Harry Potter Morning Light

Chapter 1328 The eel under the stone
After the signing of the Treaty of Lunéville, André Masséna was finally free for a while, and he was also among the guests attending the opening ceremony of the canal this time.

Pierre-Francis-Charles Augereau is now in charge of commanding the Dutch army and cannot come, but he sent a gift-the authentic "Girl with a Pearl Earring", which is now hanging on the wall of the Louvre Napoleon returned a replica to Holland.

In 1800, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was assigned to command the Western Corps to prevent the landing of British warships. In June, it was found out that it was just a rebellion by the royalist party. The base camp of this royalist party was on an island, Lalo Shfuko Leoncourt was less about suppressing the rebels than about capitulating.

The British pound plummeted in Spain and Hamburg because of the defeat in the Portuguese war. Neither nobles nor businessmen were in favor of raising income taxes, and British gold and silver were appreciating.

A British magazine once declared: Even if the humane and laudable policy of starving the French could not be carried out, it might be a good idea to try to make peace to prevent our people from starving.

Without British financial support, the royalists could not form an army, and the rest could only carry out some terrorist activities.

But what most puzzled Lucien Bonaparte was why the British knew that Saint-Cyr was the commander of the Orange War.

Saint-Cyr had left Paris in February to serve as a diplomat in Madrid, and no one knew what military mission he was carrying.

The French Navy's Eastern Fleet was destroyed, and there were other navies, not to mention the task of these navies was to bring the French Army ashore and attack Lisbon.

Saint-Cyr got the nickname of "uncooperative bed partner" during his tenure in the Army of the Rhine. Godoy was anxious to attack, but there was no movement from the commander-in-chief Saint-Cyr, so the impatient former prime minister I issued the order without authorization and let the army attack first.

Unexpectedly, Godoy, who was originally a feint attack, turned into a real attack. Although the British Army had the same "fame" as the French Navy, it did not have no resistance at all.

After hitting Olivenza, Lucien was afraid that he would be trapped by the enemy and enter the hinterland and be besieged, so he stopped.

Lucien usually has a cynical temperament, with a contemptuous smile on his mouth, and he does some seemingly absurd things, which can easily make people think that he is the kind of dandy who gained power by relying on Napoleon's relationship.

In July 1799, he and Joseph supported Bernadotte to become the Minister of War. The meticulous Bernadotte suspected that there was a conspiracy in this matter. After working for two months, he resigned in September 7 and returned to the army. In the middle, on the eve of the Brumaire coup, Bernadotte rejected Napoleon's solicitation.

If the Anglo-French peace talks are successful, then the Western Legion may be disbanded, and Bernadotte will also be idle.

Spain gave up Louisiana, and Portugal also gave up a colony in the Americas. Napoleon was hesitant about which general to send to the Americas. His favorite candidate was Bernadotte, but only if the peace talks were successful.

When making pies with the canned cherries that Lucien sent, Georgiana probably understood how the family got along.

She was eager to add something to the pie now, such as a poison that was not lethal but would surely make the Corsican dwarf miserable for days.

The first love is the mortal enemy of the hybrid Veela, no matter how beautiful she is, she is still no match for a human girl.

But even if she got angry again, she still didn't do that. After talking about her first love at the age of 16, the military school boy who hid under the tree in the heavy rain embarked on a thorny road. His hands were no longer clean. Goodbye to a pure life up.

She is a compassionate person, her brain kicks into overdrive after controlling her emotions, Corsicans have strong family values, having Bernadotte as Minister of War is like Lucien giving canned cherries to let her Making pies is like a temptation. Under the premise of maintaining the ruling power of the Bonaparte family, the brothers don't care about messing around with Napoleon, but it is absolutely impossible for them to be so close to the Weasley brothers.

How did Letizia Bonaparte produce such a bunch of children.

She was terribly upset, not just by the cherry pie, but by the crisis at hand, out of nowhere, and the problem of having a baby.

She will definitely not allow herself to become a reproductive machine, but the problem of Napoleon's heir is in front of her eyes. A hen that cannot lay eggs will be killed and eaten. Divorce exists in monogamy, but there is no such problem in polygamy.

In ancient China, the system of monogamy and multiple concubines was actually practiced. Tang Minghuang's first wife, Wang Ling, was abolished because of her infertility. She shared the pain and sorrow with Tang Minghuang.At that time, he wanted to make Concubine Wu Hui, the niece and grand-niece who gave birth to the birthday king Wu Zetian, as the queen, but was strongly opposed by the ministers. During the court defense, he even said the words "the hatred of parents is irreconcilable".He did not make another queen in the end, even when Yang Yuhuan was favored again, he did not make her a queen.

No matter how much Josephine did, in the eyes of outsiders, she was also a French woman. It was fine for Georgiana, an English woman, to be a "bed partner". They would not accept it when she became a queen.

After one understands one's position, some problems can be looked at naturally. On the premise of not becoming a "queen", it is useless to hold a wedding extravagantly and luxuriously.

Mr. Martin is afraid that Georgiana will become the second Joan of Arc. She feels that she is a light-year away from becoming Joan of Arc. Right now, there is really a "Saint", the one who rescued her with a glass of warm blood wine in prison. Miss Sombreuil who lost her father.

That was the ugliest and most sympathetic scene of the Great Revolution. Those old nobles died pitifully, but their old system really needed to be overthrown.

The famous painting of the Raft of the Medusa came to her mind, a helpless sailor standing on a hill of corpses, holding a red cloth and waving.She will never allow the nobles who abandoned their soldiers and fled for their lives to regain power.

They are the kind of people who can't see the facts clearly and only hope to regain power and enjoy the glory and wealth. They will not be as frugal in meals and dresses as Napoleon.

She competed with Bonaparte to see who could last longer, but she lost. Hufflepuff likes food very much, but he can't waste food in times of famine.

With the excuse of treating guests, she was finally able to not restrain herself so much, and cooked a table of more luxurious dishes, and other people in the kitchen did not look at her critically.

The French do not eat freshwater fish in the river. Many people think that freshwater fish feed on spoiled food in the bottom mud, and the meat quality is not as "pure" as sea fish. Georgiana does not want to change this.

The French would say "this woman is uglier than a tuna" when they joked, or "open a pair of codfish-like surprised eyes" when they were surprised.

Life is not just about eating, but also having fun. Eating French food requires a beautiful environment, and there will be fish in the river to balance it.

Smelling the smell of food, she began to recall the last time she had a picnic by the canal. She actually liked seeing Napoleon in that gray overcoat.

"Miss!" Sophie suddenly shouted behind her, almost scaring the spoon out of her hand.

"Surprised and what are you doing?" she said, patting her heart.

Sophie smiled slyly, "The guest is here, **** asked me to call you, what were you thinking just now?"

She didn't want to pay attention to this maid who was not big or small, she untied her apron and went back to where the "master" should be.

Lucien was entertaining guests in the concert hall, and there were not many guests. There were five people in total, including Uvral, who came uninvited. Although the two were dressed as rich men, they showed a military temperament. Perhaps a representative of the Royal Navy.

They were chatting, and when they saw Georgiana coming, they immediately complimented her. In addition to her "amazing beauty", she also had "extraordinary wisdom". The unpublished booklet was used by many university libraries Bookmarked, it can be used as a reference material for emergency rescue in times of famine in the future.

One of them, who hadn't spoken much, looked to be in his forties, with a bushy beard and a light gray silk coat that gave him the air of an elegant scholar.

The characteristic of British men is that they stand up straight, and when they stare at a woman, they seem to be full of affection, but they don’t take the initiative to approach her, but keep a social distance. This is completely different from French men who get close when they find an opportunity of.

"Let me introduce, this gentleman is Thomas Granit." Lucien introduced to Georgiana.

"Hi, Mr. Granit." She said in English, holding out her hand for the other to kiss the back of her hand.

"It's an honor to meet you, Miss Georgiana." Granit said in fluent French.

Granite means perseverance and granite in English, and the city of Aberdeen, where the Earl of Aberdeen is located, happens to be called the City of Granite.

Old William Pitt was the Earl of Chatham, and his eldest son John inherited the title and estate. His second son, William Pitt Jr., could only receive an annual income of 300 pounds, but when Old Pitt passed away, John was due to overseas missions , Pete Jr. assumed the responsibility of the main mourner.

In 1781, Pitt Jr. entered politics, advocating reconciliation with the United States.

He is proficient in finance. After he came to power, he adjusted the commodity tax rate and national debt, and dealt with government corruption. Within a few years, he made up for the deficit of Britain during the War of Independence.

When he became Prime Minister at the age of 24, there was a popular short poem that satirized Pitt's becoming Prime Minister as "entrusting the country to a schoolboy".

Napoleon became a general at the age of 27, and his ability was once questioned, but he used his record to make all doubts disappear.

After Pitt came to power, he carried out administrative reforms, reduced government spending, and signed a free trade treaty with France. At the same time, in order to reduce France's influence, he concluded alliances with various countries on the European continent.

Thomas Pitt smuggled a diamond from India and Pakistan out of the mine by hiding it in the thigh of a slave.Later the slave revealed the secret to an English captain and offered to split the price of the diamond equally.

During the journey, the captain called the slave and asked him to take out the diamond to have a look. The slave complied, and then the captain pushed the slave into the deep sea while the slave was not paying attention.

After the ship docked, the captain sold it to the businessman Jim Cunde for 20000 marks. After getting the money, the captain quickly squandered it and owed a lot of debts. Finally, he was forced to hang himself and died.

Thomas Pitt, the British Governor of Madras, bought the diamond from Jim Cunde for 32 francs and named it "Pete" diamond, because the governor of this huge diamond became "Diamond Pete". ", this Diamond Pitt became the earliest person in the Pitt family to become famous.

In 1702, Thomas Pitt hid the diamond in the heel of his eldest son Robert, and shipped it to London with the merchant ship "Bedford", where it was cut by jeweler Joseph Cooper.

Due to the high price of diamonds, many European royal families were deterred. After the death of Louis XIV, his five-year-old great-grandson ascended the French throne, with Isaac Abendina, Duke of Orleans, as regent.In order to declare his authority, Abendina spent 13.5 francs to buy the diamond and named it the "Regent" diamond. At that time, because the diamond was too big to sell, Joseph carried out a second cut. The one that looks like a shield is the Regent Diamond, and the rest of the smaller diamonds were purchased by Peter the Great.At Louis XV's coronation, the "Regent" diamond was set in his crown.

During the French Revolution, the "Prince Regent" diamond was stolen along with other French jewels and disappeared for a long time.

Paris uncovered a criminal ring producing counterfeit money, one of whom confessed to being involved in the theft of the "Regent" jewels, and later wrote a letter in which the Paris police found the diamonds and other jewels according to his description. hiding place.

Due to financial constraints, the Directory mortgaged the "Regent" to Berlin's wealthy businessman Treslav. After Napoleon came to power, he redeemed it and inlaid it on the hilt of his sword.

Normally Napoleon would not carry the gem-encrusted sword. The "Regency" pom-pom was not tied to anyone but him. Georgiana lent it to Uvral as a token, but the pom-pom is not there now. In his hands, Uvral did not return to Georgiana.

Although the struggle for hegemony between Britain and France began in the early 18th century, this war has lasted for 15 years. During the war, the free trade treaty was of course abolished.

When it comes to talented men, she has an almost acute instinct.

After withdrawing her hand, she tried to avoid making eye contact with Mr. Granit, and walked to Lucien's side.

"Lunch is ready, gentlemen," she said to them in a hostess manner. "Or do you want to chat a little longer?"

"I'm starving to death." Lucien said brazenly to the British representatives, "Are you hungry?"

"Thank you for your hospitality, may I ask what is the main course today?" Granit asked elegantly.

"Steak," said Georgiana enthusiastically. "I cook it the English way. I miss home."

"How about we eat fish next time?" Lucien said to the crowd, "I think you will definitely want to try French food when you are in a foreign country."

The Brits kept smiling but didn't speak, but they should have figured out what the "main course" was.

"Come with me." Georgiana said cheerfully, leading the group of "big shots" to the restaurant.

(End of this chapter)