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Chapter 7, Are you going to become a brother-in-law?

In some days after that, it was basically the same pattern: first buy two post-coach tickets, then draw a day to arrive at another city or town closer to Paris, then find a monastery (if there is really no, find a hotel) to rest for a night, and then buy a post-coach ticket...

In this way, on the evening of the tenth day, Alfonso and Joseph finally arrived in Paris, the capital of France.

The postcar passed through the streets full of dust and finally stopped at a place called Ruixue Street. This was a street on the edge of Paris. On one side was the gloomy monastery of women like a grave. On the other side were the messy and messy houses of various lower classes of poor people living in.

The stagecoach only ends here. As for continuing to move forward, it depends on the passengers to continue spending money to transfer to public cars, or the passengers don't have much money, it depends on their own legs.

Because the destination is still far from here and the area is not very safe, Alfonso took Joseph to another public carriage, and it took about half an hour to arrive at the magnificent Cathedral of Saint Genevieva.

The cathedral was later confiscated by the revolutionary government after the outbreak of the Great Revolution and transformed into a cemetery dedicated to burying great men. This is the famous "Phantasy". However, at this time, the Cathedral of Saint Genevieva was still an important church of the Catholic Church. This was not Joseph's destination, but it was the destination of monk Alfonso. He took Joseph into the church, and asked him to wait in the reception room for a while, and he sent the letter to the bishop here.

Joseph waited for a while in the reception room and saw monk Alfonso turn back.

"Okay, I've sent the letter. Now I'll take you to Father Jean Jacques."

The church where Father Jacques was located was a little far away from here. At this time, there were no public carriages. The two walked along the road with the whale oil street lamps and walked over there. The two walked for almost an hour, until the moon had risen high, and then they walked to a small church. At this time, the moonlight was coming, illuminating the steps in front of the church door.

Alfonso took Joseph up the steps and knocked on the door gently. After a while, he saw a light leaking out from the crack of the door panel that could penetrate into a little finger. Then he heard a loud footstep down from the floor, and then he went to the gate. Hearing the sound, it seemed that he was not alone, but a grizzly bear.

"Wait a little and I'll open the door... Damn it, mutter, why is the door bolt stuck... Ah, wait a little longer, it'll be fine soon..." A rough voice came from the door.

However, the door did not open immediately as he said. There was a burst of noise from the door. Sometimes it was pulled hard by the people inside, but it did not open. Instead, there was a complaint from inside: "Damn it, what's wrong? Why can't you just open... Ah, wait a little longer..."

After about ten minutes, a crack sound came from inside, and then the door was pulled open and a gust of wind blew out from inside.

Joseph looked inside and saw a fat man who was about the same height as him but had at least two or three times his waist. In Joseph's opinion, if this man went to play the King of the Hill in his later generations, he would not need to wear makeup. Next to the fat man, there was a man dressed in a nanny, holding a candlestick in one hand and covering the other hand near the flames, so as not to blow out the candle when the wind opened the door.

"Alfonso! Haha, you're finally here. Well, old man is okay?" The King of the Hill laughed, and his voice scared the birds that were already sleeping in the tree beside him so much that they flew up.

"Father Jean Jacques, the bishop is very good." Alfonso said, "In addition, in addition to asking me to bring Joseph, this time the bishop also asked me to bring you a message."

"What did the old man say?" asked the King of the Hill.

"The bishop asked me to tell you that Taotie is also one of the sins." Alfonso replied calmly.

"Old man..." The King of the Hill lowered his voice, and he seemed to be complaining about something, but Joseph could not hear clearly.

"Okay. Don't complain. Well, let me introduce you to you. This is Joseph, the old man... the bishop's godson. The one who is preparing to study at Louis Great School..." Afangsuo said.

"Ah, I know. Well, come in quickly. This damn door... Give me a murmur, go and move the cabinet over there, and just rely on this tonight to block the door temporarily..."

"Father, I understand. But you'd better be with me in that cabinet..."

"Really... I told you, if you want to eat more, eat more, how can you have strength if you don't eat? Inside a cabinet..."

This is where Joseph will live in the next few years.

...

Passing the entrance examination at Louis Great School was not difficult for Joseph, so he was soon invited to study. Joseph planned to study at Louis Great School for a few years, get to know more people by the way, prepare some connections for the future, and then leave Paris before the outbreak of the Great Revolution (at that time, Paris was too chaotic. Whether it was life or death, it was often time to rely on luck rather than anything else.), and then go abroad to the province, and then use the time when the Girondes were on stage to do some speculation, hoarding things, and get the first pot of gold for himself and his family.

Then, I could hide behind my "stupid brother" and push my family to the position of the first family in Europe. Of course, I also had to find a way to stop this "stupid brother" from his stupid behavior in Spain, especially in Russia. To stop him, I had to have enough weight, and I could not just be the waste in the original history that Napoleon regarded as a completely relied on him to become the king of Spain.

"My stupid brother is a very proud, arrogant guy. It's not that easy to step on his brakes."

The days passed slowly according to Joseph's idea. Joseph performed well in school and successfully received a full scholarship. He also had a good reputation in the small circle of literature and natural science enthusiasts. In addition, Joseph sometimes took on some translations and other work and earned some francs. So now, in addition to ensuring his own expenses, he can even give some money to his own money and everything looks very smooth. However, at this time, a letter was sent to Joseph.

This letter brought Joseph a very bad news: his father was sick and very ill. So the family's financial situation is now quite tense. Joseph did not spend his family's money on studying and living, but now it is not enough for him to not reach out to his family. Napoleon's living expenses, as well as the living expenses and education expenses of his other younger brothers and sisters have all become problems. The letter from the family means that he hopes he can find a job as soon as possible and bear the burden of his younger brothers and sisters.

It is obviously inappropriate to drop out of school immediately, which will have an adverse impact on Joseph's entire plan. Therefore, it is better to make more money while maintaining your studies.

"Oh, why did I forget the Bonaparte family's hereditary gastric cancer?" Joseph thought.

The Bonaparte family has always been threatened by hereditary gastric cancer, especially the men in the family. Among the brothers Joseph, almost the only one himself did not get into this problem. Of course, Joseph also knew that cancer is just a dice throw. In the original history, Joseph did not get gastric cancer, which does not mean that he will not get this in the future. So he really has to be careful in the future. For example, in the original history, his father should have been discovered to have gastric cancer a year later. But in this time and space, this matter was unexpectedly advanced.

The rest is to consider how to take on the heavy responsibility of the family. But what can be done to effectively increase income? It is impossible to work, and it will never be possible to work in this life. Now Joseph can only barely maintain his life by getting scholarships. Also, he goes to various salon parties. Going to salon parties is like going home. The feeling inside is better than home. Everyone attends are talents and speaks nicely. So Joseph can only look for these salon parties to see if there are any opportunities to make money.

"Joseph, what are you looking at? I see that your face doesn't seem to be very good." A voice sounded.

Joseph turned his head and saw a young man with freckles on his face asking with concern.

This is Joseph's classmate Armann René de Lavoisier. He is a young man with a literary atmosphere and an uncle who has left his name throughout human history. Unlike his famous uncle, Armann has almost no talent in natural sciences. However, he is a good player in literature and art, and is even one of the pillars of the student theater troupe of the Louis Great School.

"Oh, it's Armand. I'm fine. I just received a letter saying that my father is sick. Well, this may affect my recent financial situation." Joseph said, as he put away the letter in his hand.

"Joseph, your father must be very ill, right?" Armand walked to the bench where Joseph sat and sat side by side with him. The noon wind blew over the sycamore trees above their heads, making a rustling sound.

"I know you have a full scholarship, and you shouldn't spend too much money when you live in a church. You don't need family money at all. Therefore, it shouldn't be a financial problem to make you look like this." Arman said, taking out a small bottle. He unscrewed the cap and carefully poured some liquid into the cap. Then he said to Joseph: "Would you like to do it?"
Chapter completed!
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