Fox of France

Back in Paris, Joseph immediately went to Carnot. He was a frequent visitor to Kano's house, so he knocked on the door. The servants of Kano's house saw that it was Dean Bonaparte, and let him in without even making a notification.

As soon as he entered the living room, he first heard Kano's cursing voice: "You idiot! Didn't I tell you this question yesterday? I just swapped X and Y, why are you... so mad Me! Oh, I swear to God, I'd rather face a European coalition than face a fool like you! You're..."

Now that there has been peace for a long time, Kano has fewer things to do than during the war, so he has a lot of time to study at home and teach his son.

Joseph followed the voice directly and walked into the small study next to him. Then I saw Kano standing next to the desk with a beard and staring eyes. On the desk were crumpled draft papers and broken pencils thrown on the ground. Kano's six-year-old son Nicola was standing there. At the edge of the table, pale and bewildered.

"Ah, Lazar, what happened? You shouldn't lose your temper with a child like this." Joseph immediately began to criticize Kano.

"Ah... Joseph, when did you come? Really..."

"Nicholas, come to Uncle." Joseph said to Nicholas first.

Nicholas immediately ran to Joseph.

"Lazar, you asked Nicholas to do the problem, but he didn't do it?" Joseph asked.

"Well, it's a very simple question... I just talked to him about an almost identical topic yesterday... This kid, I'm really pissed off..." Kano said.

"Show me the title?" Joseph knew that Kano's son was very smart.

Kano handed Joseph a crumpled piece of paper.

Joseph lowered his head and glanced: "Lazar, how can you do this? You do a binary equation for a six-year-old child, let me see... Oh my god, it's still a quadratic equation! Lazar, didn't you Have a fever? How dare you throw a tantrum at Nikolai for tossing a child with a quadratic equation in two variables? To be fair, I'm sure when you were ten or even twelve You can’t even solve this question! Well...Nicolas, don’t cry, uncle will help you do justice, your father is too shameful! Well, Lazar, you feel your conscience and say, this question, you You must be able to do it when you are twelve years old?"

"Yesterday, I told him this question once..." Kano lowered his voice, obviously feeling guilty. In many cases, it is always easy for parents to have high expectations for their children, and they always hope that their children can do things that they cannot do. At this point, obviously Lazar Cano is the same.

"Damn it! A six-year-old child is considered a genius if he can conceptually understand this thing, and it also involves skills. How is this possible?" Joseph said.

"Mozart was composing when he was five."

"That's art, not mathematics! Besides, who else in this world can do it except Mozart? If you can't do it like Mozart, you are a fool? Then I, and you--Lazar, you are even more tone-deaf than me , you can even sing scales out of tune - are we all fools? I think that in terms of scientific talent alone, Nicholas must be better than you. He will definitely be able to enter the Academy of Sciences in the future, and earlier than you. You know You may not be able to solve this problem when you are 12 years old!"

"But..." Kano became more and more embarrassed, "Joseph, I mean, your assistant seems to be able to..."

"That assistant of mine?" Joseph was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed loudly, "Hahahaha, Lazar, what's the matter? So you were stimulated! Hahahaha, Lazar, you know, Some guys are really unreasonable monsters. When I saw that guy for the first time, I was almost scared to death!

You have to know, this bastard, when he was 12 years old, he already doubted the basic proof in element geometry, when he was 16 years old, he derived the general form of the binomial theorem, and when he was 17 years old, he discovered the prime number distribution theorem and the least square method, When I was 19 years old, I used a ruler and compass to draw a regular 17-gon... Well, recently he had another genius idea, I agree very much, it should have a result soon, well, you Just look at it, his new results will scare everyone in the European mathematics world... Hahahaha, well, to be honest, not as good as that bastard, just like a music student is not as good as Mozart, nothing to be upset about . Really, let's not compare with those bastards, otherwise where else can we eat? "

After hearing this, Kano glared at Joseph fiercely and said, "Joseph, you are also a bastard! Well, you came to my house, what's the matter?"

"Ah, Nicholas, you go outside to play for a while, uncle has something to talk to your father." Joseph patted Nicholas's head and said.

"Yes." Nicholas responded and went out.

"Nicolas, don't be naughty outside, don't cause trouble!" Kano added.

Nicholas walked out the door, and then closed the door very sensiblely.

Joseph walked to Kano's desk, took out a document from his file bag, and showed it to Kano.

Kano lowered his head to read the documents, and Joseph sat down on the chair next to him, crossing his legs and waiting.

After a while, Kano put down the document in his hand and said to Joseph: "Joseph, this is another invention that can change the world! Well, this also means that we can further disarm. Joseph, come find Am I related to this?"

The military use of railways is very obvious. It can quickly mobilize a large number of troops and a large amount of materials to a key point at an astonishing speed. If France and its allies have a relatively complete railway network, it means that within the range covered by this railway network, the mobilization ability of the French army is not as high as that of the imaginary enemy. where it goes. In this way, the party with the railway network can mobilize troops faster and form a strength advantage in key areas. In the original history, during the Franco-Prussian War, Prussia relied on the advantages of the railway network to quickly concentrate its troops, thus defeating France in one fell swoop.

The army has a high strategic mobility, which also allows the number of standing troops to be greatly reduced. In the past, it took a long time for the troops in the rear to reach the battlefield, just like in the previous Battle of Verdun, the Italian army that was transferred back to save lives took a long time to arrive at the battlefield. Therefore, France must maintain a large enough army in any strategic direction. In this way, the number of troops will naturally be indispensable.

But with a rail network, things are different, as long as a single army can control a large area. In this way, the number of troops required can be greatly reduced. With the reduction of the army, the saved money can be used in other areas, such as training, equipment and personnel treatment.

"Lazar, you are right. With this, we can reduce the number of standing armies and invest more money in army training, research and development of new weapons, and the navy. And once we can have a nationwide The railway network will also be of great help to the economic development of the entire country. Because it can also greatly reduce the cost of transportation and time. Just like the past few years, our country’s military expenditure, in the national budget The proportion of the military has been decreasing year by year, but the appropriation received by the army has not decreased much. If we consider that we have rehabilitated so many soldiers after the war, in fact, we use the funds for each soldier every year on average, every year All are increasing. Therefore, the overall growth of the national economy will definitely bring more benefits to the army." Joseph said.

"But until the railway line is completed, we can't easily reduce the number of troops. And these things, you should go and talk to your brother." Kano said.

"Of course. But I have some ideas related to the army, and I hope I can talk to you." Joseph also nodded, "After all, the whole world is willing to trade with us freely. The most important reason is that they can't fight We. Therefore, at any time, we cannot damage the strength of our own army. However, the construction of railways also takes time. The money-back line. I think Lazar, you can understand that."

Kano nodded, expressing his understanding.

"In many cases, the most important line economically is also the most important line militarily. But this is not all, so there are still some areas. From an economic point of view, the laying of railways will make limited money in the short term, but for the military, there are Very important. If you just think about it economically, these lines will be laid quite late. This will also slow down the speed at which we can save money by disarming, so, I thought, could it be possible to - some of the war department Funds are used to build these railways. Although these railways are not as economically profitable as other ones, they can still earn a lot of money. The War Department can also get some economic benefits from this railway. what do you think?"

"The army cannot have its own finances, Joseph, you said that yourself." Kano retorted.

Joseph laughed: "Of course. But this money is not directly handed over to the army, but first handed over to the government, and then the government handed it over to the army. To put it more clearly, it is actually equivalent to the fact that the government is here Cut military spending a little bit for a few years, but in return for more military spending in the future."