Reborn In 17th century India with Black Technology

Fortunately, she had someone familiar in the patent office. The small inventor, Disha Malini, with the guidance of her acquaintance working in the patent office as a civil servant, was able to apply for the patent.

This part was hassle-free because she had done such a thing before, having also invented an ergonomic wooden chair that cushioned the spine, which she was able to sell to a furniture company for a price of 1,600 Varaha.

Disha Malini later found out that the price was nothing compared to what the furniture company made, so for her new invention, she wanted to get a part of the profit from the company.

After applying for the payment and receiving the certificate of authenticity for her application, she was about to leave the office, but it was then her acquaintance who suggested putting her information on the notice board.

Initially, she did not understand what the notice board was for, but after an explanation, the concept was easy enough. Hence, Disha Malini pasted her patent information on the patent board, employing a small agent who seemed to be working part-time, and left as she went to find a buyer since she was not yet sure if the patent would succeed.

Sadly, when she contacted the buyer of her last patent, the manager of the furniture company, as soon as he heard that he would have to pay a percentage of the profits to obtain the patent, he immediately denied the condition and instead proposed to pay 2,800 Varaha for the rolling chair.

Although the money was tempting, her bottom line did not allow her to compromise. While she was saddened by not being able to make a deal, she received a surprise from the part-time girl she had employed, Lekha.

"Ma’am, I was able to negotiate a deal with a furniture company in Cheranadu state. They agreed to buy your patent for 1,500 Varaha and also 5% of the profit for each rolling chair sold in Bharat."

Looking at the expressionless face of the young girl she had employed on a whim because she felt a little pity for the young girl who was looking around lonely, Disha was overwhelmed.

1,500 Varaha was already a price at which she could reluctantly sell the whole patent without a profit distribution clause, but now, with the agent employed, not only could she get the money, but also 5% of the profit? ’Amazing!’ Wait! Most importantly...

"Lekha, tell me the truth: how is it possible to sell the patent to a company in Cheranadu? Going from Kakatiya Puri to Cheranadu will take at least four days for a round trip, and I have only had the patent on the notice board for two. Why are you fooling me, Lekha?"

Disha was angry; she felt embarrassed for getting excited for no reason, but she looked confused as she glanced at her employer with a weird expression on her face.

"Ma’am, don’t you know?"

"Know what?" Disha felt something was wrong, looking at that weird expression.

"As soon as you put your patent on the patent board, it was already updated throughout all the Patent offices in the empire. Didn’t you read the application before you signed it? Didn’t they take 10 Varaha from you? It is for this reason."

Disha was immediately embarrassed; she really had not treated the contents of the application seriously. She had just thought that the 10 Varaha was the money she had to pay to please her Acquaintance for the convenience she got or for the advertisement, but it looks like she was wrong.

Embarrassment aside, Disha inquired, "Alright, I’m sorry, Lekha, but tell me the deal you negotiated more clearly."

Lekha did not delve into the previous topic anymore. "Yes, ma’am. Haven’t you given me a range to negotiate in? That is, to sell the patent for at least 2% of income per rolling chair produced and for a base selling price of 1000 Varaha?"

"A few days ago, 7 hours after you left the patent office, a company called Madhavan Furniture was interested in our product and employed an agent to negotiate with you.

Being your agent, I negotiated with Madhavan Furniture’s representative and was able to secure the letter of intent for the purchase of rolling chair patent #645 for 1,500 Varaha and a cut of 5% from the profit made from each chair sold in Bharat."

"If you sign this letter of intent, I will go to the patent office and finalize the deal with our client. The agent I negotiated with informed me that Mr. Madhavan, the director of Madhavan Furniture, would send his purchase agreement to us in a day. If there is nothing else to discuss, we can formally exchange the agreements and finalize the sale."

Disha fully understood and did not hesitate to agree. The next day, Disha signed the patent transfer agreement and handed it over to her agent. Lekha inspected the patent purchase agreement given by her opponent, who, for some reason, looked very scared while looking at her, and thoroughly examined it. She made sure that the signatures on the agreement were valid.

Then, in the presence of a civil servant at the patent office as a witness, the documents were exchanged, and the deal was confirmed.

As a salary, Lekha, who only agreed for 100 Varaha, ended up receiving not only 500 Varaha but also a 1% share in each rolling chair sold by Madhavan Furniture.

This news had a little impact in the city of Vishakhapatnam. A reporter from Bharatham Daily found the news interesting and sent it back to the capital. The editor-in-chief, Meera, found the news intriguing and immediately wrote an article about it. The next day, Lekha and Disha became popular. After the story spread, the profession of patent agent became more popular.

Lekha would go on to become a dominant negotiator in the patent offices of various cities in Kakatiya Puri state. She was so skilled in negotiating and closing deals that, at one time, she was even invited by top companies, including the Shetty family, the Kalyan family, and others, to negotiate deals on their behalf.

By negotiating alone, Lekha became a millionaire in the Bharatiya Empire. n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

As for Disha, although she was initially overjoyed by the deal, she was stunned to find out that Madhavan Furniture was a company focused on producing products for export. Hence, according to the contract she had signed on the patent transfer agreement, the profit share she acquired from the sale of rolling chairs only amounted to 8,000 Varaha over five years.

Although it was still a profit, it was much lower than what she had anticipated.

Disha learned a lesson, and Lekha, who found out about the issue later on, was also very angry, but she couldn’t do anything about it as she was the one who agreed to the deal.

Later in life, Disha started her own company called Arogyam Furniture, a premium furniture brand that went on to become famous throughout the world.

Now, that is something that happened in the far future.

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Only a week after Raya Chemicals acquired all five patents pertaining to the mass production of three acids and two bases, the forty-four chemical industries established in March also acquired the patents with the help of the credit line provided to them, with the help of the new convenience provided by the patent office.

Within a few months, derivative products of five acids and two bases began to be produced.

For example, fertilizers, dyes, detergents, synthetic resins, rust removers, organic compounds, household cleaning compounds, food processing compounds, water treatment agents, explosives, metal processing agents, paints, reagents, soaps, cotton thinning agents, Agents to be used in cement mixtures, agricultural compounds, and other products were produced, resulting in many immediate achievements and numerous prototypes were developed.

The months of April, May, and June were the three months with the largest number of patents being produced.

By the end of the year, the people of the empire suddenly discovered the potential of the chemical industry. A large amount of money was poured into the industry, and the number of chemical industries in the empire rose from 45 in March to nearly 625 by January 1659.

Throughout the months of July to December, more chemicals like sodium nitrate, sodium sulfate, calcium nitrate, calcium chloride, ammonium nitrate, bleaching powder, chlorine gas, sodium hydrochloride, ammonium sulfate, and aqua regia were produced using the three acids and two bases.

Later, their derivative products were also produced, which further improved the living standards of the people of the Bharatiya Empire.

Surprisingly enough, during the chemical revolution, a silent medical revolution took place. Drugs like ipecacuanha, camphor, sarsaparilla, and other drugs were discovered. Drugs derived from opium, like laudanum, paregoric, theriac, and Sydenham’s laudanum, were also discovered.

Although these drugs were not directly related to the chemical revolution, the maturing industrialization of the chemical industry further contributed to the development of the medical industry. As the manufacturing processes that relied on the chemical industry improved, the discovery of drugs became much easier.

Additionally, during the time when multiple chemicals were being invented by the chemical companies, drugs based on these chemicals were also created.

Salicylic acid, known as the precursor to aspirin, was invented; mercuric nitrate, an acid-based drug compound used for the treatment of syphilis, was developed; and acetic acid was introduced as an antimicrobial agent.

Ammonium hydroxide was created as a drug with mild antiseptic properties for specific cases, sodium salicylate was developed as a pain reliever and anti-inflammatory agent. Nitric acid was combined with other compounds to make nitrate-based solutions like silver nitrate, which were used for wound cauterization as an antiseptic.

Further research is still in progress.

With the numerous patents generated in the chemical industry and the medical field, knowledge began to snowball, results accumulated, and resources poured in. During this time, His Majesty Vijay Devaraya launched the Indian Ocean Domination Plan in March 1659, and the chemical revolution in the Bharatiya Empire was officially underway.

When the Europeans attempted to slow down the group’s advance, they did not even know how they died as their battlements suddenly exploded into a fiery hell.