I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 714 Win-win
"Me? Principal?" Hearing this, Perna sat up straight in surprise and waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, I definitely can't do such an important job well..."

Joseph smiled and said, "Be more confident. You are the most suitable candidate. At least in terms of modern medical knowledge, you have surpassed 99% of the doctors in France."

Yes, he was talking about "modern medicine." Although Perna only got her medical license last year—the Medical Association had just approved women to practice medicine—her medical philosophy was even more advanced than her father's under his long-term influence.

For example, she is now accustomed to diagnosing and treating the disease from the perspectives of bacteria, cells, and immunity.

It is far better to hand over the Military Medical University to her than to let those medical masters who are still figuring out bloodletting, fluid balance and the like take charge.

Perna was still a little hesitant: "But I'm worried... You know, they don't pay much attention to the opinions of a young woman."

The status of women in this era was indeed relatively low. Although she had published some very important medical papers, such as "The Significance of Double-Blind Experiments on Drug Effectiveness", she was only 19 years old after all, so it was normal for people below her to be dissatisfied with her.

Joseph thought for a moment and said, "I will ask the General Staff to send you an assistant. How about Brigadier General Martinola? I remember that he was a military doctor when he was young. He can help you with management matters."

Perna's beautiful eyes widened: "Brigadier General? Is this appropriate?"

"I think he would be happy to do so." Joseph smiled and nodded. "In addition, Dr. Lamarck has made great contributions to the development of antibiotics. I will ask His Majesty the King to promote him to Count Gayle."

Lamarck now also has the title of Earl, which seems to be no promotion, but Guerrena is a big city in the province of Lamarche. This kind of actual title is more than one level higher than the "robed nobleman" title he bought before.

Of course, according to the current aristocratic system in France, a real fiefdom only represents a noble status and position, and does not mean actually owning the fiefdom.

Perna was moved and took the prince's arm, saying very seriously: "Thank you for your trust, I will definitely not let you down!"

She knew very well that if she had a father who was a real noble, the number of people who disobeyed her would immediately decrease by more than half.

Your Highness is obviously trying to give yourself more confidence.

As the two were talking, the carriage had already entered the Palace of Versailles - now, the wooden track has been built directly to the Square of Versailles Palace, and it only takes 25 minutes to get here from the western suburbs of Paris.

As soon as Joseph got out of the car, he saw Count Ségur, the assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, coming up to him quickly. He saluted first, then gestured behind him and said in a lowered voice, "Your Highness, Mr. Radziwiłł, the Polish envoy, wants to see you."

He has to be careful. At present, France has not stated its position on Eastern European issues, and any diplomatic actions related to Poland may trigger a chain reaction among various countries.

Joseph nodded and asked Perna to return to the Palace of Versailles first, and then signaled the envoy and himself to go to the Royal Arsenal.

A moment later, in the office on the second floor of the arsenal, Radziwiłł bowed solemnly to Joseph and said, "Your Highness, I know it may be inappropriate for me to be here, but my country is facing great difficulties right now, and the only ones who can help us are you and the great France."

Joseph had been following the war in Eastern Europe and pointed to the sofa and said, "Please take a seat. I will try my best to provide assistance to Poland."

"Thank you so much, Your Highness. You are the savior sent by God to Poland, and you have brought us the light of hope!"

Radziwiłł bowed again, then clasped his hands together and said hesitantly, "The Military Committee sincerely asks you to provide some loans for our country... Probably, 500 million francs."

Joseph was a little puzzled and asked, "I remember that the Warsaw Arms Factory has enough raw materials until April next year. And your food and manpower are also sufficient, so what will the loan be used for?"

Radziwiu said hurriedly: "You know, the war was very brutal, and there were a lot of wounded on the front line. This money is mainly used to buy medicine, especially medical alcohol, which is consumed in large quantities. In addition, military tents, uniforms and the like are also in short supply."

Poland had learned advanced battlefield medical technology from France long before the war, and technologies such as alcohol disinfection, fumigation of medical equipment, and drinking water were subsequently introduced into the Polish army.

After the war broke out, the Poles discovered that France's battlefield medical experience was simply miraculous, and the death rate of wounded soldiers was reduced by more than half.

This achievement was achieved even though Poland's military medicine was not comprehensive and health regulations were not implemented thoroughly enough, but it has already made the Polish military overjoyed.

After that, medical alcohol became a necessity for the Polish army on the battlefield.

But this stuff is extremely expensive - the industrial alcohol preparation technology of this era was not mature, so the brewing method of medical alcohol and drinking wine is basically the same, and the 75% alcohol concentration requires repeated distillation. This makes medical alcohol more expensive than drinking wine.

Currently, the Polish army consumes more than 95 francs of medical alcohol every month, all of which needs to be imported from France.

As for tents and uniforms, Poland can produce some on its own, but it is far from keeping up with the speed of recruiting new soldiers.

Joseph fell into deep thought.

5 million francs can be taken out at present, but once inter-state loans are made during wartime, it basically means that the attitude has been made clear.

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France is facing war with Britain at any time and must not be caught up in the diplomatic vortex of Eastern Europe again.

He suddenly remembered the report Lavoisier had submitted not long ago - the Paris Gas Industry Company had completed the technical research and development of extracting phenol from coal tar, but the phenol currently produced was too low in purity to be sold on a large scale.

Phenol is a groundbreaking disinfectant that sparked the medical revolution in the 19th century.

Since it is extracted from waste materials such as coal tar, the cost is very low and the price is almost negligible compared to expensive medical alcohol.

Given Poland's current situation, they certainly won't care about the purity of phenol - it just has a little odor and impurities, and being able to perform disinfection can save the lives of wounded soldiers.

After receiving such a large order for phenol, Gaz de Paris will be able to form a virtuous cycle of production and capital recovery, and continuously optimize the process until the purity problem is solved.

It can be said to be a win-win situation.

Thinking of this, he looked at Radziwiu and said, "I can provide you with another disinfectant that is even better than medical alcohol and only costs 6% of alcohol."

The latter's eyes widened immediately: "Oh, God, so cheap!"

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