King's Landing in France

Chapter 11 Getting a Foothold in Paris
As soon as An Ning finished speaking, Mirabeau, who had been listening in, agreed, "That's pretty good. In this way, Miss will also have someone to take care of at school. But Mr. Frost, how old are you this year? Will it exceed Enrollment age at the Brienne Military Academy?"

It was the first time An Ning knew that there was an entry age for the Brienne Military Academy, and he cautiously replied: "This year, my entry age for the Brienne Military Academy is..."

Mirabeau waved his hand: "No problem, that military academy accepts young people from 10 years old to 20 years old."

Lavoisier shook his head: "In that case, wouldn't it be better to go directly to the Military Academy in Paris?"

An Ning thought goodbye. I went to Brienne to get close to the future French emperor. If I were to be sent to the Paris Military Academy now, I would have graduated by the time Napoleon was admitted to the Paris Military Academy.

To Lavoisier's question, Christina replied: "He was just a military musician, so if you just let him go to the Paris Military Academy, he might not be able to keep up?"

An Ning nodded: "Yes, I'd better go to Briena's military academy to lay a good foundation."

Christina turned her head and begged the Duke of Orleans: "Father, aren't you worried that I will fail to learn from the poor noble lady in the military academy? Is it not good for Andy to look at me? He can write to you to report my situation at school."

The Duke glanced at An Ning and sighed: "Okay. But there are still a few months before the start of Brienne's military academy. It's not too late to talk about this kind of thing. The most important thing you should do now is to wash it well Myself! I can smell sour sweat on you, this is not what a noble lady should have."

Christina said coquettishly, "Dad! Don't talk nonsense! I don't smell sour!"

"Okay, no! Let Mrs. Alan take you to wash it well. Housekeeper!"

The butler who greeted An Ning and his party at the door appeared quietly: "Miss, this way please."

Christina glanced at An Ning, then followed the housekeeper.

The Duke of Orleans turned his gaze to An Ning: "It seems that my daughter trusts you very much."

An Ning nodded and said, "After all, I was the one who got him out of that death hell."

"Hell of death...you actually want to go back to that hell? I also have a handmade leather factory in my Paris property, where you can use your family expertise. Or you can bring your family in the countryside to Paris, I The house can be provided free of charge for your family to open a shop."

An Ning thought goodbye, there were only nine years left before the Great Revolution, and it was obviously not a good choice to open a shop in Paris at this time.

Although I don't want to take risks on the battlefield myself, compared to being an ordinary citizen in Paris, staying in the army is safer in the future.

An Ning: "How should I put it, I really didn't want to go back to that kind of hell at the time, but thinking about it now, I might have a certain talent in this area. In addition, it has become more and more difficult to make a living as a cobbler recently, because the raw materials are becoming more and more difficult. It's getting more expensive and the taxes are getting higher..."

The Duke of Orleans sighed: "There is no way to pay too much tax. You may not know that the financial situation of the royal family has become unimaginably bad, and there is another war recently.

"In order to raise military expenses, the royal family has borrowed a large sum of money from every bank in Paris. Now no one knows how much the royal family is in debt."

An Ning tentatively asked: "So is it going to hold a new three-level council soon to collect taxes?"

Both Mirabeau and Lavoisier looked at An Ning in surprise, and Mirabeau exclaimed: "A cobbler's son actually knows about the third-level council?"

An Ning prevaricated: "I mentioned it when I heard others talking about it in the tavern."

"Has it reached the time when everyone in the tavern will talk about this matter?" The Duke was speechless. "There are indeed such rumors in the palace recently, but many people are doing their best to persuade the king not to do so. The Marquis of Lafayette seems to think that , the convening of the three-level parliament at this time will lead to France becoming a constitutional monarchy."

The Marquis of Lafayette is the French general who led the French army to participate in the North American War of Independence. After seeing the process of establishing a republic in the North American colonies, His Excellency the Marquis seems to have become a so-called liberal nobleman and began to support the constitutional monarchy.

During the first months of the French Revolution, the Marquis of Lafayette took control of the regime in Paris.

Lavoisier said: "Constitutional monarchy is not a bad thing. My laboratory is surrounded by a large slum, and the people's living standards are getting worse. I can see it clearly. This country has arrived and will not make changes. It’s no longer possible.”

An Ning thinks that you are quite accurate. It is true that in a few years this country will undergo earth-shaking changes.

Duke of Orleans: "Change, the question is how to change? Like the British Glorious Revolution? Or like the New World?"

An Ning glanced at the Duke.

He remembered that Louis de Philippe, the Duke of Orleans in the original space-time, had the right to inherit the French throne. The Duke first sponsored Mirabeau to write pamphlets of royal scandals, mainly to build momentum for himself.

Unexpectedly, the Duke himself became a member of the Jacobin Club, and even changed his surname to "Equality".

Of course, these things don’t necessarily happen to the Duke of Orleans in this time and space. After all, the Duke of this time and space’s surname is Tollestel, not Philip, so it’s hard to say that they are the same person.

The Duke commented on the recent court changes at the Palace of Versailles, and then changed the topic: "Mr. Frost, your address in Paris has not yet been decided?"

An Ning nodded: "Yes, it hasn't been decided yet."

"Then I'll ask the housekeeper to arrange a place for you. You can take the time to tell us how you brought my daughter out of danger. If you want to go out to do errands, just say hello to the housekeeper. You saved my daughter, He is the benefactor of our family."

"Thank you very much for your hospitality." An Ning thanked her sincerely.

The Duke said again: "By the way, if you want to change your military uniform, you should also tell my housekeeper. He will provide you with a change of clothes, and if you want to eat, tell the housekeeper. These are all free of charge."

After the duke finished speaking, Mirabeau said goodbye to the duke: "I still have to send the latest pamphlet to the printing office, let's go first."

Lavoisier also took up the conversation: "I have also returned to the laboratory."

Duke: "Looking forward to your new experimental results!"

An Ning saw that Mirabeau and Lavoisier had left, so she also said goodbye: "Then I will also go to Mr. Housekeeper to take me to the residence."

The Duke nodded.

Just at this time, the butler returned to the room and said directly to An Ning, "Mr. Frost, this way please."

(End of this chapter)