Harry Potter Morning Light

Chapter 740 "Backyard Fire"

Gothic architecture always feels so dark. The most beautiful Gothic building in Venice is the "Golden House" that serves as an art gallery. The second most beautiful Gothic building is the Doge's Palace, whose surface almost looks Like lace, it is covered with pink Verona marble and pierced by graceful arched windows.

The main entrance to the palace is the Porta de la Cata, between the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica, above which Doge Francesco Foscari kneels before the Lion of St. Mark's.

In the Republic of Venice, the individual was subservient to state power, and the current sculpture is a 19th-century replica of the original, which was destroyed when Napoleon's troops invaded Venice.

In another period, a soldier like Napoleon would have been court-martialed long ago. When he was in the army, he was rebellious. He was able to win battles but disobeyed orders. When he invaded Italy, his orders to the officers were delayed as long as possible. It is impossible to become the emperor of France.

The Venetian Republic is a trading nation, making friends as much as you can, the Genoese are the rivals of the Venetians, the Vatican, Venice, Florence, Naples, and Milan are five equal states, though very different in size and nature, However, the balance of political power is generally maintained, and this situation is not conducive to the unification of Italy.

Foreign images of Italy are an artistic treasure trove, rich and divided, with a weak military, an easy and lucrative trophy to defeat.

In fact, the Italians also had ambitions. After all, Rome was on their land, and the war between Francesco Foscari and the Milanese was not a trade dispute, but an annexation war.

Due to the abundance of wealth, the payment can always be paid on time, and Venice's policy of supporting mercenaries to expand national defense is also very successful. The Venetian navy spans the Mediterranean Sea.

The same method will not work for the army. The result of successive defeats led to the alliance of Florence and Milan, which were originally allied with Venice.

After spending so much money fighting and losing, the ten-man group finally decided to force the Venetian doge back.

The Dandolo family enjoys many privileges in Venice, but not every member of the Dandolo family can enjoy them. Blood is a bond, but it does not determine everything. After Andrea Dandolo, there is no Dando The Luo family has served as the governor of Venice.

The Republic of Venice is a republic, and there will be no "royal family". Emperors often have military merits. Francesco Foscari has only one son, and his son is gone. It is impossible for the succession mode to happen. The Republic of Venice will not become the second Roman Republic, nor will there be a second pair of father and son like Caesar and Octavian.

Many people are very lucky, born in a wealthy family, and they are well-clothed and well-fed as soon as they are born.

Freemasonry seems to not only develop in Europe, but also has members in Asia. There is a photo of Sakamoto Ryoma with his hands in his arms. Some people say it is a coincidence, and some people say that he is a member of Freemasonry. A civil strife of "down over the top", the lower-level samurai wanted to overthrow the daimyo class of the Tokugawa shogunate and the emperor's palace family.

In the past, the samurai would have a salary if they inherited their father's title, but the ronin did not, and the places in Satsuma, Changzhou, were far less wealthy than Kyoto.

Poor countries conquer rich countries and repeat the process of destroying rich countries. It’s not that we cannot accept inequality, but we are the ones who don’t want to be oppressed. If we are the ones with vested interests, who will complain about the unfair fate?
What's interesting about Severus is that he is a person who has been treated unfairly by fate, but dares to face it head-on. On the contrary, Sirius Black, the former big winner, complained about the unfair fate.

Marriage is the best way to break down this kind of class barrier, and the idea of ​​"the right family" will have problems sooner or later.

Napoleon was afraid of the Venetians, and even destroyed their lions. He wanted to be emperor, and his personal will was above the law and the republic, but the Venetians were good at intrigue. Napoleon and Josephine had no children. Rasputin was brought into the court because he could cure the crown prince's disease. The son-in-law and adopted son inheritance system in the ancient Roman Empire was forgotten.

How much do men value a woman's child as his own?
Should one's own inheritance be handed over to someone who has no blood relationship with oneself to inherit?

What's the use of reading and practicing martial arts as long as he has a blood relationship with those in power?Anyway, sooner or later the family property will be inherited by him.

The first person who thought of wiping their ass with paper must have thought so.

The Crusaders were played around by the Venetian merchants. The profiteers are certainly hateful, but the Crusaders themselves have problems too. The "bottom line" is not clear. Constantinople is the bridgehead against alien invasion. If the country Constantinople is still in Christ With bare hands, how could there be the expansion of the Ottoman Empire later?
If you step on this bottom line, your mind should be sober and vigilant. If you don’t use your brain to think of countermeasures, then you will be blinded by profits and pay IQ tax.

According to Murphy's Law, if there are two or more ways to do something, and one of the ways to choose will lead to disaster, someone will make this choice.

The bottom line is this: If there is a chance that things will go wrong, no matter how small the chances are, it will happen.

Pull dozens of boats to make a pontoon bridge, the army can go ashore, and the lagoon can't protect Venice.

Napoleon stole a lot of books, and usually thought they were useless. Now that he wants to use them, he can only go to Turin to try his luck, but now the first problem of Monica and Alessandro's great dream is not this, but persuading Sleepy The Lions accepted their plan to stop developing tourism and bring banking to their country instead.

Venice is now so poor that sellers have to sell not only famous paintings, but also islands. Renting an island in a popular international tourist city like Venice must cost a lot of money. For this reason, the city government has launched a grand real estate development project , invited a special person to design, the newly developed island will be the same as Lido Island, with high-end yacht clubs, parks, hotels, restaurants, tennis courts, high-end business districts, etc., and a small island in the Pacific Ocean will cost thousands of dollars. Ten thousand US dollars, not to mention Venice, the rent of 99 million in 1 should be no problem.

It's just that what the city government rents out is not Toceno or Burano, but the plague island of Poveglia. There are always fools who don't know about its history and are greedy for cheap.

Who would go on vacation to that haunted island?

Monica also learned about this plan from her teacher. Based on the idea of ​​"turning waste into treasure", there are also many local celebrities who support it. It seems that the energy of "Italy" has also blown into Venice.

They stayed in Torcello until the afternoon and then set off for Lazzareto.

The island is said to have "Magia posthuma", which was a resting place for the sick during the plague outbreak in the 16th century. No one knows what happened on the island.

For the first time, the Muggle archaeological community successfully reproduced the ritual of people exorcising vampires at that time-putting bricks into the vampire's mouth.

"According to historical records, the burial at that time had to be wrapped in a shroud. After a period of time, the mouth of some shrouds would be eaten by underground insects or bacteria, so that the mouth of the dead body would be They are often exposed, and the patients are often buried in a hurry before they are actually dead. These people struggled in pain at the end of their lives and finally became vampires." Monica said that she seemed to really like these strange knowledge " This kind of vampire doesn't sound like the elegant vampires."

"That's not a vampire," said Pomona, looking at the sky above her, which was still sunny and cloudless.

"what is that?"

"Dementors," Pomona said.

It was a new term, and Monica had no idea what it meant.

"Abandoning hope is the gate to hell." Pomona said helplessly, and it seemed impossible to wake up the sleeping lion of the Republic of Venice.

No wonder Eugene and Hemingway committed suicide.

Since the way of metaphor doesn’t make sense, let’s say it clearly, hiding it is not her style, and the doctor who saved lives during the London plague will also be driven away, and Muggles are Muggles.

(End of this chapter)