Faced with Count Melvin's sudden attack, Dmitri was stunned for a moment.
He felt wary at first
Because this is a meaningless provocation.
If Earl Melvin doesn't tell this information, it can be understood that they are collecting people.
The Melvin family does need a large population.
Because there are actually not many living people left in their family...
According to the information provided by Annan, the Melvin family has actually been secretly using the child to create "living corpses".
In their family, those who can survive will eventually become "elders", just like Sumarokov Melvin.
A person of this status would definitely not work part-time. However, the Melvin family is the third largest family in the winter, and their territory and industry require a lot of manpower to take care of it.
I would be worried if these important positions were handed over to outsiders, but if they were handed over to our own people... there aren't that many people. Basically, they will be turned into corpses before they reach the age of thirty, and the experience of teenagers and young people cannot be
Let them take care of these industries.
Therefore, the Melvin family has always been very interested in the education industry.
There are at least eight universities in Winter, all of which are invested by the Melvin family. In terms of basic education, more than two-thirds of the church schools have investments from the Melvin family.
There are no middle schools in the Principality of Winter. They only have two types of education. One is a church school that teaches literacy, arithmetic, reading and writing, basic laws, and "rules and traditions"; the other is a university that actually teaches knowledge.
Anyone can attend the church school regardless of age. As long as you have your name, you can enroll at any time from single digits to forty or fifty years old.
According to the rules, church schools usually do not charge fees. The local Orthodox Church is generally responsible for providing the bulk of the funds.
The church will also enjoy benefits. When these students who have taught basic education are about to graduate, the local bishop can come and ask in advance whether anyone is willing to work in the church.
If you are interested, you must pass the exams that vary from church to church.
For example, in Noah, one needs to be able to count, laugh, and chat; in the United Kingdom, one needs to be talented in art... and in Winter, one needs to be talented in the law and have the ability to mediate.
The best graduates are first selected by the church, followed by shareholders who invest in church schools. These school directors can also send their own companies to recruit a group of people.
Usually these companies and churches are in short supply, so they can raise the assessment standards and take away the best students.
The specific rules vary from country to country, but the rule in Winter is that the sum of the graduates collected by other shareholders can only be consistent with the number of talents collected by the church. It can also be regarded as that the church always accounts for 51% of the shares of all church schools, and the remaining
They are divided according to the proportion of their shares.
The Melvin family has always been the main investor in church schools.
In two-thirds of the church schools in the Principality of Winter, the Melvin family holds more than 5% of the shares. And among these schools with Melvin's name on the board of directors, nearly half of the shares account for more than all shareholders.
50% does not count as 50% of the church.
People usually think that this is because Melvin went around the world looking for marriage partners and sold all his children.
actually not.
Those who were "sold"... were almost the luckiest ones.
Dmitri realized that Sumarokov Melvin's words were actually a kind of temptation.
He was testing himself... using this almost provocative method to test whether he knew the truth about the few members of the Melvin family.
Then Dmitri raised his head and looked deeply at Sumarokov Melvin.
"Earl Melvin, please allow me to confirm..."
The man with waist-length black hair and a brow that seemed to be frowning deeply all the time, made a low, rumbling voice: "Do you really know what you are talking about?"
Dmitri's voice was not loud, and his tone could even be called calm.
But the sound rolling deep in his throat made people's hearts buzz. It was like an awakened lion letting out a heart-shaking roar.
Although he is not an extraordinary person, nor is he a real archduke, he is a cardinal after all.
Dmitry has a completely different temperament.
It was a sense of majesty that he knew everything he touched and was good at. But what Dmitry was good at was statecraft and politics.
Even though Sumarokov Melvin was a Silver-level transcendent, his pupils trembled due to Dmitri's neither light nor serious look.
Sumarokov also became nervous unconsciously.
He was silent for a while, then a smile appeared on his face, and he seemed to take a step back: "What are you talking about...
"Aren't orphans the most troublesome group in our area? I am taking the initiative to bear this part of the trouble for you."
What Earl Melvin said is actually true.
In the dead of winter, infants and young children are "not counted as human beings" and can only be counted as cubs, a kind of "beast". They call such children "childish". This concept is roughly similar to not counting eggs as animals.
It's a chicken.
The child must be able to take care of himself. To be specific, he must be able to stand up straight, speak, eat by himself, dress by himself, cook by himself, and will not starve to death even if he is alone at home.
"one person".
Usually, the time to get a name is five or six years old. Sometimes the child wakes up early, and the name can be given in advance.
Some uneducated villagers even regard this tradition as a cause and effect, thinking that "children only have human intelligence after receiving a name"; and if a child who meets the standard is not given a name under the ceremony, it will
Children will always be beasts.
Because some children come to their senses late, or simply have bad personalities, they still don’t get their own names until they are seven or eight years old, or even eight or nine years old. Sometimes parents are soft-hearted and will directly give children their names when they are still unable to take care of themselves.
Name the child.
But such children are usually not so sensible. Specifically, they are giant babies. Some old people believe that this is because they interfere with sacred rituals, like taking a butterfly out of its chrysalis.
They believe that the reason why those orphans do not understand etiquette, do not understand rules, and are as cruel as wild beasts is because they have no elders to give them names.
But in fact, this must be because no one educates them.
However, this kind of education cannot be miscalculated... because it is actually equivalent to asking each family to patiently cultivate their children before naming them, at least until they are sensible enough to pass the inspection and be awarded the name by the clan elders.
Degree.
Generally speaking, the time when names are given is birthdays. Clan elders in various places will definitely attend the "child's" birthday unless they are really unwell.
If they behave well on their birthday and seem to be wise and sensible, they will be given names by the clan elders. From this day on, they can be considered as one person.
Of course... this kind of rule actually means that the higher the upper class and the more educated you are, the more enlightened you are.
For example, the name Maria was given by the old grandmother; while Dmitry was given by Ivan, of course, and also after the unification of the old grandmother.
Annan is even more powerful...he actually chose his name by himself.
It is only claimed that Grand Duke Ivan named it to him, and Ivan should take the blame. After all, in the Principality of Winter, "Annan" is actually a girl's name. It is pronounced "Anna" and means "mercy".
Today, the Grand Duke named "Mercy" has been regarded by the nobles across the country as the biggest tyrant in the past century because of his previous actions in the North.