Chapter 3280 A Peace Full of Holes (Part 1)

The sun sets in the west, and if you look along the Champs Elysées from the 20th-century Tuileries Palace, you will see the sun passing through the Arc de Triomphe.

But there was no Tuileries Palace in the 20th century, and there was no Arc de Triomphe in the early 19th century. This kind of scenery could only be seen during the Second French Empire.

The servants of the Paulette family and the lamplighters in the street lit the candles at home. Compared with the period of the Sun King Louis XIV, Paris was half as "bright" and the roads became even darker.

The lamps in Paulette's house are very similar to the lamps that Georgiana last saw in Madame Récamier's salon, both in "Egyptian vintage style."

She remembered seeing a kind of floor-standing candlestick in the Grand Trianon Palace. They were big pythons with their mouths open, and the lampshade was in the python's mouth. The style didn't look "retro", but rather from the past. It was taken from an ancient Egyptian temple, most likely Lower Egypt.

"This kind of lamp is really special." Augereau looked at the bronze lamp in the shape of a blindfolded girl with a body and a snake's tail and said, "Where did you buy it?"

Paulette smiled contemptuously, picked up the wine and drank.

The news of Leclerc's death had only been announced for a month. When Georgiana, Laplace and Peruye came to the door, Augereau was already at Paulette's house. He brought many novel and interesting gifts, but Paulette paid no attention to him. Not interested.

"Shall we also use this lamp? Madame," asked Perouille.

"Isn't there a crystal lamp?" Georgiana said, although she always felt that such a large lamp looked shaky on the steel frame.

"Why not install gas lights?" said Laplace. "I heard that Montalivi installed such lights on the Pont des Arts."

Montalivi is the Minister of Public Works under the Ministry of the Interior. He and Georgiana met last time at the Seine Authority. He is also responsible for the construction of the Ourcq Canal.

He is also Chairman of the Cadastral Registry, General Manager of the Postal and Telegraph Administration, General Commissioner of Bridges and Roads, and now perhaps Chief Engineer of the Hydrological Monitoring Station.

In addition to negotiating sugar production during this trip to Belgium, we also imported Belgian coal mines worth 50 million francs. The main source of mines was in Liège.

Although today's chemists don't know chemical equations, they still know that coal-smelting in coke ovens will produce gas, and she doesn't need to remind her.

But if gas lights are installed in Vulcan, gas pipes will have to be laid, and past decorations will have to be pried up. Not only will the marble be ruined, but the construction period will also be extended.

"First read the quotation and plan before we talk." Georgiana said, "And pay attention to fire prevention and safety."

"Teller" nodded.

"I want it here too?" Paulette said immediately.

"Then it needs to be renovated. The previous house didn't have any buried pipelines." Georgiana said.

"I want it too," Paulette said willfully in front of her son.

"Then let's do it together." Georgiana said helplessly.

Now the "princess" was satisfied. She also liked Augereau, and happily expressed that she had given him the bronze lamp.

Augereau immediately approached and invited Paulina to come to his house to see where the lamp would look good.

Delmid looked at Augereau with hostility in his eyes.

Leclerc's grave has not yet been repaired.

Georgiana shook her head secretly, and she whispered to Peruye not to decorate every room in Polina's house.

"Where are General Leclerc's relics?" Peruye whispered, "What should I do with them?"

Georgiana looked at Polina who was smiling happily under Augereau's show of attentiveness, and Delmid was only 4 years old.

"Let me go first." She said helplessly.

"I think it's best to ask the First Consul. There may be classified information in General Leclerc's belongings," Laplace said.

Peruye watched Georgiana's expression carefully.

"You are still thoughtful," Georgiana said to Laplace.

At this time, the waiters from the Paulette family came to the restaurant with dishes, which they all brought from the best restaurants in Paris. This time, what they drank was not corn chowder, but lobster cream soup.

"Enjoy this wonderful time," Paulette said.

Augereau sat back in his seat at this time. Delmid stopped staring at him and "dismembered" the lobster with a spoon as if he had a grudge against it. The adults ignored a child's tantrum.

"Give me a glass of water," Georgiana said to the waiter.

Soon the water she asked for came, and Georgiana imitated Bonaparte and mixed it with the wine.

Her actions attracted everyone's attention.

But Georgiana drank it calmly.

"What are you doing?" Paulette asked.

"My new habit." Georgiana smiled. "The Bacchus said that only gods can drink pure wine without water."

Paulette smiled nonchalantly, using the gesture of drinking to cover up the sarcasm on her lips.

"I like that," Laplace said, asking Adaptation to bring him a glass of water.

Augereau and Peruye were inactive, and as for Delmid, he was not yet old enough to drink.

The "Bonaparte's Crayfish" are still outside. Even if we are walking at night, it should be quite safe with them guarding us.

Georgiana thought while drinking the soup. After finishing the soup, the second dish was indeed mutton, and she had already smelled it.

The same is mutton, and there is a big difference between Italian food and French food. Although the table manners of modern French food are the Northern Italian style brought by the Medici family, which was brought in by Catherine de Medici, Queen of Henry II. .

There was a Sicilian restaurant downstairs from the apartment Severus lived in before. It served southern Italian cuisine, and she had also eaten Venetian Renaissance cuisine. There were a lot of spices. After all, Venice used to have a monopoly on spices throughout Europe. Business.

After the French withdrew from Egypt, the British immediately took action. In addition to occupying part of Egypt, they also occupied Pirin Island, which is located in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the mouth of the Red Sea. It is a bare volcanic island that has never been deserted. The main reason for living is that there is no fresh water to drink on the island.

Not only would this position be convenient for an attack on Egypt, it would also provide control of the Suez Canal, if the canal was repaired.

Previously, Bonaparte asked her to decorate a reception room in St. Cloud to receive guests from Persia, so does she also need to decorate a reception room in Vulcan?

It is easy to forget the current crisis when thinking about such a "long-term" topic. She glanced at Augereau, who was courting Polina. Compared to those "crayfish", Augereau looked more like a reliable bodyguard.

Laplace didn't think about it. Although Mr. Jenner was also a gentle man, he would still sacrifice his life to protect Georgiana, even if it was Napoleon sitting opposite him.

Napoleon still respected Jenner very much, even though Jenner was an Englishman.

It is almost impossible to see Lagrange where there is Laplace, and Lagrange used to work at the Bureau of Longitude.

In Laplace's probability analysis, some places "borrowed" from Lagrange...

In short, the issue of patent fees for the use of gas lamps in France has not been raised, and no one has asked them to ask for it. Soho Company is arguing with the Germans.

The French bought out Andrew Mikel's threshing machine patent and gave him an annuity of 2,000 francs. He was very happy, after all, he almost starved to death on a farm in Scotland.

Watt did not care about sales. He was only responsible for the design and assembly of steam engines. Sales and management belonged to Bolton. In addition, he collected patent taxes. Soho had to collect patent taxes for every steam engine sold.

In order to avoid this fee, Richard Trevithick invented the "Jet Devil".

The competition in the UK is too cruel, and it is often accused of infringement. The "jet devil" has just come to develop. Now he has to solve the problem of maintaining steam pressure.

When she thought about it, she understood why France used compressed air to deliver mail.

"By the way, how was your experiment yesterday?" Peruye asked.

"What experiment?" Laplace asked.

"It seems to be using light to transmit signals," Peruye said, "just like we used to use cannon sounds to transmit signals."

"How many bombs do you need to send a message?" Georgiana asked.

"As for three or four guns, we will agree in advance that firing four guns represents a charge." Peruye said.

"Isn't Mantua surrounded?" Georgiana asked immediately.

"There are hot air balloons," Peruye said. "We even launched one in Egypt."

Georgiana was stunned.

At this time, the next dish, the French flame pancake, came, with a strong orange flavor.