Chapter 345 Wine Road

Chapter 345 Wine Road

The Pilsner beer made by Franz is far superior to the Pilsner beer in history, both in terms of brewing process and shelf life.

Joseph Fugroll, a Bavarian brewer, was involved in almost the entire design of Pilsner beer, but he only had no idea why its shelf life was so long.

This is a given, as pasteurization was not introduced until 1862 by Louis Pasteur.

The principle is to take advantage of the reproduction characteristics of bacteria and use appropriate temperature and holding time to kill them all, so as to extend the shelf life.

Franz respected Pasteur as a great biologist, so the secret about pasteurization was not hidden from him.

On the contrary, Franz sincerely invited the other party to study in Vienna, but Pasteur flatly refused.

"Through what you have seen and heard in Vienna during this period, you should understand that the center of the future scientific community must be in Austria. And with my support, your future research path will go smoothly."

Franz is not good at dealing with scientists because he always feels that their thinking is too divergent and they always think of some messy things.

But generally speaking, if you present facts and make sense, this routine still works.

"Thank you for your wrong love, Archduke Franz. I have indeed seen a lot during my time in Vienna. Especially the research on invisible creatures has benefited me a lot, but for your invitation, I still Please allow me to refuse.”

Pasteur was so certain that it seemed beyond doubt.

"Science knows no borders, M. Pasteur. Those arrogant fools in Paris do not recognize your true talents."

In fact, Pasteur had just turned 20 years old at this time, and after graduating from middle school, he became a teaching assistant at Mount Busong Middle School, which was extremely rare at the time.

However, his path to university was not smooth. It was not until August 1843, when he was 21 years old, that Pasteur was admitted to the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris to study teaching methods in chemistry and physics.

Franz's condition was that if Pasteur was willing to come to Austria, he could choose any university in the Austrian Empire and study any course he wanted.

Not only would the royal family bear all of Pasteur's expenses, but they were also willing to give him an annuity of 5,000 florins per year.

At the same time, Pasteur will be invited by the Royal Scientific Society of Vienna and become the youngest member of this organization since its establishment.

"Science has no national boundaries, and scientists have their own motherland."

Pasteur's answer surprised Franz. After all, the latter always thought that this sentence should be said by a Chinese, but in fact it was Louis Pasteur who first said this sentence.

Austria and France have been feuding for centuries, and this contradiction has long been integrated into the blood of all classes on both sides.

As a nationalist, it was impossible for Pasteur to serve for his mortal enemy the Austrian Empire, but Franz respected his choice and did not stop him.

In fact, it is extremely easy to make a person disappear in Vienna with Franz's energy, let alone a foreigner.

Adjani walked in and saw Franz looking lost and said.

"Have you fallen out of love?"

This made Franz very embarrassed. After all, most scientists in this era had poor living conditions, and he usually only needed to pay a very small price to persuade him to succeed.

"It seems that the conflict between France and Austria is deeper than I thought."

Franz didn't want to answer, so Adjani couldn't continue teasing her, so she followed Franz's words.

"The two families of Habsburg and Bourbon, from the earliest Sacrilege League to the Thirty Years War of Religion and the French Revolution. The contradiction between the two parties cannot be explained clearly in one or two sentences."

correct! If you are shameless enough, you can even see Catholic countries in the Protestant Union.

France is truly worthy of its reputation as a filial son of the Catholic Church.

In fact, Pasteur's words just now made Franz fall into deep thought. He began to doubt whether he had the ability to turn the tide in this national era.

Maintaining the decency of a universal empire seemed so out of reach again.

Looking at Franz's thoughtful look, Adjani felt that now was not a good time to talk about things.

In fact, the previous Mr. Pasteur was not a difficult figure to deal with in Adjani's eyes.

The way he looked at himself, zooming in, lowering his head and walking away suddenly, was completely the behavior of an innocent little boy, in other words, he was just a young child.

Judging from Adjani's many years of experience, as long as she finds an experienced lover, let alone her country, it won't be a problem to let him kill her biological parents.

Of course, she wouldn't do that without Franz's order. Because Adjani can see that Franz respects her very much. Although her method is feasible, it is too despicable and may cause Franz's dissatisfaction.

She came here to report to Franz on the sales and promotion of Pilsner beer. There is no doubt that this cheap beer is very marketable.

Franz set the price at 3 Groschen, which alone has already firmly strangled the throat of traditional ale beer.

In fact, Adjani didn't understand why she didn't just lower the price to 2 Groschen. In this way, the beer industry in Austria and even Germany can be completely unified.

At this time, no country can compete with Austria in the beer industry. Even if a country secretly learns this technology later, Austria can still rely on its strong strength and influence to make the other party pay a considerable patent fee.

Franz naturally has his own considerations. If the price is set too low, profits may be reduced. At the same time, when a large amount of cheap wine enters the market, it will inevitably cause bad money to drive out good money.

Although the quality of Pilsner beer is stable, Franz does not deny that some ales are better than the former.

And Franz didn't want to offend all the beer merchants. After all, rabbits would bite people when they were anxious, let alone a group of living people.

As a time traveler, Franz knows well that the smell of wine is also afraid of the depth of the alley.

So after the development of Pilsner beer was completed, he handed over the promotion work to Adjani.

In fact, Franz himself is a good billboard, but he and his friends are just a group of 12 or 3-year-old boys at this time.

It's not good if you drink in a group and cause something difficult to end.

Although beer at that time had the reputation of liquid bread, it was actually still a poor man's drink that was not on the market.

Adjani placed the beer in the royal department store and the store near the train station. The former is to increase the popularity of this beer. After all, the quality is usually not much worse with the royal endorsement.

The latter is to sell wine, because with the development of railways and industry, a large number of workers will travel to various parts of the country via railways, and they are the main force consuming beer.

Of course, the military is also a good sign. Because Pilsner beer has a long shelf life, it is very suitable for maritime voyages.

Therefore, the Austrian Imperial Navy sent a large number of orders to the brewery, but those soldiers would not really keep the wine at sea and drink it again. They drank this low-alcohol beer as water.

Friedrich liked this low-alcohol wine very much, according to his own words.

"We don't have to sail around the sea with a bunch of drunken drunkards at last."

But in fact, low-alcohol alcohol will not solve the problem of soldiers getting drunk because they will drink more than before.

The Army also praised the Pilsner beer developed by Franz. You must know that wine and sugar were important guarantees for the morale of the army during this period.

Not only is this so-called Pilsner beer cheap, it also has a long shelf life. This made the generals of the War Department find it very useful. At the call of Count Latour, it became a must-have for military banquets.

In fact, the military is a group that is relatively easy to satisfy. After all, they can even enjoy the super unpleasant instant coffee, let alone the refreshing beer now.

The instant coffee at this time was far from the taste of later generations, according to the description of the military officer at the time.

"The damn stuff was like a mixture of pebbles and sawdust, and it tasted so bitter and astringent that it made you sick."

But in fact, among the Austrian Imperial Army at this time, ordinary soldiers were still very satisfied with instant coffee.

First of all, it has a refreshing effect. Secondly, this kind of coffee is not troublesome and can be brewed as long as there is hot water.

Especially for the soldiers of the border army, this kind of coffee is really a gift from God. What they lack most when performing patrol missions in the wild is time.

Faced with massive orders from the army, Franz had to expand production capacity.

Soon Pilsner beer became one of the pillar industries of Bohemia, and also led to the development of a series of surrounding industries.

For example, in the glass manufacturing industry, Austria at this time was the largest glass exporter in the world. Pilsner beer differs from traditional ales in that it has a longer shelf life.

This means that it can be packaged independently, and Bohemia happens to be the largest glass manufacturing center in Austria, so the conditions are unique.

As Austrian beer made its way into the German Confederation, the German states, led by Prussia, began to oppose this kind of beer that violated the "Beer Purity Act."

Prussia, Bavaria and other countries felt that Austria's approach was against the spirit of the German Customs Union, while Austria insisted that Bohemia was an integral part of Austria.

But it did not belong to Austria when the Pure Beer Law was enacted, so it should not comply with this law.

Faced with calls from German states to kick Bohemia out of the German Customs Union, the local Germans who had been bewitching the Czechs to become independent finally stopped.

The German aristocrats of Bohemia advocate Czech nationalism all day long just because independence can bring them greater benefits.

But if independence would cause Bohemia to leave the German Customs Union, then they would never do it. After all, the profits brought by the German Customs Union are too huge.

Of course, not everyone can react. Some German nobles who have fooled themselves really feel that the Czechs should be independent.

Although they were all Czechs, the Czechs in Moravia expressed deep concerns about leaving the Austrian Empire.

Although Moravia did not benefit as much as Bohemia from the German Zollverein, many local industries relied on the platform of the Austrian Empire.

If they left the empire, they might be nothing.

Due to the transportation costs of this era, Franz's desire to dominate the beer industry fell through, but since then, all ships sailing on the sea will carry Pilsner beer.

In fact, once people's living standards improve, the consumption of beer, a drink, will surge. At this time, the beer production capacity was far behind Austria's development speed, and of course its consumption of food was also huge.

For this reason, Franz had to consider continuing to reform agriculture. Chemical fertilizers are the foundation of modern agriculture. But ammonium sulfate was obviously too backward, so Liebig and his assistants developed potassium fertilizer.

Historically, this potash fertilizer was not developed until 1850, but at this time due to Franz's intervention, it was advanced eight years.

But Franz is still not satisfied, he has a golden plan in mind.

"Mr. Liebig, since you think nitrogen is so important for plant growth, why don't you just develop nitrogen fertilizers?"

Franz's words made him think deeply. Indeed, using nitrogen directly as fertilizer can definitely greatly increase crop yields.

Liebig was an undoubted chemical genius, and his ideas and discoveries fit well with Franz's plan.

He believed that plant growth requires inorganic substances such as carbonic acid, ammonia, magnesium oxide, phosphorus, nitric acid, and compounds of potassium, sodium, and iron.

Human and animal excrement can only be absorbed by plants if it is converted into carbonic acid, ammonia and nitric acid. These views are the basis of modern agricultural chemistry.

He also believed that animal food not only needs a certain amount, but also needs various types, organic or inorganic, and must have a considerable proportion. The principle of fermentation is also proposed.

He strongly advocated the use of inorganic fertilizers to improve harvests, which was particularly rare in this era.

1842, South Africa.

The British Cape Colony in South Africa annexed the new Boer Republic established by the Boers. Of course, the official explanation given was to protect white South Africans from the abuses of the two black countries, the Ndebele and the Zulu. But in fact, it was just to avoid being involved in the dispute. Total war is necessary.

But in fact the Boers had long complained that the British were not tough on the Xhosa on the eastern frontier of the Cape Colony.

The Xhosa people are actually the indigenous people of South Africa. Strictly speaking, they are not a nation, but the name given by the British and Boers to all local black people who disobey their rule.

In recent history, the Xhosa people have waged a series of wars to protect their land and prevent white invaders from further raiding their homeland.

These primitive tribes were very brave and even captured a British warship. However, these nomads living on the grasslands had nothing to do with these giant beasts floating on the sea, and ultimately had to return without success.

The Xhosa people have been holding on to this weak but brave resistance, until the appearance of a liar wizard truly broke down their resistance.

This wizard named Moharakeza spread false prophecies that he could defeat the British through sacrifices, which eventually led to hundreds of thousands of Xhosa people starving to death.

After that, the severely weakened Xhosa people could no longer pose any effective threat to the colonists, and eventually had to live in reservations designated by the British, ending up with the same fate as the Indians in North America.