Chapter 53: My Friend Is a Local Tyrant
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Chen Jing and the three spent two days picking a few scenic spots in London to take a look, while Li Han used this time to make some preparations. The clinic needs to explain it, the appointment is postponed, the turn is turned, and then they go to pick up the car, prepare a change of clothes and some necessities, and on the third day, they drove out.
The first stop is Bath, because everyone wants to go to the hot springs. Li Han despised them, although the temperature in the UK was not high, and it was also early summer, so they went to the hot springs. But Chen Jing said that he was very wronged, and by the way, he called his girlfriend wronged, because the person who really wanted to go to Bath was Fu Yuanjin, and he was very unhappy that he didn't catch a beautiful woman in the bar the day before yesterday, so he wanted to go to Bath to see if there was a kind of hot spring to bathe.
It's not that there are no beauties in the bar, it's just that Fu Yuanjin's English is really uncontrollable, and Li Han refuses to pimp, so he has no choice but to watch. However, although everyone despises him together, Li Han has never been to Bath, in fact, he is also looking forward to it, and Chen Jing has to pretend to have a disdainful expression even if he wants to see the beauty in swimsuit.
Bath is a small city, but it is known as one of the oldest and most beautiful and elegant cities in the UK, with its elegance coming from the Georgian style of house architecture and its beauty from the beautiful countryside.
"This is exactly the kind of countryside you often see in British movies!" Ding Qianfei excitedly looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window and sighed.
Bath is only a hundred miles from London, just over two hours by car. Since leaving London, the journey has been a quintessential English countryside idyll, and their camera has hardly stopped, and every picture they take is beautiful enough to be used as a postcard.
Once at their destination, they made a beeline for the baths, where to their disappointment, it was only an attraction and visitors were not allowed to enter the water. There are antique bathing centers on the side of the street, but they are no different from those in other places.
Fu Yuanjin said disappointedly: "It's interesting to look at the beauties at the original site, what's so fun about fake." ”
So they soaked in the hot springs for an hour and then went out, and after finding a place to eat, they continued to go out. They were to get to Huddersfield before dark, where Gavin had a territory on the edge of the Peak District National Park, and invited them to go hunting. It was supposed to come directly from London, Huddersfield and Bath were not in the same direction at all, but they strongly asked to go to Bath first, and Li Han saw that the time was too late, so he had to agree.
Chen Jing and Fu Yuanjin had already notarized the translation of their driver's licenses under Li Han's reminder, and the three of them took turns to drive, hurrying to Huddersfield before dark. Gavin was already waiting on the side of the road, and when he saw them, he drove directly in front of him.
When they stopped in front of Gavin's house, everyone was amazed, and even Li Han was dumbfounded. He also thought that Gavin lived in the same manor as the Count of Reims at best, and who knew that he was even better, it was actually an ancient castle!
The castle is built on the hill, and the walls that have stood for hundreds of years are full of a thick sense of history. Ahead is a large meadow, neatly manicured, covering at least a hundred acres of land, even if you drive through it for several minutes. The walls of the castle are reddish-brown, the roof is dark gray, and the rectangular three-story main house is interspersed with round towers, which were once used for lookouts and enemies.
In front of the castle were two brick pedestals, on which were two sculptures of knights in heavy armor, who stood opposite each other, as if they were still guarding the castle and their marquis.
", fourth, what is the identity of your friend, this is an authentic tyrant...... No, I'm afraid he doesn't look down on the local tyrant yet, he's a big nobleman with a territory! Handsome and rich, or are the nobles and castles, and they don't let people live? ”
Li Han was also stunned, he knew that Gavin was a nobleman, but there were a lot of down-and-out nobles in Britain, just like the children of the Eight Banners in the Qing Dynasty had a lot of yellow and red belts. He always thought that Gavin might just have a knighthood, and his parents had left him some property, which was a small piece of land and a few houses.
Now don't talk about the territory, this castle is worth hundreds of millions. The maintenance of the castle is calculated in units of 100,000 per year, and Gavin does not look like he can't maintain it, and it seems that there should be a lot of other industries.
Li Han asked curiously, "Gavin, where is your territory?" How big is it? ”
Gavin nonchalantly pointed in the direction of Peak District National Park: "It's over there, about 250,000 acres is not enough." ”
Li Han silently calculated that 250,000 acres is about 1,000 square kilometers, and the Peak District National Park is the largest national park in the United Kingdom, and tens of millions of tourists come to visit every year, which is only more than 1,400 square kilometers...... He felt that he was not good as a person.
Since coming to the UK and earning tens of millions, he has always felt that he is a rich man, and he can eat and drink lying down for the rest of his life, who knows that this person next to him is the real rich man, compared with Gavin, he is a beggar?
Can he pounce on Gavin's leg and yell for a friend? No, they're already friends,, it turns out that he is friends with such a big noble, big landlord and rich man!!
Li Han didn't show up, he was already confused by the stimulation.
Gavin didn't notice the stimulation they were under, or that he was used to it, but smiled and introduced them to an old man who walked up quickly: "This is Butler Wende, he has prepared a bedroom for you, go wash up first, and dinner will be ready soon." ”
The interior of the castle is also resplendent with intricate patterns carved into the walls, ceilings, and staircase handrails...... There are also frescoes painted with gold dust, beautiful expensive carpets and huge portraits of their ancestors hanging on the walls.
After turning a few bends and going up a few stairs along the way, they were led to a deep corridor.
"This is a guest room, you can choose a bedroom by yourself, there are all the daily necessities in it, if you need anything, please ring the bell."
Even if you live in such a centuries-old antique, the bell of the 21st century summoning service will not be the kind of bell that is physically connected, it is a button placed at the head of the bed, connected to a computer, just like the bell of a hotel teahouse.
Li Han put down his backpack, went directly to the bathroom to bathe, and drove for a day, even if there was not much dust on the road, he inevitably felt dirty. The bathroom is very large, there is a mountain outside the window, it is already dark, and although Li Han's eyesight is good, he can't see anything clearly.
After washing out, Fu Yuanjin was already sitting in his room, and said with a wry smile: "I was stunned when I came, I completely forgot to remember the way, and I didn't know how to get to the restaurant." ”
Li Han poured himself a glass of water, and after taking a bath, he only felt that his mouth was dry: "I didn't pay attention to the road, I just looked at those portraits." You don't know, I almost had the illusion that they were going to move in the painting. ”
Fu Yuanjin nodded frantically: "Yes, yes, I almost thought that we had crossed into the world of Harry Potter, and the next moment the portrait was going to talk to us, the stairs were about to move, and what we summoned by ringing the bell would be a house-elf." ”
Li Han laughed: "Is it a subordinate or a house-elf who has been summoned, we can try it later, and when the third and two come out after washing, we can only ring the bell and wait for someone to rescue." "Otherwise, would you wander around this castle and hope to find the right way in this labyrinth of ancient buildings?
Fu Yuanjin also laughed, and after laughing, he turned his head to look outside the door: "They are so slow, I'm hungry, I don't know if dinner is ready." I just wish it wasn't British food, I'm going to eat a cow when I'm hungry. His curiosity about British cuisine vanished after two days of English breakfast and English dinner.
"Don't worry," Garvin said with a smile as he stood in the doorway, "I asked them to prepare French food, with fresh roe and veal steak today." ”
Saying bad things about the master's motherland was caught red-handed, even if he was as thick-skinned as Fu Yuanjin, he was a little embarrassed, but his English was still at the level of "sorry" and "thankyou", so he could only say "sorry" apologetically, and then shut up.
Gavin shook his head indifferently: "You didn't say anything bad, it's a fact that British food is not delicious, even if French food is delicious, there are many people who don't like it, please don't take it to heart." ”
He was so generous, Fu Yuanjin was even more embarrassed, Li Han was about to play a round to divert the topic, Chen Jing and Ding Qianfei finally washed out, and saw that everyone was waiting for them, and apologized again and again.
Gavin led them to the restaurant, explaining the topography of the castle. It turned out that the castle was concave, and the middle side was the reception room and the entertainment room, the guest room and the master's bedroom were on the left, and the large dining room and the bedrooms of the people were on the right. The two sides are not connected, mainly in the past to separate the rooms of the master and the servant, in order to show the difference in status between the two. For this, they don't care about taking more detours.
So they had to go downstairs from this side, through the side of the reception room, and then up to the dining room on the second floor, because the first floor was the kitchen and utility room.
The dining room was as big and luxurious as they imagined, and the table was long and wide, and if you sat at both ends of the table, you didn't need to shout, and it was impossible to hear what was being said on the other side, and even the people sitting on both sides had to raise their voices to the point of being almost rude if they wanted to talk to the other side.
Therefore, in Western food etiquette, let the husband and wife sit separately, and the male and female guests are mixed, is it to let the husband and wife not talk to each other and give them a chance to find a lover? It's so empathetic, men in the West are so happy, and women are so happy!
"What are you thinking? Cold. Looking at the weird smile on Li Han's face, Gavin subconsciously asked, regretting it after asking, he felt that it was better for him not to know.