Chapter 2375 true believers (Part 2)

Old items that were originally stored in the warehouse were moved out and placed in the yard.

Georgiana sorted it out roughly. For Dutch people, even a kitchen would have one or two paintings. recovery.

In addition, there are some furniture, some of which contain expensive silk fabrics and spices. Even after so many years, you can see their luxury in the past, but with the passage of time, many of them have faded or even rotted, and they are almost gone. No matter how valuable it was, it seemed a pity to lose it like this, so they were put aside and put together with the found scrolls.

In fact, the Dutch did not voluntarily become "sea coachmen". Many of those scrolls were written in Portuguese. In the 15th century, the Portuguese and the Spaniards started their great voyages. During this period, there has been no trace of the Dutch. . At that time, the mainstay industry in the Netherlands was fishing, and herring provided a livelihood for one fifth of the Dutch population. But herring is a natural resource, and the creator did not give the Dutch the exclusive right. Other nationalities living on the North Sea organized herring fishing fleets. In order to compete for fishing grounds, the Dutch and the Scots broke out three wars.

Dutch fishermen have to go to the sea off Denmark hundreds of kilometers away for fishing. The fish season is usually in summer. Unlike sardines, herring can be brought back to the port alive with catfish, so the Dutch started the pickling business, which is to use salt to catch fish. fish pickled up.

Salt was a material that could be used as currency in the Middle Ages. Because of salt and salted fish, the Dutch began to transport and wholesale. With the seawall built, the port became a trade distribution center. Banks, insurance, The payment and so on started one after another. In a sense, the trade of the Netherlands is somewhat similar to that of Italy, except that Italy is engaged in the spice trade, and the routes are mainly concentrated in the Mediterranean, while the trade of the Netherlands is Northern Europe, and the goods transported are not large. Unobtrusive bulk cargo.

The independence of Portugal in the 12th century was under the mediation of the Pope, and Castile recognized Portugal as an independent kingdom.

At that time, Spain was still divided into Aragon and Castile. It was not until Queen Isabella of Castile married Ferdinando, King of Aragon, that the two countries were unified into one country. The two had a daughter, Juana, who was the mother of Charles V.

In the 15th century, the Spanish Restoration Movement drove away the Arabs who occupied this place, and the Ottoman Empire blocked the way to the East, interrupting Portugal's spice and silk trade. For this reason, Portugal launched a great voyage to find new trade routes. During this period, the Portuguese also obeyed the Pope's order and fought against the Ottoman Empire.

Relatively speaking, the north is relatively calm. The commercial prosperity of the Netherlands is much stronger than that of Portugal. After Pope Alexander VI drew the meridian, the Portuguese went to the Netherlands to exchange for precious metals in Central Europe. It was not discovered until the 16th century.

The Hanseatic League was still in its heyday, the Italians had been trying to get their hands on the Baltic trade, and they had alums from Asia Minor, what did the Portuguese have?

So the Portuguese became the agents of the Dutch in the East India trade. It was the Portuguese who were bumping on the sea, waiting for the Portuguese to bring the spices from India to the Netherlands, and then the Dutch wholesalers shipped them to commercial cities in Northern Europe.

This situation continued until the outbreak of the Eighty Years War. Due to the problem of alum, the trade center was moved from Bruges to Antwerp. During the war, Antwerp's sea outlet was blocked, and many businessmen ran from the south to the north.

Portugal is located on the edge of Europe, even if Europe is in the Reformation, it does not affect them, and the money they make through the spice trade is mainly used for "jihad" in North Africa.

At that time, almost all merchant ships were armed, one was to defend against pirates, and the other was to become a pirate. Most of the pirates want to make money, and they don't intend to kill the crew, otherwise they will be chased by the regular army, and the merchant ships robbed by pirates will rob other merchant ships in order to make up for their losses.

Charles V's father, Felipe, was the son of Maximian I of the Habsburg family and Mary of Burgundy. Because Juanna's brothers and sisters died early, Charles V became a German, Hungarian, Czech , the Principality of Burgundy, Spain, and the co-owners of parts of Italy, except for France and Portugal, have almost unified Europe.

During the Renaissance, Italy was the wealthiest region, while Germany, where there were many princes, was very poor. Coupled with the religious reform, Charles V gave up the title of Emperor of Germany to his younger brother, and became the king of Spain, Italy and Burgundy himself. Grand Duke.

Francois I was the first Renaissance-style French monarch. Charles VIII of France left no descendants and was succeeded by Louis of Orleans. Because the French royal family followed the "Salik Inheritance Law", women had no inheritance rights. François, then four years old, became the presumed heir.

Later, François I was captured by Charles V, and signed a treaty in Madrid, stipulating that Burgundy should be Charles V, and France would give up Italian territory. François I immediately denied the treaty, and Germany and France almost went to war for a time, because Madame Cambrai maintained peace with the treaty, Francois I formed an alliance with the Ottoman Empire, and Charles V continued to fight Ottomans, and the Siege of Vienna took back the Danube.

Despite heavy setbacks on land, Suleiman gained dominion in the Mediterranean, while Barbarossa Hayreddin, under the authority of the Ottoman sultan, destroyed the fortresses of Spanish and Italian ports, weakening Spanish Habsburg rule .

After the failure of the last effort to defeat the Protestant princes in 1555, Charles V began to fade out of the government. He handed over his own Spain and the Low Countries to his son Philip II. After Philip II succeeded to the throne, he continued to rule Spain and France. war.

At this time, Charles V arranged a marriage and married his daughter Juana to Prince João Manuel, the grandson of João III of Portugal. The kings of Portugal were generally weak, and only one son of the prince and Juana survived. Come down, this is Sebastian. It may be because he was regarded as the hope of ZTE in Portugal since he was a child. He has been exercising in various harsh environments and climates since he was a child, and even drove a boat out to sea in a storm. After pro-government in 1568, he carried out a series of domestic reforms. Although the maritime trade from East India to Lisbon was still in the hands of the Portuguese, the volume of goods and trade volume on this route were declining day by day. The trade routes of Egypt and Italy became active again.

In view of this, the royal family began to sell the privilege of going to the East Indies to some merchants, and many Portuguese put on the agenda to attack North Africa to obtain more trade routes and gold.

Sebastian was convinced that he would become a commander who conquered the pagans, and that it was worth doing to glorify God on the battlefield, so he led 20,000 people to attack Morocco in 1578. At that time, he was unmarried and had no children. He died in battle while crossing the Mahazan River alone, at the age of 24.

After his death, the Portuguese nobles who went out with him were captured. The Portuguese had been reluctant to rule them by Spain. This time they waited for their families to pay the ransom. Philip II of Spain paid the money and expressed respect for Portugal's independence. It will not interfere with Portugal's ocean-going trade. In 1580, Philip II of Spain also took the crown of Portugal.

This was also the time when the revolution in the Netherlands was at its most intense. The seven northern provinces declared their independence and became the Netherlands later. Therefore, in 1591, Portugal, as the territory of Philip of Spain, cut off commercial relations with the Netherlands and handed over the spice business to the Netherlands. Burgers a little further north.

In this way, the Netherlands joined the great voyage and began to travel to Southeast Asia and India by itself. In 1602, the Dutch East India Company was established and became a "sea coachman".

It is true that going to sea will lead to death, even if you don’t die, you will die early, but if you don’t go to sea, you can only continue to be a fisherman, which is unbearable no matter what.

There is a phrase in English called "go dutch", which means not going to Holland, but AA, which is the last solution she can think of before losing her mind.

She knew what Bonaparte wanted to do, just like the metaphor made by the discoverer of game theory, the smart way is not for everyone to invite the most beautiful girl, but to invite her female partner, so that everyone can dance.

But at the ball of the Triwizard Tournament, everyone invited Fleur, and even Ron wanted to try his luck.

During the chat just now, Mrs. Borski talked about her husband doing business in India. Enterprises always hope to manage the expenses of employees, but in fact it is always difficult to do so. If you want the company to be in a monopoly position, you need to win over local officials to obtain local concessions.

In a city called Chennai in Bangladesh, the local representatives even have to report the cost of raising the tiger to the public account. The tiger was not raised by the local representative, but by a general under the Sultan of Mysore. Developed and constructed by an Indian company, it was captured by the French for a period of time, and later fell into the hands of the Sultan of Mysore. Raising a tiger is nothing compared to the benefits of reselling the local dyed cloth.

There are also colorful sari, and Alexander of Macedonia could not use force to change the custom of women wearing sari.

Mrs. Borski was very young at that time, and she was beautiful in a sari. Her aging is different from the fact that her twins drank the aging potion and wanted to hide from the age line and participated in the Triwizard Tournament. It is reversible. The effect of the potion is temporary, just like Felicia, once the curative effect passes them It's back to normal.

time...

"Help!"

Before she finished feeling, she heard a faint voice.

She listened carefully for a while, and heard a knocking sound. She searched carefully in each box, and finally found the source of the sound.

It was a very ordinary box, very big, much like the kind used by magicians who transform people into living beings.

"Help!"

This time she heard clearly, it was a girl's voice.

She took her wand from her bracelet and unlocked the chest.

First there was a pop of red sari, and then she saw a pretty girl get up from the box.

This reminded her of the first time Cleopatra met Caesar. It is said that she was hidden in the carpet, and her appearance must have made Caesar feel bright.

"Where is this?" the young man asked after looking around for four weeks.

"Belgium, near Brussels." Georgiana replied, "How did you come here to Padma?"

"Who are you and how do you know me?" Padma Patil asked.

That's because I taught you both sisters for six years.

Pomona thought, but didn't say it, at least they were more recognizable than the Weasley twins.

"I have the same question, how did you know her?"

asked Bonaparte by the windowsill on the second floor.

Why is he always so elusive?

"How did you come here, Padma?" Georgiana asked.

She eyed Georgiana warily. "Why should I tell you?"

Then she realized that they were speaking English, how could Bonaparte understand it?

She looked up at the window, by which he had disappeared.

Pomona began to think that it was too late for her to escape with Padma.