Harry Potter Morning Light

After the cake was baked, Georgiana began to prepare a salad, adding lychee tomatoes (Mortelle de balbis), also known as cherry tomatoes.

It is actually neither a tomato nor a lychee, but a nightshade plant found in South America. It is in the same family as belladonna. It was discovered and named by the Frenchman Balbi.

After picking all the cherry tomatoes from their thorny vines, Georgiana washed them in water.

Belladonna is also known as the shadow of death. Its berries look very similar to nightshade, which is often used as a spice. They are both black. If you cannot identify them and eat them rashly, you are at risk of poisoning.

Cherry tomatoes are red, although the bright red color always makes people think they are poisonous.

She looked quietly at the grape-sized fruit in the water.

There is an old song that goes like this:

A nail was lost, a shoe was lost.

A shoe was lost and a war horse was broken.

A war horse was broken and a general was lost.

One general is missing and a war is lost.

A war was lost and an empire was lost.

This song exaggerates the impact of a battle on world history, or that in the wars of previous centuries, it was rare for a battle to turn the tide of the entire war. For example, the Albigensian Crusade broke out in France. For more than 20 years, French knights fought against the Albigensian knights who were accused of being heretics and centered in Languedoc in southern France. In the series of brutal wars launched there, there was no fixed battle, although the attackers and defenders often conducted sieges in huge stone fortresses like Carcassonne, and the sieges were always accompanied by brutal cavalry plunder.

City defense and siege were the main methods of fighting, and this was still the case even in the Renaissance and Enlightenment era. Milan not only designed armor, the fortress they designed was called an Italian-style fortress, which was popular for a period of time.

In Louis XIV's financial records, what he spent the most on was not even war, but fortresses. Although he once used cannons to bombard the city center of Brussels, the cannonballs at that time were made of stone. This can be seen in the city ruins of Brussels. arrive. This led to the fact that although Louis XIV was able to consolidate the French border with iron and stone, he could not fundamentally change the nature of the war.

As the war expands in scale and costs, nothing can guarantee the final outcome. When the enemy's vitality is consumed, one's own vitality is also consumed.

As the fourteenth road turned from offense to defense, Vauban built more and more defensive lines. He was no longer as keen on expanding territories as he was when he was young, but just wanted to hold on to what he had gained in his youth and let others France was protected from attacks and invasions.

After the "Iron Belt" in the north, Germany's Stohofen Defense Line, he ordered the construction of the Var Defense Line in Provence to resist the invasion of southern France. Three years later, he ordered the construction of the "Copper Wall and Iron Wall" defense line. The stone defense lines and defensive artillery became a stumbling block in the confrontation between the two armies. In addition to bringing huge and politically intolerable high casualty rates, they also damaged society's ability to recover from the destruction.

The grind of a long war makes it difficult to resist the temptation of a quick victory. But regardless of the song about nails and generals, the war will continue, with more sieges, marches, and fortress attacks, until the last man standing falls.

Even the Agreement of Westphalia, which claimed to end the Middle Ages, did not end with the victory of any sect, but gave room for negotiation in a stalemate. It also means that the balance of power has changed structurally. The change.

Give to God what is God’s, and to Caesar what is Caesar’s.

The two keys on the pastoral emblem, one golden and one silver, usually represent the heavenly key and the earthly key, but some people regard them as spiritual keys and secular keys. The earthly kingdom cannot separate itself. owes its existence to the spiritual realm.

After the Peace of Westphalia, military and political affairs shifted to sovereign states, and the pope and clergy were told to just mind their own church affairs. Although the wars that followed were still large and long, the reasons driving them had changed.

For Bonaparte, war is beautiful, and genius in war is extraordinary. Even a brave soldier on the battlefield can be named after a warship.

If talent wins wars, then making the most of one's talents is enough to change history.

Why would a peace-loving person like Georgiana help him finance a war?

The Battle of Hogwarts is also a battle. What is coming will eventually come, and neutrals will always join one side in the end, whether they withdraw or stay.

The battle will attract many gamblers, whether they are fighting on the battlefield or buying national debt on the sidelines. No matter how long the dice is shaken, the lid must be lifted, and the result can be seen when the lid is opened.

Only under this premise can Dumbledore's "little strategy" of "expel your weapons" work. The same trick can only be used once, and it won't work the next time.

However, Georgiana didn't understand why a French heavy cavalry appeared here.

In the era of forced marches and maneuverable dances, what was the use of these heavy cavalry?

She couldn't understand that war was not what she was good at. She fished the tomatoes out of the water and put them into Caesar salad, and served them with sourdough bread with raisins for breakfast.

When she returned to the room she was in, there was silence in the room, and everyone had a solemn expression.

Georgiana looked back at the door and could see Dople and his heavy cavalry outside.

"I heard Dante say that the moon, being a little light, has no light of itself unless it receives light from the sun. But we must keep in mind that the existence of the moon is one thing, its power another, its function It's another thing." Georgiana asked Philel to lead the attendants to distribute the Caesar salad to everyone. "At the Passover feast, the disciples were asked to go out and buy swords. The purpose of buying swords was for self-protection. , instead of letting the disciples fight each other. Peter's earthly authority comes from the key. The church and the empire have different foundations. The church cannot do things that violate its foundations, and the empire cannot do things that violate its foundations. This is what you asked me just now. The answer."

She continued to look at everyone, "The empire is just a metaphor. We have a constitution in our hands. The president recognized the status of Catholicism as the state religion, but refused..."

"We understand what you mean, madam." Milan's representative immediately said, "We comply with your wishes."

"He said that what is important is to find 'goodness' and the perception of 'goodness'. I think what is more important is a kind of composition and order. The fundamental law and the basic law constitute the 'political body'. This body is composed of parts with different characteristics. But the hands and feet cannot be directly connected together. Such a person will look like a monster." She smiled and said, but no one laughed at her joke. "So we need the torso to complete the transition between the head, hands and feet, and be the Pope. When the power of the body crosses this limit, the torso will be distorted. At this time, there should be a parallel torso to prevent the torso from disintegrating due to lack of control."

"Defender of peace," someone whispered.

His voice was very soft, but in this situation where no one spoke, even if a pin dropped, it would be heard. Everyone was looking at the person who spoke.

He was "very young", probably in his late fifties compared to these old men.

"No one came to Padua, but it doesn't prevent us from borrowing Marsilius' theory." Georgiana said with a smile, "What he wants to protect is the peace of the world."

"What's going on with those people outside?" Ferrara's representative said excitedly.

"I was just discussing with people outside about whether to go to heaven or hell. It is precisely because Italy has been plunged into war for many years that it gave opportunities to mercenaries like Sforza. Peace-loving people think it is a battlefield in hell. It's 'paradise' to them," Georgiana said.

No one spoke.

"Don't let the war become protracted and invest a huge amount of money into a terrible melee. Let it become an arena for geniuses and a place where heroes dominate. Use the smartest minds and brave hearts to perform." She was helpless. Said "Let's just watch an opera at a high price."

"You can bring back the paintings you want to buy." Denon said, "This is what the First Consul has told us."

"So what if I buy it back? Someone will take it away."

"Then don't let it happen." Georgiana smiled coldly. "Before the Romans were keen on expanding their territories, swords were used to defend themselves against Hannibal."

"Would any of you want a drink of wine?" Denon asked.

No one spoke.

Georgiana stood up and said, "I'll prepare it for you."

She said with a smile and took the sword away.

As she walked out of the room, Dopul watched her along with the other heavy horsemen.

"Done?" Dople said.

Georgiana smiled at him.

"Come on, come with me to choose wine and see what Mulla has to offer." Georgiana said.

"Why don't you say hello to Mrs. Mullah?" Dople said.

She looked back at the big man.

"This is the etiquette of visiting other people's homes." Dople smiled politely.

In fact, no matter how dangerous and chaotic the revolution was, Mullah never did anything terrible and was still an excellent cavalry officer.

But excesses, no matter how slight, if committed frequently, can cause harm to the body politic, even if a body like Mullah's was not defeated by a small malaria?

"Thank you for the reminder." Georgiana smiled, and then led the big man to the front hall.

When Murat carried out his own execution, he also took away the command authority of the commander who ordered the shooting.