Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 3044 hueandcry (9)

  By the time Pomona was back at the cardboard box, the cat that needed a new home was gone.

  She looked around, but saw no sign of it.

  She thought about it and thought that it might have gone back to find its owner. As long as the owner didn't leave the school, the cat could still find it, even though its sense of smell was not as sensitive as that of a dog.

   So she sat down on the porch next to the box, not sure if she was going to wait for it to come back, or if she just wanted to just sit there for a while.

  In fact, many people have raised shepherd dogs. With its help, shepherds can herd easily. One person can herd thousands of sheep without requiring a lot of manpower like growing wheat.

  Wheat was the staple food of the Romans. It is a dryland crop that is not suitable for the humid environment in Britain. On the contrary, Poland, Prussia, and Hungary are more suitable.

  Eastern Europe was also attacked by the Black Death, but the feudal lords quickly used force to order the farmers to start farming immediately. They could not escape like the farmers in Western Europe. First, they had no way to run, and second, they had nowhere to run. No matter how hard the epidemic has hit the urban population, there will always be an influx of rural people to fill the gap. On the contrary, in rural areas, if you want to retain people, you must increase your wages. The salary of a grass mower has increased from 5p to 10p.

  The cargo ships of the Hanseatic League will transport the grain from the Hungarian plains to all parts of Europe. Except for the famine caused by the sudden population decline in the first few years and the rise in food prices, the prices of agricultural products have always been low, and even reached a historical low in 1377.

  Food prices are low, labor costs are too high, and there are large areas of barren farmland, causing landowners to transform, and animal husbandry can replace planting for profit.

  Cowhide can be used to make leather, but it is a one-time use. Wool grows every year. Gradually, there is a famous saying in the UK-sheep's hoof turns stone into gold.

   At that time, Flanders was the main place for British wool, and it began to decline in the 15th century. In Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, it is recorded that Edward the Black Prince's ban on wool led to a shortage of raw materials in the Flanders textile industry. This is one aspect, and another reason is the lack of market. Flanders produced mass-market slubs that were unfashionable and rough. The "mass" disappeared, and those who survived suddenly gained wealth, and they preferred silk and high-end woolen fabrics.

  During the Justinian period, the West obtained the silk manufacturing process. At this time, southern Italy and parts of Spain began to breed silkworms and weave silk.

   The result of hedonism and reckless recklessness has resulted in a large number of babies being born and abandoned by parents who want to stay single forever. When there is a lack of labor and beggars are driven to work, these children will not be left to fend for themselves like the Romans' foundling grounds.

  Justinian also encountered the plague, but before that, the Nika riot broke out, and the subjects protested against the tax. These heavy taxes are used to repair public buildings such as racetracks, and people's lives are diversified, as if they have returned to the Roman era.

  During the riots, people dragged out a nobleman who they felt was entitled to the throne and put a crown on him.

  An uprising broke out in England in 1381, this time because the king had levied poll tax three times since 1377, the tax base would be shaken if there were fewer people, and it would be impossible to collect the same tax as when there were many people.

  The king is going to start a war again, and the end result is that the people are overwhelmed, especially the relatively wealthy eastern part of England. Since the Norman conquest in 1066, Britain has entered a period of relatively peaceful development. Even in the 30 years of the War of the Roses, it was not a continuous war, but a few big wars.

  The biggest disaster was this plague, and East Anglia suffered particularly heavy losses, even Cambridge was affected.

  People at that time had different opinions. Some people thought that this disaster was a punishment from God, and people should stay and repent.

   Some people also advocate running to "safe areas" such as mountains. As long as it is not so crowded, the infection will not break out.

  At that time, there was a bishop. He originally planned to run away, but later he heard that there were no priests to preside over Mass and other ceremonies, so he went to Cambridge University to establish Trinity College.

  Wolves want to eat sheep out of instinct. To a shepherd, sheep are not just wealth. He also has to graze for the lord.

  In order to protect the sheep, there was a campaign to fight wolves in the 13th century, and wolves were almost extinct in Western Europe. And after humans suffered heavy deaths due to the plague, the wolves began to recover, and even appeared on the outskirts of the city.

   Compared with rural fences, the towering city walls of the city can bring a sense of security, but there is also the danger of plague in the city, but there are also rich entertainment life and carnivals there.

  Sometimes people have suffered too much pain, they neither seek peace nor seek pleasure to fight, but pray to death to take them away. Church bells are often rang without the consent of the clergy. As for who is greeted, it may be the **** of death who comes and goes without a trace, or it may be a Mongolian riding a horse.

   At that time, marriage was considered an adult. Many people married early, married at the age of 14, and changed to a wizarding school, that is, in the third and fourth grades. Where does an "adult" need a guardian to sign when going to Hogsmeade.

  As I get older, it seems that the more freedom I get, I don’t need to abide by the school rules that I have to go back to the lounge at 9 o’clock, and I can even…

   "What are you doing here?"

  Pomona looked up at the speaker.

   "Looking for a new home?" Snape asked, looking at the cardboard boxes at her feet.

   "I'm looking for an abandoned cat," said Pomona grimly.

   "Sit here and look?" He asked her provocatively.

  She didn't want to talk to him, stood up, and looked for the cat in the hiding places behind the bushes.

  He had no intention of helping at all, and stood there looking at her.

   "What are you looking at?" she said grumpily.

   "When I'm not in school next semester, protect yourself." He put his hands behind his waist, propped up his cloak, and said imposingly.

   "You don't need to remind me." Pomona said coldly, found a stick, and randomly pulled the bushes.

   "If you're really smart, I don't need to remind you." He said dryly "I'm not in school next semester, what's the use of fighting for that position?"

  She froze for a moment, but before she could figure it out, a black shadow landed on her shoulder, and she only had time to see that it was a long strip.

   "Hold on!" said Snape, taking out his wand.

   "What is it?" Pomona stood where he was, not daring to move.

  He pointed his wand at her.

   For a moment, she felt her breath freeze, and then he began to chant the spell.

   "All petrochemical."

   Two seconds later, he came over and took off what was on her shoulder. It was a snake, and judging from the shape of its head, it was poisonous.

   "You can move now." He said with a smile.

  Pomona tried to move, but found that he was not petrified, and subconsciously patted the place on the shoulder where the snake stayed just now.

   "You don't like snakes?" He fiddled with the petrified snake in his hand.

   "Not as much as you guys," Pomona said, trying to leave, but he blocked her way with his hand up.

   "Get out of the way!" she said fiercely.

   "Why are you talking to your savior like that." He threatened.

   "Help?" she asked in surprise.

   "It's a poisonous snake, should we keep it here or find a new home for it?" he said, looking at the snake.

   "Of course it's elsewhere. There are students everywhere." Pomona said anxiously.

   "Not to kill it?" Snape asked, looking at her with black eyes.

   "Why kill it?" asked Pomona.

  He didn't speak, as if she was asking an obvious question.

   "You can't kill it just because it poses a threat to people." Pomona looked at the head of the poisonous snake and said, "Otherwise, what is the difference with those from the Ministry of Magic?"

   "Let's go." He said as if giving an order.

"where to?"

   "Let it go."

   "I wish you could go," Pomona said. "I'm going to make dinner."

   She wanted to slip away after she finished speaking, but he quickly grabbed the collar and dragged her away.

   "Let go!" She said anxiously, "It will be seen!"

   But he was unimpressed, and Pomona looked around, probably because no one was in the courtyard at dinner time, but it was too much of an eyesore.

   "Let go!" Pomona warned, "I am the dean!"

   "Are you going to worry about your image now?" He sarcastically.

  She got angry and wanted to give him Avada Kedavra.

   Fortunately, he loosened her collar before she actually did it, and held her hand instead.

  His strength was great, as if he could not refuse, and would not let her break free, but he did not pinch her.

   Then they shuffled away from the Transfiguration courtyard.

  (end of this chapter)