeeper would arrange these matters properly.

And Perfect does not need to attend in person every time. It is enough to show up once or twice when he is free or encounters a topic of interest to maintain the popularity and attention of this event.

But most of the time, Perfect doesn't have much free time, so some people who want to get in touch with Perfect through this activity usually return disappointed.

After briefly explaining the technical principles and advantages, Perfect looked at the noble ladies and asked them, "Are you interested in joining this project? All you need to do is provide financial support."

At this point, seeing that none of the noble ladies showed any refusal, Perfect said, "This project will require approximately 80,000 to 100,000 pounds. You can subscribe to a portion of the shares based on your own financial resources, and the remaining amount will be made up by the Northern Territory Lord's Mansion and the royal family.

The dividends will be distributed according to the proportion of investment. What do you think?"

"I have no objection, but because the family is moving to the North, we have to spend money everywhere. I don't have much money on hand, only about 20,000 gold pounds." A noble lady stated her offer.

"I'll give you 15,000 gold pounds. This is my own pocket money." Seeing this, another noble lady also took out her share.

"Eight thousand gold pounds. I'm not as well-off as you are. I have to sell two pieces of jewelry to get this money." Some people were also pretending to be poor. For nobles of their level, they would not fall to the level of selling jewelry.

Perfect didn't care. Seeing that they had quickly gathered about 60,000 gold pounds, he looked at Princess Anne and said, "For the remaining 40,000 gold pounds, how about the Royal Family and the Northern Territory each contribute 20,000?"

(End of this chapter)