Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2338 The Magic Flute of Variations (middle)

   "It must be him." Sirius said without hesitation, "Who else could it be but him?"

   "Who are you referring to?" Pomona asked.

   "Snots."

   "You told him the plan?"

   "What were his parents' names?" Sirius said to himself, regardless of what she was saying.

  Pomona rolled his eyes.

   "Maybe the owner of the Hog's Head said it." James said with his new broom. "He's the headmaster's brother."

   "Why did he tell the Headmaster?" Sirius looked at James in confusion.

   "Because he's the headmaster's brother," James repeated.

   Sirius seemed to think he was unreasonable, and jumped to the box where the Quidditch supplies were kept.

   "So your plan is to go to London via the Floo network at Hog's Head?" Pomona asked.

   "That's right."

   "Why don't you believe the owner of the Hog's Head bar told the principal?" Pomona asked Sirius.

   "I also have a younger brother, so I won't tell him anything."

  Pomona thought of Sirius' younger brother Regulus, who, like Severus, lived in a "doomroom".

   "Not all brothers are like you," Pomona said.

   "Do you think the relationship between brothers must be very good and talk about everything?" Sirius jumped off the box. "Come on James, it's too boring here."

   "I think you should spend less time with that kid," James said to Pomona before leaving, and the two men in their Quidditch training suits walked towards the pitch together with boxes.

   "Unbelievable."

Then she remembered that there was going to be a Quidditch match later, but Severus wouldn't participate in this "stinky and sweaty" sport, so James and Sirius should not give him any money on the field. Does he color it?

But she wasn't sure if they would go to Severus after the game. In short, she turned to go to Severus, hoping that he would be vigilant and be careful of the "Road Raiders" recently. .

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The Queen of the Night Aria is one of the more famous parts of the magic flute of the opera. It was specially composed by Mozart for his cousin, a coloratura soprano. Because of its high difficulty in singing, it became a question of whether the coloratura soprano can meet the standard." touchstone".

   Not only is it difficult to perform solo, but it is equally difficult to sing solo, especially a cappella singing without any accompaniment, which tests the singer's singing skills. Grassini is such a female opera star who can sing acapella.

   Dubault has a younger brother who is a violinist who also collaborated with Beethoven.

   This reminded Georgiana of a time that upset her so much that she almost refused to go with Dubole when the choir was performing.

  A lot of robbers gathered in the Soigne Forest. Originally built a post road in the period of Louis XIII, from Brussels, Enghien, Valenciennes, Cambrai, and after Compiègne, you can go to Paris.

   But when the Habsburgs acquired the Spanish Netherlands, the road was destroyed, and only the section in France remained.

   As Frederick the Great said, building roads is equal to facilitating the enemy's attack, at least destroying the road can hinder the speed of the French army's advance.

   The most representative building complex in the Baroque style is Versailles, but the earliest collectors of the Baroque were not the French royal family, but the Habsburg family. Schönbrunn Palace in Austria was built before Versailles.

  It may be because the royal family loves to use gold, which leads people to think that splendid and extravagant is Baroque.

   In popular terms, the purpose of the Baroque is to stun people and make people feel adored, which is very suitable for Louis XIV, the Sun King. Whether it is a costumed ceremony or a gorgeous performance, its role is to make the image of the "Sun King" golden.

   However, the title of the Sun King did not come immediately after he ascended the throne. After the end of the French-Dutch War, France won the victory and began to dominate Europe. Only then did Louis XIV get the title of "Sun King".

The provinces of Louis XIII had close ties with France, because they all had a common enemy - the Habsburg family, both Spain and the Holy Roman Empire were ruled by the Habsburg family, so Louis X Three-period France protected the newly formed provinces in a sense.

However, this relationship was shattered because of the "legacy war". The queen of Louis XIV was the eldest daughter of King Philip IV of Spain. After the death of Philip IV, Louis XIV claimed to inherit the Spanish Netherlands in the name of the queen. .

At this time, England was under the rule of Cromwell, and King Charles II of England went into exile in France. The two formed an alliance and planned to attack the Netherlands together. At the same time as the French-Dutch War broke out, the third Anglo-Dutch War also broke out. , At this time, the young William III of Orange came on stage. He dug up the sea wall of Amsterdam, temporarily blocked the French army, and drove away the coalition forces in 1673, becoming the recognized grand ruler of the provinces.

The victory of the Sun King in the Franco-Dutch War was not only military, but also diplomatic, customs, economic, etc. France used a lot of money to win over Sweden in northern Europe, induce it to attack the German region, and let Brandenburg and the Holy Roman Empire draw. back to aid the Dutch troops. The Elector of Brandenburg at that time was Frederick Wilhelm, the father of Frederick Wilhelm I, the grandfather of Frederick the Great, and the great-grandfather of Frederick Wilhelm II, whose music teacher Duborg was a teacher.

   In the process of resisting the Swedes, Elector Frederick Wilhelm won the victory, and Denmark saw Sweden's defeat, and took the opportunity to form an alliance with the Netherlands to launch the Skåne War together. Even if Sweden was defeated at the time, but under the adjustment of the victorious country France, Skåne was returned to Sweden, but Louis XIV only got half of Flanders and most of the French-speaking areas of Hainaut.

   By this time, the road to Brussels still exists, and the Netherlands has obtained tariff concessions. If there is no trade, what are the tariff concessions for? When the "Second Aachen Treaty" was signed in 1748, Austria obtained the original Spanish Netherlands, and the ruler at that time also became Maria Theresa, who was the same period as Frederick the Great. The road was also destroyed during that time.

The    guilder was once used as a unit of conversion, not only because the thaler was the currency of the Holy Roman Empire, but also because the Austrians traded with the Ottoman Empire using the thaler. Regardless of the melee of the Pashas, ​​Sultans, and Maharajas of the Ottoman Empire, the benefits of the Mediterranean trade are still considerable, and the French-made woolen Turks like it very much. But as Turkey's financial resources began to dry up, Languedoc's wool could not be sold to Turkey, and Marseille narrowly escaped the predicament by stamping Maria-Theresa's thaler coins in Milan.

  Business will inevitably need cash, the Ottoman Empire has no cash, and the French will not be able to do it unless they find cash to inject into the system. This is similar to what William Pitt Jr. did in the West Indies. Denmark needs silver coins as a reserve of krona value. There is no silver in Europe. They have to go to the West Indies and trade according to the British instructions.

When Spain was prosperous, their gold and silver coins were also widely used currency in neighboring countries, so that the king of France had to give up continuing to cast gold and cast them in the same gold Louis of Pistor's equivalent and fineness. Likewise, England is making gold guinea.

And the coins produced by the German princes who also have coinage rights, some are covered with a thin layer of silver, and when that layer of silver plating is gone, the copper inside is exposed. This small copper plate is the same as the French coins. Wan's hands turned black after taking it. This "black coin" is naturally lower than the face value. Whether it is sold at home or abroad, it is a matter of great benefit to the princes. This "Lorraine Su" was smuggled to France, and then across the border with France, the French gold Louis was transported to the princes' territories. France was furious and threatened, and once the smugglers were caught, they would be punished immediately. However, some people do the business of beheading, and no one does the business that loses money. Otherwise, why would some people go and become robbers?

100 Mamluks would have been enough to serve as guards, but Bonaparte gave Georgiana some jewels, including a large "Mughal diamond", which was too heavy to be used as a belt. Take it and sell it for a lifetime without worrying about food and clothing. Some time ago, France sent the army to suppress the bandits and refugees, but it is only in France. Those bandits can run away when they have long legs. They may hide on the French border. God knows how many bandits are there. She was waiting in the forest of Soigne.

   She could follow Bonaparte to the fortress city of the Ardennes, but that would slow him down, not to mention how could he not go to Brussels?

  Going to Brussels means that she can only cross the section from Brussels to the French border by herself. Of course, she can also bet that robbers will not dare to touch her.

In 1688, when the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold was fighting against the Turks in the Balkans, Louis XIV took the opportunity to launch an attack on the Rhine Valley. Leopold and William III of Orange formed an anti-French alliance. It's the same in times of war.

  When the war on the Western Front was overcast, groups of Ottoman prisoners of war and their female relatives were auctioned publicly in Vienna's slave market.

  Although silver chandeliers look great, when you’re short of money, take them down and melt them into silver coins, even though it costs more to make them than melted silver coins.

  Some people may be unwilling to donate money to save the country, but there is money to buy slaves.

   As long as you think about the situation of Andromack, you can understand what it is like to be a slave of the subjugation.

Empress Theodora of the Eastern Roman Empire said: "If the only way to find safety is to escape, and there is no other way, I will not choose the road of escape. The man who wears the crown should not live in defeat. I no longer The day to be honored as a queen will never come."

   Maybe Georgiana doesn't wear a crown, but she's a free man.

  If that moment came, she would choose to use magic, and she also dealt with giants during the Battle of Hogwarts.

   How many Muggles are the opponents of a giant?

   (end of this chapter)