Thousands of sparks

Chapter 47 Fairness
When he got home, Du Sande was surprised to find that the lights in the flower hall were still on.

Androni was a very frugal person, at least among the aristocracy.She doesn't like lighting up lights where no one is around.The lights in the flower hall were on, indicating that Androni was in the flower hall now.

At 03:30 in the morning, is mother still busy with official duties?
After Dusand got off the carriage, he was so sleepy that he was always in a daze.He really wanted to go to the flower hall to have a look, but his ten-year-old body needed sleep, and his spirit couldn't hold on anymore.

"Tomorrow, I have to remind my mother that staying up late is easy to cause sudden death..." Du Sande mumbled and walked into his room, and then fell asleep on the soft bed without taking off his clothes.

At eight o'clock in the morning, after repeatedly asking the maid to wake up Mr. Lord to no avail, Lorraine took Paulina directly into Dusand's bedroom.Then I saw Dusande, who was neatly dressed, but lying face down on the bed, sleeping soundly.

"Forget it... let him continue to sleep. What time did the Lord come back?" Lorraine led a curious Paulina out of Dusand's bedroom, and then began to ask the maid beside her. "He usually wakes up pretty early, right?"

"Mr. Lord...should have returned to the manor after three o'clock in the morning." The head maid replied, "The work in the manor was a bit out of control during this time. There was no manservant or maid guarding the door of Mr. Lord's bedroom. I don't know the exact time when Mr. Lord will return."

"Why is there no servant?" Lorraine asked in the tone of the hostess, "Where is Mr. Steward? Please come here immediately."

The head maid showed a troubled expression, "Miss Lorraine, Mr. Boulder is on vacation."

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All the servants in the whole estate knew that Mr. Boulder had been in poor health lately.Perhaps the damage of years of faithful and hard work, Mr. Boulder suffered a sudden and severe joint problem this past week.

A family that has dedicated 170 years of loyalty to the baronial family deserves decent treatment and rewards.The Baroness attaches great importance to Mr. Butler's physical condition. Under her strong request, Mr. Boulder, who still wants to continue to serve his master, has to stop his work and go to the Atami area of ​​Newsail to start a two-year period. month of spa life.

Everyone sympathized with Mr. Boulder's illness, but at the same time envied him the caring care he received from the master's family.Sea of ​​Tranquility is the most famous spa resort in Newsail. Its hot springs are said to have miraculous effects in curing many diseases.

Moreover, the recuperation price of Jinghai Hot Spring is very high, and it is difficult for ordinary low-level nobles to afford two months of recuperation expenses every year.

For a while, everyone was admiring the Baroness's reward for the loyalty of the Boulder family.I even envy Mr. Boulder for being honored to serve such a benevolent and generous master.

It wasn't until 10:30 in the morning that Dusande got up from his bed.His brown hair was messed up from sleeping, and there were two huge dark circles under his eyes - he still looked very tired.

After learning that he had overslept, Dusand reluctantly wrote a letter to Lorraine and Paulina each, expressing their apologies for oversleeping and having to apologize to them.Then, he wandered to the restaurant, ready to have lunch with his mother.

At the dining table, Dusand saw the same tired-looking mother with two huge dark circles under her eyes.The two looked at each other across the table, looking as if a pair of panda mother and son met by chance at lunch.

Dusande sat on the seat, and then began to drink strong tea.No way, he still felt sleepy.And the tea that Androni drank across the table was quite strong, and the color of the tea soup looked like soy sauce soup—the feeling of dark soy sauce mixed with water.

The mother and son first drank strong tea together for a while, and after refreshing themselves, they began to dismiss the other servants in the restaurant.Then began the routine "work meeting".

Sitting on the seat, Dusande briefly explained to his mother the plan he and Director Escobar had made together, and then complained with a sigh, "If the stall is too large, the resources everyone will get It’s not enough for them to survive at all—I think…maybe it’s still necessary to select a few key areas for assistance, while other areas with better conditions should be left alone.”

Du Sande's expression was ugly. He frowned and said, "However, it doesn't matter how few people suffer. The poor may be able to accept a cruel life. But if they know, some people can get assistance, but they themselves have nothing. No... this is likely to cause chaos. Abandoning some people to protect others... This is a necessary evil. But if this necessary evil brings more serious chaos, it is better not to do it at all."

At present, Dusande can't think of any way to solve this contradiction.This is not a small problem that can be covered up by speeches or publicity.

When the result of unequal allocation of resources is life, no matter how resigned to fate the poor will be impatient.

"I have never felt that there is any 'necessary evil' in this world. This is an example - our capabilities are seriously insufficient, and the problems are serious and difficult to solve." Mrs. Androni put down her glass and looked at her son , There is pride in the eyes, but also sadness and pity.

Putting her ten-year-old son in charge of the internal affairs committee, Androni did not expect Dusande to play a role in "turning things around".He was supposed to be holding the badge of the Articles Administration to make all the professional bureaucrats working in the Interior Committee put away their little thoughts.

However, under the full drive of Dusand, the Internal Affairs Committee started to rotate rapidly on the basis of an empty shelf.Those bureaucrats have worked closely with Secretary Escobar and have submitted a bill to her, the speaker, to protect the poor and provide them with emergency assistance.

To put it bluntly, the efficiency of a ten-year-old boy is beyond the reach of 25 elected members of the House of Commons with "extensive experience".

Androni is proud of her son.He was only ten years old, but he was full of sympathy and compassion for those poor people who had never met.He is only ten years old, but he can efficiently use all the resources at hand to fight for the right to life for ordinary people.

But at the same time, Androni also felt sadness and pity for her son's experience.

He is still too young to know that people in this world are indeed divided into classes.And now, he needs to feel the pain and regret for those inferior people - to give some people the hope of living through his own judgment, and then sit back and watch the other group of people struggle.

Letting her son sink into grief and self-doubt for those poor lowly people is the last thing Androni wants to see.

As a mother who is the Speaker of the House of Commons by profession, Androni decided to do something for her son after a few seconds of silence.

If the unequal allocation of resources cannot be resolved, then increase resources as much as possible.And distribute some of these resources to freedmen who have influence over the poor.

When the number of people receiving relief increases, in order to continue to receive funding, the free people will take the initiative to oppose those poor people who are trying to create chaos.

It's not the best solution, but it's a great way to curb the anger of people who are "unfair".

Of course, Androni would not directly let her son know about the "additional terms" of this implementation plan.Just communicating directly with Escobar is enough.

"I've read the plan submitted by the committee." Androni said, "The election for the House of Commons is not yet complete, but it's not a big problem to get 13 congressmen's signatures for this plan. I'll let you in the afternoon Mr. Morse to deal with this matter - with the signature of more than half of the commissioners, the plan should be able to obtain provisional authorization in a few days."

Dusande's eyes lit up, "How much can you approve?"

"The House of Commons doesn't have much funding right now." Androni thought for a while and said, "There should be a hundred thousand pounds left."

One hundred thousand gold pounds, which would save the lives of a large number of poor people.Dusande began to calculate enthusiastically, and it took a while before he remembered the flower hall with lights on that he saw last night.

"Last night?" Androni put down the knife and fork in her hand, then rubbed her forehead and said, "Last night, the representative of the Royal Mining Federation talked to me about something." She did not explain that she and the Instead of discussing what exactly was discussed, the representative said directly to Dusand, "Mr. Boulder will retire in two months, and his son will succeed him."

"You can just make sure there is no problem with this." Dusande nodded. He had finished his lunch quickly, and then began to open today's letters. He said while opening, "I have to go to a Go to Albin, Director Escobar should have received a coal offer."

"About buying coal, I have a suggestion." Androni said suddenly, "It's not necessarily a good strategy to ask those agents, they are more likely to join forces to raise the price and share the profits evenly, rather than In order to obtain orders and lower their own profits-now coal is a marketable resource in Newsare, and it is considered good if they can sell it to the Interior Bureau at the market price."

Du Sande nodded, this is the buyer's disadvantage in the seller's market.He really wanted to know what kind of advice Androni would give himself to avoid some disadvantages.

"Go to Miss Lorraine." Androni said her suggestion, "Her parents are the largest coal dealer in Newsail. Although United Mining cannot directly mine coal on the colonial planet without approval, But they are still the largest coal miners in the Empire. Monsieur Jean Paul and Madame Amandina will give you a fair price."

(End of this chapter)