I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 410 Export Weapon
Joseph frowned immediately. Although he didn't see clearly what happened just now, Alexandra was walking normally and didn't turn towards the "extras". Why did she step on that person's foot?

I guess it must be the latter who stretched out his foot himself.

He frowned and shook his head, ignoring the noble lady who was causing trouble.

"Your Highness..."

Seeing that the crown prince had no intention of condemning the little Russian girl, and that they could not quarrel with a seven or eight-year-old child - they would probably be asking for trouble if they really quarreled - the noble ladies immediately stood up angrily, helped Triss out of the theater, and muttered quietly:

"I can't possibly perform on the same stage with such a rude woman!"

"Let's help Triss back to her room to rest."

"I'm going to tell everyone about her rude behavior..."

Alexandra watched as the others made to leave and knew they wanted to isolate her.

She blinked and took a few steps to catch up:
"Dear ladies, are you angry because you wanted to attract the attention of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince but failed to do so?"

If an adult said this, it would sound sarcastic, but when she, a child, said it, it was full of innocence and sincerity.

"You! You are talking nonsense!" The noble lady immediately denied it excitedly.

"Oh? So you don't want the Dauphin to notice you?"

"No, no..." The faces of several female nobles turned purple and they turned around and fled out of the theater in a hurry.

Joseph, who was watching this scene, almost laughed out loud. He thought that this girl was quite interesting. She was never willing to give in even if she was right. Are all Russian women so sharp?
Well, it seems to be true. When Elizabeth and Catherine were tsars, Russia was quite strong. On the contrary, when Peter III and Paul I were in power, Russia was in a mess.

Alexandra sighed as she saw the women leave. She turned around and bowed to Joseph, apologetically saying:
"Your Highness, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have quarreled with them and prevented your rehearsal from continuing."

"It's not your fault." Joseph waved his hand. "You acted very well and were very brave. I'll find a way to deal with the lack of actors."

In fact, he didn't have to do anything at all. There was a long line of people who wanted to perform on the same stage with the Crown Prince, and rehearsals started again in half an hour.

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Northern suburbs of Paris.

Antoine Industrial Development Zone.

Yes, relying on the booming papermaking industry, Antoine's workshops and craftsmen increased in number, so Joseph simply designated this place as a new development zone.

In a factory covering more than 10,000 square meters southwest of Antoine, Lavoisier looked at the mechanical oven spewing white smoke in front of him, hugged his wife's shoulders tightly, and sighed from the bottom of his heart:

"My dear, how did you come up with this thing in just one month? You are truly...the darling of the God of Chemical Experiments!"

Marianna smiled and said:
"In fact, I just made the specifications, asked someone to draw the blueprints, and then handed it over to the ironworks in Saint-Etienne. It took them more than 20 days to manufacture it, and a lot of time was spent on testing and transportation. Their equipment and management are much better than before." "I originally thought that they had to wait for my help to complete the work here." Lavoisier looked at his wife lovingly, "I didn't expect you to solve all the problems by yourself."

As he spoke, he looked at the huge equipment in the shed - rotary furnace, centrifuge, evaporating dish, reactor, and the most complex gas scrubber.

These were basically built and tested by his wife, who didn't even know what chemistry was before she married him.

She is definitely a genius in the field of chemical experiments. Well, of course, it is also inseparable from my excellent teaching.

After Lavoisier obtained the royal alkali method invented by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he completed the laboratory preparation in less than a week - as long as the principle was correct, it would not be difficult with his experience.

The difficulty lies in how to mass produce it.

In the chemical industry, once the amount of reactants increases, the preparation process will be completely different. For example, in a test tube, you only need to shake it to mix the reactants evenly, but when the amount becomes 1 ton, mixing it alone can make people crazy.

How to make so many materials fully react, how to purify, and how to preserve them are all big problems. If any of these links fail, mass production will be impossible.

This is especially true for alkali production. You know, according to the requirements of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the daily production of soda is 1.66 tons, and the mixed raw materials are several times this weight.

The core of this reaction is the recycling of ammonia, so there are extremely stringent requirements on the sealing of equipment and gas collection.

Especially the cleaning of ammonia. Ammonia is not only toxic, but also corrosive and flammable. Cleaning a large amount of it is very troublesome and almost drove the Lavoisiers crazy.

Finally, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came up with a rough plan - Joseph only remembered that the gas scrubber and its basic principles were mentioned in the documentary, but he didn't remember the specific details at all - and then Marianne worked day and night for three and a half months and actually designed this thing!

It can be said that as long as the confidentiality of the gas scrubber equipment is well maintained, other soda preparation technical manuals will not be able to be imitated even if they are given to other countries.

Lavoisier looked at the complete set of alkali-making equipment in front of him and asked his wife, "Dear, how is the trial production going?"

"The raw material utilization rate is still a little low. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said it can reach about 70%, but I can only achieve 50%." Mariana said, showing excitement again, "But the trial production the day before yesterday took only 6 hours to produce 700 kilograms of soda. And the purity is very high."

Although Lavoisier was mentally prepared, he was still shocked when he heard this figure - the current market price of soda is about 100 livres per 33 kilograms.

In other words, I made more than 230 livres just by casually starting the equipment the day before yesterday.

Moreover, soda has always been in short supply. It is easy to buy a few dozen kilograms, but if you want to buy more than 100 kilograms, you will have to wait a long time.

Before he could say anything, Mariana smiled and said, "Honey, we won't have to save on soap anymore."

Among the raw materials for soap production, the most expensive are oils and soda ash. After having the ability to mass-produce soda ash, France can even monopolize the soap industry around the world.

Although this thing is inconspicuous, if the market of the whole world is added together, it will exceed tens of millions of livres!
Lavoisier nodded vigorously: "Glass, paper, and dyes will all become much cheaper in the future."

For France, this means that the costs of these industries will be greatly reduced, turning them into powerful export tools.

(End of this chapter)