African Nationhood

Chapter 264 Noble Delegation

At the end of October 1888, Prince Leopold and his party arrived in Southwest Africa on the "Hot Springs" of the "Henry Line".

When members of the British royal family arrived, Shi Jintang paid great attention to them and led the company's senior staff to Walvis Bay Port to welcome them.

The prince was accompanied by his wife and children, as well as his personal health physician Lawen Schneider.

The leader of Nanhua Company's pharmaceutical department has finally returned to his position.

In addition to these people, there is also Woolt Brandonbury, the youngest son of London's famous Brandonbury family.

This family is one of the earliest British aristocrats to turn to the business field. They occupy a large share in the British railway and transportation industry.

There is also William Imogen, the eldest son of this generation from an aristocratic family in the London banking industry.

Pure aristocrats Dam Sheffield, Tudor Marriott and the new barons Alsop and Mills.

The arrival of these nobles made Shi Jintang a little confused. He took advantage of Prince Leopold's greetings with Kelly and others to pull Lawen Schneider aside.

"What's going on? Didn't it say that only Prince Leopold is here?"

Lawen Schneider also looked helpless, "Sir, I don't know about this either. After our ship left the station, these nobles suddenly appeared.

After they met with the prince, they expressed their intention to visit Nanhua Company, and the prince naturally would not refuse. "

After listening to Lawen Schneider's words, Shi Jintang didn't ask any more questions.

These people are definitely not here to play, they are probably here to make money or give money.

Since they want to make money, they have to put in a good word for him, and giving him money is even more welcome.

Shi Jintang received all the guests at the Anhai Town Conference Center. After a banquet, Prince Leopold was sent to the Anhai Town Guest House to rest because he was weak and tired.

As for the other nobles, Shi Jintang assigned Ouyang Geng to accompany them and asked him to take these nobles around Anhai Town and explore their intentions.

A few days later, Ouyang Geng came to report.

As soon as he walked in, Ouyang Geng smiled and said, "Brother Wenyuan knows things like a god."

Shi Jintang turned to the pen in his hand and said, "Oh, are they here to give money?"

Ouyang Geng laughed and said, "I think too much. How could such a good thing happen to us?"

"Then they just want to make money. How can they make money?"

Ouyang Geng looked around mysteriously, then approached Shi Jintang and whispered: "They want the authorized production of 'Bai Lang Duo Xi', and they also want the authorized production of Mercedes-Benz. In return, they will help you upgrade your title." Go up."

Hearing this, Shi Jintang was a little tempted.

Being detained and interrogated by the British in London before was a hidden pain in Boss Shi's heart.

Just because he is not British, the British can doubt him.

If he hadn't had a huge colony and a knighthood, I'm afraid he would have been tortured to extract a confession.

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These representatives of the nobility came to sell the title, and even treated him as a fool.

At the end of the 19th century, both the Conservative and Liberal parties in the British cabinet began to make money by selling honorary titles.

Accompanying Prince Leopold this time were the newly promoted Barons Alsop and Mills. One of them was originally a brewer and the other a banker.

They obtained baronet seats by donating party dues to the Conservative Party. The Liberal Party that came to power later treated capitalists as relatives, and its level of wholesale sales exceeded that of the Conservative Party.

Of course, the level of these noble honors is not high. The highest level is baron. Basically, 5 pounds is enough.

Although there were not many, the title of baronet could be passed down to future generations.

Many British businessmen are obsessed with these honorary titles, so they desperately try to win over down-and-out nobles to donate money to political parties, in exchange for an improvement in social status.

Shi Jintang, the "Lord Knight", asked for it in order to save his life and increase the weight of Nanhua Company.

This weight is enough. Besides, if he wants to be independent in the future, what's the point of getting more titles from the British royal family?
  "Reject it directly, a title costs tens of thousands of pounds, and my car and Bailang Duoxi's license are much more expensive.

Besides, the UK has already set up a joint venture to manufacture cars. If they want to authorize it, they can just spend money to buy it from the joint venture.

As for the authorization of Bailangduoxi, we can talk about it, but it will be higher anyway. "

The efficacy of Bailangduoxi is indeed remarkable, and it has a significant inhibitory effect on streptococci.

But what really works in this drug is the sulfonamide part. As long as chemists start research on Bailangduoxi, people will soon discover the secret, and this drug will soon be replaced by new drugs.

Therefore, it is necessary to let go of the authorization to make quick money.

After two years, Johnson & Johnson and Nanhua Medical College will announce new sulfonamide drugs and continue to make money.    …

Shi Jintang took Kelly and his second daughter Shi Xin to visit Prince Leopold and his wife, and the two families sat together and started interacting.

There were three children in the Leopold family. After he saved his life with the help of Shi Jintang, he and his wife gave birth to another son.

The prince and his wife asked them, they only have one child now, why not have more?
  Shi Jintang chuckled. After having his son, his desire for children has decreased.

Therefore, he waited until all four children were 2 years old before letting go of contraceptive measures to let his women get pregnant.

Now Alice is about to give birth, and so is Jin Xiyue.

After Ye Rong had her son, she was the most active in wanting to get pregnant again. Shi Jintang thought she was still young and asked her to wait.

Kelly is also pregnant now, but her belly is not obvious yet.

After Shi Jintang informed the prince's wife, the prince's wife took Kelly away and whispered.

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Kelly's white identity easily brought her closer to Prince Leopold and his wife, and the relationship between the two parties improved a lot.

Subsequently, Kelly took Prince Leopold and his wife to visit Nanhua Medical College on behalf of Nanhua Company, and demonstrated to Prince Leopold and his wife the entire process of extracting blood products from fresh blood in Nanhua Medical College.

Prince Leopold was injected with frozen blood products on the spot.

Extracting "blood products" requires the use of centrifugal equipment, and this equipment is a product of Nanhua Electrical Laboratory.

Now Nanhua Medical College has pioneered a new process for preparing "blood products", which can effectively avoid the disadvantages of frequent blood transfusions for hemophilia patients.

Prince Leopold's blood vessels have become quite fragile due to frequent blood transfusions over the years.

Moreover, when he travels, he must have a "blood transfusion person" with him at all times.

This behavior is easily reminiscent of some evil legends. Prince Leopold has already been nicknamed the "Vampire Prince" in London, which makes him quite distressed.

Now that Nanhua Company has relieved him of a big worry, His Royal Highness the Prince offered to help Sir Shi obtain a baronetcy.

After hearing the news, Shi Jintang was so angry that he almost burst into tears. He wanted to shout loudly: I don't need a title anymore!

But he couldn't refuse, and had to smile and say thank you to His Highness the Prince.

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Ouyang Geng conducted several rounds of negotiations with the noble delegation and finally finalized the terms of cooperation.

The Brandonbury family and Nanhua Medical College established a joint venture pharmaceutical factory in the UK to produce two popular drugs, "Aspirin" and "Bailang Duoxi".

In return, the Brandonbury family agreed to establish a joint venture with South China Company, the South West African Railway Company, with South China Company occupying 49% of the shares.

The "South West African Railway Company" can independently manufacture rail tracks and locomotives. The company will appoint Wuerth Brandenbury as the general manager of the railway company, and Shi Jinyong as the commissioner of the commercial department as the deputy general manager.

The Brandonbury family will send engineers and technicians from its British companies to Southwest Africa to train and teach Chinese employees.

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The Imogen family will set up commercial banks in the Kingdom of Matabeleland and Lunda to provide loans and deposits to British gold mine owners and businessmen in the kingdom.

In return, the Imogen family will obtain a syndicated loan for Nanhua Company, totaling 1000 million pounds for a period of 40 years, using the shares of Nanhua Company's "Rand Central Mining Company" as collateral.

This loan will be used to build a railway line from Mebu City (now Tsumebu, Namibia) to Lusa Town (now Lusaka, the capital of Zambia).

This railway order fell directly into the hands of the newly formed "South West African Railway Company".

At this point, among the three vertical and three horizontal railway lines that Nanhua Company intended to build, the Mei-Lu line was finally completed.

Nanhua Company built the Wen (Hot Springs)-New (New Orange Town) line by itself, and the British government funded more than half of the New (New Orange Town)-Bu(Bulawayo) line.

The Bu (Bulawayo)-Lusa (Lusa Town) line was funded by the British government.

The only ones that have not been settled are the Wen (Hot Springs City)-Bu (Bulawayo) line and the Ma (Map Port)-Bu (Bulawayo) line.

Winn-Wiring is not in a hurry. After all, most of this line is desert and grassland. The main purpose of building it is to speed up the march from the Namib region to the indigenous kingdom. It will not be too late to build it when the company has money.

The Mabu Line is very important. There is an urgent need to open this transportation line from the East African coast to the interior.

If you want to build this railway line, you have to talk to the Boers. Now that they have money, they must also want to build the railway.

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