Chapter 2446 "Sheep" and "Wolf" (7)

The person who came to deliver the letter was Napoleon's adjutant, Chief Surveying and Mapping Engineer Simon Bernard. After delivering the letter, he went to Wilvoord in the northern suburbs of Brussels, which was the stop of the railway built from Mechelen.

Wilvoord has been an important strategic location since the 12th century. The Duke of Brabant and the Duke of Greenbergen have long competed here. The Count of Flanders also once fought here with the Duke of Brabant's daughter Margery.

Special wedding.

It was during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. The Duke's daughter Margaret and the son of Edward III were originally engaged to be engaged, but it was abandoned because of the Brabant Succession War. The Duke only had three daughters, Joanna, Margaret and

Maria, when Joanna inherited the dukedom, Margaret's husband, the Count of Flanders, raised his troops and occupied the Duchy of Brabant and its capital Bruel. It was also at this time that Wilford built the city wall

and forts, surrounded the city, and obtained the sovereignty of Brabant and Mechelen in the name of his wife.

From the day of its founding, Wilvoord was a military fortress, and it also served as a state prison. However, it is located on the banks of the Seine and at the intersection of the Brussels-Scheldt Canal. It is a handicraft and commercial city. Because

As the cloth industry and trade flourished, the transportation of Wilford's Seine River became increasingly important and became an important inland port. Later, Charles V ordered the construction of a canal linking the Scheldt River to Brussels. Shortly after the canal was opened

Several piers were built in the center of Brussels.

In the 14th century, Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, formulated a plan to canalize the Seine, but it was not until the reign of Mary of Burgundy that Brussels was allowed to dig a new canal.

Brussels is downstream of Mechelen and Wilford, so all ships going to Brussels must collect tolls when passing through these two cities. Once the canal linking Brussels and the Scheldt River is built, Mechelen and Wilford will be separated.

Toll tax cannot be collected.

Mechelen directly protested, and Wilford expressed concern about the impact on water flow. It was not until Charles V that he ordered the construction of the canal. In fact, the canal had already been dug up to Wilford before the order was issued. Regardless of Mechelen's

How Herren and Wilvoord protested. Also because of the role of this canal in connecting Brussels and Antwerp, it has become a battlefield many times.

This canal not only plays an economic role, but also has a flood control function. Whether the Seine River or the Scheldt River overflows, it can act as an overflow. It passes through a valley and can be used as a flood discharge area.

The French moved the lace textile, paint, furniture and other handicraft industries in Vilvoord to Metz, retaining the gunpowder, iron foundry, coke factory, etc. Vilvoord itself was turned into a fortress, and there was also the largest prison in the south of the Netherlands.

, the Dutch called it "tuchthuis", meaning the disciplinary office. It was once the ducal castle belonging to Joanna of Brabant, and later became a checkpoint controlling Brussels and Leuven, and from 1408 it became a state prison.

Some people were burned at the stake inside after religious trials. By 1774, it was almost abandoned due to disrepair.

With the rise of Enlightenment thought in the 18th century, people began to have different views on prisons, especially those with light punishments. People preferred reeducation and correction rather than torture and corporal punishment. This reeducation included forced labor. After all, "laziness" was regarded as

Root of all evil.

In 1766, at the request of Maria Theresa, it was built as a "model prison" and an "improvement institution" was set up. Bowens said that prisoners would be used as weavers, which is nothing new in Belgium.

, because many construction sites obtain cheap labor from this place.

In 1774, Maria Theresa decided to completely renovate this dilapidated prison, so a design competition was held. The new prison took into account the issues of ventilation and separation of male and female prisoners. Then the century-old dilapidated castle was completely demolished.

, the demolished materials were used as the foundation of the new prison, which took three years to build. In 1779, approximately 270 prisoners were placed there.

However, although it was called a "new" prison, it actually felt very eerie. There was poor lighting, limited views, and ventilation problems. The designer and builder were accused of fraud and quickly lost their reputation.

Position of Palace Architect. During the French Revolution, it was used as an Austrian military hospital and a shelter for the homeless. In 1794, it became a French military hospital, a release and transfer center for petty criminals, and in 1798 it was used again.

It was used as a prison and it was overcrowded from that time on.

Starting from the spring of 1802, an outbreak of typhoid fever occurred in the prison, and the death toll increased sharply. The investigation committee believed that it was caused by the humid air. The French asked the prison to bury prisoners together instead of in the cemetery of ordinary citizens.

Women are different from men. This metaphor may not be appropriate, but if a female baboon in a group is good at social interaction, then her cubs will have a much higher chance of survival and will be much happier. As a woman, Georgiana should not have thought about this.

Something spooky.

When Pomona heard that Europe would fall into chaos, she was very panicked and anxious and wanted to prevent everything from happening. For this reason, Severus even had conflicts with her. He used very risky methods to try to get her to give up her original plan.

Intend.

She regretted telling Edgeworth about letting the Irish build prisons. After the riots of 1798, many Irish people were still imprisoned on abandoned ships, but what Edgeworth said next shocked her even more.

.An infectious disease like typhoid fever will cause a wider range of deaths if not properly controlled. What’s more, the current disciplinary office is obviously not sufficient and we cannot continue to lock up prisoners.

Although there is no privacy in the prison, there is ventilation and lighting, so Edgeworth's reaction was not as violent as she expected.

It may be due to the different times. Edgeworth believes that prisoners are imprisoned in different cells and lack information exchange with each other. They can only see the guards, and the guards can see everyone. In addition, the blinds are blocking,

They don't know if the guards are lazy, so they don't restrain their behavior all the time.

Two arrested prisoners, the police know that they are guilty, if they cannot accuse each other without communication, both people will be acquitted because the evidence is uncertain. If one person confesses and the other does not, then

The person who confessed was immediately released because of his meritorious service, while the person who did not confess was sentenced to ten years in prison. If two people exposed each other at the same time, both were sentenced to eight years because the evidence was solid.

People think that they will choose the optimal solution, that is, neither person will confess. John Nash once compared it to, if everyone invites the most beautiful girl, then the girl’s friends will not be willing to be substitutes, and in the end only one person will win.

, everyone else loses, and conversely, if everyone invites the girl’s friends, everyone will have a dance partner.

However, the "experimental results" prove that there is a gap between reality and imagination.

On a small island, something like this once happened. A group of defected British navy came to the island. There was no shortage of food on the island. At first, the rebels worked together to deal with the natives on the island, and waited until the last native was eliminated.

In order to fight for better land, resources, etc., they killed each other until there were only two people left. At this time, they swore in the name of God that they would never hurt each other. However, one person died due to asthma and lack of necessary medical treatment.

died.

When a passing American merchant ship discovered the island, the only remaining men were teaching the children on the island to read, and all the adult males, whether native or British, were dead.

Georgiana never dreamed that one day she would become the "devil" who built the state prison. Last night Langhenhofen proposed that the postal fees could be used to build roads. Now the 200,000 francs given by Bonaparte can be used for other purposes.

, such as building a prison or something, but she decided to leave this choice to the people of Brussels or the Parliament to discuss.

With both personnel and funds available, materials can be imported from abroad or produced by ourselves. There were originally quarries outside Brussels, but after years of mining, they are almost gone. After all, Brussels is a place where wars often occur, and buildings have been repaired and destroyed.

, was destroyed and repaired, so architects like Henri-Alex Monte used new materials such as cement and steel bars.

Previous fortifications were in the form of bastions, an architectural form that is now rare in the 21st century as most of the walls have been demolished. It existed in the 19th century, but Napoleon proved that with high mobility, all static

The defenses are in vain.

But now it is his turn to build his own fortifications. While other countries are beginning to learn his form of warfare, it is actually himself he wants to defend.

Napoleon said that nothing was impossible in his dictionary.

Maybe he really did deal with the tax collector in Valenciennes overnight and gave her the official documents, and then he could return to Paris along the thoroughfare. After all, dealing with the Louisiana Purchase was more difficult than the defense of Belgium.

But he may also take advantage of the pressure on Hamburg to collapse the North German Neutrality Alliance led by Prussia.

Due to Prussia's previous twisted and complicated diplomacy, it was difficult for them to establish solid alliances with other countries. The British gave Saxony the technology of textile machines, but controlled the raw materials of the cotton textile industry. This relationship is more binding than any other alliance.

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"So, he really went to Maastricht?" Edgeworth asked.

"Don't ask me, I don't know." Georgiana shook her head.

At this moment, the carriage stopped and they arrived at the Imperial College of Arts and Sciences. The principal personally led the students to wait at the door.

"Tell Lupe what we just said." Georgiana said, and then the door was opened, music sounded all around, and she got out of the carriage with the help of a Brussels parliamentarian.
Chapter completed!