Chapter 3044 hueandcry (9)

When Pomona returned to the cardboard box, the cat in need of a new home was gone.

  She looked around and saw no sign of it.

She thought about it and thought that it might have gone back to find its owner. As long as the owner did not leave the school, the cat could still find it, even though its sense of smell was not as sensitive as that of a dog.

So she sat down on the porch next to the box, not sure whether she was going to wait for it to come back or just be in a daze for a while.

In fact, many people have raised sheepdogs. With its help, shepherds can herd easily. One person can herd thousands of sheep. There is no need for many hands like planting wheat.

Wheat was the staple food of the Romans. It was a dry land crop and was not suitable for the humid environment in Britain. Instead, Poland, Prussia, and Hungary were more suitable.

Eastern Europe was also attacked by the Black Death, but the feudal lords quickly used force to order the farmers to start farming immediately. They could not escape like the farmers in Western Europe. First, there was no way to escape, and second, there was no place for them to run. No matter how hard the epidemic hits the urban population, there will always be a steady stream of rural people flowing into the city to fill the gap. On the contrary, in rural areas, if you want to retain people, you must raise wages. The salary of a lawn mower farmer has increased from 5 pence to 10 pence.

The cargo ships of the Hanseatic League would transport grain from the Hungarian plains to various parts of Europe. Except for the early years when famine caused a sudden decline in population and grain prices rose, the price of agricultural products had always been very low, and even reached a record low in 1377.

 Low food prices, high labor costs, and large tracts of deserted farmland have led landowners to transition to animal husbandry as a profitable alternative to planting.

Hide can be made into leather, but it is a one-time use. Wool grows every year. Gradually, there is a famous saying in Britain - it is the sheep's hoof that turns stone into gold.

 At that time, Flanders was the main destination for British wool, but it began to decline in the 15th century. In Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, it is recorded that Edward, the Black Prince, banned wool, which resulted in a shortage of raw materials for the textile industry in Flanders. This was one aspect, and another reason was the lack of market. Flanders produced woolen woolen cloth for the mass market, which was unfashionable and rough. The "public" disappeared, and those who survived suddenly gained wealth. They preferred silk and high-end woolen fabrics.

 During the Justinian period, the West acquired the silk manufacturing technology. By this time, silkworm breeding and silk weaving began in southern Italy and parts of Spain.

 The result of hedonistic and reckless hedonism was the birth of a large number of children, who were abandoned by parents who wanted to remain single. When there is a shortage of labor and beggars are driven to work, these children will not be left to die like the Roman foundling farms.

Justinian also encountered the plague, but before that there was a Nika riot, in which subjects protested against taxes. These heavy taxes were used to repair public buildings such as racing venues, and people's lives became diversified, as if they had returned to the Roman era.

During the riots, the people dragged out from the house of a nobleman a man who they thought had the right to the throne and put a crown on his head.

In 1381, an uprising also broke out in England. This time it was because the king had levied a poll tax three times since 1377. When there were fewer people, the tax base was shaken, and it could not be the same as when there were more people.

The king is going to start another war, and the end result is that the people are overwhelmed, especially the relatively wealthy eastern part of England. After the Norman Conquest in 1066, Britain entered a period of relatively peaceful development. Even during the thirty years of the War of the Roses, there were not continuous wars, but just a few major wars.

 The greatest disaster was the plague, which suffered particularly heavy losses in East Anglia and even Cambridge.

 People at that time had different opinions. Some people believed that this disaster was a punishment from God and that people should stay and repent.

Some people advocate running and going to "safe areas" such as mountainous areas. As long as it is not so crowded, the infection will not break out.

There was a bishop at that time. He originally planned to run away, but later he heard that there were no priests to preside over masses and other ceremonies, so he went to Cambridge University to establish Trinity College.

The wolf wants to eat the sheep out of instinct. The sheep are not only wealth to the shepherd, he also has to graze for the lord. If the lord's sheep are bitten to death, he will not simply lose money.

 In order to protect the sheep, there was a wolf hunting campaign in the 13th century, and wolves were almost extinct in Western Europe. After humans suffered heavy deaths due to the plague, wolves began to recover and even appeared in the suburbs of cities.

 Compared with the fences in the countryside, the towering city walls in the city can bring more security, but there is also the danger of plague in the city, but there is also a rich entertainment life and carnival there.

 Sometimes people suffer too much pain, and instead of seeking peace or having fun to fight, they pray for death to take them away. Church bells are often rung without the permission of the clergy. As for who is greeted, it may be the God of Death who comes and goes without a trace, or it may be the Mongols riding horses.

 At that time, marriage was considered an adult. Many people got married early, at the age of 14. In a wizarding school, which was like the third or fourth grade, an "adult" would need a guardian's signature when going to Hogsmeade.

 As I get older, I seem to have more freedom. I don’t need to abide by the school rule of having to go back to the lounge at 9 o’clock, and I can even...

 “What are you doing here?”

 Pomona raised her head and looked at the speaker.

“Looking for a new home?” Snape asked, looking at the cardboard box at her feet.

 “I’m looking for an abandoned cat,” Pomona said grumpily.

 “Sit here and look for it?” he asked her provocatively.

She didn't want to pay attention to him, stood up, and looked for the cat in hiding places behind the bushes.

 He had no intention of helping and just stood there looking at her.

 “What are you looking at?” she said grumpily.

“Protect yourself when I’m not in school next semester.” He put his hands behind his waist, held up his cloak, and said vigorously.

“You don’t need to remind me.” Pomona said coldly, found a stick, and pulled the bushes at will.

"If you are really smart, you don't need me to remind you." He said dryly, "I won't be in school next semester, what's the use of fighting for that position?"

She was stunned for a moment, but before she could figure it out, a black shadow fell on her shoulder, and she only had time to see that it was a long object.

 “Don’t move!” Snape said, taking out his wand.

 “What is it?” Pomona stood there, not daring to move.

 He pointed his wand at her.

For a moment, she felt her breath freeze, and then he began to chant a spell.

 “All petrified.”

 Two seconds later, he came over and took the thing off her shoulder. It was a snake, and judging from the shape of its head, it was poisonous.

 “You can move now.” He said with a smile.

Pomona tried to move and found that he was not petrified. He subconsciously patted the place on his shoulder where the snake had been.

 “You don’t like snakes?” He took the petrified snake and played with it in his hand.

“Not as much as you,” Pomona said, wanting to leave, but he raised his hand to block her way.

 “Get out of the way!” she said fiercely.

 “Why are you talking to your savior like this?” he threatened.

 “Help?” she asked in surprise.

“This is a venomous snake. Should we leave it here or find it a new home?” he said, looking at the snake.

"Of course it's somewhere else. There are students everywhere here," Pomona said anxiously.

 “Kill it?” Snape asked, looking at her with his black eyes.

 “Why kill it?” Pomona asked.

 He said nothing, as if she had asked the obvious question.

"You can't kill it just because it poses a threat to people." Pomona looked at the venomous snake's head and said, "Otherwise, what's the difference between it and those from the Ministry of Magic?"

 “Let’s go.” He said like an order.

"where to?"

 “Let it go.”

 “It’s okay if you go.” Pomona said, “I still have to make dinner.”

 She wanted to run away after saying that, but he quickly grabbed her by the collar and dragged her away.

 “Let go!” she said anxiously, “People will see it!”

 But he was unmoved. Pomona looked around, probably because no one was in the courtyard during dinner time, but it was too unsightly.

 “Let go!” Pomona warned. “I am the dean!”

 “You have to worry about your image now?” he sarcastically said.

 She was angry and wanted to kill him with Avada Kedavra.

 Fortunately, he let go of her collar before she actually took action and held her hand instead.

His strength was very strong, as if he could not refuse or let her break away, but he did not pinch her.

 Then they left the Transfiguration Court in a hurry.

 (End of this chapter)