Chapter 731: The Island of Returnees

The Liechtenstein royal family is like the most beautiful girl at the ball. Every guy wants to ask her out, but she already has her own heart, and trying to "try luck" on her is asking for trouble. The smart way for the guy is to find a way to ask her Second and third and the girls after that.

They are different from the Queen of England, who has to disclose the cost of going to the barber shop and be supervised by all the people. The invitation letter in Pomona's pocket can only go to the ball held by the Swedish Marquis once. How will the Venetians mix with such celebrities in the future? It was no longer her problem to attract clients from Swiss banks in gathering places.

Napoleon was right when he said that there is a sleeping lion in the east, and the Venetians are still sleeping now. If they don’t have the aggressiveness and are content with the status quo and don’t make any changes, then Venice will still sink.

If you want to save your own city, you have to do it yourself. Pomona has taught many students. Most of them are keen on Quidditch and other people's affairs. is impossible.

Harry was also that kind of kid. He and Ron had a great time at school. Fortunately, there was Hermione who loved to read, but he also had a quality that Hermione, a bookworm, didn't have, that is, he didn't follow the rules.

Why can't the Chinese lead the Venetians to establish a neutral country?

Now it is not as closed as it was in the Qing Dynasty. Besides, the Jews are not native to Venice. The city of Venice is also a city of immigrants. They have an influence that cannot be underestimated in the city of Venice.

In the final analysis, Easterners still don’t understand Westerners well enough. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles.

Attila, the whip of God, also studied in the Western Roman Empire. At that time, the Western Roman Empire wanted to teach him Western civilization and tame the rebellious wolf. He was sent to the Roman court as one of the hostages in the peace treaty. Yes, while in Rome, Attila received a good education at the court, and at the same time learned the traditions and customs of the Romans, as well as their luxurious lifestyle.

If he chooses a luxurious life, like Liu Adou, "reluctant to leave", then there will be no whip from God.

But he chose another way of life, he chose to be a real wolf, and his name still brings terror even after all these years.

Instead of going to those popular attractions, they took a motorboat to Torcello Island, which is a 45-minute flight from the main island. Alessandro picked up Monica halfway. It was extremely boring, not at all the relaxation, excitement and pleasure of the previous few days.

Sometimes people just need the company of a "Bengal Tiger" to survive drifting at sea like Boy Pi.

In Venice, there is no tiger on this boat, but there is a hole. The sea water will erode the paint surface of the gondola. To keep the boat looking brand new, the boatman needs to maintain it by himself. Although the income is good for the common people, it is nothing in front of the real rich.

The shepherd boy David can also become a king, and Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, is also a street hooligan. It is not that difficult to be the mayor of a small city. The key is that it is not so easy to reverse the mental state of a person.

The power of religion is so powerful. Due to the rapid rise of the Arabs, Constantinople in the Golden Bay will face another bitter battle.

Before the establishment of the Isaurian Dynasty, the Eastern Roman Empire was in a state of "anarchy" for six years, full of refugees and robbers who took advantage of the fire.

In 716, the leader of the Communist Party, Mosrama, led an army of 80,000 land and water to attack Constantinople again. The emperor Theodosius III was helpless, so Leo III, the governor of Asia Minor, took the opportunity to seize power and ascended to the highest throne.

Pope Gregory II supported the Byzantine Empire in the face of the common threat "the sword of Allah".

When the Arab navy came to the city, it was Leo III who burned the Arab fleet with Greek fire while the pope and patriarch pacified the frightened populace.

This great victory also caused the Arabs to begin to expel the missionaries in the territory, which led to a large increase in the number of monks in the territory. Monks and the church have always enjoyed many privileges in the empire. There is a church scripture that says: "Humanity is divided into two halves, one half is monks, and the other half is layman." Although the actual number of monks does not reach half of the population, they The land it occupies occupies almost half of the empire. And they also have tax exemptions and other privileges. At the same time, there are more and more civilians in the empire.

Early Christianity emphasized spiritual belief and forbade idol worship, but with its development, Christianity gradually embarked on the road of idol worship. Icons and relics of saints were enshrined in monasteries. The idol worship of various saints led Christianity to many The danger of theism, which seriously violates the essence of Christianity as a monotheistic religion. Some people in Christianity themselves were very dissatisfied with this, and Leo III was taking advantage of these flaws and launched the "Icon Destruction Movement" to seize power from the church.

This is basically the same as the slaughter of Buddha in China. The damage caused by theocracy over secularism is obvious to all. Many people think that Italy is the hardest hit area in the witch hunt. After all, the Pope's country is located on the peninsula.

In fact, the real hardest hit area is Germany, followed by France, Poland, Switzerland, Luxembourg, and especially the Alps in the 15th and 16th centuries. Young cardinals objected to this kind of fanatical religious sentiment. They invented a "rational" wizard oven, and locked people in it to burn without hearing or seeing the screams of "wizards" being swallowed by flames. up.

The Germanic people were very barbaric before modernization. Voltaire said: The Holy Roman Empire is neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

Rome is based on the rule of law, while the German-speaking region has thousands of administrative regions under the system of the Holy Roman Empire, such as Milan. There are so many kings in fairy tales, it is estimated that it was at that time.

They have a lot of power in their own lands, Snow White's stepmother put on hot iron shoes, even after the witch hunts stopped in the mainland, there is still water testing in England, the wild land far from civilization is like this , the legal awareness is weak, the locals use "natural justice" and divine justice to judge, and because the brand of the barbarians is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, that forest is called "Black Forest" not only because it looks black, but also because the German wizards are not themselves. Willing to be black, but dying if you don’t put on a black robe. Fear can have a deterrent effect. Muggles are in the city, and witchcraft is in the mountains and old forests. Everyone has their own lives.

But another version exists in Hungary and Transylvania, where shamans spread the plague through "magia posthuma".

"Human" represents human beings in English. Posthuma can be understood as people in the past or dead people. It is generally believed that "magia posthuma" refers to vampires, or the ashes left after the dead bodies are burned. Dug up from graves, burned to ashes, and smeared on doorknobs to spread the plague.

Witch is not a good word, and the first time Severus saw Lily using her abilities, he called her witch, no wonder she got angry.

But he was so happy that he couldn't care less, because he found the first one of his kind.

In the turbulent waves, Pomona looked at the deserted island in the distance. It was far less lively than the main island, and it was almost deserted. However, this place was the real starting point of Venice.

First there was this place, then there was the island of Burano, and then there was the more promising main island of Venice. Venice is not just such a small piece, it can only be reached by boat like the overseas colonies. American writer Hemingway lived on that island.

People can be destroyed, but not defeated. Maybe not everyone can become a big winner in life, but in the face of a frustrated life, please live on calmly and gracefully no matter what, whether you are unknown or mediocre, the important thing is that as long as a person lives, No matter how you have nothing, you should not lose your dignity and demeanor as a human being.

It took us two years to learn to speak, but it took us sixty years to learn to shut up. Most of the time, the more we talk, the farther we are from each other and the more conflicts we have. In communication, most people are always eager to express themselves, talking quickly, but they don't understand each other at all.

Pomona fell into Severus' arms, his blurted "Mudblood" ended his first love, and then spent the rest of his life caring for his first love's son, and he even died once.

Not every first love can end satisfactorily and lead to marriage.

"How strange we are." She whispered in the sea breeze, "I didn't go to the beautiful Rainbow Island, but went to such a spooky place."

"You're the one who's weird, senior." Severus kissed her forehead. "What were you thinking?"

"Magia posthuma, did the devil who was waiting for the witch by the bridge to continue trading?" Pomona whispered, "Do you think there will be vampires on this island?"

"What's the bet?"

"I don't know, what do you want to bet on?"

He whispered softly in his ear.

In a fit of rage, she beat him hard!

When exactly will she be able to ride a gondola?