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Chapter 1919 Under the Lion's Claw ([-])

In ancient times, scorpions were once regarded as a kind of "phantom beast".

Gaius Pliny Secundus, who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, wrote that scorpions are a plague, a curse from Africa, and they have barbed tails that are always wagging to attack.Their stings are always fatal to girls, and often to women, but to men only if they are stung in the morning when the scorpions are most poisonous, and the victim dies after three days of painful torment.It is said that burning a scorpion to ashes and mixing it with wine can cure its sting.

For the vast majority of male wizards, Muggles are not threatening, and women and children are the most dangerous. This is why Hogwarts will be cast with a concealment spell to make it look like The cause of the ruins.

There are strong magical fields near the castle, and all magic substitutes used by Muggles will fail here, which is why candles and lanterns are used in the castle.

Some people may think that this is a nostalgic feeling, but for people like Haji, they don't think so. His hometown seems to be in the middle ages, and he still uses candles and lanterns.

At this moment, he actually misses his hometown, and even thinks it is better to stay there, because there is a situation worse than poverty and backwardness—witch hunting, which is familiar and unfamiliar to people living in big cities in the 21st century The historical vocabulary was suddenly placed in front of him, just like Napoleon Bonaparte, a dead man.

My hometown is poor and very backward, without electricity or traffic, but at least it is peaceful.

The occlusion of information is a common phenomenon in European medieval villages, and it is precisely because of this that the church has become the center of the village, where theocracy is equal to or even surpasses the secular, such as Paris, Madrid, Naples, Stockholm, powerful cities The republics of Amsterdam, Antwerp, Nuremberg, and even the commercial centers of Leipzig, Lyon, and Siena were considered unnecessary witch hunts.

These "advanced cities" did not include London, because London was experiencing the Black Death at that time, and the Civil War was still taking place in Britain. There was a gentleman named Matthew Hopkins in Manningtree, Essex , using the chaos of the Civil War to proclaim himself a witch-seeking general, capitalizing on the fears of the "end of the world" and the millennium to launch the largest witch-hunt in Britain on record, it was almost the size of Salem, only to be The Civil War and Cromwell were left alone.

Because of its strong centralization and dictatorship, France not only contained civil unrest, but also contained large-scale witch hunts.Louis XIV issued an amnesty banning witch hunting, and at the same time also ordered the prohibition of the death penalty. All prisoners to be executed need his signature and authorization, and witches cannot be executed at will.

However, "poisoning cases" still occurred in the palace, and there are still some "little prophets" who specialize in looking for wizards among the people. They are usually shepherds, just like the guarantors of the harvest in Italy. Will patrol everywhere.

Not to mention Germany, Northern Europe, where there was no witch hunting, became popular after the 30-year war, as soldiers returned home.If wizards choose to hide themselves, the scavengers often stand on the side of Muggles and appear in a semi-public image.

The wizards who originally hid in France and lived a comfortable life were no longer safe because of the great revolution that plunged France into chaos.After the establishment of the Magical Congress of the United States, some scavengers "evaded punishment" by forming families with No-Majs. In the next few hundred years, there were traces of them in major historical events.

Dorcas Twelve Trees fell in love with a scavenger, and he took advantage of the girl's love for him to draw out a lot of information related to magic and make it public.

Bartholomew Barebone is the ancestor of Mary Lou Barebone of Second Salem. Bartholomew (bartholomew) is not only the name of a Catholic saint, but also a relatively common Italian name. There was no lou in his original name, but it did in Mary's generation. Lou is not like De or Feng, it is the middle name of nobility, it is a common French girl's name, Celtic represents light, and it was widely distributed in today's France and Belgium between about 600 and 200 BC. For the Gauls.That is to say, at least one of Mary's ancestors was married to a woman from Belgium or France, and her name was left as a middle name to commemorate.

The king has a long list of names, and even Harry Potter's son took Sirius Black's name as his middle name, which means that this "Lou" is a relatively important figure in the Barebone family.In the worst case scenario, the Scavenger married the Scavenger, and the Scavenger might even be from Belgium.

Before 1000 AD, almost all beer in Europe did not use hops in brewing, but an expensive mixture called gruit (gruit) for flavoring, its recipe was monopolized in the church, the principality or between In the elite circles between the two, known as the Groot Privileges, brewers had to compulsorily buy the seasoning and it was seen as a form of taxation.

A magnificent building that showcases Groot's might still stands in Brussels, Belgium.Its ingredients are a secret, and in order to keep it secret, the spices are also mixed with grain flour, so that eager counterfeiters cannot crack it.

Arbutus is often mentioned as a herb, which tastes a bit like resin and pine, and the other is yarrow, which is often used in divination, and has a harsh bitter taste that is not suitable for modern palates.

There is also Ledum, sometimes called "wild rosemary", which has a minty and resinous bitterness, and has been rumored to have hallucinogenic effects since ancient times. An effective insect repellant known as a witch's secret brew.

Hops first appeared in northern Italy, but they were used to worship the gods. At that time, the Italians had already matched the use of spices with the gods. The first batch of beer sold as commodities was not until 1500 years later in the German Hansa trade union. It was a "free" city outside the reach of the church.

Beer brewed with Groot is red, like chicken blood, so the brewers of Groot beer are called "red" brewers.

Hops will produce a lot of white bubbles, it is not carbon dioxide and other gases filled in soda or soda water, its unique "foaming" effect makes amber malt beer produce white, so brewers brewed with hops are called For the "white" brewers, the secret recipe was also kept a secret, and it was not until 100 years later that Amsterdam knew that it could brew this kind of hopped beer, and then hopped beer landed in England with a large number of Flemish immigrants.

There are hundreds of hop smells, tropical, fruity, floral, spicy, herbal, each region has its own unique taste, there is no difference for non-alcoholic people, anyway It’s all bitter, just like some people who like to drink coffee like lattes don’t really like coffee. He just likes to drink milk. As for whether the coffee beans are sour or bitter, medium-roasted or dark-roasted, they have no idea at all.

Wherever there are Germans or Dutchmen, there is a demand for beer. In New Amsterdam, which later became New York, there was a "brewer's" street. After the Dutch ceded the New Netherlands to the British in 1664, brewing continued. , but the center of gravity shifted to Philadelphia in the south.

In early colonial America, low-strength beer was very important. George Washington's famous recipe of "a handful of sugar and a handful of bran" is typical. He was a distiller who had reached a commercial scale.

He hoped that beer, a low-concentration alcoholic beverage, would replace rum as a safe drink for slaves, servants, and masters. Jefferson also believed that for Americans immersed in spirits, beer opened up a road to moderation.

However, beer has never been suitable for the frontier areas. Where the pioneers gather, whiskey is the "king" as fierce as fire.

Drunken cowboys and an unlimited supply of gunpowder sounded like a wonderland, but the Americans wanted French gunpowder processing equipment.

The sugar making equipment of the French is bought and sold by force, and the brewing equipment of the United Kingdom is also uneasy. Most people think that beer is a golden liquid with foam, and Belgium is not immune. However, thanks to the existence of handicraft workshops, many of them have been preserved Taste, once mechanized, commercialized, and integrated mass production starts, it will be more difficult for these small breweries to survive, and they may be eliminated, which is a pity for beer lovers who pursue new experiences.

When Napoleon was in Egypt, he wanted to drink beer. It was not just greedy. Beer has a certain bactericidal effect, and it can replace clean water.

However, there was no hops in Egypt at the time, and he could not find a substitute for it, and the French still preferred wine to beer.

Severus placed the Anubis goblet made of onyx in front of the statue of the river god in the Fountain of Innocence, who had been crushed to death by the Cyclops on the stone, and the fairy held him in her arms. inside.The fountain was meant to simulate the river of his blood, and Severus had intended to use wine, but he had found a new substitute in Yargetta.

When he put the glass down, the female cameo with closed eyes opened them, and her eyes were amber like the eyes of a lion.

Severus poured the red liquid into the onyx goblet, but it was full but didn't overflow, it swallowed like a bottomless pit, and at the same time the fountain spouted that bloody liquid .

"Put the boat in," Severus said to Kreacher.

Kreacher snapped his fingers, and a white skeleton-like boat was floating on the red blood, looking very ominous.

Severus didn't care so much, handed the bottle to Felix, and it turned into black smoke and rose into the air.

Next he will find a priestess, unfortunately she may be a descendant of Napoleon, because Suzanne has the gold cubit on her wrist that measures the rise and fall of the Nile.

What should he do to make her willing to go to the Sybil Witch Temple to preside over the "sailing" ceremony?
(End of this chapter)