Chapter 522 Dirty Hands

Pomona was born on May 15. According to superstition, witches born in May must marry Muggles.

In fact, however, her husband is the Half-Blood Prince, and her official name is Mrs. Prince.

In the 17th century it was believed that pure-blood traitors favored Muggles because they were insecure about their magic powers, and it was said that this was pure-blood propaganda by Brutus Malfoy, author of the anti-Muggle publication "Muggles at War". The editor of The Wizard, wrote in one of his publications: The surest sign that someone's magic is bad is to see if he shows a liking for non-magical people.

It's a superstition, of course, but he lived in a time when Muggle persecution of wizards and witches was at its peak, and anti-Muggle sentiment was widespread in the magical community.

As time went on, more and more examples proved that this statement was wrong, so this prejudice gradually died down, but there are still many wizards who think that wizards who like Muggles are inferior.

Severus used to be a Death Eater. He didn't like Muggles and Muggle society. Severus didn't like the surname Snape very much. He liked Lily only if she was a witch. They've been estranged since that one, at least when they're at the Old Slug's Club.

When Harry was in fifth grade, Fudge used the Ministry of Magic and the Daily Prophet to mislead the public. Many people thought that Albus Dumbledore was forming an army and Harry Potter had gone mad. Self-evident.

After the Second Wizarding War broke out in 1997, some wizards rumored that Voldemort would die just by looking at them. Fred refuted the rumors in Potter's watch station. Only Basilisks can do this. Min's "House-Elf Anti-Cruelty and Fire Without Cause" bill can certainly bypass the Daily Prophet, but there are still problems in its implementation. Wizards don't care about house-elves' demands at all. They mainly want a free job for themselves. A slave, who cares what a slave thinks.

That speech written by Pomona can be burned, and those wizards with knives on their necks will not obey.

The popularization of knowledge about the treatment methods of werewolves and other dark creatures and breaking superstitions can become a column. Hermione's speeches can be interspersed in the program. She is not the president of the United States. She can hold a special fireside chat for the entire American people to listen to.

Only with an audience can it be effective. In order to let the public notice him, Lockhart puts so much effort into packaging himself.

Unlike gold, banknotes can be printed indefinitely. When the Great Depression swept the world in 1929, Germany, which was already burdened with huge debts in World War I, was even more out of breath. , causing massive inflation.

Originally, 4 marks were exchanged for 1 dollar, and later 400 million marks could be exchanged for 1 dollar. The biggest impact of currency depreciation is that a large number of people are unemployed, and daily life cannot be maintained. In view of this situation, the United States did not print a large amount of money to solve the problem. The problem of currency in circulation.

Neither deflation nor inflation is a good thing. Compared with Muggles, wizards have always used silver coins such as gold and silver as currency.

There is a serial number on each Galleon. If any Galleon is not rich enough, the goblin who is responsible can be held accountable. As a result, the financial market for wizards is more stable than that of Muggles, and even the depression caused by war is very stable. Soon to recover.

The biggest difference between Roosevelt and Hoover lies in the government’s regulation of market behavior. The free market is not subject to any restrictions. When there is enough profit temptation, capitalists dare to trample on all laws and morals, and rely on the free market mechanism to regulate themselves. impossible.

The financial crisis in the United States has also had an impact on Europe. In order to transfer their own losses, various countries collected debts from Germany, the defeated country in the First World War, at the Lausanne Conference. The large taxation to repay the debt has made the German proletariat even heavier, and it has left hidden dangers for the Communist Party to come to power.

After Roosevelt came to power, the U.S. economy has grown by leaps and bounds, but Germany has been regressing. Finally, under the influence of the U.S. economic situation, Mao Zedong came to power. Mao Zedong directly tore up the Versailles Treaty. It didn’t take long for Germany’s employment rate to rise to almost 100% without debt, but other countries remained Restricting Germany in all aspects finally aroused the dissatisfaction of the German people.

Goblins are in control of the wizard's finances. They are very rich. During the First Wizarding War, many goblins were killed and their Galleons were robbed. This is also a dispute caused by money disputes.

Money isn't everything, but it can make you lose your mind most of the time.

In 1862, during the Anglo-Saxon War, the British used Armstrong guns to bombard Satsumo Fort and Kagoshima for the first time. During the American Civil War, Britain exported a large number of Armstrong guns to the United States. After the war, the remaining guns were bought by Japan. At the same time, Saga Fan began to imitate the Armstrong gun.

The Japanese have been trying to get rid of the technology monopoly of Europe and the United States, and they started the self-improvement movement later than the Qing Dynasty.

There is a big design problem with the Armstrong cannon. The Banbai faction used the Armstrong cannon in the Battle of Ueno, the Boshin War, the Battle of Fujiwara, and the Battle of Aizu Tsurumaru. According to the data obtained from these actual battles, after the British army began to withdraw Install the cannon, replace it with the previous one.

The processing of the rifling is very precise. Although it can enhance the accuracy and range of shooting, it also causes jamming and late firing, and the cost is very high. In 1866, Armstrong modified the shell in the design.

The Beiyang navy bought British warships. Of course, Britain would not let the Beiyang navy have the strength to defeat itself. After the outbreak of the Irish famine and the financial crisis, there was already a plan to rob the Qing government of the Second Opium War.

However, at that time, the Armstrong Shipyard in the United Kingdom and the Vulcan Shipyard in Germany attacked and ridiculed each other in order to snatch the order from the Beiyang Navy. "Two fighting devils are better than an angel." Quite excellent, and the weapons and equipment are also top-notch. Their original intention of selling defective products was violated. In order to obtain the order, both parties lost their minds, and instead let Manqing get benefits.

In 1890, the Manchu Qing lost the second Opium War. Empress Dowager Cixi ordered the Beiyang Navy not to buy armaments from abroad. She may have suspected that Britain and Germany had sold fake shells to her, which had been used by the Beiyang Navy since 1891. Shells produced in their own country.

Cannonballs are divided into solid bullets and flowering bullets. Unfortunately, at that time, the technology of making weapons and ammunition in China was very weak.

During the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1895, the Beiyang navy first finished the blooming ammunition provided by the manufacturer, and had to use non-explosive solid ammunition or even training ammunition to fight against the Japanese ships. Because the solid ammunition "pierced but did not explode", the Beiyang navy repeatedly shot The Chinese and Japanese ships, but the Japanese ships always survived by luck, and none of them sank.

On the other hand, the shells fired by the Japanese fleet are basically "picric acid" filled with new gunpowder. Not only is the explosive power a hundred times that of the old-fashioned black powder, but the high temperature generated by the explosion is enough to melt steel. These shells were invented by the French. Secret The French never publish the formula of picric acid. A Japanese gunpowder expert grabbed a handful of picric acid and put the gunpowder in front of the French. But when he returned to the hotel, he used a toothpick to slit the nails. The picric acid powder was kicked out and brought back to Japan for testing. In the end, Japan successfully developed picric acid at the cost of burning and blowing up several gunpowder experts, and it was used in the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War.

If the Beiyang Navy had been equipped with more flowering ammunition, and if the Beiyang Navy had also been equipped with picric acid, the Sino-Japanese War would not have been lost in this way.

Japan is very poor, and it used all its strength for this naval battle. If it loses, Japan will have no possibility of rising. In the end, Japan won. They left their former teachers behind and began to learn from the West in an all-round way.

There is a white-haired girl in China's ballet. The debt and creditor's rights relationship like Yang Bailao and Huang Shiren's is impossible to exist, and it is even more impossible to use "Xi'er" to pay off the debt.

Women are human beings, not commodities, so why can they be used by fathers to repay debts?

Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world, and those who lose the hearts of the people will lose the world. What the Communist Party did later is inhumane, and the glory that was once turned into a disgrace. No one wants to live in a world controlled by those madmen.

Hitler was a painter, and he knew that a good-looking military uniform could attract the enthusiasm of young people to join the army.

You can't worship the Japanese military uniforms because they look good, and you can't join the Death Eaters because they look "cool". Unfortunately, how much do you listen to those who have fallen into irrational fanaticism?

A beautiful appearance can make people lose their judgment and become biased. If Voldemort in the Second Wizarding War was not a snake-faced monster, but as handsome as ever, he would not need to rule with terror.

Even the enemy has something to learn, Pomona sighed helplessly, in order to attract the audience, she also had to find two celebrities, preferably good-looking or beautiful, unmarried, Severus had a nice voice, but unfortunately he has already " dead", otherwise he would be a very suitable "idol".

I don’t have the motivation to write anymore, I will stop for a while after tomorrow’s update

By the way, the interview questions at Oxford University in 2019 asked about the difference between books written for children and books for adults. The interviewer mentioned Harry Potter. The hidden information in this book requires a lot of reading , I'm also in a hurry