During the meal, Joseph told Napoleon that in nine days, he would be participating in an experiment to measure the speed of light at the Franco-Spanish Academy. He told Napoleon that if he was interested, he could find a way to take a leave of absence so that he could take him with him to see the world.

Napoleon's face was full of disbelief, but from his eyes, Josephus could see that Napoleon was very excited, and those words were just a duck's dead mouth. So while Napoleon was thinking about this matter, he ate a few more pieces of meat.

After sending his brother away, Joseph continued his last class at the school of Louis the Great. One morning, just after finishing a class on rhetoric, Joseph walked out of the classroom and met Amand.

"Well, if it isn't our great scientist! Amand came up to him with a big smile, "Hey, I never thought you could write a paper like that! Hey, man, you gotta make it up to me, I've been having a hard time these days because of the finger. You do not know, these days my uncle every day praises your talent, and my father is 24 hours a day to educate me about you ．．．．．． It's because of you that my heart is hurting so much these days ．．．．．．"

"Ah, Amand." Joseph said, "I sympathize with you, but as I said before, parents always like to praise other people's children in front of their children, but when they write their wills and deal with their estates, they always remember only their own family's stupid children. So, it's not a big deal, you don't need to worry about it at all.

"That's not the only thing I'm talking about when I say you need to be compensated. I've seen a lot of this," Among said, shaking his head. But, damn it, yesterday, just yesterday, my lovely Fanny asked about you and said she would like to meet you. And the damn old man didn't object. My goodness! This makes me sad ．．．．．． No, you have to make it up to me."

The company is a member of the Board of Directors of the United States of America. But if any of his friends expressed a desire to get to know this lovely girl, Ah Meng would immediately turn his back on him. The reason is that Amand knows very well that his friends are all unreliable and untrustworthy guys like him, who can't be trusted for life. The company's main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers. So naturally, Amand did not hesitate to turn the other cheek with those guys.

"My friend," Joseph said, "since it involves your sister, it is indeed a reasonable request. Well, what kind of compensation do you want from me?"

"That dry?" Amand's eyes widened and suddenly he reached out and grabbed Joseph's shoulder, "You want to see my Fanny?

"No. Not at all. No. Not at all." Joseph replied immediately.

"Well," Armand released his hand, but then he suddenly responded, "You're not honored? You don't want to see the lovely Fanny?"

"You're out of your mind!" Joseph scolded.

"You're right, my friend." But instead of refuting, Armand sighed and said, "I know I'm not right about this kind of thing, but I just can't help myself.

"It's not a big deal." Joseph reassured him, "You can still be saved, don't give up on the treatment - well, actually I was going to say, well, your sister is lucky to have a brother who can defend him so well. But in this day and age, there are so many irresponsible huāhuāgōngzǐ."

"But among my friends, you are one of the rare ones who are not particularly jerks and dangerous, but more like a decent gentleman. So, I think you're a little more tolerable if you get a little closer to Fanny. ．．．．．．"

"It's not right, Armand." Joseph said, "That's not what you should say, don't you hate 'decent people'? hahaha ．．．．．．"

"Okay, I'm a man of my word, okay. Well, the night after tomorrow is my sister Fanny's 16th birthday. Our family has invited some friends to our house to celebrate her. I think, among my friends, only you are a little bit more human-like ．．．．．． How about it, you have time, right? You are not allowed to say any time, I know you, you simply have nothing to do now. I've already made a promise."

"The day after tomorrow?" Joseph looked up at the sky, "It's supposed to be sunny for a few days. I still have time to take my clothes to the cleaners.

"Hey, Joseph, you just got a 600-franc bonus, aren't you going to get another suit? You need at least four sets of these clothes to ensure a rotation. But ．．．．．． You don't socialize much and you don't go to the salons, but you should have at least two sets.

"I'm very short of money." Joseph shook his head.

"My uncle says that even if you are short of money now, you will be richer than him in the future. Amand said.

"So, what do I need to bring?" Joseph asked. Joseph asked.

"No, I don't need it." It's good that you're here," Amand said.

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When Joseph thought about it, it made sense that Amand's father would invite him to their home and that Amand would vaguely reveal himself.

The Lavoisier family was a noble family of Paris, although the title was not high, only a viscount. But the Parisian nobility is always very proud, not to mention the "Corsican nobility" like Joseph, even the "provincial nobility" in their eyes is just a synonym for ignorant bumpkins. If it had been a few decades earlier, a man of Joseph's status would not have been qualified to be a guest of their family.

However, today is not the same as decades ago. These years, the economic situation in France was not good, and this also affected the income of the nobles. Paris is a very expensive place to live. The Parisian nobility, especially the lesser nobles, were having a hard time. Amand's father was cousins with the chemist Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier. Despite their aristocratic status, their limited land production could not support the family's expenses, especially since there were two huāhuāgōngzǐ in the family. If it weren't for the help from their cousins, the Amand family would have been in debt by now.

Now Amand's sister is also growing up. During this period, to preserve the family's property and status, all sons except the eldest often did not receive any property and had to become lawyers, merchants, artists, and so on. They had to become lawyers, merchants, artists, and so on, relying on their skills to support themselves. As for the daughters, there is even less protection. Generally speaking, if a daughter of a noble family wanted to marry a nobleman of comparable status, she would have to pay a large dowry. This is a very heavy burden for many noble families. Therefore, to save money on the dowry, some noble families would reduce the dowry and marry their daughters in other provinces, or even let them enter a convent.

From previous conversations, Joseph knew that Fanny, Amand's sister, was very much loved in the family. Both Amand and Amand's father were very fond of this daughter. Now that the daughter was old enough, her marriage became a matter of great concern to everyone. If you want to find a family for her, the Amand family simply can't afford that much money for a dowry to a provincial bumpkin? Both Amand and Amand's father found it hard to accept. As for the convent or whatever, if anyone dared to mention this road in front of Amand, then Amand would not hesitate to throw his glove in that person's face!

Joseph thought about his situation, but in fact, it seems to be quite good. He is also a nobleman, although only a Corsican nobleman, at least it is also a nobleman. He currently has little money and little status, but his future development is quite promising. If Amand and his family marry Fanny to themselves, first of all, there is certainly no need to pay much dowry. And he is also Amand an understanding, trustworthy person, plus a great chemist to his evaluation, also do not worry about the future Fanny married to him after the life is not good. In this way, Joseph felt that it was understandable that Amand and his family had invited him.

Two days later, Joseph put on his only set of formal clothes, took a public carriage, and arrived at the Amand family's house on Le Partier Street. When he got off the bus not far from the entrance of Amand's house, Joseph looked in all directions and saw the ruins of the famous Royal Opera House.

This opera house is the one in the famous musical "Phantom of the Opera". It was built in 1671 but was destroyed by fire in 1763. It was not until the Second Empire that the opera house was rebuilt. Today, it is nothing but a ruin after the fire.

Amand's house was located next to this ruin. As a nobleman, his house was not small, with a small two-story building and two gardens in front and behind.

According to the address, Joseph came to the door. At this time, from the small building has been a faint sound of music. At the door, a servant was waiting there to greet the guest. Joseph went up to him and made himself known to him. The servant immediately went in to inform him, and in a short time, he saw Amand coming out of it with a smile on his face.