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Chapter 6 Deserters (1)

Vandai County is the poorest province in France. It is as closed and conservative as the residents living on its ground. It has grown wheat and corn for generations to maintain its livelihoods. Farmers use backward rotation and farming to ensure soil fertilizer. The varieties of agricultural products are very single, and even strawberries have to rely on the input from the Brittany region. The livestock in the farmhouses are mainly chickens, cattle and sheep, and there are not many, and they are completely stocked on grass.

In the 18th century, many farmers in Europe began to intensively apply fertilization and advanced weeding technology to ensure the output of various types of grains; in terms of animal husbandry, there were more than 10 species of livestock breeding, and raising livestock has become a habit in advanced agricultural areas. People are planting clovers on a large scale, donkey herbivorous and alfalfa to meet the growing number of livestock. All this cannot be seen in the backward Fengdian.

The only change is that potatoes began to appear in the few planting species in the Vendian area, which was because potatoes were easy to cultivate and did not require field management. It was also the result of the perverted priests' agitation, so that farmers could have time to run to church, or the pastor's house kept doing purposeless confession, and without hesitation, throwing their only copper plate into the "Atonement Box".

Vandai was backward, and La Roche, as its larger city in the south, was also backward. La Roche's urban area was not large, with a permanent population of only 20,000. Except for a church that is more magnificent than the other, there is no place in the city that can make people nostalgic. Dirty, messy and obscene, this is the true description of the city. Even the bishop of Paris who visited here said that La Roche was a place abandoned by God.

The people here are also crazy, and there are two types of crazy: the city belongs to the Republicans, and the countryside supports the royalists.

After the great revolution began, the poor in the city frantically supported the republicans because the leftists of the Jagbins allowed them to freely rob the nobles of their money and women. Driven by Yu Wang, countless guilty and innocent nobles and priests were driven out of their homes and churches, and hid in the woods of the countryside and Vendée. They lost their property and their wives had dignity.

In the countryside, although the peasants did not like to oppress their nobles, they believed in God and the messengers of God and the priests. The poor in the city also liked to mock them, believing that they were sympathizers of the nobles and priests, and were one of the objects of the revolution. While searching for the royalists, the Blue Army was also plundering their remaining meager food and depriving them of their only spiritual sustenance, which was an infinite worship of God.

When more and more royalists gathered in the countryside and forests of Vendé, all this developed to the extreme. The peasants began to conspire to launch a rebellion under the instigation of the royalists. In October 1792, the fuse was that the Republic forced the recruitment of soldiers in the area. The riots immediately swept across the entire Vandé county. Within three months, countless towns and villages were occupied by rebels. The rebels once reached 500,000 people, and the National Self-Defense Forces sent by Nantes suffered consecutive failures in dense forests and suffered heavy losses. As a last resort, at the suggestion of the Jagobins after gaining power, the regular army of the Republic led by General Rossinole was sent, and after three major victories were achieved, the situation in the Vandé state stabilized until the beginning of another conspiracy.



Just as he was about to arrive in Laroche City, Andrew looked extremely irritable. He was not for the current situation or the upcoming challenge, but for the guy in front of him.

"General, you said that the world is made up of matter, I believe! But any matter is constructed by countless different atoms or molecules, how does this explain?"



"General, you said that the air contains oxygen and nitrogen. How do you extract and distinguish nitrogen? Why can't nitrogen support combustion?"



"And general, you said there is a very powerful yellow fire yao. It is hundreds of times more powerful than the current black fire yao, but I don't seem to have heard of it. Can you explain it?"



The person who asked the question was none other than Ravashi.

Shortly after the battle outside the village, Ravashi recovered, his fever disappeared, and he did not cough, but he had more words of damnation. He surrounded Andrew's saddle all day long and asked questions. General Andrew, who was forced to respond cautiously, only half-dead the greatest chemist of the 18th century. The general thought that Ravashi could stop him, but in less than 5 minutes, the chemist's problems increased. Not only on the way, he even had to come to chase the roots and find the source. In the middle of the night, Andrew, who was disturbed by his perfect dream, was almost angry to grab a short gun and kill the annoying ghost in front of him. He thought that the talent was rare, especially like this world-class chemistry genius who had only produced one for hundreds of years, Andrew patiently called the guards to bomb the unwelcome guests. But the next day, the entanglement continued.

Andrew couldn't smile bitterly, and he didn't beat or scold him. He simply shut up and pretended to be deaf and dumb all the way, letting Ravashi be so eager, asking himself up, and he ignored it. The sound in his ears was just a buzzing flies. Finally, Andrew took his team of troops to live less than 20 miles away from Laroche City.

"Report to the general, a team of people came from the road ahead." A second lieutenant of the guard camp who was exploring the way came up to report.

"Who? How many?" Andrew asked.

"Everyone wore blue Republican uniforms, they should be the guards of Laroche City, with about 30 people, all riding horses. However, they looked very panicked," said the lieutenant.

"You go up and negotiate, don't reveal my identity. Lieutenant Colonel Dawu, order all personnel to prepare for battle!"

Although this place was under the jurisdiction of the Republican Army and was less than 20 french miles away from Laroche, Andrew still did not dare to take it lightly. While ordering the second lieutenant to continue investigating, the guard battalion was asked to make all emergency preparations.
Chapter completed!
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