The Rise Of Australasia

Mass-producing penicillin is the heart and soul of everyone present, and the pursuit and dream of the Biological Research Lab for many years.

Since the discovery of penicillin five years ago, Flemington and Wright have comprehensively researched Arthur’s highly-regarded penicillin.

At first, penicillin merely dissolved and inhibited staphylococci, but its true effects on the human body were not yet verified.

To fully experiment with this new substance, Flemington and Wright first conducted studies on mice, injecting them with lethal doses of streptococcus and treating some of them with penicillin alone.

In the end, the mice treated with penicillin survived healthily, while the other mice died within hours.

This experiment proved that penicillin has a great therapeutic effect on streptococcus.

In order to further their hypothesis, Flemington and Wright carried out numerous clinical trials over the next several years, involving not only mice but also monkeys and various other animals.

Finally, after two years of research, Flemington boldly decided to use penicillin on humans to further explore its therapeutic effects.

In this era, once a person suffered from an infection due to an external injury, the fatality rate was extremely high, even approaching 100%.

This led Flemington to quickly find a willing infected participant for human clinical trials, which were carried out with government permission.

The final results were exciting, as the penicillanic acid in penicillin caused bacterial cell synthesis to be disrupted, leading to the dissolution and death of bacteria.

However, human and animal cells have no cell walls, so penicillin does not affect them, which is the real reason penicillin can kill bacteria without harming human cells.

After completely probing the effects of penicillin, Flemington and Wright had no hesitation in moving immediately into researching mass-production of penicillin.

To achieve this goal, with the help of the Australasian Government, Flemington collected soil samples from around the world and isolated strains from them, raising the yield of penicillin from 2 units per cubic centimeter to about 20 units.

Under Arthur’s guidance, Flemington unexpectedly discovered a melon with a mold that could be used for large-scale extraction of penicillin and used cornflour to prepare the corresponding culture solution, raising the yield of penicillin from 20 units per cubic centimeter to around 50 units.

With these achievements, mass production of penicillin became a reality. The Biological Research Lab immediately embarked on research and, in a short time – now – the mass-production method for penicillin was realized.

The pharmaceutical group to which the Biological Research Lab belonged immediately started the construction of a penicillin production environment. As soon as the relevant facilities are in place, the Seventh Pharmaceutical Factory, dedicated to penicillin production, can begin mass-producing penicillin.

"Once the pharmaceutical factory is built, can the production speed of penicillin meet our needs?" Arthur asked the most critical question.

"No problem at all, Your Majesty. Based on our estimated production speed, once the pharmaceutical factory is built, it will take only one year to meet Australia’s usage requirements. Within five years, we can meet the demands of a World War I scale." Wright proudly nodded, speaking with great confidence.

After figuring out the mass production method for penicillin, large-scale production is not difficult.

Hearing Wright’s words, Arthur nodded in satisfaction, saying with relief, "You have worked hard during this period, and made significant contributions to the development of Australasia. The country will not forget your achievements."

With that, Arthur signaled the guards to bring out the awards, which were already prepared, and distributed them directly to all the researchers and staff of the Biological Research Lab.

Flemington and Wright had the greatest merits, each receiving a cheque for 10,000 Australian dollars. Others received cheques ranging from thousands to hundreds of Australian dollars, with the specific amount depending on their time at the Biological Research Lab and their contributions.

Nonetheless, anyone who received the money wore a delighted expression on their face.

After all, this is real money, whether it’s hundreds of Australian dollars or 10,000 Australian dollars. For these researchers, it’s a significant funding, and they will naturally be happy when they get the money.

As for the 10,000 Australian dollars rewarded to Flemington and Wright, Arthur didn’t feel the slightest pain in giving it away, and even felt that the reward was too little. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

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After all, the benefits that penicillin can bring to Arthur are far more than just these 20,000 Australian dollars—it can double at least thousands or even millions of times.

You should know that even in later generations, penicillin is a very important antibiotic, with a huge production volume every year, and a large market can create even bigger profits.

Compared with these profits, these 20,000 Australian dollars are not worth mentioning. If it weren’t for more rewards to come, Arthur would even feel that he was too stingy.

While everyone was still celebrating with laughter, Arthur didn’t sell any suspense and continued, "For Mr. Flemington and Mr. Wright’s significant contributions to penicillin research, I have decided to grant Mr. Flemington the title of Baron and grant Mr. Wright the title of Sir. Everyone else will be rewarded according to their merits.

Everyone, enjoy the celebration! You are the heroes of the nation, and you are the heroes of the people!"

After getting the answers he wanted, Arthur didn’t stay in the Biological Research Lab for long. He only ordered his subordinates to organize a large-scale banquet in a Sydney hotel to celebrate the discovery and realization of penicillin’s mass production.

Of course, before this banquet, Flemington and Wright would require these researchers to ensure that they would not reveal the truth after drinking and leak Australasia’s penicillin ahead of time.

Fortunately, this banquet must have strict identity restrictions, which ensures that the news of penicillin will not spread to other countries.

Although the relevant extraction methods and production methods are bound to be leaked eventually, before that, it can create a lot of income for Australasia. This money is better than nothing.

After returning to the palace, Arthur officially signed the document granting Flemington, Wright, and others their noble titles, symbolizing that Australasia has once again gained several new nobles.

In fact, the contributions to penicillin research are not only from Flemington and Wright. According to the results of the intelligence department’s investigation and Flemington’s report, a total of five people have been granted noble titles due to penicillin, one Baron and four Sirs.

In the Biological Research Lab, in addition to Flemington and Wright, the name of another person who was granted the title of Sir also entered Arthur’s vision.

This was a young man, but he was a pure-blooded Australasian.

Howard Walter Florey was born in Adelaide on September 24, 1998. In 1916, he entered the Australasia National University Medical School for further study and successfully joined the Pharmaceutical Group Biological Research Lab after graduation.

Perhaps because of their similarly young age (Flemington was 39), Flemington was very interested in this talented young man who had just entered the Biological Research Lab and trained him as his assistant.

In the entire process of penicillin discovery and research, Florey demonstrated extraordinary talent. His creative thinking provided many ideas for Flemington, which is why he was granted the title of Sir at a young age.

Of course, this renowned Florey was also very famous in the original history.

It just so happened that he was one of the talents struggling in penicillin research, and it was he who successfully increased the production capacity of penicillin to an exaggerated number.

That’s why Florey and Flemington jointly won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in history, and were granted the title of Baron of the British Empire by the famous Queen Elizabeth.

Although the current development differs from history, Florey is still struggling in penicillin research and, together with Flemington, has discovered and realized the large-scale production of penicillin.

For such a local-born and raised biotechnology talent in Australasia, Arthur’s attitude is just one: focus on training.

Keep in mind that although Australasia already has many talents, there are not many talents who are truly locally born and educated.

Florey is an example, better encouraging the Australasian Government to cultivate local talent, and better encouraging Australians to choose their own country’s universities and training environments.