Chapter 224 If you want to sleep, come with a pillow
At this time, the city of Paris was filled with troops who had been called from various places to defend Paris.
Of course, not all of these troops are here to defend Paris. There are also some who came to Paris to escape the chaos outside.
After all, if you walk a few days west from Paris and enter the Vendée territory, the situation will be completely reversed. Paris will judge the royal party every day, while the Vendée will kill the blue party every day.
So all the blue parties from the towns in the Vendée came to Paris, claiming to defend Paris.
Paris was originally a very chaotic city. After so many years of endless expansion without any planning, the whole city was a mixed bag, and now it has become even more chaotic.
In the midst of this chaos, a group of volunteers arrived from the Upper Rhine region.
This volunteer force occupied an empty nobleman's mansion and lived on a subsidy from the War Department.
The leader of the volunteers was a young lawyer from a seaside town on the Brittany Peninsula, his name was Jean-Victor Marie Moreau.
That day, Moreau received the allowance and two large baskets of baguettes issued to them from the War Department, and rode back to the house.
As soon as he entered the door, someone asked loudly: "Morrow, when can we go fight the damn Austrians?"
While handing the baguette to his orderly, Moreau replied: "I checked the wind outlet at the Ministry of War. The German-Austrian Allied Forces are almost at Sedan, but it has been raining on the Rhine side in the past few days, causing the road to be very rough.
The mud affected the advancement of the Prussian-Austrian coalition."
A volunteer shouted: "Damn it, why hasn't General Frost set off yet? The enemies are all in our hometown! We came to Paris to fight the damn invaders!"
Moreau: "Be content. At least there are enough bread tubes now, and the bread is toasted well. General Frost will definitely attack. After all, he is the most famous military strategist in the contemporary era, and he will not sit back and watch the armies of those kingdoms.
They are ravaging our land!"
Someone immediately teased Moreau: "Hey, our lawyer, when he talks about General Frost, his face becomes excited!"
Moreau did not hide it: "That's not true! He is the founder of the Republic. Without him, we would still be a damn kingdom now!"
"Is the Republic really that good?" Someone asked, and Moreau immediately became energetic. "Of course! The Republic represents equality for everyone! From now on, there will no longer be those nobles and kings who can ride on our heads! The future must belong to the Republic.
Era, all countries will eventually become republics!"
An Ning probably didn't expect that he had become the sun in the hearts of the republicans.
At this moment, someone suddenly shouted outside the manor door: "I am the reorganization specialist of the Ministry of War. Are you volunteers from the Upper Rhine region? Who is your leader?"
Morrow immediately stopped praising the Republic, turned around and ran out of the door, raising his right hand high: "It's me, it's me! They all elected me to be their leader."
The War Commissioner wore a wig that didn't fit well. It looked too big and kept sliding down, so that the Commissioner had to hold it up after a while.
Judging from the commissioner's attire, he probably used to be a clerk somewhere, and it was not his turn to wear a wig.
But now, he is wearing an ill-fitting wig and is arrogant like a proud rooster.
"What was your original occupation?" the commissioner asked.
"I'm a lawyer."
Morrow replied, but there were volunteers behind him to cause trouble: "He doesn't even have a diploma! He plays around in college all day long and is a playboy!"
Moreau ignored the soldiers' heckles and continued to say firmly: "I am a lawyer. My father is also a lawyer, and I hope I can inherit the family business."
The commissioner nodded: "Lawyer. Now lawyers, painters and musicians have become soldiers. How many people are there in your army?"
Moreau: "There are one hundred and eighty people. We are all from the Upper Rhine region, which is the place now occupied by the coalition forces!"
Commissioner: "One hundred and eighty people, then you will be a lieutenant, but I don't have a lieutenant's epaulettes anymore. Come on, I'll give you a captain. It will be easier for you."
Morrow: "Thank you, I..."
Just as he was about to take the epaulette, the commissioner took it and held it without letting go. Then he looked at him with an expectant expression.
Morrow said "Oh" and understood.
"You actually asked me for money?"
"This is a rule. You don't want to be labeled a traitor, do you? The Revolution Square is busy with the guillotine every day. Didn't you go and take a look?" The commissioner showed his yellow teeth and smiled playfully.
Moreau was angry: "I don't believe this is what will happen under General Frost! Your army should be well-disciplined!"
The commissioner nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, your general's army is very disciplined. They even sing about discipline in songs all day long. Why don't they take advantage of the masses? Maybe they do. But,
I am just a commissioner of the Ministry of War, and I am not part of His Excellency the General's troops."
Moro asked angrily: "We responded to the call of the Parliament to defend the country! You actually asked us for money! I don't believe that no one cares about you!"
Commissioner: "Then you can go and complain to the General. He is in Versailles outside the city. Yes, that's where His Majesty the King used to live. Go and tell him!"
Moro was furious: "Okay, I'll go find him! I don't believe that the general is wise enough to allow this situation to exist!"
After that, he didn't want the captain's epaulettes and ran directly to the stables.
The commissioner said angrily: "If you leave now, I will register you as a traitor! Wash your neck and wait. It will be your turn to be guillotined in a few days!"
Moreau snorted and rolled his eyes at the commissioner: "I still don't believe it. We have become a republic, and we can't cure insects like you!"
After speaking, Moreau got on his horse and galloped away.
The commissioner curled his lips: "Humph, countryman!"
Then at this time, he noticed that the volunteers on the Upper Rhine were staring at him with murderous eyes, and he immediately gave up. While urging his horse to run, he said harshly: "Just wait! Wait until your lawyer leader is unlucky, and you are unlucky."
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"To defend Paris, you also need qualifications!"
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An Ning was preparing to send Lazar Carnot back to Paris when he suddenly heard a noise near the palace gate.
So he said to the warrant officer next to him: "Go and see what's going on."
The warrant officer took the order and left, and came back a moment later: "Report to the general, there is someone making trouble to see you, it's no big deal."
There have been so many people clamoring to see General Frost recently that the whole army is almost used to it.
An Ning just said "Oh", but today he just drew Lana and was in a good mood, so he said: "I happened to be out, so I went to see him. I'll take Lazar back to Paris by the way."
Lazar: "This kind of matter should be left to the affairs officer. It is not appropriate to set this precedent."
An Ning waved her hand: "It doesn't matter, let's go."
After a while, he and Kano arrived in front of the palace gate.
Several sturdy soldiers stopped a big man, and it was obvious that they had entered into a stage of intense physical contact.
An Ning: "Who wants to see me?"
As soon as the few guards holding the big man turned around, they all let go and straightened their bodies like springs.
When the big man saw An Ning, he immediately stood up straight and arranged his clothes awkwardly.
An Ning looked him up and down: "Look at your clothes, you're not a French soldier, are you? Are you a volunteer somewhere?"
Big man: "Yes, I am a volunteer soldier from Upper Rhine and a lawyer. I am here to report to you that one of your commissioners has committed the crime of dereliction of duty and corruption!"
Lazar Cano took a step forward: "The commissioner you are talking about should be the commissioner of the Ministry of War. Many of the commissioners of the Ministry of War are former employees. It is normal for the good to be mixed."
An Ning: "This is the boss of the Ministry of War. Just respond to him and he will definitely deal with you fairly. We must take a heavy blow against the speculators and bugs in our system. Do you understand, Kano?"
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When the big man heard this, he immediately smiled: "I knew that Your Excellency the General would not sit back and ignore such a thing! Your Excellency the General, I am Jean-Victor Marie Moreau, and I will definitely devote myself to the Republic."
Just die!"
An Ning originally wanted to leave, but when she heard this man's self-introduction, she trembled and looked at him again.
"Who the hell did you just say you were?"
"Jean-Victor Marie Moreau, from Brittany!"
An Ning couldn't close her mouth: "Fuck, which bastard just wanted to put on your shoes? I want to interrogate him personally!"