Chapter 43 Penicillin
A week later, the fleet of several ships filled with tung oil and raw paint set sail from Wanxian Port. This was the first business of Shen Xiuwen and Pan Kangliang. These specialties from Wanxian will be shipped to the Shenjia Trading Company in Shanghai. Then they will be transported from Shanghai to the very short-term cotton yarn and exquisite flour in the southwest region.
Chen Xiuwen's business in Wanxian opened with his cooperation with Tongda Trading Company. When he knew that Chen Xiuwen was going to do business with him that day, Pan Kangliang was also ecstatic. It was not just because Chen Xiuwen took out 30,000 yuan to invest, but in the future, Tongda Trading Company will be able to cooperate with the famous Shen Family Trading Company in Shanghai.
"Battle, don't worry. The brothers from one of our squads are escorted on the boat, so there will be no problems." Zheng Huaishan said with a smile to Chen Xiuwen.
In the future, Zheng Huaishan will be fully responsible for the cooperation between Chen Xiuwen and Tongda Trading Company, and Chen Xiuwen generously gave him half of the membership. This was enough to make Zheng Huaishan follow Chen Xiuwen wholeheartedly. He also knew that it was Chen Xiuwen's last warning to him at the dinner table that day.
"Do it well, as long as you don't get rid of old problems. In addition, please help me pay attention to where there are suitable places for opening factories in Wanxian." Chen Xiuwen patted Zheng Huaishan on the shoulder and said.
"What? The camp still plans to open a factory in Wanxian?" Zheng Huaishan couldn't help but be stunned. He was an old corps and knew that the troops would not be stationed in a place for too long, especially the Central Army, who had to be dispatched to start anytime and anywhere. If this kind of trade is successful, opening a factory means that it will develop here for a long time.
"You just need to find it, I'm going to plan ahead." Chen Xiuwen sighed.
Zheng Huaishan didn't understand, but nodded quickly. He was increasingly unable to see through this young boss. However, after the last incident, Zheng Huaishan knew a little clearly that as long as he gave Chen Xiuwen peace of mind, Chen Xiuwen would not treat him badly. This was undoubtedly the best choice for Zheng Huaishan, who had been holding his tail between his tail and had no hope of career. Anyway, I dare not understand it myself or not. Whatever Chen Xiuwen said and what he did.
As the war approached little by little, Chen Xiuwen felt quite helpless. When he was fine in his later generations, he had read many time travel novels online. In those novels, the time travel masters were not arrogant and there were many beauties around him. He used the knowledge of later generations to change an era. But compared with these great gods, Chen Xiuwen was undoubtedly a failure.
He also wanted to strengthen the army with technology and build an elite force like those great men who traveled to the Republic of China, design weapons from later generations, and fight with little Japanese. However, he could not design weapons like the AK47 or Bazuka rocket launcher. Even though he knew the structure of the Type 95 assault rifle he used when he was in the army, it could not be produced in this era.
Sometimes, Chen Xiuwen tried hard to recall what he could do in this era to change the war that was about to come. If he wanted to train troops, he was just a small battalion commander. At most, he could only practice the hundreds of brothers under his command. He wanted to find a gold mine to get rich quickly, but where was the gold mine? In the end, Chen Xiuwen felt that his only advantage was that he knew the general historical direction, and the only thing he could do was to keep his family safe before the war came, and take hundreds of brothers under his command to the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War to kill a few more Japanese.
Therefore, Chen Xiuwen could only use this limited period of time to transfer his family, accumulate as much money as possible, and use it for the future war. After all, the war is about logistics, and China's weak industrial foundation in this era cannot support this protracted war. After making more money, buy guns and cannons, buy penicillin, manage more Japanese devils, and sacrifice less of his brothers.
Penicillin? On the way back to the camp with Zheng Huaishan, Chen Xiuwen suddenly remembered penicillin in his random thoughts. This is the time Penicillin has not been born yet, but Chen Xiuwen knew that as early as six years ago, the British biologist Fleming had discovered penicillin by chance, but he has not yet found a way to extract high-purity penicillin. It seems that until 1939, Flory and Qian En used freeze-drying to extract penicillin crystals, thus giving birth to the famous penicillin, creating a new era of treating diseases with antibiotics, and greatly improving human ability to resist bacterial infections. If penicillin can be held in his own hands and allowed it to be released early, it will not only save many people in the future, but more importantly, it is of extraordinary significance to China and the future War of Resistance Against Japan. He will therefore be called the richest man in the world.
"Haha. Gold Mine, this is the real gold mine." After three years of coming to this era, I finally found an opportunity to change history.
"Gold mine? Yingzuo, where is there a gold mine? Is there a gold mine in Wanxian?" Zheng Huaishan was startled by Chen Xiuwen's sudden laughter, but the word "gold mine" made him suddenly startle and asked quickly.
"What kind of gold mine? Have I ever talked about gold mine? Let's go back to the camp department quickly." Chen Xiuwen suddenly changed his face and said coldly.
Zheng Huaishan was so shocked that he couldn't touch his head. He lowered his head and followed Shen Xiuwen, secretly complaining in his heart that Chen Xiuwen had taken the wrong medicine today.
Back at the camp, Chen Xiuwen calmed down and recalled carefully. Although penicillin had been born, no one had discovered the clinical effect of penicillin at this time. Chen Xiuwen only remembered that in addition to extracting penicillin crystals by freeze-drying, he seemed to remember that a large amount of penicillin mold can be extracted from a melon, and the nutrient solution for cultivating penicillin seemed to be made of corn flour.
However, although he remembered these, it still took a long process from the birth of penicillin to extraction and then to clinical application, and it required a lot of manpower and financial resources. Chen Xiuwen didn't know if he could buy the information at Fleming and whether he had the ability to develop penicillin that was eye-catching.
"I finally found such an opportunity, so I can't just let it be lost in vain, right? No, absolutely not." After thinking about it, Chen Xiuwen decided to send a telegram to Shanghai immediately, asking his brother-in-law to send someone to the UK to find the Professor Fleming and buy the research results of his penicillin.
After coming out of the Telegram Office, Chen Xiuwen breathed heavily, and then waited quietly for the results. As for how to develop penicillin after buying it, Chen Xiuwen has not yet figured out. After all, this is not something he can do. Specialized biologists and chemists need to conduct in-depth research. All he can do is point them in a direction and prevent them from taking any detours.
In Shanghai, Shen Family Courtyard. Tang Wenbin hurriedly walked in from outside with Chen Xiuwen's telegram. During this period, Chen Jingzong occasionally felt a cold and Tang Wenbin was taking care of the business in the company.
"Dad, my second brother sent a telegram from Wanxian, saying that I was asking me to send someone to the UK to find a biologist named Fleming and bought his youth..." Tang Wenbin couldn't remember the harsh name of penicillin, so he looked down at the telegram: "Oh, the research data called penicillin. The second brother also said that if this penicillin can be produced, it would be a magical medicine that can cure all diseases."
When Mr. Shen heard this, he snorted slightly, "It's a magical medicine that can cure all diseases? Why did he think about it recently? He first did business with people in Wanxian, but now he is thinking about selling medicine." Regarding Chen Xiuwen's usual performance, Mr. Shen expressed great doubts about the research materials on what penicillin to buy by Chen Xiuwen.
"You call him back and ask him to join the army well, and don't just do these messy things. If you want to use money and use it on the right path, you can ask your family for it." The old man felt uncomfortable and frowned.
"Oh." Tang Wenbin responded quickly, but then said, "Dad, I feel that my second brother is not a fool. For example, this time he cooperated with Tongda Trading Company in Wanxian to do business. The price of transporting tung oil and raw paint from Wanxian to Shanghai will double, and the dough and exquisite flour shipped from Shanghai will also have a profit of several%. Don't say that, my second brother's vision is quite accurate. If our Shen Family Trading Company and Tongda Trading Company have a long-term cooperation, the annual profit will not be less than 100,000 yuan."
Hearing these words, the old man was quite surprised. He heard Tang Wenbin say that Chen Xiuwen wanted to do some business, but he didn't take it seriously.
"So, he is really a business project."
"Dad, you don't know some things. Two years ago, during the Great Depression in the United States, my second brother told me that if I had spare money, I would buy some American companies' stocks and make sure to make money. I didn't care at that time, and at that time, you also knew that there weren't many companies in the United States going bankrupt. Even Europe and our Shanghai were greatly affected. However, since Roosevelt came to power and implemented the new policy, the US economy began to recover. The stocks that had fallen to only a few cents left have now risen to one or two yuan. Now I regret why I didn't listen to my second brother and bought more American stocks. If it were put, the income would be greater than the total income of our entire company in a year." Speaking of this, Tang Wenbin looked regretful.
"Is this what Guangfu told you?" The old man stood up from the chair and said in surprise.
Tang Wenbin nodded quickly and said, "Yes, dad. I always feel that my second brother has changed a lot since he fought with the Japanese three years ago. You said that he was in the army. Although he had no choice but to take the first place in the military academy and graduated, he is now the major battalion commander. My elder brother was not as good as he was promoted back then." As he said, Tang Wenbin asked again: "Why don't you, let's help him find the professor named Fleming in the UK and buy his research materials? Anyway, we have business dealings with the UK, so let the people from the British branch look for it. I guess it won't cost much."
Tang Wenbin's idea was very simple. Since regretting the stock incident last time, he couldn't help but look at his brother-in-law who had been naughty since childhood. Although he also thought that Chen Xiuwen's idea was a bit irrelevant, he subconsciously thought he should try it. If as he said, it was a magical medicine that cures all diseases, wouldn't it be a fortune?
Chapter completed!