Poitou, or Genoese, seems to be forgetful.

In just three months, they seemed to have forgotten the two recent defeats, and the chaos and fear of the werewolves and rebels marching south, as if the two thousand Genoese who had died or been captured had never existed.

They also forgot about Percy Robinson.

Sean had written a long letter to Audrey, detailing Posey's situation and telling her to keep an eye on her.

While Sean is willing to believe that Posey is innocent, the evidence is unfavorable to Posey.

But Percy did not show up in Roenburg, and even the secret police did not get any clues about his return to Poitou.

Percy may have died.

There was no news of Viscount Lincoln's disappearance, and if he had been captured by the rebels at Saint-Noowe, neither Poitou nor his family had received any demand for ransom.

Perhaps fearing that he would be beheaded as a trophy by the rebels because of his aristocratic status, he had to seek a common prisoner treatment incognito, or perhaps he was doing the heaviest labor of the rebels somewhere in order to find an opportunity to escape.

This is also just a well-intentioned guess.

What's on the buzz at the moment is something new: Professor Ambrose Hill of the University of Poitou is planning a global expedition.

The event received a lot of public attention, with most people privately believing that it was a fantasy or that it was purely risky. But this very sacred and religious plan made these people think so in private.

Surprisingly, Professor Hill first sought out the True God Pope who was still preaching in Poitou. Of course, he won't tell anyone that this is Sean's hint, and he also fought for the great plan.

The pagan pope happily took out all his possessions, 2 gold coins, and asked Professor Hill to pay attention to clues about the true god while searching for God, and sent a few disciples to bring their own dry food to accompany him.

The Bishop of the Church of God in Genoa, Shakli, was stimulated when he heard this, and immediately donated 500,000 gold louis to fund Professor Hill's project, and asked Professor Hill to return the two gold coins to the poor bastard.

With a large donation, many devout believers in the Cult of God, including the wealthy, also donated to Professor Hill's program.

As a result, Professor Hill raised a staggering sum of 700,000 louis in three months, a fund that even the Governor was jealous of.

Sean didn't make it to the grand voyage of Professor Hill, and it is said that the port of Poitu was crowded with people that day, like a festival.

At the moment, Sean had no time to care, he sharpened his knife, and waited for the news of the team led by Wells himself.

But while waiting for news, a guest came to his barracks, Franco Frank.

The young Mr. Frank is the representative of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Although he looks quite similar to the sons and daughters from the nobles of the Holy City in Sean's impression, and looks polite, there is a natural pride in his bones.

He alone had three large suitcases of luggage. Look at the meaning of this appearance to stay for a long time.

But his surname forced Sean to deal with carefully, as it reminded him of the head of the secret police in the Holy City.

"Mr. Frank, what do you call Colonel Frank of the Holy City?" Sean met with the representative at his headquarters.

"Actually, there are several colonels with the surname Frank, and the others are either generals or petty lieutenants like me. The visitor chuckled, as if inadvertently letting the listener understand the strength of this family in the army, "Viscount, I think the Colonel Frank you know is my own uncle, Colonel Joseph Frank. He told me about your legend. ”

"And Lieutenant Frank, are you here on behalf of the Crown Prince?" asked Sean.

Just as the letter in your hand says. The lieutenant said.

It was a letter from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, bearing his personal seal, asking the Genoese Civil Guard to cross the Ott Hill as soon as possible and attack the rear of the rebels.

The letter was accompanied by an official letter from Governor Byrne to prove the identity of the person who came.

The lieutenant in front of him, dressed as a businessman, also came here to act as an overseer, although the letter from the crown prince only said that he was the liaison.

The Civil Defence Force was established at the local government's own military expense, and was mainly responsible for local pacification, but it was also obliged to obey the orders of the government and the imperial family, but this obedience was probably greatly reduced, especially when they were required to fight across provinces.

It was for this reason that Lieutenant Frank was sent here.

"In fact, the Genoese Civil Defence is already being prepared, please rest assured that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Sean said at this time.

"Can I know exactly when and what I planned?" asked Lieutenant Frank.

"Soon. Sean gave a vague answer, "As for the plan, it's a military secret for the time being, and you'll know when the time comes." ”

Lieutenant Frank was deflated, but his expression quickly returned to normal.

"Then I'll wait for good news. The lieutenant said with a smile.

Sean arranged for someone to stay and let him dry for a few days.

The lieutenant was not annoyed, he walked around the barracks every day, and even liked to play football, but the soldiers of the Civil Defense were more grouped and not so friendly to him as a northerner - it was not interesting for him to play alone.

It wasn't until he asked Sean for a few sets of Civil Defense uniforms that the situation changed slightly. Sean listened to his herald Daniel say that the lieutenant had brought three sets of pajamas alone.

In the Civil Defense barracks, no one is in the habit of wearing pajamas, including Sean.

Franco Frank's game improved so quickly that he quickly became the most popular goalscorer in the army, and he was a natural master of the sport, with his original dazzling dribbling movements that were extremely pleasing to the eye.

On this day, he appeared on the pitch as usual and contributed several wonderful goals, drawing cheers from the onlookers.

Suddenly, a hurried trumpet sounded, and then the soldiers all disappeared, leaving him alone with a football in his arms.

Twenty minutes later, groups of heavily armed soldiers rushed out of the barracks and quickly formed up in formation on the playground, followed by a company of cavalry, and finally the artillerymen led the horses, drove the gun wagons and ammunition wagons out, and lined up in the assigned positions.

In addition, drum bands, trumpeters, and baggage troops were also lined up.

The army of 1,400 men was silent.

The whole army was ready for the march, which took only about thirty minutes in total. Shawn, accompanied by Perosa and other officers, rode to the front of the army.

"All the people in the army, all you need to do is carry your personal equipment, go around Fort Partenham 20 times, based on the results of the last place in each company, the last team to complete the task will be responsible for cleaning all the toilets in the barracks for the next seven days, and the second place will be responsible for the cleaning work for the next three days. ”

The soldiers all looked the same, of course, some were gloating, and the officers and non-commissioned officers of the companies were secretly cheering themselves up.

As soon as Sean gave the order, the soldiers of the artillery and logistics support units immediately took their personal equipment and stood with the light infantry, and after a burst of drums, the teams rushed out of the castle.

It was just one of the usual training programs of the CDF, to which the officers and men were accustomed, but for Franco Frank it was the first time he had seen such a punishment, and he found that the soldiers did not seem to be so resistant to such punishment.

In each team, the fastest runner also had to slow down to help the less physical ones in the team, as the results were counted as the last place in each team.

Lieutenant Frank had seen more than one of the stronger soldiers carrying the weapons of their companions, while the less physical ones followed with gritted teeth. Fort Partnam isn't huge, but running 20 laps in full gear isn't an easy task, especially when there is competition.

In the end, the first place was actually won by a group of cooks, which surprised everyone.

In order to reward the cooks, Sean allowed them not to cook that night, and let the third-to-last company cook dinner for the whole army.

The result was that this night everyone drank broth with so much salt that the company was ashamed for a long time.

As a member of a family of military aristocrats, Lieutenant Frank was exposed to military affairs from an early age, and at the age of 15 he entered the Royal Military Academy, and since then, he has been in the army for seven years.

The Civil Defence Force gave him the impression that it was well-trained and tight, but of course this has yet to be tested in future battles.

He also watched the officers' seminars every evening, wandering around every room, and although he consciously did not speak, he was deeply touched by the atmosphere of free discussion and even debate.

It can be seen that the Civil Defence Force, although it has tried to move closer to the regular army of the Empire and to make itself more regular, has changed the military code of 1811 beyond recognition in its actual training and daily management, and the officers have openly questioned the rationality of some of the provisions of the military discipline.

Lieutenant Frank wisely observed silently, and on the night that the Cook took first place, Sean met with Dr. Nolan, who had arrived in the dust.

Listening to Dr. Nolan, who was very emaciated, recount his experiences in the past few months in the north and his discoveries, Sean was silent, forgetting that he was still the president of the University of Poitou.

This is certainly an era of explosion in the natural sciences, but it is also an era of breaking conventions and preconceptions, and in such an era, any unconventional will encounter all kinds of obstacles.

It's like Sean's argument with a professor at Quds University in the newspaper.

Lieutenant Frank was also present, and he was always around Sean's side except for sleeping. Sean didn't pick him up either, and he had nothing to hide from him anyway.

On the contrary, through the liaison officer of Lieutenant Frank, the Crown Prince, he could reassure His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, whom he had never met, that he did not mean to delay.

Frank of course listened to the conversation between Sean and Nolan, and only heard Sean say:

"Why don't you test me on?"

Nolan exclaimed, "No, Viscount, it's too risky. ”

"Well, you also admit that it was an adventure. Sean just said casually, laughing at himself, "I wanted to be the first person to be inoculated against cowpox and go down in history forever, but it seems that I don't have this opportunity." ”

"Viscount, I would like to ask you if you can recruit volunteers in the name of Poitu University?" Nolan said, "In that case, this is a medical study without attracting too much unnecessary criticism. ”

"I couldn't agree more. Sean decisively said, "If there's any objection, let them say it, and I, as the approver, will be responsible for it." ”

"Thank you, Viscount!" said Nolan happily. Sean smiled:

"In the past few months, you have also worked hard, just rest here for a few days, my food here is good. Also, while I haven't been dismissed as president of my university, I'm going to design your experiment. Hopefully, you'll be able to produce something soon, and show the haughty Northerners what a great discovery they've missed. ”

"No, Viscount, Mr. Headmaster, thank you for your trust. I have great confidence in the prevention of smallpox. ”

Nolan immediately said.

Nolan was taken down to rest by Commando Daniel, and Lieutenant Frank complained:

"Viscount, you seem to be very upset with us northerners, no, the Yankees? I think that's a prejudice. ”

"I'm sorry!" Sean said, "Lieutenant, in fact I have a lot of grievances with a lot of people, whether they're Northerners or Southerners. You know, tradition is a very stubborn disease, this disease is more or less present in our body, and sometimes they don't deliberately hinder the way to break the mold, they just instinctively resist. Science is all about breaking the routine and discovering a certain pattern. ”

"It seems a bit esoteric. Frank didn't seem to understand, but he didn't dare talk about science in front of a member of the Royal Society of Science.

In fact, after a few days together, Sean's impression of Frank has changed a lot, at least the person puts himself in the position of a bystander, and only looks and doesn't say anything.

"It's like a blood transfusion between people, which in the eyes of the people before it was completely evil and should be burned to death. "But now doctors in the Holy City like to brag in the newspapers about how many patients they have transfused, as if they are not a good doctor if they don't have blood transfusions." ”

Frank suddenly said, "That's right. It would be a great honour if I could see Dr. Nolan's success in curbing smallpox, because smallpox is a very serious infectious disease, and many members of my family have contracted smallpox, and some have died from it. ”

"You'll see you soon. Sean threw a document at him. Frank took one look and exclaimed:

"You caught two werewolves, alive?"

"Yes, my deputy commander personally led the team deep into Mount Ott, it took him only three days to capture the first werewolf, but it took half a month to catch the second, and in addition, we lost a brave soldier in order to catch the mouth. "The arrival of Dr. Nolan gave me the brilliant idea of having these two werewolves as his test subjects. ”

"But there's a question, are werewolves human?" Frank said suddenly.

Sean was stunned, this was indeed a problem.