Ho ho, the gold coin in his hand grew small wings and flew away.

"Why?" Lord Chris asked, puzzled.

"Even the guests from afar have seen that the situation in our country is not good, just like lighting a stove in summer, do you still want to stay by the fire?" The Countess rebuked him.

"The civil war is just around the corner, and how terrible it is to be when chaos breaks out, and during the Hundred Years' War, the Butchers' Guild of Paris drove Charles VII out of the city; During the Huguenot Wars, the citizens of Paris slaughtered the Huguenots in a frenzy, almost slaughtering Henry IV as well! The mob in Paris is like this, and the untouchables in London are not much better!

Londoners are inherently devoid of reverence for the king, and if the king is forced to leave the throne, we nobles are inferior to dogs! You are now living well without food and clothing, and when the time comes, when the king is out of control and the country is out of order, the untouchables will be screaming to screw our heads off and drive your wives and children out of the manor as beggars! The Countess said coldly

"Wouldn't it?!" The two brothers were frightened by their mother's words.

"Won't?! Wait and see! "Even the wise Countess could not have imagined that the untouchables of London would have the audacity to guillotine their king......

Under the Countess's initiative, the money sent by the Oriental guests will be divided into three parts, one part will be used for gifts, and will be given back to his boss and the current guests. the second is to take a small part of the money to maintain the life of the estate; The third is to use most of the money to buy shares of the British East India Company, to buy land estates in France, and to buy shares of the Dutch East India Company in the Netherlands as investment!

The manor has many functions, such as a place to shelter in the future, food and manpower, and is very useful.

The Dutch were the coachmen of the sea, and their East India Company was very profitable, and they brought back goods from the East and sold them for a high price.

The Anglo-Dutch were at war at the moment, but the general situation had eased, and the small people could not buy the sought-after shares of the Dutch East India Company, but the nobles always had a way.

The first was left to Baron Pablo, and the third was to Lord Chris and Mr. Bob, the housekeeper of the house, who were ready to lead the party abroad.

Mr. Bob's family has served the Earl of Stratford's family for three generations, and it can be relied upon, and he has watched Lord Chris grow up, and he is in charge of the money, and Lord Chris does not dare to come nonsense.

At the same time, the thoughtful Countess let the news spread in the house, saying that the third son, David, had found a good position in the Eastern Powers, and became the Viscounts of the Eastern Powers at a young age, and the Stratford family had not fallen!

After the news spread, the originally panicked family was completely settled.

She gave birth to three sons, the eldest son Baron Pablo inherited the family business, the second son Lord Chris, all of them did nothing, the most talented is the third son David, who has been a scholar and athlete since he was a child at Eton College, she does not have too many constraints on him, supports him in everything, and as a result, it really makes him break into a new world abroad.

In front of outsiders, the countess was reserved, and in fact she was proud of him, and she was overjoyed, and David was ranked eighth in the power list of the armies of the great powers of the East! The rank is fifth, a good boy, enough to fight, even better than his father!

Therefore, she attaches great importance to the opinions of the Oriental guests who came today, because they will not harm his family! As long as David is in power, they will curry favor with him, plan for his family in earnest, and tell the truth.

The Countess thus made arrangements.

……

At noon, the jubilant Earl's house held a banquet to entertain the distinguished guests from the East!

The best and tenderest roast lambs and calves from the estate, freshly caught fish and birds and animals from the woods, the best white bread, the best wine, and so on. All of them were rare at the table before.

The neatly dressed servants carried the tray back and forth, and although they did not enjoy these delicacies, they were happy to smell them!

Everyone is happy, the hosts are happy, and the guests are happy.

There were two kinds of banquets, one was the main table, and the Countess and Baron Pablo were in charge of entertaining the three high-ranking officers of the South-Eastern Province, and the rest of the soldiers were entertained by Lord Chris in the second table.

The Earl's house welcomed the guests with a family friend, with Baroness Pablo and his wife and a son and a daughter, and Lord Chris and his wife and two sons and a daughter.

Baroness Pablo is unusually beautiful, and their daughter Matilda is even more amazing, with fair skin, smart eyes, flowing blond hair, wearing gorgeous clothes, exuding luster like an angel descending into the world, the old driver Hong Xuguan didn't dare to look at it!

In fact, the Earl's family, both men and women, were very good-looking.

"Ahhh Hong Xuguan had to obey, thinking about the officers of the Southeast Mansion, pulling the team out, at a glance, he knew that it was a mixed underworld, no matter how much he learned about Chinese culture trying to cultivate a good temperament, it was useless!

It is reported that the boss of the Southeast Mansion found a large number of beautiful girls on the mainland as a reward for the officers to breed...... Maybe the children born in the future will be different.

The host and guests had a great time talking and eating!

After eating, the guests were invited to take a break, and then in the afternoon, the host and guests drank tea by the lake outside the mansion, ate a small snack, and sat down and talked, which was very pleasant.

Hong Xuguan told the specific situation of the Southeast Mansion, so that the more the masters listened, the more surprised they became, David at home followed the founding emperor!

It's hard to imagine what kind of status David will reach in the future!

Especially the monarchs of the East, who heard of it, were particularly generous......

The others were nothing, but the Countess was thinking in her heart, and her eyes fell on her eldest granddaughter, Matilda......

The dinner was equally sumptuous, and after the dinner, the Countess gave them a gift on behalf of the family, as the official Hong Xuan had said that he was busy with official business and would have to return to London tomorrow.

letters to his son David, clothes and hats made at home;

Polished gems given to his son's boss (the British could not think of any good British goods to the countries of the East, which lacked nothing, in fact, without the silver of the New World, there would be no trade between the East and the West, because the West had no goods to supply the East), a set of gold cutlery and a set of beautifully shaped women's jewelry.

Hong Xiguan looked at the gift list, smiled and accepted it.

What was given to the officers was a set of Western-style silver cutlery for the officers, and a silver cup for the soldiers.

Some souvenirs were also prepared for them to take away, including air-dried meat, dried fruits, etc.

Early the next morning, the earl's family saw off the oriental guests, and the official said: "We have set up an embassy in London, this is the address and my letter, please take it, if there is anything, you can go to them for help, you are welcome, you are a military family!" ”

After they had left, the Countess decided: "Chris, when you have finished your French and Dutch affairs, you must make a trip to the East, and take your eldest niece and your eldest son with you!" ”