Fox of France

Mr. Foix's body recovered quickly, which is normal, just seasickness. This kind of problem is not good after a good night's sleep. So they continued on the road early the next morning. After a whole day of bumping in the carriage, the group finally arrived at Marseille, an important town in the south of France.

The two Joseph brothers were arranged to study French in Orton Middle School, a noble middle school in Marseille. This is an aristocratic school, and the students in the school are naturally nobles, although they are only "nobles from other provinces". However, even the "nobles of the provinces" are far more "nobles" than the "nobles of Corsica". Not to mention anything else, just in terms of life, it is almost crushing these two poor boys from Corsica.

At the beginning, when they knew that two poor Corsican aristocratic students were coming to their school, the students were generally very interested and welcomed them.

This is not because they are hospitable, but because two bumpkins came to the school, which is also a very interesting thing for noble students. Just like the princes and ladies in the Grand View Garden, although no one thinks highly of the poor Grandma Liu, everyone will look forward to Grandma Liu's visit. The children of these "nobles from other provinces" in the school also desperately need some "Grandma Liu" that they can laugh at to enrich their empty and boring after-school life. Although if they themselves went among the great nobles in Paris, they would be regarded as "country bumpkins".

The image of the two of them when they first arrived at Orton Middle School was indeed in line with the expectations of the noble students in the school. Both of them grew up by the sea, and they were both wild and thick, so their faces were black and red, and their skin was far less delicate than those of his classmates. At first glance, they were full of the characteristics of inferior people. Coupled with the obvious difference in height between the two, Joseph is tall and thin, while Napoleon is short and short. If placed in China, the height difference between the two brothers may remind people of Wu Dahe in "Water Margin". Wu Er, and here, the students immediately gave each of them a nickname: one is called Don Quixote, and the other is called Sancho.

Until many years later, when Joseph wrote letters with Napoleon, he sometimes jokingly called Napoleon "My dear Sancho", and wrote "Don Quixote de La Mancha ". And Napoleon would reverse it when he replied, calling himself "Don Quixote" and referring to Joseph as "Sancho". Because he felt that, in terms of personality, he was closer to the knight fighting the windmill, while the rational Joseph was closer to Sancho.

The two of them do have a lot to bring joy to the students of this school. The first is the accent when speaking. Although the aristocratic students in the school are all from the provinces, they can all speak French with a taste of Paris. As for Brother Joseph, his brother Joseph is a little better. Although his French also has serious accent problems, but At least, it's French. But the younger brother Napoleon is different. His French not only has a serious Corsican accent, but also contains a lot of Corsican words, which is hardly French. So in the class, one of the things that the boring students like to do most is to imitate the accents of the two brothers and their actions that these noble children think are very rustic.

Generally speaking, the more superficial and incompetent a person is, the more he likes to laugh at certain flaws of others, and takes pleasure in it, especially when the person's ability is obviously superior to his own.

Although Napoleon's spoken French is not very good, both he and Joseph are outstanding in learning. Needless to say, Joseph, a traveler from the 21st century has knowledge far beyond this era. It is not difficult to pretend to be a top student in an aristocratic school. Even, for him, how to hide his knowledge that is too much beyond the times is what makes him even more troublesome. Basically, except for subjects like art, academically, he can easily crush everyone in the school.

As for Napoleon, although he didn't have the cheating stuff in Joseph's mind, he was born smart, and since he learned from Joseph, especially the importance of mathematics, geography, history and physics knowledge to war , he is very serious about learning, especially the learning of these subjects closely related to war. Talented intelligence, coupled with a serious attitude towards learning, made Napoleon stand out in these subjects, and those "out-of-province aristocratic" students were far behind Napoleon in these subjects; In almost all disciplines, he is far inferior to Joseph.

After being suppressed by the two brothers in terms of IQ, these noble classmates became more and more fond of imitating the spoken language of the brothers maliciously. At first, they targeted Joseph. This is natural. Joseph is very tall. Although he is now a little thinner and looks a bit like a bamboo pole, this is just a by-product of the rapid growth of the boy's height. Who doesn't want to grow taller, taller? And Joseph's appearance is also good, although his face is a little darker. In addition, his homework is almost top-notch, you say, why doesn't such a guy die quickly!

However, the noble students quickly gave up on Joseph's goal, because whenever they deliberately provoked Joseph in front of him and imitated his accent, they never got the feedback they hoped for. They hope to see Joseph panic or anger in the face of these actions. No matter which kind of feedback it is, it will give them the opportunity to appreciate it and bring them endless joy.

However, Joseph's reaction was completely unexpected. When they played their tricks in front of Joseph, Joseph did not show panic or anger, but enjoyed their performance with a smile on his face. He looked at them like watching a circus Like monkeys.

Naturally, such a reaction could not bring them happiness, so they turned their targets to Napoleon more. Napoleon obviously had more weaknesses than Joseph. Napoleon was shorter, with a heavier accent and more black spots. What's more, Napoleon's reaction was a little more playful. Because whenever they provoke Napoleon like this, they can easily appreciate his anger.

But they soon discovered that it was no fun to provoke Napoleon. Unlike stimulating Joseph, stimulating Joseph, although not happy, at least there is no danger. But once Napoleon felt offended, he would not hesitate to fight back, and he would fight back in the most inferior way, that is, using violence, punching, kicking, and even biting his teeth.

Although the boys in the school were all taller than Napoleon, they lacked the training for this type of fighting. Fighting skills are also a compulsory course for nobles, but that refers to fighting with swords. (It was very popular at that time to use duels to solve problems, and the fighting skills of the swift sword became a compulsory skill for the nobles. Of course, at the age of the middle school students in Orton Middle School, they are not enough to control the swift sword. weapons, so they usually learn more about small sword techniques.) As for unarmed, barbarian fighting methods that use fists, nails and teeth to fight, they know nothing.

So once they fight, they are always the ones who suffer. Moreover, Napoleon's hands are shady, and it hurts to beat people, but it doesn't leave any obvious marks. And once the teacher came, Napoleon could always behave worse and more wronged than the one who was beaten.

As a result, everyone found that the Joseph brothers were not so fun, and not only not fun, but also made them feel uncomfortable. So fewer people took the initiative to provoke their brothers, but on the other hand, the two brothers were also isolated by his classmates. But neither Joseph nor Napoleon dismissed this isolation.

"This is a group of guys who are destined to be abandoned by history. It is not worth investing even an iota of energy on them. Thinking that such guys will become the upper class of France in the future, I am visiting Toulon. Seeing the warships produced The anxiety just melted away. Besides, you know, I'm not going to be in this school for very long.

Mr. Lufrey, who teaches mathematics, told me that the school can recommend a student to go to the Brienne Military Academy this year, which is a publicly funded military academy, where I can learn various military techniques. If Joseph doesn't compete with me, (Joseph, a very ambitious guy, yearns for those schools in Paris and the University of Paris, he doesn't even think about how old he is. Moreover, how can our family afford the tuition of a school like the University of Paris ) I think I can definitely get this place, because those other delicate, effeminate noble children don't plan to study there at all. But I think this is the most suitable school for me. "This is Napoleon the Great's letter to his father, which was published many years later. Napoleon's evaluation of his classmates at Orton Middle School in a letter to his father.

As stated in the letter, Napoleon will not continue to study at Orton High School for too long. Perhaps in the tail of spring he would be transferred to Brienne Military Academy. As for his elder brother Joseph, he was, as Napoleon said, preoccupied with the school of Louis the Great in Paris.

This school is the best secondary school in France, and more importantly, it has the highest scholarship in France for students with outstanding academic performance. These scholarships can fully support a student's normal study and living expenses in Paris. For example, Robespierre, who will be all-powerful in the future, received a scholarship of six hundred francs when he graduated from Louis the Great School.