Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 828 Castle
The mountain where the castle on the island is located is about 100 meters away from the lake below. It is not very steep. A road directly connects the castle on the top of the mountain with the simple stone pier at the landing site.

So after just over 20 minutes, Liang En and the others successfully reached the top of the hill, and then looked at the small and exquisite castle that appeared in front of them.

"This castle is indeed a bit smaller." After looking at the castle, Joan raised her eyebrows, "But it's just right for this place."

"Is it just right?" Mary looked at the castle with great interest and asked, "But there is obviously such a large space here, and isn't the bigger the castle, the better?"

"Of course not." Joan of Arc helplessly shook her head at the blind soldier in front of her. Considering that everyone was French, she turned around and explained seriously.

"The scale of the castle is affected by many factors. For example, the surrounding conditions, the number of soldiers, and even the idea of ​​the owner of the land and so on a series of reasons."

"For example, this castle has a big logistical problem. Not only do all the materials need to be imported from far away, but the long supply line in the problem-solving area also seriously affects the transportation limit."

"More importantly, the reason why this castle was built here is mainly to monitor the entire lake. It is not so much a castle as it is an armed observation point."

"So the scale of a castle built in a place like this doesn't need to be large, but it must be strong, so that it can serve as an early warning and disperse the enemy's forces—"

Just when Joan of Arc gave everyone a military science popularization, they also successfully crossed the drawbridge at the gate of the castle and came to the gate of the castle.

Looking at this steel gate that looked authentic at first glance, but upon closer inspection, Liang En's eyes widened subconsciously, because this situation was obviously abnormal.

And as the door was opened and entered the castle hall, Liang En's doubts in his heart became even greater, because this room was obviously too dark from any angle.

From the perspective of a traditional castle, it is normal for the room to be dark. After all, a castle as a military fortress will reduce all kinds of doors and windows as much as possible.

Because if there are too many doors and windows, on the one hand, it is not conducive to defense, on the other hand, it will reduce the strength of the building, making the entire castle easier to be destroyed by attackers.

But with the changes of the times, this kind of medieval castles gradually withdrew from the stage of history, most of them were abandoned, and a small part was mainly converted into the real estate of those castle owners.

Liang En had also been invited to visit several castles like this before, and compared with those castles, the biggest feature of the castle they are in now is that it does not seem to have undergone overall renovation.

To give the simplest example, under normal circumstances, the first step of this type of castle modification is to open more windows on the walls of the castle to facilitate lighting and ventilation, so that the castle can be transformed from a military fortress to a residence.

But Liang En didn't see this kind of modification in this castle: all the windows are just the original shooting holes, and there is a steel plate inside each shooting hole that is used as a sliding window.

"It's just a bunker with luxurious interior decoration." After seeing the situation in the room, Joan subconsciously complained. As a soldier of the same era as the castle, she naturally saw what the situation here was like.

"It's not just that." Liang En said with a smile. At this time, his eyes had adapted to the dark surroundings, and he discovered more weird places.

"Different from the ancient appearance, this castle has been reinforced with modern technology. It seems that it can at least reach the level of defense of the current fortifications."

He found that some wooden structures in the original castle were replaced with steel structures, and at the same time, the thickness of the walls in many places seemed to be thicker than what you had seen before.

"Yes, Mr. Liang." The staff member responsible for handing over to them said. "The previous owner of this castle was a survivalist, so he once remodeled the castle."

"Reformation, if I remember correctly, even if a screw is moved in such an ancient castle, it will be reported to the authorities. How can it be remodeled like this." Elizabeth Bathory asked in surprise.

As the real operator of a series of industries in Liang En's hands, she knew all kinds of laws very well, so she was surprised how this group of people managed to rectify the ancient castle on a large scale.

After all, Liang En also has his own castle, and the wealth consumed in the maintenance of these castles every year is definitely not a small number, so if he can learn this skill, it will be a very meaningful skill to reduce expenses.

"That's because the other party completed this foundation construction more than half a century ago, and there was no such law in Italy at that time." The receptionist said helplessly.

"Because of this series of renovations, the castle is not high in terms of cultural relics rating, so it is basically unlikely to attract enough tourists in the future."

"But the good thing is that the laws applicable to this castle are not the most stringent ancient building laws, so the cost of maintenance in the future should be much lower."

"That is to say, this castle is a good place to live in, but it is not suitable for developing some industries." After listening to the other party's explanation, Liang En quickly concluded.

This is not good news for Liang En. After all, the location of this castle is too remote, and Italy is not his range of activities, so if it is just a residence, it is obviously a loser.

"That's right, your summary is very accurate. Anyway, I will never live in this place." Marie Antoinette said looking at the surrounding environment. "At least to me, this castle is just awful."

"You're right, but for us, the most important part of this castle is not the contract itself, but some of the information recorded inside." Liang En turned his head and said to the French queen, and then looked at the Receptionist.

"Can you tell me the location of those mysterious symbols? I think this is the core reason why I chose this castle. Now I want to see what's going on."

"Of course, of course. Please follow me, Mr. Liang." The receptionist said, and then led Liang En and the others to the tower in the center of the castle.

"Those symbols are at the top of this tower. It seems that they were carved on the stone of the castle from the beginning. Unfortunately, because the top of the tower is the most weathered, some of the symbols have been damaged or even lost due to weathering. lost-"

Following the guidance of the receptionist, Liang En and the others walked up the spiral narrow stone stairs to the top of the tower. Judging from the appearance of the stone stairs, it was obvious that the place had not been remodeled.

"Okay, here we are." After passing through a bedroom and following the steps in the secret door to the top of the tower, the receptionist opened the door and pointed outside. "Good luck."

(End of this chapter)