Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 720 Haidu Story

  In 1000 AD, at this time, Venice had only underground wooden houses, docks and warehouses, which were far from the appearance of the later maritime empire.

  After the merchant ships left Venice, they often encountered pirates, sometimes Normans, and sometimes mercenaries who had no business, which seriously affected the commercial development of Venice.

  Before Osioro was the consul, they relied on paying tribute to the pirates to maintain the safety of trade. When he became the master of the Doge's Palace, he refused to provide tribute, formed a powerful navy, personally participated in an expedition against pirates, and relied on military strength to maintain the safety of Venice.

  Venice has scarce land suitable for farming. To develop and even survive, it must do more in business.

  So what Osioro did before taking office before developing the navy was to expand Venice's business targets as much as possible.

  So Osioro sent an ambassador to sign a trade agreement with countries that believe in the religion to explore more trade routes.

   Merchants have always been despised by nobles because they have no faith or loyalty. But is the Venetian’s approach and the subsequent sacrilegious alliance between France and the Ottoman Empire essentially different? The same is the relationship of interest.

No country can sustain 1,000 years under the unchanged state system like Venice, including China, which has a history of 5,000 years. The Republic of Florence, established on the basis of believing in human conscience, came to an end in 1530, but did not believe in it. The Republic of Venice, established on the basis of human conscience, continued its life for 300 years after the fall of Florence.

  The once swamp tidal flat has transformed into a maritime city. Although there are many profiteers, the Venetians are kind-hearted by nature and admire peace. They are not willing to be pirates.

  Many tourists who come to Venice often complain about the commercialization of the city. There is no humanistic atmosphere of the Renaissance at all. They can't let themselves be sprinkled with a layer of cultural scent, and there is a smell of scent everywhere.

  Venetians don’t like tourists either. They want to be quiet and enjoy the beauty of this enchanting city.

  It is the birthplace of the Western European Renaissance and the “financial center” of medieval Europe. On May 12, 1797, the Congress of the Republic of Venice passed a resolution not to resist surrendering Napoleon with 512 votes in favor, 20 votes against, and 5 abstentions. Four days later, 4,000 French soldiers stationed in Venice, a country full of legends and dreams officially ended.

  Napoleon was the pride of France, but the Italians did not like him. This "Emperor of France and Italy" plundered many treasures of the Italian Renaissance. The French emperor came uninvited by him.

  The so-called tragedy is the destruction of beautiful things for the world to see. This dreamlike city is being destroyed, sinking into the bottom of the sea like Atlantis.

  No one wants to admit that they are unwelcome people, especially those tourists, who are driving the local tourism industry.

  A very simple reason. The foundations of Venice are piles one after another. They are driven into the soil. After they are laid firmly, the formwork is laid, and then houses are built. Therefore, some people say that the city of Venice is covered with stones on top and forest underneath.

  The displacement of the giant oil tanker made its fragile foundations more severely destroyed, and accelerated the sinking of Venice. The present generations have played it with future generations, and this is the characteristic of modern civilization.

A city has its capacity. Venice is a typical capitalist society. Otherwise, you can live in a local hotel, eat and live on a cruise ship, and you will leave after getting off the ship. This city is not a cheap prostitute. If you don’t have money, don’t Come.

  Oh, the people here are so tacky, they look down on people without money.

  Besides doing business, the locals have no idea about other ways of life. It is impossible for everyone to be an artist like Titian and Michelangelo.

  The helplessness of giving up their dreams and running for life is often encountered by many unscrupulous young people. Titian imitated his brother's paintings at first, almost to the point of being true to life, but later he developed his own style.

  Women sometimes do this, they must compromise with reality. The house where Fabio’s family lived may have been a prostitute’s house before.

But now I live by a female painter. There are several easels in a well-lit room. They are all copied world-famous paintings. This kind of hand-painted paintings will have a more oily texture than the printed ones, and it is also a supplement for Rosa's home. One way.

There are many things that can be sold. The little game that Pomona and Severus play, Alicia does not need to spend her life to keep secrets. The problem that Pomona thinks can be solved by Severus with money. .

  Similarly when he was young, he was not as rich as James Potter, he was not favored by Eros, and sometimes Eros was so partial to the rich.

"You are different from most tourists I have seen." A woman with short hair and all white hair but a kind face told her in a wheelchair. She has a very Greek nose. "I can know you are Who?"

   "Witch." Pomona said while admiring Rosa's paintings, "Do you know where the wizards meet?"

   "I don't think I can tell you, I'm just an ordinary old woman."

   "Your grandson and granddaughter said they saw it in your picture album." Pomona put the cockroach on her arm. "Don't worry, it's the 21st century. No one will hunt wizards."

"This is Venice. There are many wizards living here. Even in the Middle Ages, the problem you mentioned is probably the last thing I need to worry about." Rosa said with a smile. "But I really don't know where there are wizards. I'm just a dumb cannon. , I did not choose to stay in the magical world, the Muggle world is just as beautiful."

   "But you keep the book, why?" Pomona asked, "Are you still curious about the world, right?"

"Who would be uninterested in magic?" Rosa said lightly. "But I think you should also be interested in Muggles. You are not the same as my father. No one can move."

   "I think static has its beauty."

   "This is what my mother told him. The beauty of the freeze frame at that moment constitutes eternity. You can understand this. People who have been living in the wizarding world don't know it."

   "Where is your father?"

  "He participated in the war led by Grindelwald and died on the battlefield. He was on the side of anti-purebloodism."

   "Because your mother is a Muggle?"

"Yes, I regret not being a half-blood wizard, but I don't regret being his daughter. That picture album was a birthday gift he bought for me. He thought that even if I couldn't go to the magic school, I should know a little about the magic world. s story."

   "So what makes you choose to keep the Muggle world."

  "This is a beautiful city. I stayed here." Rosa looked out the window and said, "This is a wise choice."

   "You chose Muggle as your husband." Pomona paused and said, "Have you regretted it?"

   "I believe you chose a wizard, witch, do you regret it?" She looked at the paintings "I can see that you like them very much."

   "I like art doesn't mean I have to choose Muggle life for it."

"I like the story of a wizard, but it doesn’t mean that I have to choose the life of a wizard. I am fine now. My son and granddaughter are with me. He also said that I would be like Dandolo and make great achievements at the age of 90." Rosa said with a wry smile, "He still likes to make me laugh as much as he did when he was a child."

  Pomona recalled the middle-aged woman in the restaurant. She had a very good time, and she always had a happy smile on her face. From a certain angle, she looked like Petunia.

  Enrico Dandolo, a blind 90-year-old man, when he became the consul of Venice, it happened to be the fourth crusade.

  Investment war is an extremely risky behavior. If the Crusades are defeated, all investment will be in vain, but if the Crusades win, Venice can become a new maritime empire.

  After careful consideration, Dandolo’s decision was made by the Venetians to fund the construction of the ship, prepare for the supply, and use the national fortune to gamble the game.

After the agreement between the two parties was reached, Venice began to build a large number of warships and equipped the Crusaders with sufficient supplies. However, the number of soldiers summoned by the Crusaders was far from expected. However, the ships have been built to make up for the extra build. For the loss of the ship, the Crusaders were burdened with a lot of debt.

  Dandolo thought of another idea. He controlled the Crusaders with debt threats and used this army to serve Venice. In this way, the spearhead of the Crusaders was directed at the Byzantine Empire, the long-time master of Venice.

  While the Republic of Venice helped the Byzantine Empire undertake defense work, the Republic of Venice itself became stronger.

  The Roman emperor did not expect that the dagger used to deal with the enemy would one day stabbing himself.

   "What is this painting?" Pomona walked to a finished painting that was being mounted.

  "That is the oil painting of the Doge’s Palace, not afraid of the Virgin of the Roman soldiers." Rosa said flatly, "but sometimes women are not afraid of war, but men are afraid, how sad, I am so happy to have a brave son."

  Is this why Maria, who is holding her son’s body, smiles?

   "Why don't you copy the Mona Lisa?"

   "I haven't seen that oil painting, and I don't want to copy it." Rosa shook her head, "I don't like that woman."

   "Why?"

  "Do you like her?" Rosa asked rhetorically.

   "No." Pomona said helplessly.

   "Why?" Rosa asked again.

  Because she is too noticeable, just like those young girls skiing in bikinis, stealing the limelight from the old lady.

  Smiling is sometimes to please others. Since you can’t make everyone like it, why bother to smirk to please others?

  She doesn’t want to live to please others, even if the price of doing so is death.

   "Rosa, can you do me a favor?"

  "Let’s see if I can help with this, tourist."

"My husband is looking for me. If he finds me, he might kill me." Pomona followed his way, twisting her lips, smiling maliciously, and saying half-truths. "Don't tell him I'm going to the Governor's Mansion."

   "Since you don't want him to know, why are you telling me?" Rosa asked strangely.

   "Because this is a secret." Pomona said with a smile.

  (End of this chapter)