Chapter 2257 Fierce Fire Frenzy (Seventeen)

Part of the territory of the Republic of Batavia is on the south bank of the Scheldt River, which means that the outlet of the Scheldt River is controlled by the Dutch. Even if the French occupy Antwerp and ships cannot go out to sea, it will only be a

Inland port.

The ancient Greeks pursued four great virtues: wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance.

In his later years, Plato believed that temperance was higher than courage, because temperance was the harmony of reason and desire, and the world of Sparta would never have peace.

Before the scandal of embezzlement of public funds came out in the Royal Navy Timber Factory, the British war faction had the upper hand for a time, and the ambassador repeatedly used the Malta issue to stimulate Bonaparte. At this time, Russia formed a coalition of Sweden, Denmark and

The Armed Neutrality Alliance formed by Prussia even drove Britain out of the Baltic Sea after bombarding Copenhagen. Only then did the peace faction replace them.

Although the Baltic Sea has been opened wide after the bombardment of Copenhagen, trade cannot be based solely on hegemony, and the people in the country are not willing to continue paying income tax.

When Norway was founded around the 10th century AD, King Olaf Tryggvasson of Sweden once lived in exile in England. At that time, Northern Europe was still the age of Viking pirates. When Olaf tried to disobey the people's wishes and was unwilling to cooperate with the Norwegians,

The peace was made, a magistrate formed he said "This king allowed no one to give him an opinion, he could only listen to what pleased him, he tried to rule the Norwegians, and this was something no Swedish king would dare to think of."

, this will make many people live in uneasiness. Therefore, as your compatriot, I want to tell you that you had better make peace with the King of Norway and give your daughter to him as his wife. If you do not follow our

Ask for it and we will overthrow and kill you and endure no more the restlessness and lawlessness that our forefathers did when they threw five kings into the well near Mullahan.

It makes us feel as angry as you do."

When the magistrate had finished speaking, these words were greeted by the clang of the weapons carried, and the king, sensing the ominous omen, then expressed his readiness to follow the customs of all Swedish kings, a very typical example of the exercise of the right of resistance.

Even if the Lys River is not as large as the Yellow River, and it still carries so much sediment, if a hole is dug to build a canal, the consequences will be unimaginable even if the Yellow River does not take away the Huaihe River.

Sometimes outsiders think that this is the problem. After dredging the canal, the towns along the canal will prosper. But if it is really built as they imagined, it will not be water conservancy, but water damage.

The East Netherland and the West Netherland are completely different styles. The East Netherland is close to Germany, while the West Netherland looks much more "fashionable" because it is close to the sea and has trade exchanges with countries such as Florence and Spain.

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The Dutch business atmosphere is stronger. Their land is no longer used to grow food for export trade, but flowers and vegetables. The upper class in Belgium can also easily accept French food imports, and they can develop light industry without so many agricultural people.

, it just so happened that they stole the technology from the UK.

The serfdom system in Germany began to disintegrate in the 13th century, and in the Netherlands and Belgium in the 14th century. However, the destruction of the Thirty Years' War and the division of Germany further promoted Germany's economic backwardness, and the disintegrated serfdom revived, especially in North Germany and Belgium.

Northeastern Germany was the most prominent. Serfdom also existed in Russia, but the French Revolution completely abolished serfdom.

She didn't know whether the steam engine and the Jenny Machine could eliminate slavery. There were so many slaves growing cotton in North America. But serfdom couldn't be eliminated without improved agriculture. Counting the slaves growing cotton, they were also serfs.

The Americans did not improve the land, but operated it at a low cost using the colonial agricultural model.

The Dutch have put greenhouses into business, not for growing vegetables, but for growing tropical medicinal plants. This greenhouse was built at Leiden University and was designed by a Frenchman.

Building a greenhouse requires investment and cost, especially when growing vegetables in a greenhouse. You may also have to invest in fuel costs. The Belgians don’t think it is necessary to spend so much money growing vegetables, but they think it is okay to build a flower garden. The French

The Renaissance was greatly influenced by Spain and Antwerp, especially late Mannerism, which was basically passed down from the north.

Mannerism is easily confused with Baroque. Baroque originally means irregular pearls, which are inherently exaggerated and magnificent. Mannerism amplifies this exaggeration and makes it look more asymmetrical and coordinated, rather than the freshness and balance of the early Renaissance.

Rana was sent to Antwerp this time because he misappropriated military funds from the Guards to renovate a new house. The new greenhouse in Antwerp looks like a palace, or much like the Taj Mahal, as high as three floors, with steel supports.

It was painted with Napoleon's favorite green paint.

After entering through the carved door, the first thing you see is a wall. Maybe the designer is not confident enough about the steel support, or maybe it is to give it a place to place sculptures like the facade of a building. There is a large wall in that area.

The open space is enough for dancing, horseback riding, and dressage, let alone dancing. After passing through the wall, you enter the greenhouse. There is running water in it. It looks like a stream, but it is actually recycled water that can be used to irrigate plants.

The theme of today's ball was the Middle Ages, and many people dressed up in strange ways. Accordion pleated necklines were once popular in the Netherlands, and Rubens wore them like that in his portrait. She suspected that those people had turned over old antiques at home.

Come out and wear it.

The clothes Bertin designed for her used a lot of lace, tulle and diamonds. The water nymph is easily reminiscent of blue and the embroidery of narcissus. The most important thing is her sleeves. As long as she dances, the tulle will

Flying, it looks like a pair of wings.

Bonaparte didn't dress up as Zeus or anything. He just wore a more ornate coat and held a flute in his hand. He was pretending to be a bard.

In addition to dancing, there were also several sculptures placed in the venue, which were used to decorate the port of Antwerp. The original plan to build a giant with feet on both sides of the river like Rhodes Island was shelved. It may not be possible to build it that big using stone.

Using copper is too expensive, but people are still willing to build landmark buildings, such as building a larger giant sculpture or bronze statue.

Because Lana sank stones into the water, now if you don't use a flat-bottomed boat to enter the port of Antwerp, you need to hire a pilot to lead the way. It seems that the giant named "ant" is no longer extorting money from passing ships.

Augereau also came. Although he was dismissed and retired, he could still attend this occasion. Before the band played music, the accompanying officials brought several oil paintings and handed them back to the Dutch parliamentarians.

These oil paintings were all collected from the Netherlands by the Bourbon Dynasty or the Directory. Even though the Dutch School of Painting once produced a lot of oil paintings, after passing through the Spanish royal family, the Austrian royal family, the Bourbon royal family, etc., not many are left. Brussels

The mayor actually gave her a painting "full of profound meaning".

Everything Bonaparte returned was from the "previous court", and none of what he had plundered himself. She didn't know if the generals present realized this. Maybe they regarded this as a diplomatic activity.

Just these few paintings seem to be enough to build this greenhouse.

She couldn't help but think of the discussion before going to bed the night before. She originally suggested that he play the fairy king in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", but he still felt that there was no need for comedy, and tragedy was the best classroom.

Then he talked about the fate of the Trojans after the Trojan War. Hector's widow Andromache was captured by Achilles' brother and made a slave. She was held in Hector's arms and blessed.

His son, who would be stronger than his father in the future, was thrown to death.

As for Athena, who helped the Argives win, her temple was insulted, and the last laugh was Hera, because Hera was the goddess of the Argives.

The prosperous city that once supported her and regarded her as a patron saint was burned to the ground by fire. Her priestesses became female captives and were taken away by lot. Women's cries were everywhere along the banks of the Scamandros River.

No one loved her, no Argives thanked her, and even Agamemnon broke his promise and kidnapped the priestess Cassandra.

At this time Athena told Poseidon that she would give the Argives a miserable return, and thus the story of the Odyssey was born.

Poseidon asked her at this time, "Why are you so moody, hating too much and loving so casually?"

She didn't know if he meant these words to her, maybe he was also condemning her.

After all, Andromache did not abandon her love for Hector, cut off her beautiful long hair, went barefoot, wore slave clothes, covered her face with a robe, and occasionally recalled being a free man,

Scene walking down the streets of Troy.

She seemed to understand why Mr. Jenner chose to return to England after being treated politely by the French.

She didn't know how long this method would last, but it worked every day.

So she called the military doctor and walked towards those people who were gossiping. Bean cultivation is also being promoted in Belgium. Now, these are the "operators".
Chapter completed!