Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 1218 The Women of Paris (5)

  "Ding Dong, Ding Dong", the ferryman on the Styx took the silver coin and weighed it in his bandaged hand, then put it in his mouth and swallowed it.

  "This is the first time I have received money without asking me to take a boat. Do you have any questions?" The ferryman said in English.

   "Can you speak English?" Severus asked weirdly.

"If you are Italians, I can speak Italian. Ask if you have any questions!" The ferryman said impatiently. When he spoke, a tiny snake crawled out of the gap between the bandages, and then drilled again. Into another gap.

  Occasionally, he will have spiders, centipedes and other insects crawling over him, which makes people feel creepy.

  "Where is Napoleon Bonaparte's palace?" Gonsey asked.

   "I don't know where it is, but I have heard that there is such a place." The ferryman said, "When he was alive, he was a soldier and was good at hiding."

   Severus scolded another swear word, and Gonsey then asked "Then do you know the sacrifice of the **** of death?"

  "I don't understand what you said?" the ferryman asked in confusion.

   "It's the living dead who appeared in the Louvre tonight." Severus said every word, "Where does he live?"

  "How do I know about your living world?"

   "He doesn't know anything." Severus said to Gonsai, "He's just a punter."

"Do you think punting is a simple thing?" The ferryman raised his feet. "Look, my big toe is gone, and my skin is still there. You think it's easy to deal with those arrogant gods? Thing?"

  "Because he took gold, some **** took his skin." Gonsey said to Severus, "Later, no more gold was allowed in his city."

   "When you said this, I remembered it. Someone once asked me if I knew where Setmat was?" The ferryman might want to prove that he was not so useless, so he said immediately.

  "Settmat?" Gonsai repeated.

   "I think I remember correctly, he gave me a lot of sacrifices at the time."

   "Where is that place?" Severus asked.

   "Mart is the goddess of truth, and her city means the land of truth." Gonsey said to Severus, "the legend found it and found Nunn."

   "Is the person who asked you about this place the same person as the living dead who appeared here last night?" Severus asked.

   "I was busy arguing with the undead. They insisted on giving me gold. I told them how many times I don't receive gold." The ferryman replied irritably, "But they just don't understand."

"Let's suppose, that Muggle, he also wanted to find Setmat, but he didn't know where it was, so he looked for clues where Napoleon." Gonsai pulled Severus to the side to discuss "Napoleon Been to Egypt, maybe he has a map of Setmat."

"I've heard that story." Severus said calmly. "He said that he drew all his army deployments and future plans on a map, and if he found him, he could decipher all his arrangements. Spies in many countries are looking for it, but all have found nothing, so people take it as a trick for him to tease people."

  "Maybe it does exist." Gonsey said, "Napoleon was a military strategist, and he values ​​maps very much."

   "The Muggle thought that the map was hidden in the Tuileries." Severus stared at the little Arc de Triomphe in the distance. "He deceived me to the Invalides in order to prevent me from noticing his intentions."

   "The entrance to the Tuileries Palace was not closed when you went, did it?" Gonsey said, "Did Napoleon closed the entrance, or did he close it?"

   Severus took out a golden feather.

"what is this?"

   "I pulled off the wings of the woman who acted with us just now." Severus said, "It can show us the way."

  As he said, he threw the feather up, and then pointed his wand at it.

   "Avensegium (feather compass)."

  The feather did not fall on the ground, but kept flying in the air.

   "Follow that feather." Severus said he was about to take off with his flying cloak.

   "Wait, I don't have a flying broomstick." Gonsai took Severus' arm.

   "Take it." Severus gave him a crystal ball for communication. "You just have to say my name. I'll tell you when I get there."

  After speaking, he turned into black smoke and flew into the sky with the golden feather.

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At the beginning of the 19th century, the total population of the United Kingdom was about 10 million, and more than half of the population lived in cities. The population of London was 1 million, accounting for one-tenth of the total population. According to the former Minister of the Interior Lucien Bonner According to the population statistics of Pakistan, the total population of France is around 3,600, and the rural population accounts for three-quarters of the total population. The population of Paris was only 50,000 in 1800, and it began to soar in 1801. It is roughly estimated that there are already It has the same population density as London, that is, it has become a large city with a population of one million.

  There is a saying in France, dress like a rich man and eat like a beggar. There are many people who have to dress decently even if they have no money. There are more job opportunities in big cities and more salaries than in rural areas. And every time a famine encounters a famine, it is the peasants who are responsible for farming that are the first to suffer. , Of course, cities are better than rural areas. In many workplaces, staff are required to dress well. After all, there are so many people who judge people by appearance. If he is dressed shabbyly, the doorman responsible for opening the door will be "elegant and polite" to dissuade him from leaving.

  In order to obtain this "right of passage", even if it is too poor to eat black bread, both men and women must have two beautiful clothes that can enter public places. Although Rousseau used to be too poor to make a living by copying music scores, he has an excellent literary talent and he can enter all Paris opera houses for free.

Later he wrote some inappropriate articles, this privilege disappeared. Buying tickets to enter the venue is a big expense for low-income people like him, which is tantamount to indirectly driving him out of the social world. .

  Schopenhauer said that human stupidity gave birth to three poisonous roots: victorious, vanity and pride.

  The French in the 18th century are all over, but this is not a special case of the French. This is a common phenomenon in Western Europe, which lacks education.

For the upcoming social season, Napoleon’s sisters are also preparing new dresses. They are sitting on an open wagon, holding a small parasol, and adoring themselves to enter this semi-militarized palace. The male soldiers who also wear gorgeous military uniforms are facing each other. They cast scornful eyes.

  I want to explain to these pedantic soldiers the relationship between the aristocratic ostentation and the employment and income of urban residents. They probably have a hard time understanding. Anyway, as long as the ostentation is not themselves, they feel unhappy.

Repairing the Arc de Triomphe and holding a military parade still cost money, but they think it should be.

In 1792, because the nobility curtailed luxury and pleasure and stopped buying luxury goods, the Jacobins used additional munitions to restore production to the society, but this was only an expedient measure and did not really solve the crisis caused by the shrinking domestic market. Later, large foreign trade terminals and port cities were also affected. The depression made more people unemployed, which created opportunities for the royalist rebellion.

  The Jacobins expelled the Catholic monks, and some recalcitrant priests wanted to restore their deprived power, and secretly supported the restoration of the royalist party, and provided them with funds and food support.

   Compromise with the church is not just for the restoration of social order, the key is to disarm these rebels in the country. Compared with the powerful Napoleon, Joseph is much more merciful. He is the kind of person who believes that being loved by the people will lead to a safer rule than a strong fortress. He will come forward to deal with the church people, and because of the early experience of silk merchants, He is very good at human relations, and he is better than the "lion in the wilderness" who wants to sit on an equal footing with the pope.

It’s not impossible for the church to negotiate peaceful negotiations, but the conditions must be negotiated. The priests of Rousseau’s social contract have read the new civil law. The conditions must be written in the "contract" in black and white. The Great Revolution The king was executed, and the church was deprived of the privileges and large tracts of land, and sold to the secular landowners. Who wouldn't work for the boss without paying his wages?

  The ghost fat monk of Hefpaff’s academy likes to socialize. He once told Pomona that if you want to be a cardinal, you don’t only need to recite the scriptures. Together with the world, power struggles are inevitable. Many bishops of his time were more willing to "deal" and "communication", so that they ignored the matter of "cultivation".

  Whether it is to create job opportunities for urban residents, or to reintegrate the church that has been torn from society after the Great Revolution, it is necessary to hold a dance party.

The social season is also known as the "marriage market." Maybe there will be so many young men and women who look right at the ball, whether they are "the remnants of the Bourbon royal family" or "Napoleon's running dog", and finally break through the world. Seeing married couples, ease the relationship between the new aristocracy and the old aristocracy through marriage

  Napoleon still has to go back to Malemaison to sleep at night, Pomona believes that Josephine also has a "task", and Pomona's "task" is a new style of dress.

  One day she will destroy the extinct thing like tights, poor whale, it did something wrong.

  For world peace and protection of whales, ladies, let’s lose the rococo-style skirt.

  The girls coming downstairs with parasols spotted Pomona standing by the window on the second floor, and immediately waved hello to her with their hands wearing embroidered gloves.

  Pomona also waved hello to her.

  She suddenly discovered that it was not that she could not get along with the girls, but that she could feel the hostility of others towards her. Last time in the Louvre, the ladies around Josephine didn't like her at all. Women’s friendship is based on hating the same woman. Compared to going to Malemaison, Napoleon’s sisters are more willing to go to St. Luke’s Palace and talk ill of Josephine with "British women", like In Malemaison, someone must have spoken ill of Pomona in Josephine's ear.

  It’s useless to say anything to someone who is prejudiced and hostile to you.

If every successful man has a woman behind him, then Napoleon who succeeded in the Siege of Toulon relied on his mother Lydicia, but her mother would always die in front of him, not to mention he was for Joseph. Fern put on the crown, and finally fell out with his mother. Leticia didn't even attend Napoleon's coronation ceremony.

  Only a fool would think that she could replace Josephine. She didn't want to become the second Cleopatra, thinking that Napoleon and Eugene could be regarded as ministers under her skirts.

Even with Severus, she felt that she was daydreaming and thinking about it. When the dream woke up, she was still covered in mud, planting in the vegetable garden, preparing for the thousands of teachers and students at Hogwarts. Sprout of food.

  She is very kind, but she does not have the necessary cosmetics for women like love.

  The attitude of a woman with love and nourishment is a makeup effect that cannot be achieved no matter how carefully crafted it is.

In the Christmas ball of the Triwizard Tournament, the girls were dancing on the dance floor with joy, but she went back to the office by herself and cried and ate cakes until someone knocked on her door.

  She subconsciously touched the black swan pendant on her neck, even if it was made of artificial crystal, she still liked it.

  It reminds her that this is just a dream, and when the dream wakes up, she still has to face the old bat with greasy hair and no aesthetics at all.

   "Either live together or die together." She repeated the oath, turned and left the window.

  Tea and desserts, as well as the tailors invited from Paris are here, everything is ready, and the laughter of the pampers is also heard from afar, it is time to start the performance.

  (End of this chapter)