As soon as An Ning finished speaking, Mirabeau, who had been listening in, agreed: "This is quite good. This way, the young lady will also have someone to look after her at school. But Mr. Frost, how old are you this year? Will you be older?"
What is the entry age for Brienne Military Academy?”
It was the first time An Ning knew that Brienne Military Academy had an admission age. He answered cautiously: "I am eighteen years old this year. The admission age of Brienne Military Academy is..."
Mirabeau waved his hand: "It's no problem if you are eighteen years old. That military school accepts young people from ten to twenty years old."
Lavoisier shook his head: "If you are eighteen years old, wouldn't it be better to go directly to the military academy in Paris?"
An Ning thought goodbye. I went to Brienne to get close to the future Emperor of France. If I were put into the Paris Military Academy now, I would have graduated by the time Napoleon was admitted to the Paris Military Academy.
In response to Lavoisier's question, Christina replied: "He turned out to be just a military musician. If you just let him go to the Paris Military Academy, he might not be able to keep up, right?"
An Ning nodded: "Yes, I'd better go to the military academy in Briena to lay a solid foundation."
Christina turned her head and begged the Duke of Orleans: "Dad, aren't you worried that I will learn bad things from poor aristocratic girls in the military school? Isn't it good for Andy to look at me? He can write you a letter to report my situation in school."
The Duke glanced at An Ning and sighed: "Okay. But there are still a few months until the military academy in Briena starts, so it's not too late to talk about this kind of thing in the future. The most important thing you should do now is to clean up.
Myself! I can smell the sour smell of sweat on your body. This is not the smell that a noble lady should have."
Christina said coquettishly: "Dad! Don't talk nonsense! I don't smell sour!"
"Okay, no, no! Let Mrs. Aylan take you to clean yourself. Housekeeper!"
The housekeeper who had just greeted An Ning and his party at the door appeared quietly: "Miss, please come this way."
Christina glanced at An Ning, then followed the housekeeper.
The Duke of Orleans turned his eyes to An Ning: "It seems that my daughter trusts you very much."
An Ning nodded and said: "After all, I was the one who got him out of that hell of death."
"The hell of death... you actually want to go back to that hell? I also have a leather-making manual factory in my industry in Paris. You can go there to use your family's expertise. Or you can bring your family members in the country to Paris. I
I can provide you with a free house to open a store."
An Ning thought goodbye. There were only nine years left before the Revolution. Opening a store in Paris at this time was obviously not a good choice.
Although I myself don’t want to take risks on the battlefield, compared to being an ordinary citizen in Paris, it will be safer to stay in the army in the future.
An Ning: "How should I put it? At that time, I really didn't want to go back to that kind of hell, but now that I think about it, I might have a certain talent in this area. In addition, it has become more and more difficult to make a living as a cobbler recently, because the raw materials are becoming more and more popular."
It’s becoming more and more expensive, and the taxes are also increasing…”
The Duke of Orleans sighed: "There is nothing we can do about excessive taxes. You may not know that the royal family's financial situation has reached an unimaginable level, and they are going to war recently.
"In order to raise military expenses, the royal family borrowed a large amount of money from every bank in Paris. Now no one knows how much the royal family's liabilities are."
An Ning asked tentatively: "So will a new three-level parliament be convened soon to collect taxes?"
Mirabeau and Lavoisier both looked at An Ning in surprise. Mirabeau exclaimed: "A cobbler's son actually knows about the three-level parliament?"
An Ning prevaricated: "I mentioned it when I heard others talking about it in the tavern."
"Has it reached the time when everyone in the tavern will talk about this matter?" the Duke exclaimed. "There are indeed such rumors in the palace recently, but many people are trying their best to persuade the king not to do this. The Marquis of Lafayette seems to think that
, convening the three-level parliament at this time will cause France to become a constitutional monarchy."
The Marquis de Lafayette was the French general Lafayette who led the French army in the North American War of Independence. After witnessing the process of establishing a republic in the North American colonies, the Marquis seemed to have become a so-called liberal aristocrat and began to support a constitutional monarchy.
In the early months of the French Revolution, the Marquis de Lafayette took control of the political power in Paris.
Lavoisier exclaimed: "Constitutional monarchy is not a bad thing. My laboratory is surrounded by a large slum. I can see clearly that the people's living standards are getting worse and worse. This country has reached the point where it has not made changes.
It’s no longer possible.”
An Ning thought that you were quite right. It is true that in a few years this country will undergo earth-shaking changes.
Duke of Orleans: "Change, the question is how? Like the British Glorious Revolution? Or like the New World?"
An Ning glanced at the Duke.
He remembered that in the original time and space, the Duke of Orleans, Louis de Philippe, had the right to inherit the French throne. The Duke initially funded Mirabeau to write royal pamphlets, mainly to build momentum for his rise to power.
Unexpectedly, Duke Zao Zao himself became a member of the Jacobin Club, and even changed his surname to "Equality".
Of course, these things may not necessarily happen to the Duke of Orleans in this time and space. After all, the Duke of this time and space is named Tolestel, not Philip. It is difficult to say that they are the same person.
The Duke made a few more remarks about the recent court changes in Versailles, and then changed the topic: "Mr. Frost, your residence in Paris has not been decided yet, has it?"
An Ning nodded: "Yes, it's not decided yet."
"Then I'll ask the housekeeper to arrange a place for you. You can take the time to tell us how you took my daughter out of danger. If you want to go out to do errands, just say hello to the housekeeper. You saved my daughter,
He is the benefactor of our family."
"Thank you very much for your hospitality." An Ning said sincerely.
The Duke added: "By the way, if you want to change out of your military uniform, please tell my butler. He will provide you with a change of clothes. If you want to eat, please tell the butler. These are all free of charge."
After the Duke finished speaking, Mirabeau said goodbye to the Duke: "I have to send the latest pamphlet to the Printing Office, so I have to take the first step."
Lavoisier also took up the conversation: "I have also returned to the laboratory."
Duke: "Looking forward to the results of your new experiments!"
An Ning saw that Mirabeau and Lavoisier had left, so she also said goodbye: "Then I will also find the housekeeper to take me to my residence."
The Duke nodded.
It happened that the housekeeper returned to the room at this time and said directly to An Ning: "Mr. Frost, please come this way."