When wild animals welcome the arrival of new life, they will naturally build nests suitable for the survival of their cubs. Humans, on the other hand, will pay more attention to "preparation" before the arrival of new life.

Even the poor have to find ways to prepare more fuel for newborns to heat and more food for mothers to stimulate breast milk production. In order to welcome his younger brother or sister, Dussand's first preparation was to build a tank.

It can be seen that Dussander is indeed not an ordinary person.

In addition to the tank, Dussaint also prepared a "gift" for his parents.

"Are you sure?" Polina looked at Dusand stuffing something into the trunk of her car and asked with some amusement, "Are you going to give this thing as a gift to your parents to celebrate their upcoming baby?" ”

"Of course." Dussart pulled himself out of the trunk of the car, wiped the sweat from his head and said, "That's a good thing—that's probably all there is to the Empire." ”

"How can anyone give a mattress?" Polina still didn't understand Dussand's actions, and these two "mattresses" were cut off by Dussand's improvisation.

Researchers in the rubber laboratory are conducting further research on natural rubber. Rubber was an important industrial raw material in the Empire, but the Empire was not very interested in the "improvement" of this material.

The Forestry Department has a rubber tree cultivation program, and after hundreds of years of continuous cultivation, the production of Empire's rubber trees has increased from one ounce per tree per day to four ounces. Thirty of the forty-two colonies are ready to plant rubber forests on a large scale.

Although natural rubber is not very durable, it is cheaper and more abundant. Although it is cumbersome to replace the individual parts, it is not unacceptable.

But Dussand's requirements are different - the tires used in the car cannot be changed once after hundreds of kilometers. Moreover, the use of natural rubber will be affected by the yield after all, and it is not conducive to large-scale use. Therefore, Dussander issued two main directives to the rubber research center.

Research on ways to make natural rubber softer, more wear-resistant and durable, and research on synthetic rubber that can replace natural rubber.

There has been some progress in synthetic rubber, and the products of turpentine pyrolysis are very similar to natural rubber, at least in appearance and some basic properties, after natural oxidation. But this thing is too hard and brittle to compare with natural rubber for the time being.

However, there are ways to make rubber softer and more durable.

The middle-aged man who boiled the rubber in a small pot had already carried out the first batch of trial production, and the method was not very difficult - the tanning preparation used for tanning leather was added to the natural rubber heated over low heat, and then a flexible processed rubber was produced.

This rubber is certainly a failure as an industrial product - it is very soft and less wear-resistant than ordinary natural rubber. You can tear a large piece off of it with your hands.

The prototype was dumped in the corner of the lab by the chemist named Charles. Until Dussaint discovered this goodie.

The raw material of the hot-melt rubber of the tanning agent produced in the trial is two palms thick, and the width is two yols. With the addition of vegetable tanning agents, the rubber itself does not contain heavy metals or other harmful chemicals.

Isn't this a great latex mattress?

Dussander happily took two huge "latex mattresses" and prepared them as gifts for his mother. Polina, on the other hand, suggested that he had better think again.

"This is not a traditional gift for pregnant women in the Empire." Polina sighed and said, "If you want to send it, I suggest you bring at least a little bit of what is traditionally supposed to be given to pregnant women." ”

According to the traditional customs of the Empire, gifts for pregnant women should include a set of tea utensils to wish them peace of mind before giving birth. a pound of honey to wish her a sweet life; More than two pounds of air-dried pork liver is given as a nutritional supplement.

In addition, different colonies also gave birth to different gift-giving habits. In Newsar, for example, it is popular to give balls of dried fish and cribs woven with vines and wool.

Dussand's suggestion to Polina was accepted in its entirety, and it was all paid for by the car factory's dividends anyway, and Dussander was not worried about spending money at all now.

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"Thank you, my good secretary." Androni meets her sweaty son in the flower hall. After seeing the gift he had sent, Androni almost slipped off the stool with a smile.

Dussander looked helpless beside him, and he cautiously advised, "You better be careful, don't scare my sister." ”

"Maybe it's a younger brother." Androni glanced at Dussander and smiled, "You don't have to worry so much, when I was five months pregnant with you, I was still riding with your father." ”

Dusund's anger was immediately on, "Father is too disagreeable, so he can let you ride a horse!" ”

Seeing that Dussander gradually had a tendency to be a little stunned, Androni quickly changed the topic, "Since you are so worried about me, can you consider arranging my later work so much?" ”

"Of course." Dussander promised, "Starting tomorrow, I will limit the number of guests you need to meet to no more than eight......"

When he said this, Dussaint was actually a little weak-hearted. Androni needs a break, but her job doesn't disappear in a vacuum. In order for her to be able to give birth with peace of mind, the extra work will have to be taken over by Dusander.

The damned district representatives, the greedy businessmen who want a piece of the bill, and the stupid idiots who think they can dictate the House of Commons with a lowly title of nobility will rush to Dussander and spit on them.

Well, maybe that's better for Androni's health.

"It's still a lot." Androni picked up the teacup and took a sip, the black tea inside had been replaced with a milder sweet mint tea.

"Five." Dussaint gritted his teeth and stomped his feet, "No more than five, I will try to control the people you need to meet to about three." ”

"Looks like you really care about your brother." Androni smiled a little playfully, "You're fifteen years older than him, and some civilians have been fathers by the time they're fifteen. ”

"You're going to ask me next, when are you going to be grandma, right?" Dusand knew exactly what Androni was going to say next, and he jumped up from his stool, "It's not time yet, wait......"

“…… Wait until everything is on track. Androni said the rest of Dussand's words, and then put her hand on her chin and said helplessly, "I'm not in a hurry to be a grandmother, after all, I don't want to take care of my grandson when I am only a few years old." But beloved, you know—women can't wait long. ”

"If Lorraine feels impatient, she'll come and let me know." Dussaint shook his head and said, "There must be a slap in the face that came with her notification letter, and I will definitely not miss such an important reminder." ”

"She's such a good girl, then." "Women don't like to tell men what they're thinking, we like to have people guess." ”

Dusunder silently raised his head to look at his mother, and asked with his eyes, "Shouldn't I guess next?" ”

"Your father is so much cuter than you are now when he looks confused." Androni pinched Dussand's face, and some tiny fluff was growing on his face. She lowered her hand and said, "Go ahead, I guess you have some other work to do?" ”

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"Mother asked me to give it to you." After gently wiping the non-existent sauce from the corner of her mouth with a white handkerchief, Lorraine took the initiative to speak, and handed a letter to Dussand.

Having dinner with her at Lorraine's home is one of the things Dusand "must" do every week. Although up to now, Lorraine and him have still not made a clear marriage contract, but the parents of both parties have maintained a considerable degree of "tacit understanding" on this matter.

It was only a matter of time before the two decided on the next wedding date.

And every time Dussart came to his fiancée's house for dinner, as was customary, Lorraine's parents would always be very busy "just right", so they could not eat with the two young people at home.

Dusson took a look at the letter, the envelope had been opened, and the cover of the letter showed that the sender was "Hall Wharton" from Olein.

Dusson asked Lorraine with his eyes, and then got permission to "take it apart and take a look". He pulled out two pieces of letter paper from his envelope and began to read them.

The writer recounts, in a very "high-class" tone, some of Olin's recent anecdotes, and then writes, "My master was very interested in a small 'creation' that had recently taken place in Newsal, and he was interested in some interesting and useful details of the Belford Automatic Automobile Works." Did the Belford family in Olin take a stake in this interesting company? ”

"My owner is very interested in the products of this company, if you can, please buy one on your behalf, and the check from Olympus Royal Bank is enclosed."

Dussaint glanced at the envelope and found two rectangular pieces of paper inside that were clean and straight.

The first one came from the Royal Bank of Olin, and the name of the issuer was "Hall Wharton", and the amount on it was 800 gold pounds.

The second chapter came from the Colonial Hall Bank of Newsal, issued by "Winsall Phiplins", and was also in the amount of 800 gold pounds.

"Mother said that Mr. Wharton of Olin was an important friend of theirs." Lorraine explained aptly, "The car ordered by the Navy costs less than 450 gold pounds, but this Mr. Wharton and his 'master' are of noble status, and ordinary cars are probably not enough to satisfy them. So, my father signed another cheque for £800. ”

"Understood." Dussaint slipped the check into his pocket, "The highest class sedan." ”

"Oh yes, and my share." Lorraine drew a circle in mid-air with her slender fingers, "Please change the name of the part of the shareholder register that belongs to me to 'Hall Wharton'." ”

Dussand's looked up in some surprise, "Are you sure?" Your share of dividends will be at least 10,000 gold pounds this year. ”

"Sure." Lorraine nodded, then whispered, "Believe me, this dividend can bring us far more than 10,000 gold pounds." ”

Hey~ (Today's second watch will be released before five o'clock in the evening)