Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 1455 "hound"

  Portuguese aristocrats are arrogant, empty titles but impoverished.

  The Queen of Portugal, Maria I, is said to have gone mad, and her second son, Joao, rules Portugal as the regent instead of his mother.

  The Queen’s eldest son, José, was deeply influenced by the ideas of the French Enlightenment and hoped to achieve something, but she was opposed by the clergy.

  In contrast, Joao is a religious authoritarian, Caetano is not only the queen’s admonition priest, but also a powerful political figure.

Mental illness can be inherited. It is said that after the death of the Queen’s confession priest, Joao was seriously ill. It is unclear whether Maria I’s mental state became more and more unstable. Eventually 17 doctors jointly signed a document announcing her. Unable to get better, there are rumors that Joao has the same symptoms as the river queen, but because of the medical diagnosis, the nobles can already control the real power through the parliament.

  If Portugal has mineral veins, then the nobles as landlords will have rent to collect, so that the poor aristocrats will no longer be poor.

  If Portugal does not have ore veins, iron smelting is also a way out for them, but why can’t the UK process iron ore into pig iron and iron bars in South America and ship it directly to the UK, so it has to go around Lisbon? And the ore is very heavy and bulky, and most of them are residues.

  Regent Joao and the Portuguese aristocracy are very pro-British. After the foggy moon coup, Napoleon forced Spain to issue an ultimatum, forcing Portugal to break with Britain and succumb to France. Joao refused. Portugal’s policy of neutrality was unsustainable. Spain and France invaded Portugal together in 1801. After Portugal’s defeat, they signed the Treaty of Badajoz and the Treaty of Madrid. The territory was given to Spain, and 20 million francs and half of Guyana were paid to France.

The other half of Guyana belonged to the Dutch. After the Christmas assassination in 1800, many Jacobins were exiled here. Most of them died "legally" because they could not adapt to the environment. Of course Julian Ufrall would not allow Georgian to have a private conversation with William Pitt Jr.'s confidant, and the director of Sèvre had to appear "at the right time".

The Earl of Malmesbury also gave Georgian a gift. It was not a cotton product, but a set of bone china tea sets. It might be produced in the same factory as George III. Georgian was very happy to let Matilda immediately. Use this tea set to make black tea.

  The tradition of the British royal family is to open gifts the day before Christmas, not only because they have to participate in many public events on Christmas day, but also because this is the German tradition of the Hanover royal family.

  With this tradition spreading to the United Kingdom, there is still insanity, and Georgiana is now really afraid that George III’s psychosis will recur.

  "Professor Uvlar and I also talked about farming loans yesterday." Earl Mamms said straightforwardly, "I heard that the first ruling party is very afraid that it will turn into a South China Sea incident."

"He wrote me a paragraph, excerpted from "History" by Polybius." Georgiana said with a polite smile. "People are often capricious, full of desires, impulsive, irrational, and unable to control Qin Xu. Therefore, it must be restrained by the deterrence of the gods."

  "I said I should give her flowers." Julian Uvral said to the Earl of Malmesbury, "Rose, dahlia, or tulip."

   "I don't like tulips." Georgiana said with a frown.

"A lot of Dutch people are also. After the tulip bubble, Dutch people became more rational about investment. Now the French banking industry is still following the old method of Amsterdam in the 18th century. Bankers will ask the government to advance the debt and buy bonds before the palace is issued. Naturally, the price is always lower than the face value. Bankers who are willing to trade at the lowest discount rate can make this transaction. When the bond is sold to the public, the banker can parity or drive up the bond’s listing price on the exchange to sell it at a higher price The bonds I originally bought were the old way of paying less, taking less risks, and making huge profits.” Julian Uvlar said with a smile, “In terms of investment, French people don’t have the same risks as British people. spirit."

   "But in terms of warfare, the French are very creative." The Earl of Malmesbury continued, "I heard that the expeditionary army of Santo Domingo ordered a group of hounds from Cuba."

"what?"

  "When hunting, hounds are good assistants to hunters." Earl Malmesbury said calmly, "but I heard that this type of hound is not a foxhound."

   "My God." Georgiana couldn't help exclaiming.

"The physique of Europeans is not adapted to the tropical climate, and military dogs chasing the enemy are normal. The old Earl Rochambeau also ordered the execution of British prisoners of war, but we think this method is too cruel." The Earl of Malmesbury rubbed the bridge of his nose. That little island like heaven is turning into hell."

  Georgiana looked at Julian Ufral.

"The stock market has gone up and down. If you directly withdraw troops and buy Santo Domingo bonds, those who have bought Santo Domingo bonds will lose everything. It will be difficult for the first ruling party to issue bonds to raise funds." Julian Uvral said "My suggestion is to stop the war and wait for everyone to calm down before negotiating."

   "The Trinidad Observer Force will provide assistance when necessary, such as medical treatment and treatment." The Earl of Malmesbury said.

  "What are the conditions?" Georgiana asked.

   "Does he still listen to what you are saying now?" Julian Uvral asked.

   "It's hard to tell." Georgian said somewhat arrogantly. "He is like this, he is hot and cold, it all depends on whether that person is useful to him."

"I heard that the first ruling government hopes to lower the price of grains by buying large quantities of foreign grains, but you should also remind him that the minimum price of grains cannot be less than 20 francs per quintal, otherwise French agricultural growers will At a loss, Europe is different from the Americas and Russia. It is free people who are engaged in agricultural work. They have slavery to reduce costs, and it is the French peasants who ultimately suffer." Julian Uvral said.

  "The grain trade has affected other industries, and every ship is carrying grain." The Earl of Malmesbury said, "If these grains are parked in Orleans, they cannot be shipped to Paris..."

   "You mean to fix the road between Lyon and Paris first, don't you?" Georgiana sighed.

  " France is not like the United Kingdom. Joint-stock companies are illegal in France." The Earl of Malmesbury said with a smile, "but we can fund the construction of the railway from Paris to Lyon."

  Georgiana looked at the two Spaniards and the British.

  She only gave the letter to Matilda, and then asked her to give it to Napoleon Bonaparte. There shouldn’t be a fourth person besides them knowing how the news was leaked?

"The French like to apprentice very much. They want to follow the example of the United Kingdom and lay the cast iron tracks. The vehicles are towed by animal power. The Loire intends to transport the coal mines of Saint-Etienne to Lyon. Paris hopes to build a railway to Orléans. No one cares about the railway from Paris to Lyon." said the Earl of Malmesbury, "it seems that the French did not take you seriously."

   "The rivers in the south are not easy to freeze." Georgiana said in vain.

  "But the canal will not be able to ship for other reasons, and the postcoach cannot compete with the railway. Sooner or later, this old thing will be eliminated." said the Earl of Malmesbury.

  “Sooner or later the thoroughfare will be eliminated. If the French government feels that the cost of building the railway from Lyon is too high, it can give us the right to operate this road.” Julian Uvrard said.

  "You pay for the money, and the labor is from the French, right?" Georgiana asked.

  "Santo Domingo can also provide labor. Those poor prisoners of war are precious treasures." Julian Uvral said, "Feeding them to dogs is too wasteful."

  She wanted to anger these vampires out.

  But she finally held back.

  It is better to ask Napoleon to show mercy than to use actual profit temptation, but then black people will come to France.

  Jefferson really wants to become a nation with celebrities?

  Have you not heard enough politicians’ high-sounding lies?

  At this time Matilda came in with black tea.

  Georgiana endured the urge to get angry, and planned to wait for the two to leave and ask her what's wrong.

  Have her inquiring mouth reveal secrets?

  But she does need to find another trusted maid.

  　 The history of railway development in France is a big battle. Unlike the Pacific Railway race, which is first repaired, it is a battle between cities.

  (End of this chapter)