Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

In Paris, more and more prisoners can be seen. Someone has even counted that the number of Russian and Prussian prisoners walking on the streets of Paris has exceeded 10,000.

It seemed that people in Paris were very confident that the emperor could defeat the coalition forces, or at least preserve the achievements of the Revolution.

But not everyone is like this. People like Mr. Talleyrand and Mr. Fouché always find a way out for themselves.

Especially Talleyrand. Things have been relatively calm on Fouché's side recently, but Mr. Talleyrand is already considering finding a new boss for himself.

He saw the situation clearly. Even if Napoleon possessed incredible power, it would be difficult for him to achieve ultimate victory. This was also determined by the current situation.

Therefore, Mr. Talleyrand always had to take some action to inform the Tsar and Metternich that the key to dealing with Napoleon was to control Paris.

The situation in southern France was better at this time, but it should also be taken into account that, except for the area around Marseille, many places in southern France were the sphere of influence of the royalists who were not friendly to the revolution and Napoleon afterwards. They just did not switch from the revolutionary camp to the royalist side like the people of the Vendée.

In the northeast, every time, no matter who invades, there will always be someone causing trouble.

Carnot, who was in Antwerp at the time, agreed with this point.

He and Napoleon were good friends in personal terms, and there was always a feeling of mutual admiration between scientists. However, because the emperor himself wanted the revolutionary regime to transform into an empire, he withdrew from political life around the time of the signing of the Treaty of Amiens in 1802.

To be honest, there is always something special about an outstanding organizer and scientist who has a seat in the Public Security Committee, the Directory and the Consulate, and who is given some respect by the emperor.

What's more, he has two sons, one of whom invented the Carnot heat engine and the other is a left-wing congressman. He has a grandson who is the president. Also, there are some engineers in his family. The proportion of engineers and scholars in four generations is still very high, even more than those in politics.

If it is true, President Kano, the grandson of Mr. Lazar Kano, almost jumped to the camp of Ma Da Huzi in the strange environment of France III. He was also one of the few presidents in France III who could be humanistic and do things.

If it were someone else, many of them would probably not even do anything, or they would just be like Bu Shiren.

Their family's contribution to human society is actually quite significant.

Carnot had returned in 1812, after France had suffered an unprecedented defeat, and was now in Antwerp, organizing the defense of the country to prevent the British from seizing these places.

He even helped Bernadotte to defeat the British detachment when he crossed the border. Apart from that, he also helped to repel the Dutch, who were vulnerable when they arrived at the Allied camp.

If this continues, it may be possible to retain these pieces of land in Belgium during negotiations. Their value is much greater than any other place. After all, French is spoken here.

Think about it again, this is where Bilgi is. It has close relations with the Gauls and Franks. During the Roman Empire, if the emperor was not a good person, they would also take action in Bagauda. It was considered an old revolutionary area before Paris.

The personnel composition is quite complex, and it is not just Flanders and Wallonia.
At this time, it's not for friends, it's mainly for France.

Carnot was able to distinguish the situation clearly; he was the exact opposite of Mr. Talleyrand.

His youngest son Hippolyte Carnot was only 13 years old, too old to join the army, but his eldest son Sadi Carnot had already entered the École Polytechnique in 1812 with the minimum age requirement and officially became a student of the school.

However, the seniors who graduated that year are still studying abacus, doing mathematical research, and teaching mathematics to children in Russia.
That one was a genius, and this one is also, and both are more famous. As a child prodigy, even though his father received a legacy of 30 francs, it was all his own. He did not let himself live off his father's wealth, but devoted himself diligently to study and scientific research.

What I want to do in the future is probably to become a scholar who can enter the highest temple of science.

Also, the second law of thermodynamics, and Carnot heat engine or something.
Now the students of the Paris Institute of Technology are actively volunteering to join the emperor's army.

However, only some students who were close to graduation were allowed to join the army, while the rest remained in Paris.

They didn't know that someone far away in Reims had been keeping an eye on them.

This was not because of anything else. Solovyov was very clear that Russia's achievements in culture and art had fully risen in the first half of the 19th century, but it would take a long time after Lomonsonov to make great achievements in the field of science.

The current members of the Russian Academy of Sciences who are capable of fighting are generally of German descent, and often foreigners, which is very telling.

Of course, this is a matter for the future. Now the students who have not graduated from the École Polytechnique do not know that the emperor's nephew is targeting them.

They were also involved in building fortifications in the city of Paris. In this regard, although they were not good at using strength on their shoulders, from a more professional perspective, building artillery batteries still required a high level of mathematics.

Sadie Cano himself was called "Young Master" by the team of workers he led. Not only was he unable to lift anything with his shoulders or hands, but his health was also very poor and he always needed someone to take care of him.

However, these workers still admired this "young master" who was a bit introverted and focused on calculations and measurements.

Because of his brain, these people were able to save a lot of effort and even completed the fortifications on the front of the road in advance.

"Master, you are amazing. The fortifications we are building are the same as those on the other side of the road. We have to walk about the same distance and use about the same materials. There are also citizens from our town working on the other side, and they are all good at their jobs. But why are we building it faster here?"

Although they were all laymen, Sadie Cano was still willing to explain it to them, but his tone was very calm.

"Your path is longer, but it obviously takes more effort to reach the top of the mound. At the beginning, the other side may work faster, but then...Even though they are strong men, they always need 'energy'. Not everyone is as energetic as the emperor. But even the emperor himself is a mortal. He is not a god, but he has a smart mind and abundant physical strength."

He even thought that if he had a body like the emperor, he could accomplish anything.

Just don't eat too much and eat too fast.

"But can the emperor win? Although we all say that we have won the battle, the gentlemen in Paris, they..."

"It's hard to say. There are too many enemies. From the emperor's bulletin, we know that the enemy's two legions have three times the strength of ours, but we still won several battles. But I'm a student at the Polytechnic Institute. I'm going to be an engineer after graduation. I'm also an engineer in the army, so I don't know much about military affairs."

"I heard from a retired officer that the emperor will definitely win." "But now the war is in France, just like when my father was still in Paris. Were you in the army at that time, uncle?"

"Master, to be honest, I was a militia captain at that time, and I followed General Moreau to the German mountains and beat the Austrians. In order to protect their money, the rich lords would raise their hands and surrender if the Germans came. They were not as good as the noble lords in the past! As for us country people, this land was distributed during the Republic, and the livestock and houses were added after the emperor came to power. If the former noble lords come back, they may want our land too! I know that the lords here ran away as soon as the revolution broke out, and they will come back with the king's brother."

"What will happen?"

"I'm afraid our land and livestock will all be taken away!"

It can be heard that when talking about the king, they still have some sympathy, and even his Austrian woman is not a big deal.

But the king’s brothers are another matter.

Country people always have their own simple sense of right and wrong. In fact, they called Sadie Kano "Master", and he also mentioned his last name Kano when he introduced himself.

There are probably quite a few people with this surname, but Kano is a big shot and an engineer.

According to the local folks' simple understanding, they don't even know a few big figures, namely the emperor, Moro and Kano.

Carnot was a mathematician, engineer, and a remarkable adult.

Although Sadie Cano is young, he is also a college student and a trainee engineer, so maybe there is some connection.

You know what, it actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

Even Sadi Cano's younger brother, although he later went into politics, had some scientific knowledge. It was he who completed the manuscripts that his brother compiled many years after he died of cholera.

Of course, if they saw the portrait, they would be able to confirm that this "young master" was the son of Citizen Lazar Cano.

Now, those who are willing to defend France, except Napoleon who wants to keep his throne, and those who are willing to follow him, are many true patriots.

As for those local officials who have made a lot of money locally and have to run to Paris, they will more or less despise them.

Sadi Carnot's fortifications were completed ahead of schedule, and there would probably be no enemies coming here within a month. They were just mud fortifications built in advance in the eastern suburbs of Paris, but they were also very effective.

At least if you observe from a high place, you can clearly see the refugees fleeing from the east, the wounded soldiers returning from this direction, the troops moving back and forth, and the vehicles providing supplies.

"It looks like the Emperor has captured a lot more prisoners. Do you see those Prussians in black?"

"Yeah, it's these guys again. We had a muddled fight in Valmy."

At that time, the elder Kano had just lost his first son, and the second son was named in the same way. The name Saadi came from a Persian poet. (The one who was given this name either died young, died young, or was assassinated)

Carnot issued a conscription bill, and almost like throwing beans together, he conjured up 77 people to serve in the army, and then drove away the invading anti-French coalition led by the Duke of Brunswick.

At that time, except for the Russians, the anti-French coalition had everything they needed.

"But we won this time? At that time, the wealthy citizens contributed money, the strong ones joined the army, donated their horses, and sent their children to the battlefield. But what about now? Young Master, you are obviously a child from a wealthy family, but you have been well educated. But we have some big shots on our side."

The uncle was also imitating a citizen representative's speech in the square: "They have all tarnished the dignity of being a citizen of the Republic!"

"But this is not the Republic, this is His Majesty the Emperor."

"That's the same! Our emperor always gives a lot of benefits to the country people. If I vote again, I will still vote for him."

"But uncles, you are just citizens of the town. It would be great if all Parisians were like you. Young people of my age who have money don't like to join the army. As for me, I also want to learn more here. And as an engineer, if I don't fight, I can choose to go to the reserve with half pay. My mentor is not very willing for me to come here to build fortifications."

"That's right, young master, you are very knowledgeable! The teachers in the school would not want to let such a clever person come out. If he gets beaten to death by the Germans, or gets hurt, or gets sick, it would be a huge loss."

Speaking of which, the folks in the suburbs of Paris all have their own way of speaking, but compared to people in Paris, they are more patriotic.

Among the people of similar age that Sadi Carnot knew, Leclerc, who was probably younger than him, was more active because he was the emperor's nephew.

It's just that his physical fitness is just slightly better than his, and because of his young age, the emperor explicitly refuses him to join the army now.

If it were some big shots, any young people of the right age would spend money to avoid serving in the military.

It was always the passionate young men who went to the battlefield, but in 1814.
While they were talking here, another convoy passed by on the road below. It looked like it was a group of important people. From the open window of the carriage, they could see an official from an unknown place sitting inside.

"What kind of master has run back from the city he governs again? These people are bastards!"

They were still okay here, but the old farmers who were setting up roadblocks at the bottom of the mound had even worse tempers and started cursing directly.

"You are paid by the emperor and you use the citizens' money, yet you have the nerve to go to Paris! You are such a disgrace, you should all go to the guillotine! Only that thing is fair to bastards like you!"

Although the emperor used this thing less frequently, it still happened sometimes.

This can also be seen, the current situation in Paris. (End of this chapter)