Joseph has heard of the name Lazar Kano, but it was not in history class. After all, Joseph learned the history of his previous life with his physical education teacher. In fact, Joseph first heard his name from his math teacher and physics teacher.

The math teacher mentioned him when he mentioned the concept of "complete quadrilateral", but he did not introduce him more. The physics teacher mentioned another Canossadi Kano when talking about thermodynamics, and thus mentioned that Sadi Kano's father was a mathematician and military strategist, and his nephew was the president of France. (referring to the third president of the Second Republic, Mary François Sadi Kano).

Later, Joseph also saw the image of Lazar Cano in a movie that described the story of the French Revolution. In that movie, Lazar Cano was an important member of a cabal against Robespierre. And he was also the only person in this group who publicly opposed Robespierre. Strangely, the murderous devil Robespierre never sent him to the guillotine, and even had no idea to send him to the guillotine. In that movie, when Cano and others sent Robespierre to the guillotine, the newly established government almost cut off Cano. Until one person said, "Who will organize the army for us after he cut off Cano?"

This is what Joseph knows about Lazar Kano. In contrast, Joseph probably knows more about the son who was not born and who founded thermodynamics in later generations.

But those who truly understand the history of the French Revolution know that Lazar Kano is definitely a storied figure in the Revolution. He is also one of the rare masters who can stay in the center and hold power from the kingdom to the republic to the empire.

During this period, there were only three people who could stand like this. Two of them were famous chameleons, who stood by them by observing their expressions and changing their minds.

But Lazar was not, he was always an unpopular republic. When Robespierre was in power, he publicly sang against Robespierre. When Napoleon became emperor, he publicly spoke out against the imperial system. Neither Robespierre nor Napoleon liked him, but they had to rely on him. (The governor once expelled him, but the logistics organization of the army was immediately in chaos) Because the entire French army was organized in his hands. Some even said that without Carno's efforts, there would be no army under Napoleon that swept across Europe. In a sense, Lazar Cano was the father of the modern French army.

Kano also had quite some research on geometry. At this time, he was free, so the two of them started chatting about some math problems. During this conversation, Joseph discovered that Kano had fallen into the trap he dug for Mara.

"Mr. Bonaparte, have you had any new ideas about that 'Four Colors Question' recently?" asked Carno.

"Ah? This question?" Joseph was surprised, because after he raised the question, he had never thought about it anymore. Because he knew that although this question could be proved, its proof process was so complicated that it was not something that humans could accomplish at all. (The argument for this question was completed by computers. During the proof process, the computer completed 10 billion judgments.) Now that Kano suddenly asked this question, he was surprised.

"I had some idea, but when I was advancing, I encountered a big trouble and then there was no progress at all." Joseph replied, "Otherwise, I would write a paper to get the bonus. You know, the bread was surprisingly expensive some time ago."

"I also had some ideas, but the same is true. I couldn't continue at the beginning. That's what I thought at the time..." Kano said, reaching out to dip his hand into the teacup and drawing it on the coffee table.

Joseph looked roughly and found that Kano's idea was not good. He believed that the essence of this problem was that there were five or more connected areas in a plane or spherical plane. But then he encountered an unsolvable problem: there were too many configurations that could not be solved one by one.

"It's almost the same as I thought," said Joseph. "But I have another idea..."

Joseph also pulled the concept of "reducibility" over, talked for a long time, and then said, "But... the configurations are still too many, so many that they can't count them, let alone prove them. I feel that if I prove them by one configuration and one configuration, it would be almost like trying to dig out the Alps with one hoe."

The two of them laughed together. They also understood that this problem would definitely not be solved in a short period of time. So they stopped talking about this problem and instead talked about other things.

During the chat, Joseph learned that Kano was a civilian, graduated from military academy ten years ago and joined the army, and obtained the rank of lieutenant. He is now a captain.

It is not easy to become a lieutenant as soon as he graduated from a military academy. When ordinary military academy graduates join the army, they are at most second lieutenant. This is especially true that Kano's performance in the military academy is so outstanding. However, more than ten years later, he was only promoted to one level, from a lieutenant to a captain.

This was not for other reasons, but because there was a glass ceiling in the French army at that time. Generally speaking, for a civilian officer, the lieutenant was already a ceiling. Kano was able to obtain the rank of captain, which was enough to show his excellence.

"Now the National Assembly is quite worried about the army, especially the noble officers. At this time, a capable civilian officer seems particularly precious." Joseph thought.

The two talked for a while. At this time, a servant came in and greeted them, "Mr. Kano, the Marquis of Marquis, please invite me. Mr. Bonaparte, the Marquis of Marquis asks me to apologize to you. You may need to wait a little longer."

Kano stood up, said goodbye to Joseph first, and then went out with the servant. Joseph stayed alone in the side hall, drinking tea and waiting.

But this time he didn't wait long. After a while, a servant came to invite him to see the Marquis of Lafayette.

Joseph stood up, tidied up his clothes, and followed the servant through a corridor and into the formal living room.

The Marquis of Lafayette's living room is not as big as the Duke of Orleans, so big that almost all the living rooms can hold dance parties. His living room and side hall are about the same size, and are actually not much larger than the living room of ordinary people. It doesn't look very popular. I just don't know if it has been like this or is it deliberately done.

Lafayette was also talking to Kano at this time. When he saw Joseph coming in, he stood up and walked up to welcome him. When Joseph sat down, he smiled at Joseph and said, "Mr. Bonaparte, I invite you this time. I hope you can get your help."

According to Rafayet, he noticed Joseph's performance when he formed the National Self-Defense Force in the neighborhood. Many of his friends mentioned him to him, and everyone thought that Joseph was very talented in organizing and training the army. (Joseph: Why don't I know?) Nowadays, the situation facing France is still very unstable, and the army, as an important force to maintain French stability, has become increasingly important. Therefore, he hopes that Joseph can stand up and serve the country and help him train the army.

Joseph instinctively wanted Lafayette to ask for another cleverness. He said that he was not humble, but although he was wearing military uniforms, he had not received military education. In fact, he was just a technician who was engaged in mathematics. How could he take on such a heavy responsibility?

However, Lafayette said that the National Assembly has decided that it is you. And it is not for you to take the lead alone. The person who is mainly responsible for this matter is Lazar Kano, and you are just his deputy. Kano also said that he had talked to you for a long time and found that you are very researchy in military affairs, many ideas, very reasonable and very inspiring. When he was accepting the mission, he made a request, that is, he hoped you could help him. Are you unwilling to contribute your own strength to France?

At this point, Joseph had nothing to say. He was worried that if he wanted to refuse, he would become the enemy of the legitimate Lafayette. He originally wanted to recite two lines of poetry, but suddenly realized that after these two lines of poetry were translated into French, the tone and rhythm were wrong, so he suppressed the magic in his heart and replied, "I am willing to serve France."

After leaving Lafayette's mansion, Joseph was worried about gains and losses along the way. Is his decision right now? Lafayette is indeed in power, but with his little historical knowledge, he also knows that Lafayette is not the protagonist of this era, he is just a supporting role in the drama "You just finished singing and I will go on stage". Now he is hurting his pirate ship, is it right?

However, many years later, when looking back on the past, Joseph lamented that his actions tonight were really correct, because he followed Lazar Kano and embarked on a path of becoming an indispensable "technical bureaucrat". From then on, no matter who came to power, he needed them and could not live without them. This is also the reason why Lazar Kano did not die in the original history. In essence, Joseph, who was a coward, would not love to commit suicide like Lazar, and his situation was naturally safer.
Chapter completed!