Fox of France

So a big conspiracy against Joseph, organized by Joseph's own brothers, started like this. This also verified one point, that is, any poisoner is unpopular. The great oriental philosopher Mentheus said: "Those who insist on going their own way will lose the support of most people. Even their relatives will betray him." This sentence is really wise.

Lucien shook his head after reviewing the plans of the guys from the Academy of Sciences-mainly the guys from the École Normale Supérieure. He said that apart from the good idea at the beginning, the later plans were full of loopholes.

"Well, so, this kind of thing still needs to be done by professionals. Well, for example, by inviting the British Academy to visit and then arrange a return visit. This design is complete nonsense. A great Eastern strategist said However, victory can only be guaranteed if you understand the enemy as well as yourself. You don't understand my elder brother at all about your plan.

Politically, Britain is still our enemy, although we don't say so, and they don't say so-we both call each other 'friends' with a smile, but our two countries secretly want to strangle each other. For someone as important as Joseph, it is impossible for our country to allow him to go to the area controlled by the enemy country. He is also a very...very cautious person, and he will definitely not go.

Therefore, any invitation must come from the closest, most reliable, and true friendly country with us. In addition, you should stop discussing this matter, and you don’t need to do anything. The more you do it, the easier it will be for Joseph to notice. So, from now on, you should just ignore it. Understand? It is not allowed to talk about this matter anymore. Well, if there is no leak, no matter what the final result is, the First Consul will agree to increase the funding for the École Normale Supérieure next year by 15%..."

So the guys from the Ecole Normale Supérieure happily withdrew from the plot. Don't say that you can make money by doing this, even if you don't have money, the less you participate in this kind of thing, the better, right? After all, Dean Joseph will definitely come back. If you let him know that he still has a part in this conspiracy, won't he be able to deal with Lavoisier and bully you?

The next thing is to convince Lavoisier. After expressing his intention to Lavoisier, Lavoisier immediately said:

"Lucien, don't you know the relationship between me and your elder brother? Back then, your elder brother saved my life when I was the most dangerous; My niece and son-in-law, you actually want me to cheat him with you? How can that be done? You need to pay more!"

Then the two got together to bargain, and finally Lucien won the support of Lavoisier with the shares of a phosphate mine in Morocco that was still in the hands of the Barbary pirates.

Then came the official performance. According to Lucien's arrangement, several universities in Italy sent invitations to the French Academy of Sciences. Including University of Bologna, University of Padua, University of Naples Federico II, University of Siena and other prestigious universities.

Among them, the University of Bologna is the earliest university in the world that has a complete university system and has developed to this day. It was established in 1088 and has trained many famous figures and has quite high academic honors. Dante, Petrarch, Dürer, Erasmus, Goldoni, Copernicus, etc. all studied or taught here, known as the "Mother of Universities". Today this university is also the seat of the Academy of Sciences of the Northern Italian Republic. So its invitation actually represents the Academy of Sciences of the Northern Italian Republic, and even the government of the Northern Italian Republic.

And now the whole of Italy is almost under the control of France, and the safety here is also guaranteed.

When these Italian universities jointly sent invitations, due to political considerations, Joseph, the dean of the French Academy of Sciences, immediately made a decision: "We must send a delegation with sufficient weight and sincerity."

So he immediately appointed several of his students and assistants, such as Gauss and Ohm, and went to visit Mr. Lavoisier in person, hoping that Lavoisier could lead the team there.

"Joseph, why don't you go yourself?" Lavoisier asked.

"Ah, Fanny is pregnant again, and I cannot leave at this time," said Joseph.

"How many months is Fanny pregnant?"

"Two months."

"Well, then you need to help take care of her." Lavoisier said.

"You take care of her, what can you take care of her?" Madame Lavoisier suddenly said, "Which one of you men can take care of others?"

Joseph really couldn't refute this, because he really wasn't very good at taking care of people.

"Why, Fanny is pregnant, and who is taking Alice now?" asked Lavoisier.

"Fanny takes her," replied Joseph honestly. Fanny's mother was dead, and his father, Lavoisier's brother, had never been well enough to help.

"You see, I will say. You men, don't talk about taking care of women. Maybe Fanny is mainly taking care of you now. Oh, is Alice still as naughty as before?"

"Ah, Alice is much better than before, much quieter, like her mother." Joseph replied.

"God bless, it's okay that she looks a bit like her aunt, but don't be like her in character." Madame Lavoisier always spoke directly.

"Well, Fanny is pregnant, and she has to take care of Alice. Well, how about, when I go to Italy, I will take Alice there to play, and let Fanny relax." Lavoisier said.

Joseph knew that Lavoisier liked his daughter very much. In the past, Fanny sometimes took Alice to the Lavoisier family's vineyard to play for several days. But Alice hadn't traveled much before, so he was a little hesitant.

"How about I go back and discuss it with Fanny?" Joseph finally said.

When he got home, Joseph told his wife Mr. Lavoisier's suggestion.

"It will be reassuring to go with M. Lavoisier. Well, Fanny, what do you think?" asked Joseph.

"Ask our Alice?" said Fanny.

So the two called Alice who was chasing butterflies in the garden, told her about it, and asked her, "Alice, do you want to go?"

"Italy? Well, is there the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa where Galileo threw the iron ball, the story of Romeo and Juliet, and Venice full of rivers and boats? I have long wanted to Went to play. My aunt said, it's fun there!" Alice said, clapping her hands.

Thus, Lavoisier's plan to travel to Italy with Alice was finalized. In order for his daughter to take this opportunity to increase her knowledge, Joseph even personally took the time to explain to her daughter various interesting and special things in Italy. It made Fanny a little jealous.