Harlint is in his fifties this year, not very tall, and his thin body makes Lin Qing feel like a candle that will be blown out by the wind at any time.

Baron Harlint is very enthusiastic, this enthusiasm is not pretended, but a natural hospitality, he is very curious about Lin Qing, the young earl, and keeps asking a lot of things about Lin Qing along the way, and constantly introduces his castle to Lin Qing.

Baron Harint's castle was inherited by their family, the contents were not forcibly repossessed by the government, and the interior of the castle was decorated in the style of the 17th century, which looks very charming.

Along the way, Lin Qing saw a lot of oil paintings and artworks of some ages, and Lin Qing didn't know about them, so he didn't know what they were worth, those were just ordinary decorations, but Lin Qing was most interested in the armor that could be seen everywhere.

Baron Harint's castle is not painted or porcelain of all kinds, but a collection of well-placed knights' armor, some of which are very new, and some of which look very old and even faintly visible in blood.

"This is the armor of every patriarch of our family, and the armor of some family heroes."

"Our family is a family that has risen by virtue of its military exploits, so for our family, the most glorious ones are the martyrs who once galloped on the battlefield."

Baron Harlint touched the armor with one hand, as if reminiscing, and slowly told Lin Qing about the history of their family, one of which was also related to Lin Qing's Van Gart family.

"Once your ancestor Van Gart once saved the life of my ancestor, our two families have been friends for generations, but unfortunately in the second European war in the last century, when your patriarch left the Netherlands to avoid trouble, and disappeared, my grandfather was sad for a long time."

Lin Qing finally understood why Baron Harint was so friendly to him, it turned out to be the credit of the older generation, the patriarch of the Van Gart family on his head, and added a lot of impression points to Harint.

One of them told the story, the other listened to the story, and the time slipped away quietly, until the maid reminded the dinner to be ready, and the two realized that they had been talking for more than an hour.

After a sumptuous dinner, the two communicated very happily, and Lin Qing gave him his gift, a pocket watch of some age, and the old housekeeper helped Lin Qing choose a gift.

Joe Hart is worthy of being a veteran butler, from the time Lin Qing asked him to prepare gifts, in less than three days, he investigated all the preferences of the Dutch nobles that Lin Qing was going to visit next, and prepared gifts accordingly.

Opening Lin Qing's gift, Baron Harint really liked it very much, and kept playing with it in his hand.

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"Earl Lin Qing, do you like art? I see that you have been looking at the oil paintings on the walls along the way, in addition to being interested in armor. ”

Lin Qing nodded: "I like some cultural relics, and I usually like to collect some of them, but you also know that the price of cultural relics is very expensive now, and most of the time, I can only go to museums or auctions to see."

Baron Harint carefully put the pocket watch back into the box, and carefully pulled out a rectangular box from the desk in the study.

"Come, come and see my collection, he's the pride of our Harint family." As he spoke, Harlint opened the box?

Inside the box was a roll of yellowed paper, bound by the red thread, and Harint gently untied the red thread with his hand, and then carefully spread out the paper.

A black-and-white sketch of a person, a young woman, comes into view.

"May I ask what is?" Lin Qing was very curious, because this painting looked very old and should be worth a lot of gold coins, so Lin Qing was a little moved.

"Rembrandt's sketches. What do you think? I dare say that there are very few Rembrandt drawings in the whole of Holland that have been so well preserved. Harint's tone was full of pride.

Lin Qing nodded, although he didn't understand art, as long as it wasn't an abstract painting, he could still tell the good from the bad.

After looking at it for a while, Harlint put the painting away in Lin Qing's reluctant eyes.

looked at Lin Qing, who was reluctant, and said with a smile: "You turn your head and see, the oil painting on the wall, it is also Rembrandt's work, how about it, I didn't recognize it, this is one of the two treasures of our Harint family."

Lin Qing turned his head. I saw an oil painting more than one meter long hanging on the wall, which depicted a middle-aged man, and Lin Qing only saw this.

For oil paintings, Lin Qing really can't tell the difference between good and bad. I had no choice but to be silent, staring at the oil painting carefully, nodding from time to time, pretending to admire.

Harint put away the sketch and walked to the oil painting: "This is Rembrandt's self-portrait, although there are many Rembrandt's works on the market, but there are only two self-portraits, and my one may be the only remaining third in the world."

After the two admired the oil paintings in the study for a while, they chatted for a while, the time passed quickly, and at half past nine, Lin Qing got up and said goodbye.

Harlint sent Lin Qing to the castle, and looked at Lin Qing reluctantly, which made Lin Qing feel strange, why is this Earl Harlint so enthusiastic? Is there anything hidden besides that the two families are world friends? I always felt that the old baron looked at him a little strangely.

If you can't figure it out, you don't want to, this is one of Lin Qing's few advantages.

Lin Qing has gained a lot today, Baron Harint has two precious cultural relics in his hands, and his home defense is very lax, he can go over and take them at any time.

Lin Qing didn't plan to take these two paintings now, first, he had just finished his visit, and the two paintings were stolen, and his suspicion was too big, and second, Lin Qing's mandatory task indicators for this year have been completed, and the rest of this year is to enjoy life.

Third, Harint's attitude towards Lin Qing made Lin Qing a little unbearable to attack him.

In the remaining days, Lin Qing went to visit various noble mansions in Amsterdam, some were enthusiastic, some were indifferent, and some were out, but no matter what, Lin Qing had some fame among the Dutch nobles, young, handsome, golden, humble, more interested in cultural relics, and humorous. and so on, and the label was slapped on Lin Qing's body.

While Lin Qing visited, he also found a lot of precious cultural relics, most of these cultural relics were not found on the Internet, they were all inherited from these aristocratic families, and there were many good things in the rich people's homes.

After a circle, Lin Qing basically figured out the situation of the various nobles in Amsterdam, and also had some goals, next year's task Lin Qing believed that he could easily complete it, provided that the system would not issue any mandatory tasks.