To Four Thousand Years Later

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Leonardo suddenly raised his head, looked at the boy who pushed the door in, and met his eyes.

His eyes sharpened immediately. Galeazzo was keenly aware of Leonardo's emotions, and hurriedly scolded in a low voice: "Ludovico! This is my guest, don't be so rude.

Immediately he turned his head to Leonardo, and said with a smile: "I am really laughing at you, Leonardo. This is my younger brother, Dovico Sforza, he is only eighteen years old this year, and he is still very young." sensible.

Leonardo simply responded, showing a gentle smile at Ludovico: "Hello, Ludovico, you can call me Leonardo... I am a painter, and I am here on behalf of the Duke. be a guest.

Hearing this, Ludovico let down his vigilance a little bit.

He didn't pay attention to what his brother said, but walked over reluctantly and shook hands with Leonardo, and replied in a low voice: "Hello, Your Excellency Leonardo. I hope to see your masterpiece.

Although Ludovico's words were somewhat stinging, Leonardo didn't care too much.

He just nodded with a smile: "Yes. Leonardo watched Galeazzo half-push and half-pull Dovico around the dining table, slowly. Go upstairs. When Ludovico is about to disappear at the end of his vision , he turned his head suddenly, and happened to be looking at Lai again. But this time the eye contact did not last long, and he was taken away by Galeazzo.

In less than a few minutes, Galeazzo hurried back again.

He apologized to Leonardo again: "I'm sorry, Leonardo. I don't know why he came here. I didn't have to go through here from the big i to his room. It should be because I heard that I invited guests I'm here, I want to come and see you."

"I think so. Leonardo raised his eyebrows, smiled slowly, and calmly tore off a chicken leg.

Galeazzo did not realize the seriousness of the problem. Because he noticed a problem. Not the same light green as Galeazzo. Ludovico, the eighteen-year-old boy, the younger brother of the Archduke Galeazzo... Before he walked in the door, his name was bloody. Even after hearing that Leonardo was just a painter, The color has only faded to a pale red.

Where did his unwarranted hostility come from? Why does Leonardo fade a little when he says he's just a painter? And why didn't it completely fade away? One Leonardo thought of a possibility.

In the original history, Galeazzo would be assassinated and killed eight years later.

According to the succession law, the successor to the position of Grand Duke Galeazzo is his son Gian Galeazzo Sforza. And after Jian died suddenly, Ludovico succeeded to the Grand Duke's position that year, he was already forty-two years old.

Of course, his political ability is not weaker than that of his elder brother. In the Renaissance era, he was one of the most outstanding kings. Originally, the asylum and sponsorship of the "Duke of Milan" that Leonardo received referred to the "Duke Ludovico", and he came to Mie decades earlier, of course. Now this place is called Teutonic One. Does this matter itself disrupt Ludovico's arrangements?

"Relakin," Leonardo had some guesses, and asked with a chuckle, "What do you think of Galeazzo's younger brother's personality?"

"I can see that he has resentment in his heart but has not expressed it.

Lieragin replied leisurely: "You should pay more attention to him, Galeazzo.

"Father has passed away, and I can't control him alone. Galeazzo shook his head repeatedly. With a wry smile, he said, "Now he often goes out to hang out with some dubious people. Get back something weird. I asked him where he got it from. He didn't say anything, and he got angry when I asked him again. Leonardo caught a word and asked, "For example?" Galeazzo showed a reluctant expression, hesitated for a moment, and replied in a low voice: "Yes. Brothers in Solomon's blood, I have nothing to hide...but I suspect that he may be involved in the case. Before I adjust the Yuan, I ask you two not to tell this matter. Leonardo and Lielakin Jian, nodded in response.

Galeazzo nodded gratefully, and said in a low voice, "He brought back some... broken corpses."

…Category? "

"I guess so, but not sure.

Galeazzo sighed again, poured himself a full bottle of wine, and filled it again for Leonardo: I understand biology, and I can't tell whether it's human or animal.

"But I think, since he is avoiding me, it should be human.

…eyes, bones and flesh? Is it for the human eye?

Leonardo froze for a moment. Does he belong to the Order of the Rosary? But he didn't say "Galleazzo, my brother," Leonardo shook his head, bypassing the subject, "you don't have to be too nervous. Maybe it's a child's play...don't take it too seriously.

"I hope so, alas." Galeazzo sighed, not as energetic as before, but drank tons of mead and added new wine: "Father is dead, I have to take care of him now. Want to take care of my "your baby?"

Well, I have four children. Speaking of this, Galeazzo smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "It's all private... But after I inherited the title, I took them all to me.

"They're all illegitimate... Who do you plan to let inherit the title?"

Leonardo asked.

Hearing this, Galeazzo let out a hey voice: "If you had come two or three months earlier, I really couldn't answer you—my wife already has one, and it's been three months now. This will be my first official marriage. I'm going to call him Ji'an, he must be a smart boy.

"If he inherits my psychic powers, I will ask the teacher to invite him into the Anglican Church, just like my father. The teacher was invited by him to teach me psychic powers. Galeazzo smiled: " You know what, Leonardo. My dad was also an Episcopalian - you didn't see him say 'Oh,' the first time he said to me in Alexandria. I don't think we don't. Leonardo smiled when he heard this: "But you have to call your son my brother"

"I don't care! Hey, it's nothing more than face. The least expensive thing. This way our relationship between father and son will be even better.

"Because you are half-brothers?

"We are all sons of Solomon.

Galeazzo winked: "You are also my son's brother.

"I'm still brother to your father.

Hearing this, Leonardo couldn't help laughing out loud, and Galeazzo laughed too. Although Leonardo and what he's laughing at may not be the same thing.

Amidst the cheerful chatter and laughter, the worried look on Galeazzo's face was much reduced. Perhaps because of the joy brought by eating Leonardo, his whole body has regained the state of vigor that always seems to carry strength.

"You are such an interesting man, Leonardo. I am lucky to have you as a guest.

Galeazzo sighed: "It's a pity, if only my father is still alive. You will become very good friends.

"May I ask," put in Lelakin suddenly, "how did your father die?"

"Because of gout and edema. It happened in the past two years.

The young Duke shook his head: 'He was always in good health...he still has psychic powers, very powerful psychic powers. Unlike me, Father he can point a bullet at him. Cannonballs or other high-speed flying things go back, as long as it is fast enough. I always thought that was a very powerful psychic power.

"I've always thought that it might be some kind of curse. If he was willing to go to the pope, he might be able to ask him to undo the words...or wait for the teacher to come back. It's a pity that the teacher just left Teutonic at that time. …

Speaking of this, Galea Zorda paused: "Ms. Baimeng is the most powerful psychic I have ever seen... She is a real immortal, and it is said that she has survived since the time of St. Augustus As he spoke, he glanced at Leonardo, and quickly added: "Of course, it's incomparable with Lord Pale. Master Pale is one of the oldest. "Leonardo, who was eating fish quietly beside him, smiled slightly and didn't say much about it.

"By the way, my brother," Leonardo asked, "I have an old friend who is said to have received funding from the nobles of Milan and intends to build a university in Milan. Do you know of a university that was recently built? Is it?" Duke Galeazzo thought for a moment. Asked: "I have invested in more than just one. Do you have any other information? Otherwise, I can only tell you their addresses in one go.

"That is a university that teaches psionic technology," Leonardo added, "in this era, it should be the only one.

Galeazzo suddenly realized: "You mean the Psychic Academy, right? The one opened by Aleister? That was indeed invested by me.

He also said, showing a smile: "I have felt since I was a child that there is nothing to hide about psionic power. People with psionic power are not monsters or gods. We are not superior to others, and we should not be rejected because of it.

"Aleister agreed with me, and the teacher also agreed on behalf of the Anglican Church. So we think... maybe it's time to make the psionic power public."

Galeazzo said in a word: "Everyone can have spiritual power. I think this world will be a better place.

On the second day when Leonardo came to Milan, he caught up with heavy snow. But his travel plans have not changed.

So after a simple communication between Leonardo and Duke Galeazzo, he got a carriage that belonged to him—of course not the one he came yesterday. But the duke also gave him his chariot and two separate horses as gifts. Leonardo doesn't need to raise horses, and there are grooms to help him, although Leonardo can be regarded as a rich man now in terms of the monthly dividends he receives. But compared with the Dashihao who gave a carriage and several horses at random, the rich people still pay Galeazzo, but "it will be more embarrassing if you go to Aleister." After all, as a duke, every move he makes is a political signal.

And the place where Aleister is going to open a university, the situation is relatively tense... At the same time, the law and order are also relatively chaotic.

In short, it was the largest workhouse in the Milan district. The existence of charities is necessary. If there are no charities from the government, or at least under the supervision of the government, to help the poor, there will be a large number of religious charitable forces to recruit the poor and the disabled. With the increase of these forces, the society will gradually become turbulent—from the bottom The religious forces in the world will gradually gain the voice of the people, and the words of sect leaders are even more effective than the words of officials and nobles, so that a large number of cults and illegal organizations have been born at the bottom.

With the increase of this force, a model of "a weak country and a strong society" will gradually form, and the society will gradually become highly heterogeneous. The fragmented "first society" that exists in the society will lead to a sick "survival politics" model, that is, the leaders form a compromise with the local power, which will directly lead to the weakening of the national bureaucratic class and the formation of Or even completely paralyzed. To prevent this, either suppress local religion and clan power, or increase social welfare. In many circumstances. The birth of social welfare is not to benefit the people, but to prevent people with malicious intentions from winning the hearts of the people.

After all, sending charcoal in the investigation is always better than icing on the cake and people are starving to death, and not many people care whether it is correct or not.

The Teutonic decree prohibiting random passage naturally made the implementation of the Teutonic bill easier, local security continued to improve, and the number of migrants who increased social unrest was almost reduced to zero. But this will breed another. Potential... that is, the local wealthy family. So six years ago, the Teutonic King promulgated the "Law on Levying Taxes for the Poor and Relief and Subsidy for the Poor and Public Raising Orphans L" to reduce the influence of local wealthy families, patriarchal charity, and religious charity. A poor tax is levied in each region, and unemployed people who have lived in the locality for a certain number of years and have worked in labor for ten years can receive a very meager relief. But in reality, the behavior of helping the poor is only superficial.

First of all, the poor can only receive assistance in his birthplace, which prevents the possibility of falsely receiving relief funds or insufficient relief funds. For those who change their place of residence, as long as the new place of residence lacks supervision, and at the same time the separation between local officials, nobles and the royal family, the workhouse has instead become a real powerhouse. It not only has the power to expel refugees, but even monthly Can take As the famous Teutonic saying goes, "the most talented actors work in charity, not in the theater". Because the workhouse is responsible for the relief of orphans or children whose parents are unable to support them, in addition to the poor tax, the regional nobles also have to subsidize each child with six pence a week until they reach the age of five.

Based on the children's appetite, one bento a day is enough for them to spend a day with meat, vegetables and rice. Therefore, most of the persons in charge of each workhouse will collect most of the money for their own use. Among the reasons, Teutonic beef is the most straightforward meat, so that it is cheaper than fresh vegetables. Of course, this is not because they bought it in the market with good intentions. More often, it is a gift from the community during festivals. For example, on the day of the birth of Jesus, or the day of Solomon's holiness, it is customary to send some "happy meat and wedding wine" according to the head. Children can't drink alcohol, but the meat still has to be delivered. However, most of the beef sent over will not be divided. Usually, there is no water and skin on half of the head... It can save manpower, after all, dividing meat is also hard work.

Well, it must not be all good meat either. The good meat is naturally eaten by the person in charge, and the remaining bits and pieces can only be cooked as porridge. When these orphans were trained to survive on such poor food that it couldn't be worse, most of them would not live to adulthood due to various reasons. But such a move will most likely be pushed back. The autopsy results of the forensic doctor can prove that there is nothing in their stomachs, and the director will prove that they have handled everything according to the routine. Under the supervision of the mayor and local nobles, the chairman had to inspect the workhouse regularly, and they would always send someone to notify them 2 days in advance, so when they went, the children and the whole workhouse were cleaned up. Clean, there will always be some meat, vegetables and black bread for lunch-and all this is recorded by the accompanying recorder.

After all, what law says that children cannot be visited in advance of the inspection? Naturally, since the children ate a full meal, they naturally don't need to eat for the next two.

"And I can't control too much, Leonardo. The head of the district is directly appointed by the king..." Although I am a duke and my territory includes a large district, I am high enough to have my own pastures, forests, hunting grounds and many A company... But Teutonic is not Sardinia, I can't overstep my authority in Teutonic, everything has to follow the process. He said so emphatically. It was the new aristocrat who was let go instead. "But I can't make His Majesty suspicious because of such a trivial matter...you understand what I mean." Galeazzo looked at Leonardo helplessly: "After all , The lawsuit is always directed at someone, at a place. Even if you win two games, you can't change the whole situation. But once I intervene too much, His Majesty will definitely doubt me... and the identity of the Anglican Church will make His Majesty even more vigilant .

"So. Even if I know, I can only watch. Because I'm just a van... I don't have any responsibility to become a hero.

But that man named Aleister has.

"So I might be able to change the country," Galeazzo told Leonardo.

At that time, his eyes were full of hope and helplessness.

Of course he can.

Looking at the gloomy sky, Leonardo let out a sigh of relief. The fluttering snowflakes melted in the white mist and disappeared without a trace.

At this moment, he was wearing a thick woolen cloak, holding his short and light cane in his hand, and his emerald green pupils were warm and clear.

In front of him is the place where Aleister currently lives... the university that is being built.

A university built in a ghetto.

But in all directions, curious, malicious, fearful, and greedy eyes fell like a rain of arrows, but Leonardo did not feel uncomfortable at all.

He just took off his hat, smiled at a little boy who was looking at him timidly, and nodded.

Then, he stepped into the university. Leonardo whispered silently, a faint golden light ignited in his eyes.