Chapter 2405 The Kingdom of the Lord of the Rings (Part 2)

   "That's it, our nicknames were decided, Jaime's nickname is Prong, Sirius' nickname is Bigfoot, Peter's nickname is Wormtail, and mine is Moonface."

  Pomona was unable to attend the "bedtime meeting" in the men's bedroom, but she still raised her own questions.

   "Why moony?" she asked sympathetically, thinking that James and the others were joking too much.

"Jaime told a Muggle fairy tale about a princess and 11 cursed princes," Remus recounted the fairy tale. "When the princes took Alyssa back to their quarters with blankets in their heads, They didn't fly as fast as they normally would because they were carrying Alisha, so they landed on a rock, and the wind was blowing that night, and Alisha sang a song."

  O sea, please calm your anger, rest fast, and let me and my brothers stay safe until morning,

  Sky, please open a window and let the moon show its face, beautiful moonlight, please shine on us.

  The sea gradually subsided with Eliza's singing, and the tired princes could finally rest. At this time, a crow appeared and told Eliza how to lift the spell.

  Alyssa has to make clothes out of nettles and put them on the princes, but she can't say a word until then, or the princes will die immediately.

Alisha did as the crow said. When they came to the cave where the princes lived, Alisha began to collect nettles. These thorn-covered plants stabbed her delicate hands with blood. But in order to save her brother, she endured the burning pain. From that day onwards, Alyssa remained silent and weaved armor day and night.

   "Jaime sang that song?" Pomona asked.

   Remus shook his head with a smile.

   "If he really sang, people would think there were wolves in our dormitory." Remus said with a relaxed smile.

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In the north of Brussels, there is the Laeken Castle, which was originally the leisure residence of the Austrian Governor, the Duke of Saxe-Teschen and his wife. With the demolition of the former residence of the Duke of Teschen by the order of Joseph II, Laeken Castle has been expanded since 1782. became the principal residence of the duke.

  Belgium was occupied by the French in 1794, and the castle almost disappeared. The Treaty of Luneville made the castle's territory no longer belong to Austria, and most of the castle's building materials were split and sold by speculators.

   Napoleon bought the land and he intended to give it to Josephine as compensation.

   As the manager of Bonaparte’s property in Belgium, Georgina, of course, must know about the sale, not to mention that the mayor of Brussels brought the documents to her in person.

Before 1800, the Low Countries did not have the position of "mayor". They adopted the method of community self-governance for a long time, which allowed them to operate normally according to the wishes of the residents even when they were in a state of anarchy. For example, Ghent , they use the church as an activity center, raise funds or hold meetings to solve security problems, and also set a "welcome tax" to test new residents.

After the French began to rule, this situation of urban autonomy was replaced by the "mayor", but at first everyone was not very clear about what a mayor did. The mayor of Bruges, Jacob Vandeweghe, was a peasant. I thought it was my job to sign birth, death and marriage certificates.

   The first mayor of Brussels was Paul Aconati-Visconti, a Milanese nobleman who married the daughter of Lord Gasbeck and settled in the south of the Netherlands. At the age of 20 he joined the army and received the rank of lieutenant, in 1776 he became Queen Maria Theresa's Home Secretary, 7 years later he resigned from the Legion after receiving a substantial inheritance from his aunt and no longer held any duties .

   However, he sympathized with the Brabantine uprising and the French Republic, he participated in the council organized in Brussels, and served as president of the Senate, which was deposed after the coup d'état in 1797, and became mayor of Brussels on the recommendation of the French consul.

   But many of his plans were met with considerable resistance, and he was a recognized admirer of Napoleon, and in 1800 he was forced to resign to become a member of the General Council of Dale and a member of Brussels. He was succeeded by Nicolas-Jean Ruppe, who was born in Rotterdam, became a deputy deacon of the Carmoral Society, had destroyed the crucifix in the town hall of Rouwen and provoked a rebellion, and was the mayor of Brussels at the same time as Dale. provincial political commissar.

   Compared to Paolo Aconati-Visconti, Rupe looks more gentle and scholarly. There are French troops stationed in Brussels. These soldiers are not tried by local courts such as Brussels. If they violate the law or military discipline, they will be tried by the French circuit military court. Rupe and some of his friends borrowed the court of the 66th brigade. , established the Free University of Brussels, where the church books seized from the university town of Leuven were stored.

The last person who sent "rich" genre paintings to Georgiana was Rupe. In 1801, Napoleon ordered the construction of a stock exchange in Brussels. After Lannes arrived in Antwerp, he forcibly "requisitioned" those craftsmen, causing the stock exchange to stop working. .

In addition, he also swept the Brussels Museum. In the past, Rana had misappropriated the salaries of the Guards in order to build his new home in Paris. This time he was still the same. Lupe wrote a letter in a rage, hoping to get the Rana was replaced.

This time, the mayor who signed the agreement to use the forest outside Brussels as collateral is him. The forest is not a slave and will run away on its own. Then, if the road from Mechelen to Brussels is repaired, this road will become the first of the Brussels Stock Exchange. A listed company, the premise is that the stock exchange can be repaired.

  After complaining, Lupe asked Georgiana if she wanted to live in Lechchen Castle or in Brussels.

   But she is more worried about the "return trip" than where she lives. The road from Brussels to France is gone, and there are robbers along the way. Even if there are 100 Mamluks guarding her, she still doesn't feel at ease.

   As for mobilizing the French garrison to send her to her, she didn't even dare to think about it. In addition, there was a Mississippi conflict that could break out at any time. How could she be free?

She asked Matilda to send the guest out, then went back to the study where she had stayed, and picked up the fire opal-encrusted ring, which fell from her hand when she was transformed into a bird on the ground.

   According to legend, there lived three fairies at the bottom of the Rhine, and they guarded a rock at the bottom of the river day and night, because there was a magic gold inlaid on the rock. The dwarf of the Nibelungs fell in love with the daughter of the Rhine, and he longed for the love of one of them, but he was mocked mercilessly, when he saw the magic gleam above the boulder. Gold, whoever can make this gold into a ring can rule the world.

After taking the gold, the dwarf made a ring of gold himself, while his younger brother made an invisible armor with the remaining gold, but he was unwilling to give it to his elder brother. Gone Invisibility Armor.

   At the same time, the daughters of the Rhine sang songs at the bottom of the river, thinking of the Rhine Gold they once guarded day and night.

   "What do I want that thing for." She muttered, bringing the ring back to her hand.

   As for the "Sun Gold" in the Alps, she didn't dare to think about it anymore. With her poor alchemy, she couldn't control that kind of material at all, and if she got it, it would be "destroyed", so let's just forget it.

   (end of this chapter)