Chapter 3361 Peter and Lombard (3)

From the beginning, Grando did not believe that the king could bring reinforcements from Austria to save his kingdom that was about to sink in the stormy waves.

So he joined the army immediately after graduating from the seminary, although he had once thought of becoming a missionary and fighting to a certain extent with Napoleon in the Battle of Toulon.

However, what happened after the Battle of Toulon also made him clearly realize that France could no longer stay. He soon went to Switzerland like others, and then moved to Italy with his cousin. After the amnesty was issued in 1796 Returned to Lyon.

Georgiana sensed an optimistic attitude in him, at least unlike some Lyonnais she had met. Once at a meeting, she let slip the word "reign of terror" and was immediately struck by Martin. The gentleman got distracted.

The local notables in Lyon were unwilling to get involved in the political chaos, but continued grain riots and the Jacobins led by Charlier worsened the situation.

The promotion of simplicity has devastated the luxury goods industry, but Lyon's silk industry was already in trouble before the Great Brotherhood. This was a chain reaction of the destruction of the cotton textile industry caused by the "Eden Agreement" in 1787. Textile owners and cotton-related speculators were affected.

However, these were not too bad compared to the situation after Charrier was executed. In 1793, the National Salvation Committee decided to use Lyon as a model. After hearing that Lyon had been controlled by the royalists and foreign enemies, they ordered Lyon to be destroyed. Let the city and its name disappear together, leaving only a monument in the ruins.

At that time, there was a special commissioner named Coudon in Lyon. He had solved local problems in Caen with the policy of tolerance and reconciliation. He originally wanted to continue to follow the same policy in Lyon, but when the news came from Paris, even though he could not tolerate the "destruction of the city" "This approach led to the establishment of a special court and the demolition of the houses of several of Lyon's richest men, including the home of Mr. Martin. He left Lyon and came to Italy for this reason.

He actually lived in that house for a short time. When he was doing transportation business, he spent more time away from home than at home.

He didn't have a family or children. When he was young, it was because he was poor, but when he became qualified, he didn't have the intention. When some women cannot get love, they will go on a shopping spree, and men will also look for other things to fill the gap. Some are obsessed with power and status, while others are obsessed with war and conquest.

But war will definitely cost money, even if it allows bankers to issue unlimited amounts of bonds, as the Directory did.

Napoleon finally decided to impose a tax on wine, not a market tax or a consumption tax, but a comprehensive tax. With the cost of this tax, he would buy back the property rights of the Ourcque Canal from the Lyons.

Those who received the news are already looking for new investment directions. However, transforming a historic city in Italy is not as simple as tearing down a slum and then building a department store on top.

In Rome, in addition to the Colosseum and the Pantheon, it also involved "modern functional buildings". The construction of the Po River Bridge in Turin went smoothly, but it was not so easy to repair the Sisto Bridge (sisto). It was originally built in AD It was built on the Tiber River by Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius in 211 and was originally called Aurelius Bridge. It connects the historical center of Rome and has four stone arches. There is a large circle framed by limestone in the center of the bridge. This hole is the water outlet during floods and is also the dangerous water level in Rome. However, after the flood in 792, this hole The bridge cannot be used. Pope Sixtus IV restored it in 1473, and the bridge was named after the pope.

Something happened on that bridge that was not so famous in history but is very interesting to think about now. In 1662, a fight broke out between some Corsican guards guarding the bridge and the entourage of the French ambassador. After that, Rome was dissolved. A mercenary group from Corsica.

The Papal Guards are Swiss mercenaries, but a large number of Corsicans are also engaged in mercenaries. The Corsican mercenary population once accounted for 4% of the total population of the island. They not only served Genoa, but also fought for Venice, Spain and other countries. .

One of the major differences between Rome and the Middle Ages was its ability to form and maintain a large army for a long time. Although Rome also used auxiliaries and mercenaries, citizen soldiers were still the main force, both before and after the Marius Reform.

After the Black Death, a large number of people died, causing the lords to dare not let the population and troops saved for many years be thrown into the melee that could be lost in just one day. In the Battle of Arauxio in Gaul, Rome The 16 legions sent out were all wiped out, and Marius, who was fighting the Jugurtha War in North Africa, was urgently transferred back.

Mercenaries are not their own population. Belisarius used mercenaries to suppress the Nika uprising, although the Justinian plague had not yet broken out at that time.

Carthage used too many mercenaries, and their salaries could not be owed. When Carthage expanded its trade scope in Spain, the closed door of Janus slowly opened again.

Although the army may not march out without money, 1 Corinthians 2:14: The natural man does not understand the things of the Spirit, but is foolishness to them.

Plato once explained the Homeric mechanism of blood in The Republic - helping friends and hurting enemies.

No matter what the Greeks who sailed back with Odysseus did in Troy, they were eaten by the Cyclops, and Odysseus would avenge them.

There is no pain in heaven, just as there was no pain in death among people in the golden age.

The second half of verse 14: Only spiritual people can see through these spiritual things.

Harry couldn't understand the words on his parents' epitaph: "Death is the last enemy to be defeated."

This is not because he is young, he is a "bloody" man. In order to help Ginny, he killed the basilisk, and his friends also participated in the journey of destroying the Horcrux in order to help him.

"Can you tell me why you like Venice so much?" Grando asked. "Is it because of those beautiful buildings?"

"You've read that book, why are you still asking me?" Georgiana asked.

"For the peace and tranquility of the world?" Grando thought for a moment and asked.

Georgiana shook her head.

Marsilius constructed a new set of ethics and systems, and Georgiana still remembered how she was reprimanded the last time she mentioned "combining divine law with human law" in Justinian's marriage law.

"When people's basic needs are guaranteed, what needs to be dealt with?" Georgiana asked Grando.

Grando understood instantly.

"What is it?" Caroline asked curiously.

"I'll tell you after you read the book." Georgiana smiled and said to Caroline, "If you feel tired from reading, find someone to read to you."

Caroline didn't complain as much as Polina, why didn't Georgiana just reveal the mystery.

Mystery makes people curious. If you feel that there is nothing you don't know about the other person, you will lack that sense of mystery, and the "outside" will be full of temptations.

Georgiana remembered Mr. Martin's reminder to think more about herself, and she hoped he would also remember to not let Lyon follow in the footsteps of Genoa and Josephine.

Josephine had been so sure that no one but her could love Bonaparte.

She is right to a certain extent. The basis of love is trust. She lives completely dependent on Bonaparte. What else can she do if she doesn't trust him?

But in the end they divorced, and Georgiana had to endure a lot of hardships to remember this lesson. Napoleon was not a devoted person. When she left, someone else would take her place, so she would not wait as hard as the women in the palace. Looking at him.

She wanted to fill the hole in her heart with something else, not money, not shopping, not power, and certainly not another lover.

No one loves her, she can love herself.

At this time, the sound of a violin came from the distance, it was Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

"Who's playing?" asked Georgiana.

"A guest of mine," said Caroline.

"who?"

"You'll find out after you go and see it." Caroline said, leading the two of them to the small courtyard next door. The walls of the small courtyard were covered with rose vines that had not yet bloomed.

There was a thin musician playing selflessly in a pavilion, and Georgiana recognized him at once.

"Paganini," she whispered.

"Do you recognize him?" Caroline asked.

Georgiana nodded.

She remembered him playing "The Devil's Trill" in Belgium.

"I thought he was in Paris," said Georgiana.

"He said that Paris was occupied by Bach, so he came to me." Caroline looked at Paganini and said, "Why do you only love the cello and not the violin?"

Georgiana looked at Caroline inexplicably.

"The cellist who played for the King of Prussia, do you remember him? He was the most famous on the public stage in Paris," said Caroline.

She did indeed at one time prefer Bach to "The Devil's Trill."

But now she feels good listening to fast-paced music, as if the "steam engine" in her heart is running again, even if it is burning the fire from hell.

When Paganini finished playing "Winter", Georgiana applauded him.

"Bravo," she said, imitating the Italian.

"It's just an etude, you don't need to be like this." Paganini wiped his sweat with a towel placed on the stool in the pavilion.

Georgiana felt terribly embarrassed.

"Can you play a song for us?" Grando said with a smile.

Paganini smiled haughtily.

"I only play in the evening." Then Paganini took his violin and left.

"In order to pay off his gambling debts, he almost pawned the violin." Caroline looked at Georgiana and said, "What a pity that a genius like him can't play the violin."

"But how many geniuses have destroyed themselves?" Georgiana sneered, then looked at Grando, "Let's go, we're almost back."

Then the two of them returned to the conference room.