"Money! How could he get more money?”
As the 7th Infantry Division's training went well, the consumption of resources and ammunition also increased, causing Yuan Baocen's money bag to be almost empty.
The 7th Infantry Division was twice the size of the other divisions.
In addition, the food of the 7th Infantry Division was much better than the other divisions, and the number of live ammunition training sessions was also much higher. This naturally meant that the 7th Infantry Division's consumption was four times that of the other divisions.
Yuan Shikai had previously said that the 7th Infantry Division's military expenses would be paid according to normal standards. This caused the 7th Infantry Division to have a huge shortage of funds.
"No, I have to think of another way. Otherwise, the troops would collapse before they could form a fighting force because of lack of money. If that happens, I'm afraid I'll become the biggest joke in China!”
"But how can I make money?”Yuan Baocen racked his brains, and his hair was about to turn white.
"Why don't we develop that big oil field in the northeast? No, the northeast was now the territory of the Japanese. If they developed it, wouldn't it benefit the Japanese?”
Although oil extraction was becoming more and more profitable, the investment was huge. At the same time, Yuan Baocen was also afraid of making a wedding dress for others.
"Bring troops to rob? The nobles and ministers of the Qing Dynasty were all extremely wealthy. Even Li Lianying, that eunuch, had tens of millions of taels of silver. If they could capture them all and confiscate their assets, not to mention maintaining the consumption of the 7th Infantry Division, it would be enough to build hundreds of infantry divisions like the 7th Infantry Division. In fact, if it was used in the industrial aspect, it would greatly increase the level of China's industrialization.
However, those guys were too ambitious. If they attacked now, it would probably cause a lot of dissatisfaction.”
Yuan Baocen had no choice but to give up on this tempting idea.
"We should wait until one day when we can grasp the highest power in this country before we attack those guys!”Yuan Baocen could only suppress this tempting thought in his heart.
The wealth in the hands of those nobles was almost all the fat of the people. They wantonly squandered it, hurting the vitality of the country. Of course, Yuan Baocen could not tolerate this.
"Looks like I have to think of another way.”Yuan Baocen sighed.
"Right, there doesn't seem to be any antibiotics like penicillin yet. Especially since the war was about to begin. Once the war broke out, who knew how many people would die from the infection. If they could develop this kind of medicine, that would be robbing money!”
Yuan Baocen almost drooled when he thought of this.
Unfortunately, although he knew about medicaments like penicillin, he had no idea how it was cultivated and made into medicine.
Yuan Baocen scratched his ears and cheeks as he thought hard.
Suddenly, Yuan Baocen had an idea.
"Other than penicillin, there's also sulfuric acid! Compared to Penicillins, Sulfanilides only needed to be produced from acetainide through a series of processes, such as chloridisation, imprinting, and neutralizing. As long as one had a little chemistry knowledge, they could do it.”
Yuan Baocen became excited.
Although the effect of sulfuric acid could not be compared to that of penicillin, it was toxic and could not be consumed. However, even if it was used externally, it had a very good anti-infectious effect. Before the invention of penicillin, this was definitely the best anti-infectious drug.
In just three days, he had produced the actual sulfuric acid.
Immediately after, Yuan Baocen tested the efficacy of sulfuric acid on one hand, and on the other hand, he sent a telegram to the Beiyang government's envoy in Europe and the United States, asking them to register the patent on his behalf.
Yuan Baocen knew that if he wanted to get money from the European and American powers, patent registration was essential. Otherwise, if someone else copied it, there would be no place to cry.
It took Yuan Baocen a whole month to get everything ready.
On March 15, 1912, Yuan Baocen invited the envoys of Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Brazil, the Netherlands and other countries to participate in the new drug conference.
The envoys of the various countries gave Yuan Shikai, the president, face and attended.
Even though many of them thought that Yuan Baocen was just messing around.
However, Yuan Baocen was Yuan Shikai's second son, and his position in the Beiyang government and army was higher than Yuan Yuntai's eldest son. Perhaps after Yuan Shikai died, Yuan Baocen would inherit Beiyang.
As for the new drug developed by Yuan Baocen, most of them did not believe it.
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