When the weather turned hot, people not only became unwilling to move, but also lost their appetite and craved light, chilled food.
Just as, when the weather turned cold, people wanted high-calorie food to ward off the bitter chill.
This was part of nature. But sugarcane grew in tropical and subtropical environments. There were only two ways to make people overcome this natural tendency: one was slavery through forced labor, and the other was a system of rewards. Great rewards would surely produce brave men, yet the latter method was unfavorable for making long-term profits.
The leader who claimed he would abolish slavery had restored forced labor instead. Toussaint Louverture was not a peaceful liberator. Sometimes, those who understood you best were not your friends or lovers, but your enemies. Napoleoni was now surrounded on all sides, yet no rescue was coming. Every one of his advisers had their own stance and views. No wonder he had said that when he wanted to hear opinions, he would naturally listen.
Georgiana put away the dagger Napoleoni had mocked as a "bread knife," pulled down the hood of her cloak, and left the residence with Fiegel. Though she was a witch, she still had to go to The Hunchback of Notre-Dame for confession and Mass.
As she watched the busy people of France on the streets, she found that she could understand Merlin's indignation. Although Napoleon had imposed high tariffs on the Italian Republic, Italy's taxes were very low. In other words, people of Italy could no longer engage in foreign trade as they had in the past. They could devote their energies to other things, such as studying and restoring the glory of the Renaissance.
In Spain and Portugal, education remained, as it had in the Middle Ages, a privilege of