Life of Being a Crown Prince in France-Chapter 1498 - 1404: An Electrical Breakthrough 20 Years Ahead of Its Time

Chapter 1498: Chapter 1404: An Electrical Breakthrough 20 Years Ahead of Its Time

Joseph explained to his father:

"Actually, even if someone with malicious intent sneaks into the House of Representatives, or even becomes the Speaker, the harm is completely within controllable range."

Louis XVI, not very familiar with the bicameral system, immediately looked at him curiously.

Joseph continued: "On the surface, members of parliament can participate in legislation, set tax rates, and even form special committees to question any event, but they actually cannot directly manage any national affairs. That is the job of professional bureaucrats. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"And all civil servants must go through training at the Royal School of Administrative Management and are only responsible to specific administrative departments. For example, diplomats are always people of the Foreign Ministry, and the House of Representatives can hardly influence them."

Louis XVI nodded thoughtfully.

Joseph walked between several court guards through the door of the Petit Trianon Palace, and continued: "Actually, you don’t need to worry at all, the House of Representatives not only won’t endanger national stability but will assist in government governance—

"If ministers only stay in Versailles, they can never think of all the problems happening in every corner of the country.

"At this time, members of parliament from various provinces will propose various bills, at least making the problems visible..."

A maid standing next to the corridor curtsied to the two of them: "Your Majesty, Your Highness. Her Majesty the Queen is in the tea room."

As soon as she finished speaking, Joseph heard a slight clinking of tableware from upstairs, seemingly from the direction of the tea room.

He exchanged a glance with his father and quickened his pace.

By the door of the tea room, the Countess of Debeninac curtsied loudly: "Your Majesty, His Majesty the King and His Highness the Crown Prince have arrived."

When she pushed the door open, Joseph saw his mother holding a teacup, but her expression was clearly unnatural.

He stepped forward, greeted her, and then smiled: "I seem to smell, hmm, the scent of cream cake."

Queen Mary immediately widened her eyes in surprise: "Darling, your nose is so sensitive?!"

Joseph glanced at the cream crumbs on the tea cup mat, overly exaggeratedly nodding vigorously.

Like a child who made a mistake, Queen Mary took out most of a cherry cake from a drawer beside her and whispered: "Well, I really just ate a little bit."

The Countess of Debeninac quickly added from the side: "Your Highness, this is a healthy cake supervised by Mr. Karem."

The so-called healthy cake means it contains no cane sugar, only fructose and almond flour, making it a "reduced sugar version" cake.

Queen Mary shyly looked at her husband and son: "I was just a bit hungry... I promise this is the only time."

Joseph had repeatedly reminded her that even a fructose cake must not be eaten too much, otherwise it could completely destroy her pancreas.

Joseph, however, pushed the spoon next to the cake toward his mother’s side, gently comforting her: "This piece of cake isn’t too large, if you want to eat, go ahead, it’s okay."

"Really?"

Joy flashed in Queen Mary’s eyes, then she heard her son say: "Later, our exercise time will increase by 40 minutes, completely offsetting its impact."

"Oh, my Holy Mother Mary..."

Queen Mary hesitated for two seconds, still picked up the spoon, and instructed the Countess of Debeninac: "Armande, please bring some dessert for His Majesty the King and Joseph too."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Queen Mary enjoyed a bite of the cake, only then noticed two strangers standing at the door, quickly looked at Joseph and said: "Dear, why didn’t you tell me you brought some guests?"

"Oh, right," Joseph gestured to the two, "They are Knight Coulomb and Mr. Ford. Oh, you two, please come in."

The Cullen family holds the hereditary title of "Saint Louis Knight," so in formal occasions he is addressed as Knight.

The two quickly entered the room and respectfully saluted the Queen: "Honorable Queen, His Highness the Crown Prince has us prepare a special gift for you."

"Oh? What is it?" Queen Mary smiled and glanced at her son, "I’m really looking forward to it."

"A recently completed invention by the Royal Third Laboratory, I want to give it to you."

Actually, Joseph was worried that his mother might feel bad because of illness, so he always tried to find all kinds of interesting gadgets to distract her.

It just so happened that Cullen and Volta submitted their latest experimental results the day before yesterday, so he had them demonstrate it at the Petit Trianon Palace.

Two electricity masters and assistants struggled to carry a glass "fish tank" into the tea room, then began connecting a lot of copper wires, wrapping them with sheepskin.

After preparing everything, Cullen pointed at the button on the table connected to the copper wire and respectfully said to Queen Mary: "Your Majesty, please press this and give it a try."

The latter saw her son also giving a look of encouragement, and only then carefully pressed the wooden button.

In an instant, a loud "ding-ding-ding" sound came from outside the door, startling Queen Mary to immediately raise her hand.

The sound stopped abruptly.

She tried pressing the button again, and the bell rang immediately.

She looked at Cullen in amazement: "It’s amazing, what is this?"

"An electric bell, Your Majesty." Cullen bowed and said, "When you press this button, the current from the stacked batteries flows to an external coil through the copper wire.

"The coil then generates magnetism, attracting an iron rod to strike the bell.

"When the iron rod hits the bell, it pulls open the copper wire, causing the coil’s magnetism to disappear, and the spring pushes the iron rod back to its original position, the copper wire connects again, creating attraction to strike the bell.

"This repeats continually so the bell keeps ringing."

Queen Mary was so shocked that she couldn’t close her mouth: "God, it’s practically magical!"

The Countess of Debeninac thought of the use for this thing: "Your Majesty, in future whenever you need to instruct me, you just need to lightly press the button."

In the past, the Queen needed to shake a bell to summon the maids, sometimes she might not hear it when outside. Now the bell is directly installed in the corridor, as long as one isn’t deaf they won’t miss it.

Louis XVI, extremely interested, also came over and asked Cullen: "How far can this thing control a bell?"

Cullen quickly said: "If you are willing, you can place the bell in the Louvre, Your Majesty."

Upon hearing this, Joseph shook his head quietly, given the voltage of Volta’s battery, at most 300 meters away, wire resistance would consume all the current.

But Louis XVI was excited, continuously nodding: "I hope you can install this kind of electric bell in all the halls of the Palace of Versailles!

"Oh, I think this year’s Supreme Louis Award in Physics will surely be awarded to the two of you."

Cullen and Volta simultaneously looked at Joseph, "Actually, Your Majesty, all of this is thanks to the guidance of His Highness the Crown Prince."