Chapter 4: Don Quixote and Sancho

 Mr. Foix's body recovered very quickly. This is normal, just seasickness. This problem is gone after a good night's sleep. So they continued on the road early the next morning. After a whole day of bumps in the stagecoach, the group finally reached Marseille, the important town of southern France.

　　 The two Bonaparte brothers were arranged to study French at Autun Middle School, a noble middle school in Marseille. This is an aristocratic school, and the students in the school are naturally aristocrats, although they are only "aristocrats from other provinces." However, even the "nobles of the provinces" are far more "nobles" than the "nobles of Corsica." Aside from other things, just living here is almost crushing these two poor boys from Corsica.

 At the beginning, when the young nobles knew that their school was accepting two new poor noble Corsican students, the students were generally very interested and welcoming. This is not because they are hospitable, but because there are two dumplings in the school, which is also a very interesting thing for the noble students. Just like the young masters and young ladies in other Chinese novels, although no one can afford the impoverished Grandma Liu, everyone is looking forward to Grandma Liu's visit.

The children of these "aristocrats from other provinces" in the school also desperately need some "Grandma Liu" for them to make fun of to enrich their empty and boring after-school lives. Although if they were among the great nobles in Paris, they, the "aristocrats from other provinces," would be regarded as "country buns."

 The image of the two people when they first arrived at Autun Middle School really met the expectations of the noble students in the school. Both of them grew up on the beach, and they were both wild and thick, so their faces were tanned, and their skin was far less delicate than those of their classmates. At first glance, they were full of inferior characteristics. In addition, the height difference between the two people is obvious. Joseph is tall and thin, while Napoleon is short.

 Generally speaking, the more shallow and incompetent people are, the more they like to laugh at others flaws and take pleasure in it. Especially when they are clearly superior to the one they are laughing at in terms of ability.

 　　Although Napoleon's spoken French is not very good, he and Joseph's performance in learning is quite outstanding. Of course, Joseph, a traveler from the 21st century, has knowledge far beyond this era. Pretending to be a master in aristocratic schools is not difficult. Even for him, how to conceal his knowledge that is beyond this era is what makes it even more troublesome. Basically, in addition to subjects such as art, he can easily crush everyone in the school in terms of academic performance.

 As for Napoleon, although he did not have the cheating stuff in Joseph's mind, he was naturally smart. Since he learned about the knowledge from Joseph, especially the importance of mathematics, geography, history, and physics to war, Napoleon is very serious about learning, especially for these subjects closely related to war. Innate intelligence, coupled with a serious learning attitude, made Napoleon perform quite prominently in these disciplines. The students of the "aristocrats from other provinces" in these disciplines are far from Napoleon; in addition to the spoken language In almost all disciplines outside, it is far inferior to Joseph.

 After being suppressed by the brothers at the IQ level, these noble classmates became more and more like to maliciously imitate the spoken words of the brothers. In the beginning, they targeted Joseph. This is natural. Joseph is tall. Although he is currently thinner and looks a bit like a bamboo pole, this is just a by-product of the rapid increase in the height of young people. Who does not to grow tall? And Joseph looked good, although his face was slightly tanned. In addition, his various subjects are almost top-notch, you say, why don't such a guy hurry to die!

 　 However, the noble classmates quickly abandoned the goal of bullying Joseph, because whenever they deliberately provoke in front of Joseph, like imitating his accent, they always fail to get the feedback they hoped for. They hope to see Joseph panic or angry in the face of these actions. No matter which kind of feedback it is, it will give them a chance to appreciate and bring them endless happiness.

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

 This kind of reaction is naturally impossible to bring them happiness, so they turned their goal more towards Napoleon. Compared to Joseph, Napoleon's weaknesses are obviously more. Napoleon was shorter, with a heavier accent and more tanned. More importantly, Napoleon's reaction is more fun. Because whenever they provoke Napoleon in this way, they can easily appreciate his anger.

 But they soon discovered that it was no fun to stimulate Napoleon. Unlike stimulating Joseph, stimulating Joseph, although there is no happiness, at least there is no danger. But once Napoleon felt that he was offended, he would launch a counterattack without hesitation, and counterattack in the most inferior way, that is, using violence, punching and kicking, and even biting with teeth.

 　Though the young men in the school are taller than Napoleon, they lack the training for this kind of fighting. Fighting skills are also a required course for nobles, but that refers to fighting with swords. (At that time, it was very popular to use the method of duel to solve problems, and the fighting technique of the Swift Sword became a compulsory skill for the nobles. Of course, the age of the middle school students in Autun Middle School was not enough to control the Swift Sword. So they usually learn more of the small sword technique.)

 As for the barbarians fighting with their hands, fists, nails and teeth, they don't know anything. So once they fight, they will always suffer. Moreover, Napoleon's hands had calluses, and the beating was painful, but it did not leave any obvious marks. Once the teacher came, Napoleon could always behave worse and more aggrieved than the one who was beaten.

 　 As a result, everyone found that the Joseph brothers were not so fun, and not only were they not fun, they also made them all kinds of 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.

　 As a result, everyone found that the Bonaparte brothers were not so fun to provoke, and not only were they not fun, they also made them feeling uncomfortable. So fewer people took the initiative to provoke the brothers, but on the other hand, the two brothers were also isolated by their classmates. But both Joseph and Napoleon ignored this isolation.

 "This is a group of guys who are destined to be abandoned by history. It's not worth investing even a bit of energy on them. Thinking that such guys will become the upper class of France in the future, when we left Toulon. The anxiety caused by seeing those warships disappeared. What's more, you know, I will not stay in this school for too long. Mr. Lufrey, who teaches mathematics, told me that the school can recommend one this year. The students can go to the military college of Brienne, which is a publicly funded military academy, where I can learn all kinds of military skills. If Joseph does not compete with me, (Joseph, a lofty guy, is longing for those schools in Paris. And at the Louis the Great School, he doesn't think about how old he is. Moreover, how can our family afford the tuition of a school like the Louis the Great School?) I think I don't want to go to this place because of the other delicate, feminine nobles. I'm not planning to go there to study at all. But I think the military academy is the most suitable school for me."

 This is a letter from Napoleon in the Italian campaigned many years later. Napoleon told his father that when he was in Italy. The evaluation of those students back in middle school.

 　 As stated in the letter, Napoleon will not continue to study at Autun Middle School for too long. Perhaps in the eve of spring, he will be transferred to Brienne Military Academy. As for his brother Joseph, he was indeed thinking about the Louis the Great School in Paris, as Napoleon said. This school is the best middle school in France, and more importantly, it has the highest scholarship in France for outstanding students.

 These scholarships can fully support a student's normal study and living expenses in Paris. For example, Robespierre, who will be the best in the future, received a scholarship of six hundred francs when he graduated from Louis the Great School.