Chapter 1918 The Guarantor of Harvest
Interest is like the wings of Icarus. Flying too high can easily become a loan shark, and then fall down so hard. Necker used loan shark instead of raising taxes to redeem France's losses in the American War of Independence and increase the burden on the people. Fortunately, there was no wheat riot or peasant uprising in the countryside.
At the same time, it can't fly too low. Someone will profit from it. The Federal Reserve lends only 1% interest, and other mortgage companies give customers about 5%. They do almost nothing, and earn 4% interest in the middle.
In the same way, neither the farmers nor the citizens who buy food benefited from the food speculation. Therefore, interest is converted into tax. Setting the interest rate is a technical activity. Not only must the balance be maintained, it also needs to be supervised. Any carelessness will cause very bad results. Impact.
French bankers are not as daring as the British ones. Let alone farmers, it is difficult for even factory owners to borrow money from them, and farmers have to borrow usury.
Now if there are tax collectors to collect it, it is basically a stable profit without losing money. Even if the interest rate is low, it is as profitable as the amount is large.
As long as the weather is smooth, you will not suffer great losses if you no longer encounter natural disasters, and there is agricultural insurance, which is even more foolproof.
Farmers can also choose whether to borrow or not. The change in the atmosphere does not mean that everyone has become simple and virtuous. The world of Sao Po is like this, it is constantly troubled, and it is not as clean as the Pure Land. There are all kinds of people.
Severus took the captured prisoners away from the church and returned to Luxembourg. Another accidentally saw the reflection in the water of the basilisk being petrified. He is still in the church. He is still alive, provided that someone can survive. That kind of resurrection decoction.
There is such a big noise that Auror will not be aware of it, and it can just attract the ambush of Luxembourg. After all, the innocent fountain Gonsey knew it.
Orlando and Felix, who greeted him outside the car, were surprised when he saw him catch the man back. As for the Malfoys, there was no trace at this time, as if they had nothing to do with the incident—even though the crime scene was full of magic wands. With Malfoy's fingerprints, they can still prove that they are innocent—and Haji, who seems to be interested in the position of the coachman, is now adapting to the reins and whip.
"I'll give you two choices, say it myself, or I will let you say it." Severus took out a bottle of potion. , But your brain is also ruined."
"What do you want to know?" the man with the square chin asked.
"What's your name?" Severus asked.
"Paul."
"A name for the Pope?"
"This is my name."
"Well, Paul, give me something that makes me feel worth letting you go."
Paul was silent for a while, and said, "I know you have Veritaserum, give me a sip."
"Why would anyone ask for it?" Felix asked.
"If I didn't accept the torture, I would say that I would end up miserably, you should know, Death Eater." Paul growled.
Severus took out Veritaserum and poured it into Paul's mouth.
"Have you heard of the protector of the Italian harvest?" Paul asked.
"They are generally considered to be the predecessors of the European Scavengers who went to the United States." Orlando said on the side, "They were very active in the 16th and 17th centuries."
"They said that the wizards would gather and destroy all the crops in the wheat fields and vineyards, and the protectors of the harvest would fight them. If they win, it will be a bumper harvest. If the wizard wins, that year is not just bad weather. And they will fail. It is said that they wear fetal membranes when they are born. Some of them are diviners of spiritism. They can see the undead world from the water, which is said to be because of the power of Venus." Paul said.
"Venus? Not Hades?" Orlando asked.
"He who can't see his lover is desperate." Paul said, "No matter who it is, as long as he can see the dead..."
"Did the Scavengers created this world?" Severus interrupted Paul.
"I don't know, I'm also a wizard." Paul stared into Severus' eyes and said, "They lived in Venusburg when they were the most beautiful. They were full of crazy people. When they travel at night, they are also active in Germany, but at that time the goddess changed her name to Ole. It is a world full of undead. Usually they go there with their souls, leaving their bodies in a deep faint, like death. In the same way, if the soul fails to return from the night meeting in time, it will lead to real death."
"She's not dead." Severus said.
"I know, she still has a nostalgia for this world, you, that's why we want to kill you."
"No wonder." Kreacher said to the side, "They said you can't open the entrance and exit with a spell after dawn."
"After opening the entrance in another way, there is no such restriction, but no one knows what the consequences will be. The last person who opened it is missing." Paul explained.
"I found a grotto with a crystal ball in it." Severus asked.
"That's also their way of divination. I have heard of Sybil Trelawney. She is a celestial eye. She can see the future. The method they use is spiritual divination. They use crystal balls. I don't know much about this. ."
"Why did they come to France?" Severus asked.
"Is it unclear?" Paul gritted his teeth and said, "We are among the Muggle nobles. Paris did not hold religious trials as often as other places. The Revolution was an opportunity they finally found."
"They are also working for Bonaparte." Severus said.
"Don't ask knowingly!" Paul said with hatred.
"They caught Vincent de Tefule-Pique, who used a hidden curse on his neck and escaped the fate of execution." Orlando said a little languidly.
"Where is Venus Fort?" Severus asked.
"I don't know, but I know that werewolves are with them. They have also become 'dogs of God', specializing in hunting down cruel and evil wizards, and will not harm good people."
Severus laughed.
"There is a trial file of the religious trial in the church library, and the werewolf said that in the trial," Paul said.
"You can say you robbed the church library." Orlando teased.
"The judges of the Religious Inquisition tried their best to prove that the guardians of the harvest, the werewolves, and the wizards belong together. They are all followers and admirers of the devil, but there are many'witnesses' willing to testify for them. They do fight the wizards." Paul said, "Do you know what happened to those pastors?"
"You can speak directly." Severus said impatiently.
"A scavenger led an angry crowd into a monastery in Bordeaux and dragged out the dean who refused to swear to the constitution. The National Guard announced to arrest him in order to protect the priest, but the lunatics rushed in. Go to prison and kill him." Paul gritted his teeth. "Do you know what kind of people you deal with now? The Scavengers are not native to the United States. They are mercenaries from a'different country'. I don't know what happened to them later. Disappeared in France, this is what I know."
Everyone fell silent.
After a while, Severus raised his wand and removed the shackles of light and shadow from Paul.
"You are not a bad person, Snape, there are many women in this world, and there is not just one mixed-blood Veeva. You can start over with another one." After Paul finished speaking, he turned and walked away.
"Do you think he was right?" Severus asked.
"He's right." Orlando said calmly, "but I do what you tell me, sir."
"Me too." Felix said.
"What about you?" Severus asked Haji.
"Can I bring a gun?" Haji asked.
"You can try and see if the bullet can kill the ghost." Severus hissed.
"I'll join." Haji said listlessly, "I knew I would stay in my hometown."
Penandante
(End of this chapter)
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