Chapter 2374 true believers (Part 2)

During the Dutch Golden Age, "sea coachmen" transported goods from all over the world to Europe, but the Dutch East India Company's primary goal was, of course, profit, and the best way to ensure profit was to monopolize.

But the sea is vast and there are many competitors. It is not that simple to monopolize.

Soon some Dutch men discovered the importance of wives. These colonial or foreign women had a low legal status in the Netherlands, but they had a higher status locally. They could use their social connections and familiarity with the local market to participate in local trade.

Once you have saved enough money, you can go back and marry a "respectable" wife. It was quite easy at first. Later, these shrewd businesswomen also knew how to use their influence behind the scenes to manage their assets, and even obtained legal marriages in the Netherlands.

Because of the relationship, the man may not be able to successfully obtain it. There was once a case where a husband finally obtained the management rights of his wife's property, but he had gone through the legal process for nineteen years, and by the time he got it, he was almost dead.

Europeans abroad are prone to die young, and very few Dutch men live long in Batavia. Such women often become the objects of eager pursuit by the next group of European adventurers.

Some of them married three or four times in their lives, helping their younger husbands gain high positions in the Dutch East India Company. After they became rich, they divorced and remarried. At this time, they no longer needed to marry someone with particularly good connections or

Women are extremely wealthy, so when they die, they will leave very wealthy widows. The indulgence of these women often disgusts the Calvinistic Dutch men. But men have the backing of the law and the church, and the defenders have been trying to "

Taming" these women finally paid off, at least they abide by European moral values ​​more than previous generations of women.

Next is the newly promulgated Civil Code, which clearly prohibits women from handling their property without authorization. If they are married, their husbands are the guardians of their property. If they are unmarried, they must find a guardian. In other words, this Civil Code

The code is built around the property rights of the male head of household.

Tania Borski used her husband's business profits to engage in real estate trading and lending. When the British East India Company increasingly compressed the Dutch East India Company's business space, her business was not affected. New World Trade in the 18th Century

By building warehouses and assigning agents to collect goods, the merchants greatly shortened the time spent in the seaport and reduced the cost of Atlantic shipping. The pioneers pushed further inland. The real estate company she invested in had many such warehouses. With the help of this

As an advantage, she also started a tobacco business herself, because the warehouse itself purchased tobacco with competitive prices.

While other young widows were squandering their youth and money to enjoy themselves, Mrs. Bolsky carefully managed her own business and became richer and richer. She thought it was wise to do so. But she still thought about those young widows.

The life of the beautiful widow is only that now she is no longer young, but she meets Georgiana, a "real" witch, not the kind who holds a crystal ball or reads palms for others.

"There is no magic potion like you mentioned." Georgiana interrupted the old widow. "Aging is irreversible."

She looked at Georgiana in shock.

"Are you surprised? Didn't you approach me because I am a witch?"

"How did you know?" Mrs. Bolsky asked.

"I read your mind." Georgiana said with a smile.

Borsky didn't care. She smiled and said, "I knew there was no fountain of youth in this world."

"But there is the Philosopher's Stone, which is an elixir of youth," said Georgiana.

"Will it make me look younger?" Mrs. Bolsky asked.

Georgiana shook her head, "It can only maintain your current appearance and will not continue to age."

Mrs. Borsky smiled, "Forget it. If I get eternal life, but I have to see that old witch with saggy skin in the mirror every day, I will be unable to bear it faster than others."

"You just want to look younger?" Georgiana asked.

Mrs. Borsky stopped smiling.

"Can you do it?"

Georgiana made no answer.

"What will it cost me?" Mrs. Bolsky asked.

'Your soul.'

Georgiana wanted to joke about it, but she didn't say it out loud because Mrs. Bolsky might take it seriously.

Why are women so obsessed with youth and beauty, smearing so many things on their faces every day, just to make their faces look smooth or to delay aging?

"If I am no longer young and beautiful, if I have nothing", even if they fall in love, they will not arouse the envy and admiration of others, just like Quincy and Emily, they are just a poor couple.

If Georgiana hadn't had this pretty face, she might not have gotten into so much trouble. It was impossible for a man to fall in love with the short, fat Sprout who was wearing a dirty witch's robe.

Love and marriage are conditional. In this "market", the man needs to be rich and the woman should be beautiful, or vice versa.

All this is her own trouble. It's time for her to stop this illusory dream.

"That's a poison that will kill you," Georgiana said softly.

"How long?" asked Mrs. Bolsky.

"What?"

"When will it kill me?" asked Mrs. Bolsky.

"Not immediately," Georgiana replied. In fact, the beauty potion does not contain toxins. "But the more you drink, the more deadly it becomes."

"How much?" Mrs. Bolsky asked eagerly.

Georgiana knew that even if she asked for an astronomical figure, Mrs. Bolsky would pay it.

No wonder Grindelwald believed magic could rule the world.

"I'm afraid you have to go back to Paris with us." Georgiana said, "Someone will give you medicine."

"No problem." Mrs. Bolsky said immediately.

Georgiana thought sadly that in order to maintain a relationship, a woman would not hesitate to doubt, change her perception, compromise, and even change her appearance, turning into someone she didn't recognize from the inside out.

It may not be a good habit for people to be too fickle. In "The Fable of the Bees", the author said that a person who advocates honor must have courage, but lack courage. His other principles are at best a sword without the tip.

But what kind of sword does a woman wear? Love and a beautiful smile are her best weapons. A woman's tears only work on those who care about her. Who can feel sympathy when they see an ugly monster crying?

This monster is so ugly even when he smiles, let alone when he cries.

Fortunately Voldemort doesn't look like his mother.

"What's all right?" asked Bonaparte.

Georgiana looked at him.

"Mrs. Borsky would like to go to Paris with me." she said with a smile.

He looked at the old widow "Is it true?"

"I have always longed for Paris. It was a romantic city at that time." said the old widow.

Georgiana smiled and said nothing.

The legend is so beautiful that when you reach a place, everything you believe in will collapse, just like the mysterious Egypt. The French expeditionary force really saw those legendary ancient cities and was so disappointed that they wanted to return to Europe immediately.

Drinking too much alcohol is not good, but even if Americans promulgate a prohibition on alcohol, some people still find ways to drink secretly, which even causes more serious social security problems.

So why is it necessary to ban potions? Paris is a romantic city of love. Love potions and beauty potions are as necessary as perfume. With this money, you can pay the bill to eliminate Hu Meizi, whose poisonous talent

is truly deadly.
Chapter completed!