Fox of France

"That is indeed a spectacle." Joseph shook his head, "But this spectacle, it does not make money! Nowadays, spectacle that does not make money is a spectacle that harms the country. In addition, do you think the women I painted are not good? You Ah, I really don’t have any taste at all, Polina likes it very much, just two days ago, she asked me to draw a portrait of her with big eyes.”

Napoleon couldn't help shaking his head when he heard this, and said, "Joseph, what's wrong with you boasting? You boast that you are good at mathematics, and say, 'I have an opinion on this question', and the whole of Europe honestly and quietly Listen to you, even if you say that the sum of the interior angles of a triangle is less than 180 degrees, people will have to think for a few days before they dare to refute it. You brag about your science, and you say that Newton’s three laws are wrong, and everyone has to think for a long time Dare to ask you for evidence. Even if you brag in the military, few people dare to refute you except me. But you brag about your paintings? Do you think that paintings are made with rulers and compasses? Polina said that you draw Well? Polina said that because you're the big brother and she's trying to cheer you up!"

Speaking of this, Napoleon paused for a moment, and then suddenly said with a puzzled face: "No, no, this is completely wrong!"

"What's wrong?" Joseph asked.

"Why would Paulina say that you draw well? He is not a sycophant like Lucien. No, this is not right. That troublemaker Paulina must have done something again, so she flattered you like this, Well, you don't have enough vigilance against her, maybe Lucien came up with the idea, they have always worked together... Well, Joseph, what do you think this troublemaker is doing?"

"Look at what you said, do people who praise me must be flattering? They must have ulterior motives? I think you have ulterior motives!" Joseph said very dissatisfied at first, but then he said, "However, when it comes to Bo Lina, this is really not certain, Napoleon, hurry up and ask someone to investigate and see what happened to her again. Don't let Lucien investigate..."

"I'm not a fool, how can I ask Lucien to investigate?" Napoleon said, "Pauline is not young, and she is so nonsense every day-well, this is all you are spoiled-I say, you As the eldest brother, shouldn't you also consider helping her find a husband?"

"Me, why am I spoiled? Don't blame me for everything. I think you are equally responsible for this issue!" Joseph first severely criticized Napoleon's attempt to evade responsibility, and blamed others. own mistakes. Then he scratched his head, sighed and said:

"Napoleon, what you said later is also reasonable, but there are really no suitable candidates among my students. Well, I don't think there are any suitable candidates among your old subordinates?"

Napoleon understood this very well. Most of Joseph's students were scientists or something. Such people and troublemakers like Paulina, Napoleon thought about it himself, and felt that it would be better not to harm others.

"My old subordinates? Well, none of my old subordinates know the 'Saint of Toulon'." Napoleon said, "However, maybe some of my old subordinates can really appreciate her. After all, Polly Na still looks very good, but she has a weird temper, but she is still very cheerful... Sigh, Joseph, why are these brats so uneasy?"

Joseph looked at Napoleon, and was speechless for a while.

It took three days, and the two arrived at the test site of the "Bonaparte-Watt Company", and Watt and the others were already there waiting for them.

Although he stayed in the carriage for several days, Napoleon was in high spirits and was not affected by fatigue at all. After getting out of the car, he clamored to go to the site to have a look. Joseph was actually a little tired, but he didn't want to spoil Napoleon's interest, so he went with him, a group of followers, and Watt and others to the test site.

The test site is on a large piece of flat land, where a six-kilometer-long steel track is laid. The laying method of these rails is basically copied from later generations. Well, it is indeed a bit weird to say that, as if the Chitu country of later generations copied the 5G technology that the Lighthouse country did not yet have. Maybe there are also traversers in the Chitu Kingdom in later generations?

In terms of differences with the railways of later generations, there are still some. For example, in later generations, the sleepers under the rails were generally made of reinforced concrete. At this moment, wood is not worth much, so the sleepers under this section of railway are really tall and solid wood.

Under the solid wood sleepers is a thick crushed stone ballast, and under the crushed stone ballast is a roadbed paved with larger stones.

Napoleon walked to the track, bent down, tapped the rail with his knuckles, and asked, "How many rails are used for this experimental road?"

"20 kilograms per meter, you can calculate it yourself." Joseph said, "But if the experiment is successful, we will first build a railway from the Saar coal mine to the steel factory. This experimental route can directly be used as a part of this road. So although the construction of the test road is a little longer, it is actually not a waste.”

"It seems that you are very confident of the success of the experiment," said Napoleon. "Where is the locomotive?"

"Over there, Your Excellency the First Consul." William Murdoch said, "The locomotive is in the factory over there, but the original plan was to carry out the experiment tomorrow, so..."

Not far away, there is a tall factory building from which the railway extends.

Napoleon looked over there and smiled. "Ah, I understand. I just want to see what it looks like, and then go up and touch it. As for the experiment, it should be carried out according to the predetermined plan. Changing the plan randomly is not a good habit."

So everyone followed Napoleon into the factory building.

After entering the factory building, I saw two behemoths parked on the railway. These are the two steam locomotives. A group of workers are there to give the locomotive a final check before testing. The guards stepped forward and said a few words, and the workers stopped. Stand aside and wait.

"Oh, let them go on, let's not bother people," said Napoleon, and the guards again conveyed the message. But the workers did not go back to work immediately, but someone shouted: "Is Bonaparte in power?"

"What? You know me?" Napoleon was very happy when he heard the shouts of the workers.

"Really Bonaparte is in power!" someone shouted.

"Long live Bonaparte in power!" someone shouted after him.

Napoleon was very happy to hear that. Chang stepped forward and shook hands with those workers one by one.

"You have worked hard, working here, how do you feel?"

"Your Excellency, you are right. It is indeed very hard work here, but nowadays, except for farmers with land, who does not work hard?" A worker said, "Fortunately, Bonaparte Company pays us a good salary. After a while, we will I can save some money, and then I can go to Louisiana and be a farmer."

"Your Excellency, they said that as long as you can speak French and are willing to swear allegiance to France, you are a foreigner, and you can also get a piece of land in Louisiana to be a farmer?" Someone asked in unproficient French.

"Of course. Anyone who can speak the simplest French and is willing to serve France is fine." Napoleon replied.

Then there was another round of cheers around.

Because the situation in the French countryside is good now, there are now a lot more foreign workers, especially workers from the German states, in French factories. To be honest, the salary Joseph gave them was not too much, but compared to their hometown, the salary was quite good. More importantly, as long as you save enough money, you can go to Louisiana and get a large piece of land.

Of course, this approach will definitely bring about a result, that is, among the immigrants going to Louisiana, the number of German immigrants will significantly exceed that of French immigrants. But Joseph feels that this will not be a big problem. Because in later generations, after the Beacon Country acquired Louisiana, it also introduced immigrants from Europe on a large scale, and among these immigrants, the largest number was also German. Until Joseph crossed over, the Germans were still the largest in the Beacon Country. ethnic group, but this did not change the characteristics of the lighthouse country's Anza culture. The lighthouse country can do it, but there is no reason why France cannot do it. It's nothing more than brainwashing and education. In fact, considering the fanaticism of the converts, it is even easier for a German to love French culture than to make a Frenchman love French culture in a sense. For example, in later generations, those who love the Lighthouse Country the most may not necessarily be people from the Lighthouse Country.

After shaking hands with Napoleon one by one and expressing their admiration and gratitude to Napoleon, the workers gradually returned to their posts. So the technicians who followed Napoleon began to introduce the situation of these two locomotives to Napoleon.

"Your Excellency the First Consul," as the chief designer of the train, Watt introduced to Napoleon, "The one closer to us is the 'Progress 1', and the one behind it is the 'Progress 2'."

Napoleon nodded. He knew that the difference between the so-called "Progress 1" and "Progress 2" was actually the result of the old man in front of him fighting against him. The "Progress 2" was Joseph's target model.

"It's a big guy. If some stupid Native Americans see this thing running, they might worship it as a god." Napoleon laughed. He walked to the side of "Progress 1", reached out and grabbed the steel railing of the ladder, turned around and asked, "Can I go up and have a look?"

"Certainly," said Watt, "the cab is up there, you can go up and have a look."