Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2258 Fierce Frenzy (18)

  The Netherlands is rich in tulips, and there are many rare varieties in this greenhouse, which are what caused the tulip craze in the 17th century. In Rubens' bedroom hangs a still life painting, also of tulips.

However, the Dutch did not fail because of this. With the improvement of flower planting technology brought about by the tulip craze, they developed the flower industry. If it is a Dutch farmer, Georgiana thinks that it may not be so difficult to promote sugar beet refining, because in this Industry may represent business opportunities in the eyes of business people.

   Bonaparte is going to build Antwerp and give it a makeover. And not only the city, but also the port and the dock. Everyone knows that Antwerp will be transshipped once, and it will become a storage place and distribution center for goods, bringing many employment opportunities.

The ports of Vlissingen and Breskens at the mouth of the Scheldt, although in Dutch hands, invited Bonaparte to "inspect", and it is said that some works were being carried out there, chiefly for the armed fleet on the river. You can hide in and avoid enemy attacks.

The draft determines that too many cannons cannot be carried. Without cannons, there is no firepower. In addition, a continuous road from Frisingen to Antwerp has to be built. It is already very close to the North Sea. In 1792, the estuary of Amsterdam froze. Caused the British navy to surrender to the French cavalry walking on the ice.

  You can also build some ancillary facilities, so that when the west wind starts to blow, both merchant ships and warships can hide in.

  The Netherlands is in the westerly belt, and the west wind blows all the year round. The name of Amsterdam is related to the dam. In order to resist the sea water, people built a lot of dykes to prevent the stormy waves swept up by the west wind.

  The entire project is calculated to be at least hundreds of millions, or even hundreds of millions. Whether it is building a canal or building a railway, the UK will raise money, which involves the stock market, and then there will be many speculators. They don't necessarily know how to build railways, but they certainly know how to play stocks. The South Sea Bubble wiped out many people, but before the bubble burst, every speculator was dreaming of making a fortune in South American trade, including Isaac Newton.

   And this premise was that Spain agreed to allow Britain to trade in South America, Britain also participated in the Spanish Throne War, and also owed a large amount of debt. Originally, the Spanish throne war was a problem between the Habsburgs and the Bourbons. The French won the Spanish throne, and the British recognized Philip of Bourbon as the king of Spain. Desen Bay and part of the American colonies. In general, although the United Kingdom lost, it also grabbed enough benefits. The most important thing is that Spain cannot retake Gibraltar, which is currently the territory of the Duke of York. The Duke himself will not go there to guard it. He will stay in London. , and his mistress sold these positions.

  France and Spain would not agree to the British going to South America to trade, but in order to increase the credibility of the news, King George I also stood up. The Hanoverian family came from the Holy Roman Empire. In the words of Bonaparte, it is not civilized. It was prostituted over and over again. William Pitt the younger restarted the South American trade. How would George III react? Like his grandfather to stand up and build the confidence of the people?

Spain's colonies in South America rely on the Pacific Ocean, while Portugal's colonies rely on the Atlantic Ocean. When the South Sea Bubble occurred, there was an additional business opportunity - Pacific trade. The West Indies did not rely on India. Columbus made a mistake when he discovered the New World. .

  The scandal at the Royal Navy Timber Factory is embezzlement of public funds. This "public money" is not yet used by taxpayers. Why pay income tax to these people for corruption? This has become a reason for tax resistance, just like Americans "don't pay taxes without representation". England once divided Wales and other countries, and even now it is the United Kingdom. Hobbes, the author of Leviathan, also wrote a book called Behemoth. He talked about the English Civil War. Napoleon and Caesar have many similarities, so Lucian wrote a pamphlet listing their differences.

  Violence cannot stop people who act with passion. When they climb the Alps, they need to beat the drums to stimulate their potential.

   Investors in a frenzy don’t need to listen to the drums of war, they just listen to the “good news” and ignore the risks.

When human beings are irrational to a certain extent, unbelievable things will happen. During the South China Sea bubble, one person set up a booth and said that he had a project. He didn’t even say anything and the financing was soon obtained. Everyone was scrambling to grab it for fear of missing out. When he got the opportunity, he was taken first by others, and no one checked his qualification certificate. Of course, the money of these investors was defrauded. Then came the Bubble Act, which prohibited the formation of conglomerates like corporate entities without the authorization of the King and Parliament, and of course, it was impossible to go public for financing.

   But there are still ways. In the 13th century, the English Christians created the "Euse System" to avoid the "Confiscation Regulations" that the king bequeathed land to the church, which is the embryonic form of the trust system. Even if it is only protected by "equity" rather than "common law", people are still willing to try for the sake of financing businessmen, that is, take the risk, it does not trample all the laws of the world.

   The founding fathers of the United States once wanted to abolish slavery when the country was founded, but slave states like Georgia would no longer exist. In order to establish the country, they had to compromise, and this problem was left to wiser descendants than them to solve.

   If you have 300% profit, you dare to commit any crime, even risk being hanged. Although William Pitt Jr. made the price of tea fall, more people drink tea, and it is no longer exclusive to the upper class, but with more demand, there will be more counterfeiting. Not all tree and plant leaves can be used to make tea, just like the blooming rhododendrons in this botanical garden, counterfeiters don’t distinguish the plants, they use poisonous plant leaves to make tea, and people who drink them don’t distinguish them. If you drink it, you will die.

  Customs will conduct inspections, but then you will have to pay customs duties, which are much more expensive than smuggled goods.

  Smugglers are not hanged, but thieves who steal a handkerchief or bread are hanged. When there was a famine in France, some people took advantage of the rising food prices to export food. Napoleon did not order the export, but arrested these people and put them in prison.

   They thought they were unknowingly, but they were reported, and some people knew the serious consequences of doing so. The smuggler's wife can also report her husband as a homeless man. Even if he wears fancy clothes, he can't explain his source of income, because he is an unemployed person. How can an unemployed person get so much money to buy fancy clothes? Was it stolen? If he admits it, he will not be caught in an asylum, but thrown into prison. Will French law hang the thief?

  The Bridge of Sighs There is a story about a death row inmate who saw his wife and other men making out on a gondola.

When Georgiana finished cleaning up the tongue-cheekers, when she returned to the ball, she found that there was an Italian beauty next to the short Corsican, with beautiful gray eyes and full and pink lips, just like. She was as shiny as water, almost coquettish, and very plump. She was wearing an ancient Greek robe, which was not low-cut, but was supported by her figure.

   Of course, a gentleman must look into the eyes of the other party and speak, even if from her point of view, his head is about to be buried in the other party's arms?

   For a moment she thought of the Avada Solitaire, and its green light.

   After thinking that this was not worth her unforgivable crime, she turned around and left and returned to the venue where the sculptures were judged.

  Maybe the screams of those who were vaccinated were very scary, and people at the meeting subconsciously took two steps back when they saw her appearing, and then spoke to her with smiling faces.

  Georgianna also smirked and talked to the person she was talking to.

In front of her is a statue of a goddess, and the sculptor is depicting Calypso, the daughter of Atlas, the goddess of the sea in Greek mythology, who lives on the island of Ogegieu, for every hero in need provide help.

   She is like a saint, a perfect lover, her island is like paradise, she took in Odysseus when his ship sank due to shipwreck.

  Odysseus once advocated a peaceful solution to the problem of Paris robbing Helen, but no result was obtained. Athena wanted to give all the heroes who went to Troy a painful return journey. In the twelfth book of the Odyssey, Odysseus' ship met the sirens and heard their beautiful and seductive singing, but Odysseus sealed the ears of his companions with beeswax because he was reminded, but he was awake. The people who came over bound his hands and feet and tied him to the mast. It wasn't until they arrived at Siren's Island and saw the bones that they understood Odysseus's intentions. They unbound him and rowed out of this area with all their might.

  The night was cloudy and the westerly wind was blowing, and the mast broke in the violent storm, hitting the helmsman on the head. Suddenly thunder fell on the boat, and as the smell of sulfur filled the air, the companions were struck by lightning and fell into the sea, like a flock of crows, floating beside the blackened hull, and the gods prevented them from returning to their homes.

  Odysseus tied the beam and mast with a rope made of cowhide, and sat on it, letting the wind and waves drift.

   "May the westerly winds that evoke storms cease now," he thought as he wandered all night, until the sunrise came and the rosy red dawn appeared in the sky.

  Odysseus lived on the island of Calypso for seven years, and then Athena went to Zeus to complain, asking Zeus to intervene, Zeus sent Hermes, and Calypso let him go. When he returned to his hometown, he found that many people thought he had not returned for ten years and was dead. Many nobles were pursuing his wife, and his palace was also occupied by suitors, who ate and drank in it.

   But his wife was still waiting for him, and she was convinced that he was still alive, so Odysseus entered the palace disguised as a beggar, killed the nobles with his son, and in the blood, their family was reunited.

  New York is also on the westerly belt, but it is at the intersection of the cold Labrador Current and the warm North Atlantic Current, and it does not necessarily have the same westerly winds as Amsterdam.

There is no Statue of Liberty in this world. When the wind is howling, and the Statue of Liberty is standing in the wind and waves holding a torch, the flame seems to give the wandering people a beautiful prospect, and they will soon reach a safe haven, with warm beds and food, think about it Just feel sweet.

   But she wouldn't help like Calypso.

   She only gives you freedom, just as Hera gives power and Athena gives wisdom.

   If freedom is so desirable, she gives people freedom.

  Some people think that the opposite of love is hate, no dear, the opposite of love is indifference.

   If there is nothing to be missed then she can leave this place at any time.

Just like Melusina, she is easily confused with Wendini, because she will also bring happiness, wealth, children and grandchildren to mankind and leave after the man breaks his oath, the difference is that she has a pair of dragon wings and looks at like the devil.

  The flames spewed by the dragon will burn everything, and slaughtering the dragon became the romance of the knights, who not only protected the villagers, but also got the wealth of the dragon. Since you can get so many benefits, why not slay the dragon? Even if the dragon's breath would turn them into ashes, the thin armor on them couldn't stop the dragon's breath at all.

  Who is more powerful, Li Huo or Dragon Breath?

   She drank the wine in one gulp.

   Actually, she prefers to drink fire whisky, but unfortunately it is the wine made by wizards and cannot be drunk here.

   (end of this chapter)