Chapter 2550 Smoke and Mirror (sixteen)

  A comet was an extremely abnormal astronomical phenomenon in the eyes of the ancients. It was elusive, unpredictable, and irregular. Whether in the East or the West, the appearance of a comet was regarded as an ominous omen.

The comet is sometimes called "tengu", which is not to say that it causes solar and lunar eclipses like the tengu eclipses the sun and the moon, but it makes a high-pitched dog-like sound as it glides across the night sky. Seeing a comet without a sound is a futile arrow.

   This is not so much a comet as it is a meteor. Only when a meteor enters the atmosphere will it make a sound of burning.

   Comets, whether called or not, are considered to be associated with soldiers, mourning, and social unrest. After nightfall, Pomona observed the starry sky through the telescope in the astronomical tower, especially the changes of Jupiter.

  The comet, with a light tip like a comet, is also a broom for dust removal. In some astrology, it represents the removal of the old and the new. It just so happens that the official cleaning of the castle will begin tomorrow...

   "It's beautiful, isn't it?" Pomona turned back and Feiliwei was standing at the entrance of the Astronomy Tower. "July and August are the best times to watch the Milky Way."

   "You came to see the night sky too?" Pomona asked.

   Feiliwei went down the stairs and came to the side of the telescope, but he didn't use the telescope to look at the night sky.

She quickly gave up looking for "ominous omen". The starry sky in midsummer was very magnificent, especially the Scottish Highlands where she was at the moment. Not only was the altitude high, but there was no light pollution of Muggle cities around, except for the light of the castle, Only the camp near the Quidditch pitch was still dimly lit, and the rest were just endless forests.

  The wind blew through the treetops and made a sound like the waves of the ocean, which is probably the same starry sky you see at sea.

   "Is that the maze you prepared?" Filivie said, looking at the Quidditch pitch.

   "It's still doing the groundwork, and the hedges inside haven't grown up yet," Pomona said.

   "I guess the grass needs rain to grow." Filivi took out his wand. "Allow me."

   "Of course." Pomona stepped aside.

  Flivey raised his wand, and a small cloud formed in the direction he pointed, and then it seemed to be blown gently by the night wind, and floated over the Quidditch pitch.

   It was a small mass at first, but then it was so big that it could cover the entire Quidditch pitch. For a time, there was a "dark cloud" over the pitch, and even if someone wanted to see what was inside, they couldn't see it.

   "Beautiful magic, Filius." Pomona praised.

  Flivi smiled. "It also rains when you need it."

   "What if I need sunlight?" Pomona asked.

   "If we let the hedge grow naturally, will we be able to catch up with the start of the game?" Fei Liwei asked.

   Pomona shook his head.

   "I don't think sunlight is something we should consider." Filivie said, "Do you think there is enough space in the stadium?"

   "It's a little small." Pomona said, "Can you do me a little favor?"

   "Then can you do me a favor?" Fei Liwei asked rhetorically.

   "Is there anything else you need me to do?" Pomona asked.

   "Tomorrow, people from the Ministry of Magic will come to discuss the Christmas party with us, and they seem to want to set up the party instead of us." Feliwei said.

   "Isn't it too early to talk about Christmas?" Pomona said.

   "Don't forget that they have been preparing for the Quidditch World Cup for a year, and I don't want the auditorium to be occupied by them," said Filivi.

   "There is also the opening ceremony." Pomona took a deep breath. "If they succeed, the next class of freshmen will probably be the first batch after the establishment of the school not to hold a sorting ceremony in the auditorium."

   "Can you help me with this?" Fei Liwei asked.

   "Of course," Pomona said. "Anytime, who came up with such a 'smart' idea."

"Lucius Malfoy," said Filiwick and Pomona in unison.

   "What's the point of him doing that," Pomona complained.

   "Go to bed early, Pomona, we still have a battle to fight tomorrow." Filivie left the Astronomical Tower.

  Pomona also put away the telescope, but instead of going back to the cellar immediately, she took a comfortable bath in the teacher's bathroom.

   When you fall asleep with a refreshing look, even your dreams must be beautiful.

   She was lying on the edge of the pool while she was taking a bath, and she closed her eyes so happily thinking how nice it would be to do this every day.

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"Next time we should prepare a trailer with fuel in it." Trevithick pointed to the drawing and said to Georgiana, "With the track, the friction will be reduced, and we don't have to worry about it as we did on flat roads. Hindered."

Next to the    drawing is the food she brought, a pie wrapped in cheese and bacon, plus Cornish steak and Mediterranean vegetables. Although Trevithick and his team lost the game, they didn't seem too frustrated. Before Georgiana came, they were discussing how to rectify the problems encountered in the game.

   "How much do you have left?" asked Georgiana.

   "It depends on how much you finance us, ma'am," said a tall, grey-haired old worker, an experienced fitter.

  Georgianna didn't like his attitude, he made her feel like a piggy bank, and gold coins would fall out with a shake.

   "Maybe, we can make an exchange." Trishwick said. "Are you interested in what's going to happen at Christmas?"

   "I heard about the 'Dark Lights'." Georgiana said, "What else do you know?"

   "Get us something to drink, George," said Tracywick.

   "Okay, boss." The old fitter said, walked out of the room, and closed the door.

   "I heard that they formed an army, not only the hosiery workers, but also the miners," said Trishwick.

   "How is this possible?" asked Georgiana.

   "The production of coal and steel has increased by leaps and bounds, and their workload has also increased, and healthy and strong men have to be drafted."

   "Do you have any in your mine?" asked Georgiana.

   "Of course not." Trishwick immediately denied that "our business is not good."

   She remembered what Saint-Tierel mentioned, the Soho Company sent someone to the Tricivik family's mine to collect the royalties for the steam engine.

The Soho Company owned the franchise of the steam engine and obtained a monopoly to a certain extent, which made it difficult for small inventors such as Triswick to survive in England, so he took the risk of bringing his own steam engine to Europe. of.

   Experiments and development will incur high costs. Most experiments are based on "experience" and are constantly summed up. "Failure is the mother of success", not everyone is lucky and can succeed at one time.

  The success of the Soho Company is inseparable from the dowries of the founders' wives. If it were not for these, Watt and Boles would not be able to continue to operate the company, and human history might be rewritten.

  Besides marriage, dowry is another thing a woman can gamble...

   At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and a young man wearing a wig and stockings walked in. When he saw Georgiana, he immediately knelt on one knee and kissed her hand.

   "It's been a long time since I heard your name, Madame Sever." The young man looked at her affectionately with blue eyes and said, "You are as beautiful as a fairy."

  Georgiana looked at the man inexplicably, and then at Tracywick.

   "This is our lawyer." Trishwick said blankly, "We only have enough money to hire him."

   "What?" she asked curiously.

   "Let me tell it myself." The lawyer said quickly, as if there was something disgraceful he wanted to hide.

   (end of this chapter)