Faced with this question, Xia Yu subconsciously looked at Elena, but saw her smile and shook her head, but Xia Yu keenly found that while she was shy, she also had a trace of expectation.

Xia Yu smiled slightly, and said firmly: "Of course the princess must have a castle!"

"I'll have to find out where the top castles are for sale......"

When Elena heard this, a happy smile appeared on her face, and a sense of sweetness rose in her heart.

Although Xia Yu is planning to buy a castle, and she may not be able to buy a castle comparable to Howard's Castle, she doesn't care, Xia Yu's attitude is the most pleasing to her.

Heidi Campbell, who ate a mouthful of dog food, felt sour in her heart and became more and more envious of Elena who found love.

But because they are good friends who have known each other since childhood, she is not jealous, but sincerely blesses her.

She suddenly said to Xia Yu: "Mr. Xia, if you plan to buy a castle, it is recommended that you can buy it in Scotland, Scotland's castles are the largest in the whole of the United Kingdom, and they are generally more well-preserved." ”

"Scotland is known as the 'Land of Castles', and there are more than 1,000 castles in Scotland alone. ”

"And I remember that there were a few families who sold their castles to our family after they fell, and I saw a few castles when I was a child, and they were all very good. ”

"If you're interested, I can ask my dad, and I've often heard him say that maintaining these uninhabited castles and estates requires a lot of money every year. ”

Xia Yu was a little surprised, he looked at Elena and asked softly, "Elena, what do you think?"

"Elena, if you have a castle in Scotland, we will meet at that time!" said Heidi Campbell expectantly, looking at Elena with beautiful eyes.

Elena smiled and said to Heidi Campbell, "I'm looking forward to seeing you more often!"

After speaking, she looked at Xia Yu and said softly: "Xia Yu, I can buy the castle by myself." ”

Xia Yu scratched the tip of her nose, showed a gentle smile, and without waiting for her to speak, he looked at Heidi Campbell: "Miss Heidi, then I have to ask your father, which castles in your family are willing to sell, is it okay?"

Heidi Campbell happily responded, "Of course, I'll ask my dad!"

With that, the lively Heidi Campbell got up, lifted her skirt lightly, and walked towards her father with graceful steps.

"Heidi has been lively and cute since she was a child, even when she grew up. ”

Looking at Heidi Campbell's back, Elena smiled sweetly and explained to Xia Yu.

Xia Yu smiled and didn't comment.

"Elena, eat some snacks, or you'll get hungry easily. ”

"Hmm!"

......

For the rest of the day, Xia Yu and Elena were rarely calm and leisurely, the two sat together, and no one would invite either of them to dance.

Heidi Campbell, on the other hand, seems to be confined by her father's side, and reluctantly follows her father to meet the noblewomen and maidens of other families.

When the ball gradually dispersed and the guests began to leave, Heidi Campbell finally found Xia Yu and Elena with light steps.

She smiled and said to Xia Yu, "Mr. Xia, my father invited you over!"

"Yes, Miss Heidi, Elena will leave it to you. ”

"Rest assured, I'll take care of her. ”

Xia Yu smiled and nodded in thanks, got up and dressed up, and walked confidently towards the place where Duke Ian Campbell was.

Duke Ian Campbell has also been paying attention to Xia Yu, and when he saw him coming, he explained to a good friend, and then looked at Xia Yu with a smile.

"Sir Xia, did you have a good time today?"

"Of course, thank you for your hospitality, today is an unforgettable day!" Xia Yu exclaimed with a smile.

Duke Ian Campbell smiled happily and invited Xia Yu to the sofa on the side: "Sir Xia, let's go there and sit down!"

"Okay, please!"

The two sat down one after the other.

Duke Ian Campbell went straight to the point and said, "Sir Xia, listen to my daughter Heidi, you are going to buy a castle in Scotland, right?"

Xia Yu smiled: "Yes, I also have a lot of property in Scotland, and I will inevitably come to Scotland often in the future, so I plan to settle down in Scotland." ”

He said humorously: "And Her Majesty has made me a knight, although I am far inferior to you as a duke, but I also want to own a castle and enjoy the life of a nobleman." ”

Duke Ian Campbell laughed dumbly, knowing Xia Yu's strength, of course he knew that Xia Yu was joking.

There are a lot of nobles in Britain, but how much strength can compare to Xia Yu?

In this era when capital stands on top of the world, Xia Yu doesn't say that he owns a castle, even hundreds of castles can afford to maintain it, except for narrow-minded people who may be sour and jealous in private, who dares to put a noble score in front of him?

As far as he knows, there are many counts and viscounts who are having a hard time, and they can't even afford to repair the family castle, so there is only a fig leaf of "nobility" left, and even more directly defeated by reality, and took the initiative to come to the door for help, otherwise the Campbell family would not take over other castles.

Duke Ian Campbell smiled and said, "Sir Xia, you speak with such a humor!"

"It just so happens that I still have some castles in my hand, which I took over after the fall of some local nobles in Scotland in the past hundred years, basically no one lives, and I have to spend a lot of money every year to repair and maintain, and I have also transferred two castles over the years, and the rest have been intended to be sold to the outside world, if you are interested, I will arrange for someone to take you to see." ”

Xia Yu nodded happily: "Of course I'm interested!"

"When can I go to see it?"

Duke Ian Campbell smiled and said, "You can do it at any time, if you plan to start looking at it today, there is also a castle in the county next door, and it's still too late today." ”

"If it's farther away, you may need to look at it again tomorrow. ”

Xia Yu nodded: "Okay, Sir Campbell, then please arrange for someone to take me to see it later, I plan to decide in the next two days." ”

"You're welcome......"

......

After the ball was over, Duke Ian Campbell really arranged a middle-aged man named Ace and a convoy to take Xia Yu to the next door in Stirling County to see the castle.

In the next two days, Xia Yu wandered around Edinburgh, Stirling, Glasgow, Perth-Kinross and other places in central Scotland, and finally chose a glorious castle in Glasgow - Block Castle.

Built in 1465 by the Earl of Bullock family, this castle is one of the private castle estates of the Count of Bullock.

When Xia Yu and Elena visited, according to Ace, the castle was taken over by the Campbell family in 1954, and the castle covers an area of 1.35 acres, in addition to the castle is also attached to the surrounding 620 acres of forests and meadows, which were originally the assets of the Bullock family, but it is a pity that the previous Count Pollock was a gambler and lost the family's assets and reputation.

However, if it weren't for the defeat of the previous generation of Count Bullock, this top castle would not have fallen into the hands of Xia Yu.

Straight to the point.

In addition to the fact that this castle manor is really good, Xia Yu also took into account other factors in choosing Block Castle, the most important of which is that it is located in the city of Glasgow!

The political and geographical advantages are too obvious!

The city of Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland, although the place is small, but compared to those counties with dozens or hundreds of times the administrative area, but the population is only tens of thousands, the population of Glasgow has reached 600,000!

It is also the fourth largest city in the UK and the third largest manufacturing city in the UK, after Birmingham and Leeds, where manufacturing was once the city's central industry, with shipbuilding on the banks of the River Clyde being a top priority.

Although due to the effects of the Great Depression and two world wars in the thirties, Glasgow's economy was in constant recession. The 70s have been a dark time for Glasgow, with the decline of heavy industry leading to high unemployment and low living standards.

But Xia Yu knew that from the mid-80s, that is, in a few years, many financial companies would begin to move into Glasgow, and then gradually become one of the top 20 financial centers in Europe.

In addition, it will successively wear the titles of "European Capital of Culture", "City of Architecture and Design", "European Capital of Sports", "The World's Most Suitable City for Study" and so on.

Glasgow is destined to become Xia Yu's main place of residence in Scotland in the future, and many of his companies will also gather here.

Owning a castle in the city is undoubtedly very convenient.

In the end, Xia Yu spent 4.5 million pounds to buy Brock Castle and the 620 acres of land around the castle, and Xia Yu took over all the servants who maintained the castle.

The price is undoubtedly much higher than the manor that Xia Yu bought in Hampshire, London, which he spent a million pounds on a few years ago, but who made it near London, and Glasgow is in such a bad situation now!

Before leaving Scotland, Xia Yu completed the handover ceremony with the Campbell family in the presence of the butler Terrence Sothy and twenty-one other servants, and Xia Yu appointed Terrence Sothy to continue to manage the castle on the spot.

After that, Xia Yu and Elena took the housekeeper Terrence Thorsey to walk through the whole castle, he combined Elena's preferences, put forward a lot of opinions on various places in Brock Castle, and then asked the housekeeper to rectify the situation, and also approved a check for one million pounds to Terrence Thorsey for the reinforcement of the castle and the purchase and replacement of interior decoration and daily necessities.

After everything was arranged, Xia Yu took Elena to Glasgow Airport and boarded the plane to England.

PS: A castle map is attached to the starting point reading app.

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