"Dear, why did you remember to wear a knight's uniform, and what flag are you waving in your hand?"
In the early morning, Mary got up and washed up. When she entered the restaurant, she found that her husband Tangning was not eating. Instead, he was wearing a knight's armor and holding a large white cross snowflake flag with a red background and doing various slutty operations.
In the restaurant, Tangning was not eating at the moment, but cosplaying the Knights of the Hospital.
Tangning's knight form seemed a bit confusing to Mary, but the way he looked at her husband also made her feel handsome and interesting.
Tang Ning, who has a tough and handsome appearance and is 1.91 meters tall, is wearing a white armor with the emblem of the Knights Hospitallers. Sometimes he holds a lance in a charge, and sometimes he picks up the snowflake cross flag and flies it up and down. He looks like he is performing seriously. Really a medieval knight.
Seeing his wife's arrival, Tangning did not put away her vigorous artistic talents. Instead, she stood at attention with solemn eyes and raised the cross-snowflake flag high.
"Mary, this is the flag of the Knights Hospitaller! You don't recognize it?" Tang Ning, who was a drama queen, complained seriously about Maria's ignorance.
"Although I am a noble, do I need to know more about the Hospital Flag Guards, an antique but worthless thing?
The Knights Hospitaller was once famous, but it has long since declined and split. Besides, I am a woman and have no interest in knightly culture. ” Mary explained to herself.
Mary knew about the Knights Hospitaller, but she only knew that the Knights Hospitaller was one of the three original Crusader Knights. She didn't know much about other information about this Knights.
"This is the hospital flag, but why does it look so much like the Red Cross flag?"
"What do they look like? A white snowflake cross on a red background, and a red cross on a white background. Although they are both two colors, the difference is very obvious."
After saying this, Tangning handed the Knights Hospitaller flag to the attendant, and then took off the knight's suit with the help of two attendants.
"This knight's armor is really tough to wear. I've only worn it for less than half an hour, and the clothes underneath are already wet."
After taking off the armor, Tangning talked about her first experience using the knight costume.
"My dear, why did you suddenly think of wearing the Knights Hospitaller armor? I didn't know you had any ancient martial arts habits."
Mary and Tang Ning have lived together since childhood, and she still knows her husband's interests and hobbies.
Although many European aristocrats were very fond of ancient warriors and knight culture, Tangning was definitely not that type of person.
As a wife, Mary knew that her husband’s usual life interests were reading and writing, listening to music, tasting delicious food, pruning and gardening, and keeping fit.
"Mary, as a knight of the Knights Hospitaller and Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller of the Portuguese Empire, I recently found an opportunity to revive the Knights Hospitaller. This excited me, so I rose up to put on my armor and play the role of a knight. .”
The Knights Hospitaller, one of the three famous Crusaders' knightly organizations, is known as the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta, or the Knights of Malta for short.
After the Religious Revolution, the Knights Hospitaller in the Protestant countries headed by Germany became independent from the Knights' headquarters, but still maintained the title of the Knights of St. John. The Catholic Knights of Malta are the direct successors of the Knights Hospitallers.
After the 19th century, the Knights Hospitallers were no longer limited to Catholicism, such as Paul I and Alexander II who believed in Orthodox Christianity, William II and Edward VII who believed in Protestantism...
Of course, Portugal also has its own Knights Hospitaller organization. The leader is usually the king and the members are Portuguese nobles.
However, after Downing's religious reform, all Catholic-related organizations were classified as the Anglican Church of the Portuguese Empire.
Tang Ning's actions went too far, but the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope were not at odds with Portugal, and they chose to remain silent.
After the wave of the French Revolution, Roman Catholicism became increasingly difficult to live in, and it no longer had the arrogance of the Middle Ages.
Today's Roman Catholicism is no longer as powerful as before. It not only has to face competition from various Protestant and Orthodox churches, but also faces the independence and localization of Catholicism in some countries (such as France). In order to maintain influence, the Pope and his archbishops They all chose to be enlightened and no longer had the cruelty of the Middle Ages.
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"Revitalize the Knights Hospitallers? Tangning, what method are you going to use?"
After asking curiously, Mary picked up a piece of fried egg and began to taste it.
“Italy has a very good relationship with Portugal, and cooperation in all aspects between the two countries will help enhance Portugal’s influence in the Mediterranean.
Not long ago, Italy made territorial claims against Ottoman Turkey. Portugal expressed support and stated that it would support Italy with force if necessary. "
"Oh, dear. Although I don't know much about politics, is it necessary for Portugal to support Italy with force?
When it comes to cooperation, Portugal and Italy each get what they need, and Italy even relies more on me for needs.
In this case, are you and the cabinet being too diligent in doing this? Is it necessary to promise military help when diplomatic support is clearly available? "
Portugal and Italy have a very good relationship and have close exchanges in all aspects. However, if the distinction is clear, Brazil is the stronger party in terms of cooperation, while Italy is the party eager to be cooperated.
Resources in Italy and the two colonies they occupied in East Africa were very scarce, and as an Allied power, the relationship with the three major resource-controlling countries, Britain, France, and Russia, was very delicate, which made Italy very embarrassed in importing resources.
After Tangning traveled through time, Brazil's industrial, agricultural, mining and other resources were greatly developed because of the knowledge from his previous life, and European capital poured in.
Originally, with Italy's small body, he couldn't even drink a few mouthfuls of soup, and basically only survived by smelling it. However, in order to limit the powerful capital of Britain, France and Germany, Tang Ning took special care of the capital of the second-tier powers.
in this case. Austria-Hungary, the United States, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, as well as Sweden and Denmark, which are not major powers, have all made a lot of money in Brazil.
After Tangning took a sip of milk, she explained to Mary why she was so friendly with Italy.
"Mary, now we in Braganza rule the Portuguese-Brazilian-Algarve United Empire, and it is no longer the former Brazil.
The center of the world is Europe, and Brazil is a remote place even though it is strong. To be honest, Portugal is also a remote place in Europe.
It is important to increase the influence of the Portuguese United Empire in Europe.
Because only by gaining an important position in Europe, the Portuguese Empire will be more influential in the world, and it will be more convenient to compete for world interests in the future. "
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There was a timing error when I posted them before. These two pictures were originally from two days ago, but now I have rescheduled them.
