An Ning: "That happened a long time ago. Now everything seems to be developing in a good direction."
The Duke laughed: "There is indeed an optimistic spirit permeating the parliament. Many people think that the revolution will be over here, and everything will be a stable and good life after that. Only a few people are as worried as me."
An Ning: "Let's not talk about this anymore. Everyone is already here. Butler, please serve the appetizers."
As soon as An Ning finished saying this, the young master of the Duke's family who had been waiting on the chair slapped the table: "That's right, I'm hungry, Dad!"
The Duke sighed and nodded to the butler, signaling for the dishes to be served.
**
After dinner at the Duke's house, Christina wanted to stay at home and have a good chat with her parents, so An Ning rode back to the manor in the suburbs alone.
When they were approaching the manor, An Ning saw a lone light at the door of the manor in the distance, away from the lights of the manor itself.
An Ning adjusted the position of his sword so that he could draw it quickly later, and then urged his horse forward.
Fanny held a lantern and stood alone outside the door of the manor, waiting quietly.
An Ning got off the horse and gave Fanny a hug when she got up.
As a result, Fanny quickly escaped.
Fanny: "Be more reserved. There are ladies from the Royal Guards Cavalry living in the yard behind. Maybe they will see you on the terrace."
An Ning: "Then let's go into the house later, and then hug her where you can't see her."
"If you insist on taking advantage of me like this, then I have no choice but to obey." Fanny replied, "But I still hope not to do this."
An Ning scratched her head: "Okay, okay, I just haven't seen you for a long time and I miss you very much."
"It's only a few months, not too long." Fanny said, and then changed the subject, "I have prepared the bath water, and the bed has been remade with velvet. After the news of your victory came,
, many people sent gifts to the manor, I piled the gifts in the small hall and prepared a list."
An Ning: "Is that velvet bed also a gift?"
"Of course, our own financial situation cannot afford to buy velvet."
An Ning: "I understand. By the way, please make some preparations. We should move to Konta. We will live in Konta for a long time."
Fanny: "Are you going to resign as a member of the National Assembly? Isn't this a critical period for the formulation of the Constitution?"
An Ning: "There is no way, the situation in Konta is not optimistic. So I became the parliament's military commissioner in Konta, with full authority to handle Konta's affairs."
"Is this a promotion or a demotion?" Fanny asked curiously.
"Of course I was promoted, and I became a junior general - no, a major general." An Ning replied.
Fanny: "But I heard before that you might want to be the commander of the Paris garrison."
"Who said that?"
"That's what everyone said, and they also said that you were going to divide Lafayette's legion in half and leave."
"Nothing. In short, you will start making preparations to move to Kongta tomorrow."
Fanny nodded: "Yes, I understand. Do you also live in a manor in Konta?"
"No, I live in a big monastery. Since it is a monastery, there is no manor garden, so you don't need to bring a gardener or anything like that."
Fanny: "Is it a monastery? Is it the kind of monastery that looks like a fortress?"
"Yes, it's the kind of monastery that looks like a fortress."
"Understood." Fanny nodded lightly, "Let's not mention these things and go into the house. By the way, there is something very important that I haven't said yet. Master, welcome back."
An Ning nodded: "Well, I'm back."
**
In the next few days, An Ning Manor's guests came in an endless stream day by day.
The Duke said he wanted to introduce a big businessman who made cannons to An Ning, and the businessman came to An Ning the next day with a letter of introduction from the Duke.
An Ning bought one hundred of the latest eight-pound cannons in one go, and also ordered about four thousand flintlock muskets and one thousand rifles with rifles.
The businessmen were shocked by the order for rifles, because these days only elite hunters in some countries can use such rifles.
This kind of rifle is much more accurate than a smoothbore rifle and has a longer range, but it has a fatal flaw: Nowadays, all ammunition is muzzle-loaded. In order to maximize the advantages of the rifle, the rifle will require bullets and barrels.
The inner wall fits tightly.
Therefore, the rifle is very slow to load, and you have to use a small hammer to knock the purge strip hard to finally press the bullet into the innermost part of the barrel.
Because the rate of fire is too slow, the accuracy advantage of the rifle is offset.
In addition, rifles have to be rifled by hand, so production is very slow and expensive.
Therefore, the rifle is classified as an auxiliary weapon and is generally given to hunters or skirmishers to harass line infantry groups.
An Ning wanted to order a thousand rifles at once, which shocked the businessman.
But no one would refuse the business that came to them, so the businessman finally agreed with An Ning that the rifles would be delivered in batches and production would be gradually completed over the next two years.
When the businessman left the manor, his face was filled with joy. It was obvious that this transaction made him very satisfied.
An Ning was also very satisfied. After all, he didn't pay for it himself, and the Duke paid for it. It was great to be generous to others.
In fact, An Ning most wanted to get the Austrian Kirandoni air rifle.
At this time, there was a type of air rifle hunter in Austria, which once caused great trouble to the French army on the battlefield. It is said that many French troops privately did not allow air rifle hunters to surrender, and would kill them if caught.
Unfortunately, as soon as An Ning made the request, the businessman frowned.
"The Kirandoni air rifle is very expensive. Even in Austria, only the Royal Guards have a small amount of equipment. I can get a few for the Major General to equip the Major General's guards. It is unlikely to be an armed army.
"
In this way, An Ning had no choice but to give up the plan of getting an air rifle unit.
An Ning had this idea because when he played "Total War Empire", he used Austria's favorite unit, the air rifle hunter, and achieved a very high battle loss ratio.
Except for the merchants who came to sell guns, most of the people who came to Anning Manor came with gifts, and some even brought their own daughters.
An Ning is still unmarried, and has suddenly become a favorite in Paris. Many former aristocratic families want to marry their daughters to this former cobbler's son.
Fanny complained unceremoniously: "The nobles who come to promote their daughters look like old farmers going to the market to sell their animals. At most, the master's living room can be filled with a dozen noble ladies, and it is as lively as a market!"
"
It's not that An Ning has never thought about taking the opportunity to marry a wife, which can be regarded as fulfilling her obsession in her previous life. Unfortunately, for some reason, it has become popular among Parisian ladies to make their hair very fluffy and have afros.
An Ning wanted to complain when she saw the afro, but she lost her desire.
So in the end, no one cared about peace.
In this way, a week has passed, and the first anniversary of the Bastille is approaching.
The Parliament has designated this day as "Revolutionary Day" and renamed the original Place Louis XV to "Place de la Revolution" (after the Bourbon Restoration, the place will be renamed again to Place de la Concorde).
The parliament decided to hold a grand celebration in Revolution Square on July 14th.