The restoration of the Academy of Florence has been difficult.

It is said that on the day of the explosion, several lecturers happened to take the students to the suburbs for experiments and collections. When they came back, they found that the school had been bombed, and they rushed back crying to find the materials.

The explosion itself was not too smokey, but more from the burning smoke of various curtains and wooden furniture.

No one yet understands the cause of the explosion, but the death toll is counted at around six.

When the explosion happened, people thought that the enemy army was coming, and there were quite a few people who rushed home to copy the guys.

But when they took their spears and pickaxes and ran back, they found that the nearby streets were still the same, only the vicinity of the college was quite noisy.

The students who carried the cotton had been blown up to the point that not even their bones were left. Although some documents were damaged, the loss was not too great.

The old buildings of the college itself and the nearby experimental fields were damaged to varying degrees, and the remaining half was also crumbling, obviously uninhabitable.

Heidi directly appropriated a sum of money to gather those workers to build a larger college in the north of the city, and at the same time took people to visit the relatives of the deceased, giving them enough compensation and comfort.

She lent the terrified students and teachers a home that had been left unoccupied by the Medici family, so they could study there until the school was built—but forbidding any indoor experiments.

But students and teachers are still busy digging other documents out of the rubble.

Da Vinci ordered his men to bring lifting equipment to help, and many enthusiastic citizens and workers followed to clean up the scene.

Heidi didn't know the composition of sex, but she also vaguely felt the connection between the two.

Now what that student did with cotton and nitric acid solution cannot be traced back.

For safety reasons, she couldn't let Leonardo take the risk-condemned prisoners and war criminals would just come in handy.

Under these premises, another question was put on the agenda-where should they conduct experiments?

Usually, the venues for electrical experiments or biological experiments are indoors, and the outdoors are always in the suburbs or in the courtyard of the college.

But explosives require secret recipes and raw materials.

Once someone else buys and blends it, even the old palace may be reduced to powder overnight.

At the beginning of the establishment of the Italian Empire, Heidi took over the intelligence agency of the Medici family, and made expansion and mergers.

Lorenzo managed them very well. From the code words of actions to the way of contact, they are mature and reliable. They also have their own review and reporting mechanism to prevent outside thieves from colluding to instigate rebellion.

After careful consideration, Heidi commissioned Leonardo to set up a new secret agency on her behalf.

It needs to have a sufficiently discreet name and appearance—for example, an inconspicuous vineyard, no different from the gardens run by other farmers.

At the same time, there should be no random people around the site—it is best to purchase and check the properties within five miles nearby, and protect this institution at a position close to the center.

It is necessary to establish a serial identity verification mechanism and sufficient and effective confidentiality regulations.

During blasting and similar core tests, no relevant personnel are allowed to release information, nor are they allowed to enter or leave at will.

They found a suitable area between the cities of Lucca and Florence.

It won't be too far away, and it won't be easily discovered by others.

From now on, more related experiments will take place here, from gunpowder, guns to explosives, and they can keep many secrets here forever.

Heidi had to use religious methods to strengthen further control.

Anyone who participates in scientific experiments must press the blood seal on the Protestant cross and make an oath before Allah.

In this era without cameras and bugs, she can only use this primitive method to protect certain core technologies, but it is also effective enough.

Some condemned prisoners were secretly brought into this place. Among them were demons who raped young girls, and some unfilial sons who tortured and killed old people.

The mixed reaction of nitric acid and cotton has finally begun to be unraveled.

When they are combined, they will not explode under normal conditions.

But as long as it is heated to a certain extent with a magnifying glass, or stored for too long, the mixture will spontaneously ignite.

When storing this chemical, it must be protected from light and heat, padded with non-combustible materials, and kept moist.

The professors recorded the relevant situation and began to conduct single-variable explosion experiments.

Black powder is good for guns - it's easy to store and transport, but prone to bursting.

After the black powder explodes, there will be a lot of black residue on the site, and it is very troublesome to clean up.

However, there is no black smoke when the nitrocellulose itself explodes, and the dose to cause the explosion is much less than that of black powder.

That vineyard was named Lorenzo.

It has a large enough experimental field, equipped with complete emergency and safety facilities, and hides very carefully.

From this moment on, Florence will no longer feel any shocks. Except for some students and teachers who are "going out to visit" in the college, no one cares about the story behind the explosion.

Heidi's belly began to bulge slowly.

It swelled much faster than she expected, but Dejo and the tailors were quite ingenious and changed the dress to a more flexible look-even if you put a pillow in your stomach, you can't see anything, the waistline She directly mentioned the position of her chest, making her look quite thin.

She was able to walk with mobility from March to July.

Going back in time, in order to avoid some unplanned impacts or shocks, she still needs to lie dormant in the bedroom, waiting for the time to give birth.

Although Leonardo would go to Lorenzo's manor to inspect the development of explosives every half a month, he stayed by Heidi's side more often.

"Did you all like children in that era?" He gently helped her padded the pillow on her waist, and handed her a honey apple: "I noticed that there seemed to be stories that children listened to specially. "

Heidi took the dessert and said with a smile, "Indeed."

Modern society regards children as angels and treasures, and they are given special care from education to entertainment.

"Then what kind of education do they receive?" Leo stroked her swollen belly and asked curiously, "Don't they need to learn arithmetic?"

"If it's in the stomach...we call it prenatal education." She said casually: "Listen to children all kinds of classical music—Mozart is the best, and read books and poems to them. Some educators believe that this can Let the children get enough and full development."

Then her Mr. Musician began to report regularly with different musical instruments every day.

At first it was the lyre—from playing to playing and singing all over again, and the low and cheerful tune swung around for half an hour.

After Her Majesty got tired of listening to the lyre, the soundtrack to breakfast was changed to the flute every morning.

clarinet, harp, violin...

At last he tried to get the valets to bring the piano in as well.

"L-O." Heidi raised her voice, dumbfounded, "Our two children will be smart enough, don't be so nervous, okay?"

The man tried to put on a serious expression, but failed within two seconds: "Then next time I blow olive leaves for you?"

Heidi rubbed her face, waved her hand and said, "Let's sing a cappella, anything is fine."

She began to reduce the frequency of going out and spend more time on establishing a unified national examination standard and education system.

However, a certain calligrapher insisted on ghostwriting, and she was also willing to lie on the bench for a whole day, and then went downstairs for a walk in the evening when the weather was cooler.

When Heidi was dictating, her thinking was clear and organized. Leonardo often completed the typesetting after the recording was completed, and even the outline of the key points was quite clear.

The content of public school education in every city has begun to be clearly planned and restricted, and the proportion of theological textbooks has also been continuously reduced.

The significance of this kind of thing is that it can allow more ordinary children of the ordinary class to pass the exam and participate in the competition of life.

After the Queen's decree is issued, children can complete their studies through part-time work and part-study, and rely on their own grades to enter universities or guild schools, and have occupations that can support their families.

They are no longer framed as "manservants of a certain nobleman" and "peasants destined to be forever precarious" at birth, but they can cross classes and earn more income through reading.

The church and nobles were very dissatisfied with this, but there was nothing they could do.

——The monarchy and military power are firmly held by her alone, and there is no room for anyone to intervene.

When "□□" came out, she had already clearly defined what matters the House of Commons could intervene and what questions were insurmountable, with the help of Niccolo, who was an old fox who killed people with a pen.

Once August is over, the weather finally turns cooler.

Ambassadors from Milan and Naples arrived before the autumn rain washed away the dust.

They requested a meeting between officials from the three countries at a location of her choosing.

This would be the first Tripartite meeting since the birth of the Italian Empire.

When the news came, the couple were studying the structure of the stethoscope.

Heidi is only four months pregnant, and her belly is already full as if she was five or six months pregnant.

She clearly controlled her food intake and frequency, and her limbs were not too swollen, but her belly was a bit strange.

It can't be... twins, right?

-2-

When Leonardo first tried to help Heidi listen to her heartbeat, both of them were startled by each other.

At that time, Heidi was just his ordinary friend, just lying in bed with a pale face because of dysmenorrhea.

Leonardo motioned for her to unbutton her clothes, and was about to put his ear close to the lower right side of her chest——

"No, Da Vinci, what are you doing?!"

Now that I think about it, it's really kind of angry and funny.

Doctors in this era will take off the upper body of the patient, and then listen to heart sounds from the armpit to the chest to judge the disease.

This was true for both men and women, and the custom continued into the nineteenth century.

In order to find out how many children she was pregnant with, Heidi drew a sketch when Mr. Musician came to perform his whistle skills, and told him to make a small tool according to the notes in it.

There's no such thing as a rubber tube these days, but a hollow wooden barrel in the shape of a small trumpet can both conduct and amplify sound.

When Leonardo got this gadget, he had some doubts about its function.

"There are more magical existences than this." Heidi stirred the Caesar salad, and said slowly: "There was once a famous musician who wrote a lot of music even after he was deaf in both ears, and he could even play the piano. Good beat."

"Why?!" Leonardo was shocked: "Did you replace his ears? Are they human ears or donkey ears?!"

"No—it's bone conduction." She suppressed a smile and said, "It's just a little physical common sense."

They talked about it, moving the simple stethoscope around.

The first was the beating of the young mother's heart.

Powerful and very clear.

Leonardo listened to this voice for a long time, and gave her a long kiss when he got up.

"Then it's for children." Heidi said softly, "Be gentle."

He knelt beside her and listened to the heartbeat in his abdomen.

"Really..." Leonardo looked at her reflexively, and pressed his ear back again: "Although the sound is very small, it can be heard clearly—wait a minute, why does it seem that there is another one?"

Heidi relaxed her sitting position, half lying on the bench and pressed her temples.

It seems that if you really have two children, you will have to suffer a little bit.

Leonardo listened for a long time, and he could still find the difference between the two voices.

The frequency of the louder one is faster, and the ups and downs are obvious.

The other is gentle and long, and is placed more to the right.

"God... we'll have two kids..." he murmured, "I haven't learned how to be a father yet."

Heidi caressed his brown hair with downcast eyes, touching his cheek with her fingertips.

"you will."

The door was knocked twice, and the guard reported from outside the door: "Master Niccolo Machiavelli requests to see you."

"Let him in."

When Niccolo came in, he took out a white weasel sewn with soft cloth from his pocket: "Maybe I should say congratulations, Your Majesty?"

Heidi signaled Leo to answer the documents on the table for her, and watched Niccolo frown slightly: "You are the only one who saw it?"

"You hid it well." Niccolo smiled and took the weasel back, with a somewhat tentative tone: "It seems that you don't want other people to know about this?"

"My food and drinking water have been set up with six layers of inspection and protection checkpoints." She said lazily: "It is certain people."

"It's really wise, but it will miss a lot of blessings." Niccolo sat beside her, looked at the teacher who became the secretary-general with regret, and half-jokingly said: "But you may have to go out with your belly out It's a reward."

Heidi lowered her head and peeled the orange, and handed him a petal: "Have you heard from Sforza?"

"And Ferdinand I." Niccolo took the orange and sighed inaudibly: "I came to test you."

Milan and Naples are the last two hurdles before she unifies Italy.

During Lorenzo's reign, he tended to balance the relationship between more than 20 large and small city-states, and used contracts and oaths to carry out mutual assistance in defensive alliances.

And Heidi directly widened the gap by stimulating the economy and improving technology, and then swallowed up the small city-state when the gap was large enough, and directly established an Italian empire that was more than five times larger than Florence.

After the establishment of the empire, the three giants tacitly turned a blind eye to the previous mutual defense treaty, and no one tried to renew the contract.

Heidi understood what they were thinking.

Even if the lords of Naples have only a few records in history, she is really not very familiar with them.

But she had seen Sforza with her own eyes.

Cunning, suspicious, machismo, and extremely conceited.

He doted on and controlled his brother's widowed son, who was used to being lawless since he was a child.

When the news of the child's sudden death came last year, even Mrs. Clarice showed a look of 'it is so'.

That is, last year, this gentleman finally flourished as a veritable 'Lord of Milan', but in fact he had controlled that country for many years.

He revived the economy and education, courted the aristocracy and the artists, but was at heart an autocratic and moody hypocrite.

His father, who was a mercenary, taught him many things—for example, looting is an effective method, and violence can make many people learn to shut up.

For example, women are just playthings.

From the very beginning, Sforza regarded her as a bargaining chip that could barely talk about marriage.

But this bargaining chip not only planned several wars, but also held a number of powerful and strange weapons in his hands. He also joined forces with the painters he hired to capture the entire Holy See, and now he has become the queen of this new country.

She knew she was underestimated, and was grateful for it.

"They want you to choose the location of the meeting and discuss some basic cooperation matters." Niccolo considered his tone and handed the official documents to her: "Maybe this sounds more gentlemanly? But please pay attention , Milan's current trade status has been falling, and since you withdrew all industries from Milan, they have lost almost all pigment orders."

Today's dairy products and fabrics in Florence have become popular enough to sell well.

"The lord of Naples used more gentle words, expressing his wish to give you a speech at a ball or a feast." He smiled mockingly: "But at the same time, I also hope to talk to you about the issue of border defense-he thinks you will send the army It’s set up too close to the border.”

Heidi put the letter aside, supported her belly and said, "The dance will be skipped, I don't need to kneel to anyone."

She looked at his expression with a slight smile in her tone: "You don't seem to like the country of Naples?"

"Mr. Da Vinci taught me..." Niccolo said sullenly, "It's just another Genoa."

It was only then that Heidi remembered the existence of a certain clerk, and waved with a smile: "Leo, my dear Leo, tell me something about this country."

Leonardo put down his pen, sat beside her, and began to gently rub her swollen calf.

"It's not worth mentioning." He said coldly, "It's just a political plaything."

When talking about things that have nothing to do with Heidi, he seems to change his identity from a pure existence like a teenager, and become more mature and unshakable.

Before 2000 years, its name was Palaopoli.

The Romans flattened it, and the Byzantines took it again.

And until 50 years ago, it was ruled by the Anjou family of France.

With the help of the kingdom of Aragon, Joanna II rebelled against independence at the turbulent node of the Anjou family and established a small country.

But the lord did not intend to fulfill the previous promise, and because of this, the King of Aragon occupied the place again after her death, and passed the position to his illegitimate son Ferdinand I after his death.

"What kind of person is he?" Heidi relaxed, and even felt a little drowsy after being rubbed.

It couldn't be worse than Sforza.

"Tyrant." Niccolo glanced at the teacher with a complicated expression, and continued: "His latest hobby is throwing people he hates to crocodiles—they are said to be kept in the pond in his garden." .”

Heidi said slowly: "These two are coming to see me, are you two not nervous at all?"

"The premise is that they are respectful and obedient enough." Leonardo said calmly: "Italy has no shortage of guests."

"My teacher is standing by your side like a lion," Niccolo said with a wink, "I don't think there is anything to be nervous about."

Heidi sat up slowly holding his hand, and took a long while to make a decision.

"Luring wolves into the house is the best way to catch wolves." Her voice was cold and gentle, as if she was just talking about the weather: "It's nice to meet you."

The two lords received the invitation one after another, and came with mighty teams one after another.

Sforza didn't expect the country's roads to be built so quickly—and wide and smooth.

When the carriage entered the main road, he felt that the bumps gradually eased, so that he specifically told his servants that he would repair a few more roads after returning to China.

He soon arrived in Florence, and received a warm enough welcome.

What a ridiculous thing.he thought.

One was his former painter-the double spiral staircase was only half repaired in the end, and had to be demolished and rebuilt after throwing it away for a few years.

The other was his former marriage partner—the shrew at home was really jealous and vicious, and she was too ugly to look at all these years.

The old palace has been renovated, and there is a peaceful and happy atmosphere everywhere.

Sforza noticed that even the carpets and furnishings had become more ornate—

Today's Medici family owns the banking industry, dairy industry, and paint industry in all directions. Even the materials worn by his own maids are bought from Florence, which is said to be light and cheap.

It's fat and oily.

With the opening of the door, he finally walked into the office and saw men and women sitting and standing inside.

"Sforza," the woman looked graceful and calm, and even her voice was somewhat majestic: "Long time no see."

The man was smiling, and his demeanor was completely different from before.

He looked handsome and elegant, as if he was also of noble birth.

Lord Milan narrowed his eyes and saluted decently.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

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