Harry Potter Morning Light.

Chapter 3509 Blood Dance (VII)
After coming out of the fireplace of the Three Broomsticks, Pomona planned to have a glass of butterbeer before going back to school. Scotland was much colder than London, even though the first snow had not yet fallen.

“Maybe it will snow next week.”

When she walked to the bar to order a drink, she happened to hear someone next to her say, she turned around and found it was Ollivander.

"Why are you here?" Pomona asked in surprise.

"To collect wand materials, of course," said Ollivander cheerfully. "Thank you for your treatment of the wand wood, Professor. I'll show you."

Ollivander placed the wooden box he carried with him on the bar counter. "I found some very nice wood."

Ollivander opened the lid of the box, revealing several "twigs" inside that were difficult to associate with a wand.

"Is that a hawthorn tree?" asked Pomona, looking at a branch with red berries on it.

"Of course, I took this from a wand wood that was infested with insects." Ollivander took the branch in his hand and squinted his eyes to examine it. "Let me think about what kind of wand core should be used with it. How about unicorn hair?"

"You are the master staff maker," Pomona said, as her butterbeer arrived.

"How about today? You're here anyway." The man who had just spoken to Ollivander said, holding up his glass.

For a moment, Pomona almost pulled out her wand because he looked so much like Antonius Dolohov.

But she soon realized that Antonius Dolohov should be in Azkaban...

"Don't mind, you're not the first one to make the mistake." The drinker smiled at Pomona. "I look like Anthony Dolohov, right? Even the Aurors made the mistake, but just like hawthorn and blackthorn, people often confuse them. It's easy to tell them apart if you look carefully."

Indeed, blackthorn blooms before leaves, while hawthorn leaves before blooms, and the fruit of blackthorn is dark purple, while that of hawthorn is red.

Pomona let his guard down and took a sip of his butterbeer.

It is said that on the day when the mysterious man disappeared for no reason for 10 years and returned to the magical world and tried to get the Defense Against the Dark Arts professorship at Hogwarts, Antonius Dolohov and two others were still waiting for their "master" in the Hog's Head Inn on a snowy day.

The Dark Lord had invented the "Spider Repelling Charm" when he was a student, and most spells and potions had no effect on eight-eyed spiders.

Anthony Dolohov's spell is very unique. First of all, it is purple. In addition, it can cause death similar to Avada Kedavra, with no apparent damage. The person who is hit is as if the ribs have been hit hard. One of Molly's cousins ​​suffered this spell. Such scars were found during the autopsy, and the pocket watch he carried with him was dented.

It seemed that Dolohov thought that this would allow him to avoid the "punishment" of the Unforgivable Curse.

"Well, today is the day." Ollivander drank the last of the Firewhiskey. "I haven't seen Professor Grubbly-Plank for a long time."

"Wait for me," Pomona said, and quickly gulped down the butterbeer.

She left the Three Broomsticks with Ollivander, but the man who made the suggestion remained in the bar.

"Who is that man?" Pomona asked.

"I didn't ask." Ollivander picked up the cane at the door. "I just talked to him about the weather."

Pomona looked back at the door of the Three Broomsticks gradually closing, and followed Ollivander towards the path leading to Hogwarts.

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Lorbon frowned and smoked his pipe silently. His serious look made his ugly toad-like face even uglier.

Georgiana and Bougainville were waiting nearby.

She didn't know much about the Holy Roman Empire, and there was so much to learn, even in this world she didn't have the time.

However, she still has a superficial understanding of Eastern Europe. The Bran Castle where "The Impaler" Dracula lives is also known as Dracula's Castle. It is ghostly all year round. It was originally a fortification built by the King of Hungary to resist the Turks. Later it became a political center integrating military, customs, administration and justice.

The castle is located in a dangerous location. In order to prevent people from climbing up the cliffs, the castle has either no windows or very narrow windows to prevent people from breaking into the house through the windows, which makes the castle dimly lit.

In fact, as early as the 14th century, Moldavia and Wallachia were already autonomous principalities. At that time, they had to face the Tatars. After the Tatars left, they were replaced by the Ottomans. In order to resist them, Bela IV gave the Knights Templar a charter, allowing them to station troops in Wallachia and gave them a large piece of land.

After the Knights Templar were destroyed, a group of nobles from Transylvania wanted to expand their power in this land that "had belonged to Romanians for generations."

After 10 years of fighting, Wallachia had a new Grand Duke Basarab I, but King Charles I of Hungary wanted to take back the land. Basarab I ambushed the Hungarians in a narrow valley. The Wallachian soldiers shot dense arrows and stones from the cliffs and finally defeated the Hungarians, completing the independence of Wallachia. Wallachia also experienced a period of stability and prosperity. Basarab I also married his daughter to the Tsar of Bulgaria.

The principality he established was only passed on to his son, before being replaced by Vlad II, who was known as the "Grand Duke of the Dragon" and a member of the Order of the Dragon of the Holy Roman Empire. This "Dragon Knight" was not the French Dragon Knight, but was similar to the Knights Templar, guarding the Latin East.

Soon after Vlad II became a dragoon, the Ottoman army marched towards Wallachia, with the Romanian-born Vlad II as commander.

He wavered between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. Finally, Vlad II surrendered to the Ottoman Empire, paid tribute, and sent his second son Vlad III and third son "Handsome" Radu to the Ottoman Empire as hostages.

As a hostage, Vlad III had a hard time. He hated the Ottoman Empire. When he grew up, he used cruel punishments on prisoners. After he was defeated in the battle with the Ottomans, Wallachia fell under the rule of the Ottomans. The Ottoman Sultan appointed Turkish nobles to replace the Romanian nobles to rule.

This situation continued until Michael the Brave, a Wallachian landowner, came close to unifying the three Romanian principalities.

Before Vlad III moved into Dracula's Castle, the Ottoman Empire had attacked Moldavia. They won the military victory, but encountered plague and food shortages and had to abandon Moldavia. In the same year, the Moldavia and Transiania coalition forces invaded Wallachia.

Transylvania was the largest principality in Romania. After the death of "Michael the Brave", Transylvania returned to Ottoman rule, and Wallachia and Moldavia re-recognized the Ottoman Empire as their suzerain.

After the Ottomans were driven away, Transylvania, under pressure from the Habsburg army, decided to accept Austrian "protection", and Moldavia and Wallachia came under Ottoman rule.

Georgiana felt that Schendelhannes's wish was not just to be a king living in a castle, and his son would not become the kind of prince who held balls in the castle and chose a wife from all over the country.

In 1791, the Romanians submitted a memorandum to the King of Hungary and the Transylvanian Parliament, hoping to obtain citizenship and abolish serfdom and the tithe imposed on Romanian peasants and serfs.

If the Hungarian peasants had not sold their land and cattle and sheep to raise money for the Hungarian nobles, they would not have had their own parliament and king.

After the Battle of White Mountain in 1620, the Czech nobility was basically eliminated. The Peace of Westphalia confirmed the incorporation of Bohemia into Austria, and the King of Bohemia was concurrently served by the Holy Roman Emperor.

Although Bohemia had its own government and was an autonomous country, the new aristocracy was almost entirely supported by Austria and replaced the original Bohemian nobility.

Schendelhannes was a true commoner, and even among commoners he was an executioner at the bottom of the society.

This is how the feudal system works. Whatever the father is, the son will be too.

The fugitive slave was bewitched by a false prophet. He thought he was the "king of the forest". He gathered a group of brothers and wanted to get out of the forest by his own strength.

The Book of Kings is translated as "king" in the English version, but in Latin it is "melachim", which is understood as "ruler". The Roman King Numa did not wage war during his reign. He established laws and customs and etiquette, and set up the position of diplomatic envoys to negotiate peace when war was about to break out.

What are the chances of success in challenging such a king? Besides, the escaped slaves were already dead, so who would give up this only chance for a daydreamer who didn't even know who he was?
Georgiana remembered Radetzky's expression just now.

'She'll kill everyone,' Radetzky gritted his teeth, as if he was the only one awake in this dream.

Lorbonne put down his pipe.

"Write a letter to Count Ciconiara and write Schendelhannes's real name on it," said Lorbonne.

"Let the Austrians catch him?" said Bougainville.

"He won't stay in hiding forever. The woman following him is not Calypso, who wants him to stay in her cave forever. She will let him out and continue to do great things, but his power should be weakened, so he will..."

"How do you know he will definitely join the Austrian army?" asked Bougainville.

"I heard that when you join the army, you have to give your real name. Even if he still has so many subordinates, he won't be able to hide for too long. With so many people, they will be consumed sooner or later." said Lorbang.

"I have a question," Georgiana said.

"Please go ahead," said Lorbonne.

"Who will rule Slovenia? I mean, will the Habsburgs appoint nobles to serve there?" asked Georgiana.

"No Viennese nobles would go to that remote place. Austrian Galicia still appointed Poles to positions, unlike Prussian and Russian regions, where Poles had almost no chance of holding official positions," Lorbonne said. "I guess those positions will be sold."

She thought of the war bonds that Napoleon allowed the Austrians to redeem at par, and how Talleyrand made a fortune because he knew the inside information.

War always costs money, and noble titles were sold before the French Revolution.

"Can the Slovenians buy these positions?" Georgiana asked.

"That's a stupid question, Georgiana. I heard you wanted to go to the Castle of Stupirin in Turin?" asked Lorbonne.

"Yes."

"Why do you want to go?" asked Lorbonne.

"There is a castle nearby that used to belong to the Order of Savoy." Georgiana paused, "And there is a cedar tree named Luna."

"Do you know why the House of Savoy sold it as royal property instead of continuing to give it to the Knights?" asked Lorbonne.

She shook her head.

"Since the Treaty of Utrecht came into effect, Savoy has to pay Austria a sum of money so that Austria will recognize their rule. If the Slovenes buy these positions, they will keep paying until they have emptied their pockets of the last coin. 'Promotion always costs money. If you have money, you can reach a high position. If you don't have money, you can't reach a high position.' But this sentence forgot one thing. Although the king cannot resell the official position to others after selling it, he can determine the existence and abolition of an official position. The three-level parliament argued about this in the past. Letting incompetent people hold the power of life and death is no different from selling justice. Therefore, the king often made a promise to give up the donation of official positions." Lorbonne took another puff of cigarette. "Selling official positions related to dignity and honor is the most dangerous and harmful plague in the kingdom."

She couldn't figure it out. Her mind seemed to be spinning in circles, with no other ideas coming to her mind.

"How do you know he will definitely join the Austrian army?" Bougainville asked the same question again.

"I guess, we are all gamblers on this roulette wheel of fate." Lorbonne sighed. "Last time I asked you, Georgiana, why you thought of using 'salute'. I think I asked a stupid question, and we all know the answer to this question."

No one speaks.

"If you want to help the young man named Radetzky leave, you have to go through Gibraltar, otherwise you have to go through a port on the west coast of France. Is there anything else you want to tell me?" asked Lorbonne.

Georgiana had not mentioned the story of Radetzky's masked French employer, but Lorbonne's words reminded her of it.

That bastard had lied to her again.

"If you are free tomorrow, there are two people who want to see you. Do you want to see them?" asked Lorbonne.

"They?" she asked.

"The Countess of Porte's family is a wholesaler in Marseilles, and the Marquise of Crusoe's family wants to engage in canned food. They both want to see you." Lorbonne said, "Go to bed early."

"Can I say no?" Georgiana asked provocatively.

The ugly guy smiled, bowed to her according to aristocratic etiquette, and left her room.

"Should we trust him?" Bougainville did not leave, but asked like a dutiful guardian.

"Is General Ney here?" asked Georgiana.

"I've been here for two days," said Bougainville.

She felt that she needed a clear mind, which was extremely important.

"Let's talk about it tomorrow morning. I need to rest." As soon as she finished speaking, the sound of roosters crowing was heard outside the window. It might be the roosters in the fishermen's village.

"I'll have someone prepare breakfast for you." Bougainville said with a smile, as if he was amused by her discouragement.

When he was gone, Georgiana lay back down on the bed.

After tossing and turning for most of the night, she finally took a nap!
(End of this chapter)