Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 1543 Rotating Compass

  On Halloween, November 1, 1755, a major earthquake occurred in Lisbon, Portugal.

According to post-event statistics, the number of deaths in the Lisbon earthquake was about 60,000 to 100,000. The difference in the data is said to be because the fire and tsunami that occurred after the earthquake almost wiped out the entire Lisbon. The Lisbon earthquake also became the decline of Portugal’s national power and the colonial empire. One of the reasons for the decline from time to time.

  The impact of the Lisbon earthquake goes far beyond the reconstruction of the city. As the victims of the disaster searched for some relics, crosses and the Virgin in the ruins, some malicious theological accusations broke out.

  The pastors preached a lot of exaggerated original sin scares to their parish residents, and the church wondered why the earthquake happened on Halloween.

  The priests have the privilege of not being searched by the customs. No customs officer will pick up the priest’s robes to see what they wear underneath. It just so happened that these priests hid the gold under their robes, so that they reached the scale of theft. For a while, the clergy were even drained from the mining areas in Brazil, and the gold was smuggled to all parts of the United States.

  At the time, Portugal also had the Inquisition. Even if the disaster occurred that almost completely destroyed Lisbon, people were still more worried that the prisoners in the inquisition would escape during the disaster.

Until the death of King João I in 1777, the reconstruction of the city was not over, and João I’s famous minister, the Marquis de Pombal, also lost his position. A large number of simple huts were on the open space near the seven hills surrounding Lisbon. A large number has emerged. This is where the refugees live, while the nobles and priests have restored their stone residences.

  The Marquis de Pombal is a well-known reformer in Portugal, the chief minister of the king, and even the actual ruler of Portugal.

  The Port wine trade policy he invented has grabbed market share for Portuguese wine merchants, and Port wine in the faculty lounge in Oxford Cambridge has become a social drink. At the same time, in order to solve the problem of Portugal's over-reliance on Spanish and Russian steel products, he tried to build a steel plant in Angola. The name of the plant was named after his country villa.

  However, with Maria I’s succession, the Marquis de Pombal was driven back to the fief, and the managers of the steel plant were sent to Africa. They were unable to adapt to the African weather and died one after another.

  So even if this plan is more successful than the one that was contained by the 17th century Inquisition, it does not change the fact that Portugal is still too monolithic in international wine trade.

  Portugal is a severely underdeveloped place. There are no decent roads in the countryside, and mules are needed to transport animals. Coimbo did not have reliable transportation to Lisbon until 1798.

There are many bullock carts in the north, but the avenue from Porto to Braga is very muddy. It takes 5 days to cover a 40-mile road with wheeled vehicles. The Marquis de Pombal tried to build a short canal for his vineyard, but was The accusation of embezzlement of 6 million public funds has led to the shelving of the canal excavation plan, and the best wines of the Douro River are still transported by unimproved waterways.

  Adam Smith’s "Wealth of Nations" mentioned that the exchange of wine for British ironware in France cannot be regarded as a disadvantageous trade, because we all know that the number of tools is limited by practical use, including money.

  The number of pots and pots is used to make food. It is ridiculous to increase pots and pots unnecessarily. If food increases, pots and pots will also increase. The amount of gold and silver in any country must be limited by the actual use of domestic metals, and the amount of coinage is governed by the value of domestic circulating commodities.

  However, unlike paper money, iron can be melted to make barrels and shells.

  Georgina is “crazy”, and people who cling to her such as Leon Coul and Gaston Martin will be unlucky.

  Sometimes, even if you want to stay out of the way, someone will pull you and not let go.

  Napolioni said that if he died that day, he would put his body on the bed for eight days to make others think that he was still alive. At that time, Sebastian would use conspiracy and tricks to get rid of those who were unscrupulous.

  Georgina wondered when she would get some cleansing.

  She looked at the scenery outside Miss Luo’s villa in the desert. In fact, she can understand Napoleon, in order to survive, sometimes must do whatever it takes to survive, which is why she agrees with the family style of being a male lead and a female lead.

  She is not the kind of person who can kill, and sometimes she is too kind and naive. If she has not experienced so much, she is also an unconserved woman.

  She planned to return the collections of the Louvre to Italy for free. Bonaparte asked her back, did Severus teach her?

  He did teach it. It was in the labyrinth. He took a hard risk and got some treasures. Georgiana hoped to share some spoils to Lydia and them in exchange for peace.

  There are many examples of this in history. For example, during the Han Dynasty, the Han people paid tribute to the Huns in exchange for peace, or merchants paid “tolls” to pirates. These can be regarded as signs of weakness.

The reason why women’s ruling is not accepted by men is because of this. There are only a handful of people like Queen Catherine. After Mary I succeeded to the throne, she is keen on religion and charity. She founded the Lisbon Nursing Institute (Casa Piade Lisboa), which specializes in Take in homeless orphans and provide them with basic education in addition to food and clothing. Because of the Queen's passion for religion and charity, she won a "pious woman".

  The Portuguese royal family has a close relationship with the church, and is focused on the United Kingdom. They became an obstacle to the French reform of the bourgeoisie.

  Unless the Portuguese king is willing to establish a constitutional monarchy, the priests are also willing to give up some of their privileges.

  I long to be collected by others in my life, put it in a safe place, and keep it carefully. Lest I be shocked, lest I suffer, lest I be displaced, lest I have nothing to rely on.

  Josephine is actually more practical than Georgiana. She understands that in such troubled times, a man who knows how to survive, a man who can protect her is much more reliable than a man who is knowledgeable and passionate.

  She has two children to raise, and she is in that predicament. What else can she do if she doesn’t?

  People sometimes have to sacrifice their morality and position in order to survive. The saints are already dead.

While Mary I was deeply trapped in her own religious fantasy, others were reading Adam Smith and Montesquieu's books. Before the Battle of Orange Grove broke out, some people were already discussing the sale of the king’s and church’s assets. Industrialization has reformed.

The way to make money is not only trade, but also construction projects. Portugal has plans to get rid of a single trade. Steel plants are also readily available. France provides consultants and bridge and highway experts. The engineering team is also provided by Portugal. Intellectual property rights are also charged. .

  The middle class in Porto wants to catch up with foreigners by eating. No wonder there are pigs running around on the streets.

The smooth succession of Mary I to the throne is also related to the church. The Marquis de Pombal drove the court confessor away, and when the Vatican sent an envoy to protest, he was threatened to sever all relations with the Vatican.

Portugal expelled the priest earlier than France. At the same time, he was still a slave trader, but he prohibited the continued oppression of Jews in his own country. It stipulated that Protestants and Catholics had the same power. Such radical reforms led to him being taken away from most positions. He was later sent to the court of the religious inquisition.

   Even if it was a dream, Napoleon appreciated her, and she wanted to go back to repay the love.

  Georgiana put away the newspaper and got out of the easy chair.

  Animals have a keen sense to avoid disasters such as earthquakes, but humans have lost them. Why?

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