Chapter 40 Asking for recommendations at Blenheim Palace

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From Manchester's squalid and noisy industrial precincts full of flowers, prostitutes and child labourers, to the stunningly gorgeous Blenheim Palace, which seems to have gone from hell to heaven, or from Europe in 1843 to Europe in 2014.

The owner here is George of the 6th Duke of Marlborough. Spencer. Churchill, that is, the eldest brother of the fat man. Covering an area of 2,100 acres, almost equivalent to more than 12,000 acres, this luxurious residence was created by Queen Anne of England in recognition and appreciation of the first Duke of Marlborough, John Brown. Churchill was awarded the great victory at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704. The British treasury paid £240,000 for the mansion, and the Churchills family spent £60,000 – the pounds of the 18th century!

As soon as he entered Blenheim Palace, Zhu Jishi immediately felt the atmosphere of wealth and luxury. Guang is a lawn is unimaginably large, and there is a lake a little farther away, I don't know if it is natural or artificially excavated? There are also large areas of trees on the side of the lake, all of which grow naturally. The carriage traveled for a long time on the hard pavement that crossed the lawn before approaching the main building of Blenheim Palace, and outside the palace, Zhu saw many beautifully carved fountains, stone figures and large manicured shrubs, all typical of European garden style.

This place, Zhu Jishi came more than a hundred years later, and he came to travel with Ye Yiren. And now it's in Isabel. Deneuve was also accompanied by a fat man, possibly Prime Minister Churchill's uncle, who visited the lavish estate as a guest.

Zhu Jishi is not the only one visiting Blenheim Palace today, as far as the eye can see, gentlemen and ladies with colorful parasols spread out in all directions, and beautifully dressed are scattered on the lawn in twos and threes. Dining tables have been set up. Chefs in white top hats stand there with their chests and bellies, making European food on the spot. Servants with cocktail trays and embroidered tweed blouses walked through the guests, pouring their glasses with a variety of wines.

Seeing Zhu Jishi and them coming, there was a burst of applause, and many blonde beauties cast interested glances - on the way to Blenheim Palace, Qiu Fatzi told Zhu Jishi in a half-joking tone that there were already many celebrities and beauties in the Omarc Club who were betting privately to see who could be the first to seduce Zhu Jishi to bed. Of course, Isabel is impossible to participate in this kind of gamble, although the relationship between her and Zhu Jishi is still quite pure, but everyone thinks that she has slept with Zhu Jishi, which is really terrifying......

And Zhu Jishi smiled at all these eyes. Yesterday at dinner at Villa Deneuve, sisters Isabel and Roman once again taught this good Chinese young man from 170 years a lesson in the brainwashing of the decadent lifestyle of the bourgeoisie. They told Zhu Jishi that if he wanted to make a difference in this shijie, then the fewer enemies the better, and the more friends the better—it seems that the Eastern and Western principles of life are similar.

The sisters also said that men and women are more equal in Europe. So boyfriends are friends, girlfriends are friends, the more the better, and the way to make friends with those rich and powerful women in the Omarc Club is to! So for those ladies who are willing to befriend him, it's best to accommodate their requests for sex as much as possible! Because in most cases, if you get into them, you respect them, and if you don't go up, you look down on others, which is going to make enemies for no reason!

Well, this capitalist system is so rotten and dark that it is no wonder that Comrade Engels is not used to it!

Of course, who can go to bed and who can't go to bed is still very particular, and if you go to the wrong bed, you may also suffer from misfortune! Therefore, Isabel asked Zhu Jishi to ask for her opinion before sleeping with someone else. The 5% stake of the feelings, the countess really didn't take it for nothing, which included the "consultation fee for bedtime problems".

The fat man led the way in front of the head, Isabel in an off-the-shoulder dress. Deneuve took Zhu Jishi's arm, with a happy smile on her face, like an infatuated woman who had been conquered by Zhu Jishi and was willing to be his mistress. Of course, this is pretended, but "conquering" a "hostess" in an Olmark club is a face-saving thing that can make those playboys and ladies in high society look at Zhu Jishi with admiration (what kind of rule is this?). )。

Zhu Jishi looked left and right with a smile, and nodded from time to time to greet a certain lady. In the full house, most of the foreigners showed quite friendliness to him, the "great scientist of the East", but there were also two eyes that showed a very unfriendly atmosphere. Zhu Jishi's eyes also turned over, only to see a middle-aged man in his fifties looking at him with contempt and even hatred, this middle-aged man seemed to be sick, coughed a few times from time to time, and covered his mouth with a silk handkerchief.

And Zhu Jishi just wanted to withdraw his gaze, but suddenly saw something as if he had been hit by a fixed body spell, and looked fixedly at the middle-aged man's side, where there was actually an oriental face, a Chinese wearing a long shirt and a melon skin hat! The Chinese's eyes widened, looking at Zhu Jishi stupidly, as if looking at some alien visitor, and the shock in his eyes really couldn't be hidden.

A little stunned, Robert. Churchill had already introduced Zhu Jishi to the British guests who are in Blenheim Palace today with impeccable gentlemanly courtesy. These guests were nothing more than some of the gentry and celebrities of the British upper class, either nobles or high-ranking officials, and at worst wealthy merchants...... For these characters, Zhu Jishi smiled affectionately, greeted them in the tone that Isabel taught him, and kissed the gloved jade hands of several noble ladies and ladies. After a while, Zhu Jishi arrived at the middle-aged man who had a Chinese servant.

"This is William, a member of the House of Commons. Mr. Jardine...... Mr. Jardine's was also a respected merchant, the owner of the Jardine Matheson firm, who had long been engaged in trade with China, and had lived for a long time in Canton......"

Zhu Jishi's knowledge of history is limited, and he does not know this William. What kind of character is Jardine, although he felt the strong hostility emanating from the other party, he still smiled and stretched out his hand to shake his hand - this is the legendary gentlemanly demeanor, and Zhu Jishi has now learned it. But William. Jardine just smiled coldly, and opened his mouth in fluent Cantonese: "I really didn't expect that in England I would meet a second Chinese besides my servant Svensson, a Chinese...... without braids"

Zhu Jishi smiled and withdrew his hand, and also said to Jardinen in Cantonese: "Mr. Jardine, if I am not mistaken, you suffer from severe tuberculosis, right?" This was an incurable disease in the past, but I have found a way to prolong the lives of tuberculosis patients and alleviate their suffering, and although there is no cure for tuberculosis patients who have been cured by the medicine I invented, I think you should try it anyway. ”

William. Jardine smiled coldly and replied, "You mean the kind of berberine hydrochloride that can be injected and tuberculosis syrup with diethyl X morphine added, right?" I'm actually already using both drugs, otherwise I probably wouldn't be standing here! By the way, you probably don't know that I'm also a surgeon and a member of the Royal Society of Medicine. ”

Zhu Jishi smiled: "It is my honor to contribute to your health. He paused and turned his curious gaze to the Chinese beside Jardine, "Who is this?" ”

William. Jardine glanced at the Chinese, who hugged Zhu Jishi with a fist, and said with a smile on his face: "In Xia Bai Swen, a person from Guangzhou." ”