Chapter 2405 The Kingdom of the Lord of the Rings (Part 2)

"That's how our nicknames were decided. James' nickname was Prongs, Sirius' nickname was Padfoot, Peter's nickname was Wormtail, and mine was Moonface."

Pomona couldn't make it to the "bedtime meeting" in the boys' dormitory, but she asked her questions anyway.

"Why is it called moony?" She asked sympathetically, feeling that James' joke was too much.

"James told a Muggle fairy tale about a princess and 11 cursed princes." Remus recounted the fairy tale "When the princes carried Alyssa back to their quarters with blankets in their mouths, Because they were carrying Alyssa, they didn't fly as fast as usual, so they landed on a rock, and that night there was a strong wind, and Alyssa sang a song."

Calm your wrath, O sea, rest fast, and let me and my brothers rest till morning,

Sky, please open a window, let the moon show its face, the beautiful moonlight, please shine on us.

The sea gradually calmed down in the singing of Alisa, and the tired princes could finally rest. At this time, a crow appeared and told Alisa how to break the spell.

Alisa had to make clothes out of nettles and put them on the princes, but she must not say a word before that, otherwise the princes would die at once.

Alisa did as the crow said, and when they came to the cave where the princes lived, Alisa began to gather nettles. These thorny plants made her delicate hands bloody. But in order to save her brother, she endured burning pain. From that day on, Alisa didn't say a word, and she had to weave armor day and night.

"Jaime sang that song?" Pomona asked.

Remus smiled and shook his head.

"If he did, people would think we had wolves in our dorm," Remus said with a relaxed smile.

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There is a Laeken Castle in the north of Brussels, which was originally the leisure residence of the Austrian Governor-General of Saxony-Terschen and his wife. As the former residence of the Duke of Teschen was demolished by Joseph II, Laeken Castle has been expanded since 1782 became the principal residence of the Duke.

Belgium was occupied by the French in 1794, and the castle almost disappeared. The "Treaty of Luneville" made the territory of the castle no longer belong to Austria, and most of the building materials of the castle were split up and sold by speculators.

Napoleon bought the land, and he intended to give it to Josephine as compensation.

And Georgiana, as the manager of Bonaparte's property in Belgium, of course she needs to know about this transaction, not to mention that the mayor of Brussels brought the documents to her personally.

Before 1800, the low countries did not have the post of "mayor". They have adopted the method of community self-government for a long time, which allows the society to operate normally according to the wishes of the residents when they are in a state of anarchy, such as Ghent , They use the church as the activity center to raise funds or hold meetings to solve security issues, and also set a "welcome tax" to test new residents.

After the French began to rule, this kind of urban autonomy was replaced by the "mayor", but at the beginning, everyone didn't know what the mayor did. The mayor of Bruges, Jacob Vandeweghe, was a farmer. Thought it was my job to sign birth, death and marriage certificates.

The first mayor of Brussels was Paolo Aconati-Visconti, a Milanese nobleman who married the daughter of Lord Gasbeck and settled in the south of the Netherlands. At the age of 20 he joined the army, attaining the rank of Lieutenant, in 1776 he became Minister of the Interior of Queen Maria Theresa, and 7 years later he resigned from the Legion after receiving a large inheritance from his aunt, and no longer held any duties .

However he was sympathetic to the Brabantine uprising and the French Republic, he participated in the council organized in Brussels and served as chairman of the Senate. After the coup in 1797, the council was deposed and became mayor of Brussels on the recommendation of the French consul.

But the many plans he pursued met with considerable resistance, and he was a recognized admirer of Napoleon, and in 1800 he was forced to resign and became a member of the General Council of Dyer and a member of Brussels. He was replaced by Nicolas-Jean Roupe, who was born in Rotterdam and later became deputy deacon of the Carmelites, who once destroyed the cross of the town hall of Leuven and provoked the rebellion. He was also the mayor of Brussels. Provincial commissar.

Lupe looked more refined and scholarly than Paolo Aconati-Visconti. There are French troops stationed in the city of Brussels. These soldiers are not judged by local courts such as Brussels. If they violate the law or military discipline, they will be tried by the French Circuit Military Court. Rupe and some of his friends borrowed the court of the 66th Brigade , established the Free University of Brussels, where the church books confiscated from the university city of Leuven are stored.

Lupe was the last person who sent "content-rich" genre paintings to Georgiana. In 1801, Napoleon ordered the construction of a stock exchange in Brussels. After Lana arrived in Antwerp, he forcibly "requisitioned" those craftsmen, causing the stock exchange to stop working. .

In addition, he also swept through the Brussels Museum. In the past, Lana embezzled the military salary of the Guards in order to build his new home in Paris. Lana was replaced.

He is the mayor who signed the agreement to use the forest on the outskirts of Brussels as collateral. The forest is not a slave. A listed company, the premise is that the stock exchange can be repaired.

After complaining, Lupe asked Georgiana whether she wanted to live in the Castle of Lechen or in the city of Brussels.

But she is more worried about the "return journey" than where she lives. The road from Brussels to France is gone, and there are bandits along the way. Even with 100 Mamluk guards, she still doesn't feel at ease.

As for the mobilization of the French garrison to send her off, that's something she couldn't even think about. In addition, there is the Mississippi conflict that may break out at any time. How can she be free?

She asked Matilda to send the guests out, and then went back to the study where she had stayed before, and picked up the ring inlaid with fire opal, which fell from her hand when she turned into a bird. on the ground.

According to legend, there lived three fairies at the bottom of the Rhine, and they guarded a rock at the bottom of the river day and night, because a piece of magic gold was inlaid on the rock. The Nibelungen dwarf fell in love with the Rhine's daughter, and he longed for the love of one of them, but he was mercilessly mocked when he saw the magic stone shining above the boulder. Gold, whoever can make rings out of this gold can rule the world.

After taking the gold, the dwarf himself made a ring out of the gold, and his younger brother made an invisible armor with the remaining gold, but he was unwilling to give it to his elder brother. Gone is the invisible armor.

At the same time, the Rhine's daughters sang songs at the bottom of the river, thinking of the Rhine Gold they had guarded day and night.

"What do I need that for?" She muttered, bringing the ring back to her hand.

As for the "sun gold" in the Alps, she didn't even dare to think about it. With her crappy alchemy, she couldn't control that kind of material, and it would be "a waste of money" if she got it, so let's just let it go.