Chapter 2228 The Flower War (One Hundred and Thirty-seven)

The Russians also play Quidditch, but they can stop playing it at any time, because it is an outdoor sport. Think about their cold and windy weather all year round, and the various rules of the International Secrecy Act. In order to

Don't let Muggles see you going to remote places, such as Siberia, so that they will be less interested in playing Quidditch.

Muggle politics affects the wizarding world to a certain extent. The 1809 Quidditch World Cup was a game between New Spain and Romania, and New Spain is the future Mexico. It is not yet independent, but they have established a national Quidditch team.

Participated in international competitions.

Similarly, Egypt originally did not have a Ministry of Magic. This is another topic discussed at this summit. Egyptian wizards will use jinxes in tombs, which is one of the anti-theft measures. Grave robbers will trigger these jinxes when they enter the tombs and rob them.

Doing so is considered a violation of international confidentiality laws.

In addition, Egyptian wizards like to use flying carpets instead of broomsticks, and of course their Quidditch is not promoted. Whether to include flying carpets in the register of prohibited magic items has become the focus of the "war."

Flying carpets were used throughout the Persian cultural circle, including India, Bangladesh, and Mongolia. In ancient Greek mythology, there was a kind of golden fleece. The wool of this sheep was pure gold and it could fly. It was the cloud god Nephele who brought the souls from the dead.

A gift from the god Hermes.

There is a kind of sheep in the mountains of the Mughal Empire. Although its wool is not pure gold, it still has the ability to fly. People shear the wool and send it to Lahore to weave flying carpets. The breeding of this sheep has always been a secret.

Therefore, the flying carpet trade has always been monopolized by the wizards of the Mughal Empire.

To put it another way, if Egyptian wizards switch to flying broomsticks instead of flying carpets, there are also broomstick manufacturers in France. How to divide this trade share makes Lestrange and Malfoy argue endlessly. Even if they are both pure-blood families, they must

There was also a marriage, and Lestrange took refuge in England during the French Revolution.

Malfoy is good at using money, and they also need to have income. In this case, several purifiers are not the focus of Septimus.

This is just like purebloods who were once staunch opponents of the International Law of Secrecy. Later, they discovered that the trend was irreversible and that they could obtain benefits from other places, so they became supporters of the International Law of Secrecy.

In 1692, the Spanish Empire was the center of the entire Christian world, and even French King Louis XIV had to learn the etiquette of the Spanish court. The discovery of the new sea route and Zheng He's large-scale purchase of pepper and other goods caused the price of spices to skyrocket, and the pockets of European nobles

It was related to the gold and silver coins being emptied out. Of course, the Spaniards who could obtain gold and silver were surrounded to sell their goods.

Spain also has the Inquisition, and many Spanish witches and wizards go to the Beauxbatons Academy of Magic in France in the Pyrenees.

France has its own special historical reasons. After all, no king dared to kidnap the Pope to Avignon like the French King.

With the completion of Versailles, many Spanish nobles also came to the Palace of Versailles, bringing French architecture, food, clothing, etc. to Spain. This trend undoubtedly violated Christian teachings, but the king did not want to suppress the rebellion like the "Fronde".

of nobility.

Many people think that Napoleon was squandering, and his generals followed suit, but if you look closely, you will find that he would not treat those who served him badly. He sent generals abroad to let them take advantage of neighboring countries.

After the wealth is absorbed, it is then distributed to the generals in the form of high annual salaries. As long as they compare their annual salaries with those of other people working in the capital, then they will not feel that their annual salaries are less. In addition,

With the proceeds from war plunder, these generals became extremely rich and could buy those luxurious palaces that only the royal family could live in in the past.

It was inevitable that they would have a beautiful and spendthrift woman like Madame Duchatel, the mistress of the Duke of York who made money by buying and selling naval posts.

However, men will not actively push away beautiful women who want to approach them. Georgiana was able to successfully approach Bonaparte thanks to the people around him, who took the initiative to make a way for her. Only Josephine would organize a "human wall"

", to isolate those women. Georgiana's method was to do it herself, after all, she didn't have that many female companions.

That was a bottomless pit. Is a horse worth hundreds of thousands of francs? If it was a stallion, Georgiana would pay for it, but if it were a gelding to pull the cart, forget it.

Georgiana took Bonaparte to see Pegasus. After feeding them two barrels of whiskey, he told her that William Pitt transported 20 million Spanish silver coins to the West Indies in preparation for the next development plan in South America.

It's not all about buying off neutral countries.

In the first stage of the development of the New World, New York made a fortune as a base for supplying flour to the British Navy, which at that time was targeting the Caribbean.

Now that the United States is independent, it is not suitable to continue to obtain supplies from the United States. Barbados and Cuba can be used as alternative supply locations. Relatively speaking, France suffered a big loss in Santo Domingo.

By losing this colony, he not only lost the local sugar and coffee, but also lost the springboard to take back Louisiana and establish a country in North America. If it had been before, he would have sold that land long ago, which would not only fill the national treasury

, and it can also cultivate a strong enemy of Britain, which will also open the way for Americans to advance westward.

Because he did not sell the land, the British still want to maintain peace. French merchant ships still have freedom of navigation, and no foreign warship will catch them like "fish".

But it is still difficult for French ships to go to India, because India is the sapphire in the Queen's crown. The wood that Britain can use to build warships is getting less and less. South America is currently a colony of Portugal and Spain, and Britain has gained practical benefits.

Victory, but diplomatic losses.

There is another way - Russia. Catherine said that if she could live to be two hundred years old, she would have the whole of Europe crawling at her feet. Not all Russian wizards are in the primeval forests of Siberia;

Like French wizards, they mix in the upper class. The location of the Quidditch World Cup has no direct relationship with the countries where the finalists are located. In 1994, the Quidditch World Cup was held in the United Kingdom. Ireland, one of the finalists, belonged to the Irish and British Quidditch League.

It's a coincidence that the UK happens to be the venue.

If the final is held in Siberia, it is hard to say whether the level of disaster will be worse than in 1994, because the Dark Mark was released in 1994 and Muggles also saw it, which caused the risk of exposure to the wizarding world, and Siberia is a vast

of no man's land.

After feeding the Pegasus, Bonaparte took her back to the castle, and Bertin prepared a lounge for her with a fireplace.

He took out the flint out of habit, but Georgiana took out the wand and ignited it with a fire magic.

He was stunned for a moment, then kissed her forehead, and then went out.

"Where are you going?" she asked.

"Go find that 'French Crow.'" he said before closing the door, and then closed it.

It would be great if he could convince La Bastan to give up the ownership of this castle, even if he didn't give up, at least after solving the purifier problem.

Georgiana lay on the lounge chair. The lounge was decorated in an exotic style, reminding her of Bertin's "Khan's Residence" and India, as well as the Taj Mahal built by the Mughal king for his princess.

The last time he gave her a very big diamond, it was said to be the Mughal Diamond. As Ross said, such a big diamond was quite heavy to hang around your neck. At that time, their faces were reflected in the mirror, as if

It's a plot in a movie, or maybe it's a dream.

Passion comes and goes quickly. Once the novelty wears off, what the mistress says won't have much impact. So when it comes to giving gifts or asking for help, you have to take advantage of this moment. The anti-smuggling captain who was a miner gave her so much.

Egyptian gifts.

Pauline actually believed his promise that he would divorce Josephine after she gave birth to a child.

Georgiana did not fall into the same trap, but at that moment, she imagined that she was the true love of the man in the mirror, and then she did not care whether the diamond he gave her was a real Mughal diamond.

This relationship will not last long. Is it worthwhile to give up a long-term marriage for a short-term passion?

What's more, this is a dream, the real Napoleon has died long ago.

"I have a question." Albus Dumbledore suddenly asked, "How do you understand 'amortality'?"

Georgiana, who was carrying the Mughal diamond, turned to look at Albus sitting in the rocking chair, with the book and the deluminator in his hand.

"how do you……"

"Answer my question." Albus interrupted her.

"Amortality means never dying and being unable to die. It is different from 'immortality' because they have never really lived." Georgiana replied, "For example, Boggarts and Dementors."

"I wish I could say Hufflepuff added three points, but your answer is too 'boring'. I want to hear your own understanding." Albus said with a smile.

Georgiana thought for a moment, "Are you saying that Hui Yin's so-called shadow is also an existence 'beyond life and death'?"

"How do you understand non-existence?" Albus asked.

"Non-human spiritus apparition, I mean that Muggles can only perceive their non-existence indirectly."

"Non-existence is born from human emotions and feeds on these emotions. They will always appear. If Dementors are driven by despair and Boggarts are driven by fear, then the Yin..."

"Evil thoughts." She continued.

"We know that positive emotions can counteract negative emotions in victims, so what can stop 'evil thoughts'?"

Georgiana did not answer Kind Thought, which was not the correct answer.

Albus played with the deluminator. It looked like a lighter used in World War I, but he only opened and closed its lid, and did not suck away the light like Ron. Its shell was green and looked

Not like a Gryffindor possession.

"What did you think of?" Albus asked.

"I know how to do it," Georgiana said excitedly, then sat up from the sofa and started drawing.

"What are you doing?"

"Put-outer, why didn't I think of that?" she said excitedly, "That's a ready-made 'container'."

"Can you explain it?"

"We cannot let the energy flow by itself, but must 'suck' it over. Remember the water supply system in Paris? Some use natural gravity, and some use steam engines to pump water." She paused here.

"Keep talking, I'm listening." The man standing behind her said.

"Who are you?" Georgiana asked.

"Madam, wake up." She heard Carolan's voice.

When she opened her eyes, she found that she was still in the lounge.

"It's meeting time," Carolan said.

"Wait." She quickly got up, walked to the table, and wrote down the ideas in her dream so as not to forget them later.

That is to say, she wants to make a large-scale lights-out device in the Paris underground. It is similar to the place where kerosene is stored in a lighter, which can be used as the "core" shell.

With this foundation, the next step is to "enhance" its strength. This can be done in cooperation with French alchemists, and then the maze can be designed.

She thought of the Möbius strip, which has only one face and one edge. If it is cut along the middle of the Möbius strip, it will form a ring that is twice the space of the original Möbius strip. If

Cut along the middle of this ring, and you will form two identical rings with front and back sides, and these two rings are nested together.

This means that there is no end point and no starting point, an eternal round trip, infinite standing in place, and no matter how you go, you will return to the starting place.

Her purpose is to trap "non-existence". Human beings are not her target. If someone tries to use violence to destroy it, finding shortcuts will become more and more complicated, and finally it will become a tangled ball of thread with no thread to be found.

"What is this for?" Carolan asked after Georgiana stopped writing.

"Have you ever been to the Department of Mysteries of the British Ministry of Magic?" Georgiana asked Carolan.

"No, I heard that only silent people are eligible to enter." Carolan replied.

"Now, you have it too." Georgiana smiled and handed the piece of paper to Carolan, and then left the lounge.
Chapter completed!