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Chapter 15 Challenge

The atmosphere in the restaurant was a bit depressing.

Duchamp has always been aware of her "political wisdom". Androni does not often make suggestions, but as long as she suggests that she does something, there will often be very good results afterwards.

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

Dusand's opposition seems a bit strange to Dushang - don't you know how brilliant your mother has?

Oh yes, you really don't know.

Duchamp suddenly realized and then prepared to convince his son by running for ten laps with five pounds.

"Why not?" As if he had expected what "inhuman" means Colonel Duchamp was going to use to suppress Dusand, Androni quickly changed the topic and asked, "You are also paying attention to the election of the House of Commons?"

"I've been reading newspapers all the time," Dusand said seriously. "If we combine the situation of the empire in recent decades, it is not difficult to conclude that 'the House of Commons is to relieve social pressure'." He looked at Androni and tried hard to persuade, "It may be very profitable to participate in such a thing now, but there may be great risks."

"Very high returns? What can I get and what risks can I face?" Androni asked curiously at her ten-year-old son, "Can I tell my mother?"

Dusand originally wanted to say whatever he wanted, but was suddenly reminded by the sentence "Tell me to my mother".

I am just a ten-year-old child now, and it is probably a bit scary to show too many unique insights on such topics.

The conclusion of "relieving social pressure" is also found in newspapers, but next, you have to find some perspectives that can match the ten-year-old child.

"My mother is going to run for election. Although it is not necessarily possible to be elected, the probability of victory is still high." Dusand quickly turned his mind and then began to make lies. "But once you are elected, your work will be very busy. My father can go home less in a year. If you are busy with work in the House of Commons, no one will care about the family."

Well... this worry is very consistent with the mentality of a ten-year-old child.

Dusand gave his wit in his heart a thumbs up.

"There are certainly benefits, such as the benefits of the work of the House of Commons itself and the benefits of the membership." After showing the normal reaction of a child, I would like to remind my mother seriously. Dusander said after a brief mention of possible benefits, "However, the newspaper also said that this may mean that early House of Commons members would encounter a lot of trouble. Election bribery and election cheating are the lowest issues. After being elected, you need to be responsible for your voters, and they don't even know what they need."

"The House of Commons can enact a mandatory law, but this law also needs to be approved by the Privy Council... Mother, the House of Commons is more like a place to provide civilians with a wound to vent their emotions. And its institutional design ensures that it can only serve as a tool to vent emotions, rather than an institution that actually solves the problem."

Dusand advised earnestly, "I spent a lot of effort to investigate and study the bill, but in the end I was rejected by the Privy Council. But your voters only feel that you did not pass the bill they wanted, so the next time you go to elect other members... It is not a good choice to run for election now."

After listening to Dusander's words seriously, Androni smiled with relief.

"Our little Dusand, he is much wiser than you." Androni seemed to have forgotten the pain on her chin. She smiled and patted Dushang's arm. "I think Mr. Ronnie is right. He is indeed more suitable for government affairs than mechanical design."

"To be honest, I didn't understand very much." Duchamp never deliberately concealed his confusion in front of his family. "Maybe my father is right, I'm suitable to work in the army for the rest of my life."

"Dear, you don't need to worry too much about these issues." After saying a few more words to her husband, Androni smiled at Dusand, "I went to the election this time to tutor other new members and to tutor them to propose appropriate and correct bills."

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

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For the next whole week, Dusander was in a busy life that he had never experienced in the past ten years, or even the past thirty-four years.

After getting up at six o'clock every morning, he had to spend at least an hour previewing the key points of what he would like to give Lorraine today. After a few days of "test", he was surprised and frustrated to find that his mathematical ability had also declined seriously. When performing a four-digit mixed operation, Dusander himself sometimes had all kinds of strange mistakes.

In addition to mathematics, he also needed to start studying imperial history and imperial regulations. Both courses were important contents of the previous tutors - they are said to be projects that every great technician had to finish before starting to learn mechanical design.

Anyway, from the book, the history of the empire looks like a mess. Since the founding of the Empire, the relevant records basically belong to the mythology. What is the six-winged angel descending to the stable with steam, and what is the first emperor with unparalleled personal force at the age of three.

In Dusand's eyes, the so-called empire history is a pile of middle-aged and Western fantasy novels that seem to be frustrating at Qidian, and then the two phrases "Empire Epic" are written on the cover. In short, it is so outrageous that it will be frustrating at Qidian Chinese.

Of course, there are other more realistic historical research directions. As a family with a long history, the Belford family had many historical books written during the period of great development, even before the founding of the empire, as well as the recorded content at that time. They are the best and most realistic documents to study the history of the empire.

The only problem is that they are written in the ancient imperial language six hundred years ago.

But the imperial language six hundred years ago is very different from the imperial language today. From grammar to vocabulary, there are almost two languages.

In the imperial language six hundred years ago, all words were divided into "gender patterns". There were also six types - negative and positive, male and female, neutral asexual. These differences were combined through the combination of pres and suffixes and roots of the words, and then six completely different meanings were created.

Take "coal" as an example. The combination of negative affixes + coal means coal hidden in a coal mine that has not been excavated underground. The positive affixes + coal means thermal coal that can be burned out by excavating. Coal + male suffix is ​​equal to the burning blocks of coal, while coal + female suffix means exhausted coal that has almost burned out.

What is even more outrageous is neutral + coal and asexual + coal. They represent "reliable, trustworthy" and "gem".

There is almost no logical relationship between the vocabulary in the ancient imperial language. The grammar is also so chaotic that it is a headache.

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

But this is not the most difficult part.

The entire article of imperial law is written in modern imperial language, but Dusand felt that it was even more difficult to understand imperial laws than ancient imperial languages.

A law is a sentence, so there is no problem.

It is outrageous that a sentence is 245 words long, and even a page of the book cannot find a period after reading it.

After reading the imperial legal provisions on marriage, Dusander used all his strength to raise the big book over his head in anger, and then smashed it hard to the ground.

I didn't intend to make people understand this since the writing, right?

Studying history can make people clearly know how the world they are currently living in is developing. Studying law can make people understand what the most basic rules to follow in life in this world. Although Dusand himself doesn't like to learn these contents, if they want to turn Lorraine's three views back onto a normal track, these contents are necessary.

For the sake of his future life and for the sake of Lorene's true "physical and mental health", Dusander had to toss himself for an hour every morning.

At seven o'clock, I had a meal with my mother, and then took a walk to the horse-riding trail to meet with Lorraine. At about 8:30 in the morning, Dusander was able to start his studies with Lorraine this morning.

By 10 o'clock in the morning, Polina, who had woken up, would occasionally appear in Dusand's room on time. Although she was sleepy and occasionally had clothes inappropriately, she would at least conscientiously perform her duties as a tutor - answering questions for Dusand and Lorraine, and teaching Dusand some basic mechanical design knowledge.

This time period is also the best time for Dusand to ask the teacher for advice on the ancient imperial language and legal content.

Anyway, every time I see Polina showing a tangled and painful expression, Dusander will always feel a little relieved deep down.

These things are not just about yourself, but she can’t understand them either!

After lunch with Lorene and Polina at noon, the afternoon activities depend on the situation.

Most of the time, Dusand would choose to go to the newly built workshop and discuss the direction of improvement of the gas machine with Polina. The lathe bought from Rosen's house has been delivered to the workshop, but it still takes time to install and debug. The servants in the manor can help with some physical work, but the installation and debugging work is really undesirable.

Polina herself is also very enthusiastic about installing machine tools. In her words, Thorsmith's products are a beautiful work of art. If such a perfect work of art is omitted during the installation process, it is a blasphemy to the highest achievement in the field of machinery in the empire for hundreds of years.

When installing transmission equipment and matching, even Dusand dared not interfere - Polina, the only female technician in the history of the empire, scolded people... It was also very scary.

In the days when Dusander didn't need to appear in the workshop, he also had a brand new learning content.

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

The teacher who came to teach was a very young man. According to the other party's self-introduction, this man named Morse is a civilian. With his work and the sponsorship of his family, he successfully completed his studies at the Administrative University of the Orin Empire and is currently working in the Privy Council of Newar.

He is the youngest executive officer in the Privy Council of Newar.

Such a rising bureaucratic star would come to be a tutor for Dusande... This fact is incredible. After hearing the other party's self-introduction, Dusande immediately raised his own question, "Why are you... coming to be a tutor for me?"

"In three months, I will enter the House of Commons as your mother's chief private secretary." Mr Morse lowered the monolithic eyes of gold wire sandwiched on his right eye and explained with a smile, "But as the Executive Secretary of the Privy Council, I can't serve as her chief private secretary for more than a year."

"You haven't answered my question yet." Dusander ignored the fact that the election had not begun and continued to ask, "You will return to the Privy Council in one year and three months. What does this have to do with your coming to be a tutor for me?"

"Mrs. Androni hopes that you can assume the role of her chief private secretary after I step down." Mr. Morse smiled. "In fifteen months, it is a task that will be almost impossible to train a ten-year-old Lord to become a qualified chief private secretary of the House of Commons."

Dusand nodded repeatedly and asked curiously, "But do you still agree?"
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