British 1986

According to Allen's previous idea, after his new garden is built and moved out, the old castle here will be renovated, and the film and television company and some elderly servants' residences will be placed here, as well as some old vehicles. I won't take it with me.

In this way, hundreds of houses can be freed up, which will also be beneficial to the future development of the company.

Although he didn't build any company buildings or office buildings, how many companies in the world have their headquarters in an old castle?

Just say that the quality of this office location is superior to more than 99% of ordinary companies in the world.

Now

Allen is short of money recently!

He wants to expand his Western restaurant and start selling medicine next year, and he has to invest a lot of money in the early stage. Each of these plans requires money everywhere, and he doesn't like to bring others along to play with financing and loans.

But these plans now only rely on his few old money-making projects. They can be maintained, but they are unable to expand rapidly.

He now needs to make some quick money to replenish his dwindling coffers.

At this juncture, it would cost nearly ten million pounds to renovate a castle, even to the lowest standard, right?

His old castle might not be worth much if it were to be sold, but it would be very expensive to repair.

Because this thing is considered an ancient building or a Category A protected ancient building.

When ordinary people repair a house, they can directly tear it down and rebuild it, or they can renovate it again. The money spent is not outrageous, but if Allen really wants to renovate the castle according to his own vision, the cost will be expensive.

Why?

Class A protected ancient building?

Allen thought for a while, suddenly raised his head, and asked a question that made Hu Te a little nervous.

“Since my castle at home is also a protected ancient building, can I ask the Welsh Assembly to apply for a fund to repair the castle for me?”

"???"

"Looking for the council?"

Hu Te was a little confused. He had been a housekeeper for so long, and he had seen the old earl get weapons and ammunition from his family through various strange channels, but he had never seen anyone asking the council for money to repair his own castle. This .Isn’t it inappropriate? You can’t bully people like this, right?

What if you do this? Is the next step for the young master to prepare for restoration, and then start collecting taxes and plundering people's wealth and wealth?

"Can't you?"

Allen asked this question very confidently, as if the Welsh Parliament was his little treasury.

"Master. Well, although the castle at home is a Category A protected building, uh, there are related funds for the maintenance of these ancient buildings, but we can't count it. If you still live here and are still the owner of this castle, Please pay for all the repair work on this castle, and the Welsh Assembly is not responsible for this."

Hu Te tried his best to explain, trying to get Allen to give up the idea.

"Then since I'm going to move soon, I don't count as living here. Can't I ask the Welsh Parliament to allocate funds for me to build the castle?"

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Hu Te tried his best to keep smiling. He really tried his best, but these explanations seemed unconvincing to his young master.

"okay!"

Allen was a little irritable and wanted money everywhere. Where should he get money?

Does a broken castle still require him to expend energy and painstaking efforts to raise funds?

Seeing Allen's frown and irritability, Hu Te opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment and said: "Master, why don't you go out for a walk these two days to see how other nobles' castles operate and see more of them? Can the operation method also bring you some inspiration and take a break?"

Feeling that his young master had become more and more irritable recently, Hu Te used a subtle trick to suggest to Allen without leaving any trace that he should go out for a walk and relax.

"Oh? That's a good suggestion. Where to go?"

Allen was very tempted by Hu Te's suggestion. If he didn't go far, it might be okay to visit other nobles' homes. He rarely went out to visit before. First, he had few connections. This was an old problem.

Although Hu Te has been with the old count for so many years and he knows people, how can the housekeeper of the family bring the current head of the family to the house to establish relations? This is not random.

A few years ago, even if Allen was licking his face and looking for someone to have a relationship with, it would have been difficult for them to talk to him or not.

To put it bluntly, things like personal connections are just things disguised as exchanges of interests.

No matter how many people an ordinary person knows, what's the use of not having a good relationship?

When you really need to use the so-called personal connections to do things, do you dare to give less benefits?

Just relying on knowing some people, licking your face and giving nothing, just want to find others to do things?

is it possible?

But now that Allen is doing well in life, he has some thoughts like this. It's not about building relationships, but just getting to know other nobles more. If you can talk, you can get along slowly, and if you can't, you can get along slowly.

He won't be allowed to visit people he can't get along with, so there's no need to worry about this. As long as he can visit, there is a high probability that he can date them. He only needs to consider whether these people are worthy of his further friendship. .

"Well, young master, I do have a very suitable candidate. Although he is older than you, he only succeeded to the throne two years earlier than you. When the master visited his home before, he had not succeeded to the throne. He was the one who accompanied you. I’m following the master to visit his family’s manor. Their manor was opened to the public in the past seventy years. They have rich experience in manor management, so you might as well go and have a look.”

"oh?"

As for the aristocracy, there are those who are well off, just like in the movies, who come in and out with groups of servants and are well-dressed and well-fed.

Allen is now barely involved.

But there are also those who don’t mix well.

When the family is lonely, they have to find ways to start a business to make a living. They have mountains and rivers to support them. The ancestral homes of these noble families are very large, so they took up the ancestral idea to open the old homes and do some business for visiting. Ordinary people can also have fun in the homes of nobles, see what the homes of old nobles are like, and visit the collections in the homes of noble nobles. The only price they need to pay is to spend money to buy tickets!

Ticket prices vary depending on the size of each castle and the beauty of the location.

It is said that one ticket costs tens of pounds. It can receive hundreds or even thousands of tourists on an opening day, which can bring in tens of thousands of pounds in revenue.

You can live happily even if you save some flowers.

Anyway, there is a noble way to live for the noble, and there is a way to live for the poor.

Now that he can go and inspect it in person, Allen is still looking forward to it.

"Who? Can I make an appointment?"

"The Boyles, Earl of Glasgow, Patrick Robin Archibald Boyle!"

"Oh~ it's him. I know him. Go call his housekeeper and make an appointment for me. I'll go to him and ask him about his experience in running the manor."

Speaking of this person, Allen was not familiar with him. Everyone could only be acquainted with him. He had met the Earl of Glasgow when he was in the House of Lords. He was a very mild-tempered and a bit unconventional little old man. I am over fifty years old, but I can only say that I have a childish innocence.

When he was in the House of Lords, Allen had never seen him speak at all. He seemed so tired that every time he went there, it was a routine. Allen had very little interaction with him, and he never expected that the old man would be running the manor at home privately.

"Okay, young master, I'll go now."

Seeing that Allen finally gave up the idea of ​​going to the Welsh Parliament to extort money to repair the garden, Huth secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fairlie, Ayrshire, Scotland.

This is the ancestral land of the Boyle family and the location of their ancestral home. This family is very different from the Hill family. The Hill family has a small family, like Allen's father, who can give birth to two sons. That would be quite an achievement.

But the Boyle family is different. Their family is widely spread and prosperous, but in terms of status, there are not many people in the main line. There are only six members now.

The current patriarch of the Boyle family is the Earl of Glasgow. The patriarch of their family is not elected. It can only be held by the Earl of Glasgow, and no one else can. Although there are few people in the main line, they have titles, and in the local area Rounding it off is almost equivalent to the Tu Emperor.

They are the same as local squire families in China.

Kelburn Castle, the old home of the Boyle family, has a history of about five or six hundred years. It has been rebuilt or restored several times. The current style is a French castle style. It looks like a barn from a distance, which is ugly and cute. of.

On the afternoon of November 24th, Kelburn Castle, which has been in business for many years, was temporarily closed to the public. Two days in advance, the current Earl of Glasgow arranged for his family servants and family members to come to the castle to clean the castle. In order to welcome the distinguished guests who were about to visit today, As for who the distinguished guest was, the old count did not say.

Today's Allen, if you want to say he has a high status, the two of them are equal, both are earls.

In comparison, the current Earl of Glasgow succeeded to the throne two years earlier than Allen. Logically speaking, he is older than Allen.

But Allen is so popular that he directly follows the crown prince. Is this something that an ordinary rural aristocrat like him can compare to?

In one thing, he is very similar to Allen. He doesn't have much experience in socializing with others.

Before he succeeded to the throne a few years ago, the Earl of Glasgow was somewhat obsessed with political affairs and was very actively involved in local construction.

He also served as the lieutenant of Ayrshire, which can be said to be his best ability to exploit the camp.

At the gate of Kelburn Castle, he put on the aristocratic clothes he had not worn for a long time. The Earl of Glasgow looked at the motorcade slowly driving along the country road in the distance, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

The Earl of Carmarthen, who is far away in Wales, is coming to the ancestral home of the Boyle family today to visit him, the current Earl of Glasgow. Tsk tsk. For this kind of meeting, the two earls will be in a classy mood!

By taking advantage of Allen's fame, he can bring himself greater fame, which will also make it easier for him to act locally in the future.

"Hahaha, am I disturbing you? Robin?"

After the motorcade stopped in front of the gate of Kelburn Castle, several bodyguards got out of the car. After subconsciously making sure that the surrounding environment was safe, a bodyguard walked to Allen's car and informed him that he could get out of the car.

It’s already very cold in Scotland in November, and the current temperature in Ayrshire is only seven or eight degrees above zero.

As soon as Allen got out of the car, Xiao Shitou quickly put a windbreaker on him, a knee-length windbreaker, a gray scarf, and a traditional top hat. This scene would have looked very retro if it weren't for the car next to it that was a bit out of place. It's like dreaming back to the 19th century.

"Why bother? It's too late for me to welcome you. Allen's housekeeper told me a few days ago that you were coming to visit me. I started cleaning a few days in advance just to welcome you!"

Foreigners are not very reserved. Whatever they say, they always show their efforts. Allen handed the civilized stick in his hand to the small stone aside and faced the Earl of Glasgow who personally greeted him at the gate. gave him a very warm hug, as if the two were old acquaintances.

After exchanging a few pleasantries and taking the civilized stick from Xiao Shitou, Allen took a look at the castle in front of him. It looked very new and there were several buildings that could clearly be seen to have been built later.

However, the shape of this French castle always makes people feel a little less domineering and a little more indescribable like the French, a little timid and not mighty.

"You've had a hard time traveling all the way. Can you come with me to visit first?"

Robin, the Earl of Glasgow, smiled and invited Allen to come in early. It seemed that the temperature was still above zero today, but the cold wind was blowing bitingly. If it weren't for the fact that he wanted to leave a good impression on Allen, he wouldn't want to be in the cold weather. They were standing outside talking.

"Okay! I came here today specifically to ask you to learn how to run the castle. Don't hold anything back."

Allen smiled and tapped the grass on the ground with a civilized stick.

According to the traditional rules among nobles, when a friend or distinguished guest comes to visit your home for the first time, what is the first procedure?

Of course, it is to take the distinguished guests to visit the honor room at home!

Showing off the achievements of your ancestors will not only popularize the family history to your guests, but you will also feel proud of yourself.

Although most people in Scotland do not have good feelings towards the English and they argue for independence every year, the family of the Earl of Glasgow is not among these people.

Their ancestors were indeed awesome, but the composition of their family was somewhat criticized by others.

It's because their family is one of the biggest Soviet traitors.

When England and Scotland were fighting each other, the first Earl of Glasgow took a bribe of as much as 20,000 pounds, and then instantly transformed from a pro-French to a pro-British, the kind of staunch thief!

Don’t underestimate the 20,000 pounds back then. In that era, George III only spent 5,000 pounds to buy Buckingham Palace from the Duke of Buckingham!

Just think what a huge sum of money twenty thousand pounds was at the time.

As for Earl Robin's ancestor, what he did next was very embarrassing.

He took the bribe from the British masters, so he must do something

Then their family corrupted several nobles, ranging from dukes to viscounts.

Pulling these Scottish nobles, everyone sold the Scots together and made a fortune together.

later

The United Kingdom was established. Their ancestors made great contributions to the formation of the United Kingdom between Scotland and England.

Later, after the establishment of the United Kingdom, the entire Glasgow became their family's territory. There were people on top, and they were the leading party. The Earl of Glasgow of that generation was unparalleled. He had a lot of dirty money in his hands, and then vigorously developed their family. The territory later developed into a large city that is ranked high in the UK and the largest city in Scotland - Glasgow!