Versailles is worse than being queen

◎Very young, very innocent, very much in need of protection◎

Everything seemed like a lifetime away. The three years in Versailles were so different from her previous life that Antanya almost forgot about it——

Also in January 1774, a masquerade ball was held at the Palace of Versailles in the deep winter.

There she first met 18-year-old Hans Axel von Felsen.

A handsome young man with green eyes and dark golden curly hair, Lieutenant General of the Royal Swedish Army.

Outside the palace may be the cold wind of winter, but inside the Palace of Versailles there is a soft and warm atmosphere.

The bright and dreamy flames followed the green-eyed boy like the eyes of girls, and flew up and down with his gently floating, Cupid-like curly hair.

The next moment, the 18-year-old boy will walk in front of the 18-year-old girl.

Everyone knew what to expect.

The lingering dance steps will sound, the silk skirt will sway and sway, the young heart will approach, and the most lovely and terrifying power in the world will be born.

No one will question whether their identities are commensurate, because all the rules and etiquette have been covered up with masks, and any laughter and intimacy only needs a little bit of heartbeat and a little bit of courage, as long as the next moment he invites she--

Before the next moment came, Antanya turned her head abruptly, staring at Nicholas calmly and indifferently.

The red lips parted slightly, and the order could not be refused: "Invite me to dance. Now."

Nicholas raised his eyebrows slightly.

Still, he followed her orders without hesitation.

"...As you wish, Your Highness."

The lights flickered on, as if a hazy dream suddenly shattered.

No masks, no extravagant grand banquets.Instead of thousands of white candles burning on the crystal chandelier, there are hot wires inside the frosted glass.

The dance music started, but the dancers were no longer the same people as before.

A moment before the main theme of the waltz sounded, Felsen stopped in his tracks.

He opened his eyes wide, and the emerald-colored pupils reflected the two people who danced in the brilliant light——

Among the complicated and gorgeous clothes, the clothes on their bodies were originally too simple.

But at this moment, the pure black dress embroidered with silver thread and the pure white dress of shiny taffeta are intertwined in a smooth rotation, like a storm brightly illuminated by lightning churning in the dark night, which is thrillingly beautiful.

Felsen, who came here admiringly, has seen the waltz popular since Versailles in Berlin, but he has never seen such a waltz.

A waltz is a dance for two people.

And the two people in front of them were dancing, as if the whole world was out of tune with them.

"Sorry, let me tell the truth." Nicholas put his arms around Antania's waist and whispered through the dance steps, "Your eyes just now were so heartbreaking-no one will believe that you are the first I saw him once."

Antanya didn't look at him, and pinched him with fingers curled up in the hand that was intertwined with him.

"Hiss." Nicholas gasped, "I'm serious. He's going to invite you to dance after taking another step. Looking at his eyes, he will definitely invite you..."

"Shut up," Antanya said firmly.

"What on earth are you thinking? We are back to back, no, we are face to face partners now."

The music ushered in a small climax at this time.The two exchanged dance steps quickly, Nicholas stared at her eyes, and with a strong arm, Antania spread her wings like a white swan.

Antania: "..."

All right.He has a point.After all, she has no one else to rely on, and everyone else relies on her.

She thought for a few seconds, then said sullenly: "I don't want to involve him. He may be in danger."

She knew how soft-hearted and kind-hearted he was.What she has to do in this life is as dangerous as walking a tightrope. If he gets close to her, if he makes a mistake, he may be in extreme danger.

Just like his head had the highest reward in Paris back then.

Nicholas smiled coolly: "Then I can get involved? I won't be in danger?"

Antanya finally couldn't help giving him a blank look: "Don't you know who he is? Why bother to make fun of me now. How can you compare him to him? He is younger than you, simpler than you, and more in need of protection than you .”

"No," Nicholas retorted sternly, "I am obviously very young, very innocent, and need protection."

Antania: "..." Who said that she was still a little girl to him?

In terms of verbal rogue, she is really no match for him.

"What nonsense, young and innocent may not be a good thing... When I saw him at 18, I thought of myself at 18, so young and so stupid."

Antanya sighed, "Those years in the past have left an irreversible mark on me... Being close to him makes me flustered."

She glanced at Felson through the gap of the rotation - the green-eyed boy laughed at Yanyan at this time, and raised his glass to tease other young and beautiful noble girls in the Palace of Versailles. The children who grew up smoothly at home.

She sincerely hopes that Felson in this life can live like this forever without any worries, and her wishes come true, just like she hopes that Louis can live in health and safety all the time, and have his own little hobbies .

Oh no.Now Louis' hobbies may not be just called "little hobbies".

His Royal Highness the Dauphin of France became the first member of the French royal family to receive a reward from the Paris Academy of Sciences - for his successful development of arc welding technology.

This technology may not sound as powerful as nautical latitude and longitude measurement and the invention of machines, etc., but it is a model of the integration of science and technology development today.

First of all, the foundation of this technology lies in the development of electricity.

Together with Cullen, Volt and others, Nicholas made rapid progress in the study of electricity and magnetism with a progress that God could not believe.

From the principle of magnetoelectricity, electromagnetism to the interaction of charges, it is now possible to create a stable current, so that the electrode used for welding can also generate a more controllable current for the high temperature of molten metal—— If the current is unstable and the heat generated is not uniform, the welding will fail in the slightest, and serious accidents that endanger safety will occur in severe cases.

At the same time, Lavoisier and Laplace's research on air composition allowed Louis to find a way to effectively control the oxidation of metals at high temperatures.After repeated experiments three years ago, it was finally known that iron rusts because it slowly reacts with oxygen in the air; this reaction proceeds faster at high temperatures.

Therefore, as long as the oxygen in the air is burned out and the welding is carried out in the remaining nitrogen, there is no need to use the original method of sprinkling sand while forging and welding.

His Royal Highness Prince Louis-Auguste, who had just grown up, was so excited that he was incoherent when receiving the reward, although he obviously did not lack the reward of tens of thousands of livres.

People whispered that even the day he was confirmed as crown prince, he was not that happy.

Of course, these are basic research.They caused quite a stir among engineers, but the wider public didn't intuitively understand what that meant.

The most incredible thing is the "internal combustion engine" that Nicholas is now leading Watt and other engineers to study.

This news had been spread throughout the city with the help of the "Rheinische Zeitung" in the streets and alleys of Paris as early as a year ago.

People heard that if this kind of machine is successfully developed, it will be dozens of times better than steam looms and water pumps, so they all ask where they can invest in research and make a lot of money with its commercial application.

However, the researchers were still relatively cautious before the successful development of the machine, and did not announce much information.

Of course, this cannot stop the people of Versailles and Paris, who are equally as curious and imaginative, from constantly speculating on the research progress with unparalleled enthusiasm, and many people bravely declared that "once the alchemist Nikola Tesla If the internal combustion engine is successfully developed, people will no longer need horses and cattle, and all labor can be done automatically by machines!"

Yes.

More than 100 years since Nikola Tesla solemnly announced at a certain salon of the Academy of Sciences that he had accepted in his sleep the words of a Russian prophet named Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev After revealing the secrets to scientists and drawing the first periodic table of elements, "Nikola Tesla is an alchemist", which was originally just a private gossip, was finally put on the table in a fair manner.

After all, His Majesty King Louis XV, who was over 60 years old, personally received this incredible young prophet, awarded him the Golden Lily Medal, and said in his commendation speech: "God bless, let us Mr. Alchemist often dreams!"

"Long live His Majesty the King!" the people cheered.

May Mr. Alchemist dream a lot!God bless France!

Of the utmost importance in the study of the internal combustion engine is the demonstration of the law of conservation of energy - which is the theme of tonight's unprecedentedly grand salon.

From Newton more than a century ago to Descartes and Leibniz's "Motion Is Indestructible", it was Nicholas who broke through the barriers between mechanical energy and other energy sources. A metal drill bit continuously rubs against a piece of metal placed in water at high speed, and as a result, the water in the sink boils.

Of course people were also excited.This is the first incomparably clear experiment demonstrating the conversion of mechanical energy into thermal energy!

Lavoisier and Laplace quickly proved through a large number of chemical experiments that the heat required to decompose a compound into its constituent elements is equal to the heat released when these elements form the compound.The conversion of chemical energy and heat energy is reversible!

The most solid foundation of experimental proof comes from electricity.The battery project led by Volt proves that chemical energy can be converted into electrical energy, and electrified electrolysis of water converts electrical energy into chemical energy; current generates a magnetic field, drives magnets and charged objects in it to move, and converts electrical energy into mechanical energy; and metals in the magnetic field Motion can also generate electric current, opening up the bridge of mutual transformation between mechanical energy and electrical energy.

The proof of energy conservation covers such a wide range of fields, which is why this night's salon has attracted so much attention. It represents the crystallization of wisdom of top scholars in almost all fields.

It is the joint efforts of so many people in different fields that push the boundaries of human cognition a big step further!

More than a dozen scholars will receive the bounty of this century together.They announced before the salon started that they would use the bounty to set up a special fund to reward scholars (and alchemists) who continue to make contributions in interdisciplinary fields.

"Speaking of which, I was actually very interested in perpetual motion machines when I was a child." Lagrange said to Lavoisier with emotion.

"Unexpectedly, I went to Vienna to study mathematics for a few years, and my dream was shattered."

Lavoisier laughed: "You have missed a lot."

"You kid really can't talk." Lagrange glared at him angrily while holding the wine glass, "Okay, I'm here now. Although His Majesty the Roman Emperor was reluctant, I told him that he was here anyway. His daughter's country came, and he agreed."

He didn't want to miss the excitement of Paris anymore.Now his main research direction is the analytical mathematics of calculus. Although it is a bit too abstract compared with the cheerful scholars tonight, he believes that mathematics is the foundation of all subjects, and they will thank him!

"However, I also feel very emotional." Lavoisier laughed, "I didn't expect the bounty for the longest lifespan to be obtained in this way."

Every time the bounty salon is held, the "two old stubborn" bounties of the century will be pulled out and talked about, one is the perpetual motion machine, and the other is the nautical latitude and longitude measurement method.

Today, the "perpetual motion machine" reward has finally been cracked in another way.

Lavoisier smiled and raised his glass to Volt: "Alessandro, next time you go back to Italy, please apologize to Da Vinci for us in front of Da Vinci's tombstone - we shattered his dream, let He should give up his heart!"

The crowd burst into laughter.

Volt always likes to be lively, and at this time, he is not to be outdone and grabs Nicholas: "Nicholas, look, we have already obtained the longest perpetual motion reward, should you show your magic again?" Traces, take us to capture the reward for the navigator with the most money?"

Amid the booing of the crowd, Nicholas nodded with a smile, and said with a mysterious smile: "It's coming soon."

"Really? It sounds like you already have a research idea? How to measure it? Can machines measure latitude and longitude instead of sailors?"

"We'll know when the time comes." Nicholas was dragged into drinking a lot, but he remained sober all the time, irritatingly, without revealing anything.

Oh, damned Slavs!How can the French beat them in their drinking capacity?

The hall was lively, people were joking with each other, toasting each other, and hugging each other.

Lagrange was so drunk that his face was flushed, and he shouted, "I'm going to use calculus to win this game!"

Then amidst the cheers and boos of the crowd, Ampere, who was less than ten years old, won.

The little boy held out his hand confidently: "Mr. Lagrange, you promised to teach me calculus if I win."

Everything was joyful and enthusiastic, until some news suddenly came from nowhere, pushing the warm atmosphere in the hall to its climax.

"ladies and gentlemen!"

"There is a news from the New World! It happened at the end of last year, but it has only just reached Paris."

"On December 12 last year, someone in the British colonies in North America threw a whole shipment of tea from the British East India Company into the Atlantic Ocean, saying that they would rebel against the "Tea Tax Act" of the British Parliament!"

"I heard that the British are going to be furious. They say this is an intolerable provocation and war. A bill must be promulgated! Severe sanctions must be imposed!"

"Anyway, those arrogant British guys... I'm afraid they have something to do!"