Chapter 3458 Shelter from the Wind (VII)
Minas Ski Las is located in the mountains. It neither produces grain nor grazes livestock. It relies entirely on imported food, and the price is quite shocking.
When the miners learned that the priests distributed meat to the missionary villages for free, they felt it was unfair.
Since the king began to collect "royal taxes", some people have been trying to evade taxes. However, no matter who you are, you always have to eat salt. These commercial salts are hoarded and the price has been rising. Merchants with licenses earn more and the king collects more taxes, but miners and ranchers are forced to almost not be able to eat salt.
When the conflict arises, the Portuguese royal family can intervene in the affairs of the Sao Paulo fiefdom.
After the Hungarians gained autonomy from the Habsburgs, the lord's court appeared. In addition, there was a mining city court in the Holy Roman Empire.
Although mercury is needed in the process of gold mining, after the end of the War of the Spanish Succession, the world's largest mercury mine, Almaden, was divided to Bourbon, which directly led to a sharp decrease in mercury production.
The world's second largest mercury mine is in Idrija, but even if mercury is mined, it will take some twists and turns to transport it out. For example, if it is packed in Trieste, it must pass through the Strait of Gibraltar by sea.
Even if the mercury is transported out by any means, it cannot keep up with Minas Skiras's production capacity, so Minas Skiras uses "alchemy", that is, high-temperature treatment of gold.
Low-temperature gold is refined with mercury, while high-temperature refining requires fuel and furnaces. In contrast, French mercury mirrors began to become popular, turning Venice's luxury goods into a street full of them.
This time, Murat went to Udine, roughly following Napoleon's last route, with great fanfare along the way, but he did not approach Venice or attack any city. Campo Formio is located south of Udine, and then he took a split-up approach, letting some people continue to move forward, pretending to attack Trieste, and he led his troops to Ossoppo.
It was a small town located in the Alpine pass, where the Tagliamento River passed. Although the river water was clear, it carried a lot of rocks washed down from the Alps, forming a white mudflat. There were mountains all around, and he deployed his soldiers in the valley.
Austria originally had garrisons, but some were transferred to suppress the unrest in Dalmatia, and Murat looked like he was crazy, he actually went deep into the depths alone.
Finally, Austria decided to outflank the French army attacking Trieste from behind, and one of the troops set out from Krafgen, and their only way was at Murat's ambush.
Murat stole the Austrian warhorse and then chased the vanguard, at least that's what happened when the messenger left.
Rather than saying it was a war, it was more like a joke...
Anyway, Georgiana had already determined that Murat and the cavalry with horses would meet at a port in Dalmatia and then take a ship back to Italy.
After she learned the news, she told her guardian, Bougainville, but he might know more than her, just like filtered water, even if it is turbid at the beginning, it will be clear in the end.
Today, the Idrija mercury mine belongs to Austria. Napoleon and Muller both found a secret "wild mine" here and made a lot of money. The gold mine in Minakistra has also been mined for a long time, but this secret was not officially discovered until 1693.
Mercury cannot be used to smelt iron, and iron will not dissolve in mercury. Even if Idrija was not included in the territory of Slovenia in the early 19th century, it was not so easy to "protect" it.
Anyway, no matter what, victory is worth celebrating. An ordinary "food meal" turned into a celebration banquet around 10 o'clock, and the carriages never stopped.
"Like a dream, right?"
One morning, the short Corsican stood by the window of the Tuileries Palace, looking at Paris, which was still shrouded in a blue mist and seemed to have not woken up yet.
It was indeed like a dream. The extravagant lifestyle was indeed attractive. The King of Portugal did so, and the rich followed suit. They also did not consider the problem of earthquakes when designing their mansions.
Overnight, the wealth accumulated for a lifetime seemed to disappear.
Napoleon also said that the greatest glory in life is not to never fail, but to stand up after falling down repeatedly.
The problem is that not many people can remain the same after experiencing ups and downs.
Everyone was surrounding Caroline to congratulate her, and Georgiana took this opportunity to leave the crowded courtyard and return to her room.
She sat at the desk, looking at the blank letter paper, and always felt that she should write something.
There must be many people who congratulated and announced the good news, and it would be redundant for her to write the same content again.
As for "advising", it was even more impossible to say at this time, so she seemed to have nothing to write.
She scratched her hair. It had been carefully groomed, but it could not move automatically like other veela.
"Dragon City" was not far from Murra, although it was almost gone on the latest administrative map.
She thought of the Goblet of Fire and everything that happened at that time, of course not about the competition.
She could no longer tell whether that memory was sweet or bitter.
She thought that he was no longer the boy in the abandoned industrial city, but he seemed to still be attached to the clear spring in that heavily polluted place.
She lost a lot on this journey, but at least she could think clearly about one thing.
She used to envy those who could ignore the eyes of others and be themselves. But you must first know yourself and know what kind of person you are. Otherwise, if you don’t know what you are like, how can you be yourself?
Bonaparte taught her a lot of things. Indecision can also be indecisive. Others will not wait for you to make a decision, but will help you make a choice.
"Just consider it as repaying your kindness." Georgiana whispered, picked up the pen and began to record.
The Colossus of Rhodes not only represents superb forging technology, but these bronzes can be made into sealed cans.
The cans that have been made are made by heating water at high temperature, while Persephone's secret is "dry". This secret was made into a ballad. In fact, it is very simple. Demeter held a torch and looked for her daughter for nine days and nine nights. After nine days of baking, she placed it in a non-porous shell to keep it in an oxygen-free state. For example, although potato chips are packed in fluffy bags, they are filled with nitrogen, so the potato chips will not oxidize.
This is very simple. It was common sense in the 20th century. If someone went to a supermarket, they could even find it on the shelf.
As long as it is a sealed container, it does not have to be metal. Pomona has seen rice bags in supermarkets in London's Chinatown. Plastic bags can also be vacuumed.
The same clay model method can also be used to cast bronze cannons. The victorious countries always like to melt other people's cannons to make decorations such as the Arc de Triomphe.
Fresnel hopes that his technology will not be used in war, and he is even unwilling to join the army to obtain more convenience and resources.
After she finished writing, she stared at the letter in a daze. Was she really awake or confused again?
Witches are always confused by love. Even if she has talent, she will put down her wand like Lily and live a happy and sweet family life.
At this time, the door opened, and it was not Glando who walked in, but the navigator in the army uniform she met during the day.
"Good night." Georgiana said with a smile, not busy putting away the written letter.
"Madam... I hope you can take a look at this." He said, taking out a folded blueprint from his sleeve.
"You shouldn't show me these secrets." Georgiana didn't touch the blueprint on her desk.
"I think you can see its value. It's not just a toy." The navigator lowered his voice and said, "The obstacle now is the First Consul..."
The door opened again, and this time it was Glando who came in.
"Are you ready?" he asked with a smile.
"I'll be there soon." Georgiana said, and then she looked at the Pavia man, "Come back tomorrow morning."
Then she put the blueprint and the letter she wrote into the drawer.
"Yes, ma'am."
Then they left her room together.
Before closing the door, she looked back at her desk. In the past, Firiel was always there, so she didn't have to worry.
After closing the door, she took out her wand and used a ban on it.
"Let's go." She held the wand and said to the two Muggles.
They looked at each other as if they hadn't seen anything, and no one mentioned what had just happened, blending into the darkness with her.
