Joseph showed an excited expression and greeted them one by one. However, when facing Laplace, he couldn't help but clench his fists quietly and beat him up in his heart. This was also the wish that later science and engineering students in the future had no choice but to look out the window when they saw a meteor flying by there, and they would generally make a wish.

Joseph didn't have the chance to beat Laplace back then, but now this damn guy stood in front of him, but Joseph still couldn't beat him up, so he could only greet him enthusiastically and said, "Mr. Laplace, I have read some of your works, and those things have given me a lot of inspiration. I'm so lucky to see you!" While saying that, he stretched out both hands and held his hand, just like President *** holding Macron's hand. He first pinched hard, and then pulled the other party's hand to his side, which made Laplace stagger and almost fell.

"Mr. Laplace, it's a great honor to see you. I have many questions that I want to ask you, such as..." Joseph said as he grinned his back teeth while using all his strength to pinch Laplace's hands with both hands.

"Ah...Mr. Bonaparte...Mr. Bonaparte...You really...sit down first, then...and talk slowly..." Laplace's right shoulder raised high, and he pulled his hand back hard, while he said intermittently.

"Ah, Mr. Bonaparte, let's sit down and talk. You are so enthusiastic, you may have hurt Pierre's hand." Seeing that Joseph was so enthusiastic and Laplace was held by him, his face was deformed so much that it hurt. Lavoisier wanted to laugh, but he still called Joseph.

"Ah?" Joseph looked shocked and quickly let go of Laplace's hand as if he was electrocuted, and kept apologizing: "Mr. Laplace, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so excited to see you... This is really... you are not injured..."

Laplace moved his right hand for a moment and said, "Mr. Bonaparte, how could you have such great strength?"

"Pain and hatred have given me strength," Joseph thought so, but said, "I often help Father Jacques do woodworking, so the strength in my hands may be a little bit higher."

"That's not a little bigger," said Laplace. "But we won't discuss this issue now. You know, we've seen your paper, and Mr. Lavoisier and Mr. Condorcet both appreciate this article, but you know that your paper is trying to overturn a theory that is universally supported and supported by many experimental phenomena. This is a big thing. Everyone thinks it's better to be cautious, so Mr. Lavoisier and Mr. Condorcet, and others, hope to talk to you about some things about this paper in person..."

"To be honest," Condorce said with a gentle smile at Joseph, "Mr. Bonaparte, your paper is one of the few high-level papers in these years. Not to mention anything else, just the mathematical tools in the paper are enough to win the competition for you. But some people don't agree with your conclusion. Well, at least, Curlun and Monge don't like your conclusion very much. They are on the way here, and maybe they will have a lot of questions to ask you. You need to be mentally prepared."

"Mr. Condorcet, just call me Joseph," said Joseph. "I thought about this before I wrote this article. To be honest, when I came to this conclusion, I was also worried that I had made a mistake. And I wrote this paper to discuss this issue with others."

"Haha, the young people are really good now." Lavoisier said, "Joseph, do you mean you are ready? Well, you don't have to be nervous, actually..."

Halfway through the words, I heard the sound of the door of the small living room being pushed open.

When Joseph saw a few more people coming in, he hurriedly stood up.

The others also stood up. The leader of the visit was His Highness, Louis Philippe Joseph of Orleans, whom Joseph had met once in the cafe. Behind him were two men in military uniforms, one older and looked about fifty years old; the other was slightly shorter, with a bronze face, a pair of thick eyebrows, and a pair of bright eyes.

"His Royal Highness, why are you here too?" Condorcet said.

"Ah, Mr. Condorce, I passed by here today. I was originally here to visit Monge. When he heard about the matter here, he found that the Mr. Bonaparte who caused the debate seemed to be a child I knew who called Joseph like me, so he came over to take a look. As a result... Joseph, it's really you." Duke Charles said, walking over, stretching out his hand, and holding Joseph's hand. Laplace widened his eyes and stared at their hands, but...

"Ah, Joseph, the last time I met you, I thought we France would have another playwright, but I didn't expect there would be another mathematician. However, Mr. Monge does not seem to agree with some of your views. I want to discuss it with you, of course, I don't understand these things at all. I just come to see the fun." The Duke of Orleans let go of Joseph's hand and said, "By the way, Joseph, I'll introduce my two friends to you."

He pointed to the older one and said, "This is Mr. Coulon, he is the authority in power." Then he pointed to the shorter and younger ones and introduced, "This is Mr. Mengji, he is the authority in geometry."

Joseph hurried forward and greeted Coulon and Monge. Duke Charles found a chair and sat down and said, "You know, I don't know much about science, but I'm very interested. Monge, you have many questions to ask Joseph, and now you can start."

Mengji was a straightforward person. After hearing this, he immediately spoke: "Mr. Bonaparte, in your paper, you believe that light is a transverse wave, and the mathematical derivation is impressive, but you should know that Ren and waves are propagating in the medium. If light is really a wave, then what characteristics do this medium and this light ether need to have? Have you ever thought about it?"

Joseph was prepared for this issue, because in the historical development of later generations, various doubts about "light ether" were the main weapons used by supporters of particle theory to oppose the fluctuation theory.

"That's how I think about this question..." Joseph said.

Joseph knew that the so-called "light ether" was abandoned by scientists in later generations. But at this time, he could not directly indicate that the ether does not exist, because it required a lot of scientific discoveries and scientific experiments as a pre-foundation. So he could only use some of the conjectures of the supporters of the fluctuation theory before this to deal with the problem of Monge.

"About the hardness of the ether, it also involves the speed of light. I have envisioned an experiment that can be used to measure the speed of light more accurately. Considering that the earth is constantly moving, it should be constantly moving relative to the ether. Then the speed of light measured from different directions may be different..."

"A more accurate way to measure the speed of light?" Kondoser became interested.

"We use an octagonal mirror that can be rotated..." Joseph said. The method he mentioned is the Michelson rotating prism method. It is a relatively simple method with good measurement accuracy.

While introducing the experimental plan, Joseph took a piece of paper and a pen and began to draw the design drawing of the equipment needed for the experiment.

Joseph habitually used the method of drawing three-sided projection diagrams in later generations to depict those devices. But when he saw the pictures he drew, Mengri suddenly opened his eyes.

"Mr. Bonaparte, where did you learn this way of drawing?" Monge asked.

"Ah?" Joseph was surprised. He originally thought that this drawing method should be a very common technique. When he heard Mengri's question, he saw that Mengri's expression was particularly serious, and immediately realized that perhaps, in this era, this drawing method did not appear at all.

"I drew this by myself. I think this drawing is more intuitive and easy to understand. Why? Is there any problem here?" said Joseph.

Monge thought for a while and replied, "Mr. Bonaparte, you may, no, you certainly don't know. I started using similar drawing methods almost twenty years ago. However, because this drawing method is of great military significance, I think it is not difficult to understand this with your intelligence, so this drawing method is strictly confidential. It can only be taught in military academies, and all officers who have learned these contents must swear that this technique must not be spread. I said to the above that year that maybe it will not take long before others will independently study these similar techniques, just as Newton and Leibniz invented calculus respectively. However, since your drawing method is so similar to the confidential drawing method, your achievements may also need to be kept confidential. Mr. Bonaparte, your drawing method has not been taught to others, right?"

"I only taught this technique to my brother Napoleon, who is now in the first grade of the Paris Officer's School. Well, his math is also good."

"First grade, I still can't get to know the geometry of drawing methods." Mengzhi said, "Mr. Bonaparte, you want to remind him that this technique cannot be passed on."

"There is such a thing?" Duke Charles became interested. "Monge, science should belong to all mankind. It is not good to keep it secret."

"Duke, this is not what I mean, it is the decision of the kingdom. I can only obey," replied Monge. He turned to Joseph again and said, "Mr. Bonaparte, this discovery should have brought you honor and status, but now you must hide it. For France, this is a necessary sacrifice, and I hope you can understand it."

Joseph nodded and said, "I understand that although science has no borders, scientists have nationality."

"Just like Leibniz's calculus and Newton's calculus are still quite different. Mr. Bonaparte, I think there should be some differences between your painting method and Monge's calculus." Kulun suddenly said, "Can you tell us about your painting method?"
Chapter completed!