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Chapter 111 Heading to Paris
Chapter 111 Heading to Paris (Fourth update, please subscribe!)
"—Henry, may I call you that?"
Inside the carriage, Chen Wenbin smiled gently at the socially awkward curly-haired man opposite him.
"I heard you want to be my assistant?"
Perhaps because there were fewer people, this time Curly Hair didn't jump off the train immediately. He nodded and said, "Yes! Mr. Robin—I mean Sir Robin!"
I have read all of your electromagnetism papers!
Voltage, current, resistance, electric field — this is a perfect theory!
I want to use more experiments to verify the properties of electricity!
"very good!"
Chen Wenbin praised, "Whether a theory is perfect or not cannot be determined by mere words; it truly requires experimental proof."
Henry, do you have any other ideas?
Tell me everything!
Seemingly sensing Chen Wenbin's sincerity, Cavendish thought for a moment and said, "In your 'Study on Several Metals and Electrolytes,' you mentioned that various batteries can be made using metals and electrolytes with different levels of reactivity."
I want to experiment with different materials to create batteries that can produce higher currents at lower costs, so that we can verify the properties of high-voltage currents and find more applications for electricity.
For example, the electric vehicles, electromechanical devices, and electric lights you mentioned in "1840: The Future World"—it would be wonderful if they could actually be realized!
As he spoke, he completely shed his social anxiety, his eyes darting around as if he were imagining the electrical age described by Chen Wenbin.
Hearing him say this, Franklin, who was sitting next to him, also looked expectant.
He had read Chen Wenbin's short science fiction novel, "1840: The Future World," several times, and he had to admit that the future world depicted in it was incredibly captivating.
Vehicles that can travel at 30 miles per hour and are powered by electricity, as well as ships and spaceships that navigate by electricity, electric submarines that can dive to the bottom of the sea, and all kinds of machines powered by electricity—any scientist who reads this novel will feel a sense of awe, because in theory, it is feasible and possible to achieve!
He couldn't help but ask, "Robin, can electric cars and electric lights really be invented before we meet God?"
Chen Wenbin glanced at him and said calmly, "Henry and I should be able to see you, but you might not!"
Why?
The fat old man asked instinctively, then realized what he meant and snapped, "Damn it! Can't you just put everything else aside and focus on being a scholar?"
Chen Wenbin snorted, "That might take 150 years to realize the future world you want!"
Scientific research costs money and requires a stable environment. How can I conduct scientific research if I don't earn money?
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Franklin was speechless.
Strictly speaking, Chen Wenbin is now also his boss. If the boss doesn't make money, his income will also disappear.
For the next two weeks, Chen Wenbin frequently attended the weekly meetings and private gatherings of the Royal Society, where he met many British scientists and foreign scholars living in London.
April 3st morning.
Chen Wenbin was officially elected as a new Fellow of the Royal Society. On the same day, he delivered a speech entitled "The Electrical Age," firmly establishing his title as the "Father of Electromagnetism."
A week later.
He, along with Franklin, John Canton, Samuel Adams, Richard the butler, Shelby and Christian Logue, who were in charge of security, and James Holly and others, sailed to France.
Because he was invited by the French Academy of Sciences, he was accompanied by a French diplomatic official named Louis-Jean-Fabéan.
After all, Britain and France had only made peace a year earlier, and the French public was not very friendly towards the British. Without French diplomats accompanying them, they might have encountered some unexpected troubles.
In addition, this Mr. Louis Fabien also received a private commission from King Louis XV of France to invite the renowned European physician Dr. Robin Chan to Versailles Palace to treat his beloved mistress, Madame de Pompadour.
The woman who was famously considered a "femme fatale" in France and who instigated Louis XV to plunge France into the Seven Years' War was now suffering from severe tuberculosis and was nearing the end of her life.
The journey from London to Le Havre, France, took about a day, so the group chatted idly in the cabin. At that moment, they started talking about Madame de Pompadour, the mother of the Rococo style and who once held immense power in France.
"If a country blames its failures on a single woman, it only shows that the country's decision-making mechanism itself is flawed!"
Samuel Adams's criticism of France was incisive. He told Chen Wenbin and Franklin: "Kings under absolute monarchies, such as those in France and Russia, have almost no constraints on their power. They can act arbitrarily according to their own ideas before exhausting the last bit of potential of the country, even if it leads the country into an abyss!"
Louis XV was such a mediocre monarch. He listened to his mistress's advice and rashly decided to go to war, thus squandering France's overseas colonial achievements and its status as a dominant power in Europe over the past century.
Now, instead of lamenting his country, he hopes to save the life of the mistress who caused his downfall—doesn't he have any shame?
"That's easy to understand, Samuel."
Franklin shrugged and said, "Even if France fails, he is still the king, but if the woman he loves dies, she can never be brought back to life."
As he spoke, he looked at Chen Wenbin, who was drinking tea, and asked with a smile, "Robin, are you confident you can save that lady? If you really can, I think King Louis XV would certainly be willing to grant you a French court noble title!"
"—Tuberculosis is a terminal illness. I can only try to prolong her life, but I can't cure her."
Chen Wenbin put down his teacup, looked out at the English Channel, and said in a calm tone, "I am already a baron-in-waiting in England, and I don't need a French court noble title."
I would be happy to be a guest of King Louis XV, but I do not wish to be his servant.
Samuel Adams nodded and said, "So the main purpose of our trip to France is to be a guest and receive honors?"
Chen Wenbin added, "They also employed skilled French craftsmen and befriended French thinkers and scholars."
I have a feeling that the defeat in the war will give rise to a force for change in France—we need to observe this closely.
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"The Power of Change —"
Franklin pondered, "You mean the French monarchy will be shaken?"
That can't be right, can it?
The French were indeed dissatisfied with Louis XV, but certainly not to the point of threatening the monarchy!
"Anything is possible given the right conditions!"
Chen Wenbin didn't say much. He already knew the script for what was to come in France, so of course he had to make arrangements in advance.
Once the American Revolutionary War begins, France will be North America's most important foreign aid and ally, and his current arrangements in France could determine the future share of the United States.
Why did Benjamin Franklin have such a great influence in the early days of America? It was because he secured a huge amount of French aid and French mercenaries from Louis XVI, which ensured the smooth independence of America.
This was because Franklin didn't have much of a base of influence; he was just a scientist and a Pennsylvania state legislator. If it were Lord Chen, who at that time possessed vast territories and militias in the West and South—