Chapter 362: Lowly Blood
The rising star of the Labor Party named Leonardo is very active in the political arena of South County. He proposed and promoted the Improved Labor Bill, the Workers' Protection Bill, and the Coal and Iron Bill. He can be said to be a typical poor boy who turned into a tall, rich and handsome man, and he is also quite handsome.
This person's experience is actually somewhat similar to Lin En's.
Both of them fell from wealth, and then gritted their teeth and returned to their original status through their own efforts. Well, they both have a childhood sweetheart, but Leonardo and his playmate are a combination of a poor boy and a rich girl.
And the sad thing is...
He was cheated.
It seems that Leonardo went to the army a few years ago, but it was mistakenly reported that he had been killed in the battlefield by a stray bullet. His childhood sweetheart began to live in depression in great sadness, and the cuckoo's blood-crying appearance made people feel unbearable. His parents did not rush to force her to remarry.
Then, shortly before the end of the war, the heartbroken childhood sweetheart was finally moved by the pursuit of a nobleman with a sky-high pearl necklace, and decided to marry him.
Something that everyone likes to see happened.
In fact, Leonardo, who was directly swept into the sea during the river crossing battle, did not die. He returned to his hometown and happened to meet the man whose woman he had been thinking about marrying someone else. The scene at that time was so exciting. Leonardo could not disrupt the wedding of a nobleman. He had no status and no power, so he could only leave sadly.
However, Leonardo was also an infatuated man. After his childhood sweetheart was forced to marry a noble member of the Laurel Party, he began to work hard and make himself shine step by step in the political arena, trying to attract his childhood sweetheart to remarry. According to the laws of Albion, if the marriage is not suitable, it is indeed possible to divorce, but this regulation has not been firmly implemented.
Lin En listened to Atali telling this story with great interest.
He thought for five seconds.
If he had escaped from the [Steam City] and returned with a new look a few years later, and found that the big sister had married another man, he would definitely take Sophia back at all costs. Mr. Leonardo was a bit unlucky, but his childhood sweetheart was caught in the middle and was innocent. I just don't know what the subsequent story will be.
Atali didn't seem to know the grievances and entanglements here, and she said with her lips opening and closing.
"It is said that this gentleman drifted towards the shore for a long time after falling into the sea, and was lucky enough to save the Labour Party whip, Mr. Eric, who fell into the water, so he became a rising star in politics so quickly."
"This experience is too outrageous." Lin En couldn't help scratching his head when he heard this.
He felt that his growth process was already quite wonderful and magical, but he didn't expect that others' were even more bizarre. It seems that except for a little green on the head, everything else is not bad.
And listening to the details, it seems that the childhood sweetheart did not divorce after marrying an aristocrat, but the specific reason is not yet clear.
"Although he is very famous and in the limelight, the Laurel Party often attacks him for his impure blood, believing that he was born in a lowly family and his blood is impure." Even women abandoned him. Atali did not say such vicious and hurtful words. Although she was born into a noble family, her judgment on the excellence of blood is consistent with the views of the scholars of the use-it-or-lose-it school.
The nobility of blood is not proved by lying in bed and being served.
It needs to be proved by iron and blood on the battlefield like every generation of heroic nobles. Since entering the steam age, in addition to iron and blood, it can also be measured by creating value. Those who really strictly adhere to the theory of excellent blood are either immature and immature, or unwilling to accept it.
Leonardo was obviously attacked by a weak point.
"..."
Lin En was a little embarrassed for a while, not knowing how to respond. He felt that he was accidentally injured by AOE. If it comes to the theory of blood, he also looks like a lowly blood.
"You don't think your blood is lowly, do you?" The girl's eyes kept on Lin En's face, and when she saw him embarrassed, she guessed his thoughts.
"I'm not a noble, and my father is not a noble either."
"Your father's chamber of commerce has proved his intelligence, and your outstanding performance in times of trouble has also proved your excellence, so how can you talk about lowliness?"
Atali didn't seem to be happy to see Lin En belittle herself like this, and said with a finger.
Otherwise, the upper class of Stumm wouldn't open its doors to Lin En so easily. The arrogance and prejudice of the whole society are not so easy to eliminate, especially when these people still have the right to speak. Many of the obstacles that the young gentleman has to face have actually been resolved invisibly. If he were uglier, stupider, or simply a crooked appearance, all kinds of strong obstacles would appear.
After listening to Atali's self-evident remarks, Lin En didn't know how to evaluate her ideas for a while. Her starting point was right, and hard work must be better than laziness.
The carriage was still shaking slightly as it moved forward, and from time to time there were creaking sounds from the load.
Lin En, who was lost in thought, had a gleam of thought in his green eyes.
In the name of bloodline theory, two or three generations may forget to work hard and really fall into the contempt circle of bloodline theory. This is extremely fatal to moving forward. How can a group of people work hard and sweat hard, but be despised by lazy bugs who lie on the good luck of their predecessors as lowly blood?
Such a trend will undoubtedly stifle hope and progress, denying the majority of people in society, and it happens that in industrialized societies, the vast majority of people are the hope of the country. King Qin conquered Liuhe and Napoleon conquered Europe. They gave most people hope and were so brave and invincible.
Lin En suddenly felt that his thinking was much clearer.
He has been looking for a path to take. Before, he was ignorant and relied on instinct to prepare and explore, but now he has become somewhat enlightened.
Most of the people in this world are ignored, and many of them will fall downwards without seeing hope, becoming strong evidence of the lowly bloodline among the upper-class people. What if Extraordinary, Industrialization, could prove itself in such a difficult environment? Prove that you are an advanced representative of production, you can create many world-changing artifacts with your hands, and you can carry forward the driving force of human civilization.
For the first time, Lin En felt clear that the fog had been cleared away. Although the sun had not risen yet, he had vaguely found the direction. After all, there was no way around the relationship between extraordinary people and ordinary people. Extraordinary people could not be separated from the masses. , the masses are not willing to surrender, and the model based on this is feasible. Although the details are still hazy, the path is clear!
Sitting on the carriage, Lin En looked at the busy traffic and said something on a whim.
"The wheel of history will eventually get back on track."