In fact, Mrs. Morgan's drug addiction is very small, because Scourge reduced the amount of active ingredients in the pills when he was producing heroin. This situation was completely the result of Morgan's damn private doctor irresponsibly using heroin as a universal medicine. Therefore, the process of drug rehabilitation is not difficult. Mrs. Morgan's drug addiction is actually very small, and symptoms such as severe pain in the whole body have never appeared. The symptoms are so small that she didn't even realize that something was wrong with her. She only

Some physical discomforts are considered as a sequelae of the serious illness. As for the depression, well, Mrs. Morgan is a person with a melancholy temperament. After the serious illness, she is depressed and unable to get angry, which is completely understandable. As for yawning, crying, etc., isn’t it just that she is poor and has bad spirits? What, dare you say that this situation is a bit similar to that of an opium-smoking guy? Do you dare say that a lady in an upper class like Mrs. Morgan is an opium smoker? Believe it or not, you can’t see the sun tomorrow?

So, two months later, Mrs. Morgan's various symptoms of drug addiction disappeared, but her spirits were always not getting better. However, this required long-term conditioning. Dr. Menger and Dr. Heim completed the task smoothly. Before leaving, they told Morgan that according to clinical experience, some very small proportion of patients have allergies to heroin. It was just that the anesthetic effect of heroin made it difficult for patients to notice that this allergic disease would lead to respiratory problems.

It is suspected that Mrs. Morgan's previous symptoms were so dangerous, which is likely to be related. Therefore, they, like Mr. Morgan, advised that it is best not to give his wife the opportunity to touch that thing in the future. Because even if it is skin contact, it may cause allergies. Although Morgan is a playboy, he is extremely fond of his wife, so he ordered: "You must not have heroin in my home!" Therefore, he became the first person in American history to completely turn heroin out.

...

In March 1862, General McClellan began to prepare to continue to pursue the victory after a brilliant victory. However, at this time, somehow, all he occupied was an empty position and somehow it was exposed. So an uproar in the newspaper, and people accused General McClellan of asking Lincoln to punish him. Lincoln himself was also angry with this guy who knew how to ask for supplies. In addition, this guy was a Democrat and had always sympathized with the South. Lincoln did not have any special trust in him, so Lincoln ordered his position as commander-in-chief of the Army and only allowed him to be responsible for the 70,000 people he directly commanded. He ordered him to advance to Richmond immediately.

In order to cooperate with General McClellan's attack, the Federal Navy was also preparing to approach Richmond along the James River. At this time, they encountered the Southern Army's USS Virginia Iron Armor. The Southern Confederate Iron Armor, which was modified from a steam-powered ship. With the indestructible armor at the time, she sank two Federal warships and then fought the earliest naval battle between the federal ironclad ships Monit. As a result, everyone discovered a common problem in the battle, that is, the artillery used to attack wooden ships could not penetrate the armor of the Iron Armor. The battle between the two Iron Armor was like a duel between two full-body armored knights using feather dusters as weapons, and no one could do anything to the other side.

This battle heralds the coming of an era of steel.

...

"Hello, Mr. Martin." Carol said hello to French metallurgical expert Martin in a broken French.

"Who are you? I don't know you." Martin was not polite to this guy who came to him.

"Ah, please allow me... to introduce myself to Xu, I..." The little French that Carol learned temporarily was obviously not enough.

"Ah, please allow me to explain our purpose to you on behalf of my friend." A lady holding a small umbrella with an ivory handle and wearing a hat decorated with beautiful feathers in a fluent French voice, her voice as beautiful as the cry of a lark.

Martin was depressed by a recent failure and was reluctant to pay attention to these two people, but it seemed impolite to say rejection to this beautiful and noble lady, at least for a Frenchman, it was too ungraceful.

"Is there anything you guys asking me for?" Martin asked.

"My friend is Mr. Carol MacDonald, head of McDonald Venture Capital Bank in Europe. We learned that you are developing a promising new steelmaking technology." Miss Catherine said with a sweet smile, "But recently, you may have encountered some financial troubles. McDonald Venture Capital Bank is very interested in your research. We hope to cooperate with you to solve all the worries about the financial aspects for you."

This news made Martin feel energetic. He looked up and down at the two people standing in front of him. Then, he took a step back gently, let the door out, and bent down slightly, making an invitation gesture: "Two, let's come in and talk."

This Frenchman named Martin was an important figure on the list left by Scrooge to Carol. In his original history, he was the inventor of the open furnace steelmaking method. Compared with the British acid converter bottom blowing method, the open furnace steelmaking method invented in 1864 had: it could use a lot of scrap steel, and the ratio of pig iron to scrap steel was flexible; the requirements for the composition of molten iron were not as strict as that of converters, and ordinary pig iron could not be used in converters; there were more steel types that could be refined than converters and had better quality. Only after this design appeared, it quickly replaced the status of converters in the world in steelmaking. By the 1960s, open furnace steelmaking had occupied 80% of the steel production. It was not until the appearance of an alkaline top blowing oxygen converter that this situation was gradually broken. Obtaining this patent first was extremely important for the development of the MacDonald Consortium.

"You two don't know how to cooperate with me?" Martin asked.

"We can provide you with enough funds so that you won't be bothered by funding issues in the experiment." Katherine said with a smile.

"'Adequate funds'?" Martin laughed. "Do you know how much this research costs? To be honest, I don't even know how many times it will fail and how much it will cost to develop it successfully."

"Mr. Martin." Carroll looked at Catherine and said slowly in French: "You may not be familiar with MacDonald Venture Capital Bank. Although our bank has been established for a short time, it is very financially sufficient. Because behind us are MacDonald Infantry Weapons and MacDonald Chemical and Pharmaceuticals. Well, even if you are not familiar with these American companies, you should have heard of these drugs, sulfonamide, heroin, and Dali Pills? We have the technology of these drugs with sufficient funds to support any research. Although MacDonald Venture Capital Bank is a new bank, it is not a small bank."

"Sulfa? Is your bank Scourge? Mr. MacDonald?" When it comes to sulfa, Martin suddenly remembered Scourge.

"Yes." Carol replied.

When he heard that this bank was run by a scientist, Martin immediately became much more enthusiastic.

"I have heard Mr. Scourge MacDonald's speech at the University of Paris before? By the way, your surname is MacDonald. Are you the brother of Mr. Scourge MacDonald?"

"Yes." Carol replied.

"Ah, or Scourge? Scientists like Mr. MacDonald don't forget to support those of us who are engaged in science and technology." Martin first sighed at Scourge's conscience, and then asked: "But this research is very expensive, and I don't have anything to mortgage."

Carroll looked at Catherine. There was too much French to speak in the detailed introduction later, and it was still difficult for Carroll. Catherine smiled and said, "Mr. Scolz McDonald knows the pain of those who are talented but cannot receive financial support. Our bank is dedicated to helping such talented people. Therefore, we do not need collateral. You only need to agree to share the results with us after the future research is successful. Generally speaking, we will determine the proportion of rights allocations that both parties occupy in the patent based on the amount of money spent in the research process and the future economic benefits of the results."

"So, what if the research fails in the end?" asked Martin. "I can't compensate you for your losses in this case."

"If it fails in the end, then we will fail in the investment. We will not ask you to repay the investment we provide." Katherine replied, "We have a standard contract here, you can take a look first. If you are not against this way of cooperation, let's talk about the details."

Martin took the "standard contract" and read it seriously. If his research was successful and MacDonald Venture Capital Bank directly purchased the ownership of the patent, then Martin would say that the price they gave was not high enough. However, it is hard to say whether his research can achieve results now. In this case, even he himself must admit that this contract is so kind that it cannot be more kind.

"Mr. Scrooge, and this beautiful lady," said Martin. "I thank you very much. I think you must be the angels sent by God to save me. I have no objection to this contract. Can we sign this contract now?"

...

After a while, the door of Martin's house opened, and Martin walked out with Carol and Catherine, watched them get on the carriage, and waved goodbye to them until the carriage was far away, and he was still there.
Chapter completed!