Chapter 10 Social Terror
At noon, Alexander did not let George go back and left George to have lunch in the Winter Palace.
The mean queen Maria was also present. In front of Alexander, Maria did not target George, as if she did not see him, and completely regarded George as an invisible person.
Alexander was very concerned about the children's learning progress and asked questions with great interest.
Georgi was indeed very smart. Although there were a few mistakes, he still recited the Hugo that Lanson talked about today.
Nikolai's face turned red, he scratched his ears and cheeks, looked left and right, and muttered for a long time without memorizing a single word.
George said confidently without blushing, "No!"
That's right.
George's outstanding performance immediately won the grateful eyes of the last Tsar.
"The professor said that Uncle George has finished watching "Les Misérables", and Uncle George is so awesome——" The little boy acted like a monster again, and Lanson really used George's excellence to inspire Nikolai and Georgi. With.
Alexander was not surprised. There were only a few members of the royal family, and a trivial matter could spread throughout St. Petersburg in half an hour. George's language talent had been praised by Ya Er many times on different occasions. Like Ya Er, he was outstanding. Famous language genius.
Fortunately, George has no right to inherit the throne.
"French is too difficult, I don't like learning French-" Nicholas didn't mean any harm, it was just a simple expression of emotion, but this further confirmed George's reputation as a genius.
"If you don't learn French, what will you do when you visit France in the future?" Alexander guided patiently, seemingly inadvertently giving George a look to let George understand for himself.
George's heart was clear, this is homework.
The crown prince doesn't have to leave homework, so George can't be lazy.
George is the companion prepared by Alexander for Nicholas. Is it so easy for you to get your salary as a duke?
“Looking for a translator!” the little kid answered habitually, and also won Nikolai’s grateful gaze.
The gratitude of the future Tsar is worthless.
Alexander sighed deeply, feeling powerless sweeping through his body.
George did not speak, but carefully cut the steak on the plate in front of him into small pieces, and controlled the knife not to touch the plate to avoid making a harsh sound.
Otherwise you will really laugh out loud.
But at the same time, I am also secretly alert.
The little boy is reckless, but he is not stupid. Although he made a fool of himself, he also saved Nikolai.
Now the two guardians of the future tsar, one on the left and one on the right, finally arrived.
"I've finished eating. You guys can enjoy it slowly--" Maria was too lazy to watch the poor performances of the masters. She got up and went upstairs to change clothes and prepare to attend the dance party in the evening.
Don’t look at it. It’s still early. Go upstairs, take a shower, put on makeup, pick out clothes, and match them with suitable jewelry and shoes. It’s almost enough time to finish all these. Otherwise, what should I do with so much boring time? To kill.
George is not boring, and his schedule is very tight. In addition to reading in the Hermitage, George has already begun physical training to prepare for joining the Guards.
Every Grand Duke of the Russian Empire must serve as an intern in the Guards for a period of time before and after reaching adulthood. This is a royal tradition.
The purpose of interning in the Guards is to inspire the martial spirit of the princes, and of course there are benefits.
When the Grand Dukes join the Guards, they will definitely not start as soldiers, but directly as officers.
Officers are paid. Although the salary is insignificant to the princes who already have a generous income, who would dislike the hot ruble. The salary of low-level officers is indeed not high, but if you reach the level of military region commander, your income is still considerable.
After Alexander ascends the throne, he will automatically become the Grand Marshal of the Russian Army and Navy, with an annual salary of 50,000 rubles.
Most of the grand dukes serve as commanders of military regions after they reach adulthood, with an annual salary of about 40,000 rubles.
It should be noted that after the princes serve as commanders of military regions, they do not even need to take office. They only need to register their names, and their annual salary will be automatically transferred to their accounts.
So the military position is a great advantage for the members of the royal family.
As a Duke, George will also serve in the Guards in the future.
George has also longed for the famous Guards for a long time.
The Guards, also known as the Imperial Guard, was founded in 1700. The officers are all hereditary nobles. It consists of three infantry divisions, three cavalry divisions, three artillery brigades, and one brigade of snipers. composition.
As the most elite force in the Russian Empire, the Guards have a very high status in Russia and have strong combat effectiveness. Most of the Guards are stationed around St. Petersburg. Only one infantry division and one cavalry division are located in Moscow.
Given George's age, it will take several years before he can join the Guards.
But George is now Nicholas's companion. Nicholas will be 14 years old in a few days, and it will only be a year or two before he joins the Guards. George needs to prepare in advance. OK.
George does not want to wait until he reaches adulthood before joining the Guards. It is best to go with Nicholas, so that George can use Nicholas as a bunker. If the sky falls, the crown prince will hold it up.
Although George is four years younger than Nicholas, George is about the same height as Nicholas.
The two of them are similar in stature. By Russian standards, not only are they as skinny as a chick, they can also be described as frail.
George suffered enough from poor health in his last life, and he will definitely need to exercise more in this life.
By 1917, even if he ran away, George could run a little faster than others.
There were no classes in the afternoon at the Winter Palace. Nicholas and Georgi invited George to play at Peter's house. George refused decisively. He did not know Peter and was not familiar with them.
This Peter is Peter Alexandrovich, Prince of Oldenburg, who is the same age as Nicholas. In 1901, Nicholas’s youngest sister, the sixth princess of Asia, Olga, married Peter.
The sixth princess is not here yet, she will be born next year.
“Are you afraid of social interaction?” Georgi finally found George’s weakness. The little boy kicked his nose and face, and stopped even calling him uncle.
“Yes, I have a bit of social anxiety.” George admitted decisively. Social anxiety was very good. George needed a suitable reason to refuse invalid social interactions.
As a Duke, if George likes to socialize, there will be endless balls and ballets waiting for him.
Princes like Peter didn’t even have a name. It can be said that they didn’t leave any traces in history. George was not interested in socializing like this, so he might as well spend his time exercising.
Speaking of exercise, George now finally understands why some people say exercise is addictive.
In his last life, George bought a lot of dumbbells, balance support boards, sit-up boards, treadmills and the like in order to exercise.
The dumbbells were thrown into the corner after being used only once, the sit-up board was left gathering dust after being used twice, the treadmill ended up being a clothes drying rack, and the balance support board was not even unpacked.
Perfectly explains what it means for poor students to have too much stationery.
In this life, George finally realized the sense of accomplishment and happiness brought by physical exercise. It felt as good as if he had been a scumbag for ten thousand years and suddenly scored double hundred in the exam.
(End of this chapter)