Great time travel

Chapter 39. Angels also need promotional packaging
Giovanni.Boccaccio, born in Florence, was a famous humanist writer in the [-]th century and an outstanding representative of the Italian Renaissance.

If you want to count who is the funniest guy in Florence in this era, Boccaccio is definitely one of them.This guy is cheerful and humorous, likes to chat, joke, and spread rumors, especially all kinds of pornographic jokes.All kinds of true or false gossip news came to his mouth, and they were always said so vividly, just like the tabloid paparazzi and the "big V" on the Internet in later generations-you probably wouldn't admire him, but But it's hard not to like him.Putting Boccaccio in China in the 21st century, I am afraid that he can immediately become a top Internet celebrity with millions of fans.

Of course, any good big V or paparazzi is not made in a day.Although Boccaccio was fond of literature and art since he was a child, he liked reading and wanted to be a great poet, but he was regarded by his father as not doing his job properly.When he was about 14 years old, regardless of his son's aspirations, old Boccaccio sent him to Naples to study business, and then changed to study law, but the result was that the young man wasted 12 years of good time in vain—— Others commented: During the six years of internship in a firm, he was as stupid as a donkey; during the other six years of internship in the court, he was as stupid as another donkey.

No way, for those artistic geniuses with unrestrained ideas, the boring business contracts and legal provisions are too tortured.

Fortunately, the Naples court was relatively enlightened at that time, and around the king, besides the feudal nobles, early financiers, and navigators returning from the ocean, there were also a group of well-informed scholars, some of whom knew Greek and Arabic. Wen, formed a cultural center in Italy at that time.During his stay in Naples, under the influence of his father, Boccaccio often had the opportunity to participate in some social activities of the court, which broadened his horizons in the cultural field.So, after a short time in the cultural circle, he declared that he hated business and the law, and added sensationally that he loved poverty and poetry. .

——Of course, although Boccaccio, who gave up his studies, claimed to "love poverty", he never forgot to ask his father for a lot of money to squander.

Next, Boccaccio, who was further degraded from a stupid student to a libertine, wrote many fragrant and bold obscene poems, and it really made him famous.It is obvious that poets are always in love.So he also talked about love, and he had a high taste in choosing women-the lover Boccaccio chose for himself was Princess Maria of the Kingdom of Naples, the half-sister of the future Queen Joanna I of Naples.

However, this princess Maria is not the real one, but the illegitimate daughter of the king, and she was also a famous slut♀slut in Italy at that time. In modern medical terminology, she is a so-called female addict. It is often vividly compared to "juice extractor" in later generations.Therefore, even though Maria already had a husband at that time, she still felt that it was not enough to meet her needs in bed, so she actually recruited lovers on a large scale and squeezed their bodies and money bags desperately—this The "bus" princess, who lives a luxurious and dissolute life, is never satisfied with sex and money.

Perhaps all writers in this world love bad women. Boccaccio was fascinated by her when he saw her. He affectionately called Maria "Little Flame" and wrote many beautiful love poems for her. Because of his crazy pursuit of Maria, even Princess Joanna, who was not the queen at the time, knew about it. It is a pity that the fame of "Little Flame" has spread widely, there are too many adulterers, and the schedule is too full , Boccaccio couldn't turn for a while. After waiting for five years, there was a space on the bed of "Little Flame". Boccaccio rushed in and finally got a taste of her.

After a year of happy prostitution, Boccaccio found that his kidney deficiency was getting worse, so he began to lament that "even the knife edge of the prostitution has become blunt", besides, the money he begged from his father was basically Spending all the money—it seems that being a prodigal son is also a common problem of many great writers.

Thus, Boccaccio, unable to satisfy women's demands in all aspects, was kicked out of bed by "Little Flame", and returned to the apartment in despair to continue writing poems.And the level of poetry has been further improved-Boccaccio condensed the unrestrained desire ♂ into a brilliant obscene ♂ poem.This obscene poem with [-] lines relished in depicting all kinds of sexual pleasures, immoral pleasures, and sexual positions. It has become a classic masterpiece in the history of pornographic literature and has influenced many later generations. poet.At that time, it became a hit and a sensation in the literary world, even Queen Joanna was deeply impressed by it.

After a while, Boccaccio's father failed in his business and went bankrupt, and died in depression.Boccaccio, who lost his financial support and lost his health, had to go back to Florence and find a way to find a job in the government. At the same time, he used his spare time to serve as a paparazzi and write various lively gossip stories.But he still couldn't forget the delicate body of Princess Maria, and even wrote a female psychological novel "Little Flame", which described the complex psychological changes of a woman in the process of sexual intercourse in an extremely delicate manner, which can be called a novel. The predecessor of Freud, the master of sexual psychology.

Then, in the city of Florence, where the Black Death broke out, he met the younger sister of "Little Flame", Queen Joanna of the Kingdom of Naples.There is also a group of traversers disguised as "angels" with 22nd-century black technology props... and they were very sad to learn the news of the death of "Little Flame"-the Princess Maria who had fascinated him for half his life, died last year. , that is, died of the Black Death in 1347.

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——Knowing that this unattractive guy in front of him is actually a literary master who has gone down in history, all the travelers couldn’t help being amazed, and even took a bunch of photos of him, so that Mr. Boccaccio, who was so frightened, signed them as a souvenir ( At first, he thought it was his embezzlement of public funds)... But after satisfying their respective curiosity, everyone had another difficulty in how to arrange for this great writer who will become famous in the future.

Although Boccaccio has a great reputation in the history of literature in the future, he is just a guy who wrote best-selling pornographic novels. He is not even qualified as a literary critic. Although the feeling is strong, the mainstream public opinion actually despises this kind of guy.And the title of government finance official on him is useless at the moment when the Florentine government itself has disintegrated-the treasury of the Florentine government has already been divided up when those big figures ran away to seek refuge. It was really clean enough for a mouse to skate in there.As for letting Boccaccio be the leading party, pointing everyone who has the richest family in this city of Florence, Queen Joanna and the bishop sent by the Holy See probably know this matter better than Boccaccio—the former It is often necessary to borrow from Florentine bankers to fill the treasury deficit; the latter often come to Florence to collect donations and collect taxes on behalf of the Holy See.

But it would be a pity to send him home just like this... In the end, Doraemon had an idea and came up with a task that would allow Mr. Boccaccio to use his professional expertise: ask him to help write some compliments Poems and short stories about cats, as promotional material.

——Ever since I witnessed my stray cat friend wholeheartedly helping medieval Europeans catch mice, but was tortured and killed by "stupid humans", the frustrated robot cat was greatly stimulated and became more and more eager to bring the world back to life. Christianity was transformed into a "cat worship society".

Because after all, this matter does not involve the core interests of the church, and under the special background that the Black Death is about to devour the European continent, and the "angels" are holding the only life-saving elixir, the Catholic Church has basically no objection to the above-mentioned innovations, and it is all accepted it.

But even if the church is willing to cooperate in such a small matter, how to change the customs, especially reverse the long-standing prejudice against cats in people's minds, and make them believe that cats are beneficial and sacred animals... This requires a corresponding response. Instead of a random slogan—how are you going to get the preachers to preach if there isn't even a doctrine or a handbook?I can't even convince myself!

But the problem is, although benefiting from the hundreds of millions of cat lovers on the earth in later generations, there are countless essays, essays, poems, and stories praising cats, and you can find hundreds of them with just a search on the modern Internet. Thousands of articles, even articles in Latin, Italian, and French are not difficult to find, but after all, these are works from several centuries later, no matter the ideas or genres, they seem to be somewhat incompatible with the style of the Renaissance era... The priests and nuns of the Holy See who read these articles brought by the time-travelers all said that it was very awkward to read, and it was difficult to explain them to believers.And if they were asked to write in accordance with the literary style of this era, all the traversers expressed that they were unable to write.

Previously, I had been focusing on searching for property—after all, raising funds for Doraemon to repay usury loans was the most important thing, so I could only put this matter aside for the time being, but now that I met Bo Jia in Florence For such a great writer as Qiu, Doraemon naturally took his job and ordered him to take on the task of compiling the textbook of "Worshiping Cats"—at least it looks professional or quite suitable, doesn't it?

It is a pity that Mr. Boccaccio does not seem to be doing very well even with such a seemingly simple task.