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Nathan Rothschild soon discovered that there was not a single Bonaparte in the fifth carriage. However, he didn't feel that his money was wasted, because he knew that these people were closely related to the Bonaparte family. Although their surnames are not Bonaparte, they are the core and most important part of the behemoth of the Bonaparte family.

Most of these people are, or will be, experts in a certain aspect, and they are the protagonists of the era favored by the spiritual beauty of the plane. Being able to get to know and develop relationships with these people is definitely worth the fare he paid. However, after talking with them for a while, Nathan Rothschild found that it was not particularly easy to establish a relationship with these people. Because, even when those guys were resting, he couldn't understand what those guys said.

Fortunately, he soon found a person who was also very interested in economics, and this person had the highest status in this carriage. This person is Lavoisier, the honorary president of the French Academy of Sciences.

Mr. Lavoisier is fifty-nine years old this year, which is considered an advanced age in this era. As a scientist, Lavoisier also reached the age of retirement.

Thanks to many legends and stories, and the influence of many habits of the old times, many people have an unrealistic fantasy about old scientists. Just like in a novel that Joseph read in his previous life, there is such a saying:

"Sanlv University President Gao Songnian is an old scientist.

The position of the word "old" is very embarrassing. It can describe science or scientists.

Unfortunately, scientists are not quite the same as science; scientists are like wine, which become more valuable with age, while science are like women, which become less valuable when they get old. In the future, the grammar of Mandarin will be fully developed, and one day we will be able to clearly distinguish between "old scientists" and "home of old scientists", or "old scientists" and "old scientists". It's still early, so we might as well call it in general terms. "

However, Mr. Qian, who writes novels, actually doesn't know much about the profession of scientists. Natural science is different from literature and history. There is no such thing as "scientists are like wine, the older they are, the more precious they are". On the contrary, science, as long as it is not overthrown by falsification, is valuable regardless of whether it is old or new. For example, the laws of thermodynamics have been around for hundreds of years, and they are still awe-inspiring. Scientists, on the other hand, are really like women, they are worthless when they get old.

In the study of literature and history, the accumulation of experience and knowledge is more important, so scholars of literature and history are indeed a bit like wine. But this is not the case in natural science, because scientific research really requires too much data processing ability of the brain. It requires long-term high-load operation of the brain. With the increase of age, the decline of various functions of the human body is inevitable. Therefore, although the experience and insight brought by the growth of age are also very important, they are not enough to make up for the harm caused by the decline of physiological functions. Therefore, most natural scientists, their most important achievements are also made in the prime of life. And when they're old, they're basically just kind of statues.

Mr. Lavoisier is now clearly feeling the decline of his energy and thinking ability. His hands were shaking a little. In the laboratory, he couldn't do experiments by himself. And after getting the experimental data, when analyzing, they often can't keep up with the assistants' thinking. This made Mr. Lavoisier couldn't help but sigh that he really should retire.

However, after high-intensity use, the brain's ability to process data has declined, and even some inexplicable errors often occur, just like the graphics card used for mining. But Mr. Lavoisier was not quite willing to make a symbol directly.

Mr. Lavoisier has always had two hobbies, one is science and the other is money.

Now science has obviously disliked him for being old and decrepit. After his body was hollowed out, he was no longer willing to show him a good face; so he also had to shift more attention to other things. A hobby goes up. Lavoisier feels that his current data processing capabilities are not enough to run natural science apps, but it should be enough to run business programs.

Of course, considering only data processing capabilities, Lavoisier's judgment is not bad. However, what he didn't consider was that there was too little data on how to do business in his database.

But the common hobbies still made Lavoisier and Nathan Rothschild very easy to talk to. And Rothschild also found that although Lavoisier is not really proficient in how to do business, he can sometimes come up with one or two incisive words that point to the core, and even Rothschild has It's a feeling of enlightenment. After talking for a while, Rothschild discovered that such words basically came from Joseph Bonaparte.

"Joseph Bonaparte is not just a scientific monster, he is an all-round monster." Nathan Rothschild couldn't help thinking.

Nathan Rothschild was very pleased with his relationship with Lavoisier. He felt that the money he spent was really worth it. He knew that Mr. Lavoisier had a close relationship with the Bonaparte family, and Joseph Bonaparte's wife was Lavoisier's niece. Through him, he should have the opportunity to get in touch with the real helm of this big family.

At this time, most of the passengers had already boarded the train, the train blew its whistle, made a long "whoop" sound, then vibrated slightly, and then looked out from the glass window, you can see Everything started to slowly recede outside.

"Ah, the train has started. Well, after all, passenger cars are more comfortable, much better than freight trains." Lavoisier said.

"Monsieur Lavoisier, have you ever been on a freight train?" asked Nathan Rothschild.

"I sat in Lorraine Iron and Steel. I was very curious and sat on a flatbed with a group of workers, but I was caught by the wind and caught a cold. Well, freight trains are more bumpy than this, but if you don't consider the wind, even a flatbed , are more comfortable than a carriage.”

The two of them were talking, and the speed of the train began to get faster and faster.

"Monsieur Lavoisier, do you know how fast this train can go?" asked Nathan Rothschild.

"Ah, you are asking the right person." Lavoisier replied proudly, "The maximum speed can reach 70 kilometers per hour. But considering the consumption of coal, this is not the most economical speed, the most economical speed There are some differences due to different mounts, but generally around 50 kilometers."

"So fast?" Nathan Rothschild made some calculations in his mind, and then said, "Mr. Lavoisier, don't you think the railway will be a very profitable business?"