Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 1224 The Women of Paris (11)

  After turning a corner, the black dog leading Severus disappeared.

  It is strange to say that the outside of the palace is heavily guarded, but there are no guards inside, as if the black dog is very familiar with the situation inside and bypassed those people.

  At this moment, a door suddenly opened, several staff officers walked out of it, and Severus quickly hid in a corner they couldn't see.

  After the staff had gone far, he came back to the front of the door again and opened the door with the Araj Cave Curse. There was no one in this room, but all the candles were lit.

  Light is needed for reading and needlework. Egyptians do not have a roof on the roof. The moonlight is the brightest when the full moon is full, so it is suitable for needlework.

  There are gorgeous oil paintings on the roofs of the French. Moonlight does not come in and can only be illuminated by candlelight. Naturally, these soldiers didn't light so many candles for needlework. Several long tables were filled with paper documents, which looked messy.

Severus frowned. He walked to one of the tables and stopped. On the table were two documents. One was written in English and the other was written in French. The ink in the French document was not dry yet. .

What the two Americans said just now that "only Britain remains" refers to the fact that the main force in the anti-French coalition is only Britain, and there are also some armed neutral countries that still stand on the side of Britain, Severus This document is the license issued by Britain to the armed neutral country Denmark.

  In the 18th century, the United States was still an agricultural country. In addition to food, cotton was also the main export product.

The cotton grown in the United States is not Egyptian cotton, but the island cotton of the Bahamas. This cotton, like Egyptian cotton, is also long-staple cotton. The biggest difference between the two types of cotton is that after being made into yarn, Egyptian cotton is stronger and stronger than sea island cotton. It has higher softness and silky luster. Sea island cotton does not have that strength, so it is suitable for cheap civilian products.

Cotton is not grown in France, and the materials used in the cotton textile industry are all imported. This indirectly leads to the fact that the price of cotton products produced in France is much higher than that of British products, and the quality is not as good as that of British products. Cotton products cannot compete with British products.

  In addition to the United States, India also produces cotton, but if India’s cotton yarn is shipped from the Cape of Good Hope, the cost will be high. The best way is to dig through the Suez Canal.

At present, this canal is just a hypothesis, invisible and intangible. In contrast, it is much simpler to prohibit British goods from entering France. This creates a contradiction. France needs overseas cotton for cotton weaving, otherwise domestic textiles. The factory will stop production due to lack of raw materials.

  Let the import of raw materials, then other British goods will also be liberalized, and French goods will face a crisis of not being able to sell.

  Of course, a savvy housewife will buy cheap and good fabrics to make clothes for her family. Who would buy the expensive and bad ones?

Such low prices for British goods are obtained by squeezing blood and sweat. The first is that raw materials are grown using slavery. The second is that the wages of workers have dropped again and again. A large number of child labor, women and bankrupt farmers are used. Naturally, the labor environment is not to be mentioned. Even the wages are sometimes not paid by capitalists on time and in amount, and workers often go on strike.

   But if there is a contrast, the British workers will be psychologically balanced. Look at the French, they often can’t afford to eat bread. At least there is a poverty tax in the UK. Even if prices are soaring, the poverty tax is calculated based on the price of bread. The reason for the relatively stable working class.

  Due to the War of Independence, the relationship between the United States and Britain and France was very bad. In 1798, during the supervising government, President Adams sent a special envoy to France to sign treaties for some naval frictions in the Atlantic Ocean. However, the foreign minister of the supervising government told the Americans that he had to be bribed to sign. The newly-founded Americans were still idealists. They felt that this was unacceptable and an insult to the United States, so the United States and France broke off diplomatic relations.

  As a retaliation, the supervising government prohibits armed neutral countries from carrying British and American goods. Once all ships find British and American goods, they will be regarded as legally captured goods, that is to say, legal robbery.

  Official channels cannot be used. Many textile machines in law-abiding factories cease production due to lack of raw materials. Less than half of the textile machines are turned on. A large number of workers are unemployed. Some factories that are not very law-abiding obtain raw materials through smuggling. The government not only defeated the war, but also messed up the domestic economy. People who are unemployed and have no income and are constantly facing starvation without food have become less obedient. The royalist party gave money, food and guns, and watched the domestic situation begin again. Become indistinguishable, Napoleon returned from Egypt by boat.

The United Kingdom will issue permits to ships of armed neutral countries so that these smuggling ships do not have to worry about being seized when they encounter British and American warships. Napoleon has not been so strict on smuggling investigations after the foggy moon became the first in power. .

  One is because most of the French navy was destroyed, and the other is because the domestic economy does not allow the blockade to continue.

Not all parts of warships are produced in France. It requires a lot of top-quality wood and gunpowder. The British restricted Indian saltpeter exports. The French can only give local saltpeter workers the privilege to break into private land and dig soil containing saltpetre. . Regardless of whether the Americans dug it out of the underground of the New World or obtained saltpeter from India through bribery or other means, this legal permit is now placed on the desk of the French staff and it has also been translated into French.

The British certainly hated the independent Yankees, but in 1801 Britain and France were at war, and the British factories needed American cotton to start work. They had to appease the Americans who were seriously injured in the French trade blockade, allowing the Americans to load goods in neutral countries, and then As a neutral country asset, it was sold to France on a "circular route".

  Americans are like women who appear intimately in public with their British husbands and hold hands with their French lovers in private, earning both ends.

  Thanks to them so making money, in 1803, only 20 years after the founding of the country, they spent 80 million francs to buy Louisiana.

  Severus looked at this “military secret” with a smile, as if imagining what the British people in the first year of the 19th century would feel if they knew their allies were like this?

  But this smile disappeared from his face soon.

  He folded the copy of "Military Secrets" and put it in his jacket pocket, then raised his wand, knocked down one of the candlesticks, and deliberately let the flame fall on the paper.

  However, as soon as he did all this, the door behind him was kicked open. A group of soldiers in blue uniforms blocked the door in three rows, holding muskets with ammunition and bayonet in their hands.

   "Fire!" someone shouted, even if Severus didn't understand French, he knew the meaning of the word.

  At the moment the soldier shouted the order, the gun rang, crackling dozens of bullets shot at the wizard, and the room was suddenly full of gunpowder.

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  Pomona took the brush and rubbed Napoleon's back vigorously.

  Anyway, he is a donkey. It doesn't matter how hard you brush.

   "If you were a scrubber in Alexandria, you would definitely be dismissed." Napoleon said, "Why do you have this strength?"

   "Dare you untie my fetters?" Pomona threatened.

  "Have you ever taken a Turkish bath?" Napoleon asked.

"No!"

"I like Turkish baths. Egyptians like to talk about things in it. I have a general's wife who used to be a scrubber in the bathhouse." Napoleon said. "She is an Egyptian woman and she continues to stay in Rosetta's bathhouse after marriage. When she walked around, all the women there pleased her and asked what it was like to live with the French. She said that he let her sit as the chief and gave her the best things to eat. When she sat down, she would give her Pulling open the chair, constantly caring for her, trying to fulfill all her wishes, these words soon spread through the bathhouse in Rosetta, and the women of the city ran to Cairo, asking Egyptian men to treat them in accordance with French customs. Since I left Paris, I have not received any news from France. I heard that the French navy was completely defeated, so I thought about making Egypt a French colony. I wrote a letter asking Josephine to come, but she refused to come, but did other things. The family members and a singing and dancing troupe came. Most of these people were women, as well as doctors and pharmacists. We spread modern medicine in the local area and exempted the Attar land tax. The lives of the Egyptians have been greatly improved. They are very fond of the French. Everything was fine. But one morning I crossed the Nile to inspect the Giza Arsenal. When I returned at nine in the morning, there was a riot in Cairo."

  Pomona stopped brushing her back.

"All traffic arteries have been cut off, and there are sentinels at every fork in the road. They built earth walls and roadblocks. The women on the terraces were so scared and weeping. The Da Sheikh tried their best to enlighten the people and told them to do so. However, the people did not listen at all, and instead threatened the Da Sheik to join the riot. General Dupuyui was a brave and excellent officer, but his personality was very impatient. When he saw the riot, he immediately ordered the law. The army entered a state of combat. When I entered the city, the gunshots were already loud. Rumors were spreading everywhere in the city. The Kebir Sultan was killed, and the French had taken off their masks. They were massacring the Orthodox Christians. The only French army who followed me to Egypt was Thirty-five thousand people, excluding the injuries and the number of war-damaged, are far from the opponents of the residents of Cairo. We cannot have a full-scale conflict with the Cairo people. I immediately ordered people to find out what caused the residents to rebel suddenly. It turned out to be There are rumors in the city that Degerza of Damascus and Jerusalem is leading the army to Cairo. Cairo is divided into fifty districts, each of which is surrounded by walls. The opening and closing of the gate is the power of each district chief. , It can cause traffic to be cut off at any time. I reached an agreement with Sadasheikh. He agreed to demolish part of the wall. When the engineers and soldiers began to demolish the work, they met with the people’s obstruction. The owners of real estate believed that their interests were harmed, and Some malicious people are spreading rumors that the French are preparing to levy a special tax and asking them to pay a lot of money. Cairo people are very cheerful and enthusiastic, like chatting, and the rumors spread very quickly. We demolished a mosque and then An artillery fort was built on the ruins, and the residents were even more disturbed at this time. Why did the French want to point the cannon at them? Aren’t we friends? I immediately asked someone to write an announcement in Arabic and Turks to clarify the facts, Setting up arms is only a military rule, but the leader of the rebellion used this to convince the people that we were timid, which made the people even more unreasonable. I had to order the cannon to fire. After the gunshots, the rebels sent sharp guns to the roof of the mosque and planned to fight. Our artillery was killed, but because the range was not enough, we finally failed. Later, General Dolmatian ordered the bayonet to be mounted. The rebels were repelled. The cavalry began to attack and captured some prisoners. The Syrians and Kepts who supported us locally We were guided by people and led us to the command post of the rebels. The fighting ended at 7 o’clock in the evening. The police chief arrested 80 senior officials who participated in the defense meeting. Some rebels left Cairo at night and went through the desert. Suez. It all started because of rumors and suspicion. The Egyptians who liked us very much no longer like us after this riot. The soldiers are also very surprised. Why didn’t I execute the leader of the rebel army? The French are here. The blood shed in the rebellion should be repaid by them. At this time, I was glad that Josephine did not come to Egypt like the family members of those clerks. Although they were all fine, they were just frightened. I did not want to leave a reputation for tyranny, but deal with something. People need to use heavy codes. Being polite and kind to them is ineffective. I didn’t deal with the old Sheikh who incited the rebellion because they were old, could not get on horses, and could not use knives. Everything was done for maintenance. They are better able to deal with their own interests than a young and dreamy leader. Since last year, I have allowed people to contact the Pope. Without property inequality, there can be no society. Without religion, social inequality cannot be maintained. When a person is hungry and dying, if there is another person next to him who eats and wants to spit it out, he cannot tolerate this difference, unless a priest tells him that God’s will is like this. There must be poor and rich people in this world. People, but in the next life and eternal life, the distinction between rich and poor will be completely different. You did not embezzle other people’s property when you were alive. You will not go to **** after death or suffer in the underworld execution ground. But those cardinals who stay in France do It’s not like that to the people. You British bought them and asked them to provide support for the kingly faction. I asked the pope to replace the bishopric, but he did not obey my orders. He was waiting for the outcome of my war in Italy. If I lose, he will continue to support the royalists. If I win, he will give in. Later, I asked Murat to attack Taranto, which is an important port. The city, Hannibal has also attacked there before. Although the French Navy suffered heavy losses and was unable to repel British warships at sea, your ship could not be docked. No matter how good warships are, they are also marine sampans. We are the same from the soles of Italian boots. Can escape the blockade of the British navy to go to Egypt. "

   "Why tell me this, isn't this a military secret?" Pomona asked.

"The fate of Egypt has been decided, and you have won." Napoleon's piercing eyes looked back at her. "The warship I sent out to pick up the children delayed the fighter plane. Egypt was occupied by the British, and the fleet was secretly from The cavalry and artillery led by Blatters attracted the attention of most people. It hardly encountered an attack, but Guntom was afraid of losing the entire fleet like last time and drove the ship in. In Toulon, fate is sometimes very strange, predictable, and may change at any time. You once predicted that we can only get those children back through the peace talks with Britain. I want to prove you wrong, but my plan did not succeed. You told me again that the Pope needs to come forward for peace talks, but he has repeatedly delayed and my patience is almost exhausted."

  He lifted his wet hand from the bathtub and grabbed her arm.

"I think I am a good person. I want to use a benevolent and civilized way to resolve disputes, but there are always people who make trouble with me. All those who obey my orders are my children. I will try my best to protect them, and those who do not obey I command, and those who dare to hurt my children are my enemies. I have never been merciless to enemies. Now I give you two choices. First, go out and take off your clothes and wait for me on the bed later. I will be gentle to you, just like you are the mother of my child. Second, if I hand you over to the American, you will be cruelly punished. This is something I don’t want and want to see. Every late night, My spirit bursts out like sparks, sometimes you, this midnight elf will appear in my dreams, I hope you are single, without that husband. Just now you asked me about the whereabouts of that little Cleopatra Pauline is a talented woman. She can paint and is a musician. Her new husband will have a good time with her. The original one I gave him a promotion, and he is still loyal to me. I introduced a loyal aristocratic lady to him. Everyone knows that the women related to me will be properly taken care of. You don’t need to worry about living on the streets. Even if you owe a huge debt, I will help you to pay it back. , Do you have any concerns that you want to tell me?"

  "Can you give me poison?" Pomona begged, "Please don't give me to the Surgeon."

  He rubbed his eyes with his other hand, and the corners of his mouth were lowered, looking like a child who didn't want his favorite toy.

   "Why don't you love me?" He held back his excitement, and said with a trembling, "Am I not good enough for you?"

  "If I promise you, I will become the kind of woman I despise the most, and I will become the kind of person you hate the most, just like the young man who was with Josephine while you were away."

   "I think it's no different, everyone knows that you are my mistress."

   "That's different." Pomona racked her brains, hoping to come up with a suitable adjective from her confused thoughts.

   "What everyone recognizes is not necessarily the truth, just like people in the past believed that the earth is flat, until Columbus discovered the new world and proved that the earth is round. In fact, this is not a new discovery. People already knew it in ancient Greece."

   "I can sacrifice honor for the truth, but why should I sacrifice honor when no one gets any benefit?"

   "I don't think this has anything to do with your honor? Others will still respect you as always."

  Napoleon looked at her in surprise.

"what?"

   "You don't understand what I just said, do you?"

   "I understand the military plan you mentioned earlier. The Chinese call this Mingxiu plank road secretly crossing Chencang."

  Napoleon looked at her as if he had heard incredible things.

  "Are you really unaware or are you kidding me?"

  She still doesn't understand what went wrong.

   At this moment, the gunfire rang, which interrupted the silence of the night and brought Napoleon back to normal.

  There was a smile on his face that he had expected, and everything was under control.

"What happened?"

   "Don't worry, it may be a thief or a spy from another country." He turned his back, leaning against the bathtub, and let out a long sigh of relief. "This is common."

   Then he pointed to his big head "Help me wash my hair."

  She felt like she wanted to say no, but in the end she did.

  She got wet in the bathtub and wet his hair, but she missed the first snow last winter when she was washing another person's hair.

  The hot water in the bathroom cut off the cold outside, and they spent a warm day in the bathtub.

  "Do you still love Josephine?" Pomona asked Napoleon.

   "Of course." He closed his eyes and said.

   "Then why do you still ask me so?"

"I told you on the sofa before. It is terrible to love only one person and put all feelings on her. I want other people to share my feelings." Napoleon said, "Otherwise, the spring of my feelings will be Exhausted, you don’t want to see that to me."

  She was speechless for a long time.

  "Have you ever thought that you found supplies in the desert not from God, but from the nest of pirates?"

  "Maybe it’s not that, but it was arranged by God. Theodora means God’s gift, and you are God’s gift to me." He smiled comfortably, "Thank you, my God."

   "How do I feel that you were not religious at all when you said this."

  "There are so many people in this world who are ungodly than me and don’t believe in it. Why should it punish me?" Napoleon said calmly, "If Diodora had a bad reputation, I would rather call you that name."

   "I don't care about fame."

   "I care, stop talking and concentrate on work."

  She looked out the window with some worry, the gunfire continued.

  "Aren't you going out to see?" Pomona asked.

   "There are Juno and Louis, there is nothing to worry about." He closed his eyes and said, "Rather than worry about others, worry about yourself first."

  For a moment, she wanted to cut his throat with a sharp weapon, but she didn't do that.

  Maybe there will be a turnaround, she can't think of what France would be like without Napoleon.

  (End of this chapter)