Fox of France

"Vicomtesse Beauharney," said Lucien, "I promised to do her a favor, so she is very grateful to me."

"Viscountess Beauharne? Wait, Viscount Beauharne? I seem to have heard of this name before." Joseph said.

"You forgot, in Belgium in 1994, the Viscount Beauharne who was beheaded because of a bad battle," Lucien said.

"Oh." Joseph nodded, "What did she ask you to do?"

"He hoped that I could find a way to help her get back his husband's sword." Lucien said.

"Ah, yes, yes." Joseph nodded, "Well, after her husband dies, who else is there in her family?"

"There is a son in his teens and a daughter," Lucien replied.

"Well, Lucien, what do you think of that woman?" Joseph asked again.

Lucien said: "How about something? It's a beautiful woman."

After hearing Lucien's indifferent words, Joseph felt relieved. In fact, he didn't have much dislike for Queen Josephine in history. He has been somewhat affected by living in France for so many years. In the eyes of the French, a little green on the head does not seem to be a big deal. And compared to Napoleon's later wife, at least Empress Josephine never caused any real trouble. To be honest, Joseph really had a lot of prejudices against Habsburg women.

But this does not mean that Joseph feels that in this time and space, Josephine should be his sister-in-law. Apart from other things, Joseph felt that it was inappropriate for her to be a wife to any younger brother just because of the fact that she could not bear children. Because it will definitely lead to all kinds of problems within the family.

In a family, if several brothers who started a family have legitimate heirs, then the inheritance of the family's wealth structure and power structure can be relatively stable. However, if a brother has no legal heir, he can only adopt a child from other brothers as heir. No matter which brother's child he chooses, it is actually tantamount to making this brother's strength suddenly become stronger. For this reason, there will likely be various open and secret struggles between brothers, and cracks will appear in the originally harmonious family-this is almost certain, and it is not even a matter of one person's will. Even in the first generation, the brotherhood and a prestigious big brother can maintain it, but once the first generation fades away, the rift will definitely burst.

"Lucien, do you know how she maintained her life after her husband died?" Joseph asked.

"What does it matter to me? No... No, Joseph, you're so interested in her all of a sudden... I should talk to Fanny, but..." Lucien began to attack.

"Damn! I'm worried about you!" Joseph said, "I'm worried about whether this young grass of yours will be eaten by some old cow! The purpose of that woman looking for you is really obvious, you think She thought that if she could appear at Balas's banquet, she and Balas must have known each other. It is not particularly difficult to get back her deceased husband's saber. Since she knew Balas, she could even be present at such a banquet. It's just a trivial thing to get the sword back when you get an invitation. Isn't it possible for Ballas to do such a thing? Isn't she more familiar with Ballas? My stupid brother, this is all a routine. Don't you understand yet?"

"Then what are you afraid of? She knows routines, don't I? Amon taught me many routines back then. Well, you also said, 'Since ancient times, true feelings can't be kept, only routines can win people's hearts'." Lucien She curled her lips, "Besides, we have nothing to lose anyway. Speaking of which, you have reached your position, but you don't even have a mistress. You are too Corsican."

In fact, the ethos of the Corsican nobles is not very conservative, and it is common to have mistresses. So Lucien's so-called "too Corsican" can basically be understood as: too rustic!

"I really drank two ounces of yellow soup, and I don't know how much I weigh!" Joseph suddenly became angry, and smiled at Lucien: "It seems that you are not drunk, that's just right, come to my study and help I will make a budget for these plans!"

So Lucien did not sleep all night.

Early the next morning, Joseph in pajamas received the budget from Lucien and waved to him: "Okay, thank you, you can go to sleep."

In fact, before Lucien made the budget, Joseph had already estimated the approximate cost of several plans, and he had basically made a decision in his heart. Now he looked at Lucien's figures and checked them a little. Not much different from my estimate.

"It's just too expensive to widen the road by yourself," although for the sake of safety, Joseph has made up his mind to stay in a place where the Red Army can come to save lives at any time.

"But not only the research institute, but also other factories and so on can be placed here? Well, this can be called the Paris North Industrial Park. This can also be regarded as an achievement of the government? If so, then this Shouldn’t the government be responsible for widening the roads?”

Joseph slapped himself on the thigh, and then shouted: "Lucien, Lucien..."

Lucien had just washed his face, and was about to go to bed and hug his dear pillow, when he heard Joseph's cry, he was startled. He hurried over and asked nervously, "What's wrong, I made a mistake? It's impossible, I've checked every data..."

"That's not it," Joseph said, "the data is correct. I just want to remind you that there will be another election soon. You will be preparing to enter the parliament in the future. After entering the parliament, you can make such a proposal A motion..."

Then another hour passed before Lucien went to bed.

After arranging these things, Joseph left Paris again and returned to Toulon-there are still many things over there, and the things in Paris can only be handed over to Lucien for the time being. Considering that Lucien has been performing well during this time, and Fouche is by his side, Joseph feels that he should not cause any major trouble.

But since Lucien has to deal with those things in Paris for the time being, some things that were originally in charge of him can only be managed by Joseph personally for the time being, such as the special tactics training camp. This made Joseph couldn't help sighing: "When the dog is used, the hate is less."

Before leaving Paris, Joseph found time to visit Fanny once more. This time, Fanny's enthusiasm for him took him by surprise. Finally, when Joseph was about to leave, Fanny finally told him: Mr. Viscount hoped that the two could settle the wedding date as soon as possible.

Hearing this request, Joseph's heart skipped a beat.

Fanny can help her sort out the mathematics materials for educating her younger brother, and judging from her contacts during this period, her mathematics level is actually not bad, at least, it is much better than that guy Amon. If she really gets married, it seems that many things are actually very simple, but a bit cumbersome, and more confidential things can be left to her. Isn't this equivalent to adding another capable confidential secretary?

Thinking of this, Joseph hurriedly told Fanny that he had been thinking about this matter for a long time, but he couldn't return to Paris, so he didn't mention it to the old Viscount. But since he will soon return to Paris to settle down, it is indeed time to propose marriage to the Viscount as soon as possible.

"I will be in Toulon this time, and I will stay for another two months. Next time I come back, I will propose marriage to the Viscount and marry you as soon as possible." Joseph said.

Fanny couldn't help kissing Joseph. She probably couldn't imagine that this man was already planning how to use her as a man.

After Joseph left, Lucien was considered to be on vacation. He began to frequently participate in various political activities to prepare for the upcoming election. Of course, he also successfully got back the sword of the deceased husband to the Viscountess Beauharnay, and this woman who should have been Lucien's second sister-in-law in the original time and space is now having a hot fight with Lucien.

However, Lucien's claim that he learned a lot of routines from Amon is not entirely false. It was only a week after Joseph went back, and he learned from Fouche's letter that his younger brother already had three or four mistresses. up.

"Damn it, no wonder he spends so much money now." Joseph couldn't help but said.

But Joseph didn't pay Calusian for money, because he knew it. Lucien's set is a tradition in French politics. If he who is in charge of the front desk is too different from everyone else, then many things will not be easy to do.

"Besides, it won't be long before he will become a member of Congress, and he will be able to get a national salary, and he will be able to pay his own expenses in this regard." Joseph thought so.

A few days later, Joseph received the news that Lucien was successfully elected as a member of Congress and became an important member of the "Military Production Committee" in the new parliament. Of course, this is still a little far from the speaker that Fouche and Barras had negotiated at the beginning, but this matter cannot be accomplished overnight. I believe that as Lucien's ability, especially his ability to spend money, is gradually revealed, it will not take too much time to become the speaker.

At about this time, a group of Poles arrived in Toulon.

These Poles are Zionists. The Polish uprising failed not long ago. The Russians, Prussians and Austrians held a meeting together. They decided that Poland, as an independent country, should not exist, so the remaining part of Poland was also divided up. up. These people can only come to France again to seek technical support.