"Smack-"

Arthur leaned on the pillow of the wound, held the bright spoon in one hand, and knocked down an egg in the other, put down the spoon, began to peel the eggshell, and looked down at the half-unfolded newspaper.

"Yesterday's heavy rain didn't cause trouble for the manor, did it?"

"It's not a big problem, but there's a big tree that's been struck by lightning and will be taken away today... ”

Arthur raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked up at Paul, the butler standing on the side, although he covered it up well, but he could still see a touch of sadness on Paul's face.

"What's the story of that tree?"

“。。。。。。 Paul pondered slightly, and then said with emotion: "That tree was planted in 1805 by Colonel Balwin, then Earl of Boleyn, 204 years ago. ”

"Well, that's a real shame. Arthur was slightly stunned, and then sighed with regret on his face, "When they came to transport them away, they notified me, I want to go over and have a look." ”

"As you wish, Count. Paul, the butler, smiled and bowed, as if he had thought of something, and spoke again: "Your father values these trees with a long history and a hundred years of history, and he often says, 'Planting a tree that you can't enjoy the shade of your own is the true meaning of civilization.'" ’。 ”

Arthur nodded silently and took a bite of the egg, no way, what can you do if you are not silent, your cheap father, whatever he says is so philosophical, what else can he say, he can only eat honestly.

"Huh?"

After eating the egg in one bite, Arthur wiped his hands with a napkin, picked up the newspaper and read it carefully, "The dollar has risen sharply across the board." Spot gold fell below the 1,000 yuan mark.

Spot gold was at $996.80 an ounce. As major central banks, including the Federal Reserve, announced plans to cut some emergency lending facilities, spurring the dollar to rally across the board, triggering a large number of selling orders into the gold market, causing spot gold prices to fall sharply in midday trading in New York on Thursday and falling below the $1,000 per ounce mark.

Gold prices retreated sharply, but they were one step away from last week's 18-month high of $1,023.85 an ounce and a new all-time high of $1,030.80 an ounce set in '08.

。。。 The weakness of the US dollar has been the catalyst for the recent surge in gold prices, which is expected to weaken further by the end of the year, so there is plenty of room for gold prices to rise in Q4. ”

Time is getting more and more urgent!

Seeing the pullback in gold prices, this is undoubtedly good news for Arthur, who is ready to invest in gold and make a lot of money, but it is not a kind of urging for him who has no money in his hand now, and the opportunity never waits for anyone.

"When will Paul, financial advisor and James Cronin arrive?"

"Earl, they will arrive at 3 p.m. ”

Hearing the answer, Arthur nodded, and no longer did much, concentrating on breakfast.

After breakfast, I changed into a blue overalls in the cloakroom, put on a peaked cap, went downstairs, changed into a pair of rain boots in the workshop in the castle's backyard, and walked with Paul, the housekeeper who was similarly dressed, with four black Labradors to the hillside in the distance.

Except for old Dean, who followed Arthur, the other three Labradors scurried up and down the muddy path.

"Wang-"

"Shet, Bert, you get me out of that mud puddle... The Labrador named Bert who looked at him was standing in a pit and shouting, Arthur had a black line on his forehead, and shouted loudly, Nima, you are a Labrador, not Erha!

"Wang-"

"Hehe... ”

Paul, the housekeeper, looked at Bert, who heard his master's scolding, come out of the mud puddle, and began to run and play with the other two dogs, and couldn't help chuckling, to be honest, this feeling is really good, it's like going back in time, he and the old earl are inspecting and walking in the manor...

When he walked up the hill and saw three people and a tractor not far away around a broken tree, Arthur looked down at old Dean, who was spitting his head and seemed to be a little tired and panting, squatted down and gently stroked its head.

"Whew-uh-huh... ”

Old Dean suddenly shouted twice in one direction, and then let out a soft humming sound, Arthur looked in the direction, couldn't help but be silent, the hand that caressed Old Dean's fur became more and more gentle, and his face also showed a sad look.

"It's too old, and the old Earl used to take it there, and it knew it was its final destination... Paul, the butler, also said in a sad tone.

Arthur sighed slightly, patted old Dean on the head, then stood up and looked at a small wooded depression in the distance, where the Burling family used to bury their family dogs, "Only the fate of death is eternal... ”

AFTER SAYING THAT, HE STEPPED ON THE WET GRASS AND WALKED FORWARD, THE OLD DOG Dean glanced up at Paul, the housekeeper who was looking at him, and followed Arthur with a somewhat stumbling step, and the housekeeper Paul shook his head and sighed softly, and followed.

"Buzz—"

The chainsaw roared, the sawdust flew, and a big tree that adults could not hug was quickly cut into three sections, and hundreds of years of wind and rain blew and finally did not resist the ravages of thunder and lightning.

"What kind of tree is this?" asked Arthur with a slight frown, as he looked at the charred and blackened part of the front that had been struck by lightning.

"It's a sour date tree, and the tree texture is very strong. ”

Arthur's eyes lit up slightly, the sour jujube tree, also known as the iron tree, is extremely difficult to grow, its root system is the best root carving material, and this is lightning wood, although there should not be any feudal superstitious thoughts, but, he even crossed over, and then he meowed what he said not to believe in evil, it was really a lie with his eyes open.

"Paul, all the materials of this tree should be preserved, the root system, let them dig out as completely as possible with tools, and do not destroy the xing and cut down... ”

"This... Earl, that would be time-consuming and labor-intensive, and labor-intensive. Paul, the butler, looked at Arthur a little strangely and persuaded.

"I understand, but the root system of the jujube tree is the best root carving material, which was planted by the ancestors of the Bolin family, I want to make it into a home and root carving, as a memorial, the death of the ROU body is not the real death, being forgotten is the real death, isn't it?"

Arthur's rhetorical question made the housekeeper Paul speechless, so he could only nod, and then walked forward to communicate with the three workers, you know, in the UK, anything linked to manual labor is expensive, but anything that can be automated production is cheap.

Time is money, it's cost. Labor money is always the most expensive. With the decrease of the demographic dividend, I am afraid that I will have to accept the reality that this kind of labor is extremely expensive in the future.

"600 pounds. Paul, the butler, walked back to Arthur with a helpless and wry smile on his face.

"Yes, but if the root system is badly damaged, I won't pay. Arthur nodded, turned up his voice, and spoke to the three men standing not far away.

"Don't worry, we're professional!" the three of them stood up and said confidently.

"Okay, then I'll see. Arthur smiled and said, turning to walk back to the butler Paul, "Sign a deal with them." ”

"Yes, Count. Hearing Arthur's instructions, although the butler Paul did not understand why he attached so much importance to this tree, as for the reason why it was planted by the ancestors of the Boleyn family, it was undoubtedly nonsense.

In fact, Arthur was just a temporary idea, but at this time, Arthur was occupied by another thing, that is, he thought of the possible reason why he crossed over to this body - the silver cross!