So a great conspiracy against Joseph began, organized by Joseph's own brothers. This also verifies one point, that is, any poisonous vegetable is unpopular. The great Eastern philosopher Mencius said: "Those who insist on going their own way will lose the support of the majority." Even his relatives would betray him. This is a wise saying.

Lucien shook his head after reviewing the plans of the gang of fellows of the Academy of Sciences, mainly the Masters of Paris. He said that in addition to the idea at the beginning, which was good, the plans that followed were simply full of loopholes.

"Well, so, this kind of thing is still to be done by professionals. Well, let's say, by inviting the British Academy to come and visit, and then arranging a return visit. This design is complete nonsense. A great Eastern strategist said that victory can only be guaranteed if you know your enemy, as well as yourself. You don't know anything about my big brother's plan.

Politically, Britain is still our enemy, and although we don't say that, they don't say so – we all smile and call each other 'friends', but behind our backs we both want to strangle each other. For such an important figure as Joseph, it is impossible for our country to allow him to go to the area controlled by the enemy, and he himself is a very ...... A very cautious person, he will definitely not go.

Therefore, any invitation must come from the closest and most reliable and true friends with us. Besides, you don't need to discuss this matter anymore, and you don't need to do anything about it. The more you do, the easier it will be for Joseph to perceive. So, you don't have to do that from now on. Do you understand? It is not allowed to talk about this in the future. Well, if there is no leak, regardless of the final outcome, the First Consul agrees to increase the allocation for the Paris Masters by fifteen percent next year......"

So the fellows of the Parisian masters happily withdrew from the conspiracy. Don't say that you can have money in doing this, even if you don't have money, this kind of thing, the less involved the better, right? After all, Dean Joseph is definitely still coming back. If he knows that he still has his own share of this conspiracy, he can't clean up Lavoisier, and he can't bully you?

The next thing to do was to convince Lavoisier. After expressing his intention to Lavoisier, Lavoisier immediately stated:

"Lucien, don't you know my relationship with your eldest brother? I think that at the beginning, your eldest brother saved my life when he was in the most danger; In my poorest time, he made me rich. And your eldest brother is still my niece-in-law, and you actually want me to cheat on him with you? How's that going to work? Gotta add money! ”

The two men then bargained together, and finally Lucien gained Lavoisier's support with a stake in a phosphate mine in Morocco that was still in the hands of the Barbary pirates.

Then came the official performance. According to Lucien's arrangement, it was several Italian universities that extended invitations to the French Academy of Sciences. These include prestigious universities such as the University of Bologna, the University of Padua, the University of Naples Federico II, the University of Siena, and many others.

The University of Bologna is the first university in the world to have a complete university system and has developed to this day, it was founded in 1088, has produced many famous personalities, and has quite high academic honors. Dante, Petrarch, Dürer, Erasmus, Goldoni, Copernicus and others all studied or taught here, and are known as the "mother of universities". Today, the university is also home to the Academy of Sciences of the Northern Italian Republic. So its invitation, in fact, also represents the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Northern Italy, and even the government of the Republic of Northern Italy.

And now the whole of Italy, almost under French control, is also guaranteed to be safe here.

When the Italian universities jointly sent an invitation, Joseph, the president of the French Academy of Sciences, immediately decided, out of political considerations: "We must send a delegation of sufficient weight and sincerity." ”

So he immediately appointed several of his students and assistants, such as Gauss, such as Ohm, and personally visited Monsieur Lavoisier, hoping that Lavoisier would lead the team as the leader.

"Joseph, why don't you go yourself?" Lavoisier asked.

"Ah, Fanny is pregnant again, I can't leave at this time." Joseph said.

"How many months is Fanny pregnant?"

"Two months."

"Well, then you need to help take care of her." Lavoisier said.

"You take care of her, what can you take care of her?" Madame Lavoisier suddenly spoke, "Which of you men, will take care of people?" ”

Joseph really can't argue with this, because he really doesn't know how to take care of people.

"Oops, Fanny is pregnant, so who's taking Alice with her now?" Lavoisier asked.

"Fanny takes her." Joseph replied honestly. Fanny's mother had died, and his father, Lavoisier's brother, had not been in good health and could not help.

"Look, I'll just say. You men, don't say anything about taking care of women. Maybe it's Fanny who is taking care of you right now. Heck, is Alice still as naughty as she used to be? ”

"Ah, Alice is much stronger and quieter than before, like her mother." Joseph replied.

"God willing, it's okay for her to look a little like her aunt, but don't look like her in personality." Madame Lavoisier was always very direct.

"Alas, Fanny is pregnant and has to take care of Alice. Well, otherwise, when I go to Italy, I will bring Alice over to play and make Fanny a little more relaxed. Lavoisier said.

Joseph knew that Lavoisier was very fond of his daughter. Fanny used to take Alice to Lavoisier's vineyard for several days. Alice hadn't been out of the house before, though, so he was a little hesitant.

"Why don't I go back and talk to Fanny?" Joseph concluded.

When he got home, Joseph told his wife about Mr. Lavoisier's suggestion.

"It would be reassuring to go with Monsieur Lavoisier. Well, Fanny, what do you think? Joseph asked.

"Let's ask our Alice, right?" Fanny said.

So the two men called Alice, who was chasing butterflies in the garden, and told her about it, and then asked her, "Alice, do you want to go?" ”

"Italy? Well, is there the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa where Galileo threw the iron ball, and the story of Romeo and Juliet, and Venice with rivers and boats everywhere? I've wanted to play for a long time. My aunt said it was fun there! Alice clapped her face.

Thus, Lavoisier's plan to take Alice to Italy was decided. In order to let his daughter take this opportunity to increase her knowledge, Joseph even took the time to explain to her daughter all kinds of fun and special things in Italy. It made Fanny a little jealous.

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