Chapter 2405 The Kingdom of the Ring (Part 2)

"That's it, our nicknames were decided. James's nickname is Prongs, Sirius's nickname is Padfoot, Peter's nickname is Wormtail, and mine is Moony."

Pomona couldn't attend the "bedtime meeting" in the men's dormitory, but she still raised her questions.

"Why is it called moony?" she asked sympathetically, feeling that James and the others had gone too far in their joke.

"James told a Muggle fairy tale about a princess and 11 cursed princes." Remus retold the fairy tale. "When the princes took Alyssa back to their residence with blankets in their mouths,

Because they were carrying Alyssa, they couldn't fly as fast as usual, so they landed on a rock. There was a strong wind that night, and Alyssa sang a song."

O sea, calm down your anger and rest quickly, and let my brothers and I stay in peace until morning,

Sky, please open a window and let the moon show its face. Please shine the beautiful moonlight on us.

The sea gradually calmed down with Elisa's singing, and the tired princes could finally rest. At this time, a crow appeared and told Elisa how to lift the curse.

Elisa must make clothes from nettles and put them on the princes, but before that she cannot say a word, otherwise the princes will die immediately.

Elisa did as the crow said. When they arrived at the cave where the princes lived, Elisa began to collect nettles. These thorny plants pricked her delicate hands until blood dripped.

But in order to save her brother, she endured the burning pain. From that day on, Alyssa remained silent and weaved armor day and night.

"What song did James sing?" Pomona asked.

Remus smiled and shook his head.

"If he really sang, people would think there was a wolf in our dormitory." Remus said with a relaxed smile.

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There is Laeken Castle in the north of Brussels, which was originally the leisure residence of the Austrian Governor-General Duke of Saxe-Theschen and his wife. As the former residence of Duke Theschen was demolished by Joseph II, Laeken Castle has been expanded since 1782.

It became the principal residence of the Duke.

In 1794, Belgium was occupied by the French, and the castle almost disappeared. The "Treaty of Luneville" made the castle's territory no longer belong to Austria, and most of the castle's building materials were broken up and sold by speculators.

Napoleon bought the land and planned to give it to Josephine as compensation.

As the manager of Bonaparte's property in Belgium, Georgiana certainly had to know about this deal, not to mention that the mayor of Brussels personally brought the documents to her to see.

Before 1800, the Low Countries did not have the position of "mayor". They had long adopted the method of community autonomy, which allowed their society to still operate normally according to the wishes of the residents when they were in a state of anarchy, such as Ghent.

, they use the church as an activity center to raise funds or hold meetings to solve security problems. They will also set a "welcome tax" to test new residents.

After the French began to rule, this situation of urban autonomy was replaced by the "mayor". However, at the beginning, everyone was not very clear about what the mayor did. The mayor of Bruges, Jacob Vandeweghe, was a farmer.

I thought my job was to sign birth, death and marriage certificates.

The first mayor of Brussels was Paolo Aconati-Visconti, who was originally a Milanese nobleman. He later married the daughter of Lord Gasbeck and then settled in the south of the Netherlands. At the age of 20, he joined the army

, received the rank of lieutenant, and in 1776 he became Queen Maria Theresa's Minister of the Interior. Seven years later, after receiving a large inheritance from his aunt, he resigned from the legion and no longer assumed any responsibilities.

However, he was sympathetic to the Brabantine Rebellion and the French Republic. He participated in the Council organized in Brussels and served as President of the Senate. After the coup of 1797, the Council was dismissed and became the Mayor of Brussels on the recommendation of the French consul.

However, many of the plans he implemented encountered considerable resistance, and he was a recognized admirer of Napoleon. In 1800, he was forced to resign and became a member of the General Council of the Province of Dale and a member of the Brussels Parliament. He was replaced by Nicolas-Jean Roupe.

, he was born in Rotterdam and later became a subdeacon of the Carmelites. He once destroyed the cross of the Leuven City Hall to provoke a rebellion. While serving as the mayor of Brussels, he was also the political commissar of the Dale Province.

Compared with Paul Aconati-Visconti, Lupe looks more refined and scholarly. There are French troops stationed in Brussels. These soldiers are not subject to trial by local courts such as Brussels. If they

Violations of the law or military discipline will be tried by the French Circuit Military Court. Lupe and some of his friends borrowed the court of the 66th Brigade to form the Free University of Brussels, where the church books seized from the university town of Leuven were stored.

With.

The last person who sent Georgiana a "rich" genre painting was Lupe. In 1801, Napoleon ordered the construction of the Stock Exchange in Brussels. After Lannes arrived in Antwerp, he forcibly "requisitioned" the craftsmen, causing the Stock Exchange to stop work.

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In addition, he also swept the Brussels Museum. In the past, Lannes embezzled the military pay of the Guards in order to build his new home in Paris. This time he was still the same. Lupe wrote a letter in anger, hoping to

Rana was replaced.

He is the mayor who signed the agreement to use the forest outside Brussels as a mortgage this time. The forest is not a slave and will escape on its own. Furthermore, if the road from Mechelen to Brussels is built, this road will become the first of the Brussels Stock Exchange.

For a listed company, the premise is that the stock exchange can be repaired.

After complaining, Lupe asked Georgiana whether she wanted to live in Lechen Castle or in Brussels.

However, she was more worried about the "return" than where she lived. The road from Brussels to France was no longer there, and there were bandits along the way. Even with 100 Mamluk guards, she still didn't feel at ease.

As for mobilizing the French garrison to send her away, she couldn't even think of it. In addition, there was also the Mississippi conflict that could break out at any time, so how could she have time?

She asked Matilda to send the guests out, then returned to the study where she had stayed before, and picked up the ring inlaid with fire opal. It fell from her hand when she turned into a bird.

on the ground.

According to legend, there lived three fairies at the bottom of the Rhine River. They guarded a rock at the bottom of the river day and night, because the rock was inlaid with a piece of magic gold. A Nibelung dwarf fell in love with the daughter of the Rhine, and he was very happy.

He wanted to win the love of one of them, but he was mercilessly laughed at. Then he saw the magical gold shining on the boulder. Whoever can make this gold into a ring can rule.

world.

After seizing the gold, the dwarf made a ring of gold himself, while his younger brother used the remaining gold to make an invisible armor, but was unwilling to give it to his older brother. The older brother became angry and knocked down his younger brother and took it away.

Gone is the invisibility armor.

At the same time, the daughters of the Rhine were singing at the bottom of the river, thinking about the Rhine gold they had guarded day and night.

"What do I need that thing for?" She muttered and put the ring back on her hand.

As for the "Sun Gold" in the Alps, she didn't even dare to think about it. With her poor alchemy skills, she couldn't control that material at all, and getting it would be a "waste", so she might as well forget it.
Chapter completed!