I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 582 Lamarck's Resentment (asking for double monthly tickets)
Baiyi was quite surprised and said:
"Your Highness, the things needed for marriage have been the same for hundreds of years. What new things can be 'created'?"

Joseph smiled slightly:
“As long as it is packaged and promoted enough, marriage can have everything in the world.

"By the way, which products do we have the largest backlog of this time?"

"Ah," Bailly said, pointing his finger, "textiles, iron products, furniture, wine, paper products, and carriages."

Joseph frowned when he heard this. This damn Hope had taken almost all of France's outstanding products into account.

He thought for a moment and said, "The textiles, iron products and furniture here are the least suitable for long-term storage. So let's start with these.

"For example, we can vigorously promote the 'three major items' that are needed for marriage nowadays to ensure a happy married life."

"Three big things?"

"Yes, that is: a set of French fashion, a set of plywood furniture, and a set of French iron cookware. We need to start from the perspective of women and let them establish the concept that 'it is shameful to get married without these three pieces'."

Joseph began to play the role of an unscrupulous businessman in later generations: "Promotion was carried out through several channels.

"One is rumors. They spread rumors like 'this is the latest trend in French marriages' and 'French women won't go to church without the three great things'. Whether it's a caravan or a diplomat, as long as they go to Germany or Italy, they have to tell these things to at least ten people.

"The second is to advertise in newspapers. Hire some famous journalists and have them write articles about the 'latest scientific research'. For example, 'ordinary iron pans contain harmful ingredients that will affect future generations. Only high-quality iron produced in Nancy, France or Luxembourg can guarantee health.'

"In addition, we need to add publicity for the three major items to the drama. Oh, The Marriage of Figaro is quite suitable. I will discuss the copyright and adaptation issues with Mr. Beaumarchais. In the near future, it will be performed in Vienna, Florence, Brussels and other places in large numbers."

Bai's eyes widened when he heard this - he could already imagine how obsessed the girls would be with the so-called three major items before getting married after these propaganda methods.

Joseph added: "Well, we should also add a slogan, 'French girls know that marriage is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, so you must be nice to yourself.'"

Bailly suddenly smiled and leaned forward and said, "Your Highness, I think that perhaps this batch of goods does not need to be shipped to the Southern Netherlands and Tuscany at all.

"With your method, newlyweds in France will be able to buy them up."

"What are you talking about?" Joseph immediately looked at him seriously and shook his head, "This stuff must not be promoted in China!
"Not only should the promotion of the 'three big things' be banned in China, but in order to eliminate the impact of the news coming back from abroad, reverse propaganda should also be carried out in China. For example, 'love is everything in marriage' and 'don't let material things taint the purity of marriage'."

"Ah? Why is this?"

"Because it will hit our country's population growth rate hard."

"No, not really..."

Joseph sighed and said, "These three big items are not cheap, and it is difficult for ordinary families to afford them. Even if you bite the bullet and buy them, you will need to save up money for a long time, which will inevitably postpone the wedding date.

"In addition, couples may consider the huge expenses their offspring will face when they get married, so they may choose to have fewer children.

"We must not let France fall into the trap of insufficient population just to sell a little more goods now!"

He remembered that it was because of the family and inheritance clauses in the French Code that the Emperor Napoleon directly cut the birth rate of newborns in half in France. [Note 1]

This led to a significant reduction in France's previous advantage in manpower in the Franco-Prussian War that broke out decades later, and became one of the important factors for France's defeat. Population is always one of the core competitiveness of a country!

A strange look flashed across Bai's face, and he thought, so in order to sell goods, the birth rate of other countries doesn't matter, right?

But he still complimented: "Your Highness is really working hard for France. May God bless you."

While the two were talking, the carriage slowly stopped.

Emman opened the car door, and Joseph immediately saw an endless expanse of green in front of him, which was all neatly planted beets.

He sighed inwardly that France was indeed the best place in the world to grow beets. This breeding laboratory had only been in preparation for more than a month, but the beets planted there had already grown so lushly.

Upon learning that the Crown Prince had arrived, Archard and several agricultural experts from the breeding laboratory hurried over to greet him.

Then, Joseph saw a familiar figure in the crowd whom he had not seen for some time - Dr. Lamarck.

After the few people exchanged greetings, he asked Lamarck curiously:

"What are you doing here?"

Lamarck would report to him on the progress of penicillin research and development every six months. Although the concentration of penicillin obtained had been increasing, it was still a long way from being usable as medicine.

Could it be that he is under too much pressure at work and comes here to appreciate the green plants and relax?
Lamarck said hurriedly, "Your Highness, I heard that you recently invented a theory that can quickly breed good seeds, so I came to learn from Mr. Archard."

"Ah? Are you also interested in breeding?"

Lamarck said with a face full of resentment: "Your Highness, the key to the development of type I antibiotics is the cultivation of high-yield strains. And the cultivation of strains and breeding have a lot in common. If your theory of genetic factors could have been created two years earlier, my progress would definitely be much faster than it is now."

"Type 1 antibiotic" is the secret development code name for penicillin.

Joseph was stunned. Yes, he really ignored the role of genetic knowledge in cultivating Penicillium. This time he suffered a great loss...

He changed the subject somewhat awkwardly, looked at the green ocean in front of him, and asked Archard: "How is the progress on your side?"

"With God's blessing, everything goes well, Your Highness." Archard said excitedly, "I have conducted hundreds of batches of hybridization experiments with my assistants during this period. Combined with the previous accumulation in Bavaria, I believe that next summer we will be able to obtain a new variety with a higher sugar content.

"Oh, and there are also beet seeds. More than ten hectares of 'high-sugar beets' have been planted now, and they will be mature in September, enough to provide seeds for farmers who are willing to grow beets."

The "high-sugar beets" he mentioned are the varieties he had previously cultivated with a sugar content of 8%. After Vergniaud's unremitting promotion over the past few months, many farmers in central and northern France have expressed their willingness to plant them.

However, only a small sugar refinery was built this year, and most of the harvested sugar beets can only be eaten as vegetables. It will take until next autumn for the scale of sugar production to reach a monthly output of 5 tons.

[Note 1] The Napoleonic Code stipulated that the second son had the same inheritance rights as the eldest son, and even illegitimate sons could inherit part of the property. In order to avoid having their limited land cut into pieces, many French families decided to have only one child.

(End of this chapter)