Chapter 3004 The ghost in the distance (9)

In the interrogation room of the Ministry of Magic there is a chair that Igor Karkaroff once sat on, and it is covered with all kinds of sharp thorns.

Pomona thought as he walked up the stairs that this chair was once so popular in the Inquisition that it was called the Spanish Chair.

When Pomona came to the top of the building, she looked in from the door and saw Albus Dumbledore standing alone, with the book of acceptance and the pen of admission placed in front of him, when she came Coincidentally, the access pen floated up again, as if to write a name on the book.

"Principal," said Pomona from the door.

"Come in." Dumbledore said calmly, "Come and see."

Pomona walked to Dumbledore's side. When she walked around his tall back, she saw the pen of admission hovering, and the book of acceptance slowly closed, as if she was unwilling to record the name with the pen of acceptance. on top.

"What do you think ink is?" asked Dumbledore.

"What ink?" asked Pomona.

"Auspicious birds always come out to fly when it rains, unlike other birds, they will return to their nests to hide from the rain when it rains." Dumbledore said slowly, "And the color of this ink is so similar to the memory in the Pensieve. .”

Pomona began to think quickly.

If Ben Cooper's memory had been drained, as "ink," then he might indeed have forgotten what happened.

But with so many memories, why take that part away?

"Are you thinking about Ben Cooper's memory?" Dumbledore said without looking back.

"Yes, Headmaster," said Pomona. "If it really has anything to do with creating Dementor memories, it should take away either his happiest or most painful."

"He has been trying to recall what happened that night, and even wanted to use a time-turner, and he has suffered a lot for it." Dumbledore sighed, "The most severe punishment is not the body, but the deepest soul, mind, volitional."

"What about desire?" Pomona asked. "Do you know the pain of not getting what you want? And if you want people to believe that these invisible pains are more than the scene of blood flying, or the pain caused by hunger and disease. pain, do you know what to do?"

Dumbledore said nothing.

"Muggles don't believe in souls, nor do they believe in ghosts, even though Ben Cooper said he saw them."

"Then you don't believe me?" Dumbledore asked.

"Of course I believe you," Pomona said, "but I don't think everyone understands."

"I don't need everyone to understand." Dumbledore said with a smile, "Let's go."

"You made me climb that tall building just to see this?" Pomona asked.

"You say you understand that pain inflicted on the soul is more painful than pain on the body," said Dumbledore.

Pomona was so pissed off that the pen of acceptance seemed to have given up writing his name on the book of admission and returned to its original position.

"Whose name do you think it's going to be written in?" asked Dumbledore.

"How would I know," Pomona said.

"You can make wild guesses," said Dumbledore.

She was silent for a while.

"Neville Longbottom."

"His grandma asked me to send you a message, thank you for visiting Frank and Alice for Christmas, they went to the hospital the day after we went, and they spend Christmas together every year," said Dumbledore. But unfortunately Neville seems to be a Squib."

"He hasn't reached 11 years old yet, as long as he shows talent before 11 years old, he can be recorded. There have been similar examples before." Pomona said.

"He is suffering too, not the same suffering as Harry," said Dumbledore. "Do you know what kind of fairy tale is suitable for him?"

"Is he another ugly duckling?" Pomona asked.

"I want you to think properly, Professor, let's go down now." Dumbledore said with a smile.

Then they left the tower that the students never approached.

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Some gallows installed a movable panel door, the gravity and the person's own weight would tear the neck, causing the victim to die instantly. Prior to this, hanging was carried out by putting a noose around the prisoner's neck and suspending him in the air. The prisoner shook and struggled, and suffocated to death after a minute or two.

Hanging is characterized by cheapness, simplicity, and speed. Axes are used by nobles to execute executions, but the crimes suffered by Nearly Headless Nick are no less than hanging.

The French prefer to use the sword, they think the sword is not as blunt as the axe, but more crisp and sharp.

Pomona couldn't help but think of Neville holding the sword of Gryffindor and destroying Nagini. She didn't look like a normal snake, but turned into ashes, forming a ghost behind Neville. A huge "shadow".

She produced a ticket for a 1929 circus show in New York that featured a serpentine, or woman who transformed from a human into a snake.

She is neither an Animagus nor a werewolf, but a type of blood orc. But the onlookers don't care about the pain she's going through, and don't want to save her.

Nietzsche said that snakes bite us and take pleasure in it. They can imagine the pain of others and achieve the purpose of making themselves happy. The higher level of happiness is that others are happy and they are happy too. Unfortunately, this quality is rare, even philosophy Scientists doubt that it exists.

In addition to hunting for novelty, some people hope to feel their own luck by watching other people's misfortune.

Confucius said something like this: The ancient scholars are for themselves, and the modern scholars are for others.

This sentence is easy to understand that people in the past learned for themselves, and people now learn for others. Just like the "for oneself" of "people don't do it for themselves", "for oneself" is for oneself.

The "behavior" here refers to the actions of "cultivation". "People don't destroy the world for themselves" means that if a person does not pay attention to cultivation and self-cultivation, it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the world. To be a man is to cater to others to get praise, which is a bit like Kong Rong, he has benefited him more by letting that pear than not letting it go.

The starting point of "cultivating oneself to secure others" is self-improvement, while securing others is the emphasis on the relationship between the group and oneself and individual social responsibility. It started with self-cultivation. From the point of view of group-self relationship, it affirms individual social responsibility and helps to restrain and avoid self-centered value orientation.

If a person is not living in seclusion in the deep mountains and old forests, then he is probably in the same society as others. He is not only a member of the society, but the society is also composed of many people like him. How can there be a group without individuals?

If "all things are one", it is inevitable that individuals communicate with each other. Many people don't like people who are high above. Of course, he may not want to communicate with the "bottom". His high head is looking upwards.

A passer-by reminded him that there was a hole under his feet, but he didn't listen, so he fell into the hole with a bang, and fell into the mud. When he got up, he angrily scolded who dug the hole, and then punished the onlookers.

They saw his embarrassment, and he also wanted to take his anger out on others, just like kicking a cat. When he vents, it will be the turn of the people around him to be dissatisfied. They can resolve it by themselves or kick other "cats". In the final analysis, it is just that some people do not listen to others' warnings and walk without looking at the road.

A butterfly flapping its wings can cause a storm. Wang Shouren has also done the work of suppressing bandits. When he was ordered to suppress bandits, can he unite knowledge and action like the theory he put forward?

In fact, before the Inquisition, the way the church allowed to punish heresy was excommunication, which obviously could not deter those stubborn heretics.

Studying alchemy will of course touch many taboos, but Philip II did not let alchemists study how to make themselves immortal like other rulers.

The witch in fairy tales can only cast a curse and turn the prince into a frog, and it takes a kiss from true love to break the curse, but the sorceress is different.

Around 1545, the Spaniards discovered the American silver ore, but after the silver ore was mined, there were many impurities, not only the yield was low, but also the purity was low.

Around 1555, Bartolomé de Medina, a Seville native, developed a method of amalgamating and refining silver based on German technology. This was not only a technological innovation, but also made many people To get rich, an immigrant from the New World originally owed thousands of pesos, but because of this technology, he suddenly became a rich man with a net worth of over ten thousand. The production of silver in the Americas quadrupled, supplying more than 80% of the world's silver and 70% of the world's gold demand.

In 1476, Botticelli's muse Simon Lita died, but because of the marriage relationship she formed did not contact, so in 1478, Lorenzo de' Medici and Lorenzo de' Medici Qi met the assassination.

Monlita's family mined iron ore to make armor, and the Medici paid the pope's gold coins to buy armor. If they could produce and sell their own armor, and the thickness of the armor was a little thinner, then they could make more sets of armor, so they could earn more profit.

All this happened before the discovery of the New World and the Italian Wars after Giuliano was assassinated. Italians like to use mercenaries very much, and even Sforza, the Grand Duke of Milan, was born as a mercenary.

The Spaniards also solved the problem of military strength in this way. After Charles V abdicated, Philip II did not alienate the relationship with the Habsburgs, because Germany was also a source of troops for Spain, and even the Duke of Alva preferred German soldiers.

When everyone does business around Spain, no one will fight for the point given by the Pope. In a sense, the Spaniards contributed to peace in Italy.

When Spain declared bankruptcy, even if the sheep of Castile were still producing wool, the textile industry and other industries in Italy could not continue to flourish.

With the decline of the wool textile industry in the Iberian Peninsula, some silk textile industries began to rise in the coastal cities.

In the early days, galleons from Manila would bring silk from Asia, which would bring huge profits. However, after Zhang Juzheng’s political reform, these silks caused serious damage to the silk industry in the Iberian Peninsula.

Not because it is too expensive, but because it is too cheap. Because of the Pope's meridian, the Portuguese would follow the African continent, round the Cape of Good Hope, and then head east to India. The Spaniards will be shipped from Manila to Mexico, and from Mexico to Spain. Even after such a long distance, the price of silk is only one tenth of that of Spanish silk.

This is due to Spanish inflation, soaring prices, high wages for workers, high taxes, and insufficient manpower.

The original Labor Law was enacted by Edward III in 1349, not to protect workers, but to protect factory owners. After the number of workers decreased, the factory mainly wanted workers to work and had to accept the conditions offered by the workers. This law came into being only for the sake of "reasonable prices" and "limitation of working days".

In other words, a large population is beneficial to the factory owners, and they can have a choice. The situation in Spain is different. In Spain, the king even promulgated a law saying that being a worker will not affect them becoming nobles in the future. No one wants to do that job. They would rather go to church to beg.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty was enforcing a sea ban. To establish a trade relationship with the Ming Dynasty, it must be a tributary relationship. At that time, there was a place called Manlajia. When Zheng He’s fleet passed by, it became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. occupied.

There was a Portuguese who pretended to be an envoy from Managa, and took the relationship of a eunuch. Unexpectedly, they met the real envoy of Manlajia and asked the Ming Dynasty to help him restore the country.

Pomona thought the scene was funny, so he laughed.

Those eunuchs have implemented to the extreme that "people do not kill themselves for their own sake". I don't know which scholar-bureaucrat dares to explain to you "factory officials" what is "for oneself"?

"What are you laughing at?" Severus asked with a smile.

"Interesting thing," Pomona said, laughing. "How about we watch a movie after dinner?"

He shook his head, looking reluctant.

She couldn't figure out why he didn't like that movie, even though it did well at the box office.

"Or, go somewhere else?" Pomona said.

He took a cup, filled it with a spring of clear water, and left the kitchen while drinking.

Pomona followed, wanting to see if the movie poster was still on the wall.

After all, she is not Sirius, and she can use the Permanent Sticking Charm, and she feels that even if she uses it, Severus won't be unable to deal with it. At worst, the poster will be disappeared, or the Invisibility Charm will be used. out of sight.