After Pope's request for "tactical guidance", Cano ordered Napoleon to go south with the Fifth Army. And Napoleon had been prepared for a long time, he had studied Toulon on the map I don't know how many times, after receiving the order, Napoleon gave an order, and the entire Fifth Army Corps immediately went into action, and it took only half a day for the Fifth Army to leave the garrison and begin to march south.

But the army had barely set off when a herald caught up with Napoleon.

"General Bonaparte, General Canot has a new order for you." The herald said.

Napoleon took the order, and thought to himself: "What is Cano doing?" What kind of order do you want to give, can't you do it earlier? Not sooner or later, but at this time, this can be seen ......"

While thinking so, Napoleon opened the envelope and pulled out the order. He glanced at the order, then put it away, turned to his herald, and said, "Go and get the commander of Dawu." ”

In a few moments, Davout appeared in front of Napoleon.

"General! Davout reports to you. Davout dismounted and saluted Napoleon.

"Luis, I have just received an order to leave the unit temporarily for a while. You are now leading the whole army in my place, and march according to the original plan. If nothing else, I should be able to get back to the army early tomorrow morning. If I don't get back tomorrow morning, I'll have a new order from the herald. Do you understand? ”

"Understood!" Davout replied loudly, apparently Napoleon's enduring the entire army to him, even if it was temporary, even if it was only for half a day, which still made him very excited.

Having temporarily handed over the large army to Davout, Napoleon with a regiment of cavalry, turned to the west. At sunset, Napoleon led the cavalry to their destination - the "Army Technical Laboratory".

After identifying himself, Joseph crossed the drawbridge with three loaded wagons and appeared in front of Napoleon.

"Just a little thing, you asked me to go so far to get it? And to bring a regiment of cavalry? By the way, Kano's order is not clearly written, what is in it? Napoleon asked.

"Monsieur Lavoisier's new toy." Joseph said, "It's very powerful, you should be able to use it." ”

As he spoke, Joseph handed Napoleon an envelope: "Here's the instruction manual for that thing." As soon as the trial was successful, we went all out to produce it. But you know, it's lab-produced, it's in limited quantities. So far, that's just that. You're about to go to war, you bring this thing, try to use it, and when you're done, give us a report on your experience. ”

"Hell, Lavoisier stuff!" Napoleon couldn't help but glance at the three carriages, "Is this thing safe?" Won't be in transit, booming guy, right? ”

Napoleon knew that one of the reasons Joseph had brought Lavoisier into the laboratory was that Lavoisier had invented a lot of explosives. Since this thing is "Lavoisier's new toy", it must be something that will explode. Considering his nitroglycerin, Napoleon felt that it would be better for him to stay away from the three cars.

"Don't worry, it's pretty safe. It won't be too much of a problem to put it in the fire and burn it. Joseph said, "Specific instructions and usage are all in the instructions. You'll find out for yourself when you go back and see. Also, as to how to use this thing, I have an instructor for you. This is Sergeant Clement, and he's going with you to the South to teach you how to use this stuff safely. ”

"General, Sergeant Clement reports to you." A tall soldier stepped forward and saluted Napoleon.

"Okay. Clément, just follow me for the time being. Napoleon said.

After saying this, Napoleon turned to Joseph again and said, "Is there anything else?" ”

"I've been in the lab for a while, and I'm not very well-informed. Is there any news from Lucien? Joseph asked.

"How can there be news?" Napoleon said, "What about your brain? If you know how to do the four arithmetic, you can easily figure out that they don't know if they've arrived in Corsica at this time. How can there be news at this time? ”

"Stupid thing, I mean, you go south, and you let me know as soon as there's any news."

"Come on, do you still need to say this kind of thing? Okay, if it's okay, I'll go first. Napoleon stepped on the stirrup with one foot and was about to mount his horse, but he turned back and said to Joseph: "I have heard that the winter in Paris is very cold, and you should be careful not to catch a cold." ”

"Okay, okay, take care of yourself, I still have to worry about you?" Joseph said disdainfully, but there was a slight touch in his heart.

……

All the members of the family came to the hall, and the curtains were drawn tightly, so that the light in the house would not leak out and attract the attention of the people outside.

"Mom, that's it. Joseph and I, as well as Napoleon, thought that there might be some uncontrollable risks in keeping you in Corsica. So I'm going to come back secretly and take you to France. ”

"To France? Great, I've wanted to go to France for a long time. A girl lowered her voice. Although the voice was suppressed, the excitement could not be suppressed.

"Polina, pay attention to your words and deeds, you are not small anymore, and there are still guests at home!" Letizia lowered her face and whispered.

The girl stuck out her tongue mischievously, and quickly lowered her head again, making a demure appearance. The candle shined, casting a faint glow on the bangs on her forehead.

"Lucien, do you have to go? We still have a lot of things here that we can't handle for a while......" Letizia said.

"Mom, don't worry about these things. Joseph and Napoleon both had good incomes, compared to these things in Corsica, which is nothing, the key is everyone's safety. You know, Joseph and Napoleon are both very important nowadays, and the British may be ...... Joseph said that the most shameless and capable of doing everything in the world is the British......" said Lucien.

As he spoke, Lucien quietly kicked Chrysler lightly under the table with his foot, hoping that he would also hurry up and say a few words, so that Letizia could quickly agree to leave for France at once.

Chrysler, however, didn't move at all. Lucien turned his head and saw that Chrysler was staring at Polina with wide eyes and a dumb look on his face.

In fact, Chrysler's brain has been in a state of shutdown since Polina's appearance. He had no idea that he would meet such a thrilling beauty in such a rural place (later, Polina was once called the first beauty in Europa. And her statue has also become a famous artistic treasure), so now all the data processing power of his entire brain is used for aesthetic purposes. As a result, other threads are shut down to free up computing power and storage space to support the most important task at hand - looking at beautiful women.

Because Chrysler was sitting in the back of the seat, and his face was hidden in the shadow of the candlelight, the others didn't notice his appearance. Only Lucien was annoyed in his heart: "How did this guy Napoleon send such a man!" ”

Although just now, when Polina came down the stairs, the first time she saw her, even Lucien suddenly felt a little dazed. However, Lucien felt that the reason why he was like this was entirely because he hadn't seen him for a few years, and Polina was too different from before.

Back in Corsica, Lucien always had the feeling that time seemed to have frozen and nothing had changed. It's the same when you get back home. Everything in the house is the same as when he left a few years ago, no different. Even her mother, Letizia, is just older, but there is not much difference. Polina alone shattered that impression. The mother is still the mother in the impression, but the younger sister is no longer the sister in the impression.

Now before him was a long, beautiful man, with the most touching figure of a woman who had reached adulthood but still retained all the innocent form of a girl, with astonishing maroon hair with gold threads, a forehead as smooth as jade, cheeks as bright as a rose, and the neck of a fairy in the forest carved by Jean Gujon and the face of Maria depicted by Raphael.

The naughty little girl in Lucien's impression has now become a girl in the prime of her life, and that's it. This phenomenon is actually very common. There was a moment when the girls seemed to be buds that suddenly burst out, and in the blink of an eye, they became roses. Yesterday people ignored them as children, but when we see them again today, I already feel that they are confused.

Thinking so, Lucien stomped Chrysler hard.

This brought Chrysler to his senses. He didn't scream like in those TV episodes in later generations, but lowered his eyelids without saying a word.

"Major Chrysler was the battalion commander under Napoleon, and Napoleon entrusted him with responsibility for this matter. There are some things that mom you can ask him. Lucien said.

"Ah, that's right." Chrysler hastened, "The general believes that you are all in great danger, and any delay will multiply the danger. Therefore, you must leave Corsica as soon as possible, as soon as possible, preferably tonight. ”

"Tonight? How did this come into time? We still have ......," Letizia said.

"All it takes is people." Lucien said, "We went out quietly for a while, and our ship was in the same place where Napoleon used to hide. Well, Mom doesn't know, but Polina does. Once on board, it's safe. As for things, when it came to France, there was everything. Joseph and Napoleon have already bought you a manor house in France. ”

"Really, a manor? That's great! Polina couldn't help but speak again.

After saying this, Polina quickly glanced at her mother, then quickly lowered her head and continued to pretend to be a lady.

"Alright, but I'll at least pack my bags, and bring the title deed, and a change of clothes, and ......," Letizia said