Chapter 2047 "Watch Tower" (5)

Around 1730, Professor Bosch, a German professor, built a machine that could generate unprecedented electrostatic force by shaking its huge wheels. When demonstrating the experiment, a British correspondent named Henry Baker was attracted, and he wrote: To: Sparks sparkled in her mouth, and they looked so frightened and in pain.

Putting aside the question of how static sparks sparkle in people's mouths, anyone who wears a cardigan knows that static electricity is caused when taking off clothes. The point is that this news was seen by Benjamin Franklin who was in London at the time. , from then on he began to explore the path of electronics.

In 1746, Misenbroek, a professor at Leiden University in the Netherlands, accidentally invented a glass bottle wrapped with metal foil inside and outside while doing experiments. The upper end of the bottle mouth was connected with a spherical electrode, and the lower end was connected to the inner metal foil. This kind of bottle was called For the Leyden jar.

It can be understood as a battery, which can store a lot of electricity. One day, Misenbrook's lawyer friend came to his house as a guest and accidentally touched the bottle, causing him to almost get electrocuted. In order to save him, Misenbrook reached out and pulled him After a while, both people were electrocuted together.

After being frightened, the lawyer friend said that he would never touch the bottle again, but Misenbrook took it around the world. Of course, whoever touched the bottle got an electric shock, and some people got nosebleeds from the electric shock. This small bottle overturned By all accepted theories, electricity was untransmittable and fleeting, and at the same time it was discovered that if one person held a bottle and another a conductor, they would both jump from the shock.

So a serious scientific experiment turned into entertainment. French academician Jean-Antoine Nolet invited Louis XV to watch the performance, and asked 700 guards to line up hand in hand. At the front was a group of priests, and the first person in the line touched the electrode. Then everyone will suddenly jump up.

Leyden jars were easy to make and easily charged by rotating a sphere or rubbing a rod, which meant electrical experiments were no longer exclusive to royalty and the wealthy.

Benjamin Franklin also made one and returned to the United States. Then he discovered that when a thunderstorm passed over the kite, the kite and the entire kite string were filled with electricity, and the filaments on the string stretched. The strings at that time were all made of plant or animal fibers. If you rub it, there will definitely be fluff, which is similar to the electrostatic reaction. The key is that Benjamin Franklin did not hold the kite string directly with his hands, nor did he use a silver key to attract lightning and let the lightning hit the kite. If he really did this, the United States The Founding Father has met the Heavenly Father a long time ago. Whoever doesn’t believe it should try it. If he is struck by lightning and still alive, he is guaranteed to be on the news the next day.

People have developed a strong interest in electricity. There is an entertainment in Birmingham. The audience enjoys the "over-electricity" feeling brought by holding a Leyden bottle. The initial panic is followed by the pleasure generated by the secretion of dopamine. Erasmus Darwin wrote a "Wild Conjecture Concerning the Similarity between the Movements of the Human Soul and the Electrical Activity".

Georgiana has always felt that the "dance" performed by young people in the 20th century looked like epilepsy. People in the 19th century would not stop until they were electrocuted and had epilepsy all over their bodies. Of course, epilepsy was also treated with electric shock...

All in all, in 1747, someone had already used electricity to drive solar system instruments to demonstrate planetary motion in Northampton. Watt made a more exquisite one. She thought it was most appropriate to give it to Napoleon as a gift. In addition, it could also be used as a small

Modify it, such as adding a new lighthouse made by Fresnel to the sun.

The cutting-edge technologies of this era are often demonstrated in the form of "shows". Even if they cannot attract investors, they can still attract some theatergoers and earn ticket money. Of course, there is a mix of good and bad, such as the one who said that the crystal skull has magical powers.

, he often arranges some "diffuse gas", anyway, just to scare the audience.

Electricity was still known as a "magic" in this era, and for public entertainment, Newton's assistant Francis Hoxby built a huge machine containing a huge rotating wheel and a glass ball, somewhat like the one in Germany.

The professor's generator, when the rotating wheel rotates for a while, purple, blue, and lightning-like lights will appear in the glass ball.

Georgiana estimated that Napoleon wouldn't find such an experiment unusual. He was a French academician, not Louis XV who liked fun, but she didn't have the guts to get the Tesla coil out "in advance."

There is actually a lot of controversy about electric magic performances, because there was once a "magician" who "rented" a boy from a charity institution, hung him up, and then touched him with a rubbed glass tube.

This amount of electricity was not fatal, at most it was just a little frightening, but the fear and trembling on the boy's face were real.

People face the same fear of the unknown. If someone blindfolds a person and prevents him from seeing the food on his plate, he will also suspect that he is eating something strange.

The progressive Whigs supported public demonstrations, and the Tories naturally stood against them, so that this new magic became an ethical question, whether the demonstration was "nature" or "the soul of the world."

Since the Birmingham Riots, members of the Moonlight Society have been scattered all over the world. In this era when potatoes were planted with holy water, one can imagine the difficulty of providing education in Ireland, but Edgeworth still persisted.

Napoleon and Ireland, these two words together are definitely a threat to England. The last time he went to Egypt, he succeeded because he sent out news that he was going to land in Ireland. The British navy was busy defending there and ignored the Marseille fleet.

Otherwise, what else do wizards have to expect? Muggles are as novel and excited as they are when they see "magic"? There are also people like Fenon among Muggles, who refuse to admit the existence of magic even if they see it, and they even have a certain understanding of the existence of magic.

fear, and the "witches" themselves are marginalized people. They are recognized as weak in the village. If something happens, they will be the first to be suspected.

Napoleon did have certain character flaws, but who likes to listen to others scolding them?

Now that he is in power, he can drive Madame de Staël out of Paris, or he can shut down the French newspapers that write about him and his family. It is useless to use condemnation to make him repent. Even Georgiana herself will go to Germany.

In the footsteps of Madame de Stahl.

Persuasion is only effective if others listen to it. Once people develop a resistance, even if what the other party says is right, they will do everything possible to find fault with it.

Napoleon was a Leo man, and he was very clear about love and hate. Anyway, Georgiana would not confront him head-on, and he was not the kind of person who couldn't listen to advice at all.

"Why are you so angry?"

"I want to change the sails of that ship to gray!" she said angrily after returning to the small farmhouse where she was temporarily staying. The officers who were having a meeting in the restaurant looked at each other and saluted Bonaparte.

, and left with the map under his arm.

"Who messed with you?" he asked after they closed the door.

"Didn't someone say something? Put your coat and tricorn hat on a stick and put it on the beach. The whole of Europe will be on war footing..."

She kept complaining, but Bonaparte listened quietly. When she was out of breath, he asked again.

"Who messed with you?"

"A children's literature writer!" she growled in a low voice. "What kind of good book can someone like her write for children?"

"Do you want me to ban her books from being published in France?"

"No!"

He looked at her in confusion.

"Enemies!" She slapped the table and declared with great momentum. "Do you agree with her point of view? The only relationship between people is to use them?"

He looked at the artillery position in the distance, as if he wanted to "inspect" there at the moment.

"Do you still remember what I told you on the first day I went to St. Luke's Palace with you? If you have a new love, I will become Medea. I won't do anything to you, but your new love and your

The heir will be in bad luck." She said calmly.

Napoleon was not afraid, nor was he angry or trying to teach her a lesson. Instead, he smiled.

"You think I don't dare?"

"How could I suspect a witch?" he said with a smile.

"Then how can you still laugh?"

"If I am loyal to you, can you also be loyal to me? Forget about that man and don't wait until Portugal." Bonaparte asked.

She didn't answer.

"You're scared." He said firmly, then stood up and put on his three-cornered hat without a hat badge. "There are many people who want me to surrender. I don't have one in Mantua or the Congress. Do you think your threat is to me?"

it works?"

He turned his gaze to her with such ferocity that she couldn't help but take a step back.

"I can understand how crazy things a woman in love can do, but if you think you can use this as an excuse to do something detrimental to France, I will not let you go. My heir is not only about inheriting me

The cause of France, and the future of France, are the hopes you mentioned..."

"Why did you do that to me that day on the canal!" she screamed. "I thought you were my brother."

His eyes softened a little, then he turned his head and left silently, as if he wanted to avoid her crying.

She sat on the floor holding the table.

It is precisely because she knows that love is conditional that she understands how precious unconditional love is.

Even father's love is not completely unconditional, because for some men, his love for his children depends on his love for his children's mother.

There are so many examples of this that I don’t need to list them...

"because I love you."

She turned around and saw Bonaparte standing at the door and returning.

He was breathing heavily, as if he had run a long way.

"I feel sorry for that person..."

"My husband is a dark wizard, a stupid Muggle." She smiled bitterly and said, "Do you know what kind of enemies you have made?"

"I know." He took two steps forward. "I think I need your love to give me the courage to defeat him."

She looked at him.

"You asked me which one is more difficult to defeat, death or life. Now my enemy is him in your heart. I have never experienced such a war. I think it is not just a victory that can be won with courage and ability."

"That's right." She stood up. "Have you heard this word? When God hears it, he will give peace and joy."

He didn't answer.

"As a leader, you don't have to believe in God, Leon, but I will pray on your behalf." She said, "It's best for your future partner to do the same."

"Are you prophesying?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Renoman said that Josephine would be the queen, but you said she was a companion."

"I don't know, Leon, I'm not a prophet."

"But you accurately predicted that snowy night murder."

She smiled bitterly, because it was part of history.

But today's "history" is different from the "past".

"Is it because you heard the news beforehand?" Bonaparte asked, "or is it an excuse to get closer to me?"

She seemed to hear the sound of metal friction as the sword was unsheathed.

"Remember what I said, there is a spirit who wants your soul?" Georgiana said, "She told me."

There was no expression on his face.

"Do you want love or not?" she asked.

He stood in a straight military posture for a while, and finally he came to her side with quick steps, held her face and kissed her.

This kiss seemed to be a "switch" that made her reason disappear.

She once said that she never loved any heroes, whether they were heroes who died young or the "heroes" in Greek mythology.

Now she regrets it. She will be extremely grateful to any hero who can save this weak woman like her.

God, if you can really hear, send one!

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a loud noise. She didn't know if it was thunder or the sound of a cannon. She was startled, so she stopped thinking about those strange things, lest she be struck by lightning if she thought too much.

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Chapter completed!