After this experiment, the days became full and boring again. Joseph had only one thing to do every day, and that was to study the mathematics of this era. This is to avoid the lack of understanding of the mathematics of this era, inadvertently bring out the things beyond the era, and also do some preparation for the future teaching work.
Amid such busyness, winter slowly passed. The winter just past was a cold and dry one, without a single snowfall for the whole winter. This was not good news for France, because it meant that in the coming year, French agriculture might again face the problem of crop failure. Britain across the Channel had the same problem, but since the French could not rely on colonial supplies, as Britain had done, because of the loss of North America and India in the Seven Years' War, the danger of agricultural failure to them was greater than the danger it posed to the British.
But Joseph was not too concerned about this, for even if food prices were to soar, the teachers at the École Militaire in Paris would not go hungry. The family still had some land in Corsica, and there was no drought in the Mediterranean, so they should be able to produce something, and if they could ship it over, they might be able to make a small profit. However, from Corsica to Paris, whether by land or by sea, have to pay a lot of taxes. If you pay these honestly, it's not bad enough not to lose money.
"Unless there is a way to smuggle food by warships in the future, the money is not that easy to earn. But for now, it's still time to stock up a little. Well, I remember that the old Grandy of Balzac made his fortune by hoarding," Joseph thought. Joseph thought so.
However, this was only a thought, because Joseph had so little money in his hands, some of which he had to send home, and the rest was just enough to get by, and even if he wanted to play hoarding, he didn't have the money to do it.
"The company's business is a very important one. Even if you know the general history and the specific operation, there are still risks. And my risk tolerance is still a bit low. So, at the moment, I can't do anything, I can only wait for the dead wages.
This is the sadness of the poor, for the rich, a speculative failure, even if the loss of a small target, but also paid a tuition fee. But for the poor, the result of a single failed speculation may require the entire family to go to ．．．．．． According to Christianity, suicide is not suicide, this life can not be suicide, so either you have to find ways to smuggle it to America, or India. Or they will be caught by creditors and forced to engage in various ancient and illegal businesses to repay their debts.
In short, in economic activities, the poor always take greater risks than the rich, because they have no capital, only a life. Joseph, on the other hand, was, on the whole, a man who was afraid of death.
"There are still a few years to go before the Revolution, so there is still time to build up. Joseph thought so.
Once winter was over, Joseph had only one more semester left in his high school career. There were no more classes to be taken this last semester. Those who were ready to continue their studies in college were enrolled in the college preparatory program at Louis the Great. Those who were not prepared to continue their studies were all running around Paris looking for jobs at this time. Only Joseph, who did not intend to go to university and did not have to look for a job, continued to come to school every day and read in the library.
But he can not stay a few days. Because the graduation exam passed in the winter. So soon afterward, Joseph received his diploma from Louis the Great School. Then he was able to report to the École Militaire in Paris.
"Monsieur Bonaparte. Although I already knew from Monsieur Monge and Monsieur Laplace that you were very young, I did not expect you to be so young. But since you have received the joint recommendation of Monge and Laplace, you must be of a good standard - especially Monge, who thinks you will be far more successful than he is. You may not be aware that we have a great need for teachers who can teach the geometry of painting. The rector, Comte de Dupont, said to Joseph as he reported for duty.
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"Thank you for your confidence." Joseph nodded.
"Young man, strictly speaking, I don't trust you. I just trust Monsieur Monge. Although this man is a bit of a deadhead, he is indeed a very reliable man. At first, I wanted to get him from the Royal Military Engineering College. But he is a deadhead ．．．．．． And he doesn't like some of the students at the Paris Military Academy ．．．．．． Well, perhaps I should also remind you that our school is not quite the same as the Royal Academy of Military Engineering, many of our students here are of great nobility, and many of them come here to study simply because of family tradition ．．．．．． Well, Monsieur Bonaparte, do you understand what I mean?
Joseph certainly understood what Count Dupont meant, his brother Napoleon had mentioned more than once that the Paris Military Academy had the best teachers, but the worst students. The students of noble birth came here for the sake of gold plating, and then they could become officers in the army, and then they could be promoted quickly under their rank, either to become generals or to leave the army to become other officers. For these students to achieve their goals in life, the military knowledge taught in school is of very little importance. To put it in logical terms, learning to be good is neither sufficient nor necessary. Since this is the case, the actual level of these people can naturally be imagined. But these people have a lot of background. The first thing you can do is to give them a good grade. Math is a very difficult subject, and if you can't, you really can't, and you can't even make up a few sentences. To give a bunch of guys who don't know anything a high score, it's a bit ．．．．．． The reason why the students are not willing to leave the military engineering school and transfer to the military school in Paris is also a big reason, according to Joseph.
"I understand," Joseph said. Joseph said.
"Well, that's good." Count Dupont nodded, but then he added, "But Monsieur Bonaparte, you can't be too indulgent with those noble students, you still have to make an effort to let them learn a little, otherwise ．．．．．． The school's reputation is not good either.
Joseph also understood the meaning of Count Dupont's words, that is, no matter what, we must let these noble students learn as much as possible, not teach them all into the idiots who do not know anything. Otherwise, the reputation of the school would be greatly damaged.
"I will reinforce the conceptual aspects of the teaching," Joseph replied. Joseph replied.
The so-called strengthening of conceptual things is to reduce the quantitative analysis of mathematics as much as possible so that the students only understand a concept. The company's main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers. And even if they do go to war, the quantitative analysis will be done by those who are not noblemen.
"The revolution is not far away, and most of these noblemen will not escape the fate of the hanging lamp, and there is no need to rely on them for the final imperial war. I just need to get the money safely and securely now, and it would be nice if I could take advantage of these guys who are destined to fly in the wind on the streetlight poles and make a little more money. Joseph secretly thought.
"It's good." We have prepared your dormitory and office, in addition, you can get a month's salary in advance, and you also have two sets of uniforms per year ．．．．．． These things, you can go to Marcel in the back office later, he will help you arrange.
"Thank you for your attention," Joseph responded.
After leaving the principal's office, Joseph went back to see Mr. Marcel, who was in charge of logistics and spent the afternoon getting himself settled. Then he spent another evening preparing for his classes and was just waiting to teach the students in a few days.
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Napoleon sat in the front row - he was too short to see from the back. This semester, there was one more class on the schedule, and that was "Geometry for Military Teachers". Napoleon knew that there was some knowledge in this course that had to be kept secret and that all students who took this course had to take an oath of secrecy and were told that if they passed on what they learned in this course, they would be court-martialed for treason.
Many of the noble students did not take this seriously, but this restriction was of particular interest to Napoleon. Napoleon had always been interested in geometry, and his grades were very good. In addition, geometry was very important to the artillery, and he naturally took it very seriously. So he came to class early. After a while, until the class was about to start, his classmates slowly wandered into the classroom, each looking for a place to sit. So the classroom suddenly became busy and chaotic, like a vegetable market.
At this time, the bell rang for class. After all, this is a new class and the teacher is not quite sure what kind of person he or she is, so they don't dare to be too aggressive yet.
The bell had just fallen and a young man in a brand new uniform stepped up to the podium. He put the handout on the podium, then looked around at the students below, then opened his mouth and said: "I am your military geometry teacher Joseph ．．．．．．".