Chapter 3287 Orchard Dream (5)

Humboldt's expedition attracted European attention because French journals tracked and reported his whereabouts. However, when he returned to Europe, he was surprised to find that he had died three times.

Napoleon knew about Muller's death through the death list. In fact, Muller really wanted Bonaparte to think that he was dead. His parents taught him to be a just, brave and rigorous person. However, some things after joining the army made him Difficult to accept.

In January 1798, unpaid soldiers sacked Rome, a move strongly supported by the Directory, especially after Bertieb was recalled to France and Masséna replaced him.

Muller and his "Northern Army" entrenched themselves in the Pantheon, opposed the orders of Massena and other Italian generals, and resolutely opposed all forms of plunder. In the end, the Directory made concessions and sent General Dallerman to calm the situation. .

Later, he followed Bernadotte to Ibach and discovered a secret mercury mine in Carniola. In the 15th century, people had discovered mercury in Idrija. It was not taken seriously at first until it was extracted by amalgamation. Silver's method was discovered. In the 16th century, the Idria mine came directly under the rule of the Habsburgs. It was precisely because of this mercury that the production of silver mines increased, which indirectly led to the increase in the production of silver mines in Mexico and Peru.

The huge profits allowed local residents not to report the discovery of the mercury mine, and they mined it secretly for many years until Muller accidentally discovered it.

Also accompanying the army was a supplier named Colo, who gave each of the division-level officers in Muller's detachment a draft of eleven thousand pounds and reported the matter to Napoleon. Napoleon gave one million pounds to himself, Bernadotte and Murat each received 50,000. With this money, Muller bought a country villa, and Napoleon bought a house on the "Frog Croak" Street in Paris. In fact, he could use that money to buy a house in a better location, but that would mean spending more money, and he used the money to consolidate the connections Josephine had built for him.

At first, Mill thought they were actually going to England when they boarded the ship at Marseilles. It was not until they arrived at the island of Malta that Napoleon told them they were going to Egypt. Muller proposed at that time that he should seize Sicily instead of setting foot in Egypt. As a result, Napoleon rejected this plan. He accused Muller of lacking courage and withdrew his command, replacing him with Leclerc.

Muller landed in Alexandria like an ordinary soldier, crossed the desert, and participated in the Battle of the Pyramids. The whole process did not go as smoothly as expected. The Bedouins kept harassing them but did not poison the wells. But the Bedouins are good at setting traps. Once, Muller was ambushed when he was riding a newly purchased Arabian horse to check the outpost. All four of them were stripped naked and sold to the Algerians as slaves.

Because Muller could see a doctor, he stayed in Bey's court until 1802 when many countries formed a coalition to fight against the "Berber pirates". After the victory, Napoleon asked Bey in Algernia to release some "Christians". Muller Just returned to France.

At that time, his property had been inherited by his parents and elder brother, and he had no intention of regaining his identity as François Muller, the composer of Marseillaise. Then, like many young people, he came to Paris to find a job.

The market tax has been around since the 12th century and has been controversial. After the outbreak of the Revolution, apart from the Bastille, the first thing to be knocked down was the gate of the tax collector's wall.

It was originally a small pavilion, but the more gorgeous it was, the more annoying it was to pay the tax. However, the market tax is directly related to the hospital. Without the market tax, the hospital would be impoverished because of the loss of finances. Nowadays, hospitals rely on charitable donations. operational.

Of course, this amount of donations cannot fully maintain so many hospitals, and the church has too much to take care of itself, which leads to a situation like St. Louis Hospital that is overcrowded but has nowhere to transfer patients. The newly established children's hospital is specially allocated, and pregnant women and children are given priority.

Alexander Humboldt's residence in Paris actually belonged to his brother Wilhelm Humboldt. Wilhelm Humboldt was currently in Prussia, and talking to Alexander Humboldt made Georgiana forget that he was a Prussian.

He is like a mine, constantly pouring out new insights. In fact, he was indeed a "mine". His expedition was supported by Spain. Not only did he make extraordinary achievements in botany, zoology and cultural archeology, he also collected the most detailed knowledge of South America in the country's history. Maps and mine data, Jefferson also noticed when he entertained him at a White House luncheon, and even took Humboldt to Monticello to entertain him.

Even if you don’t look at the gold and silver mines, Bogota also produces a large amount of emeralds, as well as cinchona trees that treat malaria. South America does not have to be bypassed like Africa. The Amazon River is the largest river in the world, both in terms of water volume and drainage area. Develop water transportation.

But she never asked Humboldt these questions, and it wasn't until she was about to leave that Humboldt mentioned it to her.

Jefferson had sent expeditions along the Missouri River to explore before Humboldt arrived in Philadelphia, and he wanted Humboldt to explore Louisiana as well.

Humboldt asked him, does your country know what mineral veins there are in your country?

At least Jefferson did not detain Humboldt because of those maps of South American mineral veins, but sent him back to Europe.

The Paris Botanical Garden was managed by Cuvier, and Georgiana had to ask his opinion before deciding whether to allow Humboldt's plant specimens to be displayed in the botanical garden.

Today's visitors are mainly people, that is, young people who have received scholarships. I am afraid that the display of plant specimens will have to wait until next time.

The cold current in Peru has brought a lot of fish, and the aquatic resources are very rich, which not only attracts human fishing, but also seabirds will also hunt there.

Humboldt spent some time in the Mexican archives. According to documentary records, when the Inca Empire existed, it attached great importance to the protection of birds and guano. Each tribe was assigned a fixed island and strict laws were promulgated. Anyone who lands on Bird Island during the breeding season will be executed.

Strict laws allowed more guano to fall on the barren land, and corn, chili peppers, tobacco, potatoes, and of course upland cotton flourished.

In 1796, the United States issued the Land Act. The biggest difference between it and the Land Act of 1785 was that land buyers could obtain small loans, and at the same time, public lands had to be surveyed by the government.

In 1800, Congress passed another land law in order to stimulate land auctions, allowing four-year credit, and stipulating that cash transactions could receive an 8% discount, and installment payments would charge an annual interest rate of 6%.

In other words, it is in compliance with American law for European investors to ask planters to provide survey information before providing loans. The distribution of the cotton belt exceeds 39 degrees north latitude stipulated in the Missouri Compromise, even if it is also south of 39 degrees north latitude. Not all states in the Cotton Belt grow cotton like South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia.

Before Louisiana even gets it, are you going to leak your secrets first?

Investors also have their own considerations. If cotton production cannot grow indefinitely, they will also face material shortages when expanding production capacity, which will require them to open up new raw material production areas or invest elsewhere.

Increasing cotton yield per acre requires investment, which is contrary to low cost.

Cleaning the mountains of dung outside the walls of Paris has now become a kind of hard labor, and prisoners are unwilling to go, even if the dung can be used to process fertilizer and make gunpowder.

Caracalla, one of the four great tyrants of Rome, issued an edict granting equal citizenship rights to all free people in Rome.

The reason why Foolish Old Man can move mountains is because "Mountains do not increase." So many people in Paris eat horse chews, which will of course produce new excrement. If we don't bring in slaves to clean it, we can only fix the sewers to allow domestic sewage to drain away, or build more public toilets to "recycle" the manure.

Of course, thinking about these is not as comfortable as thinking about fruits and flowers, but if the Nile River does not flood, there will be no fertile soil for cultivation, and too much water will cause floods.

In ancient Roman law, the understanding of floods was related to storms. When a storm prevented people from traveling, or bridges were washed away, or ships could not sail, causing a person to be unable to appear in court, he could be pardoned; if he was damaged due to floods, he could be pardoned. Get relief.

There are also rivers that are swollen. There was no rain in Paris during the great flood of 1801, and the floods reached the Elysée Palace.

The bridge over the Seine should have an early warning effect. Even if you don't read the newspaper, once it forms a common sense, you can predict the water level without being reminded.

Flood control sandbags are ready. Evacuate when it's time to evacuate, and move sandbags to fight the flood when it's time to evacuate.

When the grain harvest was good for seven consecutive years, the Pharaoh could use it to make wine or store it to withstand the seven years of famine.

Georgiana planned to find a place and set aside an area to build a house for the canal workers to raise their families.

Even if you don't pay attention, people around you will smell the stench if you don't shower for a long time. Spraying perfume can hide it, but it cannot solve the underlying problem. Cholera and malaria have gradually replaced smallpox as the most deadly diseases. There is no place to bury corpses in Paris. Putting the morgues from Grand Chateau in the suburbs will not work anymore. To conflict with suburban land use, the Quail Hill Chemical Industry Zone should be moved to the suburbs. Originally, the water in front of people in the suburbs is clean, but the printing and dyeing factories are dirty as soon as they arrive. How to deal with the water they use to water their flowers and grow vegetables?

Parisians will buy vegetables at high prices, which are what fruit and vegetable farmers in the suburbs make a living. It would be strange if there were no conflicts.

But she was leaving tomorrow, and other people had to worry about these things, so she put away the map and left the library.