The next day, before the sun came out, Joseph habitually got up early. In this era, there is no Internet, no games, not even electric lights, and ordinary people can't afford candles, or even oil lamps. At night, it's pitch black. Joseph, who used to go to bed after eleven o'clock in his previous life, now has a good habit of going to bed early and getting up early. In fact, people in this era are basically like this.

Joseph got dressed, walked out of the door, and went into the courtyard of the church. At this time, the sun had not yet risen, and even the east had not yet revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly, and the half-moon and a few remnant stars were still hanging on the black velvety sky. At this time, it was already the middle of December, and in the later republican calendar, it was already a snow moon. Although it did not snow in Paris at this time, and it was still not particularly cold, in the early morning, there was already a layer of hoarfrost on the roofs and in the courtyard.

A stout figure was chopping wood with an axe in the yard. Joseph knew that it was Jean Father Jacques. He works out this way every morning.

"Good morning, Father!" Joseph walked over.

"Ah, Joseph, good morning." The priest tossed the axe aside, straightened up and smiled at Joseph, "Going out for a run?" ”

"yes, running around the church." Joseph replied, "Twenty laps are just right for dinner." ”

"Ah, what about your brother?" Father Jacques asked again.

"I got up too, I was washing my face, and after a while he went out for a run with me. By the way, Father, we will treat you to a good meal at noon, and nothing will happen again this time. I promise! Joseph said a little embarrassed.

"Okay! No problem! "Let Father Jacques say.

At this time, Napoleon also came out from behind, and his personality was not as easy-going as Joseph's, so he just nodded to Father Jean-Jacques and followed Joseph out the door.

The two men ran along the road next to the church. Since Napoleon entered the military academy, although he is still very short, his physical fitness has improved greatly. So he first picked up his speed and tried to get rid of Joseph in order to win.

But Joseph didn't intend to let him get his wish.

"With your two little short legs, you want to run ahead of me?" Joseph also picked up the pace. After traveling to this era, Joseph knew that the level of medicine in this era was outrageously low. Even a small cold can kill a person at any time. Therefore, strengthening physical exercise and improving immunity became a means for Joseph to save his life. Although Louis the Great's school did not have the same high physical requirements as military academies, Joseph never relaxed his physical training. In addition, he has long hands and feet, and in terms of running, he is obviously superior to Napoleon in terms of congenital conditions. How could he let Napoleon, who had been suppressed by him, run in front of him?

So Joseph also picked up his pace, and in just a few steps, he ran in front of Napoleon again. Then Napoleon began to accelerate again......

"Damn...... If it weren't for your longer legs...... I'll ...... this time," Napoleon said staccato as he bent over, panting, and the rising sun tinted the white mist that emanated from his mouth and nose a pale red.

"If you can't run, you can't run...... What's the use of making excuses...... But...... But this time I beat you...... ...... than before It's a lot more difficult than before. Joseph also gasped and replied.

Yes, Joseph believed that he must be able to overwhelm Napoleon in as many ways as possible, not because he was competitive or anything, but in the future, he would be convincing enough to put the brakes on Napoleon.

"Okay, gasped, huh?" Joseph said, "If you have taken a breath, I'll tell you something." ”

"I've been fine for a long time." Napoleon straightened up and walked forward.

"I just won the big prize for my paper." Joseph pretended to be calm and said, "The prize is six hundred francs, so today at noon, we can go and have a big meal to celebrate." ”

"Did you win your paper?" Napoleon was taken aback and stopped.

"Of course, your eldest brother is out of the horse, are there any problems that can't be solved?" Joseph said proudly.

"What did you write?" Napoleon asked, "Why are you and not me?" ”

"Because I may have overturned one of Sir Newton's assertions."

"What? How is that possible?!" Napoleon stared at Joseph with wide eyes, trying to see a joking look on Joseph's face. He noted, however, that disgusting smugness on Joseph's face.

"I found a phenomenon that can be used to illustrate that the nature of light is closer to Hooke's view – that it is a wave rather than a particle." Joseph replied.

"It turned out to be just this." Napoleon looked dismissive and said, "I thought you had overturned the Three Laws." ”

"The law of three can't move for a short time." Joseph shook his head.

"Can't move anytime soon?" Napoleon was taken aback again, he shook his head and said, "You mean that you have discovered the loophole of the Three Laws, but there is no evidence to overturn it for the time being?" ”

"Nope." Joseph shook his head, "Where are the obvious loopholes in Sir Newton's three laws?" I was just out of faith and didn't want to believe it. ”

"Out of faith? Could it be that the three laws do not leave room for God? ”

"No, it's not." Joseph shook his head, "I just can't accept outright fatalism. This kind of argument makes me feel that life has no meaning at all. ”

"What does this have to do with fatalism?" Napoleon apparently did not react.

"Ah, my stupid brother. You really don't have the talent to be a university student. "According to Newton's three laws, we can view the present state of the universe as its past effect and its future cause." If a wise man could know the forces of all natural motion and the position of all the objects of natural composition at a given moment, and if he could also analyze these data, then the motion of the largest object in the universe to the smallest particle would be contained in a simple formula. Nothing will be ambiguous for this wise man, and the future will only appear to him as it has been. Everything is already predestined, just like Oedipus in the face of that terrible prophecy, he can't resist no matter what, because even his resistance is only a part of the doomed. If I really believe in the Three Laws, then what is the meaning of my life? ”

This statement was completely unexpected. He frowned and thought for a long time, then shook his head and said, "For the time being, I haven't found out what the problem with your statement is. But there is definitely something wrong with this statement. Otherwise, this conclusion is really difficult to ...... Wait a minute! Joseph, aren't you a devout believer? Isn't God the wise man? God is all-knowing and all-powerful. But you can't even accept omniscience, you hypocrite. ”

Speaking of which, Napoleon laughed out loud, as if he was proud of having caught his brother's problem.

"These are two different things." Joseph said, "Also, from your words, I smell a Calvin's scent, you heretic!" Joseph also responded with a smile.

Calvin was an important leader of Protestantism and an important philosophical and theological proponent of determinism. France, on the other hand, was the territory of the Catholic Church, and Calvin was a heretic in the eyes of the Catholic Church. Now that Napoleon said that God's omniscience was predestination, Joseph retorted that he was a Calvinist heretic.

The two teased each other for a while, and then went back to church together.

After breakfast, Joseph casually checked Napoleon's studies, and took out his award-winning thesis for Napoleon to study seriously, and then showed him the two experiments involved.

"I'm kind of convinced of you." Napoleon said, "Is there anything wrong with this conclusion?" ”

"Absolutely." Joseph replied, "Any wave needs a medium of propagation, but there are many questions about what exactly is the medium through which light propagates. For example, the speed of light is very fast, and although the exact value is yet to be measured, there is no problem with being very fast. For a wave to be transmitted at such a fast speed, it means that its propagation medium should have a very high intensity. But when we move in such a hard medium, we never feel resistance from the light ether. In short, there are many problems involved, but I believe that with the deepening of research, this problem can be solved eventually, although not necessarily in the same way as we imagined. ”

"Unfortunately," said Napoleon, "I am very interested, but I have to admit that I have no idea of it, at least for the time being." ”

"My stupid brother, you see, everyone's gifts are different. Some people may be naturally strong in some ways, but not in others. For example, when it comes to mathematics and other natural sciences, I don't think you're as good as me mostly, but maybe in other areas, you might be better than me. For example, if there's a small hole that you can drill through, I probably won't be able to drill through it. ”

Listening to Joseph's previous serious words, Napoleon was still a little moved in his heart. To be honest, although he was pretentious, although he also thought that he had a strong talent in mathematics and natural science, Napoleon was not a person who liked to deceive himself, although he did not admit it in his mouth, but in his heart, he knew that his talent in this area was indeed inferior to that of his brother, so he was indeed a little frustrated many times. Now Joseph's previous words are really a little heartwarming, but who knows that he came out with the sentence of drilling a dog hole in the back, so angry that Napoleon really wanted to beat him.

"Joseph, you're not a good thing." Napoleon said.

"Haha......" Joseph smirked, "besides, considering the difference in our size, you won't be able to eat me when you eat meat at noon." ”