Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 1380 "Perfect Monster"

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, people mined saltpeter during the production of gunpowder, and found that saltpeter dissolved in water would absorb a lot of heat, causing the water to cool to freezing. Since then, there has been a summer ice making method. Businessmen add sugar to it. Attract customers in the ice.

The image of sea water does not freeze. River water will freeze, and the Seine will freeze. Since the second half of the 16th century, Europe has entered the "little ice age". Louis XIV's wine in the Palace of Versailles It's freezing.

  In the coastal waters, due to the higher water depth, when the temperature drops drastically, such as a strong cold wave, the seawater will freeze quickly. Once sea ice is formed, soluble salt will be precipitated by the crystallization process of water, causing unfrozen sea water to increase salinity rapidly, density becomes greater, and freezing point becomes lower. At this time, if the waves are stirred, it will appear. The phenomenon of "ice and water mixing".

Saltpeter can not only be used to make gunpowder to make artillery fire shells, but also can be used to achieve the purpose of warfare. As long as the British navy ships are trapped on the beach, the naval officers who have lost their mobility can only disembark. The French army on horseback and ice surrendered.

  The forces of nature are beyond the control of human beings. Humans themselves are part of nature. Humans live in symbiosis with various organisms on the land and in the climate. They both destroy and build in human activities. Rana was sent to Antwerp to build fortifications. The first thing to do was to build an embankment near the entrance of the River Stall, so that the British naval ships with a deeper draft could not enter the inland river.

Generally speaking, the greater the ship's draught, the greater the loading capacity. Those British warships with strong firepower are blocked in the bay and cannot enter the port. The range of the 18th century smoothbore gun cannot be compared to the huge and eye-catching "Apollo". How is the bronze statue?

  The "Contract of Amiens" in the eyes of many British navies is basically a judgment of subjugation, and of course it can destroy the best. France has rich iron ore resources, but not many high-quality minerals. Pyrite is generally not used as a material for iron smelting, but as a raw material for extracting sulfur to produce sulfuric acid. These "wastes" are now being reused. It looks very much like gold and is often used by crooks to deceive.

  Napoleon loves to play cards and cheats. Every time he wins, he feels uneasy and gives back the money he won.

  This kind of "gameplay" is not the same as his battle at the Egyptian Pyramids and Mamluks. It does not rely on manpower, but more with the force of nature, similar to children's chemical experiment games.

  It’s very pleasant to have a cool drink in the hot desert. The commander-in-chief has done it in Egypt before. After experiencing the initial difficulties, the French Expeditionary Army stood firm in Egypt and moved its base camp to Giza. At that time, there were no slaves left in the beautiful palace of Muwadbey, and the interior decoration was nothing like Europe. In the palace, the officers found it very novel, and they visited the palace full of exotic customs everywhere.

  During the visit, they found some sofas covered with fine Lyon silk and inlaid with golden ears, some European artworks, the garden was full of beautiful trees, and the vines were full of rich grapes.

There was a dining room filled with marmalade and sweets. There were also a lot of blankets, porcelain, and silverware. So the officers held a small dinner party under the blazing fire of three hundred Egyptian ships. The light of the fire illuminates the spires of all the monasteries in Cairo very clearly, even the outline of the pyramids.

   and other high-ranking officers had almost enjoyed it. They went back to tell the soldiers about the vineyard, so the soldiers broke in in groups and snatched everything that Bey and Kiashiv had left.

  The carpet inlaid with gold silk was not a gift from the sultan, but it was not a trophy from the robbery. Every year Cairo sends a pilgrimage team to St. Kaaba to send carpets. Napoleon ordered the carpet weavers in the Karaau mosque in Cairo to make this "for the Sultan" gift more ornate than usual, and to be on top Embroidered more mottos, and as a result, it took more time to weave the blanket until he left Egypt.

  Later, the scholars who returned to China took the blanket, together with the cultural relics in Egypt, back to Paris, somehow entered Napoleon’s private warehouse, and then was discovered by Georgiana.

  She can’t read Arabic, but there are some translations in Paris that understand Arabic. She thought that the blanket full of mottos was "sultanated" Napoleon.

   Then she ordered someone to make a shelf, spread the blanket on it, and hung it in the dining room of the Tuileries Palace as a testimony of the "peace and friendship" between the two countries.

  The generals laughed very happily, and they held a party in the restaurant that day. Like the last time at Bey’s house, they ate marmalades and sweets, but instead of cold drinks, they drank wine.

The murals on the wall have not yet started painting, but they already know that they are going to paint the French army over the Alps, and the overhead chandelier has to be replaced with Venetian hand-made glass. They have no opinion on these arrangements, even the critical civilians. There is no indication of this kind of decoration, and it is much better than the previous roadside cafe.

  They felt that the tapestry should be changed to another place. Napoleon simply gave the gift that was supposed to be a gift to the Turkish envoy and asked him to take it back to the Sultan of Akaba.

It just so happened that he arranged a permanent envoy Mr. Boshan in Constantinople. He was a learned astronomer. He managed to establish a relationship with Leis Efendi, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The silence of the Luxembourg government hindered Napoleon’s diplomatic activities. He forgot for a while that there was such a diplomat in Constantinople.

  But the constellation diagram that Georgian arranged for someone to draw on the ceiling reminded him of Mr. Boshan, Thomas Granit was worried about the establishment of diplomatic relations between France and the Ottoman Empire.

  Napoleon was in such a good mood that he found out that Georgiana had a British woolen shawl and did not get angry. He even wrapped it into a short skirt to see what she looked like in this Scottish plaid skirt.

  He did not live in the Tuileries, nor did he live in the Louvre suite, but took Georgiana back to the Grand Trianon and lived in the greenhouse again.

  The heating of the greenhouse makes the room extremely warm, and the office area renovated by the King’s Botanic Garden also makes the waiting officials feel so comfortable that they are reluctant to go home.

  The central heating of the Sèvre Ceramic Factory is under design and construction, and officials have already begun to book houses in the town.

   And Napoleon also told Georgiana in his spare time in the afternoon that he "doesn't understand" the real reason why Sharptal suggested artificial grass planting.

The price of land as pasture and cultivated land is not the same. The price of grassland is about 4 to 8 times the price of grain cultivated land. If artificial grassland is opened up, it may be possible to change the original cultivated land into pasture in pursuit of higher profits. The sale of speculative business has made France, which already has a serious food crisis, even worse.

  Previous governments borrowed unknowingly many foreign debts for disaster relief, and France’s credit rating has been unable to rise. This requires the Netherlands to conduct international trade.

  The harm caused by land speculation is currently invisible, but the problems caused are equally serious, so Napoleon had to pretend not to understand until he thought of a solution to this problem.

Before that, the French people still have to live the days of worrying about food security. Fortunately, the most scarce manure problem is temporarily solved with the manure mountain accumulated in Paris for centuries. The Netherlands is also using human manure for irrigation, and the effect is not bad. It even exceeds the yield per mu in the UK.

  The Netherlands, like Belgium, has many swamps and wetlands. The water was pumped away with windmills, turning the swamps into fertile fields suitable for planting.

  When he was in Egypt, Napoleon had dreamed about how to make that land more fertile.

He will build many windmills and repair sluices. Alexandria will once again become a wealthy city. The Nile River surrounding it will make the suburbs fertile, and the people who live on these lands will feel happy and physically happy. The most important thing for health is safety.

King Louis IX had also been to Alexandria. He was a devout believer. He celebrated masses twice a day and read the "Madonna" before going to bed. He did not hesitate to donate money to the church and became a member of the Franciscan Order. .

If Napoleon’s army did not leave the outskirts of Alexandria during the six months of 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in the same military operations as Louis IX in 1798, then they would not be in Rosetta and Davis. Manhur and other places have built fortifications, and are covered by artillery and troops. Like Cairo and Giza, they will face tens of thousands of Mamluk cavalry, tens of thousands of Arab cavalry, and forty to fifty thousand Turkish soldiers.

  Saint Louis would not use his own conditions, spent eight months in prayer, he could have consolidated his position in this country.

  Napoleon and Luxembourg’s parliamentarians discussed and negotiated with the United Kingdom. The main issue was the textile industry. After the Industrial Revolution, the competitiveness of British products was too great.

Granit said that Britain could send Napoleon a blanket with gold thread to hang on the wall of the Tuileries Palace. If Sultan Selim III also sent a blanket, where would he hang it? ?

  When he was in Egypt, Napoleon placed the French flag and the Ottoman flag side by side. Fortunately, there is a reception room next to the Mars Hall of St. Luke’s Palace. The place is also decorated like a cafe. Georgiana’s new task is to decorate it like a "state guest". The most important thing is It must have the style of the Ottoman Empire, just as the palace of Bey has a European style.

  This sweet and warm life lasted until a northerly wind suddenly blew, and the weather became colder than usual.

  This day was also close to his review of the Western Corps.

  He didn't bring Georgian or Josephine. He got into the carriage by himself and left Paris under the **** of the guards.

  Not long after he left, Giorgioanna wrote to Caprara. This time she did not want to confess, she wanted to pray, although she knew that many people were cursing the Corsican monster to die sooner.

  He went as fast as three days, and it would take a long time before he came back. If it’s only going for three days, it’s enough to bring some clothes. She is afraid that the delay will be too long, so she will prepare other clothes for him.

  She used to prepare clothes for another person. Like the skinny Corsican, he doesn’t like fashion and dress. He always wears black clothes with greasy hair and looks very unpleasant.

  If she can be smarter, she can find a better solution besides duels.

  No matter which one is lost, she will feel sad.

   Taking daydreams seriously, she may be the only one in this world.

  She smiled bitterly and started to write a letter. This time she didn't plan to use a typewriter, because she felt that the handwritten letters would be more religious.

  (End of this chapter)