Chapter 738 The story of the exile

Some people say that Venice is the pearl of the Adriatic.

Sometimes men are just so weird. Instead of loving a living woman, they become obsessed with some nihilistic things, such as the Church of Our Lady of Ankang or the Republic of Venice. These are not the heavenly God of Love that Plato talked about.

Women tried every means to keep their hearts, but with little success, and those men who were eager to pursue women felt disgusted.

What you can't get is always the best, because you are always pursuing it because you can't get it.

Marino actually saved Giovanni's life. He could leave Giovanni alone and let him be murdered by those sailors, and then replaced him with one of his own as the naval commander.

But he didn't do that, maybe because that was his destined fate, and there was a ghost hidden in the thick fog that filled Venice.

“Are the naval commander Giovanni Dandolo and the 49th governor Giovanni Dandolo the same person?”

Pomona was eating grilled Orleans chicken wings while doing mental calculations. Even if Giovanni Dandolo was in his 20s when he was selected, he would have been 8 or 90 years old in 1355.

The Mediterranean sun will become fierce in the afternoon. You have to find a place with a tree or a roof to provide shade, otherwise you will get sunburned. Now they are all hiding in the shadows, like a group of shady conspirators who are planning secretly.

What.

"Oh, I really didn't think about that," Monica said.

Europeans have never been good at mental arithmetic, but they are very smart. Before the water pipes were installed, the locals in Venice would fetch water from the Doge's Palace and then carry it to distant places to sell it. Those rich people did not encircle this good water source and drink it themselves.

As long as you have a bucket and are willing to walk a few more steps, you won't have to worry about not having enough money for the day's meals.

For wizards, a problem that can be solved by a clear spring of water is a matter of life and death for Muggles.

The life span of wizards is not always much longer than that of Muggles. There are only a few people like Albus who live to be 150 years old.

"They belong to the same family." Alessandro stared at the plate and said while eating barbecue. "A family has one heart. No matter what conspiracy Marino has, the Dandolo family will not let him succeed."

Monica looked at her cousin as if he were a fool.

The mask is really a good thing, you can't tell exactly who is hiding under the mask.

Pomona looked at Severus. He could still eat like a normal person and was not keen on blood or human flesh, but he looked too much like a ghost or a vampire.

"Tell us about Eugène Delacroix. What clues do you have about him?" Severus asked.

"Do you know this position?" Monica put her left hand in her arms.

No one said anything, and then Monica said, "I remember a photo of Eugène Delacroix taken in this pose."

"So you suspect Eugène Delacroix was a Freemason?" Pomona rolled her eyes. Other conspiracy theorists could make up better stories.

"He has two works, "Algiers Women" and "Moroccan Jewish Wedding". Now who doesn't know that Morocco is a tax haven?"

"Wow." Alejandro exclaimed in sudden realization.

Of course you have to deal with Jews when dealing with money in Venice. The Jewish Ghetto in Venice is one of the earliest Jewish ghettos in the world.

Shylock in The Merchant of Venice is the most notorious Venetian Jew, but he never existed, he is a kind of ghost that haunts the place.

Everyone hates usury, and who would welcome a debt collector into his home? Venice's acceptance of the Jews made it more open than many other countries.

Napoleon burned the ghetto gates to free them, and wealthy Jews bought abandoned palaces that even the nobility could not afford.

Pomona and Severus only lived in the residence of a Spanish businessman, and the Grand Duke of Lorraine could not afford such a luxurious palace. When Mussolini came to power, all the Jews were kicked out. They had money and could

They left Italy and sought refuge in the United States, but the poor Jews who were encumbered by the notorious Jewish bankers were unable to escape.

They are very smart, and it is difficult for anyone to be as successful in business as them, but there are very few people who are willing to bear the eternal infamy for the benefit of the country like Enrico Doro.

Marino saved Giovanni Dandolo's life, but Giovanni sold him anyway.

Judah Maccabee was a descendant of Aaron, the chief priest of the ancient Israelites. Judah once represented the hero who restored the temple, but later became synonymous with traitor because of another Judah.

Qian Xuesen took away the American technology for manufacturing nuclear weapons and changed the situation in which China had been bullied since the Manchu Qing Dynasty. However, few people paid attention to tea.

It used to be China's pillar industry, and like silk technology, it was monopolized by the Chinese. However, because a few tea workers leaked the tea-making technology to the British, the market was given to India and Sri Lanka. Why did those few tea workers leak the tea-making technology to the British?

Are trade unions being instigated?

There is an old saying in China that "a dike of a thousand miles bursts in an ant's nest." Venice is a famous escape resort. Dante and Voltaire both fled here. In Dante's poems, the workers of the Venice shipyard undoubtedly lived

In hell, Adam Smith proposed the theoretical idea of ​​"division of labor and cooperation" in his "The Wealth of Nations". The Venetian Arsenal followed this idea of ​​division of labor and cooperation in production, inventory and even finance, and their production process also

It’s the same as the modern enterprise assembly line.

More importantly, they established an early cost accounting system.

It is human nature to pursue greater profits, but if workers are squeezed endlessly, they are easily tempted by profits.

If you make other people's lives miserable, others will also make you uneasy. It's not that easy to find a peaceful place in the world.

"Morocco has not always been a tax haven. It was also very chaotic in the Middle Ages." Pomona said cautiously.

"But it used to be French territory." Monica said, "Delacroix went to Morocco. In addition to the Moroccan wedding, he also painted Algiers women, all of which were painted during that trip."

"When was that?" Pomona asked.

"1832, French July Revolution."

"When did your history get so good?" Alessandro asked.

"Delacroix was from the Venetian school, and his paintings had a great influence on the later rising Impressionist painters and the style of Van Gogh. I did some research." Monica shrugged, "The French also

They tried to establish a constitutional monarchy like the United Kingdom, but failed. The Orleans Dynasty enacted legislation and reforms many times to enhance the influence of the bourgeoisie in the French government, but they restricted the freedom of the press. What is the difference between this and the feudal lords?"

This is the interesting thing about Venice, Voltaire said: Gunpowder, printing and silk saved Europe.

For a book to be printed, it only makes sense if someone reads it. Otherwise, if you wipe your butt with the pages, you will find them not as soft as toilet paper. In the Middle Ages, many Jewish books were printed in Venice.

"I know the wedding. What are the Algiers women painting?" Pomona asked.

"A woman's boudoir," said Monica.

"Oh, Merlin's beard!" Pomona screamed.

"What's wrong?" Alessandro asked with an ignorant look on his face, his mouth full of Orleans grilled wings.

Severus laughed meaningfully, and Monica looked at Alejandro with disappointment, like an artist seeing a piece of rotten wood that cannot be carved.
Chapter completed!