His Excellency the Count of Grandet

Half an hour later, a carriage with thick curtains drove across the street with snowdrifts on both sides, heading towards Grandet's house.

Sitting in it was Charles.He leaned forward slightly, with one hand on his knee and the other on his cheek.It can be seen from his almost motionless posture and his gaze falling on a certain point in the void that he has fallen into some kind of contemplation.

The royal salon is not so much a party as a competition.

Hereditary aristocrats, from princes to earls, have blood relations so complicated that people don't want to understand; high-ranking politicians, from the chairman of the ministerial council to the minister of war, there is no position that does not change like a lantern; and emerging capitalists, from Victor to Michele Well, even if you don’t have any political aspirations, or if such aspirations are weak, you must add one to yourself—otherwise you will be killed by the opponent every minute!

It is no exaggeration to describe it, your circle is really chaotic!

To make matters worse, the country has become a mess, and there are still people from abroad to stir it up—after the defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, both the king and the cabinet must take into account the ideas of certain foreigners when formulating policies. Take Metternich in Austria, for example.

This Herr Metternich was Foreign Minister of the Austrian Empire and had already acquired the title of Prince.His most famous deed is not quarreling with Napoleon when the war was tense or being a diplomatic hostage, but successfully presiding over the Congress of Vienna; the latter has become an ironclad proof of his diplomatic success.

France is a defeated country in this meeting, and its right to speak is obviously limited.As for the other four countries, the status of Austria, Russia, Prussia, and the United Kingdom is relatively favorable.Except for the United Kingdom, the other three countries all hold conservative tendencies.Because they believe that revolution is the source of turmoil in Europe; as long as the international order is restored to that before the French Revolution, the world will be peaceful.

Metternich is one of the staunch supporters of this view.What he especially does not want to see is that France will reappear the previous things, so he absolutely resists the trend of free thought.

"You can think about what Metternich will think when he knows what kind of people are around the king. It doesn't need to be our people at all; as long as they don't support the royalist party, they are the ones he must remove." Victor Tell Charles so. "To put it bluntly, I think I'm already on his blacklist."

Charles has only two thoughts on this: first, you deserve your high profile; second, someone cares too much!

No need to have any detailed historical knowledge, as long as you understand the current situation, you will know that Austria is going downhill, and it is a typical example of a strong outside but capable in the middle.In other words, Metternich looks very powerful, but that is the reason why he succeeded in creating an impression of a powerful country in front of other countries, and it is absolutely hopeless if he really wants to do it.

It's a pity that Louis XVIII didn't think so.His Majesty the King just wanted to sit on his throne safely, and he didn't want to see any conflicts.Therefore, if Metternich protested, even if it was only verbal, Louis XVIII would probably have succumbed.

"They have been exchanging letters for many years since the signing of the Treaty of Paris," Victor said. "We can't stop it."

Well, does that mean that they can only watch Metternich trouble them and do nothing?

Anyway, that's the big premise right now.Under this premise, it is much easier to classify the people who attended the meeting——

Those who wholeheartedly protect the king, those who care more about their own interests than the king (partial bourgeois republic), as well as neutrals and sloppy factions, and there are two extremes-religious fanatics and liberals.

Among them, the first two have the largest number of people, and no one likes anyone; the middle two are relatively few, but basically do not affect the situation; the last two are the least, but they can cause the most trouble.

As a genuine engineer, Shire's understanding of historical details is quite limited, so he can't make any specific feasible suggestions in this regard.But that doesn't mean he doesn't think the matter can't be solved; on the contrary, he feels he can indeed make a real effort.

For ordinary people, is it more important who sits on the king's throne, or what dishes can be served on their own dinner table?As long as they can improve the living standards of more people, won't the public opinion support it?After preparing funds, equipment, and troops, all public opinion media should stand aside, okay?

At this time, it is time to borrow a famous saying - political power grows out of the barrel of a gun!

Victor was silent for two seconds at Charles's argument. "You are really direct." Then he commented.

Charles guessed that Victor probably wanted to say that he was too simple and rude.But the problem is, it works! "Why don't you come up with a more feasible and effective method?" He asked back.

"Did you know that when a large group of people quarrel and quarrel with no results, it becomes a one-size-fits-all with you?" Victor laughed.And it’s still a one-size-fits-all tone! "It made me feel that the previous mediation was all nonsense, and it was all useless."

"That's because they can only talk, but I can only do it." Charles retorted rudely. "But mediation is not all useless - at least it buys time so that we can prepare the things I just said."

"Is it just delaying time? It turns out that my evaluation in your heart is still so conservative!" Victor seemed to have a feeling. "I can't say, though, that I didn't expect this answer from you; in fact, I must repeat—that's just how I like you."

Charles didn't even have the strength to roll his eyes at Victor.Is it his illusion, after the first false confession, Victor seized every possible opportunity to brush back this first impression? "It will be fine in half a year," he affirmed, picking up the words selectively. "After half a year, they will know that they have lost."

"Factories will be profitable, and there will be funds; and the smelted iron can be used to manufacture locomotives, looms, and weapons." Victor said, with a meaningful tone.

"I didn't intend to invest the first money I made in politics," Shire emphasized, "but someone else will follow."

If you can't do it yourself, let someone else do it?But the competition is fierce... "Are you sure you can make more money than them?" Victor noticed the implication almost instantly.

"I'm not sure until I go back to Paris," Charles replied simply.

Is that why he returned to Paris?Victor raised his eyebrows high.If he's not mistaken, it must have something to do with those people from the Academy of Sciences!What to do, he was the one who proposed to find Ampere at first, but now...

Charles was keenly aware of Victor's unhappiness. "Don't think too much about it," he folded his hands. "Trust me—you'll love them too when you know what they can do."

"Also?" Victor only heard this key word. "Well, I don't think too much about it, but," he tried to bargain, "you haven't even said that word to me yet!"

"I've said it before, I just do it, I don't say it." Xia Er glanced out of the corner of his eyes at a man who might transform abnormally anytime and anywhere as long as he was facing him.

Victor knew that Charles was just talking about the kiss just now, but he couldn't help but expand his thinking in the direction of color: "Is the bed also included?"

The conversation went so far that it was completely distorted, and Charles resolutely said goodbye and left.After getting into his carriage, he touched his lower lip with the back of his hand—Victor is smart!If you dare to leave traces on such an obvious place on your face, don't think about the future!

After thoroughly understanding the strength comparison between the two sides and his own role positioning, Charles is not particularly worried.Anyway, he is not good at politics, but he is good at how to make money from his old business.As long as you stand in the right position and your teammates work hard, there is no reason for them to lose—you can win even if you smash it with gold!

Just in the good expectation of Charles, Ampere came back from Denmark.

"It's astonishing—it's just a moment of electrification!" Ampère said to Charles. "The magnetic needle moves—and an uninsulated object in the middle has no effect!"

Of course, the magnetic field is a concept of the whole space, Ciel thought.But he didn't intend to say that, just nodded. "It's amazing—I mean, Auster really figured out a way to prove it."

"Yes, his work was great," admitted Ampere, "but your ideas were also very useful, no question about that."

Xia Er was afraid that Ampere would also want to drag him into the laboratory, so he hurriedly pushed his credit to the outside world: "There is no evidence, it is just a delusion; what's more, most of them are still delusion now."

Ampere must have agreed with this statement before putting it aside.But after seeing Oster's experiment with his own eyes, he was a little shaken: What if it is true?What if their thinking is limited by current research?At this time, the important thing is not the evidence, but knowing which direction to look for the evidence.From this aspect, Oster’s previous statement is completely correct——

Shire's ideas are a rare and precious treasure, close to priceless!

"Don't worry, of course I remember what you said, you don't want to be here." Ampere organized his words before speaking, "What we mean is that we want to invite you to participate in the international conference to be held in Geneva next year; everyone is here Report your latest research results on the Internet. We thought, maybe you have time and would like to listen to a world-wide lecture?"

"That would be great, thank you very much." Charles immediately agreed.Just kidding, is there a more suitable opportunity to fan Haiyan's wings than this timing?

After a brief conversation in the living room of Grandet's house, Ampere hurried back to the Academy of Sciences.For the development of domestic science, it is necessary for him to tell his peers what he has seen, so as to mobilize everyone to brainstorm together; at the same time, he himself has to start researching electromagnetic relations——

This is a whole new world, where there is speed and nothing!Oster has already taken the first chance before him, will he miss the second?

This winter is destined to be busy for scientists like Ampere, because there are a lot of new laws waiting to be discovered; for businessmen like Shire, it is the time to check accounts and make plans for the coming year.

When the snowflakes in the sky are getting bigger and bigger, Christmas is approaching.