"Joseph, do you want to be transferred to manage military production?" Kano looked up from the file and looked at Joseph.

"Yes, Lazar." Joseph said, "Today, everything else in the military is slowly on the right track, but our military production is still completely chaotic. Cutting corners, poor quality, and all kinds of problems emerge one after another. It has seriously dragged down our army. Although the National Salvation Committee has sent some commissioners to supervise the production of the military industry, most of these commissioners have no knowledge of technology and production, and it is difficult for them to help much......

"Isn't it just that it doesn't help much? If you don't help, you already have to thank God. What will they do besides arresting saboteurs and killing people indiscriminately? Kano said. His personality is more straightforward and he dares to tell the truth. But there is a reason for Kano to say this, just a few days ago, the National Salvation Committee sent a commissioner to a certain artillery factory, and as a result, as soon as the goods arrived there, they began to track down the saboteurs, and then hung up more than half of the engineers in the artillery factory in one breath - before the commissioner was dispatched, the problem of this artillery factory was only that the production speed was slow and the quality was unstable, and after the commissioner was dispatched, the artillery factory simply stopped production. Of course, it would be unfair to say that this commissioner didn't accomplish anything, at least, after he went, the gun factory never produced any more bad quality cannons.

"And what do you think about this kind of thing?" Kano asked.

"I want to set up such an institution." Joseph said as he handed a document to Kano, "This institution consists of the 'Army Technical Laboratory' and the 'Army Technical Inspection Department'. ”

Kano took the document and looked at it carefully. Joseph found a chair and sat down beside him, and motioned for Kano's attendant to pour himself a cup of coffee.

Kano was always quick to read the papers, so when Joseph finished his coffee slowly, Kano looked up from the papers.

"Pretty good." Kano said, "Set up a 'military technical laboratory' to be responsible for technical research and the formulation of standards, set up a 'military technical inspection department', send special technical representatives, stationed in military production enterprises, follow up and supervise production throughout the process, and all products must be signed by the representatives of the technical inspection department before they can be sold to the army." That's a good idea, it's good! It's much better than sending those stupid commissioners who don't know anything to the military factory! It's just that...... Joseph, have you ever thought about it, and we also lack enough people in our army who are capable of doing these things. ”

"It's not impossible." "We can recruit and train people who can do the job," Joseph said. "There are so many students at the University of Paris that, with their level of knowledge, they only need a little training to be able to do such a job." What's more critical is actually the regulation of them. Lazar, I've heard that anyone who has power automatically tries to expand the boundaries of his power, or rather, tends to abuse it. Judging whether a product is qualified or not is a huge power, and there are many economic interests involved. So, we also need to be able to control the technical representatives. ”

"They are soldiers, and if the technical representatives do not find a quality problem and are discovered by the troops, the military law will do it." "Is there enough researchers in the lab you mentioned?" ”

"Not yet, but we can go and bring some people in. Well, Lazar, you know, the Academy of Sciences has been disbanded, and there are some members of the Academy of Sciences, and the situation is not very good now......"

Kano stared at Joseph for a moment, and then said, "Joseph, your sense of smell is very sensitive, and you actually noticed that Lavoisier is not in a good situation?" Hehe, he may not have noticed it himself. I know that Monsieur Lavoisier is your friend. But there's an economic case involving Mr. Lavoisier, and now the newspaper Daddy Duschen is attacking him, and you know the background of this newspaper......"

Daddy Dushen was the newspaper of Ebel, the representative of the far-left outrage, and after Marat's death, Ebel replaced Marat, and this newspaper replaced the original "Friends of the People" as the most important mouthpiece of the low-level sans-culottes.

Compared to Mara, Ebel is much worse in terms of ability. Although Marat is an extreme and mean person, he is very unlikable, but Marat has deep insights and a keen sense of politics. And Ebel is not much worse than Marat in these respects. Therefore, if he wants to replace Marat, he can only be more extreme than Marat.

So Marat said that to save the republic, it was necessary to cut off the heads of 100,000 profiteers; Ebel said that the whole merchant class was a parasite of the people, and that all merchants should be hung on street lamp poles. Marat said that among the highly educated, the proportion of bad people was higher (because at that time, educated people were rich); Ebel said that those who have knowledge are bastards, and revolutionary France does not need scientists!

So Lavoisier became their target, he was famous, and if he overthrew him, he could become very famous. At the same time, he did not have much influence in politics, and because of his imprudent style, when he made money, he left a lot of footprints, so that if he attacked him economically, he was full of holes. It is said that when Marat was alive, there were already many people who encouraged Marat to deal with Lavoisier. But Marat, who had a personal vendetta against Lavoisier, did not do it, because he knew Lavoisier's value. But now, Ebel, anxious to inherit Marat's legacy, is turning his gun on Lavoisier.

"I don't just do it because Lavoisier is my friend. Lazar, you know, Mr. Lavoisier was once our enemy politically. He was a Brisso, and even among the Brissodians, he was one of the more conservative ones. I also know that Monsieur Lavoisier is still a greedy man for money, and he has been involved in some troublesome things in the chaotic market. But...... But Lazar, Monsieur Lavoisier is the greatest scientist in the whole of France, and it may only take a second to cut off such a head, but if you want France to grow such a head again, it may not be possible in a hundred years! Mr. Lavoisier is so valuable! Think about it, if his explosives could go one step further and fit into the shells, then the feudal lords of the whole Europe would have to tremble under our guns. If he can do this, even if he has a little more problems, he will be a treasure for France. And even now, if Monsieur Lavoisier's contribution is counted as a positive number, and his crimes are counted as negative, I dare say, the total is a huge positive number, much greater than that of most revolutionaries! ”

"Joseph, don't get excited. I know what you mean, and I agree with you. "But do you really think we can save him by hiding him in the 'army technology lab'?" Do you think that once the gang of people in the Public Security Committee issue an arrest warrant, the door of the 'Military Technical Research Institute' will be able to block those people? ”

"Then let Mr. Lavoisier die in an experimental accident, and there will be no bones left!" Joseph said, "Anyway, explosives-related research is prone to such results." ”

Cano knew that Joseph's statement that Lavoisier would die in an experimental accident and that there were no bones left was not really meant to let Lavoisier die. Rather, it is to use this method to turn him into a nameless man in the Iron Mask, so as to protect him.

"Joseph, I know what you mean. But you know, you can think of it, Ebel...... Ebel's head probably wouldn't have thought of it, but after you did that, he wasn't stupid enough to understand. When the time comes, he will hate you to the core. Kano thought for a moment and said in a low voice.

"Then let him hate! A manly man, he has done things all his life, and if he doesn't even have someone who hates you, then what a failure he is! Joseph replied categorically.

Kano stood up, his eyes fixed on Joseph, and the light in his eyes made Joseph wonder about his sexuality.

"Well said, Joseph. Compared to you, I'm too cowardly. A true warrior doesn't flaunt his bravery everywhere, like a fierce fighting dog, never everywhere - just like Ebel! Hehe, as long as I'm in this position, a mad dog like Ebel, don't try to put his paws into the army! ”

In fact, this is that Kano overestimated Joseph too much. Because of the limited history he knew in his previous life, Joseph was afraid of Robespierre, of Danton, of Marat, but he was not afraid of Saint-Just (who had not been heard of before), and even less of Ebel (who are you?). ）。

With that, Cano hurried a few more steps around the room, then he stopped, turned around, and said to Joseph: "Hurry up and find a suitable place to set up the laboratory, preferably far from Paris." Also, find an opportunity to arrange for Monsieur Lavoisier to meet me secretly. He's just afraid that he doesn't know that he has become the target of others. ”

"Thank you, General. A thousand words can't say enough how grateful I am to you! Joseph hurriedly saluted.

"Joseph is so grateful to me for someone else's business. What a moral and trustworthy person! Kano thought so, but said, "Joseph, I remember you saying that the most important thing you want is to be in the laboratory. Now your plot has succeeded! You bad guy who pretends to be a public servant and uses power for personal gain! ”

"Hahahaha, Lazar, when you see it, I like to see you with envy." Joseph laughed along.