Harry Potter Morning Light

Chapter 1473 "Dear Wife"

When Georgiana was traveling in Venice, she visited the island of Torcello. There is an important scenic spot on the island, which is the throne of the Huns. It is said that when Attila led the Huns to conquer Europe in the fifth century, he was on that stone. sat on the throne.

But Venice in the fifth century was still a fishing village, and Attila had no need to lead an army to attack there. On the contrary, Paris was really besieged by Attila.

At that time the city was not called Paris, but Rome of Gaul.Attila did not enter the city. At that time, Rome in Gaul had already had a very strong city wall, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack. So he destroyed the path leading to Rome, intending to cut off the food supply in the city, so that the city would not be attacked. self-defeating.

This siege lasted for ten years. Starting in 476, Childeric I said that his heavily protected military camp was stationed on the right bank of the Seine, and he built a tall tower to monitor every move in the city.The citizens of Paris are accustomed to this threat from outside the city, and live in fear and hunger without a sense of security every day.

This situation made Genevieve feel very unfortunate. At that time, the legendary story of this miracle saint was circulated in Paris. It is said that as long as she puts the holy water after her reduction under her eyes, she can make her blind mother see again. , giving health to the sick, and resurrecting a boy who unfortunately fell into a well.

Geneviève belonged to the wealthy class in Paris, but for her money was something outside her body.At that time, there were no monasteries open to women, so the young girl had to wear a veil that symbolized purity, live like ordinary people, and practiced and prayed with them.

When all the citizens were surrounded by fear, only Geneviève kept a clear mind. She asked all the female citizens of Paris to pray with her and describe to her the story of Esther, a Persian in the Bible. Women, with prayer and fasting, saved all the Jews who were about to suffer disaster.

The men, who watched her behavior with sneers, thought it more practical to leave the city, were angered by Geneviève's argument with them, and they were about to throw her into a well when Paris' agents The bishop came to the city, and he rescued Geneviève from the excited people.

The place where the acting bishop and the angry people of Paris met later built a chapel and then a cathedral, the Saint-Germain d'Auxerre cathedral, which is located in the first arrondissement of Paris, right next to the Louvre On the opposite side, it became the burial place of the nobles of the Merovingian dynasty.

Under the regulation of the acting bishop, the calm citizens of Paris began to think about countermeasures, and a resistance team was quickly established. So when the whole city was dying of hunger, the deaconess decided to take the team out of the city. Go get help.

All the roads were destroyed and impassable, so Geneviève and her team had to go out along the river, but the river was also blocked, so Genevieve dug up the rotten smell with an axe. , The sailors on the ship were stunned, they thought the saint had defeated the rotten monster.

After arriving in Champagne, Geneviève drew a cross on the local official's wife and cured her of many years of illness. With her help, Geneviève obtained a lot of food, and she carried a fully loaded ship The team returned to Paris.

But the voyage was not peaceful. The saint guided the temporary crew members while praying, letting them sing carols while rowing, and finally arrived in Paris safely.

Back in the city, Geneviève distributed the wheat equally to everyone as needed, and for the poor who did not have stoves and firewood, she would bake bread and give them to them.

Later, Attila, unable to attack for a long time, turned to attack Orleans. It is believed that it was not the king's army, but the piety of the saint who drove away the barbarians.Napoleon claimed to be Attila of Venice. At that time, Georgiana was still secretly making fun of the arrogant little man. Now that the saint has "appeared", she couldn't help but get serious.

St. Genevieve is the patron saint of Paris, especially the guardian of health and food. After her death in 502, she was buried in the church of St. Peter and St. Paul.The founding king of Frank, Clovis, and his wife were buried here. She was used to praying in this church, and the path she walked became St. Genevieve Mountain Road. Named after Mount Yev.

A plague of "burning disease" in 12th-century Paris stopped when the relics of St. Geneviève were publicly paraded.

In 1636, St. Genevieve’s College was established. Its main function is to care for the sick and educate young girls. In the 18th century, Louis XV was seriously ill. During his illness, he prayed to the patron saint of Paris and made a wish if he came back alive. , must build a more magnificent church dedicated to her.Then there was a miracle, Louis XV came back to life, after a long period of preparation, he laid the foundation stone on Saint-Genevieve Hill in 1764, and the new cathedral was completed in 1790, but the French Revolution broke out a year later, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were beheaded, priests were killed everywhere, churches were destroyed, and the bones of Saint Geneviève were burned and the ashes were thrown into the Seine.

Fortunately, the cathedral was not destroyed by fanatical crowds. European churches already had basements to bury saints. This part was ready-made. After the Constitutional Assembly, the parliament decided to change it from a church to a ancestral hall for storing the ashes of national celebrities—— The first occupants of the Pantheon were Mirabeau and Voltaire.

Georgiana does not believe that drawing the cross can cure diseases, just as scientists and doctors never believe that wizards can cure diseases by waving a "little stick", or like Napoleon, they do not believe that doctors can cure all diseases. He believed that the habit of cleanliness and sanitation could prevent plague epidemics.

He has seen the Black Death and knows its damage to people's spirit. Even if he is cured, people will become negative and pessimistic.

Many priests in the Middle Ages were brave. They dared to take care of those black dead patients who were unwilling to touch their relatives, but urban hygiene and personal hygiene were extremely bad.The Roman emperor liked to demolish and build. During the reign of Nero, there was a fire in Rome. Many people believed that the fire was set by Nero because he wanted to expand the palace. However, the periphery of the palace in the capital was full of Roman residents, so it was almost difficult to start construction.

Napoleon wondered how he would feel if he knew that he was engaged in public works, provided employment opportunities for the people, and brought clean water into Paris's water conservancy projects, and was scolded as Nero.

After the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Pyramid were repaired, some people liked it and some people criticized it badly. Georgiana didn't like the Eiffel Tower.

Some people like the Roman aqueduct to divert water, and some people think it destroys the architectural style of Paris. That row is buried underground.No, so the project stops here.

The rich can drink mineral water and soda water, and the poor can drink the polluted Seine water. Sooner or later malaria or other plagues will break out. Death will not divide the rich and the poor. Those who opposed the project ran away. Who is responsible in the end? to bear?
Overhaul and construction will definitely involve demolition and compensation. Napoleon encountered it in Cairo. He diverted the water from the San Martin Canal to the Bagan Canal and sent it to thousands of households. It is also possible to establish a water company, and the laying of pipelines also requires digging the surface. Paris The streets here are intricate, and some places are very crowded, and the issue of demolition is also involved. She wants to see how the opposition will solve it.

Even if you want to object, you must come up with a practical and feasible plan, instead of aiming at knocking down the opponent.

Georgiana was indeed poisoned. Fouche found foxglove leaves from the teapot. This plant is very common in flower beds. It is a medicine and a poison at the same time. A little more can slow down the heart rate and cause sudden death.

Napoleon didn't go to her very often, and he didn't drink black tea, he drank coffee, so the murder was most likely aimed at her.

What did she do that someone wanted her life?
Strangely enough, Georgiana did not believe that Josephine had done it, although she had absolutely every possible motive and opportunity.

Josephine would personally or send her female companions to separate the women surrounding the "little corporal leader". What she really wanted to do was to steal the limelight from her "first lady" in a formal diplomatic occasion An Italian opera star, and what she thought of was the unrealistic method of witchcraft.

Her greenhouse and nursery will not have such common garden plants as foxglove, which are usually cherished flowers and plants. Provoking a "harem" battle will indeed distract Napoleon, but Georgiana intends to keep it low-key.

The monster mentality of maintaining a semblance of reason at critical moments reappeared. The peace between Britain and France is extremely fragile. The peace treaty is just a piece of paper that can be torn up at any time, or covered with a black veil.

Although Barbados is Portuguese, which means a place full of fig trees, it actually belongs to the United Kingdom and has been since 1625.

So her fellow Englishmen made a joke of her, or made a mistake, saying that this island belongs to Portugal, and the Portuguese regent is willing to lend the land to the French, provided that Lisbon becomes a free port?
Henry VIII declared in the "Act of Appeal" that the mainland of England is an empire with all the dignity and wealth of the imperial throne. The parliament emphasized the independence of the royal power and the religious power in the mainland of England, which is only the independent sovereignty of "the mainland of England" , rather than a claim to power over lands outside England, the constitutional relationship between the Homelands and the Dominions constituted the central constitutional issue of the British Empire.

The colony is not a part of the mainland of the kingdom, but it has been constitutionally subordinate to the supreme authority of the kingdom since its inception, and attached to the territorial system. Colonial territories, especially the Massachusetts Bay area, have always been fiefdoms of the British Empire.

If the United Kingdom wanted to seek compensation from the United States, it would also claim compensation in the name of the owner of the fief, not in the name of the Parliament. The situation is similar to Ceylon, which is the "fiefdom of the crown" of the Duke of Orange.

In 1650 Parliament passed an act prohibiting trade with Barbados, Virginia, and other plantations.

Under the premise of agreeing to abide by the British Constitution, there is still a difference between "crown territories" and compliance with various laws, orders, and regulations enacted and promulgated by the Parliament, let alone Santo Domingo's own constitution.

Being in power for life is almost self-proclaimed king. There are many privileged cities and boroughs in the UK, and they all have the right to formulate subsidiary legislation that restricts themselves. Marrying a wizard is an American law that cannot be bound by the United Kingdom. Minerva can marry her Muggle boyfriend Doug like her mother, but she used the American law on herself, which led to her First love ended in failure.

What prevents British Muggles and wizards from marrying is an unwritten custom, and if it is not written, it can be disobeyed.

Dusan Luqueville wanted to make Santo Domingo independent and possibly hereditary, he just happened to meet a Bonaparte who wanted to restore slavery to help him, Napoleon continued to insist on slavery, the French The other colonies will also become independent one after another, and this overseas colony will be the same as if it has not been taken back, so Lucian will oppose him so fiercely.

The Regent of Portugal obeys the authority of the United Kingdom. Amiens and Joly clearly stated that Portugal maintains its autonomy. Portugal has its own laws to restrict itself, but the free port and trade laws must follow the laws of other countries. The strength in trade is very likely to be in accordance with British law, so is Lisbon the capital of an independent country or a British municipality?

It's normal to not understand, Georgiana is only able to lie in bed so comfortably to study this when she is convalescing, not to mention those soldiers who have lost their rationality due to the cruel war.

An island named in Portuguese does not mean that its actual right to rule belongs to Portugal. This is the difference between a nameless island and a nameless island.The "iron ore road" from Brazil to Lisbon will be very profitable. Maybe the Spanish silver ships are not worth as much as it is. The Spanish Piast silver coins are still mainly shipped to Spain. If there is no inventory in Mexico, there will be no more. If you want silver, you have to find veins.

So how happy is the marriage between the king of Portugal and the princess of Spain?

Spanish princesses are very strong, because they have a strong mother, overthrowing their useless husbands, and taking power by themselves is nothing new in Europe, not to mention that Spain has always wanted to annex Portugal.

She was lost in thought when she discovered Bonaparte visiting the villa of the vineyard grower.

He didn't even take off his boots, and lay directly next to her.

"Do you know how many cups of coffee we consume a day?" He said lazily, "155 cups a day, assuming that a cup of coffee costs 20 sous, we spend 56575 francs on coffee every year."

She stroked his hair, he may have been tired recently, obviously thinner.

"I canceled the coffee," he said coldly. "I can save 35000 francs a year."

"Would you like to impose tariffs on steel?" Georgiana asked. "It will increase revenue."

"I'm an idiot who is obsessed with women." Bonaparte smiled sarcastically. "I will not start to impose steel tariffs until their grain stocks are sold out. I hope there will be a good harvest in England next year."

Only then did Georgiana remember that steelmaking in the UK also required a lot of labor, as well as a lot of wood and coal.

"The English can live without bread," Georgiana reminded him.

"Then what to eat? Pray to God for mana?"

Georgiana was speechless.

After a while, he rolled over and landed on top of her.

"I'm still sick," she reminded.

"I need to rest," he whispered, before leaning down and kissing her.

(End of this chapter)