Chapter 2418 royal circus (1)

"That's really bad."

In Hufflepuff's common room, children surrounded Cedric Diggory. This scene was usually very common, but today's situation was different.

"Cedric." Pomona called from the door of the lounge.

The handsome young Hufflepuff head boy looked back at her.

"Come here for a moment."

"Sorry, give way." He said to the others, and the children surrounding him moved out of the way.

Pomona turned around and walked ahead. She didn't turn around to look at him until she came to a deserted place.

"What were you talking about just now?" she asked with a fake smile.

Cedric tugged at his hair.

"Are you talking about what happened at the Quidditch World Cup?" she continued to ask with a smile.

"I won't say anything anymore," Cedric said quickly.

"Do you remember the Chamber of Secrets incident two years ago?" Pomona said softly, "Everyone said that Harry Potter is the heir of Slytherin."

"That was a misunderstanding," Cedric said.

"What did you do?" Pomona asked again.

Cedric was lost in memories.

"Rumors stop at the wise, but obviously there are not many smart people in our college. Besides, even if I ask you not to say anything, I can't stop others from talking in private, not to mention Lita Skeeter. Have you read the newspaper?

"

"seen it already."

"As an eyewitness, do you think what she wrote is consistent with the facts?"

Cedric said nothing.

"Even if you are not as nosy as Percy Weasley, you still have to stop rumors that are contrary to the facts when they spread. You did a good job just now, but I don't want the same thing to happen in the break room next time.

'lively'."

"Yes, Dean." Cedric said solemnly.

"What do you think?" Pomona asked again, "I know you just experienced something terrible..."

"I can handle it." Cedric interrupted her. "Thank you for your concern."

Pomona looked at him, feeling a little regretful. She should have cared about his feelings first instead of handing over the task first.

Did she do something wrong?

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In 1494, Henry VII promulgated a law, ordering the Irish Parliament's decision to take effect only with the approval of the King of England. This law is called the "Poynings Act". It is precisely because of this that the 1735 "Witch Act"

The Arts Act is legal and valid in Ireland, but the Irish have never used it.

Compared with "witches", the Irish care more about British imported products. Whenever the relationship between Britain and Europe is bad, British goods will be "free trade" to Ireland.

Before the rise of the cotton textile industry, wool was still Britain's main export product. However, British merchants soon complained about the sluggish overseas market and believed that Irish cloth exporters were taking away their jobs. Therefore, in 1698, the English Parliament produced

Like the tsunami, we must restrict Irish export trade.

The Irish were extremely angry about being "hunted", but a ban on wool exports was imminent, so a Dublin lawyer and natural scientist wrote a short article based on law, explaining that Ireland was not a colony, but a colony under the British crown.

An independent kingdom, this system has existed since ancient times, so the Irish Parliament and the Westminster Parliament are equal.

This argument caused dissatisfaction in London, but the concept was passed down in Ireland, and although London eventually restricted Irish wool exports, the Irish never gave up on lifting the judicial restrictions.

It was during the Anglo-Dutch War, Ireland was in a serious economic downturn, and the streets were full of beggars. The parishes built almshouses. They followed the core content of the Poor Law and levied taxes on residents within their jurisdiction according to grades.

, to meet the subsistence needs of the poor.

At first it was poor orphans and the elderly, but later even some able-bodied people entered the workhouse. People soon realized that the main roads in the city were no longer occupied by locals or beggars from the countryside.

The number of unemployed workers increased sharply, and their behavior became increasingly violent. In the 18th century, the cotton textile industry was attacked by the British textile industry. Weavers would kidnap cloth importers and tailors on the streets and bring them to uninhabited corners.

Covered in tar and feathers as a punishment for importers and tailors who ignored their warnings and imported British goods.

This is a kind of lynching, and the police organization composed of innocent students cannot stop them at all. Therefore, the police in Dublin will undergo a large-scale reorganization next year. If some unemployed people who are willing to engage in legitimate occupations can be sent abroad during this period,

Go, then the risk of riots would be reduced, so Richard Edgeworth signed an agreement to provide 50,000 Irish laborers.

The Irish are very good at infrastructure construction. This is a new way of absorbing jobs created by the city government after the impact of the textile industry. Even if other industrial projects in Antwerp and Belgium cannot absorb so many jobs in the end, it will be better than now. As for whether the British Parliament will allow it

The problem is not Georgiana's concern. Her current task is to read the speech.

The purpose of establishing the Industrial Promotion Bank is to make Belgium prosperous, and people in Brussels are so ecstatic. Not to mention that drinking beer can provide tax revenue for charities that take in war orphans. People in the square can't wait to drink the beer sprayed from the Julien Fountain.

...beer.

This thing needs to find a city for a trial run, but the brewers seem to regard it as some kind of gimmick. Participants can drink and eat at the food festival held in the square, anyway, until Georgiana finishes reading the speech dryly

Nothing happened that she worried about.

According to the "cut scene", Julien had to wait until the clothes she gave him were put on before others could pick them up with cups. But when she lifted the silk covering the clothes, the people in the row closest to her saw it.

A little surprised, but not much of a reaction.

Georgiana was a little hesitant at first, whether to give Julien a hunting suit or a Celtic crow helmet from the Roman legion. The former was quite satisfactory, had no characteristics, and would not evoke any associations, while the latter was more sensitive.

However, the current reaction of the crowd seemed to be that her worries were in vain. After the staff put the silver-plated crow helmet on Julien, they left the venue, but they did not go to the city hall where they had been yesterday.

After getting on the carriage, Georgiana looked through the window at the men and women drinking happily around the fountain. In fact, the most terrifying thing in the witch hunting movement was not burning or hanging, but a phenomenon called "witch mobbing." If a person

If someone is identified as a witch or wizard, people will not only attack her or him in the street, but even follow her or him into her or his home.

No one could stop the crowd. Delphine, the wizard tailor, used apparation to escape when she found her neighbors coming to them. But this magic cannot be used in this world. If that happens, Georgiana will not use magic.

Waiting for death.

The "people" in this world are not really alive, nor will they really die, and Padma is a living person. Harry Potter used the patronus spell when he encountered the dementors. If he didn't use it, he and he would be dead.

I'm afraid Dudley won't even survive, let alone a hearing.

"You want to join them?"

asked Richard Edgeworth after getting into the carriage.

"I can't understand Belgians." She kept shaking her head.

"Others can't understand why it's a helmet?" Edgeworth asked.

Georgiana smiled and told him the story about the Gallic "giant" and the Roman centurion.

Maybe she will have to take the trouble to tell it many times in the future, but if it is not misinterpreted, it is a story of "not afraid of challenges", at least that is how she hopes people will understand it.

At this time the carriage moved, and they left in a mighty manner, heading towards the next place.
Chapter completed!