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Like the grandmotherist movement that began a century later in the early Republic of China, Gallian also hoped that before the invention of penicillin, cheaper and more practical avoidance condoms would be popularized to help curb the spread of syphilis. He even wanted to imitate Hu Shih in issuing a manifesto calling on the people of Paris to use condoms for their own safety.

There are some things that everyone knows, but when put on the table, they don't seem to fit. Renoir should have been glad that he painted the blonde bath girl in the era of the open Third Republic, otherwise the painter who did not know how to paint without milk seeds would have been imprisoned by the Sixth Court for immorality.

The difficulty of popularization lies in the limitation of the production process, and the rubber vulcanization technology has finally made great progress after more than 20 years of development, and in the era when condoms were not popular, he hopes to be the first to eat crabs.

Princess Mathilde sighed, stared into the other's eyes, and said, "Are you really going to do this?" I can say hello to the government and it won't cause you any trouble. But I can't help you with public opinion, if the people don't support your approach and think it's too shocking, what should I do? Literati will cherish their feathers carefully, but you are the first one who doesn't care about fame. ”

Garion picked up the teacup in front of him, his lips did not touch the rim, but gently put it down, and said with a smile, "I am just a young man from the Loire, and I have been fortunate enough to write a few articles, which have been appreciated by some literary giants. Even if it fails, it's just an embarrassing rollback to the country, and for me, the drunken Paris is a big gamble, and it doesn't matter if you win or lose, it's the thrilling process. ”

"You're such a ...... Kook. ”

This is the most pertinent assessment that Princess Mathilde gave to Garion.

Garian made a little joke, "Thanks to the compliment, I thought you'd use Frankenstein's Shelley-esque description." ”

"How many francs do I need to invest in order to realize your bold idea?"

"Now that France has vulcanization technology, we need to apply it to production, and I have a chemist in mind who wants him to help us improve this process," said Garion. I had misestimated before, but I'm afraid it would take an investment of 50,000 to 100,000 francs. ”

The princess looked at her with a complicated expression, wondering whether she would agree to the other party's exaggerated plan.

Garion waved his hand and said, "Don't be in such a hurry to reply, Your Highness the Princess. ”

Seeing that Garion was not strongly demanding, Princess Mathilde was also willing to delay for a while. She stood up, walked to the door, and said to Garion behind her, "Forget it, this matter will be put aside for now, and I invited you over today to let you meet with another person." ”

"Meet whom?"

"Your Excellency Mérimée."

Garion's face darkened as he heard the voices of the crowd in the living room outside the door, and their names calling out to him with a deep disgust.

Mérimée.

Garian asked rhetorically in a low voice, "Are you going to let me shake hands with His Excellency Mérimée?" ”

Princess Mathilde said softly, "After all, Mérimée is the mainstay of the conservative French literati, and you don't need to have such a stiff relationship with him." ”

However, Garion's attitude resolutely caught Princess Mathilde off guard.

"I refuse."

"He is the one who advocates the hanging of all revolutionaries and defines the republicans as thugs, and unless he stands on my tombstone and proudly declares his victory, even if I am dead and nailed to the coffin, I will be in the tomb and cry out in this rotten voice: To hell with Mérimée!" ”

Princess Mathilde sighed helplessly, knowing that she could not convince Garion, like a swan in chains who could not lock away a free swan. In the final analysis, it is also from this bohemian literati who I saw my former self - a staunch liberal.

Turning down the princess's offer, Garian turned and walked out the door, where he saw Mérimée admiring Princess Matilde's collection of paintings with the others, and he pointed to the princess's collection, treasures of the early Florentine school, showing off his rich history.

Garion, who was standing behind him, spoke, and said in a voice that Mérimée could barely hear, "However, the representation of a woman's body in such a large size was strictly forbidden by the medieval church. Only under the leadership and protection of the powerful Medici family can this exploration and pursuit of human beauty be carefully revived and developed. But this strong protection did not last forever, and in 1492 the Medici ruler Lorenzo died, ending the golden age of Florence. The new successor, Piero, was weak and incompetent, losing his dominance over Florence. In the midst of the chaos, a Catholic monk named Savonarola seduced the masses with his extremely ascetic teachings, and made Botticelli doubt his own aesthetic beliefs. In 1497, Savonarola lit a fire in the square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in the municipal building, and he sent people to throw his collection of worldly pleasures, including Renaissance art, into the fire to prevent people from being tempted to fall into the depravity. Among those works of art there are many paintings by Botticelli in his later periods. This is the infamous Vanity Fire incident in history. ”

Mérimée turned his head, he stood face to face with Garion for the first time, and was even a little surprised that this provincial hillbilly could tell the story of the 15th-century Renaissance in the first place.

"yes."

Mérimée smiled and said, "Aren't the mobs who worship the so-called republic the same?" Everything they had would be burned to the ground like a fire on the Florentine School. There are always some demagogues with ulterior motives, holding republican slogans to cover up the evil in their hearts. ”

As she spoke, Mérimée turned to the others in the living room and said, "France is now at its best. ”

The others sniffed out the smell of gunpowder in the air, but Garion didn't get angry or flare-up, and seemed to agree with Mérimée's slight bow.

"Yes, Botticelli's work was burned. It's like dark censorship that burns all the voices of freedom to the top of the newspapers. The brutal repressive apparatus of the Empire buried the desperate cries of the proletarians under the prosperity of drunken money. ”

"But this is not the end, the luxurious line-up of Florentine artists of the Golden Generation, who, in the bloody storm of the late 15th century, were like a suffering martyr, obsessively watching, just because they were firm in the same faith."

Garian suddenly remembered the time he had believed in before, when there was no exploitation and oppression, and all the poor, conservative and oppressive proletarians were unshackled and enjoyed true freedom.

The sunlight peeking in from the window gilded the young man's side face with a layer of gold, as if it were a sculpture. Set off Mérimée's iron-clad face.

Princess Mathilde, who was standing in front of the curtain, heard the meaning of what Garian said was aimed at this Mérimée and the Second Empire that he was frantically defending and clinging to.

Garion looked at the other party's pale face and said word by word, "The best times have not really come yet. ”