Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2282 The place to stay (middle)

  Wilberforce took a document from his briefcase and placed it in front of Georgiana.

"I heard you don't like to beat around the bush, so I'll just say it straight, this is a bill to abolish the slave trade, and I'm trying to get it through Parliament," Wilberforce said easily, "but the current Parliament There's no discussion about it at all, everyone is focusing on the Factory Act."

   Backing William Pitt Jr. back as Prime Minister because you want to pass this bill?

  Georgianna looked at Irish MP Richard Edgeworth.

   "Making this meeting doesn't stand for me or the Irish Parliament." Edgeworth said with a smile, "But as your guardian, I think you should get to know some more friends."

   "Do you want France to pass this bill too?" Georgiana looked at Wilberforce.

   "I'm not a salesman, ma'am, and I know your troubles." Wilbur Verston said after a moment, "but I do have an unkind request."

   "Oh, that's why you gave that diamond." Georgiana smiled contemptuously.

   "No, that's still a Christmas present for you, but 'Diamond Boy' told me you wouldn't accept it, because you're a man of high character."

  Georgianna is getting goosebumps.

   "My unkind request is about Toussaint Louverture. I know he is under your protection, but do you know where his family, especially his wife, is currently?"

  Georgianna was stunned.

   "They...I mean Toussaint Louverture has a wife?"

   "People get married, and I don't think that's surprising," Wilberforce said.

   Now Georgiana doesn't want to argue with him about marriage.

   "Her name is Susan, and she's 50 years old." Just as Georgiana hesitated, Wilburs said, "I think you still need a maid here."

   "I don't think it's appropriate for 'Mrs. President' to be my maid." Georgiana said indifferently.

"Louverture has confessed all his mistakes to Bonaparte. He doesn't ask for forgiveness. The only thing he expects is that his family will be safe. He wrote to Bonaparte and you, but there is no news from them. That's why he found We asked for help."

  Georgianna froze for a moment.

   "Where there is evangelism, there are our people, and there are French people who support abolitionism. I'm asking you now, are you willing to help them? Georgiana."

   She slumped on the sofa.

She remembered the last time there was a lot of turmoil because she handed over the documents about Santo Domingo to Sir Merry, when she was almost under house arrest, only the Mamluks and a few others, including Matilda, stayed, Then she was sent to Mont Blanc.

   If Lucien hadn't picked her up, she might have stayed there to build the road.

   Now West India has become an anxious place. She doesn’t know what traps William Pitt Jr. designed, but Dusan Louverture’s wife is not an ordinary person, and she can’t hide in any corner.

   "Do you need me to drive them away, ma'am?" Carolan said suddenly in English.

   As a French nobleman who once lived in exile in England, it was not surprising that Caroline could speak English Georgiana, but she remembered another thing.

   "My place in Paris has been redecorated by Josephine, and I don't plan to continue living in that tower." Georgiana said, "Where should I live?"

   Edgeworth and Wilberforce looked at each other.

   "You can't just ask me, I'm a woman, I'm helpless, and I need help too," Georgiana said.

   "What help do you want?" asked Wilberforce.

   "Help me find a place to live, so that next time no one will come into my house and rummage the cabinets while I'm away." She said coldly, "Or take the people in my house away."

   "I think this can be done." Edgeworth looked at Wilberforce and said, "How about a different Christmas present? Like a manor."

   "Do you want anything else?" asked Wilberforce.

   "If I'm in trouble, who should I call?" she asked in some panic.

   "Britain is always behind your back and you can go to the embassy," Wilberforce said.

   Neither Georgiana nor Edgeworth spoke. The Archbishop of Troy believed this. What happened?

   "My door will be open to you." After a while, Wilberforce said, "You can come from Yorkshire."

   "And my town." Edgeworth said, "As long as you don't think it's too desolate."

  It was a verbal promise, but Georgiana didn't want them to write any promises, at least their home was more realistic than that ethereal place in Aberdeen.

   "I need to deal with some problems. It's easier to imagine than to practice, gentlemen."

   "It's nice to hear you say that," Wilberforce said. "No wonder 'Diamond Boy' says you can be trusted."

  Georgianna sneered, when the Prime Minister cannot protect himself, is his promise useful?

   Wilberforce's proposal was too exciting, and she was not like a guest. Even though he was a disabled person with limited mobility, Georgiana sent him away, and she needed time to be quiet.

   Edgeworth returned shortly after, and he sat down opposite her.

   "I guess you're not in the mood to see the next guest right now," he said calmly.

   "Who's next?" asked Georgiana.

   "President of the Perucci Bank, they have had a monopoly on the sale of wool in England since the Middle Ages."

   "That's the Middle Ages," said Georgiana indifferently.

   "Although their bank in Italy went bankrupt in the 14th century because Edward III refused to pay, their bank in Amsterdam had no influence."

  Georgianna remembered that she had heard of this bank in Venice, when she was planning to set up a bank in Venice to steal business from the Swiss.

   A few idiots actually listened to her, because they were desperate to save Venice.

Monopolizing the sale of British wool means that the Perucci Bank can first lend money to the new British aristocrats, let them lease the land at a higher price, drive out the original tenant farmers, and restrict and cancel the use of public land. To enclose a large area of ​​land and turn it into private large pastures and farms, which is the famous enclosure movement in British history.

   "I knew he was upset and kind when he gave me a sheep." Georgiana said through gritted teeth.

"Because of the suspension of habeas corpus, hundreds of Dubliners have been imprisoned in prisons or abandoned ships in the bay without trial, and nobles in exile in England and France have acquired habeas corpus through purchases. Do you think we can do that too? ' asked Edgeworth.

   "That's not a small sum," said Georgiana.

   "I think there is a way to do it, like you let the Parisians lend to the baker's owner without letting the panic continue to spread." Edgeworth sighed and said, "People are fed up with the reign of terror."

   She felt that there was something in his words.

   "They've lost some of their money, and now they're going to make it back, what's the best way for you?" Edgeworth asked.

   "Last time you heard, they want to buy back the ownership of the Urque Canal from the Lyons," Georgiana said.

   "How about wool?" said Edgeworth.

   "Let's settle Madame Louverture's problem first," she said with a headache.

   "This is also what I want to remind you, what do you think will happen to you after Napoleon's fall?" Edgeworth lowered his voice. "You are not like Susan, she is 50 years old."

   She looked at him in confusion.

   "Although you are joking, you are a 20-year-old girl, but you say that you are 50, but I am very worried about your future." Edgeworth said.

   "Oh, I'm not kidding." Georgiana smiled and said, "I'm a witch."

   Edgeworth smiled, as if she thought she was joking.

   "I think you already know, you have to find a protector for yourself, and George III doesn't like you."

  Georgianna suddenly realized that it was precisely because of George III's opposition that William Pitt Jr.'s proposal did not come true. If there is another king...

   "You're a sly Irishman, Richard." Georgiana smiled at Edgeworth.

   "And you, fast learner, who taught you the Irish dance?" Edgeworth asked.

   "Isn't it you?"

   Edgeworth laughed.

  Georgiana stared at the bill on the table, and if she remembered correctly, the letter from Louverture to her was also put in the suitcase by Matilda.

   So what the shadow wants to take may not be her seal, but it.

   (end of this chapter)