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Mary evaluated the perfume bottle from a purely artistic perspective and then made several key points. Under her guidance, Liang En added more 18th-century French court style to the perfume bottles.

I have to say that this kind of reminder is very important. After all, this is a perfume with Versailles as the background, so all kinds of designs must naturally try their best to stick to this theme.

But then again, it is difficult to grasp the style of certain things simply by relying on cultural relics, unless they are simply imitated. As the person who knew the most about such things at that time, Mary was naturally able to put forward valuable suggestions for revision.

Fortunately, the modifications in this area only required minor changes, so when Joan of Arc and Elizabeth arrived, Liang En had successfully completed the modifications and displayed the final product.

Joan of Arc's evaluation of this thing was just that it was beautiful, but basically she couldn't tell what was so good about these things. The only thing she could be sure of was that this thing was definitely a product suitable for rich people.

Elizabeth spoke highly of this thing and believed that such a perfume bottle was for the emperor in his time, or at least it should be for the king or the duke.

"That's it, I'll give these things to Mr. Guerlain." After getting everyone's approval, Liang En nodded and said, and then asked the staff in the workshop to give this thing to Mr. Guerlain.

After finishing all this, everyone went to have a meal together, and then Liang En and Jeanne held hands and prepared to stroll around the street before going home.

Yes, it was home. Mary bought a house here as a place for Liang En and the others to stay. They also had the same house in London, Florida and Shu in China.

These houses are purely for living, and they are relatively close to Liang En's investment points. The only purpose of purchasing them is to facilitate Liang En's living when he goes to those places.

Of course, because they are only for living, although these rooms are not small in size, they are only ordinary in size. For example, this one in Paris is 106 square meters and is on the third floor of an old apartment.

In order to be suitable for living today, the house has undergone many renovations, so it can still meet the needs of ordinary people today, but for the really wealthy people, they often do not live here.

Because for those wealthy Europeans, they prefer to live in gated communities with excellent security and live with people of the same class as themselves, rather than living in such open houses. middle.

Yes, there are many residential houses without communities that are highly praised by Easterners. In the eyes of Europeans, they are actually a symbol of insufficient quality, and the real top communities are basically all closed.

As for the richer people, they will have an independent house. Each family directly owns a closed environment, such as a large manor or a secure single-family house.

In other words, from the perspective of Europeans, the richer the person, the more independent space they can have, while the poorer the person, the less privacy they have, so they have to share too much space with other people.

As for Liang En, they chose this place as their residence because it is close to the center of Paris and has convenient transportation. More importantly, they do not live there permanently.

From a certain point of view, this house can be regarded as an antique similar to the Chinese courtyard house. After all, it has a history of a hundred years from the time of Napoleon III when the house was built.

When it comes to the French Emperor Napoleon III, it is difficult to compare with his uncle Napoleon I in terms of his civil and military achievements or his illustrious reputation. Even when he is mentioned, he is reminded of the French's loss of Alsace and Lorraine.

But in the construction of Paris, Napoleon III was much better than everything he did militarily and politically. It can even be said to be far superior to his uncle, the famous Emperor Napoleon I.

During the reign of Napoleon I, only sporadic construction was completed in Paris. Napoleon III made an overall plan for Paris and appointed Georges Eugene Haussmann as a senior official in the Seine Province to promote the major transformation of Paris.

It can be said that the reason why modern Paris can be called the "Romantic City" is indispensable to Napoleon III and the executor of the plan "Baron Haussmann".

From today's perspective, "transforming Paris" is indeed a good thing that benefits the country and the people. It can be said that the success was achieved at the time and will benefit the future, but this was not the entire purpose of Napoleon III.

Behind the transformation of Paris, there is also the idea of ​​​​preventing possible future "rebellions" and preventing rebels from using the narrow streets of old Paris to set up roadblocks and challenge his rule.

French philosopher and urban sociologist Henri Lefebvre once sharply criticized: “If Haussmann opened boulevards and planned those squares, it was not for the beautiful street scene, but for the beautiful street scene. To machine-gun Paris”

After all, uprisings and riots in Paris occurred one after another after the French Revolution. Between 1830 and 1848 alone, seven armed uprisings broke out in Paris, and the last riot even reached the May Storm that began in May 1968.

Of course, this refers to armed riots, but there are more peaceful protests. The latest one is the yellow vest movement protesting against rising oil prices.

There are many reasons for this situation. One that cannot be bypassed is that the center of Paris in the 19th century was very congested and narrow. Looking like a spider web, the various narrow streets are easily blocked by earth, rocks and clamps.

At that time, it was too easy to cause trouble in Paris. Just pick up someone and block the streets, and a large-scale riot might break out.

These barricades have even become a symbol of an era. For example, the famous song "To the Barricade" illustrates certain characteristics of that era, because such simple fortresses can greatly hinder the repressive actions of the police and the army.

Think about it, even today's street fighting is close to a nightmare for the attacker, let alone in the era of only muzzle-loading rifles.

So when Napoleon III became emperor, he decided to do something about these winding, narrow, and law-and-order streets. To this end, he appointed "Baron Haussmann" to comprehensively implement the great transformation of Paris.

A large number of public buildings including schools, churches, theaters and hospitals were built. Under the supervision of Napoleon III, "worker villages" to provide housing for workers were also built.

At the same time, some supporting measures are also quietly transforming Paris. The number of squares in Paris increased from 1 in 1852 to 25;

The improvement of the medical system has doubled the number of medical consultations to 200,000; more reservoirs and aqueducts have provided Parisians with high-quality and affordable water, and the road lighting system has also been improved.

In short, by 1870, Paris had been transformed from a traditional classical city into a modern city, which also became a model for urban transformation on the European continent.

The building where Liang En and the others are currently living is a residence prepared for low-level civil servants in that era, so the overall environment looks very good, especially after the decoration work is completed, the entire room is no better than those luxurious apartments. How bad.