Fox of France

The Palace of Versailles has been pretty much abandoned since the end of the royal family. Carnot found a place in the Palace of Versailles, and then requisitioned it as the residence of the "Military Technology Laboratory" and the "Army Technical Inspection Department". With the location, there are a lot of things that need to be busy. Joseph was so busy that he couldn't keep his feet on the ground, so he often asked his younger brother Louis to go to Cano's house for a meal, anyway, he was used to it, the only difference was that there was another Lucien when he went to the house before, but now, Lucien had gone south.

Lucien went south with Chrysler and more than a dozen people, and soon arrived near Toulon. The group first reported to General Pope and showed him the official document of the Ministry of War.

Pope read the official document, smiled slightly and said, "General Carnot is really steady. I and my soldiers are enough to regain Toulon. But I still welcome General Napoleon to share my glory—if he can catch up Words. As for the fact that you are going to conduct reconnaissance on the enemy’s situation, um, I’ve been preparing to launch an attack on those invaders and traitors recently, so your actions had better not interfere with us..."

Having said that, Pope conveniently drew a circle on the map: "Well, recently, you'd better not enter the scope of this circle."

Chrysler looked down at the map. Pope actually drew a circle with a radius of at least 15 kilometers around Toulon just now. If his mission really was pre-reconnaissance, there was almost nothing he could do without getting into range.

"Okay, General." Chrysler nodded.

Coming out of Pope, Chrysler led a group of people into civilian clothes, left the barracks, and headed east toward Ri'an Peninsula. There is a young man named Ravanelli in the team. Before joining the Fifth Army, he was a member of the Marseille Volunteer Army. His hometown is on the Ri'an Peninsula. Before joining the army, he was a fisherman. According to him, he can help us get a fishing boat.

Ri'an Peninsula was a tourist attraction in later generations, but at this time, it was just a remote and poor place. Neither the British army nor the French army paid attention here. The group followed Ravanelli to a small fishing village and quickly got two boats.

It's just that these two boats are small fishing boats with only one mast. Even, to put it more clearly, it is almost a small sampan.

"Ravanelli, are you sure that such a boat can reach Corsica? There is not even a shed on it." Chrysler hesitated.

"Ah, there's nothing wrong with that. You know, the Mediterranean Sea is not the Atlantic Ocean. It's as calm as a pond here. As long as it's a ship, as long as it has a mast and a sail, as long as there is enough fresh water and food, we can even go all the way to Algeria. As for Sheds, well, there were originally on these boats. But it’s not winter yet, and we usually don’t go far, so we didn’t install them.”

The climate of the Mediterranean is different from other places. One of its biggest characteristics is that the rain and heat are not in the same period. The rainy season in the Mediterranean has not yet arrived.

"So how do you judge the direction at sea? Can you use a sextant?" Lucien asked a more critical question.

"What's a sextant? We look at the stars and the sun and the compass for direction," Ravanelli replied.

"Damn it, pretend I didn't ask," said Lucien, "but just by looking at the stars and the sun, you can find Corsica at sea?"

"We first sail east along the coast to Nice, and then turn south to reach Corsica, and then along the coastline of Corsica, we can always find a suitable place to stop the boat. When we land..."

"As long as you can go ashore, that's all right," said Lucien.

...

Just when Lucien and the others were preparing to smuggle in a small fishing boat, Joseph just welcomed an old friend of his——Lavoisier.

"Damn it, damn it! Joseph, look at how these guys have ruined the country! My God, Versailles has become like this! I still remember when I just became a member of the Academy of Sciences At that time, I came to the palace to meet the king. At that time, it was still... But look, what it looks like now! It's almost like it was plundered by the Mongols!"

Indeed, the once magnificent Palace of Versailles is almost in ruins. Since the king was taken hostage to Paris, no one has taken care of it. Farmers from nearby often ran in, looked around, looked for something valuable or suitable, and then knocked it off and carried it home. At the beginning, it was all kinds of metal products and wood products, and then gradually developed into building materials such as bricks and stones. If it continues, it is estimated that the Roman citizens in the middle ages will be reproduced, and half of the ancient Roman Colosseum will be demolished. feat.

"Mr. Lavoisier, you can't blame me." Joseph smiled. "If we hadn't moved here, I'm afraid this place would have been even more damaged. Well, Mr. Lavoisier, please let me take you to your Let's take a look at the place."

"Abode? Isn't this your laboratory? Check the laboratory first!" Lavoisier said, "By the way, Kano promised me that my salary will be paid in silver coins instead of coupons!"

Joseph smiled, but said nothing. These are all trivial matters. In fact, when Lavoisier said this, he didn't really value the few wages. He was just complaining.

"That guy Kano is alarmist and scary, as if it is true. But Paris is indeed too noisy, there is no room for quiet learning, and it is good to come to you. Well, not long ago I just I have an idea and want to do a new experiment. I can do it with you..." Lavoisier continued to mutter.

In fact, is Carnot alarmist, and Lavoisier is not a fool, how could he not know? When Kano told Lavoisier what he had learned, Lavoisier's face turned pale with fright. Of course he knew what would happen to such an accusation these days. The erected guillotine on Harmony Square is busy every day!

If it was the kingdom period, thinking about a person like him, even if he had such a problem, his reputation could protect him. But now, the people in power are a gang of uneducated thugs, (Lavoisier's opinion) even Condorcet is being hunted, and Lavoisier doesn't think they will spare him.

But being rescued by Kano, Lavoisier was still not very happy. Because in Lavoisier's view, Carnot was in the same group as those barbarians. Although he had read a lot of books, he was still a barbarian in essence. You can see that he fought other members of parliament in parliament. He is a math barbarian!

Therefore, when Kano asked him if he would like to work in the "Military Technology Laboratory" and promised that he could protect him and his family, Lavoisier still hesitated for a second. Only then reluctantly agreed to Kano.

...

In the National Salvation Committee, Robespierre was also asking Carnot: "General Carnot, I heard that you just established an organization called 'Military Technology Laboratory', and then got some very old-fashioned people into it. Where did it go?"

"Yes." Kano didn't deny it, and he couldn't deny this kind of thing, but he still found a reason for his actions, "I think this is a very appropriate approach. It's like we sent some rebel soldiers to It's like going to a quarry or a mine."

"People in the Public Security Committee have great opinions on this. They think that those criminals, no matter who they are, should be punished equally. Even if they are sentenced to hard labor, they should be handed over to them for trial." Robespierre continued.

Regarding this question, Kano had already discussed with Joseph how to deal with it. Carnot said: "Mr. Robespierre, you have to notice that how to deal with these people is not a legal issue. It is a political issue. People like Lavoisier are not criminals, but enemies. He , and other guys with him are our enemies, but they were defeated and captured by us. Such people are not protected by our laws, so we should use the principle of war to deal with them .For the captured savages, we can either shoot them or turn them into slaves. Send them to various places and let them work to death. As for who we shoot, or whom we put into hard labor, the only principle , is the principle that is beneficial to France and to our army's victory over the enemy.

Besides, where did the knowledge and skills of these enemies come from? Of course, it was cultivated by plundering the people's money. So their knowledge and skills are stolen goods, as well as ours. I have never heard of a thief being caught, but not recovering the stolen goods under the premise of being able to recover it; I have never heard of it, because what we seized originally belonged to the enemy, it must be destroyed. I think that the people in the Public Security Committee lack political awareness, and their hands are stretched too far! "

"General Kano, the Public Security Committee just wants to go through a process." Couton said.

"Hehe..." Kano laughed, "These people are captured savages, not protected by law, so there is no cutscene to speak of. And all their time is ours, we can't let the guys from the Public Security Committee waste it !"

Kano's words are of course full of sophistry. But neither Robespierre nor Couton is willing to deny this set of logic. Because this logic came from another important member of the National Salvation Committee, Saint-Just, who is not present now. At the beginning, Saint-Just used this logic to deny the law of personal inviolability of the king of France. As the saying goes, the priest can touch it, but I can't touch it?

"Okay, General Carnot." Robespierre said, "Then can we ask to send personnel to monitor these prisoners at any time..."

Robespierre thought about it again: "Monitor the labor of these captives at any time?"