Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2406 "Green Sleeves" (Part 1)

  The story about the wild swan is recorded in Andersen's fairy tales, but Andersen has not been born yet, and the famous "Grimm's Fairy Tales" have not been published.

In Andersen's story, Eliza left her childhood palace and came to the Black Forest. Not a single ray of sunlight could shine through the thick branches, and there was not even the light of fireflies in the moss, but there were many berries in the forest. , they exude a sweet and sour smell, exude a seductive light like a gem, and look extremely delicious.

There was also a princess named Bai Xue. Her stepmother was jealous of her beauty, so she ordered the hunter to kill her, but the good hunter let her go and deceived the princess with a deer's heart pretending to be Bai Xue's heart. After wearing it, the stepmother Queen decided to do it herself. She disguised as an old woman and gave Bai Xue a poisonous apple that looked tempting and delicious.

  Every meal in Belgium is very delicious, making people feel no famine caused by the reduced production of the Baltic Sea. It is difficult to eat such a sumptuous food after returning to Paris. Pomona didn't care, she was more worried about Padma, because the girl had never experienced hunger. Even Fleur has troubles about dieting. The diet at Hogwarts is too greasy, and if she eats it again, she will not be able to wear the dress she wears.

   At noon, she planned to take Ferrier to eat at the table together. Slave was a very distant word in history for Padma, but it was a "in-progress" for Ferrier.

  The atmosphere was awkward, Georgiana pretended not to notice and continued to eat. After lunch, she got word that she was leaving for Brussels.

   "What about the first government?"

   "He left early in the morning."

   She was amazed and did not expect Bonaparte to leave without saying goodbye. The point was that if she wanted to write to him, how would she send it to him?

   After about an hour, she left Mechelen with the mighty entourage and headed for Brussels along a dirt road.

   On the way, they passed an industrial area under construction. A simple dock had been repaired, and a ship loaded with building materials was docked next to it. In addition to manual handling, people are building a crane-like tool, and people look like ants in front of it.

   Before she could take a closer look, the motorcade had already crossed the Seine, and after passing through two small towns, they came to the outskirts of Brussels before dark.

   In the morning, the mayor of Brussels asked her if she was going to the city, but she didn't think about it at the time, so the convoy drove into the Castle of Lechen.

Although it nominally belongs to the Grand Duke Karl, the Grand Duke just inherited it and never lived in it, so it still maintains the neoclassical style that the previous hostess loved. It looks a bit like Neuschwanstein Castle, full of fairy tales. color.

  The girls are very happy to live in such a place, Georgiana thought, as long as she does not live in the medieval stone castle of Ghent.

   However, after getting off the bus, she realized that there were too many people, and there might not be enough rooms in this castle. In the future, it will serve as the headquarters of the Belgian Industrial Promotion Bank, and let the bankers leave, and it is not suitable for high-ranking French officials to live here. So after the bankers were settled, Georgiana set off for Brussels, where she stayed with the Duke of Arenberg.

   They entered the city at night, but a welcome ceremony was held nonetheless, all the street lamps in the city were lit, and fireworks were also set off. Brussels people were enthusiastic, they waved the French flag and shouted Napoleon's name on the roadside, although they did not know that Bonaparte was no longer in the line.

The mayor held a welcome ceremony at the town hall, this time more people than in Mechelen, Georgiana walked alone in the front, Sharptal and Edgeworth walked behind her to introduce her a few. In addition to the former mayor Paul, whom he met in Mechelen, there are also two "young talents", one is Louis De Vos, who studied Latin, Greek, cello and music at the Brussels Conservatory of Music. Conductor, later went to Austria for further studies, served as conductor in various orchestras, and is now a member of the Brussels Parliament. The other was Henri-Joseph van Langenhofen, a former lawyer for the Brabant Commission, a chemist himself, a Brussels native whose father was a paper merchant.

  Since Napoleon and the church signed the "Special Pact of Academic Affairs" of reconciliation, Lupe's situation has been more awkward. In fact, the stock exchange does not need to be repaired, like the Church of Our Lady of Victory, which was once confiscated and used as a gaming distribution center. Now that Napoleon has allowed the reopening of all churches that have not been converted to other uses, plus he has allowed the Austrians to exchange war bonds at a par, at least some Belgians like him.

  It took a while for Georgiana to remember that she was going to live in the Beguinage in Brussels to find out about the Devotion, but today she had already promised to live in the Duke of Arenberg's house.

Although her other "knight", the lord of Ligne, Charlie Joseph, possessed immeasurable wealth, and his residence would have been more luxurious, the diplomat with six or seven home countries was notorious for his open support for homosexuality. , but that doesn't mean he doesn't like women.

   Bonaparte should be more cautious when she is not here. She is not like Josephine, who has marriage and child protection.

   She had only appeared for 20 minutes, and then she retired due to travel fatigue, and then Madame de Vaudet was in charge, and she was indeed tired, but she did not go to the Duke of Arenberg's house at once.

   The mayor prepared a lounge for her, and she was woken up by Margaret after sleeping on the sofa for half an hour.

  Like the Vice President of the United States, Burr, in order to open a bank under his control, he passed the approval under the guise of opening the New York Water Company, but the company's real water business is extremely simple.

  In this "game", politicians need political donations to get votes, and Henry Shaw Jr. talked about his governance concept through the evening party - talking about the Republican Party's Prohibition in Democratic constituencies. Then there is the way of borrowing money from the bank like Burr. In the era of free banking, the "Wildcat Bank" can also print bank notes by itself. As for how Burr pays the money... It is because of his messy finances that Lyons target him. , Talleyrand's bribery caused the xyz incident, but even so, isn't Talleyrand still the foreign minister of France?

Will the scandal caused by Burr, the vice president, affect Thomas Jefferson to see the performance of Federalists and Justice Marshall, and New York Mayor George Clinton, New York was deeply influenced by Hamilton, the election of 1801 The number of votes between Jefferson and Burr was not much different. Although Jefferson was very annoying, Hamilton hated Burr even more. Under Hamilton's lobbying, he made his supporters vote for Jefferson.

  It is a pity that there is no telegram and TV now, otherwise she would like to watch the lively.

   "Georgina..."

  Padma happily entered the lounge.

   "What are you wearing?" Georgiana couldn't help but say when she saw the new dress on Padma.

  Padma looked at her blue dress with diamonds on her body, so she had to look at her.

  Georgianna really didn't know how to explain it to her.

   "Then change one." Bertin walked in behind Padma. "I still have a few sets."

   Wanted to be praised, but Padma, who had a grey nose, pouted and left.

   Bertin lip-mouthed to Georgiana that she would take care of it, and then left with Padma.

   "What did she call your name?" Margaret asked after the two had left.

  Georgianna shook her head and walked behind the desk, ready to start seeing guests.

   (end of this chapter)