There are always gains and losses, and the scene in Liverpool is something that may be encountered now and in the future, he has said goodbye to ordinary life, but he is not an entertainment star, and he wants to be low-key but very famous...... In the end, I stayed in Sardinia, at least life here was calm and comfortable.

In November, the state banquet at the Palais de Moncalieri was also held on time.

Although it was a simple banquet, it required more than 50 people to participate, and the most important test was whether the palace steward could be competent and arrange the details in place. At the same time, it is also a moment to show the face of the royal family, and in the future, it will be necessary to use this form for visiting foreign heads of state.

Brandon proved to be excellent, and the state dinner ended at half-past eleven, and the guests departed satisfied. And the remaining endgame needs to be handled by the servants in an orderly manner, and this will also be one of the few busy moments in the palace. In other forms of state dinners, it is rare for so many guests to participate.

After November, the temperature gradually drops, and winter comes.

An Feng likes this climate very much, he can feel cold in winter, but his home is not heated around the clock; The summer is hot, but under the influence of the sea breeze, it is not a scorching heat, and the high temperature is in the early thirties Celsius. The island is very comfortable and cozy all year round, and is the first choice for relaxation.

The Christmas holidays are approaching, and the year of work is coming to an end.

At this time, it is a time for holidays and tourism, but the Moncalieri Palace is busy, and at the beginning of the month, the royal family will leave the Moncalieri Palace and travel to the western part of the province of Nuoro to stay in the local hunting palace and invite friends to participate in the royal hunt, and the servants will have to prepare the details.

On the morning of the 5th, the guards sent the inspected vehicles to the SUV, a seven-seat full-size model launched by Jeep, pure electric, front and rear motor drive. The high-spec version has a range of 550 km, and the EU-standard charging station can be fully charged in just three minutes.

The high-spec version is priced at about 60,000 euros, which is a million-level SUV in China, and given Jeep's consistent off-road style, its performance and comfort are taken into account, and the royal family has ordered a batch of them. It was slightly modified to be used as a royal car. The car is popular in Asia and North America.

Matthew also arrived in the morning, and in addition to his daughter's absence, his youngest son, William, and his wife arrived. After everyone prepares their luggage, get on the bus and set off. Two families each had a car, and the rest was a guard car, both of whom had short guns and gun licenses.

Sparsely populated central Sardinia, once a hunting ground for local residents, is known to be infested with European wild boars and bears. Due to the vastness of the forest, undisturbed multiplication has led to an overabundance, and there is news of stealing food from the city. For safety reasons, the four guards were armed with guns.

Driving and following the GPS prompts to the north, they need to follow the road to Oristano and then turn to Macomel, a small town west of Nuoro. The whole journey is more than 140 kilometers, and the highway is wide and straight. The countryside on both sides is beautiful, and the speed of the car is relatively high.

The highway construction in Sardinia is very good. Four lanes in both directions, with the occasional national highway next to it, surrounded by fences and green grass, few cars on the road, and no such concept as a toll booth, so it almost takes an hour to reach the destination city of Macomel.

Makomel is not big. But the road connecting the north and south passes through here, and to the north it is a vast area of plains and rolling mountains. There are mountains and flat land, which is very suitable for wildlife breeding, but also brings difficulty to hunting. But the essence of hunting is to enjoy the process.

The Royal Hunting Palace is located in the middle of nowhere, after the convoy left the city. Access to an area protected by a wooden fence. From here, it is the Queen's private domain, which is not small, close to 20,000 acres. It is eight kilometers long and five kilometers wide, encompassing the nearby plains and forests.

A one-way road leads deep into the dense forest ahead, and the GPS is no longer prompting, but it is obvious that as long as you follow the road, you can find your destination. After the convoy passed through a quiet pine forest, it suddenly dawned on a building with a watchtower at the top of the park.

The car in front slowed down, and the Royal Hunting Palace was surrounded by tall trees and hidden in the jungle. This is also in line with the purpose of the selection of the Hunting Palace, it is certainly not located in the downtown area, and the sparsely populated forest area can be selected to provide sufficient space for the princes and nobles to move.

The designers did not name the building because of the impact, and the "Royal Hunting Palace" was just a colloquial name, because there may be some very silent animal protectors in the outside world - even if the wild boar bulldozes all the crops in the field, the non-mainstream people who have to protect - the royal family has to beware of gossip.

That's why it's called a royal retreat.

The convoy came to the main gate of the hunting palace, and the servants who rushed to hear the news opened the iron door. A day earlier, fifteen servants checked in early and cleaned up and down the hunting palace. Driving in, the courtyard stopped, and everyone got out of the car and looked up at this somewhat towering retro building.

The design of the hunting palace is a bit neoclassical, but this style is only used in a small number of residences, so the designers have retouched it to make it more suitable for living. Compared to the opulent and imposing Moncalieri Palace, it is just a very ordinary, large house with twin towers, two storeys high, and twenty bedrooms.

Matthew looked at it, "This is what it was before?" ”

An Feng said: "No, it was built recently. ”

"How is that possible!" Matthew didn't believe it, looking at the appearance of the hunting palace was a little mottled, and the white walls were yellow, and he felt that he had precipitated history at a glance.

An Feng smiled: "Don't let technology deceive you, it uses 3D printing technology like the palace, to confuse the real." Go and see the interior of the house. ”

"It's amazing!" Matthew said.

The servants came to take the luggage away, and they went into the house together.

Although the house is not large, since it is called "palace", it is not too small, its appearance is not a long strip, but a large boxy piece, the first and second floors have bedrooms, there are also various restaurants and lounges, and there are important exhibition halls used to display game specimens.

In general, the house is mostly decorated in dark colors, with a large number of handmade carpets spread on wooden floors, and a retro fireplace in the living room, where it is necessary to burn wood for heating, but now it is mostly geothermal, and there are central air conditioning outlets in hidden places overhead.

After a brief tour, go back to your room to prepare your clothes.

The bedroom is like a hotel deluxe, with a bed, a table and a wardrobe, plus a bathroom. Its main purpose is to live and allow guests to devote their minds to hunting, so the interior decoration is understated luxury. After changing into hunting outfits, they gather in the living room.

All of their hunting outfits are custom-made. That's pretty much it: hard-wearing trousers for easy movement, jackets with lots of pockets, handy backpacks, shoes or boots for both men and women. Not the pursuit of luxury, a qiē is mainly practical.

But the beauty-loving lady still found a lot of fashion ideas, and Joanna added a floral plaid headscarf to the hunting outfit. Cover your hair; A pair of polarized sunglasses, there is still ultraviolet rays at noon; Plus a pair of non-slip gloves. It's also photogenic to dress up like this.

Christina said, "You're really good at matching!" ”

Joanna said, "Hunting is an individual job, but we have to keep some charm, right?" ”

"I agree." She nodded, "I also like to dress up in the free style." ”

The three children are similar, small clothes, small boots and gloves, don't look at some weak looks, they are the main force later, this hunt is to exercise the children. Otherwise, adults should go to Africa and play in the real grasslands.

Men's dressing is based on practicality, not fancy pursuit.

An Feng said to them, "Let's go and count the weapons." ”

Private ownership of firearms is permitted by national law, but guns are not allowed in public places, short guns cannot be held without a special permit, long guns must be non-automatic, and can only be used at home or in places where firearms are permitted, and guns and ammunition must be separated when taken out of the car. Use a special gun lock......

The rules for gun ownership are very strict, and I really want to play with guns. Gun shops are a great option, automatic weapons are available, and under the standard regulations, citizens can also get their hands on guns, learn about them, and have fun rather than being strictly controlled.

The royal family leads by example. Nor do you use a short gun—although the guards have one. The two adults chose a sniper rifle and a shotgun, as well as some ammo, binoculars, and basic gear.

Carrying guns and ammunition on his back, a maid brought over five purebred retrievers with dark hair, who were descendants of the flat-haired retriever Pippi and Balls, although not a top-of-the-line breed. But An Feng was reluctant to change when he got used to it, and he dared to fight with wild boars back then, and his offspring were not bad.

"Toto!" Alice screamed, and two golden little dots ran over next to her.

An Feng said: "Don't take them with you!" ”

"Why, Daddy?" Alice hugged one of them, Toto. Because they are twins, Alice takes the same name.

She's just going to add a little bit of chaos to the world.

"It's so small." An Feng compared with his hand, "I'm afraid it's not enough for the wild boar to eat a bite." ”

"Huh?" She wondered, "Isn't that going to ...... Fred too?"

Fred: "......"

An Feng sweated: "I don't want to say this, I mean, don't take your pet out!" ”

"If you don't bring it, you won't bring it, why are you fierce!" She said.

"Joanna, I need your help!" An Feng covered his forehead and left.

Joanna smiled and opened the driver's door of the SUV: "Get in the car, leave the little ones here, and come back to play with them at night." ”

Alice basically couldn't resist her mother.

Joanna drove, and An Feng had to teach the two children some precautions for the use of firearms. It's mostly Alice, and Fred is too young to hold a gun. Matthew also instructed his twelve-year-old child William that although it was not the first time he had touched a gun, he could not let go of the details.

In addition to the guard car, the pickup truck full of hunting dogs at the front was Akran, a full-time hounds caretaker and a scout for hunting activities. Akran was an Englishman who studied hounds training and hunting, and could be said to be a teacher of hunting sports for the aristocracy.

According to a helper from Akram on the walkie-talkie, yesterday they used drones to survey the surrounding environment for several kilometers, and there were quite a lot of prey, mainly wild boars and red deer, in addition to some subspecies of gray wolves, which are not locally available, but they are artificially introduced to balance the ecology and so on.

Their destination was a hilly terrain three kilometers away, three kilometers in a straight line, which seemed not to be long, but it took more than twenty minutes to walk the mountain road. The car was left behind and marched on foot. It also brought four guards, two servants, and five hunting dogs, and the hunting lineup was luxurious.

The protagonists are three children, William and Alice are in charge of carrying the guns, Fred observes, and the parents are in charge of guiding and looking for some easy tasks to give them a sense of accomplishment. Grown-ups also have the added pleasure of hunting more than ten deer with forks.

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PS: It's 500 chapters (doesn't seem right), and by the way, the book will probably end at the end of the month. (To be continued......)