Although there was a slight delay on the way, An Ning arrived in Paris on time.
The place where Napoleon stayed this time was the dormitory of the Paris Military Academy, and he got off the train not long after arriving in Paris.
An Ning returned directly to the house given to him by the Duke near the Royal Palace.
Although this house has not been lived in for five years, it looks just like An Ning left yesterday. Not even dust has fallen on the table in the room.
Probably the Duke had someone come and clean it yesterday.
An Ning once again settled down in Paris, and that night he took a taxi to the monastery where the Brittany Club was located.
Fanny had a weird expression on her face when she sent him to the car, so An Ning couldn't help but explain: "I'm here to see an old friend who has been away for many years, so don't think too much about it!"
Fanny: "Even if you go shopping tonight, I won't say anything. After all, there is nothing in Brienne. There are only village girls in that kind of place that smell like hay."
An Ning: "I feel that after five years in Brienne, your poisonous tongue skills have improved."
"I'm just making a normal comment." Fanny paused, "So, have fun tonight."
"Just say I'm not going to that kind of place..."
"I wish you and Mr. Danton a good time playing bridge."
An Ning curled her lips and got into the carriage.
The carriage passed through the streets of Paris at night. The streets of Brienne were completely dark at night. The municipal government did not have money to support the workers who lighted the street lights every night, and there were no street lights in the city.
When the Revolution comes, the citizens of Brienne will have a headache as to what to use to hang their noble lords.
But Paris has street lights and people who hold them, and the roads at night are shrouded in gray light.
An Ning arrived at the brightly lit monastery, and standing outside could hear the sound of bridge playing inside.
An Ning walked in the door with ease.
The table near the door happened to be Dandong, Mara and others. When they heard the door knock, they turned to look.
Dandong directly put the cards on the table, stood up and opened his arms: "Look! Who is here!"
Somehow, Dandong's words reminded An Ning of "American bullying", or the CCTV translated and dubbed version.
An Ning sighed a little. He had traveled through time for five years, but he could still remember the stories before time travel. He thought he was already an authentic resident of the 18th century.
He shook his head, then took Danton's extended hand: "Good evening everyone, I'm back from Brienne!"
Mara: "Your sergeant's uniform really fits you. We will call you Sergeant from now on!"
An Ning: "I won't be wearing this suit for a long time, because I have already enrolled in the Military Academy in Paris."
Dandong said in surprise: "A civilian enrolls in the Military Academy! The people in the academy will definitely be able to fight with you all day long."
An Ning: "Then let them do it. My personal performance in Briena is the best in the whole grade. Even the swordsmanship instructor was defeated by me."
It's true. After An Ning studied swordsmanship for five years, his skills coupled with the plug-in automatic anti-counterfeiting have made him unbeatable.
An Ning's friends laughed, and Mara said excitedly: "Then we are waiting for you to make those nobles look good!"
An Ning: "By the way, on the way back, I witnessed the farmers protesting against taxes. Is His Majesty the King going to increase taxes again?"
"Now we just send tax collectors to various places to collect this year's taxes, but it won't be long before the king will propose a tax increase bill." Danton replied, "You don't hear these things in Brienne, do you? You probably
I don’t know, but the king fired the capable finance minister Necker, it seems, because he suggested that our deficit queen spend less money.”
An Ning: "I guess it won't take long for the king to find the banker back. After all, he is really short of money now."
A long-faced gentleman said: "Even the genius who came up with a way to borrow money to support the queen's expenses is powerless at this time."
An Ning: "Who is this?"
Danton immediately introduced: "You don't know, this is our new friend, Camille Desmoulins, who is also a reporter. He has been writing articles in newspapers for many days in a row to criticize His Majesty the King.
"Camille, this is Andy Frost, the man in charge of force in our small group."
The long-faced gentleman nodded: "I guessed it, the aristocratic killer who is powerful in Paris. I heard that you initially planned to deal with the threat of the country marquis through legal means?"
"Yes." An Ning nodded, "I personally don't like fighting and killing."
Everyone burst into laughter, as if An Ning had told a very humorous joke.
Danton: "Don't you know? Ever since you went to Brienne, Mirabeau has been telling people the story of the day you threw your gloves into other people's faces. You said you don't like to use knives or guns, just like
It’s as if the deficit queen doesn’t like wasting money, no one will believe it.”
——Damn it, Mirabeau, damn Liquor, what on earth have you done!
Marat curled his lips: "That deficit queen doesn't like to waste money? How is this possible! There is singing and dancing in the Palace of Versailles every night, and tens of thousands of livres can be spent in one night. I really don't understand why anyone is willing to borrow it.
To give money to the king, I say, the king’s creditors should unite and force the king to pay back the money!”
Danton explained in An Ning's ear: "Marat no longer works as a doctor. Now he specializes in writing to criticize the current ills. He seems to think that this can make France a little better."
An Ning shook his head: "It's useless. France can't get better just by relying on these. There will have to be a big one."
Mara shook his head: "How can you say that? Although we can't see any direct effect, our continuous appeals will always have an effect. The gentlemen of the Supreme Court also read our newspapers. It is said that the king himself also
Look! As long as we..."
An Ning interrupted Mara: "It doesn't matter if the king reads your newspaper. He is just a locksmith. We expect him to implement top-down reforms unless his queen is replaced by Queen Theresia."
Queen Theresia of Austria implemented many enlightened reforms and gave HRE a new lease of life.
Dandong sighed: "Why is Theresia's daughter like this?"
An Ning: "God knows. Maybe there are some things that cannot be passed on..."
An Ning almost said the word "heredity" because Mendel was not born yet.
Everyone shook their heads together.
Mara: "Let's play bridge! I win this game! Come on, give me the chips."
An Ning: "Who is willing to make room for me? I haven't played bridge in five years, and now I am a parallel import who can be bullied casually."
Dandong: "You sit in my seat! I will give you advice next to you."