Harry Potter Morning Light

Chapter 1364 Pious Cruelty

The Corn Laws in England were designed to limit the importation of grain in order to protect English farmers and landowners from competition from cheaper foreign imports.

Besides the Baltic Sea and Danzig in Poland, the US was also a grain importer to the UK.

France, on the other hand, was deeply affected by the high price of grain. Although the agricultural company that Lange, an official in Lyon, had hoped for, was not established, the Paris Agricultural Association did exist. This was a profitable business for everyone.

Some people hope that the French will be starved to death. Another problem is the method of settlement. Napoleon hopes that coins will flow into France, while Britain hopes that France will settle in silver francs.

France also uses the gold and silver double standard system. One silver franc is four and one-half grams of pure silver. The legal gold-silver ratio is 1:15, which is not as high as the British "odds". Of course, speculators prefer to go London business.

But Ufral has covered all the shipments of Mexican silver. Not only can he use British cruisers, but he can also use American ships to transport silver coins to Europe.Although Napoleon's amnesty imposed sanctions on cotton, coffee, and indigo, but silver and grain were not within the scope of sanctions, American ships could still call at French ports.

For this purpose, Ufral established a trading company in New York, not the ostentatious South Sea Company. Unless President Jefferson imposed an embargo, Ufral would have the exclusive right to trade in the Americas, and Charles IV would bear all the risks and risks. Expenses, each ship can carry a third of Uvral's cargo.

The blank trade pass he obtained from Spain could initially be sold to American firms, and Napoleon had to sign an agreement with La Buscher for this.

Georgiana didn't know the content of the agreement, she only knew that Ufral was living freely in Spain, just like another regent.Ufral took advantage of the loopholes in the rules. If France had command of the sea, there would be no need for Britain and the United States to intervene in the transportation of coins.

The French navy is the same as the British army. The key is that Napoleon couldn’t find a general. Just when he was furious, Lucien and Pauline came to join in the fun again. On Halloween on November 11, Georgiana and Hortense Demonstrating how to vaccinate children in a primary school in Paris. At that time, many reporters came and put a lot of candies and ribbons in the classroom. Later, Lucien and Pauline came. They wore pink tights and performed in the classroom. Polish Mazurka dance.

The dance looked a bit like ballet to Georgiana, but the 30-year-old antique Napoleon didn't think it. He felt so shameful that he almost expelled Lucien from France.

Georgiana can only be thankful that reporters in this era don't have cameras, otherwise the picture of Lucien wearing a pink tights would have been seen by the public, and he would never be destined for the "Throne" for the rest of his life.

In fact, it caused some kind of "trauma" to her, because she witnessed it with her own eyes, not just heard about it like Napoleon, and she was in a trance for several days.

Until "Your Majesty" finally decided to hunt, it was in the Montmorency Forest in the Oise Valley. It is said that there are many wild boars in the forest.

Wild boars do not hibernate like bears. Originally, the acorns and fruits in the forest were enough for them to eat, but humans entered their territory due to the famine, which led to their lack of food.

So these wild boars left the forest, ran to the farmer's field, and dug out the potatoes that were about to ripen. The villagers asked the county guard to send people to exterminate these wild boars.

Wild boars are not foxes. They are the most dangerous animals in the forest. Georgiana is a little worried about whether the bourgeois youth in the city can handle them. Napoleon has already led a large team to hunt.

No matter what he does, he likes big scenes. The king's hunting is not just hunting, but also a full set of ceremonial guards and clothes. Although many nobles are allowed to go to the hunting grounds, not everyone can participate in hunting. You must wear formal clothes to become a hunting team a member of.

Last time in Rambouillet, although those generals could also hunt, hunting without Napoleon's participation was meaningless. This time it just gave them a chance to show their strength, which led to the practice of helping farmers encircle and suppress wild boars. scale.

Murat was sent to the Republic of Sisal, otherwise he must have been the one who usually accompanied Napoleon on horseback.Now Mortier, commander of the 15th and 17th military districts of Davout and Paris, Laner of the Guards has been sent to Antwerp to replace the smuggled mayor.His wife, like Louis and Paulina, did not follow him to his post, and she remained with Georgiana.

Davout succeeded Lannes as Commander of the Guards, and his wife, Aimee Leclerc, Leclerc's sister, was left in Paris with Josephine and Pauline.

Most women would not be interested in hunting. Georgiana also brought a lot of books in the carriage, but she no longer wanted to stay in Paris any longer.

Caprara approached her again later. In addition to family crests, nobles usually have their own private seals. For example, Queen Anne of the Plantagenet Dynasty used rosemary as her private seal.

The "White Deer Chapter" of the Plantagenet Dynasty is very famous. A pure white deer with a golden crown tied around its neck looks majestic yet fragile, slender and gentle.

According to legend, this white deer is related to a man named Hearne. He had extraordinary hunting skills, so he was quickly favored by Richard II. It is said that Richard would appoint Hearne every time he went hunting.

Later, during a hunt, Richard II encountered a white deer. He led his men to try to catch the prey several times, but he was not a good hunter, and every time the white deer escaped without risk.

So this white stag became Richard II's obsession, so that when he encountered the white stag again, he actually only cared about chasing it and separated from everyone.

The deer that could only run away stopped and aimed its horns at Richard II. Richard II aimed his bow at it, but missed it. Seeing that the king was about to be killed by the white deer, Hey Eun immediately lunges forward, blocking the blow with his body for the king.

The king was saved, but Hearn was doomed to die. The medical skills at that time could not heal such a wound, and it was futile for the king to seek help.

Just as Hearn was waiting to die in pain, a man in black appeared. He said he could heal Hearn's injuries, but asked him to give him the most precious thing. Hearn, who was in danger, agreed to his request.

Soon, the wound on Hearn's body healed, and the mysterious man disappeared. Hearn got up again without thinking much, and returned to Richard II's team.

At first everyone felt very lucky, but soon Hearn realized something was wrong.

He hunted with Richard II several times, but failed to shoot any prey, and he seemed to have lost the ability to hunt.

Gradually, Hearn was no longer summoned by Richard, and his qualification to accompany the king was also replaced by other hunters.

Kings do not tolerate useless men, and what good is a hunter who cannot hunt?

Hearn found himself marginalized, and in despair, Hearn once again entered the forest where he gained everything and lost everything on a moonlit night.

Resentment and unwillingness made Hearn's ghost stay in this world. It became a ghost and would ride a black horse and wear antlers every night to hunt in the forest, but this time what he hunted was no longer animals. But those passers-by who unfortunately walked into the forest.

He sighed while hunting, "My king forgets me!"
After Richard II heard about it, in order to appease Hearne's soul and to show that he had not forgotten him, he made the white deer into a royal private seal and wore it on his body day and night. up.

And this white deer locked by the crown has gradually changed from a private seal to a family emblem, becoming a symbol of the Plantagenet Dynasty.

Henry IV once banned the White Hart medal, but there are still many collectors who bought the White Hart medal used by Richard II, even including "Philip the Good Man", the Grand Duke of Burgundy, who collected a "Diamond Deer".

The feast held in Rambouillet on July 7 was regarded as the feast of pheasants by Georgiana, but more people linked it with the banquet held by Louis XVI in the October event. It is said that the king's family had planned to escape. To Rambouillet, but they never had the chance.

Ufral is Napoleon's Lafayette, a man who solved problems as much as he created them.

Tyner once said that man is a kind of beast, born to eat meat and get excited at the sight of blood.

It sounds harsh but it is true that while the men went hunting, the women stayed in tents set up outside the forest, and the wives of the generals were waiting, and they circled George as they circled Josephine. Anna said good things.

Although this caused her to have no time to read, she gleaned a useful piece of information. The generals wanted to buy Napoleon a Christmas present, but they didn't know what Napoleon liked.

All the generals had were rewarded by Napoleon. He had precious stones, BMWs, famous swords, and famous paintings. Ordinary things were out of his sight.

It takes time to prepare expensive things. Not everything is displayed in a museum like "Girl with a Pearl Earring", just take it off the wall.

After arriving at the camp site and waiting for about two hours, the hunting men came back and brought back 3 wild boars and some other animals. After the three wild boars were disemboweled, they were roasted on the fire by the cook.

Because the British guests came, onions were put on the barbecue pork, and the lively French began to sing "Onion Song".

I love fried onions, I love onions fresh out of the pan.

I love fried onions, we love onions, we love onions.

Comrades go forward, comrades go forward.

go ahead!go ahead!go ahead!

Heat the oil in a pan, fry an onion,
After eating onions, he is as brave as a lion.

go ahead!go ahead!go ahead!

Don't let Austria eat onions, don't let vicious dogs eat onions.

We love onions, we love onions.

Comrades go forward, comrades go forward.

go ahead!go ahead!go ahead!

Napoleon pampered them, chatting with Sir Oakland, the British ambassador to France who had just arrived, while Thomas Granit sat in the merchant class chatting with friends as if they didn't know each other at all.

Sometimes you have to lament the man's acting skills.

There are still a lot of etiquette in normal king hunting. The problem is that they are not kings and nobles, so some etiquette is omitted. On the contrary, the guard of honor when they leave the city is very ostentatious.

She discovered another hobby of soldiers besides decency, that is "freedom".

In the city, they have to abide by the upbringing of civilized people. The salon is full of intellectuals. The way they eat at the moment is definitely not in line with table manners. Their wives may be used to it, and they are divided into male and female guests. These "comrades" We can get together and drink and fool around.

Is that what Merlin felt when she was partying with King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table?
Georgiana couldn't help asking herself, and ultimately there was no answer.

She couldn't fit into it anyway.

She told the women privately that they should not let them go hunting in the forest after drinking like this. The wild boar's tusks are as sharp as the antlers of antlers, and they should not die in such a place for no reason.

But how many of them can control their drunken husbands?

The standards of these generals' wives are almost uniform-young, beautiful, and several of them are actors. It is almost impossible to expect them to subdue these bloody beasts.

So all Georgiana can do is to keep the "king" out hunting, and no one will dare to move if he doesn't move.

But her fears were in vain, and the feast lasted four hours.In the old days, dinner started at 4 o'clock, and it took several hours to finish the whole process of French cuisine. After the Great Revolution, it became dinner at 7 o'clock in the evening, and it usually ended at nine o'clock.

There is a proverb describing the dining habits of the French, eat lunch with friends, dinner should pay attention to etiquette, afternoon tea is for children, supper is for lovers.

When they finish lunch, dinner is a little early, and when they feel hungry, it may be time for supper.

There are many shrubs in the Montmorency forest, and they probably know it is not safe, so no one is clamoring for hunting at night, and they go back to their tents to rest early.

Napoleoni had been acting all day, and when he got back to his tent he lay down on his camp bed, looking exhausted.

"Come here." He called her like a pet.

Georgiana did not lose her temper, and lay meekly beside him, with her pillow on his arm.

"Why are other people not as obedient as you?" He said with emotion.

"I'm not obedient." She said coldly, "I just think you don't have the patience to coax me now."

"I want to read some interesting books."

"I'll get it for you."

"I can't wait until Christmas," he said impatiently. "Give it to me now."

"If I give it to you now, what about the book you gave me?"

"I've already found it."

"so fast?"

"On Divination written by Cicero, I didn't expect such a coincidence." He kissed her on the cheek. "What did you find for me?"

"I found that none of them are completely suitable for you." She said helplessly, "Do you need virtue?"

"It depends on what virtue you mean?"

"Cicero said that only those who are virtuous have friendship. I think Louis XVI is virtuous. He hunted and wanted to pay the farmers for the damage to his crops, but he was also beheaded."

He looked at her blankly.

"Deal with those cunning people. If you are too virtuous, you will be bullied by them. They won't stop emptying your pocket just because you are a good person."

"I want to rest and stop talking about those people." Napoleoni interrupted her. "Tell me something that makes me feel relaxed."

"About Egypt?"

"You can say whatever you want," he said indulgently, as if it wasn't the only one restricting free speech.

"Did you know that the 'belt' of Orion corresponds to the pyramid." Georgiana said, "Oriental people believe in the unity of man and nature, and the buildings on the ground should correspond to the stars in the sky."

"Which pyramid?" he asked.

"I don't remember." She replied, this is what she read in a magazine. War. I used to have a friend named after Sirius, and he was more handsome than Thomas Granit."

He stopped talking.

"Since I came back from watching the Orionid meteor shower that day, you have been very wrong. I invited you to the observatory, but you didn't go. If you have something to say, just say it."

"What are you going to get him for Christmas?" he said dryly.

"this one?"

"That was his plot."

"I plan to send a few paintings to the Prince of Wales. Is that also a conspiracy?"

"Why did you send him to paint?"

"Reminds him of his 'beautiful wife' in Italy."

Napoleon sneered.

"I'm helping you avenge, the Prince of Wales is the future King of England..."

"He's asking me if I dare you to have Caprara as your guardian after he's gone," Napoleoni interrupted her.

"He's pissing you off."

"If other women are useful, I don't need you to do it myself."

"I didn't do anything."

"Enough to eat, I don't want you to think about eating like a country woman." He grabbed her hand, "An ideal country does not engage in war, unless it is to protect its own honor or safety. What do you come up with? Honor?"

"You said that I couldn't think of sleeping in another room. You said it so righteously..."

"He also asked me, what is honor to me?" Napoleoni interrupted her again, "His attitude and tone are not at all like someone who has been in politics for decades."

"You are not very old."

"He is different from the diplomats sent by Addington. Those envoys are arrogant and rude, and they only want to take advantage of the land. He thinks about other interests."

"Is he very difficult to deal with?"

"I think he'll let us fight Spain."

"You are allies now." Although not in the future, she said in her heart.

"For a man like him, it would be in my interest to die early," said Napoleoni confidently.

"If he dies, you will have to deal with incompetent people, and then you will miss him again."

"Stop talking about that." He hugged her and kissed her. "Say something sweet to me, Cecilia."

"Do you think he can't hear my love words to him?"

He smiled smugly.

"He's jealous of me."

"To be envied by others is to be dealt with!"

"I know that there are many people who want me to die early, but the bullets don't know me."

She punched him hard.

"I didn't say this. It was the Battle of Marengo. Desai told me before he died." He suppressed his smile. "At that time, the battle was very urgent, and everyone was very anxious, but I got off my horse and sat on the grass with him. Last leg."

She didn't speak.

"I just want to be with you now, and I don't want anyone else." He said softly, "Tell me how much you love me."

"I don't want to talk about that."

"Then what do you want to say?"

"Please be gentle," she begged.

He stared at her silently.

"You know it's no use pleading."

"That's better than lying, too," she said sadly.

"You make me feel like a scum," said Napoleoni dryly. "He has agreed to a divorce."

"That was his spur of the moment."

"He has done impulsive things a lot. Do you know how difficult it is for me to take back Ulm now? He thought he was a child, and he would regret it if he wanted to?"

She started crying again.

"You can't just be soft-hearted to him." He lowered his voice, "How about you soften your heart to me?"

"what do you want me to do?"

"Do whatever I tell you to do."

She looked at him calmly, ready to see what tricks he played.

"Kneel down," he ordered.

She immediately slapped him across the face.

"You hit me so easily, why don't other people hit me." He said coldly, "Or you are reluctant to hit that little boy."

"You told me that you would rather be beaten than listen to what I said." She whispered, "I will not beat you in the future."

"Then, wouldn't I be like him, who feels unmanly when a woman beats me up." He said sarcastically.

"What exactly do you want to do?"

He blew out the candle directly.

Obviously, he didn't want to study anymore.

(End of this chapter)