"Who did you hear that I was going to send you away? Your aunt?" Zhao Xin asked with interest.
"My aunt didn't say anything." Louischard showed a hint of melancholy on his face and shook his head: "Mr. Deguigne told me that to fulfill the responsibilities of a crown prince, I should go to local governance, but I don't want to be the king."
"Then what do you want to do in the future?" Zhao Xin did not ask directly why. The nine-year-old child has entered the rebellious stage. Although he is immature mentally, he has his own independent way of thinking. He will often be emotionally disturbed by trivial things. , just preaching is of no use to them.
"I want to go to the Junior Military Academy to join Wan Haiyang and the others." Louisa's eyes flashed and he looked at Zhao Xin with a longing look on his face.
By the way, the silly boy with a runny nose in Wan Zao's family is now fourteen years old and entered the Junior Military Academy in Beihai Town last year. The purpose of Zhao Xin's establishment of this military academy was to directly transport military talents to the Northern Navy, especially naval, artillery, communications and staff personnel. In addition to basic cultural courses, students are mainly taught military courses and conduct military training by retired soldiers.
One month after entering the school, new students will be awarded military ranks based on their primary school graduation scores, physical fitness, and mental outlook. As their scores improve, their military ranks will also rise. When students graduate and enter the military, their previous military ranks will follow.
Beihai Town started with martial arts, and Zhao Xin often led troops to fight in recent years, so the second generation of immigrants have a strong martial spirit. Especially the descendants of the earliest batch of naturalized citizens and border residents of island countries will basically enter military schools after completing five years of primary school education.
At present, in addition to Beihai Town's own children, the military academy's cadets also recruit some Ainu, Ryukyu, and islanders. Recently, Li Chao also sent people to communicate about this matter, hoping to send more than a dozen students from the second class to school.
Zhao Xin's attitude is that no one will be refused, the more the merrier. This thing can't be hidden, and those who are interested can always take advantage of it. Anyway, after learning Beihai Navy's tactics, you have to use weapons and equipment from Beihai Town. The combat rules of hot and cold weapons are completely different. Everyone on earth knows how profitable the arms business is, as long as the weapons generation gap is maintained, there will be no problem.
The generation gap between flintlock weapons and automatic weapons is enough to keep the Northern Navy proud of the world for a hundred years.
Zhao Xin stroked Louis Charles' blond hair and said with a smile: "You have to shave your head to enter the military academy. Are you willing to do so? Besides, you are only nine years old. If you want to enter the military academy, you have to wait until you are at least thirteen. Now you can't even I can’t even hold a gun, let alone carry a 20-pound backpack.”
"I can take it!" Louis Charles pushed Zhao Xin's hand away, expressing his dissatisfaction.
"Follow me." In order not to wake up the pregnant woman in the house, Zhao Xin took Louisa to the front yard. Just as the two Indian maids were about to catch up, Zhao Xin glared and immediately stopped in fear. Even so, when the figures, one large and one small, exited the Moon Gate, the maid followed them quietly.
When he arrived in the front yard, Zhao Xin called one of his guards, asked for the opponent's assault rifle, removed the magazine, and then checked the chamber to confirm that there was no bullet, and then raised one hand in front of Louis Charles.
"This gun is 3.4 kilograms empty, which is 0.5 kilograms lighter than the '1790-style rifle' used by the military academy. You carry it and run ten laps in the yard. I promise God that as long as you run down, I will let you go." The size of the house where Elizabeth and the others live is pretty good in Whale Town. The open space in the front yard alone is fifty square meters, and it is more than 20 meters long when you run around it.
Louis Charles was suddenly excited. At this moment, he completely forgot that Zhao Xin's guarantee was nonsense. This man did not believe in God at all. Besides, even if Zhao Xin agreed, his aunt Elizabeth would not be able to get through it.
Reaching out to take the gun, Louischard's two thin arms suddenly sank. He imitated the way the guards he had seen holding guns hung the assault rifle on his chest, then moved his two slender legs and ran around the empty field.
One lap, two laps, three laps. Before the fifth lap was even halfway through, it was over.
Zhao Xin suppressed his laughter, walked up to Louis Charles with a serious expression, and said in a deep voice: "How is it? Are you still running? Do you know how much Wan Haiyang has to run with a rifle on his back every day? One thousand meters. First, train hard for two years. Besides, with your tiny arms and legs, you won’t be able to survive even a day in the military academy.”
Louisa's face turned red, he was breathing heavily, and he couldn't even speak. He and his sister were diagnosed with tuberculosis on the ship after leaving France, and the doctor on the ship also gave them streptomycin. However, streptomycin is a semi-effective antibiotic that can only kill extracellular tuberculosis bacteria and must be used in conjunction with other drugs, so other drugs were added after arriving in Beihai Town. Unexpectedly, two children had allergic reactions to isoniazid, causing the entire course of treatment to last for a year.
Although Hong Tao, who was responsible for treating them, also asked them to exercise properly, it was just a walk and an occasional horse ride, and there was no strenuous exercise at all. Last summer, Wan Haiyang secretly took his siblings to the Xila River to catch birds and fish. Even with guards following him, Elizabeth was frightened for several days.
The little prince lost his temper. He watched unwillingly as Zhao Xin took the rifle off his neck and handed it back to the guard. Then he heard the other party say: "You are healed now. Run more when you have nothing to do. Learn how to box with the guard." , make your body stronger. There are still four years left, so there is still time."
Before Louis Charles could speak, someone behind him said: "His Royal Highness is right, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should exercise more. As the heir of France, you need a strong body and will. It will not work if you are too weak."
Zhao Xin didn't need to look back to know who it was. The person who came was none other than Louis Charles's tutor, Marquis Condorcet, who was here to teach the little prince.
Although Condorcet was a member of the National Convention during the French Revolution and drafted the first draft constitution of the French Republic, he was also a hereditary marquis of the Bourbon dynasty, and his position in the early days of the Revolution was to support the reform of the monarchy. . Although he did not like Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette and agreed to put them on trial, the two children were innocent after all.
When Zhao Xin had many conversations with Condorcet on the ship, he found out the other party's sympathetic attitude. So when the Thor arrived in Bacheng, Elizabeth and the two children appeared openly in front of everyone, and Zhao Xin also revealed his identity. At this point, the truth of the "Temple Tower Mystery" that confused Condorcet was finally revealed. Except for the Deguignes and his son who cooperated with the action, the other French people present were all shocked.
What about the promised royalists? What about the Austrians? Guess it's all this guy's fault. By the way, how did he bring three living people out of Paris?
Condorcet was furious at the time, saying that if it hadn't been for Zhao Xin, how could the National Convention have the reputation of killing the king, and even directly lead to Britain declaring war on France.
Lavoisier refuted this, saying that even if the Chinese did not rob the prison, didn't the Jacobins intend to send the king to the guillotine? Have you forgotten what Marat said? These people are crazy, and it won't be over until they drag France into hell.
As soon as this was said, Condorcet was so angry that he could not speak. He found Zhao Xin the next day and said that although I resigned from the National Convention and left France, I swore allegiance to the French Republic and could not be a traitor. France is now surrounded by enemies on all sides, and I have to do something. Please ask Your Highness to send a ship to send my wife and me to the local area for management. We will look for an opportunity to take a ship back to France.
What did Zhao Xin say? He said that I advise you not to go back. Now that Britain has declared war on France, when the news reaches South Asia, the British will definitely implement a naval blockade and no ship will be able to enter the port.
Condorcet said that in this case, I should go and lead the people to resist the British.
Zhao Xin told the other party that he and Governor Leclerc had already agreed that the British would lose this battle, so you and your wife can go to Beihai Town as guests with peace of mind. Then he briefly explained why he wanted to help Leclerc deal with the British.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Xin's explanation deepened Condorcet's doubts. He soon thought that the other party was planning to help Leclerc, the royalist party, to support French India against the local republican regime, and to prepare for the restoration of Louis Charles in the future. bedding.
This Eastern monarch is so insidious! Fortunately, when I was on the boat, I thought he was very thoughtful and regarded him as a confidant.
Seeing that Condorcet refused to take any advice, Zhao Xin had to send people to keep an eye on the Condorcet family. They were followed wherever they went out, and they were completely monitored. At that time, the all-out war between Beihai Town and the Dutch East India Company had not yet begun, and European merchant ships often docked at the port of Bacheng for supplies.
Afterwards, Condorcet reluctantly came to Beihai Town. However, after a quick tour, he found that his ideals of social reform had been partially realized in this distant and unfamiliar land. From this, he also There have been some changes in Zhao Xin's view.
First of all, Beihai Town is a secular government, and the influence of religion is insignificant here. Let alone churches, there is not even an Oriental temple; secondly, there is the abolition of slavery and women’s rights, for which Beihai Town has clear laws; and then there is the construction A medical service system consisting of hospitals, community clinics, and rural doctors has been established.
After a period of psychological struggle, coupled with Elizabeth's many requests, Condorcet became Louis Charles' tutor. He felt that since he was unable to change the political structure of France, he should use this time to cultivate a good future king and influence the other party with his views of "constitutional monarchy". As for Condorcet's wife, Sophie de Condorcet, she naturally became the teacher of the little princess Charlotte.
It is said that Condorcet's wife was extraordinary. Not only was she a translator, but her brother, Marquis Emmanuel de Grouchy, was also a French cavalry marshal during the Napoleonic period.
Compared with Condorcet, the lives of Lavoisier, Lagrange, Lacroix and Laplace in Beihai Town were much more comfortable.
Needless to say, Lavoisier, especially since he also had Fang Hua as a "fan". When he was invited to Fang Hua's laboratory and saw the periodic table of elements hanging on the wall, Lavoisier was shocked! I feel like my knowledge of the elements is just a piece of shit.
The most important thing is that he discovered that the chemical nomenclature system used in Fang Hua's laboratory coincided to a large extent with the "chemical nomenclature" he created, which immediately made him feel like a confidant.
Could it be different? The chemical nomenclature system still in use today in another time and space is based on the principles founded by Lavoisier, but later the symbol system of the Swede Berzelius was added.
Of course, Fang Hua did not have any reservations about the master of chemistry. At least he did not reveal the secret of nitro gunpowder.
In short, the second month after Lavoisier came to Beihai Town, he joined Fang Hua's laboratory and began to diligently study the "advanced chemical knowledge" of the East.
Let’s talk about the other three mathematicians. Not long after they arrived in Beihai Town, they, along with Lavoisier and Condorcet, were hired by the Beihai Town Education Committee as professors at the Beihai Town Polytechnic Institute, and they were lifelong professors. In other words, they could work until death, even if they didn't work. There is a salary. The monthly salary is 5,000 Beihai dollars, and he will be given a two-entry courtyard with a full set of Western-style furniture and a garden, as well as a horse-drawn carriage.
This treatment stunned the five French families, and what followed was joy.
It is said that in France in the 18th century, mathematics was not taken seriously in universities, and philosophy was a high-level subject. It is difficult for future generations to associate a university with a certain mathematician. In these days, European mathematicians were either related to the church or the army. After all, they were needed to build a bastion, calculate ballistics, and so on.
Lagrange, the eldest of the three, was a professor at the Military Academy in Turin when he was young, Lacroix served at the Royal College of Artillery, and Laplace was at the Military Academy in Paris.
Among the four mathematicians, including Condorcet, only Laplace's research was "closest" to applied mathematics. The others were all engaged in basic mathematics. The reason why I need to add quotation marks is because I study probability theory and celestial mechanics. As for how practical these two are for Beihai Town, even the best math person in Chuanzhongli can't comment. In short, it's enough that they are great gods who need to look up to.
The arrival of European mathematicians had little impact on Beihai Town's basic education, but it played an important role in recruiting mathematical talents under the Qing Dynasty. Wang Lai and Li Rui, who were known as the "Three Chatting Friends" with Jiao Xun in history, defected to Beihai Town this spring because they saw Jiao Xun's praise and introduction of the achievements of several European mathematicians in his letter. . Now the two of them, together with several island orchid scholars including Wang Zhenyi, are studying at Beihai Town Polytechnic.
Just when Condorcet was about to take Louis Charles to class, he suddenly remembered something, so he stopped and said to Zhao Xin expressionlessly: "Your Highness, our bet is about to expire in half a year. Europe Is there any news over there?”
The corners of Zhao Xin's mouth turned up, and he smiled slightly and said: "No. Don't worry, I will never forget this. But it will take at least half a year to convey the news from Europe to local governance. It will be at the end of the year and next spring. It will be clear by then."
The "bet" they mentioned was actually a joke made by Zhao Xin when he was trying to persuade him to come to Beihai Town on board the ship. Condorcet said he would not leave at that time. Zhao Xin did not want to use force directly, so he made a bet for three years. The content is that Robespierre will definitely come to power, will definitely execute Marie Antoinette, and will later extend the butcher knife to a large group of moderates such as Danton, Desmoulins, and the Roland couple, and finally he himself will Go to the guillotine.
Condorcet, of course, scoffed and agreed in a fit of anger. He admitted that Zhao Xin had means. Although Robespierre was domineering, Zhao Xin was not a prophet, and he was not a madman.
Zhao Xin said that if I win, you will have to work in the East for ten years and return to China with Louis Charles; if I lose, I will send you back to France immediately and compensate you with gold worth one hundred thousand silver crowns.
In France today, each silver crown is worth 6 livres, which is equivalent to 27.03 grams of pure silver. 600,000 livres is definitely a lot of money. When the republican government abolished the Ecuador franc, it would be 593,000 francs.
What concept? For 2 francs, you can have a meal in an ordinary restaurant in Paris, including a bottle of red wine, a soup, three dishes, a dessert, and unlimited bread. If it's a high-end hotel, it's 4 francs per person.
"Okay, next spring, I will wait and see." Condorcet bowed slightly, turned around and left.
(End of chapter)
