Hearing the voice, he didn't have to look up Andrei to know that this must be his bad friend Anatol.

"I'll show you this first, I'm looking for Science Pravda." Andrei threw the Sun newspaper directly to Anatoldao.

Anatole took the Sun and read it. André also quickly found Scientific Pravda and read it seriously.

"I see! Yes, I should have known that we just learned about resistance and heat generation last month. And, isn't there already an incandescent lamp with a platinum filament? I should have thought of an incandescent lamp a long time ago! Andre was so excited that the newspaper in his hand trembled.

"Well, it was like this last night, ah, there was a reward event, oops, I've been overspending a little bit this time......" Anatole began to ponder as he took the Sun.

The two men stood on the side of the road reading the newspaper so much that they didn't even have time to notice that the public carriage had already passed.

In the end, it was Wa Jia who reminded them: "Young master, young master, the carriage is here!" ”

"Ahh Andrei came to his senses, and if he didn't hurry up and get into the carriage, he might be late. He grabbed Anatol, who was still calculating how much money he had in his pocket, and ran towards the carriage.

During the day's lessons, André learned more about electric lighting, and he also got the news that soon the library would have electric lights at night.

It is said that this was a special benefit for the various schools in France that Bonaparte had asked for by the Bonaparte president. Today, the benefits are limited to Paris, but will soon be extended to the entire country. This benefit is that the state will provide schools with more than 100 students for each school for free two electric lights for lighting, and provide free electricity for lighting for six hours a day. If the school buys and installs the lights themselves, then the electricity bill can also be discounted by 5% within a certain range.

When he returned to his lodgings and met his latest friends from the "Salvation Association" in a café near the school, he told them the news.

"I've heard about it, Andrei. Alas, we may not be able to run to this café after school to have coffee and brush up on our schoolwork. Because we all have to grab a seat in the library. ”

It was Levin who was studying chemistry, and his homework was not as tight as Andrey's, but it was not comparable to those who studied art. Grabbing the place in the library is also a compulsory course for them.

"yes," André sighed, "but my teacher said that he had already applied to install one in our lab, and maybe I wouldn't have to go to the library then." ”

"What? Ah, do you think our teachers will also install one in the laboratory, I read the newspaper that the lowest grade electric light is actually very cheap. Although the use time is only about half of that of high-end goods. ”

"Alas, it can be seen that we, Russia, have been left behind by the civilized world again." Ivan, who studied literature, also interjected, "It's okay that science and technology have been pulled apart, and with people like you who love learning, we can still see a little hope." But, institutionally, we are really being pulled too far away by France. You see, the French are no more stupid than the Russians, right? ”

Andrei and Levin nodded together, now France is clearly ahead of Russia in science, and, to be honest, in the eyes of Western Europeans, Russians can only be regarded as half a civilized person, most Europeans think that Russians are more stupid, although Russians hate this racist view, but they can't say it if they look back and say that the French and British are stupid compared to the Russians.

"We are all human beings, and there are smart people in Russia, and there are also people in France; There are fools in Russia, and there are no fewer in France. The point is that the French are more educated. Andrei said.

"That's right, Andrey. The Russians are no more stupid than the French, but the population of Russia is much smaller than that of the French. Ah, don't rush to refute, I mean the real number of people. Andrey, those serfs who are not free and uneducated, can they really be counted in? Among them, are the chances of scientists, writers, and artists being compared to the free French, even the French at the bottom? If you want to calculate the number of people who can have an upward path and have the opportunity to show their talents, the population of Russia is actually much smaller than that of European countries such as France and the United Kingdom. Ivan explained.

"You're right." Levin agreed, "Look at France, they're even going to have to equip every school with electric lights!" And I've heard that this is just the initial plan, and they will continue to invest in education in the future. What a development will France be when the educated French children who are now generally educated grow up.

If the bottom of Russia can also have the opportunity to receive compulsory education like the children of France and Prussia, then we will definitely be great again, and even really be able to reproduce the glory of Eastern Rome. But right now, we're treating too many people like cattle. This will only move us further and further away from the level of Europe.

You know, my uncle also used to travel in Europe. That's when I asked him how big the gap was between us and Europe. He thought for a moment and said to me, "Maybe it's about the same as the gap between us and the Turks." "At the time, I wondered if he was exaggerating, but now it seems that either he was lying out of pride; Or, during this time, Europe, represented by France, is accelerating, and we are being thrown further away. Today, the gap between us and them is no longer between us and the Turks, and it is even closer to the gap between us and the Tatars. If we continue like this, we will be expelled from the ranks of civilized people.

We must change, we cannot watch great Russia fall into darkness, so, there must be a change in Russia, there must be a revolution! ”

"Revolution?" Andrei was taken aback, he was really not very happy with the current state of affairs in Russia, but he preferred to be able to change all this by a mild change, or a less moderate change, like Peter the Great, but revolutionary......

"Yes, revolution!" At the word "revolution", Ivan's face flushed, as if he had drunk alcohol.

"A lot of guys are using all kinds of means to slander the revolution, to slander the revolution, to portray the revolution as a mob, unnecessary violence, a betrayal of God. But I'll say, it's all! To talk about thugs, those who degrade people who were originally born free to livestock, aren't they thugs? Needless violence? Isn't the slave's revolt behind the slave owner's sword and whip? If the resistance of the slaves is called unnecessary violence, then is the violence of the slave owners necessary? As for God, when God created our first parents, did he teach them, saying, "Your children are not to be equals, not to love one another, but to oppress and persecute one another?" Who the hell betrayed God!

Andrey, Levin, think about it again, can you really use these things you have learned when you return to Russia? How many of you who studied engineering actually returned to Russia? Why? Is it that they are not patriotic? No, just because what they learned in this era, there is no place in Russia!

So what about France, is it natural that he can make use of all learned people? No, it's not! At least, not before the revolution! France can have today, it is precisely because they used thunder and flames in the revolution to cleanse away all the scum that blocks France's progress, and France can have today's prosperity.

The Russian people have suffered far more than France. Our people, who endured a tenth of their suffering, would have been enough for them to launch a hundred uprisings if they had been placed on the French. We in Russia have a bad habit of always singing about suffering, of patience with suffering. But isn't patience with suffering the same as connivance with evil?

Andrey, Levin, I'm sure that if one day, Russia can go to the top of the world, it must be after a revolution like the French, with thunder and flames, sweeping away all the scum. I believe that this is the only way for Russia to become great. ”

"You're right, Ivan." Andrei was also excited, "When I first came to France, I only thought that I wanted to learn science and technology well, and when I went back, I would either open a factory or teach at a university, and pass on all the knowledge I learned to others, so as to slowly improve our Russian belief in science."

But, you're right, we don't have time to come so slowly. The gap between us and France is not narrowing, it is widening, and it is accelerating. As I used to think, Russia can also move forward slowly, and maybe a generation from now, we will also be close to the level of France today. But by that time, the French were only afraid that they would have run farther. We were chasing the wagon on a snail. Well, let's say, do you need me to do something for Russia, for the revolution? ”

"Andrey, my friend, my brother. The time is not yet fully ripe for revolution, so for the time being, you just need to continue to study hard. In the future, if you return to Russia, you will be able to spread science and democracy, you will be able to arouse more people who are willing to revolutionize.

Andrea, I studied the revolution in France. Nor did the revolution in France come out of nowhere. The French people were able to endure suffering at one time, just like our people. But in France, Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu first appeared, and the Enlightenment appeared. After this, more French people woke up, and so there was the French Revolution. That's why France is what it is today.

What about us? We are not even complete in our initiation yet. How can there be a harvest without experiencing sowing? We still need to do the sowing thing at the moment. Of course, the spring and summer in Russia are short, and we must move faster than the French did.

I believe that if we do what the French did yesterday, then the French today will surely become our tomorrow. ”