Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 790 Goethe's Palm

  It is actually possible to take a boat from Venice to Padua, but winter is the season of floods, the water conditions are unknown, and it is much more convenient to have a car in the city.

  It takes at least an hour for the Muggles to arrive by car, so they turned around and walked to the botanical garden.

  Padua’s botanical garden was previously established by the Department of Medicine of the University of Padua to study the medicinal value of cherished plants. After centuries, the location and pattern have not changed.

  The botanical garden is surrounded by red bricks and iron fences. Not far from the entrance, there is a platanus plant. It was planted in 1860. It was hollow inside because it was struck by lightning, but it still looks vibrant.

The oldest tree in the Botanical Garden is the palm planted in 1585, because Goethe wrote a poem "The Metamorphosis of Plants" for it and renamed it Goethe's palm. The greenhouse also specially designed a poster for it, which was posted everywhere.

   "This was planned." Severus pointed to the geometrically arranged nurseries and said, "It is full of order. Your nursery is like a crazy tropical rain forest."

  "I separated the carnivorous plants in a nursery." Pomona said with a smirk. "I think plants will grow stronger if they are close to their natural environment. This artificially planned environment is not conducive to their growth."

   "You just can't listen to persuade, can you?" Severus said with a smirk.

  "Do you want to be flower fertilizer?"

   "Are you going to murder me?" He pretended to be surprised.

   "I've even figured out how to destroy the corpse." She said in a sweet voice.

   "What makes you want to murder me? Madam."

   "I don't know, but I heard that most couples will become want to kill each other. Do you think we will have that day?"

  "This is our honeymoon trip." He said slickly, "Let's not talk about such **** topics."

  So they held hands and visited with a group of college students who were observing the internship.

   Just as the Germans have the Valkyrie plan, the Italians are not necessarily Mussolini’s supporters.

  The motto of the University of Padua is: everyone here is completely free.

  Once the Jews are sent on the train, there is basically no return. There is now a "Last Train" monument in Venice. The Zionist League and its publications have gone underground to fight to accelerate the migration of Italian Jews to Palestine.

Although Auschwitz was called a death camp and was heavily guarded, some people fled. Some of these Jewish youths participated in the anti-*** guerrillas, and some participated in the Italian resistance. To be severely punished, many Jews still found refuge among Italians.

  During World War II, the Botanical Garden was once the meeting place of the secret resistance organization.

  It’s not easy for people to escape from Auschwitz, but the people in the black-and-white photos posted on the wooden boards look very ordinary, even young and immature, and they don’t seem to run out of that magic cave at all.

  The Italians have a weird temper, as if their products are all works of art and luxury goods, and they need customers to worship.

  Never mind Ferrari, the same is true for Volkswagen cars such as Fiat. Others such as Volkswagen and Ford will open many shiny specialty stores, but Fiat rarely sees them.

The automobile industry is a pillar industry in many countries, which will solve many jobs, but in the fierce competition in the automobile market, the habit of Italians has kept their car sales lower than in the United States. Coupled with the refugee problem, fiscal revenue is even more stretched. .

  Not all Venetians do not want to be independent, to restore the Republic of Venice and get rid of the debt-ridden Italy.

  This is a common problem in Catholic countries. They are not as keen on chasing and accumulating wealth like Protestants.

  Tourism is the most attractive for consumption besides industry, but Venetians also have to face a problem. Landlords can rent a house for 1,000 Euros to tourists. Why should they rent a house to locals who can only pay 250 Euros?

The Venice Oriental University found that the maximum number of tourists that Venice can receive in a year is only 7.5 million. However, tourists flooded like a tide, exceeding the local carrying capacity. The Grand Canal was muddied by the motorboats that took passengers for the 1-day tour. , Soaring house prices also shut down local shops and replaced them with cheap souvenir shops.

  There is an Oriental Ideal City in Padua. Most of the merchants in the city are Chinese merchants. House prices in Venice are indeed too expensive, but Padua is cheaper.

   When Constantinople was sacked, Enrico Dandolo declared that he was three-eighths of Constantinople, and three-eighths of the treasures were robbed by him.

  The Venetians returned home loaded with trophies, leaving the Franks alone to complete the fourth Eastern Expedition. The French and Venetians' enmity was forged at that time.

Even today, some Venetians and Genoese have not clarified their hatred. Many Italian ingredients have entered Venice, such as Sicilian pistachios and Tuscan steaks. Only the pine nut pesto is bought in Venice. No, because it is made in Genoa.

  Not everyone objected to the “dinner” at the Doge’s Palace on the day of Severus’s case against the Bank of Venice, and some even thought it was a good thing to take this opportunity to become independent.

  There are really not many people who can remain calm in the face of interests. If they lose their cool heads, they will make impulsive choices. It has been hundreds of years since the Republic of Venice was robbed by the French emperor and Austria.

Every year, the taxes paid by Venice and Veneto are 7 Euros, and the public construction given by the government is only 5 Euros. The Natural History Museum converted from a Turkish warehouse does not look like a high-level museum at all. The clerks have a perfunctory attitude and perfunctory attitude. The appropriation for trouble has become a perfunctory thing. Venice is a playground for European elites, and they will not go to that kind of third-rate museum.

  François Pinault is not arty when he spends more than 300 million US dollars on a painting. He is a very shrewd businessman.

Leonardo’s Mona Lisa is the treasure of the Louvre’s town hall, just as Goethe’s palm is the treasure of the town hall of the Padua Botanical Garden. Once the town hall’s treasure is available, people will come to visit and some will visit. Tickets can be collected. Tickets for the Customs House and Palazzo Grassi are 20 Euros. With the flow of people in Venice, it is now conservatively estimated that 10 million people per year, even if only 100,000 people visit his pavilion every year, it’s 2 million Euros a year. Income.

  When you reach a place, you will go shopping nearby. He is the director of Gucci. If he opens a specialty store nearby, someone will definitely go in and consume.

  The goodwill of the Asian customers can make the business easy. Otherwise, Gucci will be resisted by the patriotic sentiment, and his loss will be great. He will donate a few treasures lost in Yuanmingyuan back to China for his fame and fortune.

The only pity is that he did not buy the oil painting of Leonardo da Vinci's "Savior". He doesn't feel sorry for the 300 million dollars. What he feels sad about is that there is no treasure of the town hall. The group of masked people saw it a few days ago. He was still depressed when he was.

  In the imperial palace of Venice, the most indispensable thing is Chinese porcelain. Even Fontainebleau has many porcelains.

  Porcelain is actually made of clay, which is similar to glass, but it was a luxury in ancient times.

  What people like most is not something, but their own desires.

  In the past, goods from the East represented expensive and luxurious products, such as silk and spices. Therefore, when Marco Polo said that there was gold everywhere in China, people believed it.

  At the same time, when Marco Polo introduced Europe to the Khan of Yuan Dynasty, he seemed to be talking about one city every day, but in fact, all of these cities were Venice.

  China can rent giant pandas, why can’t it rent one or two pieces of porcelain to François Pinault for the exhibition?

  He can get the flow of people to sell tickets, and China has also done its own cultural output, which is much more useful than the propaganda of non-governmental spontaneous organizations.

  Just like what Zhang Tao said, the juvenile school needs a Bengal tiger to accompany it in the fantasy drifting on the sea.

  A good opponent can promote each other's growth. Human beings go too fast and it is time to wait for their own souls.

   "Where there is a tree of knowledge, there is heaven." Pomona said, looking at the famous palm tree.

   "Who planted that fig tree in the greenhouse?" Severus asked.

   "I don't know, do you want to investigate?"

  He thought for a while, shook his head, and looked at the magical tropical palm among the blooming flowers.

  (End of this chapter)