Infrith is not part of the Scottish Highlands, but if you want to go to the Scottish Highlands, you have to pass through here, so people call it the Scottish Highlands Outpost.

It's a city, but it's actually only the size of a town, and the population is very small, and it may not be as big as a district in China. The buildings in the entire town, the youngest are also older than Xiao Peng's grandfather, and even more than half of the buildings are older than Xiao Peng's grandfather's grandfather's grandfather.

If you want to shoot a historical drama here, you only need to pick up the glass windows on the building and start filming directly.

When Xiao Peng and the others arrived, it had been raining for several days in a row, and the road to the Scottish Highlands was muddy, so the whole team rested here for two days to make final preparations for going to the Scottish Highlands.

When others were complaining about the ghost weather here, Xiao Peng was so happy that he couldn't go out early and return late every day.

Jamie wondered where Xiao Peng had gone. Xiao Peng answered him simply and clearly: play!

Isn't it just a little rainy? The rainy season in Africa is much scarier than here! Isn't it fun to go to a new place without having fun?

Don't look at this small city just a little bit, but there are really a lot of interesting places.

For example, the famous Loch Ness ------ this large pool uses the legend of a water monster, and I don't know how many people come to look for its whereabouts every year.

The reason why Inverness is called this awkward name is also related to Loch Ness: its name Inverness is separated, that is, Inver (estuary) and Ness (Ness),

In other words, people are afraid of things they don't understand, such as water, and so far more than 97% of the ocean has not been explored, so most people stay away from the ocean. I think everything in the sea is deadly, and well, the same is true of the big lake.

Let's talk about the legend of the water monster, it is really endless, what Kanas Lake Monster, Changbai Mountain Tianchi Water Monster, Loch Ness Water Monster, etc., etc., there are legends of water monsters all over the world.

And the most famous is definitely the Loch Ness Monster. It has been around for the longest time, with water monsters eating people and animals in Loch Ness since 1,500 years ago. In 1934, someone even sent out a black-and-white photograph saying that it was a picture of the Loch Ness Monster.

Since then, people have believed in the Loch Ness Monster, after all, there was no such thing as a photoshop in those days, and the photos represent the 'truth'! In the following decades, countless people came here to look for the so-called 'water monster'.

If it weren't for the fact that on March 14, 1994, one of the photographers of this photo, Spoolling, revealed the truth on his deathbed, I am afraid that people are still searching for the so-called 'Loch Ness' monster to this day.

It turned out that this photo of the 'Loch Ness Monster' was a fake news concocted by the reporter of the "Daily Mail" for Wittel, that is, Spoolein's stepfather, and five other people: they first installed a cork monster on a toy submarine, put it in the lake to take pictures, and then Dr. Wilson named and published it, and the Loch Ness Monster in the photo was actually a gadget only 30 centimeters tall, but it deceived countless people.

In fact, this photo also has a loophole, if there really is such a big water monster, the waves in the photo will not be so small, but out of trust in the doctor, this photo has been considered evidence of the real existence of the Loch Ness monster for so many years.

If it weren't for Snowling's last words, I'm afraid this would have continued to deceive.

Of course, not everyone thinks that what Spoolling said is true, and some people say that Spoolling is grandstanding and covering up the truth. Please, haven't you heard that 'a man is dying, and his words are good'? This Loch Ness is not big, with an area of 80 square kilometers and an average water depth of 130 meters, in the face of current technology, not to mention that there is a water monster hidden in it, even if it is hidden by Wang Ba, you can search it out, I really think that so many scientists who come here empty-handed are waste?

But even today, all tourism here is still associated with the Loch Ness Monster. There are all kinds of loch Ness related memorabilia, statues, murals, etc., and even today, if you ask any person here, they will swear to you, 'There are monsters in Loch Ness, and I saw it with my own eyes, that Spoering is an idiot!'

Xiao Peng didn't care about any of this, there were a lot of stuffed toys of the Loch Ness Monster, which looked cute and pleasant, and Xiao Peng bought a lot of toys to take back to make toys for the children in the orphanage.

It turned out that he wanted to hide it in the ring and go back to surprise the children with his own hands, but when he saw the 'MADE IN CHINA' on the plush toy, he directly called the courier company。。。。。。

Ran halfway around the world to buy domestic products, tsk, Xiao Peng himself feels that he is too patriotic! (If you don't love it, you can't do it, all the plush toys here are domestic products!)

In other words, this Loch Ness is definitely a place that you don't regret when you come, and you regret when you come. It's a big lake, and the water is so dark that it's black, oh, not because of the pollution, but because it's rich in minerals. There are no living creatures here, so it can be said that it is a big pool. Looks big, then 。。。。。。 And then there is no more!

There's nothing fun to do at all! Take a picture and you'll be here。。。。。。 Otherwise, what else can you do? In order to ensure the tradition, the buildings by the lake are all centuries old, and they are old enough, and they are all 'half buried in the loess', can they not be ancient?

There's not just Loch Ness, there's also a famous place, the legendary Castle William!

It's the William Castle in Jay Chou's song.

In fact, in Europe, there are countless 'Castle William', because there is no real famous attraction called 'Castle William', after all, there are as many people in Europe as there are people called 'Zhang Wei' in China.

For example, the Germanic Sohenzollern Castle can actually be called William's Castle, where the Germanic Emperor William and his descendants lived, and in the whole of Europe, there are really too many castles called William.

However, the William castle where Jay Chou wrote the song was indeed filmed here.

Although he has seen this William Castle many times in Dong Chou's MV, when he really walked into this castle, Xiao Peng felt the huge size of the real castle, and this is just a small castle.

In the past, there were all kinds of monarchs in Europe, large and small, who were keen to build castles.

A real castle is not a place where a family and their servants live, as many Chinese people think. The real reason why those monarchs built castles was because building castles was actually cheaper than expanding their armies!

At any given time, if you want to control an area, you must have a military presence in that area, in other words, a garrison.

But at the level of military and social development in ancient times, to be able to fully control a region, it was often necessary to have a large garrison. And a large-scale garrison will inevitably bring huge material consumption and economic expenditure. This became a huge burden for most of the small and weak medieval monarchs. So how do you reduce costs?

Then build a castle!

Although the castle was expensive to build, it was very inexpensive to maintain after completion. A fortified castle could resist an attack of thousands of men with only a few soldiers, and the reduction in the number of garrisons further reduced the cost of maintaining the garrison.

Usually the common people live on the periphery, and when they come in to defend in wartime, the distance between the castles is not far or close, and it is only a day or two away from each other, and if one castle is besieged, the other castles can be supported in time.

In peacetime, we have the impression that the war in the Middle Ages was fought by both sides with a good team, and the archers shot the cavalry and the cavalry charged the infantry. In fact, this is a false impression. The vast majority of wars in medieval Europe were sieges.

People have the impression of a heroic knight galloping across the country on a war horse and a spear, and in real history, most of the time they participated in siege or defense battles. The highest honor is to conquer or defend a castle, rather than piercing several enemies with a spear in the field.

Here in the Eagle Country, castles can really be seen everywhere, because there used to be a 'castle maniac' here, that is, King Edward I of England, who is the 'long legs' in the movie "Braveheart".

Although he did not conquer Scotland, he did conquer Wales.

During his conquest of Wales, he built a large number of castles. And it was with these castles that he was able to take full control of Wales!

Of course, there are many castles left in Europe today, and these castles have become a headache for all European countries: how to house them!

Almost all people fantasize about living in a castle when they are young, and all the happy stories of princes and princesses in fairy tales take place in castles, and going to the castle to get married is the dream of almost all girls. Is there a way to own a castle other than to live in a castle when you travel?

The cheapest only costs hundreds of thousands of yuan, and you can own a castle with a thick and solid rock façade, a warm fireplace with a charcoal fire, well-preserved medieval frescoes, and a manicured private garden, which really only costs hundreds of thousands of yuan, which is much cheaper than buying a house in China!

Oh, and there are expensive ones, even millions of dollars, depending on the area where the castle is located and how well preserved it is, as well as the size of the castle. Many Chinese people went to Europe to buy castles.

Throughout Europe, more than 3,000 castles are sold every year!

But they didn't think of a question: since the castle is so cheap and easy to buy, why don't the locals buy it and wait for you to travel thousands of miles to carry forward the spirit of Lei Feng?

Because reality is always cruel.

In today's Europe, a castle is simply a 'hot potato', right? It's a pity to lose it, but it's too much economic pressure to keep it. So just sell it cheaply and see if there are any people with more money and stupid people to join in the fun。。。。。

You know, these castles are either built for war, or they are the residences of celebrities, and more often than not, they are symbols of status and status, and now European governments have set up strict policies and regulations to protect these castles.

First of all, you want to own a castle, and the taxes alone can make people dizzy! Unless the castle you buy is listed on the historical heritage list and is exempt from taxes, if not, inheritance tax, land tax, housing tax, etc., etc., pay seven figures for a seven-figure euro. (This is still a small castle, and owning a castle is subject to a castle inheritance tax of 45% of the castle value.) So it's not impossible to pay tens of millions of inheritance taxes)

You can do it if you want to reduce the housing tax? Yes, it must be open to the public for more than 40 days a year, well, if a castle becomes a hotel, then you have to recruit people to live in it, you have to improve the facilities of the castle, and then you need money.

Moreover, these castles are hundreds of years old, and they look magnificent from the outside, but as soon as you enter, you will find that everything has to be repaired, and to put it mildly, there may not be toilets!

What is the highest in Europe? The cost of repairing a castle is many times more expensive than buying a castle!

Even if we do all this, we will face more problems in the future! Everything in the castle is protected by zhengfu! Even down to the point of every flower and tree!

If you want to cut down a tree in your own garden? It can't be! Like planting a tree? You have to get permission to put a stone in front of your door!

This does not include the annual costs of maintenance, warmth, electricity, etc., which are outrageously high, and hundreds of thousands of euros per year are not uncommon.

Therefore, many castles in Europe are now being sold, such as owners who are too old to continue to maintain their properties, owners who do not have the financial means to continue to live in them, or heirs who are not interested in taking care of the family property, and the terrifying 45% castle real estate inheritance tax, which is the reason for the increasing number of castles to be sold。。。。。。

Of course, there are still many people who are not short of money and still buy castles here, especially the polar bear buyers and Chinese buyers are increasing.

Many people buy a castle not because of the castle itself, but because of the large piece of land attached to the castle.

Almost all castles include different types of outbuildings and land, such as courtyards, private forests, vineyards, etc., like the castles of the Bordeaux region of Gaul, almost every castle has a corresponding winery. Buying a castle there is a winery there. That means an extra income point, doesn't it?

Fort William, for example, in Inverness, has a garden courtyard and a large private forest.

What surprised Xiao Peng the most was that there was a small paradise in this private forest。。。。。。。