Chapter 748 Gentle Prayer

China once issued a silver coin called "Yuan Datou". When you blow it with your mouth, it will make a pleasant sound. This is what Jewish businessmen call "the singing of money".

The word "Yuan" can be pronounced differently, it can be "Yuan" or "Yuan", and "Yuan" seems to be as bad a word as witch.

The Fourth Crusade was a standard profiteer who fooled the "bosses" and pointed them as gunmen to rob Constantinople.

On the outer wall of St. Mark's Basilica are four bronze horses, which were taken as trophies from Constantinople.

At the top center of the Brandenburg Gate is a bronze sculpture of the goddess of victory, who is Nick in Greek mythology and Victoria in Roman mythology.

The goddess spread her wings behind her and drove a four-horse two-wheeled chariot facing the city of Berlin on the east side. She held a scepter with an oak wreath in her right hand. Inside the wreath was an Iron Cross. The hawk, the hawk wears the Prussian crown.

The Louvre also has the Statue of Victory, but it is made of stone, and it is still one of the treasures of the Louvre.

Except for the Mona Lisa, the Goddess of Victory and the Venus of Milo are all incomplete, but this incompleteness is different from the incompleteness of the Six Horses of Zhaoling. Just like the Russians sold Alaska, if they want to buy it back now, the Americans won't sell it at all.

Every time an envoy from Constantinople sees the bronze horses on St. Mark's Basilica in the "European drawing room", he must be angry.

Not only Venice, but also other cities in Italy that were robbed. How many treasures in the Louvre are Italian. Every time I see other EU member states showing off the "Italian Renaissance style", the feeling of anger is the same as that of the envoys from Constantinople seeing the bronze horse in St. Mark's Square.

Italy is a member of the European Union, but they are at odds with other countries. The "boots" that stretch out to the belly of the Mediterranean will bear the brunt of refugees from the Middle East.

The refugee issue of the European Union and NATO is like playing football. Greece, Malta, and Cyprus have become the hardest hit areas of "Mediterranean refugees". The "Mediterranean refugees" who went to France via the Alpine highway kicked back. Italy, the European Union, and France have been at odds for a long time because of this. The European special train circled from Vienna to Italy instead of passing through Verona. .

The "unified" European Union is not united at all. The current Conte government in Italy is a coalition government composed of several political parties such as the "Five-Star Alliance" and the "Northern Alliance". "They don't agree very much. It's no wonder they have a good impression of the United States and the European Union.

Women love to buy houses because they think real estate is safe, safe, stable, and can appreciate in value. This kind of woman is just like Su in "Gone with the Wind". She can't stand life in Terra and wants to change her destiny by getting married.

Scarlett saw the business opportunity of Atlanta's reconstruction, and used Frank's $1,000 plus his loan as capital to open a wood processing plant.

In order to save money, she also made a deal with the warden. After the Civil War, slavery was abolished, and prisoners could still be used to work. In this way, she completed the accumulation of primitive capital and repaired her "pipeline".

Business opportunities are right in front of us. The money spent on rebuilding Venice is much more than the money spent on rebuilding Atlanta. Restoring works of art requires patience and meticulousness, as well as energy and time to study slowly.

Sometimes Eros is just like what Socrates said, easily attracted by the beauty and wealth of God of Wealth.

When Pomona came to St. Mark's Square, Monica was eating croissants at the Cafe de Flore. She saw Pomona and Severus from a distance, and immediately waved to them. Her body Standing next to him are Alessandro and Gianluca the "computer nerd", both of whom exude a "loser" atmosphere, in stark contrast to the hot and lively brunette beauty Monica.

"Why are you still in your carnival costume?" Gianluca said immediately after seeing the cloak and mask Severus was wearing.

He was wearing a colorful pullover T-shirt, a leather jacket over it, jeans and canvas shoes on his lower body, looking...very "Muggle".

Monica was also dressed casually, only Alessandro and Severus were dressed in carnival costumes. All in all, the atmosphere was weird and beyond description.

Pomona is trying to find the pigeons in St. Mark's Square. Maybe she can take the opportunity to feed them and stay away from these people. Unfortunately, the pigeons don't know where to go, but the water in the square is the same as in the corridor when the Chamber of Secrets incident happened. many.

"What's the plan for today?" Severus said with a smile, "Still wandering around the city?"

"We're going to the Adriatic Sea." Monica said, "The archaeological team said they were going to salvage the sunken ship."

"The ship?" Pomona asked.

"That's right, that ship." Monica said coldly, "Are you going?"

"I need to discuss what you said with the people in the club. Investigating the Templars seems to touch a lot of taboos. I browsed the online library of the Vatican yesterday..."

"Did you find something?" Pomona asked anxiously.

"It's all in Latin." Gianluca shrugged helplessly. "I don't know Latin."

"You're from the Archeology Club, why don't you know Latin?" Pomona asked back.

"That's not my specialty," Gianluca said. "Do you know Greek?"

"Only a little," Pomona said cautiously.

"Oh, that's a coincidence, I don't know it at all, we are even." Gianluca said wretchedly.

"That's not fair!"

"Going?" Monica asked Severus.

"Why not?" Severus said. "I just wanted to see if there were any merfolk in the Adriatic."

Gianluca sneered, "You still believe this?"

"We can wait and see." Severus said calmly, "Prepare enough water and food, just in case."

"Aye, Captain!" Pomona replied like a sailor, and the three Muggles looked at her like fools.

Spread from the west of St. Mark's Square, almost all of them are luxury stores, Prada, Chanel and so on. Although these things are luxury goods, they are not unique, and they didn't open the door early in the morning, so they went straight to Rialto Fish market next to the bridge.

It is now a scenic spot, and locals in Venice no longer buy vegetables there, but there is a strong sense of life there, and more importantly, if you get up early, you can still buy very good fish and seafood, and many restaurants buy here.

Pomona's space bag, which can hold very well, came in handy when shopping. Gianluca, who doesn't believe in magic, thought she did some tricks, such as hiding the pocket under the skirt, and then bought a lot of fruit Yes, she liked the iced strawberry and agave cocktail, and she asked Severus to make it for her.

"When the Republic of Venice was first established, the power struggle was fierce. After being exiled, the ninth governor, Auberio Antlerio, planned to seize power with foreign forces. Later, his head was chopped off and displayed in this market. .” Just as Pomona and Monica were happily shopping, the boys were chatting solemnly, and Gianluca looked at Severus seriously, “I don’t want my head to be in the same place.” Here, who are you, foreigner?"

"Who is the force behind him? The Vatican or Constantinople?"

"What does that have to do with who you are?"

"Let me tell you, the Emperor needs me, but the Pope doesn't need me unless I'm willing to wear the robes of a monk and act in the name of God, do you understand?"

"What century are you living in?" Gianluca asked suspiciously.

"Francis is a good man. What he sang is the brotherhood between people. It is different from those religious writers who sang that people should obey the will of the ruler, not resist, but work for life. I am very happy that it is him. The sect leads believers all over the world." Severus exaggeratedly said, "Don't let Dominique regain power, or a heretic like me will end badly."

"We didn't tell him you were wizards," Monica whispered.

"It's okay, I can erase his memory." Pomona said with a smile. "It's magic, honey."

In the distance, the bell tower of St. Mark's began to chime the time again, and the bell rang throughout Venice.

The reason why the Renaissance can succeed is also due to "PaPa".

Dominicans, Franciscans and Augustinians were at the top of the church in the 13th century, but it was outlawed in France at the end of the 18th century.

At the time of the French Revolution, St. Anthony was the founder of the monasticism, and it is now enshrined on the altar of the Church of Our Lady of Ankang.

If you want to see the brilliance of divinity, you have to dig deep into the darkness of human nature.

Gianluca would think it was normal to be afraid, that the Templars were a taboo, that any reasonable person knew the choice between money and death.