Versailles is worse than being queen

◎The star that belongs to me◎

On the evening of the visit to Serbia after the signing of the peace treaty, a banquet was held in Belgrade's Kalemegdan Castle.

The conductor at the concert was Mozart, a young musician who originally worked in Austria. He was invited by the King of Serbia to take Belgrade as one of the stops on his tour of Europe.

This little-known young musician brought a surprise performance to the audience present.Some of them heard the young "musical prodigy" on tour more than a decade ago, but quickly forgot about him.When I saw the musician again, he had grown from a boy to a 20-year-old young man, with fluffy curly hair tied up casually and left unruly behind his head.

However, when everyone was paying attention, or at least pretending to be paying attention to the elegant music, Her Majesty the Empress of Russia covered her mouth with her hands and yawned.

She is really not interested in music at all, and generally only regards the performance of the orchestra as the background sound of banquets and dances.

At this moment, her most confidant attendant whispered a few words in her ear.

Ekaterina raised her head suddenly, got up and left the hall.

By the time she finished flipping through the materials brought to her by her confidant, the movement was over, and other people came out of the hall one after another.

"Your Majesty Ekaterina, is there anything I can do for you?" Nicholas' voice came from the side.

Ekaterina looked at him blankly for a few seconds, and Antanya also walked to them: "What's the matter?"

The female tsar suddenly smiled: "More than ten years ago, I remembered that there was a Serbian boy in the Winter Palace, the eldest son of Duke Obrenovic - then he died in a fire just after I ascended the throne Medium. No, more precisely missing."

For a moment, the atmosphere became a bit delicate—although the expressions of the other two people were calm, and there was hardly any clue.

Ekaterina didn't care, and continued: "Unexpectedly, I saw a young man who looked somewhat similar to that little boy many years later. What's more, my people told me after investigating for a while Although I, this young man suddenly appeared in Serbia a few years ago, it seems that someone has seen an alchemist who is very similar to him in Paris."

"It's really a coincidence." Nicholas nodded with a smile.

"Guess what?" Ekaterina picked up the vodka with a smile, and motioned to the two people in front of her, "The mistress of the Palace of Versailles happened to be in the Winter Palace when the little boy disappeared, and soon after Leave St. Petersburg quickly."

Antanya blinked.

"Later, they became monarchs in a way that ordinary people can't imagine. Maybe not the youngest of all monarchs, but they must be the youngest of the most powerful monarchs."

"Perhaps too young...too young to be scary, especially considering the threat they will bring to us once they join forces."

There was a hint of danger in her voice, and her smile faded: "You say, can I believe that it was a coincidence that they were in the Winter Palace back then, and there was no conspiracy?"

"Of course." Nicholas smiled indifferently, "Otherwise, I don't think you would have said it."

Antanya thought for a while, "Those two children were taken care of by you in the Winter Palace, they will never forget. And, now we finally have peace - let trade and science take a breather."

For this land, peace is too precious to cherish.

Ekaterina looked at them for a long time, finally laughed again, and clinked glasses with them: "That's right."

She raised her eyebrows at Antanya in particular: "I wish your coronation all the best."

All went well indeed.

Antánia, like her mother, was crowned Queen of Hungary in Blissberg, Queen of Bohemia in Prague, and then waited in Vienna for the coronation of Holy Roman Empress by the very business-conscious Pope Pius VI.

Churches in many places are lamenting that the glorious tradition has been desecrated, and women have actually worn the crown of the Holy Roman Empire—but the fallen tradition is far from this place.Among the merged territories of the empire, France is already a constitutional monarchy, people are sorting out and publishing the "Complete Works of Voltaire", the power of the church has long been slowly declining, and now it has lost its final authority.

While bishops bemoan the loss of justice and virtue, no one wants to listen to their nonsense anymore.At this time, thanks to the communication base stations built in various places, the newspaper industry in this vast territory is booming, and people's attention is on a thing that sounds quite interesting——

The Paris Academy of Sciences is asking for public opinion to determine a standard unit that can be used "forever by all countries"!

One of the most popular schemes is to use the latitude of Paris—45 degrees north latitude—as the “one meter”—the length of the second pendulum at [-] degrees north latitude—a pendulum with a swing period of one second.

However, when another plan proposed by more than a dozen scholars including Lagrange and Laplace was announced, it immediately received overwhelming approval-in this plan, the definition of "one meter" is the One 4000th of the length of the earth's longitude, that is to say, one meter is one 1000th of the distance from the Earth's North Pole to the equator.

This unit does not come from any random, artificially defined quantity, but from completely natural, constants from the universe.

Science and rationality are the most precious things that people in this era are just beginning to understand.

Furthermore, there is an important coincidence mentioned in the Commission's report.

Although people are still unable to reach the North Pole, it is impossible to really measure the distance between the North Pole and the equator, but the existing geodesy results have proved that the distance from Dunkirk to Barcelona just crosses the distance from the North Pole to the equator. One-tenth of the longitude distance from the equator.The two cities are one in the north and the other in the south, both have sea levels that can be used as a reference for measurement, and the meridian segment in between is almost on land in France.

This provides very favorable conditions for measuring the length of this warp.Although the earth is a sphere, it is enough to divide this longitude line into hundreds of line segments, measure the lengths of these line segments and add them up.

To measure the distance between two places that are not too far away, it can be realized by solving trigonometric functions—just select a marker with a high enough height as a benchmark, and first calculate the height of the marker through the proportion of the marker and the similar triangle of the sun shadow, Then use the goniometer to measure the intersection angle of the right triangle formed by the observation point and the marker, and then use the known side length and two intersection angles to calculate the distance between the observation point and the marker.

By solving hundreds of triangles, you can measure the length of the longitude line-in theory, this is perfectly possible.

It was around this time that the first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine hit the streets of Paris.

God!People are simply fascinated by this magical creation.Although people have seen the behemoth steam locomotive before, it is completely in line with people's basic impression of industry - huge, heavy, noisy, running on long rails, with a cold and hard steel atmosphere.

But now, there is actually a machine that is smaller than a carriage, runs faster than a horse, and doesn't get tired, doesn't need cleaning and excretion, just fill it with oil!

In such a joyful atmosphere of participation by the whole people, the two astronomers Joseph Delambre and André Méchant bathed in the envy and admiration of everyone, and became the earliest car users. The mixed use of horse-drawn carriages went to Dunkirk and Barcelona respectively to measure the length of this longitude line - of course, they were also accompanied by car maintenance and driving personnel who had been trained for a long time.

When they set off, people from almost half of the city of Paris poured into the streets and threw flowers at them. The Paris-Marseille railway train that had just opened to traffic blew its whistle, wishing them a triumphant return as soon as possible after completing the heroic measurement work.

In the past, the two experienced wars in France, went south across the Pyrenees to Méchan, and were even arrested as spies. It took them seven years to complete the measurement of the meridian.Now, they have just set off, but it is conceivable that their measurement time will be shortened a lot—after all, they no longer travel through the flames of war, and they have telegrams that can communicate in real time.

The "Rheinische Zeitung" set up a special reporting team for this purpose. Correspondents and surveyors embarked on this great journey together, and reported the latest measurement progress by radio at any time.

When the bustle passed, a new explosive news spread all over Paris - as the queen's office was officially moved to the Louvre, she had authorized the National Assembly to transform the Palace of Versailles into a history museum open to the public .

The Palace of Versailles, which used to be open to the public only on grand festivals, can now be visited at any time by buying a ticket!

This news made people feel sincerely.

The Palace of Versailles has been the royal court of France for more than 100 years, so long that it has completely become a cold symbol of the supreme royal power.Now, it will put down the scepter and become the common memory of all the people.

Corresponding repair and relocation work is underway, and the construction of railways and communication base stations in various places is also in full swing.Almost everyone is busy—the humming roar of trains passing by, the soft glow of street lamps lit up at night, more food, textiles, paper, and machinery are being produced, and as newly opened trade channels , flying to all directions.

Antania was also very busy every day, but when the renovation team of the Palace of Versailles submitted a report and informed that the Palace of Versailles would be officially opened the next afternoon, she still put down what she had and decided to go there again.

It was a summer night in 1777. Most of the palace lights in the Palace of Versailles had been extinguished, and a dim light yellow halo came out from the French windows of the palace, covering large areas of woods, fountains and lawns in a soft halo. .

The summer insects were buzzing, and the stream was gurgling.Antanya walked through the woods where the leaves were rustling, and suddenly saw the lights not far from the Star Square.

—There is Nikolai's research room.

Now, of course, His Majesty the King of Serbia has his own laboratories in several places - Antanya thought, maybe it is more spacious than the entire six-story laboratory he once said.

However, this place has been temporarily preserved as one of the temporarily closed buildings of the Palace of Versailles.

Antanya pushed the door open and walked in.

Apparently, no one has tidied up here for a long time.

Although everything in the house was basically in order, it had already been covered with a light layer of dust.

These instruments and furnishings still maintain the appearance of a few years ago. They are very familiar to her, but also have a strange feeling as if they have passed away.When Antanya walked past the metal cabinet that was more than one person tall, she saw fine dust floating quietly in the beam of light falling obliquely into the room.

At this moment, she saw a very familiar instrument by the window—it should be an original version of a large telegraph.

So there is another one here?

Antanya walked over with a little amusement, and looked at this clumsy big guy.

This thing, which can be called the ancestor of all telegraph machines today, is full of exposed steel plates, wires and screws, and there is a pile of telegrams typed out in unknown years and months in the paper slot under the paper tray.

She squeezed one out.

[I saw three cougars today that I haven't seen in years.This North American beast has a brilliant golden mane that reminds me of your golden hair. ]

Antania: "..."

Wait a minute, so this isn't a telegram from the guy from North America?

After she found out that what he had left her was a telegraph, she hadn't turned it on at all until she started using it after the Prussian invasion.

Is this telegraph on another frequency?Or did she receive a telegram that she never received in those years?

With an inexplicable mood, she pulled out the paper tapes rolled up in the paper slot one by one.Although they were in a mess, they were probably sent back in chronological order because the ends of many notes were not completely broken.

[I stood on the top of the mountain today and thought that my antipodal point is the ocean, and your antipodal point is also the ocean.Maybe my dream can find you along the ocean current? ]

...what is the antipodal point?

[War is too cruel.I finally had to use the deadly technique.The strange thing is that I seem to be much calmer than in my last life—maybe people's hearts do harden. ]

[From the top of this mountain, the Milky Way can be seen.The night wind is very cold, and it seems even colder to think that you may be looking at the same piece of the Milky Way... I hope you can always feel warm. ]

[By the way, antipodal points are two points on the surface of the earth that are symmetrical about the center of the earth—did I say that before? ]

[I'm embarrassed to say it, but sitting alone under the stars feels lonely.Alone as if through time. ]

[Suddenly a metaphor comes to mind.Do you know parallel lines with different planes?Two straight lines that are not on the same plane will never meet, so they are parallel... I feel like we are two parallel lines with different planes.Originally in two different time and space, never to meet, but inexplicably close to each other for a moment - and then inevitably farther and farther away.This is probably the saddest poem in mathematics. ]

[Okay, I admit I do miss you. ]

[Recalling what you said to me back then.You're the queen and I'm not the king...so hurtful!But suddenly I had a bold idea.Isn't it the king? ]

[I heard something happened in France.How are you? ]

[How are you? ]

[Are you safe? ]

[I'll go back to you right away. ]

There was a slight creaking sound from behind, and Antanya turned her head, and saw the man at the door standing in a halo, and the fine shimmer of light sprinkled a hazy layer of pale gold on his body.

"Uh..." It was the first time he showed such an embarrassing expression in front of her, "I heard that the museum will open tomorrow, and suddenly remembered that there are still some things that are not clear here, so I came back..."

He immediately saw the large amount of paper in her hand, paused for a second, and said nonchalantly: "Well, it turns out that procrastination will not end well."

Nicholas stepped on a few dusty footprints on the ground, and tried to explain as he walked over: "Don't worry, people tend to be sad after staying in extreme environments for a long time..."

But he stopped suddenly - a slender girl came over and hugged him gently.

"Fuck his parallel lines, I don't understand anyway." Hearing that Antanya said a foul language that she never used to say, Nicholas couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

"I've seen so many strange things, maybe the distortion of time and space made me meet you, maybe it's God's biggest mistake—it doesn't matter."

Antanya raised her head, his face was reflected in her blue eyes, "The important thing is, the stars have burnt into meteors with my asshole, and all that is left is this hard and cold soul like a meteorite. Are you really Have you figured it out?"

Nicholas was taken aback, and finally smiled slowly: "A long time ago, I should have told you that we are transformed from stardust... In fact, in the last few years before my death, someone proposed the Big Bang theory .”

"We may all be crowded at an infinitely small point at first, and then spread to every corner of the universe with the big bang. Now, I can meet you again in the infinite."

"Probably, from the very first moment, I have been looking for you... Time and space finally guided me to your side."

Because only you are my star.

The author says:

Recently, I encountered a major task, and everything revolved around work. I originally wanted to finish it in one go, but it was affected. I am really sorry!

More parts of the emotional line are still in the extra episode orz the extra episode may be a bit slower. It is estimated that there will be about three lines, five or six chapters~

In the end, the author was unable to find out the specific method of measuring the longitude, but only saw a document that said to "solve hundreds of triangles", so he speculated on the measurement plan on this basis, and covered his face irresponsibly... In the era without satellites, these ultra-long-distance measurements are really as huge a project as today's astronomical exploration.