At the same time, the crown prince loudly issued the German scientific manifesto.

Joey picked up his notebook and shuttled between the gods of German science, ready to observe, then listen, and then ask questions.

An interesting phenomenon was discovered by Joey, the elite of the German scientific community, which was clearly divided into four large groups and several small groups.

One of the four large groups is a group of people with the famous Professor Ernst Mach as the focal point.

Another large group, mostly young faces, gathered around a white-haired elder who Joey remembered as one of two people who had used honorifics when his parents would introduce him to him, and remembered that his name was Professor Weierstrass, a famous German mathematician.

There was also a large group of people with Professor Hermann von Helmholtz at the core, including his closest partner Professor Gustav Kirchhoff and their many friends and students. Three of these students were the ones Joy wanted to know the most: Professor Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (who of course was only a twenty-one-year-old university student now); the second is called Professor Wilhelm Wundt; The third is Professor Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (now a twenty-two-year-old student). Joey just didn't know if they were coming.

The first person who pays attention to quantum mechanics will know his name. There are now different opinions about who is the father of quantum mechanics, after all, quantum mechanics was constructed by a group of unparalleled geniuses, but remember that the scientific name for quantum is Planck's constant, and remember that the German National Academy of Sciences is now the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (Max Planck Society MPG).

The second, recognized as the father of psychology in the field of psychology, ranks for historical influence ahead of William James (the father of American psychology) and Sigmund Freud. As a later psychology student, Joy was eager to meet the founder of psychology.

The third, the great Professor Heinrich Rudolf Hertz, personally proved Maxwell's electromagnetic theory experimentally and found the way for the development of radio, television and radar. He himself is a Nobel laureate, as is his nephew, who founded ultrasound imaging medicine. In terms of achievements for the benefit of mankind alone, the Hertzians were actually greater than Albert Einstein, and of course they were also the best of the Jews.

The last large group, Professors Robert Wilhelm Bunsen, Friedrich Kekule, and Adolf von Beyer, with their friends and students, formed a circle in the field of chemistry around the wheelchair of a gray-haired elder who was also addressed by Crown Prince Frederick in honorifics.

A small circle of several people, one is a small circle of Professor William Conrad Roentgen and Professor William Edward Weber, who is also a lifelong friend of Professor Goss, the mathematician whom Joey most respected, and a good friend of the Crown Prince's family.

One is a small circle of Professor Koch and his students; One was a small circle between Professor Carl Negri and several gray-haired elders and their students.

One was a small circle of famous German mineralogists Professors Gerard von Hart and Victor Goldschmidt and their friends.

In addition to the circles above, there was only one lonely man sitting alone on a sofa in the corner of the salon, and Joey himself recalled his name as Professor Ludwig Boltzmann from Austria.

After Joey checked the list of characters in his notebook plan one by one, and found the person he wanted to talk to in these circles, Joey took a deep breath, calmed down, and walked towards the gods.

France, afternoon, Elysée pastoral avenue, meeting room at the Élysée Palace.

President Grevi looked indifferently at the arguing at the conference table. Prime Minister Waddington is on the side, while Foreign Minister Frésine and Navy and Colony Secretary Vice Admiral Bernard Joregiberg are on the other side.

"Your Excellency, I am utterly incapable of accepting your accusations against Rear Admiral and Governor of Cochin, Rear Admiral Dupre, who have proved that it was Mr. Du Bailei's army of twelve men who stopped the Black Flag Army's march on Saigon, and it was the Navy's Heroic Foreign Legion that rescued Saigon. Mr. Du Bailei and Mr. Li Weiye deserve to be commended and not criticized, and I would like to draw the attention of the Government once again. "Vice Admiral Bernard Joregiberg did not have the slightest deference to Prime Minister Waddington's speech.

"Obviously, the troops have already marched towards Hanoi, but they disbanded and retreated halfway, this style of giving up the offensive, the Navy and the Colonial Department have to apply to the government for recognition for them, I can't be so brazen!" Waddington slammed the table and roared.

"Your Excellency Prime Minister, please note that according to the situation at that time, there were still Qing troops in Hanoi, and if our troops rushed forward, it was very likely to cause an armed conflict between France and Qing." After glancing at the angry Prime Minister and the expressionless President, Foreign Minister Fresiné said, "Your Excellency, I must remind you that war must be authorized by Congress, and that causing war without authorization will only lead to the impeachment of the government. As the French Foreign Minister, I feel that Lieutenant General Jorégéberg's subordinates are very safe. ”

"It's really safe, so safe that Annan can ride on the head of the republic and slap him in the face with the Saigon Treaty!" Prime Minister Waddington pointed at Foreign Minister Fresiné with a trembling finger.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I can't accept your assessment of the incident in Annan at all, please remember that twelve French soldiers repelled the attempt of the Black Flag Army of 3,000 men to move south, and it was the heroic soldiers of France who slapped the bandits of the Black Flag Army with practical actions!" Vice Admiral Joreggie Berry looked at Waddington with a stern expression.

"There is nothing wrong with the Navy, and neither is the Governor of Cochin, so who is to blame for today's results?!" After glaring at Joreggberg and Fresine, Waddington turned to the president and said, "Your Excellency, may I ask you, who do you think is responsible for the Annan incident?" ”

President Grevi looked at the Prime Minister indifferently, then glanced at the other two, then looked up at the beautiful crystal chandelier on the roof of the conference room.

"Your Excellency, please stop reading poetry! I majored in French literature in college! Waddington said with a look of disgust.

The venue was cold in an instant, and for a moment everyone's eyes were focused on Waddington, and at this moment Waddington felt a little regretful about what he just said, but then Waddington puffed up his chest and responded to everyone's scrutiny with a determined gaze.

"The valiant army should be commended." President Grevi looked at Vice Admiral Joregiberg and said, then turned to Fresine, "War must be authorized. ”

"Since Annan's problem is so serious." Grevi continued to look at Vice Admiral Reggie Berry and said, "Please the Navy and the Colony Department focus on Annan first, there is no domestic strength to support you for the time being, so you have to find a strong person to go to Annan, and you will also ask you to transfer the forces of other colonies to Annan to help, such as from Africa." ”

Grevy glanced at everyone, "In any case, since '76, the Franco-German border has been the top priority of the Republic, there is no doubt about it!" Secondly, we must put the center of gravity of the colonies on Annam first, and compared with other colonies, only Annam and the Qing can consume the industrial products of the republic, and we cannot afford to miss this. For the rest, let's keep the status quo for now. ”

"Everyone is right about the argument just now, but not you." Grever said as he stared at Waddington.

"Your Excellency the President, I will immediately ask the Minister of the Republic to Qingguo to lodge the strongest protest to Qingguo." Fresinene stood up and said respectfully.

"Your Excellency, I will send tougher figures to the Governor's Office of Cochin, and urge them to strengthen their armaments. In addition, in recent days, the navy will send three warships and a marine battalion to Saigon to respond to provocations from the Nguyen Dynasty and the Thanh Dynasty. Vice Admiral Reggie Berry also stood up and saluted, and the original haughty look on his face was replaced by humility and respect.

Prime Minister Waddington almost fell to the ground in anger when he saw this moment. One night someone was seen resembling Waddington, drunk in a vulgar bar in the Montmartre area of Paris, with a couple of strange and unorthodox women who seemed to be from Poland.