I'm the Dauphin in France

Chapter 993 French Industrial Development Plan IV
Salicin itself cannot cure diseases, but it needs to be broken down by intestinal flora in the human body and converted into salicylic acid to become effective.

If salicylic acid compounds are taken directly, the drug utilization rate will be greatly improved.

Therefore, Joseph asked pharmaceutical companies to conduct experiments on the mass production of salicylic acid a few years ago. However, it was not until the beginning of this year that a scholar named Antoine de Foucroix successfully converted salicin into salicylic acid through oxidation.

After testing by pharmaceutical companies, the efficacy of sodium salicylate is 3 to 5 times higher than that of salicin!
It can be imagined that once this drug goes into production, it will inevitably bring huge profits to the pharmaceutical company.

The "Crown Prince's Blessing", which was sold at a low price in the past, made a profit of more than 30 francs every year. The selling price of the "Enhanced Edition of the Blessing" has been raised to 2 francs per piece. If the sales volume remains unchanged, the profit will increase to more than 150 million francs.

Generally speaking, the sales volume of drugs with better efficacy will definitely be much higher than that of old products.

At the same time, the "Enhanced Blessing" is also an excellent promotion for French medicines - the "Prince's Blessing" and glucose have already made the Paris Pharmaceutical Factory famous throughout Europe, and the enhanced version is bound to further strengthen the brand image.

As a result, mature medicines such as quinine cream, marigold tincture, analgesics, and colchicine tincture produced by Paris pharmaceutical factories will become more popular.

Joseph estimates that once the large-scale double-blind drug trials currently being conducted by the Health Bureau are completed, some more herbal remedies that have been proven to be effective will be added to the product list.

By then, the market size of the French pharmaceutical industry will be worth tens of millions of francs.

Of course, you have to eat the meal one bite at a time.

Sodium salicylate has only been prepared in the laboratory, and there is still a lot of work to be done before it can be produced on a large scale.

Joseph's requirement for the pharmaceutical factory is to achieve mass production before the end of this year.

In subsequent meetings, Joseph discussed with officials the development of industries such as textiles, sugar making, carriage manufacturing, cosmetics, and furniture.

The entire meeting lasted until the afternoon of the next day, and finally all of France's industrial projects were discussed.

Mirabeau looked at the thick stack of draft "Industrial Development Plan" in his hand and couldn't help feeling deeply moved.

Just a few years ago, French industry was on the verge of total collapse under the huge competitive pressure from Britain and the heavy blow of the stupid Treaty of Eden.

At that time, he was only thinking that if he could find a little space for French industry to survive under the fierce offensive of British industry, he would be very satisfied.

Who would have thought that today France’s industry has not only survived, but is also growing strongly.

Even in industries such as textiles, coal, steel, and mechanical processing, where the British have always been leading, France is now gradually catching up.

At the same time, France has also developed advantageous industries such as papermaking, chemicals, furniture, cosmetics, and sugar production, while Britain has no trace of France in these industries.

Of course, except for the sugar industry, the sales revenue of other industries is far less than that of textiles, steel and other industries, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also created pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and synthetic dye industries for France. According to the Crown Prince's plan, the combined revenue of these industries can almost reach more than half of that of the textile industry!
Mirabeau gave the draft of the Development Plan one last review:
Coal industry: Plans to invest 3 million francs in three years to increase annual coal production to more than 5 million tons. The main development directions include steelmaking coke, dry distillation gas, coal for steam engines, and household fuel (honeycomb coal).

钢铁业：计划在3到4年内投入7千5百万法郎。将铁锭的年产量提升至10万吨以上，精钢年产量近1万吨。主要发展方向为蒸汽机制造、铁制桥梁建筑、自动纺织机械、精加工机械、农具等。

Sugar industry: Plan to invest 330 million francs per year. Build 15 new sugar refineries, reduce sugar refining costs by more than one third. Promote triploid sugar beet cultivation in the German region, occupying 80% of the total planting area.

Furniture manufacturing: Planned annual investment of 180 million francs. Build two new composite board processing plants in the Rhineland. Build a total of four new furniture assembly plants in southern Germany and Eastern Europe. Build 4 new "livable" furniture stores in major cities...

化工业：计划在4年之内投入1千万法郎。将硫酸、盐酸、纯碱的年产量提高300%、450%和200%。将苯酚的年产量提升至25吨。新建一座苯胺黑工厂，年产量8吨……

医疗器械制造业：计划在3年之内投入500万法郎。新建医疗器械工厂。年产注射器25万支，听诊器8万只，手术刀35万支……

Pharmaceutical manufacturing: Plan to invest 3 million francs in three years. Expand the Paris pharmaceutical factory and build a new pharmaceutical factory in Lyon. Annual production of 750 million tablets of "The Dauphin's Blessing" and annual production of glucose...

Papermaking industry: No more capacity expansion. The production of crushing and pulping will be gradually transferred to Modena and Florence.

Fertilizer industry...

The entire "Industrial Development Plan" is simply a magnificent picture scroll. Mirabeau seems to see a prosperous and powerful France through this pile of pages.

If this plan can be fully implemented, France's industrial scale will catch up with Britain in 4 to 5 years.

This is under the premise that the UK can maintain its current development momentum. Otherwise, it may not take so long for France to achieve industrial overtaking!
You know, the scale of France's agriculture is far greater than that of the UK. For example, the wine exported by France to the world every year can bring in a huge profit of 60 to 70 million francs.

In other words, if France's industrial scale is on par with that of Britain, then in terms of overall national strength, it will be able to surpass Britain.

Joseph took the draft development plan from Mirabeau and immediately focused his attention on the investment amount.

If you want to develop industry, funding is definitely a hurdle that you cannot cross.

He rubbed his shoulders, which were a little sore from the continuous meetings, and looked at the new Deputy Minister of Finance, Martin-Michel Charles Godin. After the administrative system reform, Archbishop Briand would concentrate on being the Prime Minister, and the Finance Department would have greater independence. Godin, the founder of the Bank of France and the person who had carried out the French paper currency reform, became the real manager of the French Ministry of Finance at the recommendation of Mirabeau.

"In order to ensure the smooth implementation of industrial planning, we also need to formulate corresponding investment plans."

The ministers, who had thought the meeting was about to end and had become somewhat relaxed, immediately perked up upon hearing this.

(End of this chapter)