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Chapter 30: Is Napoleon going to be Lu Xun?

Nitrgiller was invented by the Italian chemist Sobre in 1846 in the original history. However, the raw materials for making it, such as glycerin, nitric acid and sulfuric acid, have already existed. It is not technically difficult to make nitrgiller at this point in time. In fact, the preparation of nitrgiller is not very difficult. Just pay attention to the fact that the temperature must be kept at a low temperature during the entire preparation process.

But in the original history, this precaution was only mastered by people at a huge cost, even blood. Mr. Lu Xun once lamented: "The history of human bloody battles was just like the formation of coal. A large amount of wood was used in the first place, but it turned out to be just a small piece." In fact, the history of technological progress is also the same. Many techniques that cost a huge cost to master are actually quite simple.

Of course, Joseph did not want Lavoisier to be fried by nitroglycerin, so he clearly proposed the article of controlling temperature in a letter to Lavoisier. Based on the theory of molecular movement, Joseph believed that more intense molecular movement would make the reaction tend to be intense, thereby increasing the risk. Therefore, controlling the temperature and keeping the temperature at a lower level will slow down the reaction speed, but it can greatly increase safety.

However, even with this key guidance, it is still difficult to do nothing. Just two days later, the first explosion of Lavoisier on the Duke of Orleans occurred. An assistant did not strictly follow the operating procedures, and the injection of acid was too fast, resulting in a serious accident of one death and five injuries. This was because the amount of nitroglycerin produced was relatively small, otherwise most of the remaining five people would not be able to save their lives.

This explosion scared Lavoisier very much. He was also present at the time, but he had to drink water for a while because he was thirsty and then an explosion occurred. Of course, if he had been present at the time, it would be hard to say whether his assistant would not follow the norms. However, Duke Phillips seemed particularly calm and even more interested in this thing. Because he saw the power of this thing with his own eyes, he immediately realized that this thing was really promising. As for the casualties during the research process, well, they also sacrificed for the development of science.

, it can be considered as a death. People always die, but the meaning of death is different. Like them, they sacrificed for the development of science, that is, death is more serious than the Alps. As for whether people will be killed during production in the future, production accidents are also inevitable. When walking, people are hit by carriages. Besides, even if those workers die, they will die for the construction of France. So what else is there? Anyway, no matter what, you can't die here, just like your highness will never be hit by carriages when you go out.

Just as explosions came from time to time in the Duke of Phillips' manor, Joseph completed his affairs in Calais and returned to Paris. His younger brother Napoleon and his younger brother Louis also came to Paris.

"I took a leave in the army, went back to Corsica, and brought Louis to you. Do you have water here? I am almost thirsty." Napoleon shouted as soon as he saw Joseph.

"The water is there, drink it overturned by yourself," said Joseph. Then he walked to Louis and said, "Well, Louis, you have grown a little taller, already taller than Napoleon, hahaha. Napoleon, in our family, including girls, you are probably going to be the shortest one."

Napoleon didn't like others to joke about his height, but he knew that the more angry he was, the more proud Joseph, the hateful guy, might be. So he simply ignored this guy, poured himself a glass of water, and then drank it down.

"How is the family?" Joseph asked again.

"It's not good," said Napoleon.

"There is nothing bad, just like before," said Louis.

"It's the worst, not good, just like before." Napoleon said.

"What's wrong? I came out and saw the world, and I was dissatisfied with Corsica. I looked down on Corsica?" Joseph sat down on the chair next to the table, slowly raised his legs and asked.

"How come I look down on Corsica?" Napoleon said with some dissatisfaction, "It's just that Corsica is really too lacking in change. In France and Paris, you can always feel changes, new ideas, new sciences, new opportunities, changing and improving every day. But Corsica is no different from yesterday, and yesterday is no different from the day before yesterday. I talked to people, and what they think in their minds is no different from ten years ago, even a hundred years ago, and two hundred years ago. Even those patriots are like this. They just want to be independent, then close the door and continue to live the days hundreds of years ago. This is not a good thing, and Corsica should not be like this."

"Then what do you think Corsica should look like? Napoleon, it seems that you thought so back then." Joseph stared at Napoleon with a sarcastic smile.

"This means that I have made progress and surpassed others." Napoleon replied, "As for what Corsica should be like. I think Corsica in the future should be a country of freedom, equality, justice and rule of law, just like Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu and others portrayed."

"Napoleon, you have indeed made progress!" Joseph laughed, "So what are you going to do?"

"I have been thinking about this issue during my time in my hometown. First of all, I think the most fundamental problem in Corsica is not the French occupation, but the inability to awaken the people. To truly change Corsica, we must first educate our people and awaken our people."

"What?" Joseph was shocked and stared at his younger brother with wide eyes. "Is this guy wrong? Could it be that because of the butterfly effect that we have traveled over here, this guy doesn't plan to be a famous general, but plans to be a Lu Xun who awakens the people?"

Joseph hesitated and asked, "Napoleon, what are your specific plans?"

"I plan to write a history of Corsica, like the War of Gallic," said Napoleon.

After hearing this sentence, Joseph breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Napoleon was still Napoleon. "The Battle of Gaul" was the work of Caesar in ancient Rome. This shows that Napoleon's example in his heart was still a politician and military strategist like Caesar. Creating Corsican history was only a means he used to achieve political goals.

"I'm not too optimistic about your plans," Joseph shook his head, "You know, the proportion of illiteracy in Corsica is higher than that in France and Italy, and few people can read it."

Napoleon opened his mouth and was ready to refute, but Joseph did not give him a chance, but continued: "Napoleon, don't rush to argue, I know what you want to say. You want to say that although there are few people who can read Corsica. But as long as these people recognize the problem and understand the new and correct ideas outside, they can not only change themselves, but also lead others, because these people are the leaders of Corsicans. That's what you think, right?"

Napoleon stared at Joseph for a while before answering, "Yes, that's what I think, is there anything wrong with this?" Because he was probably going to mock him immediately based on Joseph's old habits when dealing with him, Joseph would immediately mock him, so this answer was a bit reluctant.

Facts also proved that his prediction was very accurate. Joseph immediately spoke, "My stupid brother, you are so young and childish! You actually believe that you can convince people with reason! This is really a terrible laugh."

Speaking of this, Joseph suddenly leaned forward, approached Napoleon's face, stared into his eyes and said, "My brother, you must remember that it is never their heads, but their butts that dominate the actions of most people! The key is not what is right, it is moral, but what is good for them, and what is in the position of their butts sitting! Do you understand?"

After saying this, he straightened up again and said, "When you use your head to think about what impact does a 'free, equal, justice, and legal country' have on those who have to rely on to accomplish things together? Is it beneficial or harmful? Don't mention morality and ideals, just regard them all as people described by Machiavelli, and then think about it, will they support the 'free, equal, justice, and legal country'? Not to mention anything else, in France, you can also see who are the people who oppose the 'free, equal, justice, and legal country' that you say the most?"

Napoleon was silent for a while, and then said, "But, Joseph, they are not all Machiavelli. You must know that we are also one of them." However, perhaps because he himself realized that his thoughts might be a little wishful thinking, his rebuttal was very low and seemed to be inadequate.

"Napoleon, individuals and groups are different. There are individuals who betray their own interests, but there will never be groups who betray their own interests in the future." Joseph said, "Napoleon, if you want to change Corsica, it will inevitably lead to a re-determining of the way of distribution of interests, that is, launching a revolution. And since ancient times, in all revolutions, what is the most important issue, do you know?"

Napoleon shook his head.

"Who is our enemy? Who is our friend? This question is the primary issue of revolution." Joseph shamelessly regarded the thoughts of great men as his own. "In the past, revolutionary struggles had little success, and there were many reasons for their failure, but the most basic reason was that they could not unite true friends to attack the real enemy. Revolutionaries are the guides of the masses. In the revolution, no revolutionary has led the wrong path but the revolution does not fail. If we want to have the confidence to not lead the wrong path and have a certain success, we must pay attention to uniting our true friends to attack our true enemies."

Napoleon lowered his head and thought for a while before he raised his head. The unconvinced look in his eyes had disappeared, but instead showed a ray of desire.

"Then how do we determine who is our friend and who is our enemy?" asked Napoleon.
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