"That's indeed a wonder." Joseph shook his head, "but this wonder is not profitable! Now, wonders that are not profitable are all wonders that ruin the country. In addition, do you think the woman I painted is not good? You guys really have no appreciation at all, and Polina likes it very much. Just two days ago, she asked me to paint her a big-eyed portrait."

When Napoleon heard this, he couldn't help but shook his head and said, "Joseph, what's wrong with bragging? You brag about math well, say, 'I have an opinion on this question'. All Europe is honest and listen to you quietly. Even if you say that the inner corners of the triangle are less than 180 degrees, people will have to think about it for at least several days before they dare to refute it. You brag about your science well, you say that Newton's three laws are wrong, and everyone will have to think for a long time to ask you for evidence. Even if you brag about military affairs, there are not many people who dare to refute you except me. But do you brag about your paintings? Do you think paintings are drawings? Polina said you were well painted? Polina said that because you are the eldest brother, she just wanted to make you happy!"

Speaking of this, Napoleon paused for a moment, then suddenly said with a puzzled look on his face: "No, no, this is completely wrong!"

"What's wrong?" Joseph asked.

"How could Polina say you painted well? He is not a flatterer like Lucien. No, this is wrong. Polina's troublemaker must have done something again, so he flattered you like this. Well, you lack enough vigilance against her. Maybe this idea was made by Lucien. They have always been in a collusion... Well, Joseph, what did you think this troublemaker do?"

"Look at what you said, do those who praise me must be flattering? They must have ulterior motives? I think you have ulterior motives!" Joseph said at first very dissatisfied, but then he said, "But specifically Polina, this is really not necessarily true. Napoleon, please hurry up and have someone check it to see what happened to her. Don't let Lucien check..."

"I'm not a fool, why would I ask Lucien to investigate?" said Napoleon. "Borina is not young anymore. She's so chaotic every day--well, you're spoiled all over the place--I said, "You big brother, should you consider it and help her find a husband?"

"Why did I spoil it? Don't throw all the blame at me. I think you have the same responsibility on this issue!" Joseph first severely criticized Napoleon's wrong practice of trying to evade responsibility and to throw the blame at himself. Then he scratched his head and sighed:

"Napoleon, what you said later makes sense, but there are really no suitable candidates among my students. Well, I think there are any suitable people among your old subordinates?"

Napoleon could understand this very well. Most of Joseph's students were scientists and other people. Napoleon thought about it and thought it would be better not to harm others.

"My old subordinate? Well, who doesn't know about the 'Saint of Toulon's?" said Napoleon. "But, maybe someone in my old subordinates can really appreciate her. After all, Polina is still very good-looking, but she has a weird temper, but she is still very cheerful... Oh, Joseph, why are you talking about these naughty kids so uneasy?"

Joseph looked at Napoleon and couldn't speak for a moment.

It took three days for the two to arrive at the test site of the "Bonaparte Watt Company", and Watt and the others were waiting for them there.

Although he stayed in the carriage for several days, Napoleon was quite excited and was not affected by fatigue at all. As soon as he got off the car, he shouted that he would go to the scene to check it out. Joseph was actually a little tired, but he was unwilling to sweep Napoleon's interest, so he went to the test site with him, with a group of followers, Watt and others.

The test site was laid on a large area of ​​flat ground, and a six-kilometer-long steel rail was laid here. The laying method of these steel rails basically completely copied later generations. Well, it was indeed a bit weird to say that, just like the later Red Rabbit Kingdom copied the 5g technology that the Lighthouse Kingdom did not have. Perhaps there were time travelers in later generations?

There are actually still differences with railways in later generations. For example, in later generations, the sleepers under the railway tracks were generally made of reinforced concrete. At this moment, the wood is not valuable, so the sleepers under this section of railway are really tall and solid wood.

Below the solid wood sleepers are thick gravel ballast, and under the gravel ballast is a roadbed paved with larger stones.

Napoleon walked to the side of the track, bent down, knocked the rails with his knuckles, and asked, "How many rails are used in this experimental road?"

"It's 20 kilograms per meter, you can calculate it yourself," said Joseph. "But if the test is successful, we will first build a railway from the Saar coal mine to the steel plant. This experimental route can be directly used as part of this road. So although the test road is a bit long, it is not actually a waste."

"It seems you are very confident that the experiment will succeed," said Napoleon. "Where is the motorcycle?"

"On there, the First Lord." William Murdoch said, "The locomotive is in the factory there, but the original plan was to conduct the experiment tomorrow, so..."

Not far away, there is a tall factory building, from which the railway extends.

Napoleon looked over there and smiled. "Ah, I understand, I just want to see what it looks like and touch it up. As for the experiment, it should be carried out according to the scheduled plan. It is not a good habit to change the plan randomly."

So everyone followed Napoleon into the factory again.

After entering the factory, I saw two giants parked on the railway, which were the two steam locomotives. A group of workers were doing the final maintenance of the locomotives before the experiment. The guards went up and said a few words, and the workers stopped and stood aside and waited.

"Ah, let them continue, let's not disturb them," said Napoleon, and the guards went to convey the meaning again. But the workers did not go back to work immediately, but someone shouted, "Is it Bonaparte in power?"

"What? Do you know me?" Napoleon was very happy when he heard the shouts of the workers.

"It's really Bonaparte's rule!" someone shouted.

"Long live Bonaparte's rule!" someone shouted.

Napoleon was very happy when he heard this. He walked forward and shook hands with the workers one by one.

"Thank you for your hard work, how do you feel when you work here?"

"Your Excellency, you are right. It is indeed very hard here, but who is not working hard now except for farmers with land?" said a worker. "Fortunately, the Bonaparte company gave us good wages. After a while, I will save some money, and then I can go to Louisiana to be a farmer."

"Your Excellency, they said that as long as you speak French and are willing to swear allegiance to France, even foreigners can get a piece of land in Louisiana as a farmer?" someone asked in a less skilled French.

"Of course, as long as you can speak the simplest French and are willing to be loyal to France, you can do it." Napoleon replied.

So there was another cheer around.

Because the situation in rural France is now good, there are many more foreign workers, especially those from German states, in French factories. To be honest, Joseph gave them not too much salary, but compared to their hometown, the salary is quite good. More importantly, as long as you save enough money, you can go to Louisiana and get a large piece of land.

Of course, this approach will definitely bring a result, that is, among the immigrants to Louisiana, the number of German immigrants will significantly exceed that of French. However, Joseph felt that this would not be a big problem. Because in later generations, after obtaining Louisiana, the Lighthouse Kingdom also introduced immigrants on a large scale from Europe, and among these immigrants, the largest number of Germans was also Germans. Until Joseph traveled through time, Germans were still the largest ethnic group in the Lighthouse Kingdom, but this did not change the characteristics of the Lighthouse Country's culture. There is no reason for France to do it. It is nothing more than brainwashing and education. In fact, considering the fanaticism of converts, it is easier to make a German love French culture in a sense than to make French people love French culture. For example, in later generations, those who love the Lighthouse Kingdom the most often may not be people from the Lighthouse Kingdom.

After shook hands with Napoleon one by one and expressed admiration and gratitude to Napoleon, the workers gradually returned to their posts. So Napoleon's technicians began to introduce the situation of the two locomotives to Napoleon.

"The First Governor," Watt, the chief designer of the train, introduced to Napoleon, "the one that is closer to us is the 'Progress Type 1', and the one behind is the 'Progress Type 2'."

Napoleon nodded. He knew that the difference between the so-called "Progressive Type 1" and "Progressive Type 2" was actually the result of the old man in front of him fighting with others. "Progressive Type 2" was the target model in Joseph's heart.

"What a big guy. If this thing runs, if some stupid Native Americans see it, they might even bow to it as a god." Napoleon laughed. He walked to the "Progress Type 1" and reached out to grab the steel handrail of the ladder, turned around and asked, "Can I go up and take a look?"

"Of course," Watt said, "there is the cab above, you can go up and take a look."
Chapter completed!