Thousands of sparks

Chapter 44 racking their brains
As a professional Grand Technician, Polina is gifted in designing and experimenting with machinery.But in other aspects the level is not satisfactory.It seems that at the beginning of the game, she basically focused all the attribute points in her hand on intelligence and personal appearance, and the rest of the three melons and two dates can be done casually.

Therefore, after she learned that Lorraine was worried about Dusand's situation, Polina's first reaction was, "What are you talking about?"

"He's been in a bad mood recently." Lorraine repeated what she had just said, and then said with her hands on her chin, "I've known him for almost half my life, but I've never seen him so troubled. "

"I've only known him for...one month." Polina rubbed her itchy nose with a relatively clean arm and said, "Why don't you just ask him?"

"Forget it." Lorraine thought for a while, shaking her head and refused, "If he needs help, he should come to me and talk to me."

Although Polina wanted to remind this beautiful 12-year-old lady that her current age and experience did not seem to be enough to help a ten-year-old Lord solve his life problems-but it didn't seem to make any sense.

So Polina, with a high IQ, decided to change the subject.

"The weather has been getting colder and colder recently." As an Olinian, discussing the weather is like a habit engraved in Polina's bones. "I think it will start snowing soon."

"When the weather is cold, it usually doesn't snow." Lorraine also had a worried expression on her face, "But once the weather suddenly gets warmer, the snow will be so heavy that it will make people despair."

Lorraine is very worried about the snow. Once it starts to snow, it means that her parents will be caught in the endless vortex of overtime.All the aristocratic estates, every branch of administration in Newsail would run like mad and flood the coal sales agency my parents started with mountain-high orders.

Lorraine's parents, on the other hand, needed to use some means and methods to satisfy these coal orders that poured in like bloodshed.Trains, steam carriages, sleighs... In extreme cases, her parents even had to hire Navy airships to provide coal transport services for noble estates.

Of course, using airships to transport coal is a loss-making business.But her parents had no choice.Taking orders from nobles not only means a huge income and special "connections", it also means a task that must be completed "at all costs".

Lorraine didn't want her parents to fall into such difficulties. She had seen her parents drink alcohol or simply fight more than once because of the stress during the winter supply period.She is full of worries about the upcoming snowfall.

Dusand, likewise, is worried about the upcoming snowfall.

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There is almost no social security system in Newsail, and the only one that is close to the function of social security... is the church charity hospital funded by the Department of the Interior.

The existence of the church charity hospital ensures that the poor have a minimum relief channel - in the church charity hospital, the treatment and food provided by the hospital to the poor are free of charge.

Of course, nothing good comes for free.There are seventeen church charity hospitals in the twelve cities of Newsale.More than half of their operating expenses depend on the funding of the Home Affairs Bureau, while the rest is made up by profits contributed by other freemen and funds given by the diocese.

With such "sufficient" financial support, the "charity medical care" of the church charity hospital has shown amazing advantages-a patient who cannot afford the money can stay in the hospital for at least half a year in the charity hospital department.

Of course, their illness has long been cured.If the condition is complicated and serious, with the medical level of the empire, such poor people will die very quickly.The poor who can be hospitalized in the charity hospital are basically mild. They will receive regular diet and rest care in the charity hospital. After half a year or a year, the poor will be sent out of the hospital.

The reason why the Church Charity Hospital provides such care is actually a forced and helpless result.

After all, food is always cheaper than medicine.With such "adequate" financial support, it is not only cheaper to raise a group of mildly ill patients, or even send them out of the hospital in a human form, but also to give the church a good reputation and let The hospital at least seems to be worthy of the money paid by the Empire.

Such a system naturally had no problems in the previous process.It can even be said to be a perfect "win-win" solution.

The church is happy, the hospital is happy, and the Interior Bureau, which is on the brink of bankruptcy, is also happy.As for the poor who really need treatment... who cares about them?
But now, Du Sande is very unhappy.

Although he still doesn't know the names of the young man and his sister, this does not prevent Du Sande from feeling sympathetic to the poor who have never been in contact with them before.As it happened, my mother became the Speaker of the House of Commons according to the procedure, and logically became the chairman of the six committees of the House of Commons.

The committee is composed of members of the House of Commons and needs to be authorized by the Speaker to supervise the implementation of relevant resolutions of the House of Commons by the executive.But... the current situation is very delicate.

Among the 77 constituencies in Newsail, only Androni's constituency completed the election ahead of schedule.Other constituencies not only saw fierce election campaigns, but even violent physical conflicts broke out between candidates in some constituencies.The extent of the conflict was so serious that it even required the dispatch of the Imperial Army to suppress it.

In this case, Androni was really busy to the point of being overwhelmed.She and her own chief private secretary, Morse, were exhausted, and Dusande, who was an apprentice chief private secretary, could not be idle.Under the authorization of Androni, Du Sande, who had already had contact with the Internal Affairs Bureau, became the only staff member of the Internal Affairs Committee.

Although Du Sande is only ten years old, he is indeed the most suitable candidate for the internal affairs committee.Of course, there are at least tens of thousands of people in Newsale who are more suitable for this position than Dusand, but... Who made Dusand the speaker's chief private secretary apprentice, the chief of the heraldry management department recruited agents, and at the same time Ender What about Baroness Roni's only son?

All the staff in the House of Commons felt that Dusand's appointment was Androni paving the way for her son to enter the field of government affairs in the future.Androni's original intention was to use Dusand's status as an agent of the Heraldry Management Office to stare at the Internal Affairs Bureau to work hard.

But Dusande had a higher purpose.

Du Sande is very clear that just because of the current internal affairs bureau that is on the verge of bankruptcy and the coal price as high as 35 pence per pound, this winter, like every previous winter, will expose countless poor people to the wilderness.There is no way he can turn this around in a few months.

However, he wanted to at least do something for these poor people.

After four consecutive days of secret meetings with Director Escobar, a vague plan appeared in Dusand's mind.This plan needs to use almost all the resources in Dusand's hands now, and the only reward he can reap is his own moral self-satisfaction.

Du Sande, who had just been severely stimulated by the death of a brother and sister, decided to do such a "stupid thing".

The plan is divided into three parts.

The House of Commons does not yet have the power to pass the budget bill, and the Home Affairs Bureau has no way to obtain more government funding.However, in addition to pure government appropriations, the Internal Affairs Bureau also has another channel for obtaining funds—private loans.

Dusand's plan to obtain additional funds for the Bureau of the Interior is very simple. Director Escobar will go out again, using his extremely flexible bottom line and the excuse that "the House of Commons will grant 50 gold pounds immediately after its establishment". Borrow at least 30 gold pounds for the Home Affairs Bureau through private loans.

Then, in Dussand's red notebook, the names of several moneylenders with a bad reputation will appear.The above will describe the "transgression" of these lenders in detail, and will include a lot of evidence that the lenders disrupted the empire's economy and intended to undermine the empire's war preparations.

Of course, these lenders happened to be the ones who had just lent Director Escobar a large amount of gold pounds-but what did it matter?

The Bureau of the Interior, which has a lot of funds, is just a tool. Director Escobar would never want to use this money to provide a few good dishes for the canteen of the Bureau of the Interior-the money is to be provided to the church charity hospital and the navy.

The second part of the plan was to launch the widest possible relief campaign for the poor.To carry out relief, on the one hand, money is needed, and on the other hand, trustworthy people are needed to carry out the relief.

The Church Charity Hospital is an organization with a long history and rich experience in relief. Their level of medical treatment may be doubtful, but their level of caring for people is obvious to all.Seventeen church charity hospitals will receive a full [-] gold pounds for the operation.And they need to do their best to relieve as many poor people as possible with the support of the navy-mainly providing food and fuel.

The Imperial Navy at Newsail, currently commanded by my father, will receive one hundred thousand gold pounds.The money will nominally be a sponsorship to support the Navy's "tactical research."The content of tactical research is the rapid deployment of naval commandos on the winter plateau planet.

In fact, the navy will become the "vehicle" of doctors in church charity hospitals.At the current level of traffic, the only ones who can run around in Newsail are the army.The Army's steam armor is handsome, but it's really not fast.The navy's assault ships can use space to jump and appear directly in every corner of Newsail.This is the best solution for improving efficiency.

At the same time, the navy can also provide some food and fuel for the poor, and this sum of [-] gold pounds is definitely worth the money.

The third part is more patchwork. Du Sande intends to drive out Rosen and his Rosen company.

Remedial measures are necessary and the fastest to take effect, but they are not the fundamental means to solve the problem.The poor have no jobs, no land of their own, and can only earn a meager income by doing odd jobs or working on plantations.Dusand believes that this is the fundamental reason why the poor suffer so much in their lives.

With no income and no land, it is a miracle that these people can survive.

And Lawson's security business just needs a large number of young people to fill it.Even if these poor people are too poor in physical fitness, they don’t even have the ability to patrol industrial areas... The 150 pairs of boots and [-] windbreakers sent by the police at a price that is almost free can at least save a few from the cold wind. life?
Ten-year-old Dusande racked his brains, and from all the resources he could grasp, he withdrew something that could help the poor survive the cold winter.He even moved the idea of ​​the woods in his manor - he couldn't afford coal, so he cut down trees and set fire to the head office, right?
As a result, as soon as this idea was proposed, it was strongly rebuked by Director Escobar.

"Mr. Lord, this is absolutely impossible." Escobar blushed with anxiety, and he said repeatedly, "People from the Imperial Forestry Department will kill you!"

"If I cut down two trees, the Imperial Forestry Department will fight me hard?" Du Sande was extremely shocked. In the steampunk world where interstellar travel is possible, there are actually extreme environmentalists, and it is also an imperial department?
(End of this chapter)