Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2407 "Green Sleeves" (middle)

  As an internationally renowned city, Brussels originally had many magnificent buildings, such as the Egmont Palace, which is the main place for Brussels to hold foreign affairs. But Brussels City Hall is located on the Grand Place, and it is the grandest building on the Grand Place.

In addition to the town hall, there is also the residence of the Duke of Brabantine and the mint on the side of the square. Before 1792, the Austrians minted Thaler here. After 1792, Joseph II moved the mint to the hereditary domain. It was vacated, and many saw it as Joseph II's revenge for the Brabantine uprising.

It didn't matter whether it was the case or not, the Mint could be seen from the window of Georgiana's lounge anyway, and it stood out like the elephant in the room, and it was the kind with ribbons, floral ornaments. The belt is a major feature of Brussels and is now adorned throughout the square.

   But the first person she wanted to see was not the Mint staff, but the manager of the Royal Opera House in Brussels, who met her on behalf of the Writers and Actors Guild.

  In the many reforms carried out by Joseph II, the activities of Freemasonry were greatly restricted. There were only three officially recognized meeting places, and any gatherings outside these three places would be regarded as illegal gatherings and banned. But despite this, Joseph II did not prohibit Freemasonry activities, and he even protected Mozart as a Freemason.

After the death of Joseph II, Mozart's "Magic Flute" was banned by the next Austrian government, because although the play was disguised as a fairy tale, the content was satirizing society, especially the coloratura soprano "Queen of the Night", which was simply a Queen Maria Theresa herself, the manager hoped that Georgiana would allow him to perform the opera at a welcome reception at the Royal Opera House tomorrow.

The second person I want to see is Nedem, the dean of the Imperial Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences. After the Jesuits were suppressed, the friars school was nationalized and rebuilt as the "School of Theresia", with courses in French literature and natural sciences. He wondered if anyone would take his place.

  Georgianna's reply was that she would visit the school another day, followed by all kinds of celebrities. This has already been staged once in Antwerp. She coped well, but she didn't make promises easily.

  Everyone has their own style of behavior. Josephine likes to gather everyone together to create a very relaxed atmosphere, and someone will take the opportunity to tell her their request.

  Georgiana talked one by one, no matter how relaxed the atmosphere was, it was always in front of everyone, she would be careful when making requests, and her words would change. She gives everyone only 5 minutes, and they can say whatever they want, but this will also have a downside, and some people will make excessive demands.

  After the Great Revolution, many people read the minutes of the meeting of Louis XVI, and they talked nonsense for a long time when talking about state affairs. But Josephine is really popular, and it's easier to get close to people without a strong purpose.

   After seeing this group of people, Georgiana went to the dance to show her face again. It could be seen that people who were dancing without her were more open, and Alice's face was flushed.

  Georgiana took a closer look and saw that she was not hot for dancing, and then she looked at Alice's dance partner, a rather handsome young man who reminded Georgiana of Cedric Diggory.

   "This is my cousin." The 7th Duke of Areenberg, who looked like his "cousin" father, said to Georgiana, "He is my father's sister and the son of the Duke of Ursel."

   "What's your name?" asked Georgiana.

   "You can call me Charles." The young man smiled at Georgiana and said, "Noble names are too long."

   There was no doubt that he was a very attractive young man, but Georgiana said nothing to him. It may be that she is really old. Although she looks young, she does not have much interest in the young man in front of her.

It's also possible that she was with the wrong teacher, and Albus wasn't good at socializing, so he let her socialize with Severus, while he stayed in the tower's office, studying the jingling silverware. .

   If it wasn't for his defeat of Grindelwald and his unshakable status, would he be able to become the chief mage of Wizengamo because of his way of dealing with people without managing connections?

Josephine is a social star in Paris, in which Georgiana is not comparable to her. In this respect, she and Bonaparte are complementary, not to mention that she has an ancient family and is easily confused by the old aristocracy. accept.

   However, many of the old aristocrats have no concept of financial management, and financial management is poor. Georgiana once gave an example in Rouen, a person drinks 12 cups of coffee a day, and the money is reimbursed. There is no denying that there are such strange people, but is it really okay to drink coffee like this every day?

   This is the purpose of setting the state budget. It is not enough for the king to order what he wants to do and what he wants to do. Georgiana is now very worried about the Urque Canal, because Bonaparte himself oversaw the river.

  If there is corruption or other strange phenomenon in the project, and he is not aware of it, it will affect his reputation. If the approval process is followed, although it will be slower, someone else can take the responsibility, and Lyon and Paris will not have differences over the issue of this river.

   She knew that someone had been carried away by success after success and felt that they could rule the world.

  Slaves are not only labor, but also collateral. There are many different regions in the world. The land and climatic conditions are of the same quality as the United States, or even better than the United States, such as the Levant and Egypt, but these places lack a necessities.

  Egypt also had slavery, but the Ottoman Empire would not use slaves as collateral to get loans, the slave owners would sell them, so there was a shortage of labor.

New York was deeply influenced by Hamilton, and can even be called "Hamilton City". He formed an organization for the abolition movement here. In fact, the question of choosing the capital as Washington or New York hides whether the United States should choose urbanization or urbanization. The problem of ruralization dominated by agriculture, who wants to go to Washington, where cornfields are everywhere?

   It is exciting to mention the pyramids, obelisks and Cleopatra, but the locals use camel dung as fuel to cook and eat, who can eat this kind of "food"?

  If the coal was transported and burned in the past, the price was too high for the Egyptians to bear, and they would still choose to use camel dung.

   It also costs money to turn on street lights. Whale oil is so much more expensive than gas, and not all neighborhoods will turn on lights in cities with financial difficulties. Spider End Alley, where Severus lived as a child, had no street lights at all, making it very unsafe at night.

  People will pay attention to their behavior under the light, and with the protection of the night, they will reveal their true self, or engage in conspiracy and tricks.

   She has always ignored a question, who was the mayor of Brussels during the Waterloo War? If it is an admirer of Napoleon, will he support it? Even if it's just to encourage or send some supplies.

   But this is not necessarily true. Napoleon used guides to cross the Alps. These guides may just hate the Austrians and lead the way to the French.

   So it is impossible to rule the world, but she estimates that no one will listen. After all, this new order constructed from cotton works at this stage, so why give it up?

  The New World will produce cheap cotton and cheap grain. With their impact, the local farmers will go bankrupt. It may be because of this lesson that the British would give up cotton in the south during the Civil War.

   If she had the ability of Grindelwald, it would be great to show the "future" to others, but unfortunately she is not a prophet.

   What else can be done?

   She thought so depressed, but with a smile on her face, she continued to "socialize".

   (end of this chapter)