The wind passed through the open window, gently brushing the corner of a map.
Georgiana dearly wished she could toss the Iron Crown onto it, so the maps would not be blown away.
But she did not have the Iron Crown now, and it was not so easy to take off. So she put the pink sword on top instead. That was easier than using the crown, though the sword was also set with diamonds from the crown.
Murat also had a diamond-studded sword. It had been a gift from the King of Naples. According to Caroline, Murat carried it with him every time he went to war, and ever since receiving that sword, he had neither been wounded nor fallen ill on the battlefield.
Georgiana sat in her chair, watching the maps pinned down by the sword. They seemed to keep "struggling," as though trying to break free.
Feilier had once heard in Egypt that the British landed at Thessaloniki and secretly carried sugar from Caribbean Sea plantations into the mountains by mule. This smuggling route had existed for many years, not merely because of the Anti-French Coalition wars.
Sugar was something even an ordinary farmwife in Britain could afford, but in Germany it remained a luxury. Germany had no colonies in places like the West Indies, and with the transit duties and customs fees levied by every state, it was still beyond the reach of common people. That was precisely why people began researching how to make sugar from beets.
Once people grew accustomed to sweetness, making them go without sugar became painful. Thessaloniki had once been the capital of Macedonia. It was built by Cassander, the husband of Alexander the Great's half-sister, and the city was named after his wife.
Compared with sea transport, having mules carry