A father's love, sweet as candy
Yes, during that era, Europe Nobility were required to remain absolutely silent when using swords. Some School of Fencing even failed students if they made a sound during an assessment.
But Joseph knew very well that the human spine has no bones to support it, and relies entirely on muscles and abdominal pressure to stabilize its shape.
Coordinating breathing and vocalization with exertion can increase abdominal pressure, thus distributing the lateral force borne by the spine like an inflated Tire, effectively reducing the probability of spinal and ligament injuries.
As for Nobility etiquette, what could be more important than a son's health?
So ever since Michel started practicing swordsmanship with her mother six months ago, she has always shouted and slashed fiercely in a cute but not cute way, and she looks more imposing than the other children.
When it came to the prince's sword practice, the sword master Mister Labo'aixier had a lot of grievances.
According to Europe court tradition, children were cared for by a steward and a group of tutors.
And he was Michel's swordsmanship teacher.
He was overjoyed for three whole days when he learned that His Her Majesty the Queen had chosen him to tutor the Little Prince.
However, His Highness the Regent and the Crown Princess Consort personally took care of the child.
It's said that the Crown Princess Consort even breastfeeds the Little Prince! God, breastfeeding is such a undignified thing; no Royal House woman has ever done it before.
It just so happens that the Crown Princess Consort was also an excellent swordswoman and very good at taking care of children, so she took over almost all of her son's sword lessons. His students as the official swordswoman were now only the Marquis de Ducloze and the children of the Duke of Laval —who were originally the prince's sparring partners.
However, the most nervous person in the Hall at this moment was Doctor Bodlock.
His gaze never left the Crown Princess Consort's slightly protruding belly—she was already more than four months pregnant, yet she always loved to do dangerous things like wielding a wooden sword.
Moreover, all of these were done with the permission of His Highness the Regent.
"His Highness is really too indulgent towards her," Labo thought to herself, when she suddenly heard orderly footsteps coming from the direction of the corridor. Turning around, she saw His Regent walking towards her.
He was startled and quickly bowed, reassuring himself: Don't be nervous, His Highness can't read minds.
As Michel thrust her sword forward, she caught a glimpse of her father out of the corner of her eye. In that moment of distraction, she lost her balance and fell to the ground with a thud.
Joseph quickly stepped forward, helped his son up, brushed the dust off his pants, and asked softly, "Did Mishu hurt himself?"
Little Michel's big blue eyes instantly filled with tears, and her little mouth pursed. It wasn't from the fall, but because she had practiced so well, but her father hadn't seen it, and as soon as he arrived, she fell down.
I feel so wronged----
Seeing his son about to cry, Joseph immediately pulled a long, foil-wrapped object from his pocket as if by magic, waved it in front of Michel, and smiled, "Mishu has been practicing so diligently, what should we reward him with?"
The little guy's eyes lit up immediately.
Inside that foil was something no child could resist—the irresistibly delicious "Regent's Candy."
He tried his best to remain polite and asked, "Dad, can I eat it?"
"Of course." Joseph smiled, peeled off the foil, and stuffed the dark brown Sicé his son's mouth.
Yes, this is a type of Chocolate that we see quite often in modern times. A few years earlier, while inspecting a newly built oil mill in Tunisia, he saw people drinking Cocoa and suddenly realized that Oil Press could be used to make Chocolate. Isn't Cocoa Butter the core ingredient of Chocolate?
The old oil pressing and grinding equipment wasn't good enough, but now we have Steam Oil Press and Crusher, which should be enough to extract Cocoa Butter.
However, to his surprise, ordinary presses were simply not up to the task of Cocoa Beans.
The immense power of Steam Press does indeed crush Cocoa Beans, but what is produced is a paste-like substance.
Joseph was not satisfied and urged Mr. Schramm —the inventor of the Steam Oil Press —to continuously improve the Oil Press.
After a year and a half of repeated experiments, Schramm finally developed a new type of oil press that relied on Hydraulic Principle, had more than twice the pressure of previous Oil Press, and could continuously heat the Cocoa Beans.
This is also thanks to the increasing availability of high-precision Lathe and other equipment in France; otherwise, even if he had drawn up the blueprints, he simply wouldn't have been able to manufacture such a highly sealed Hydraulic Piston.
Joseph didn't realize how complicated it was to extract oil from Cocoa Beans until he saw the entire Cocoa Butter pressing process.
First, the Cocoa Beans must be dried, carefully ground, and then fermented before they can be put into the Oil Press.
The pressing process must maintain a temperature above 80 degrees Celsius; otherwise, the Cocoa Butter will be too viscous to flow out of the Oil Press.
Even if all the above problems are solved, the extracted Cocoa Butter will still be full of Cocoa Beans fragments.
In the end, we used our experience with pressing Olive Oil, putting the Cocoa Beans in bags before putting them into the Oil Press, relying on the fabric to block the debris. However, the material requirements for the bags were much higher than those for pressing Olive Oil.
Once they finally obtained relatively pure Cocoa Butter, it was Joseph's turn to shine.
Add a small amount of sugar to elegant dark Chocolate.
Rich milk Chocolate with added sugar and milk.
Add Hazelnut and Cashew bits—a uniquely flavored nutty Chocolate—
The entire series consisted of seven or eight models, and when it appeared at the Versailles Palace, it immediately caused a sensation.
Queen Mary, in particular, directly called this melt-in-your-mouth delicious candy "a gift from God to mankind."
Then everyone expressed dissatisfaction with the "ordinary" name "Chocolate." At that time, Chocolate usually referred to a beverage made from Cocoa powder.
So the Nobility of the Versailles Palace unanimously called this candy "Regent's Candy".
Joseph didn't delay; he immediately invested over a million Franc to build several Chocolate factories in Paris, Marseille, and other places. He recouped his entire investment in less than a year.
You should know that a piece of "Regent's Candy" the size of a child's palm costs 6 Franc!
The most popular milk-flavored Regent's Candy costs an extra 2 Franc.
However, once the goods are shipped to London or Vienna, the price will increase by 2.5 times.
In recent years, Nobility throughout Europe have been showing off their status and taste by elegantly peeling open a piece of dark brown France candy in front of others and slowly chewing it.
Joseph dared to sell it at such a high price because he was certain that, currently, no one in the world except France could manufacture equipment that Cocoa Butter.
This is the profit that comes from technological monopoly!
Watching Michel happily munching on the Regent's Candy, Alexandra gave Joseph a reproachful look. "You always tell me children shouldn't eat too much candy, but you use candy to coax him yourself."
Joseph blinked and nodded, "You're right. Mishu, go for a run with Grandma this afternoon and use up this candy."
Hmm, Grandma also sneaked a bite this morning—oh, she accidentally ate half a piece.