Since the end of the royal family, the Palace of Versailles has been almost abandoned. Cano found a place in the Palace of Versailles, and then requisitioned it as the residence of the "Army Technical Laboratory" and the "Army Technical Inspection Department". With a location, there's a whole bunch of things to keep busy. Joseph was too busy to touch the ground, so he often asked his younger brother Louis to go to Carno's house to eat, anyway, he was used to it, the only difference was that when he used to go to eat, there was also a Lucien, and now, Lucien has gone south.

Lucien followed Chrysler and a dozen others south, and soon reached the vicinity of Toulon. The group first went to report to General Pope and showed him the official documents of the War Department.

Pope read the official document and smiled slightly: "General Kano is really too steady. It is enough to retake Toulon with me and my warriors. Still, I welcome General Napoleon to share in my glory if he can catch up. As for the fact that you are going to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, well, I have been preparing to attack those invaders and traitors recently, so it is better not to interfere with our actions......"

Speaking of this, Pope drew a circle on the map: "Well, in the near future, you'd better not enter the range of this circle." ”

Chrysler looked down at the map, and Pope had just drawn a circle with a radius of at least 15 kilometers around Toulon. If his mission is really pre-reconnaissance, and if he doesn't enter this range, he will be able to do almost nothing.

"Okay, General." Chrysler nodded.

Coming out of Pope's place, Chrysler and a group of men changed into civilian clothes, left the barracks, and headed east toward the Rian Peninsula. Among the ranks was a young man named Ravanelli, who was a member of the Maasai Volunteer Army before joining the Fifth Army, and his hometown was on the Ri'an Peninsula. Before enlisting in the army, he was a fisherman. According to him, he can help everyone get a fishing boat.

The Rian Peninsula was a tourist attraction in later generations, but at this time, it was still a remote and poor place. Neither the British army, nor the French army, paid attention here. The group followed Ravanelli to a small fishing village, where they soon found two boats.

It's just that both boats are small fishing boats with only one mast. Even, to put it more clearly, it's almost a small sampan.

"Ravanelli, are you sure that such a ship can also reach Corsica? There's not even a shed up there. Chrysler was hesitant.

"Ah, that's fine. You know, the Mediterranean is not the Atlantic, it's as calm as a pond. As long as it is a boat, as long as there is a mast and a sail, as long as there is enough fresh water and food, we can even run all the way to Algeria. As for the sheds, well, these ships were originally there. But it's not winter yet, and we don't usually go out very far, so we didn't put it on. ”

The climate of the Mediterranean is different from that of the very well-understood places, and one of its biggest characteristics is the different periods of rain and heat. It is not yet the rainy season in the Mediterranean.

"So how do you determine the direction at sea? Do you use a sextant? Lucien asked a more crucial question.

"What is a sextant? We look at the stars and the sun and the compass to determine the direction. Ravanelli replied.

"Hell, when I didn't ask." "But by looking at the stars and the sun, you will find Corsica on the sea?" ”

"We sail east along the coast, to Nice, then turn south to Corsica, and then along the Corsican coastline, we always find a suitable place to park. Waited for the ...... ashore."

"As long as you can get ashore, that's fine." Lucien said.

……

Just as Lucien and the others were about to smuggle themselves in a small fishing boat, Joseph had just welcomed an old friend of his, Lavoisier.

"What the hell, what the hell! Joseph, look at what these sons of these people have ruined the country! Oh my God, Versailles has become like this! I still remember when I first became a member of the Academy of Sciences, I came to the palace to meet the king. At that time, it was still ...... But look at what it's like here! It's almost as if it had been plundered by the Mongols! ”

Indeed, the once magnificent Palace of Versailles is almost in ruins. Since the king was taken hostage to Paris, it has not been taken care of. The peasants in the neighborhood often ran in, rummaged around, looked for something, looked for something valuable, or something that worked, and then knocked it down and carried it home. At first, it was made of metal and wood, but gradually it developed into building materials such as bricks and stones, and if it continues, it is estimated that it will reproduce the feat of medieval Roman citizens who demolished half of the Colosseum in ancient Rome.

"Mr. Lavoisier, I can't be blamed for that." Joseph laughed, "If we hadn't moved here, I'm afraid this place would have been even more destroyed." Well, Monsieur Lavoisier, let me show you to your lodgings. ”

"Accommodation? Aren't you in a lab here? Look at the lab first! Lavoisier said, "By the way, Carnot promised me that my salary would be paid in silver, not in money!" ”

Joseph smiled slightly, but did not speak. These are all small things, in fact, Lavoisier said this, and he didn't really care about the wages, he was actually just complaining.

"That guy from Kano, alarmist, scared people to death, just like the real thing. But Paris is really too noisy, and there is no room for quiet learning, so it's good to come to you. Well, I just had an idea to do a new experiment. Just in time to do it with you......" Lavoisier continued.

Actually, is Carnot alarmist, and Lavoisier not a fool, how can he not know? When Canot told Lavoisier what he had learned, Lavoisier's face turned white with fright. He certainly knows what such an accusation will lead to today. The guillotine erected in Harmony Square is busy every day!

If it is the kingdom period, thinking about a person like him is a bit of such a problem, and his reputation can also protect him. But now that the people in power are a bunch of uneducated thugs, and even Condorcet is being hunted down, Lavoisier doesn't think they're going to open up to himself.

But being saved by Carnot, Lavoisier was still not very happy. For in Lavoisier's view, Cano was in the same league as the barbarians, and although he had read a lot, he was still a savage at heart, as you can see when he fought the other members of parliament. He's a brute who knows math!

Therefore, when Cano asked him if he would like to work in the "army technical laboratory" and promised that he had a way to protect him and his family, Lavoisier hesitated for a second before reluctantly agreeing to Carnot.

……

In the National Salvation Committee, Robespierre was also asking Cano a question: "General Carnot, I heard that you have just formed an institution called the 'Army Technical Laboratory', and then you have sent some very conservative people there?" ”

"Yes." Kano doesn't deny it, and he can't deny this kind of thing, but he still finds a reason for his own approach, "I think it's a very appropriate approach." It's like when we send some rebel soldiers to a quarry or a mine. ”

"The people in the Public Safety Committee have a lot of opinions about this, and they feel that those criminals, no matter who they are, should be punished equally, even if they are sentenced to hard labor, they should be handed over to them for trial first." Robespierre continued.

Regarding this question, Kano had already discussed with Joseph how to deal with it. "Monsieur Robespierre," said Carnot, "you should note that what to do with these people is not a matter of law. It's a political issue. Someone like Lavoisier is not a criminal, but an enemy. He, and the rest of his company, were our enemies, but they were defeated and captured by us. Such people are not protected by our laws, so they should be treated using the principles of war. For captured barbarians, we can either shoot them or turn them into slaves. Send them to all sorts of places to make them work to death. As for who we shoot, or who we are subjected to hard labor, the only principle is the principle that it is beneficial to France, and to the victory of our army over the enemy.

Besides, where do the knowledge and skills of these enemies come from? Of course, it was cultivated by plundering the people's money. So their knowledge and skills are all stolen goods, and they are also our seizures. I've never heard of a thief caught and not pursued when he was able to recover the stolen goods; I've never heard of it, because what we captured was the enemy's, and it had to be destroyed. In my opinion, the people of the Public Safety Committee are too lacking in political consciousness and their hands are stretched too long! ”

"General Kano, the Public Security Committee just wants to go through the process." Kudon said.

"Hehe......" Kano smiled, "these people are captured barbarians, and they are not protected by the law, so there is no scene to speak of. And all their time is ours, and the guys from the Public Security Committee can't be wasted! ”

These words of Kano are of course full of sophistry. But neither Robespierre nor Cuudon were willing to deny this logic. Because this logic came from another important member of the National Salvation Council, St. Just, who was not present today. It was with this logic that Saint-Just used this logic to deny the law of the inviolability of the person of the French king. As the saying goes, the priest can touch it, but I can't touch it?

"All right, General Kano." Robespierre said, "Then can we ask for personnel to be sent to keep an eye on the ...... of these captives at all times?"

Robespierre thought for a moment and said, "Keep an eye on the labor of these captives at all times?" ”