Thousands of sparks

Chapter 15 Challenge
The atmosphere in the restaurant was a bit depressing.

Duchamp was always aware of his "political wisdom".Androni doesn't give advice very often, but when she suggests something to do, it usually turns out very well.

At least in Duchamp's mind, his wife was a rare wise man in the world.Many of her suggestions and decisions often don't have any special effects at the beginning, but as long as you follow them, there will always be good results.

And Dusand's objection seemed a bit strange to Dusan—don't you know how brilliant your mother's battle record is?
Oh yes, you really don't know.

Duchamp suddenly realized, and then prepared to use the method of running ten laps with a five-pound weight to convince his son.

"Why not?" As if anticipating the "inhumane" means that Colonel Duchamp had prepared to suppress Dusand, Androni quickly changed the topic and asked, "You are also paying attention to the election of the House of Commons. thing?"

"I've been reading newspapers all the time." Dusande said earnestly, "If you combine the situation of the empire in recent decades, it's not difficult to draw the conclusion that the House of Commons is to relieve social pressure." He looked at Androni , Trying to persuade, "Participating in this kind of thing now may have high returns, but it may also have great risks."

"High income? What can I earn, and what risks can I face?" Androni looked at her ten-year-old son curiously and asked, "Can you tell my mother?"

Du Sande originally wanted to say something, but was suddenly reminded by the phrase "tell mom".

I am only a ten-year-old kid now, and I am afraid it is too scary to show too many original opinions on this kind of topic.

The argument of "relief from social pressure" is published in newspapers anyway, but then we have to find some angles that can be suitable for ten-year-old children.

"Mother is going to run for election. Although it is not guaranteed that she will be elected, the probability of winning is still very high." Dusande turned his mind quickly, and then began to make up nonsense, "But once you are elected, the job will be very difficult. Busy. The number of times my father can go home in a year is rare, no matter how busy you are with the work of the House of Commons, no one will take care of the family."

Hmm... This worry is very much in line with the mentality of a ten-year-old child.

Dusand praised his wit in his heart.

"Of course there are benefits, such as the benefits of working in the House of Commons and the benefits of being a member of parliament." After showing the normal child's reaction, the next step is to seriously remind the mother.After briefly mentioning the possible benefits, Du Sande said, "However, the newspapers also said that this probably means that the early members of the House of Commons will encounter a lot of trouble. Election bribery and electoral cheating are considered the lowest level of problems. When you get elected you are accountable to your constituents, who don't even know what they want."

"The House of Commons can enact mandatory laws, but this law still needs to be approved by the Privy Council... Mother, the House of Commons is more like a place for civilians to vent their emotions. And its system design ensures that it only It can only be used as a vehicle for venting emotions, not an actual problem-solving agency."

Du Sande earnestly persuaded, "It took a lot of time to research and propose a bill, but it was rejected by the Privy Council in the end. But your voters will only feel that you have not passed the bill they want, so next time you choose another bill. Members of Parliament...running now is not a good choice."

After listening to Dusande's words seriously, Androni showed a relieved smile.

"Our little Dusande, he is much wiser than you." Androni seemed to forget the pain in her jaw, she smiled and patted Duchamp's arm vigorously, "I think Mr. Ronier said Yes, he is indeed more suitable for government affairs than mechanical design."

"To be honest, I don't quite understand it." Duchamp never deliberately concealed his confusion in front of his family. "Perhaps my father is right. I am suitable to work in the army for the rest of my life."

"Honey, you don't need to worry too much about these issues." After talking to her husband for a few more words, Androni smiled at Dusand, "I'm going to run for office this time just to mentor other new MPs, to coach They came up with the right bill, the right bill."

"And, to contribute loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor."

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For the entire week that followed, Dussande was in a rush he had never experienced in his life in the past ten years, or even the past 34 years.

After getting up at six o'clock every morning, he had to spend at least an hour previewing the key points of today's lecture to Lorraine.After a few days of "testing", he was surprised and dismayed to find that his math ability had also deteriorated severely.Dusande himself sometimes made all kinds of weird mistakes when performing mixed operations on four-digit numbers.

In addition to mathematics, he also needs to start studying the history of the empire and the laws of the empire.These two courses were important contents taught to him by his tutor before—it is said that they are the items that every great technician has to learn before starting to learn mechanical design.

Anyway, from the books, the history of the empire looks like a mess.Since the founding of the empire, the relevant records basically belong to the category of mythology.What seraph came to the stables with steam, what the first emperor possessed unparalleled personal force at the age of three.

In Dusand's eyes, the so-called imperial history is a bunch of Chinese and Western fantasy novel settings that seem to be bound to hit the street at the beginning, stacked together, and then the two phrases "Epic of the Empire" are majestically written on the cover.All in all, it is so outrageous that if you put it in Chinese at the starting point, it will definitely hit the street.

Of course, it is not without other more realistic historical research directions.As a family with a long history, the Belford family has many historical books written during the great pioneering period, even before the establishment of the empire, as well as the records at that time.They are the best and most authentic documents for studying the history of empires.

The only problem is, they are written in the Old Imperial language from 600 years ago.

But the imperial language of 600 years ago is very different from the imperial language of today.From grammar to vocabulary, the differences are so great that they are almost two languages.

In the imperial language 600 years ago, all words were divided into "gender characters".And there are a full six - feminine masculine, masculine and feminine, neuter and asexual.These differences are combined through the prefixes and suffixes and roots of words, and then six completely different meanings are born.

Just take "coal" as an example. The combination of the feminine affix + coal means a coal mine hidden underground that has not yet been excavated, and the masculine affix + coal means the thermal coal or thermal coal that has been excavated and can be burned.Coal + masculine suffix equals burning coal, while coal + feminine suffix means spent coal that has almost burned out.

Even more outrageous are Neutral + Coal and Neutral + Coal.They represent "reliable, trustworthy" and "precious stone" respectively.

There is almost no logical relationship between words in Old Imperial.And the grammar is confusing to the point of headache.

If Dusand wants to teach Lorraine the "correct" history, he must first learn a language that no one can speak, and he must also figure out what those words with all kinds of weird affixes are mean.

But that's not even the hardest part.

The imperial laws are all written in the modern imperial language, but Dusand feels that the difficulty of understanding the imperial laws is even far more difficult than the ancient imperial language.

There is nothing wrong with a statute being a sentence.

A sentence is as long as 240 five words, and even a full stop cannot be found after reading a page, which is outrageous.

After reading the empire's legal regulations on marriage, Du Sande exhausted all his strength and angrily raised the tome above his head, and then smashed it to the ground.

This fucking didn't intend for people to understand it from the beginning of writing, right?

Learning history can make people clearly know how the world they are currently living in has developed.And studying law can make people understand what the most basic rules that need to be followed in life in this world are.Although Du Sande himself doesn't like to learn these contents, but if you want to bring Lorraine's three views back to a normal track, these contents are necessary.

For the sake of her future life, and for Lorraine's true "physical and mental health", Du Sande had to toss herself for an hour every morning.

Meal with mother at seven, then walk to meet Lorraine on the riding trail.Around 08:30 in the morning, Dusande and Lorraine can start studying this morning.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Polina, who woke up, would occasionally show up in Dusand's room on time.Although sleepy and occasionally disheveled, she will at least take her duties as a governess seriously-answering questions for Dusande and Lorraine, and teaching Dussande some basic knowledge of mechanical design.

This time period is also the best time for Dusand to ask the teacher about the content of the ancient imperial language and laws.

Anyway, every time he saw Polina showing a tangled and painful expression, Dusande would always feel a little relieved deep in his heart.

These things are not just headaches for me alone, look at Teacher Polina - she can't figure it out either!

After lunch with Lorraine and Polina at noon, the afternoon's activities depend on the situation.

Most of the time, Dusand would choose to go to the newly built workshop and discuss with Polina the improvement direction of the gas machine.The lathe bought from Rosen's family has been sent to the workshop, but it will take time to install and debug.The servants in the manor can help with some manual work, but the work of installation and commissioning is really not counted on them.

Polina herself is very enthusiastic about installing the machine.In her words, a Tollsmith product is a beautiful work of art.Such a perfect work of art, if there is an omission during the installation process, it will be a blasphemy against the empire's highest achievements in the field of machinery for hundreds of years.

When it comes to installing transmissions and trimming, not even Dusande dares to intervene - Polina, the only female master mechanic in the history of the empire, scolding people... is also very scary.

In the days when Dusande is not required to appear in the workshop, he also has a brand new learning content.

Mrs. Androni invited a new teacher for her son, and the content of the course taught... was the principles of administration and law.

The teacher who came to teach was a man who looked quite young.According to the self-introduction of the other party, this man named Morse was of civilian origin.With the help of his job and the sponsorship of his family, he successfully completed his studies at Olin Imperial Administrative University and is currently working at the Privy Council of Newsail.

He was the youngest Magistrate in the Newsail Privy Council.

Such a rising bureaucratic star would come to serve as Tussande's tutor... This is really unthinkable.After hearing the other party's self-introduction, Du Sande immediately raised his own question, "Why...why did you come to be my tutor?"

"In three months, I will enter the House of Commons as your mother's chief private secretary." Mr. Morse put down the gold-wired monocle on his right eye and explained with a smile, "but as the executive secretary of the Privy Council Administrative Officer, I can't be her Principal Private Secretary for more than a year."

"You haven't answered my question yet." Dussand ignored the fact that the election had not yet started, and continued to ask, "You will return to the Privy Council in one year and three months. What does being a governess matter?"

"Mrs. Androni hopes that you can take on the duties of her chief private secretary after I leave office." Mr. Morse said with a smile, "Within fifteen months, you will be able to train a ten-year-old Lord To qualify as a Principal Private Secretary to a House of Commons MP is an almost impossible task."

Du Sande nodded repeatedly, and then asked curiously, "But you still agreed?"

Morse showed a bright smile, "I like to challenge the impossible, challenge all the impossible."

(End of this chapter)