"Mr. Louis Pasteur, you did very well!"
For Jero Bonaparte, the cholera vaccine produced by Louis Pasteur was not just a vaccine, but a significant network of connections.
If Jero Bonaparte’s mory hadn’t failed him, a new wave of cholera would begin to spread at the turn of spring and sumr this year.
At that ti, the French Army fighting in the distant Near East would inevitably be affected by the cholera virus, and the vaccine in Louis Pasteur’s hands would beco a sharp tool for Jero Bonaparte to win over the troops.
Imagine, an officer who, unfortunately, got infected with cholera during battle and could only lie despairingly on a hospital bed waiting for death, suddenly received a vaccine graciously sent by the Emperor from faraway Paris.
In their desperation, they would surely beg the dical staff to administer such a vaccine, and for every life saved, Jero Bonaparte himself would gain the loyalty of another officer.
Gradually, this accumulation would make Jero Bonaparte’s position in the army more and more stable.
The First Division, Second Division, and Third Division would be more loyal to Jero Bonaparte than ever before, and those ambitious individuals lurking in the shadows would have no choice but to continue to show loyalty to Jero Bonaparte.
Thinking of this, Jero Bonaparte felt he must secure the naming rights of the vaccine; he wanted the soldiers surviving cholera to instinctively rember him, Jero Bonaparte, after getting vaccinated.
If it wasn’t possible, he would at least want to add the Bonaparte surna before the vaccine’s na, for example: Bonaparte-Pasteur vaccine, or Napoleon-Pasteur vaccine.
In order to achieve the goal of having his surna placed first, Jero Bonaparte showed a warm-hearted expression and asked Louis Pasteur, "Mr. Pasteur, I think since this vaccine was developed by you personally, it should be called the Pasteur vaccine!"
Jero Bonaparte understood that for soone like Louis Pasteur, who had very high moral standards, it was an indelible "stain" in his scientific career to be involved in cholera treatnt and prevention.
If possible, Louis Pasteur would rather the entire world not know that he developed the cholera vaccine.
In such a situation where he couldn’t avoid it, how could Louis Pasteur allow Jero Bonaparte to add his na to the cholera vaccine?
"Your Majesty, absolutely not! You promised to keep this a secret for !" Louis Pasteur decisively refused Jero Bonaparte’s proposal, and he earnestly begged Jero Bonaparte.
"Then what do you think we should na this vaccine!" Jero Bonaparte feigned indifference and asked Louis Pasteur, "An invention shocking enough to shake the world, worthy of ensuring the na of the christener is immortalized! I really can’t think of anyone else besides you who deserves such an honor!"
Louis Pasteur, after a brief silence, replied to Jero Bonaparte, "Your Majesty! Since you say it is sothing that can immortalize a na, then I’d like to na it after your surna! Only the Bonaparte surna is worthy of matching it!"
The developnt was exactly as Jero Bonaparte expected, with Louis Pasteur pleading for Jero Bonaparte’s surna to add glory to the vaccine.
"This... I’d rather not!" Jero Bonaparte showed a restrained yet rejecting expression to Louis Pasteur and said, "This is the result of the collective effort of your entire research institute, I did not participate! If I rashly add my surna to it, I’m afraid people will gossip about trying to take credit for my subordinates’ achievents."
"Please don’t say that! If it weren’t for you, the vaccine would not have been developed! Everyone in our research institute can see your contributions to the vaccine, you fully deserve... no, the honor for the vaccine to bear the Bonaparte na is its greatest recognition!" At so point, Louis Pasteur also learned how to flatter, and he respectfully said this to Jero Bonaparte.
However, Louis Pasteur’s words weren’t entirely off, from the establishnt of the institute to its developnt, Jero Bonaparte personally oversaw everything strictly, always approving double the requested funds for the institute.
It can be said that the developnt of the institute and the cholera vaccine was inseparable from Jero Bonaparte’s support.
"Ah! Since you insist, I’ll reluctantly accept it!" Jero Bonaparte responded modestly.
As the "cost" of "seizing" the naming rights of Louis Pasteur’s research institute, Jero Bonaparte also added a bonus of 2000 francs for each person inside the institute.
"On behalf of everyone at the institute, I thank you for your generosity!" Louis Pasteur expressed his gratitude to Jero Bonaparte.
"No problem! This is the reward you deserve for giving !" Jero Bonaparte reiterated what he said a few months back, "However poor we are, we can’t neglect education; however difficult things are, we can’t suffer the research!"
Thus, a cholera vaccine nad Bonaparte Vaccine was officially produced, and it would be transported in the height of sumr, a few months later, to the Near East region for the Allied forces’ use.
Under Jero Bonaparte’s direction, the institute worked overti to rush the production of the vaccine, hoping to provide it to every French soldier.
Subsequently, Jero Bonaparte assigned Louis Pasteur the next task: researching several common diseases spread across the vast lands of West Africa.
Because, before long, Jero Bonaparte would expand France’s sphere of influence in Africa, and so preparations were better made in advance.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Louis Pasteur responded to Jero Bonaparte.
This poor scientist didn’t know that every invention he made would beco an accomplice to France’s aggression.
Jero Bonaparte said to him, "I received a report from the troops in the Senegal Region, saying that they are suffering from the diseases of the African land. There has been no progress in the liberation movent for the African people, and they are enduring the oppression of their tyrant rulers!"
As a mber of the progressive forces, Louis Pasteur instinctively regarded the mbers of the African kingdoms as reminiscent of the feudal dynasties before the Great Revolution upon hearing the word "slavery." (In reality, the level of the West African dynasties was indeed that of a true slave dynasty era.)
Endowed with the spirit of national liberation, Louis Pasteur naturally couldn’t turn a blind eye. He promised Jero Bonaparte that he would quickly develop prevention asures for several common diseases on the West African land, allowing our army to spread the concepts of French democracy, freedom, and liberation to West Africa.
"I thank you on behalf of the French Army!" Jero Bonaparte expressed gratitude to Louis Pasteur, "If you wish, I will have the army confer upon you the rank of Honorary Major General!"
"No need, Your Majesty!" Louis Pasteur declined Jero Bonaparte’s suggestion, saying, "What I do is rely my duty!"
"You are too modest!" Jero Bonaparte continued to shower Louis Pasteur with praise, hoping he would serve the Empire.
Jero Bonaparte and Louis Pasteur left the storage room, talking as they walked, and soon returned to the classroom.
As a teacher, Louis Pasteur, in a solemn tone, announced the graduation news to everyone present, bringing joy to the faces of the nurses in the audience.
After they each expressed gratitude to Louis Pasteur and left the room, Vilnius, the last one to thank him, ca before Jero Bonaparte and gave him a hug.
Burying her head in Jero Bonaparte’s chest, Vilnius quietly asked if he had co especially to attend her graduation ceremony.
"Of course!" Jero Bonaparte promptly responded.
In such a situation, it was only natural to go along with Vilnius’s wishes.
So, under everyone’s gaze, Vilnius took Jero Bonaparte’s hand and walked out of the institute, boarding the carriage that brought them there.
Poor Mokar was "heartlessly" left behind at the research institute by his master.
The carriage sped towards the direction of the Tuileries Palace, with Vilnius resting her head on Jero Bonaparte’s thigh, she looked up at him and said, "Thank you!"
"Thank you for what?" Jero Bonaparte looked at Vilnius with a puzzled expression.
"Thank you for helping deal with my cousin!" Vilnius said to Jero Bonaparte.
"Oh, that matter!" Jero Bonaparte recalled the letter from Cavour given to him by Vilnius’s handmaiden before Vilnius went for further studies.
In the letter, Cavour asked Vilnius to influence people to gain Sardinia a "ticket" to join the Anglo-French Alliance Army, and to help Lombardy and Venice break free from the clutches of power (as detailed in Chapter 447).
Jero Bonaparte, who had originally intended for Sardinia to join the war, did a favor in return, and Cavour probably thought it was thanks to Vilnius’s influence.
Of course, Vilnius herself might also have believed it was her doing.
"It’s nothing!" Jero Bonaparte gently stroked the smooth, white forehead of Vilnius.
"Over in Lombardy and Venice, will you help my cousin?" Vilnius asked Jero Bonaparte again.
"That depends on how things develop! If one day France and Austria are indeed in a hostile relationship, I wouldn’t mind handing these two places to Sardinia! But the condition is that Victor Emmanuel himself must pay the corresponding price!" Jero Bonaparte gave Vilnius a vague response.
"What price?" Vilnius instinctively asked.
"I haven’t thought of that yet!"
Of course, this was rely a well-intentioned lie from Jero Bonaparte to Vilnius.
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