According to Machiavelli's records, in 1353, a group of bandits broke into Tuscany and plundered, causing panic in all Italian cities.

These bandits were once mercenaries who fought for the interests of the Pope living in France and the Emperor living in Germany respectively in Italy. However, after the war, the soldiers did not receive their pay, so they robbed everywhere in Italy.

This kind of thing is very common in troubled times, and it is so small that there is no corner to write about it in official history books, but it is related to wizards.

The Magical Economic Bubble of the 14th century occurred in 1378, 30 years after the financial crisis caused by the king's default in 1348. At the same time, the carding workers' uprising occurred in 1378.

In 1366, Florence allowed the import of slaves, but compared with the 90,000 people lost during the Black Death, it could not completely fill the vacancies in the labor force.

However, wars were going on all over Italy, and only Florence was relatively peaceful until 1353. During this period, many craftsmen and civilians who wanted to escape the war fled to the territory of the Republic of Florence, while other places continued to be ravaged by war.

This caused Florence to recover faster than other cities, and because of the plunder in 1353, the whole city of Florence was on alert. In addition, there was the fight between the Ricci family and the Albizzi family in the city. Both sides wanted to defeat the other party.

To obtain the power of the republic, it was just that it had not yet reached the point of arming itself.

At that time, Florence was not the center of the Renaissance, but it was already the richest city in Europe. After witnessing the high mortality rate of the Black Death, carpe diem replaced the call of heaven, and people seemed to be living like the ancient Romans again.

Life.

Both Rome and Greece had glorious civilizations, but the destruction of Rome was also closely related to the degenerate life of the nobles.

In 1496, a monk and a group of children searched the homes of residents, piled up "vanity objects" and burned them, as if he thought this would allow Florentines to live a pious and simple life again.

That was also the period when the Inquisition was active, but that was more than a hundred years after the mercenary plunder.

When riots spread in the city of Florence, the ruling council was unable to restrain the two families and continued to fight among themselves despite the presence of foreign enemies. Rumors spread throughout the city that a fight was imminent.

Of course, there was no fight in the end. Instead, a law was enacted prohibiting citizens from gathering in the ruling palace except when the ruling body was meeting.

So this led to the election of the standard bearer of justice in 1378. A large group of craftsmen and nobles stood in the courtyard of the palace under the scorching sun, waiting for the results of their election.

This time there was a real fight. The craftsman grabbed the nobleman by the collar and tried to strangle the other person's neck. Although the two were pulled away in time, someone upstairs shouted "pick up weapons", and then the war was completely ignited.

Every household built fortifications in their own homes.

Also in 1353, a law was passed to elect three people's representatives in addition to the six district chiefs, who were elected from the guilds.

In the past, Florence had an aristocratic system. The nobles discussed behind closed doors and had nothing to do with the common people. When the Ricci and Albizzi families were looking for followers in the city, they were not just looking for nobles.

Anyway, after the chaos in Florence and the chaos in the Holy See, business could not continue at all. The Lombards fled from Italy to England, set up a business in London, and started lending money. Later, it became Lombard Street, and they fought with the wizards over lending money.

business.

Later, Florence built a mercenary loggia for the German mercenaries stationed there to rest. In 1378, they did not participate and did not leave despite the orders of the ruling party.

The simple truth is that if you want mercenaries to work, you must first give them gold coins. Caesar did the same thing in ancient Rome. He gave silver coins to soldiers. The snake representing Pompey was printed on the silver coin. Caesar's war elephant stepped on it and took it.

His money will follow him.

The Ricci and Albizzi families became so angry that they finally decided to "decide the outcome" by arguing. When they were done arguing, the bandits withdrew, and the residents outside the city suffered heavy losses.

Human beings are born and grow up in a slow process. When farmers and craftsmen in England took advantage of the Black Death to raise their wages, it was not just them, but also other cities in Italy. Only the craftsmen in Florence were oppressed.

Launch an uprising.

At first, Pomona thought it was the same as ancient Rome, because the large-scale use of slaves squeezed out the job opportunities of free people. After looking at the transaction data of the slave market, he found that it was impossible. The vast majority of slaves were along the silk coast.

They were transported by road, and they were not bought by buyers to be spinners.

There is a Muggle bookstore at the exit of Diagon Alley, and she read the data in the book she bought there.

She had not read the original data and could only infer based on what the author wrote. Maybe she could look for the original documents during the summer vacation. She really didn't want to go to Australia with Sinistra and "observe" the stars not through a telescope but through radio.

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The debris left behind after a supernova explosion looked like fireworks. That was what she liked. There was nothing interesting about the curves and noises on the display screen.

"Wow, these earrings are so beautiful."

While passing by the Transfiguration Courtyard, Pomona heard a girl yelling.

In fact, she was not the only one, there were several people around. They were all surrounding Emily Taylor. Emily was holding a jewelry box in her hand.

Even though Pomona was not good at identifying luxury goods, she could still spot the blue-green color of the robin's egg. As far as she knew, the jewelry sold in that store was not cheap, even if it was a small earring.

"You like it? I gave it to you." Emily said generously, handing the pair of earrings to the girl who exclaimed.

The girl took the jewelry box, her face full of shock, as if she didn't believe that such a lucky thing would happen to her.

"Even after I graduate, we will still be friends and we will keep in touch in the future." Emily glanced in the direction of Pomona pointedly. "No matter what happens in school from now on, tell me."

"Thank you, I like it so much." The girl said, stood up, and put the earrings in the jewelry box on her ears.

Today's jewelry pays attention to the fire color, unlike the jewelry in the past, which tried to maintain the weight of the gemstones.

The sun shone on the pair of earrings, emitting a dazzling light. The other girls surrounding looked at the girl who got the earrings with envy.

"We friends can't break up just because I graduate... That's fine, we will come to London during the summer vacation and I will take you to play."

"I'm still looking for a place to intern." Another girl said, "I'm so envious of you for being able to intern at the Ministry of Magic."

This time Emily did not say that she could help them arrange internships, but talked about her life in London during this period.

Like a swan that landed in a chicken coop in the countryside.

Pomona recited Buddhist scriptures silently in his mind and left the courtyard without saying hello to Emily. Emily didn't intend to say hello to her anyway, so there probably wasn't much to say when they met, because they weren't from the same world.
Chapter completed!