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Chapter 324 Counterespionage

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    A soap factory seems to be a small thing, but its importance exceeds Zhang Cheng's imagination. First of all, while other factories are still losing money or in the process of establishment, the soap factory actually generates profits first.  Second, the French are not the only ones who use soap.  Once the soap came out, there were only a few sales points around Paris at first, but businessmen had already bought the soap and sold it to other countries.  In just a few dozen days, even the great Russian nobles and the Russian Tsar knew that France had a soap industry.  ¡°Although the production capacity of the soap factory was expanded several times in just a few months after it was built, it was still not enough.  Some merchants have sold soap to the New World and other places such as the Far East.  In the absence of patent law protection at all, even if Zhang Cheng used assembly line operations from the beginning, he could not prevent the technology from being leaked sooner or later.  Back then, the Venetians kept the manufacturing technology of glass mirrors better and moved the entire glass industry to an island to isolate it from the outside world.  In the end, the French spies used a trick to obtain the full set of production methods for glass mirrors.  Since the advent of soap, there have been many people with evil intentions in the soap factory. Fortunately, the entire factory still bears the name of the royal family. It is really a high-pressure control. Every worker is talked to individually and swears allegiance to the king.  The wages have also been increased by half. In this way, when new people are hired, they are often transferred from other royal factories after being trained.  Naturally, it cannot be used if you are single.  Not to mention those of unknown origin.  As expected, after being tested by domestic nobles and industrial and commercial people, it didn¡¯t take long before more and more foreigners were caught near the soap factory.  Is it a crime of espionage? Of course, there is no such thing as being caught and hanged immediately. At most, more than ten people were hanged at the entrance of the Royal Soap Factory and hung there every day.  However, Zhang Cheng believes that this can only slow down the speed of technology outflow.  At the end of the day, today¡¯s bar soap making technology is like a golden touch.  However, this kind of thing seems inevitable. Didn't France get the manufacturing technology of glass mirrors from Venice?  The eldest brother should not talk about the second brother.  A piece of soap that sells for one franc will cost at least one pound in London, England, so don¡¯t bargain. The sales volume is now limited, and demand simply exceeds supply. There are still many aristocrats and rich people in Europe.  Ten pieces of soap costing one franc can be sold for two or three shillings each in London.  The question is how far is it from Paris to London? It¡¯s only the distance that a Paris cannon shell can cover.  It can be seen that the straight line is not far from the heart.  Sure enough, even with all precautions, some European scientists finally developed and reverse-engineered the method of making soap based on the feel and taste of soap and the purchase channels.  At this time, it had only been more than half a year since Zhang Cheng established the soap factory.  Shouldn¡¯t it be said that Europe is still too small?  Then within a short period of time, the Italian states, as well as the mercantilist Netherlands, Britain and Sweden, established their own soap factories and toilet soap factories.  France¡¯s soap export industry slumped for the most part. Later, through the mediation of King Louis XVI of France, the technology was symbolically sold to Spain. At this time, Spain and France were related.  In the soap and soap market, we have no choice but to stick to the domestic market. Fortunately, the soap factory has gained some fame from the beginning, and many people still recognize the French soap brand.  Leaving aside soap, Zhang Cheng¡¯s soaps are naturally aimed at the high-end market. The addition of various fragrances indeed makes French soaps far superior to the level of newly built soap factories in other countries in terms of high-end quality.  Nobles also generally recognize French soap brands.  "This is not easy. What else? France can't start a business with European countries for a soap business. In the end, there is no evidence that the technology was obtained by foreign spies.  But soap and soap are daily necessities after all. Soap sticks to its own market and also occupies the markets of several nearby small countries. High-end soap has entered the families of wealthy people all over Europe.  The annual dividends will be in the millions of francs.  This is the figure after high wages were given to workers.  From another perspective, this is not much. Among the time-travelers Zhang Cheng has seen, those who rely on the soap industry to support an army of tens of thousands are not to mention.  Soap factories opened in other countries are not very ideal in terms of profitability. First of all, high-end industries have been taken away by French brands. If you want to manufacture soaps for high-end industries, it is necessary to spend more on research and development. However, today's entrepreneurs  They often don't pay attention to this aspect, but always think about how to deceive customers and exploit workers.  Soap factories and toilet soap factories with low technical content often can only use low-price strategies in competition in their own country and in foreign markets.  This makes competition even more brutal. ?????????????????A soap factory that has been open for less than a year may even run into operating difficulties due to insufficient funds and low shipments.  Not to mention those workshop-style soap factories, they can often only hold on to the local market. However, the local consumption is only enough to keep a workshop-style factory alive, and it cannot allow the workshop-style factory to expand its operations.  In this regard, the British are smarter. In the British colonies, soaps from other countries are not allowed to come in, even high-end French brands.  In this way, the British soap factory got some breathing space. Spain and Portugal also followed suit and sold soap in Central and South America. Spain and Portugal did not even allow the colonies to build brick factories. The bricks in the Central and South American colonies had to be imported from Europe.  Although France also has some colonies in the New World, Africa and the Far East, it is useless to say that.  After all, France is a continental country, and it is not as interested in seizing colonies as the United Kingdom, Spain, and Portugal. As it falls behind step by step, the good places will naturally be taken away by others.  If France vigorously builds its navy, it will only affect the French Army. The French Army is already the biggest brother in Europe.  Therefore, although France has always had a navy, it has always been there. In many cases, its scale is not as large as that of the nearby Dutch navy, a sea coachman.  When facing the French navy, the British navy can often win with less.  Speaking of which, these are all tears.  However, the backward situation of the French Navy was quickly improved here. From the beginning, the shipyard established by Jenny was producing steam-powered armed fishing boats with a displacement of 400 tons. Whether it was the North Sea or the Mediterranean, there were no pirates anywhere.  .  Unarmed fishing boats can still be robbed. The same fishing boats are armed and can also act as pirates to rob other fishing boats or cargo ships.  As long as those who go to sea these days, there is really no difference between the navy and pirates, merchants and fishermen.  Often when they see a weak person, they turn into a pirate as soon as they turn around.
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