Chapter 2407

As an internationally renowned city, Brussels originally had many magnificent buildings, such as the Egmont Palace, which is the main venue for diplomatic affairs in Brussels. But the Brussels City Hall is located on the Grand Place, and it is the grandest building on the Grand Place.

In addition to the town hall, there is the residence of the Duke of Brabantine and the mint on the side of the square. Before 1792, the Austrians cast Thaler here. After 1792, Joseph II moved the mint to the hereditary territory. Since then, it It was vacated, and many people believe that this is Joseph II's revenge for the Brabantine uprising.

It doesn't matter if that's the case, anyway, from the window of Georgiana's lounge, you can see the mint, it is as conspicuous as the elephant in the room, and it is the kind tied with ribbons, curlicues The frieze is a major feature of Brussels and is now adorned throughout the square.

But the first person she was going to see was not a Mint worker, but the manager of the Royal Opera in Brussels, who was meeting her on behalf of the Writers and Actors Guild.

In the many reforms carried out by Joseph II, the activities of the Freemasonry were greatly restricted. There were only three officially recognized meeting places, and any gatherings outside these three places would be regarded as illegal gatherings and banned. But despite this, Joseph II did not prohibit the activities of Freemasonry, and he even protected Mozart as a member of Freemasonry.

After Joseph II passed away, Mozart's work "The Magic Flute" was banned by the next Austrian government, because although the play was disguised as a fairy tale, the content was satirizing society, especially the coloratura soprano "Queen of the Night", which is simply Queen Maria Theresa herself, the manager hopes that Georgiana will allow him to perform the opera at a welcome reception at the Royal Opera House tomorrow.

The second person to meet is Nedham, the dean of the Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences. After the Jesuits were suppressed, the priestly school was nationalized and rebuilt as the "Theresia School". The courses are French literature and natural sciences. He wanted to ask if someone would take his place.

Georgiana replied that she would visit the school some other day, followed by all kinds of celebrities. All this had already happened once in Antwerp, and she handled it well, but she didn't make promises easily.

Everyone has their own way of doing things, and Josephine likes to bring people together and create a relaxed atmosphere where people take the opportunity to tell her their requests.

Georgiana talked one by one. No matter how relaxed the atmosphere was, it was always under the watchful eyes of everyone. She would be cautious when making requests, and her wording would change. She only gives everyone 5 minutes, and she can say whatever she wants, but there are also disadvantages, and some people will make excessive demands.

After the Great Revolution, many people read the meeting minutes of Louis XVI, and talked nonsense for a long time when talking about state affairs. However, Josephine is indeed very popular, and it is easier for people to get close to each other without too strong a purpose.

After seeing this group of people, Georgiana went to the ball to show her face again. It can be seen that the people dancing without her are more relaxed, and Alice's face is flushed.

Georgiana took a good look and saw that she was not in the mood for dancing, and then she looked at Alice's partner, a rather handsome young man who reminded Georgiana of Cedric Diggory.

"This is my cousin." The seventh-generation Duke of Arenberg, who looked like his "cousin" father, said to Georgiana, "He is my father's sister and the son of Duke Ursel."

"What's your name?" Georgiana asked.

"You can call me Charles." The young man smiled at Georgiana and said, "Noble names are too long."

He was undoubtedly a very attractive young man, but Georgiana said little to him. It may be that she is really old. Although she looks young, she doesn't have much interest in the young man in front of her.

It's also possible that she had the wrong teacher, and Albus himself was not good at socializing, so he let her socialize with Severus, while he stayed in his office in the tower, studying the tinkling silverware .

If it wasn't because he defeated Grindelwald and gained an unshakable position, could he have become the chief mage of the Wizengamot with his way of dealing with people without managing contacts?

Josephine is a social star in Paris. Georgiana is not as good as her in this respect. In this respect, she and Bonaparte can be regarded as complementary. What's more, she has an old family and is easily attracted by the old aristocrats. accept.

However, many old aristocracy did not have the concept of financial management, and their financial management was poor. Georgiana once gave an example in Rouen. A person drank 12 cups of coffee a day, and the money was reimbursed. I don't deny that there are such strange people, but drinking coffee like this every day is really not a problem?

This is the purpose of setting up the national budget. It is not enough for the king to order what he wants to build and do. Georgiana is now very worried about the Urk Canal, because this river is supervised by Bonaparte himself.

If there was corruption or other weirdness in the project, and he didn't notice it, it would affect his reputation. If it is approved according to the procedure, although it will be slower, others can take the responsibility, and Lyon and Paris will not have disagreements over the river issue.

She knew people who were so carried away by success after success that they thought they could rule the world.

Slaves are not only labor, but also collateral. There are many different regions around the world. The quality of land and climate conditions is comparable to that of the United States, or even better than that of the United States, such as the Levant and Egypt, but these places lack a necessity.

Egypt also had slavery, but the Ottoman Empire would not use slaves as collateral to obtain loans, and the slave owners would sell them, so there was a shortage of labor.

New York was deeply influenced by Hamilton, and it can even be called "Hamilton City". The problem of farming-based ruralization, who wants to go to Washington, where cornfields are everywhere?

Mentioning pyramids, obelisks and Cleopatra is exciting, but the locals cook and eat camel dung as fuel. Who can eat this kind of "food"?

If the coal was transported to burn, the price would be too high for the Egyptians to afford, so they would still choose to use camel dung.

It also costs money to light up street lights. Whale oil is so much more expensive than gas. For cities with financial difficulties, not all blocks will be lit. Spinner's End, where Severus had lived as a child, had no street lights at all, and it would be very unsafe at night.

People will pay attention to their behavior under the light, and with the protection of the night, they will reveal their true self, or engage in conspiracy and tricks.

She has always ignored a question, who was the mayor of Brussels during the Battle of Waterloo? If he was an admirer of Napoleon, would he support him? Even if it's just encouragement or some supplies.

But this is not necessarily true. Napoleon used guides to cross the Alps. These guides may just hate the Austrians and lead the way to the French.

So it is impossible to rule the world, but she guesses that no one will listen. After all, this new order made of cotton works at this stage, so why give up?

The New World will produce cheap cotton and cheap grain. With their impact, local farmers will go bankrupt. It may be because of this lesson that the British gave up cotton in the South during the Civil War.

If only she had Grindelwald's abilities, it would be great to present the "future" to people, but unfortunately she is not a prophet.

What else can I do?

She was thinking depressedly, but with a smile on her face, she continued to "socialize".