When the news that Robespierre lost his head came to Toulon, Joseph had just completed all the tests of his ship. The ship had good performance in all aspects, and the only problem was that now, it was useless.

Napoleon came to inform him personally.

"Napoleon," said Joseph, "are you ready for a carriage to travel far?"

"Everything is ready," replied Napoleon. "A carriage, and a cavalry, I have Leclerc take the cavalry to escort you. You set out now."

"Okay." said Joseph, "Wait a minute, I'll go get something and leave."

Joseph walked in, changed into a more convenient dress for travel, and walked out with a large suitcase.

"What is this?" asked Napoleon.

"Some experimental data," said Joseph. "You can keep this thing well, it's very useful. Don't lose it, break it, and don't let the naughty kids see it."

"I know, I will definitely not let Lucien see it," said Napoleon.

"Don't let him know if you know." Joseph said, "Also, Napoleon, you didn't understand everything I meant just now. I mean, don't read it..."

There is a reason why Joseph was eager to return to Paris.

First of all, in Paris, there is no guillotine devil. Joseph feels that there is no fear there anymore, and it is even safer than Toulon. After all, there are still some rioters in Toulon.

Of course, this is just the least important reason. The most important thing is that he has to rush back as soon as possible to receive the staff of the "Military Technology Research Institute" at present probably few people will notice it, but they are the most valuable group of wealthy staff members.

Joseph knew that there would definitely be a good time for demons to dance in Paris after Robespierre. The Kings of Gigi, who had been suppressed by the big tiger Robespierre in the past, would definitely make Paris a mess. In such a situation, even Cano may not be able to maintain the "Army Research Institute". Go back early and grab the most valuable batch of treasures.

As Joseph expected, the kings of Gigi in Paris were indeed letting go of the mess. They first abolished all price limit measures, so prices immediately went sky. Of course, the people of Paris complained, but a group of guys led by Balas took advantage of this opportunity to make money. Especially Balas, as the biggest hero in the struggle to overthrow Robespierre, his status was greatly improved. With the power in his hands, he quickly made a fortune and soon became a millionaire.

Another great hero, Talian, also gained a position in the "National Saving Committee". Although the power of the "National Saving Committee" can no longer be compared with the era of Robespierre, this committee is still very important.

But among these winners, two of them played a key role, but they were in trouble.

The first unlucky one was Fouche. In the struggle against Robespierre, almost no one played a more critical role than Fouche. But Fouche worked behind the scenes, and his contributions were the easiest to be ignored. Now it is time to compete for the fruits of victory, and everyone is naturally happy to ignore his contributions.

It would be fine if it was just a merit that was ignored. What's even more terrible is that although everyone forgot his merit when he overthrew Robespierre, they did not forget his "merit" when he was a commissioner. And they remembered Fouche's speech in the National Assembly, "I made merit for Jacobin, I shed blood for Jacobin, and I also wanted to be a dog for Jacobin." So Fouche became the "remaining leader of Jacobin."

When Fouchy saw that the situation was wrong, he first went to Kano for help, but Kano always looked down on the chameleon. With this man's straightforward personality, the two of them couldn't even talk about each other. Fouchy had no choice but to try to organize the remaining Jacobin and be a veritable "Jacobian leader". To be honest, the remaining Jacobin, at least Pan-Jacobian, is actually very strong. If Fouchy can really unite them, he can indeed become an important role in the National Assembly.

However, those people were in panic, and they didn't trust Fouche at all, and they were even worried that Fouche did this to lure the snake out of the hole. Some of these people were unsuccessful to prepare for an uprising, while others escaped from Paris. As for Fouche, please don't worry about his death!

As a result, Fouchey was expelled from the National Assembly, lost his status as a member of the parliament, and lost his salary to support his family. In the original history, Fouchey had to condescend to do odd jobs for Balas, specifically responsible for inquiring about the privacy of Balas' political enemies. Only by relying on this method can he barely make a living.

As for the second unlucky guy, it is Kano, who has made great contributions even on the surface.

Kano's problem was nothing else, but that he was too ignorant and actually tried to stop everyone from getting rich.

Now the war between France and the anti-French alliance continues. What business is the most profitable in the war? Of course, the business related to military production is the most profitable. However, when the evil Robespierre and the evil Jacobin were in power, they actually took various measures, such as sending relevant personnel from the army to conduct excessively severe review of product quality, which greatly reduced everyone's profits.

Such a policy, which was formulated in the hands of the evil great devil, should of course be abolished immediately. However, Kano actually stood up and said that this policy is very good and worth persisting.

In addition, there is also the Military Research Institute, which is highly confidential and will not talk about using the country's money to conduct research. It also organizes the production of key weapons on its own. Isn't this contrary to the basic economic principles? What's more, this is also a bad thing made by Jacobin. Shouldn't it be abolished?

However, Kano was even more stubborn on this issue, and he even threatened him by withdrawing from the "National Salvation Committee".

In the era of Robespierre, Carno often contradicted Robespierre and others, but judging from his indispensable ability, even Robespierre tolerated him. On the night before the fall, Robespierre wrote all the names of the people who had secretly met with Fouche by his spies, except for one name, that was Carno. Because Robespierre knew that this person was indispensable, Robespierre still had a little politician's heart even at the craziest time.

But the Kings of Gigi are not like this. Since Kano is blocking the way, let him go! Use "Exit the National Salvation Committee" to threaten everyone? Then let him withdraw!

So Kano was kicked out of the National Salvation Committee.

Kano was so angry that he almost quit his job and returned home. But his wife stopped him from impulse.

"Lazar, why are you working? Are you not working for France? Think about it, what would happen if you left at this time?"

So Kano barely stayed, but his power and influence shrank significantly.

There was no way Kano was in the way. The new "National Salvation Committee" quickly passed a resolution to abolish everything that blocked their way to wealth. So, before Joseph arrived in Paris, the Institute of Military Technology had become a ruin. The items inside were divided up by the Kings of Gigi. As for the researchers, these guys did not intend to spend a lot of money to accept such a research team. They just wanted to make quick money, so they dedicated all these experienced and high-level researchers to society.

Lavoisier finally regained his freedom, but Charles, who was guarding him, went to prison. The situation in his life is so strange and too changeable. But I believe Charles should be able to adapt to prison life very quickly.

Lavoisier, who had gained freedom, found that his property had been confiscated by Robespierre and others. Of course, there was no need to think about the movable property part of this. Lavoisier still had several confiscated real estate. So he ran around and looked for people he knew, and spent a lot of money, but he did not return the real estate either. Fortunately, it was not difficult to get a decent job as Lavoisier, so he quickly got a job at the University of Paris. Now he has to rely on this teaching position to support the family.

Various military technologies in the institute were also "shared" to some upstart arsenals for free, including related technologies for nitrified starch. This approach almost destined that this key technology would be leaked soon.

Since the leakage of these technologies is inevitable, some factory owners simply proposed that some neutral countries are very interested in buying "little melons", or they might as well open the export of "little melons". They can also exchange something to relieve the current economic difficulties.

Of course, Kano was desperately opposed to such a bill, but his current status is incomparable to the past. As a result, the opposition was invalid, and such a bill was passed smoothly. Of course, there is still such a bill in the bill, which is: "Selling to non-neutral countries is prohibited."

So, a new way of trade began to appear in Europe, which was to carry a ship of cargo to France with the flag of neutral countries, exchange it for "Bonaparte melon", and then drive the ship to Britain, Spain, or Italy, and sell these things to these anti-French alliance countries.

At first, the people who did this work were both British and Italians. But later, they were quickly squeezed out by another group of more competitive businessmen in this market. As for these businessmen who came from behind, they were of course French businessmen.

When Joseph arrived in Paris, he had to face such a situation.
Chapter completed!