Chapter 731 The Island of the Returners

The Liechtenstein royal family is like the most beautiful girl at the ball. Every young man wants to date her, but she already has a crush on her. To "try his luck" with her is to ask for trouble. The smart thing for young men to do is to find a way to date her.

Second and third and the girls after that.

They are different from the Queen of England, whose expenses for going to the barber shop are publicized and monitored by all citizens. The invitation letter in Pomona's pocket can only go to the ball held by the Swedish Marchioness once. How will the Venetians sneak into that kind of celebrity in the future?

It was no longer her problem to win over UBS clients in crowded places.

Napoleon had a good saying, there is a sleeping lion in the east, and the Venetians are still sleeping now. If they don't have the enterprising spirit and are content with the status quo and don't make changes, then Venice will still sink.

If you want to save your city, you have to do it yourself. Pomona has taught many students. Most of them are keen on Quidditch and other people's affairs. They have no motivation to learn at all. Wanting them to become strong is basically

It's impossible.

Harry was also that kind of kid. He and Ron had a lot of fun at school. Fortunately, he had Hermione who loved to read, but he also had a quality that Hermione, a nerd, didn't have, and that was that he wasn't so disciplined.

Why can't the Chinese lead the Venetian people to establish a neutral country?

Nowadays, the country is no longer as closed as it was during the Qing Dynasty. Besides, the Jews are not native to Venice. Venice is also a city of immigrants. They have an influence in Venice that cannot be underestimated.

Ultimately, Easterners still don’t understand Westerners well enough. Only by knowing ourselves and our enemies can we win every battle.

Attila, the Scourge of God, also studied abroad in the Western Roman Empire. At that time, the Western Roman Empire wanted to teach him Western civilization and tame the unruly wolf. He was sent to the Roman court as one of the hostages in the peace treaty.

While in Rome, Attila received a good education at the court, where he also learned the traditions and customs of the Romans, as well as their luxurious lifestyle.

If he had chosen a luxurious life and was as "lucky as Shu" like Liu Adou, then there would be no whip of God.

However, he chose another way of life, he chose to be a real wolf, and his name still brings fear even after so many years.

They did not go to those popular attractions. Instead, they took a motorboat to Torcello Island, which is a 45-minute flight from the main island. Alessandro picked up Monica halfway. Because of Severus' joining, this journey was

It was extremely dull, not at all the relaxation, excitement and joy of the previous few days.

Sometimes people just need the company of a "Bengal Tiger" to survive drifting at sea like Pi.

In Venice, there is no tiger on the boat, but there is a hole. The sea water will corrode the paint of the gondola. To keep the boat looking brand new, the boatman needs to maintain it himself and balance the expenses. Being a gondola boatman

Although the income is good among the common people, it is nothing compared to the truly wealthy people.

David, a shepherd boy, could also become a king. Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, was also a street gangster. It is not that difficult to be the mayor of a small city. The key is that it is not so easy to change a person's mental state.

The power of religion is so powerful. Due to the rapid rise of the Arabs, Constantinople, located in the Golden Bay, had to face a tough battle again.

Before the establishment of the Isaurian dynasty, the Eastern Roman Empire had been in a state of "anarchy" for six years, filled with refugees and bandits who took advantage of the situation.

In 716, the Christian leader Mosrama led an army of 80,000 people on both land and water to attack Constantinople again. Emperor Theodosius III was helpless, so Leo III, the governor of Asia Minor, took the opportunity to seize power and ascend to the highest throne.

Faced with the common threat "the Sword of Allah", Pope Gregory II supported the Byzantine Empire.

When the Arab navy came to the city, Leo III burned the Arab fleet with Greek fire, while the pope and patriarch calmed the frightened civilians.

This great victory also allowed the Arabs to begin expelling the missionaries in the territory, resulting in a large increase in the number of monks in the territory. Monks and churches have always enjoyed many privileges in the empire. A church scripture said: "Humanity is divided into two halves, and one half is

Monks, and the other half are lay people." Although the actual number of monks is less than half of the population, the land they occupy accounts for almost half of the empire. And they also have tax exemption rights and other privileges. At the same time, the empire

There are more and more civilians who are landless.

Early Christianity emphasized spiritual beliefs and prohibited idol worship. However, as it developed, Christianity gradually embarked on the path of idol worship. Icons and saints’ remains were enshrined in monasteries. The idol worship of various saints led Christianity to many aspects.

The danger of theism, which seriously violated the essence of Christianity as a monotheistic religion. There were people within Christianity itself who were very dissatisfied with this, and Leo III was taking advantage of these flaws to launch the "Icon Destruction Movement" to seize power from the church.

This is basically the same as the massacre of Buddha in China. The damage caused by the theocratic supremacy over the secular world is obvious to all. Many people think that Italy is the hardest hit area during the witch-hunting movement. After all, the Papal State is located on a peninsula.

In fact, the real worst-hit areas are Germany, followed by France, Poland, Switzerland, and Luxembourg, especially in the Alps in the 15th and 16th centuries. It is impossible to determine how many people died. In Italy, the burning of people requires the approval of the Pope.

The young cardinals opposed this kind of fanatical religious sentiment. They invented a "rational" wizard oven. They could lock people in it and burn them without hearing the screams of the "witches" being swallowed up by the flames.

Already.

The Germans were very barbaric before modernization. Voltaire said: The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

Rome is a legal system, while the German-speaking area has thousands of administrative districts under the system of the Holy Roman Empire, such as Milan. There are so many kings in fairy tales, which probably happened at that time.

They have great power in their own territory. Snow White's stepmother wore red-hot iron shoes. Even after the witch hunt stopped on the mainland, water testing still existed in England. This is how it is in the wild places far away from civilization.

, the legal consciousness is weak, the locals use "natural justice" and divine judgment to judge, and because the imprint of the barbarians is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, the forest is called the "Black Forest" not only because it looks black, but also the German wizard is not himself

If you are willing to be black, you will die if you don't wear black robes. Fear can be a deterrent. Muggles are in the city, and witchcraft is in the mountains and forests. Everyone has their own way.

But in Hungary and Transylvania there is another theory that wizards spread the plague through "magia posthuma".

"Human" represents human beings in English. Posthuma can be understood as people from the past or dead people. Most people think that "magia posthuma" refers to vampires, or the ashes left after the corpses of the dead are burned. They are killed by wizards.

Dig them out of graves, burn them into ashes and smear them on doorknobs to spread the plague.

Witch is not a good word. Severus called Lily a witch when he saw her using her abilities for the first time. No wonder she got angry.

But he was so happy that he didn't care much anymore, because he had found the first one of his kind.

In the bumpy waves, Pomona looked at the deserted island in the distance. It was far less lively than the main island and was almost desolate. However, this place was the real starting point of Venice.

First there was this place, then there was Burano Island, and then there was the more promising main island of Venice. Venice is not just such a small piece of land. Like overseas colonies, it can only be reached by boat. American writer

Hemingway once lived on that island.

People can be destroyed, but they cannot be defeated. Maybe not everyone can be the big winner in life, but in the face of a frustrated life, please live calmly and gracefully no matter what, whether it is unknown or ordinary.

, the important thing is that as long as a person is alive, no matter how he has nothing, he should not lose his dignity and grace as a human being.

It takes us two years to learn to speak, but it takes sixty years to learn to shut up. Most of the time, the more we speak, the farther we are from each other and the more conflicts there are. In communication, most people always

They are eager to express themselves and speak quickly, but they don't understand the other person at all.

Pomona fell into Severus's arms, and he blurted out "Mudblood" to end his first love. Then he spent the rest of his life taking care of his first love's son, and he even died once.

Not every first love can end happily and lead to marriage.

"How strange we are." She whispered in the sea breeze, "We didn't go to the beautiful Rainbow Island, but we went to such an eerie place."

"You're the one who's weird, senior." Severus kissed her forehead. "What are you thinking about?"

"Magia posthuma, is that the devil who is waiting for the witch to continue the transaction by the bridge?" Pomona whispered, "Do you think there will be vampires on this island?"

"What's the bet?"

"I don't know, what do you want to bet on?"

He leaned in and whispered softly in his ear.

She was so angry that she beat him hard!

When exactly will she be able to ride a gondola?
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