Mr. Wallace, who was shipwrecked in the sea and did not know if he would have a future blessing, was so miserable that in order to relieve his sorrows, Downing kindly invited him to join them in the Lake District, and walk with Hugo, Alexandre Dumas and others, and of course, Downing's French translator, a die-hard fan of Hugo.

Downing prepared two Leica prototypes and enough film for this trip, and personally conducted a simple training for the four people accompanying him, popularizing the concepts of aperture and shutter speed, of course, he would be responsible for adjusting the parameters, and the four of them could dial the mechanical film lever (the mechanism for transferring the film) like fools, and then press the shutter.

For Downing, who loves lakes and bought a manor house on Lake Zurich, the beautiful scenery of more than 30 lakes here may be the most beautiful in the entire British Isles. "It's like a fairy who cares and inadvertently pulls off her pearl necklace, and the beautiful black pearls splash down on the earth and form these green lakes."

This is still where Wordsworth, the British "poet laureate", lived most of his time, or how could the poetry school represented by him be called the "Lakeside School"? His literary status is said to be on a par with Shakespeare's. His song "Daffodils" is especially famous:

I'm like a lonely cloud,

Floating high in the hills and valleys,

Suddenly, I saw a crowd

Golden daffodils bloom in spring;

In the shade of the trees, by the lake,

They frolic in the wind, they sway with the wind -

Continuous, like the stars,

Glittering in the Milky Way,

They are along the edge of the bay

stretches into endless lines;

I saw ten thousand at a glance,

Ups and downs in the dance -

The sparkling lake waves are also dancing nearby,

But it is not as light as this narcissus;

The psalmist meets this happy traveling companion,

How can you not feel joyful;

I gazed for a long time—but I didn't realize;

The spiritual treasure that this sight has given me-

How many times have I been depressed and alone,

The mind is empty, or silently meditating,

They often flash in my heart, how many times to comfort my loneliness;

Then my heart was filled with joy and happiness,

Dancing with daffodils -

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The shores of Lake Grasmere, where Wordsworth lived for many years, are their key destinations. It is the sunrise in the east and the clouds in the west, and the lakeside trees dyed by the autumn wind are like beauties with light makeup, exuding a faint fragrance of leaves. Free-range poultry peck at the grass, and they are accompanied by cattle and flower cattle not far away, chewing grass calmly, looking so lazy and leisurely. It's a beautiful farmhouse, and Downing clicked several times at this scene.

Hugo was the spiritual leader of the French republicans, who took pride in battle, and often advocated the violent overthrow of tyranny, but with the patronage of the telegraph king, the group of Republicans united by the newspaper was the envy of the London cultural circles, and they were very polite to the republicans in exile in London, who traveled in luxury carriages and ate famous food. In the midst of this picturesque landscape, the hearts of the militant faction softened.

In fact, now in the French-speaking world, a consensus has been formed that the telegraph kings have joined forces with the republicans against the Rothschild financial family and the French dictator Louis? Napoleon. It's just that Tang Ning rarely directly expresses his views on politics, you see, he didn't even go to court when he was indicted, and he was already so low-key that he didn't talk like that.

The little cottage where Wordsworth lived was called the "pigeon house", of course, he had been dead for two years, and the current owner did not know who it was, but in any case, Downing sent the little translator to the pigeon house to explore the way, and it was best for the group to live in the pigeon house, as a sign of remembrance of the great poet.

After a while, the interpreter returned, and the host seemed to come out, unspeakably welcoming. The translator introduces the host: "Essayist Thomas? De Quincy. The essayist has been famous for twenty years, and his most famous work is "Confessions of an English Opium Addict." In addition to admiring Hugo and Alexandre Dumas, one of the reasons for his hospitality was the prestige of the telegraph king, who was also a pioneer in the opposition to opium smoking and shared a common language with him.

So, several people happily went to the pigeon house to sit in the guests, and the seats were full. De Quincy had a 24-year-old son, Paul, who was serving in India, and he was grateful to the Telegraph King for his great deeds, which enabled De Quincy, who was nearly 80 years old, to keep in constant contact with his son. (http：／／.）。 Wallace said, "I'll take a picture of you, and I'll be on my way to the Straits Settlements in a month's time, and I'll be able to bring your son with my own hands." ”

It's a color photo, and De Quincey asks for a copy to be sent to himself.

Since the old man was well known for his opposition to opium, Downing said, "I want to build an opium absessation sanatorium nearby, would Mr. De Quincy help Zhang Luo?" ”

Yes, the old man is idle anyway, so it's no problem to let his children help. Can you still suffer a loss for the telegraph king? Of course, the king is now riddled with lawsuits, and it seems that there is a big problem with the telegraph company, and the old man thinks of where to say it, and asks about this lawsuit.

Tang Ning said with contempt: "Lionel this guy...... I won't slander him, anyway, let's put it this way, the parts factory of the British Telegraph Company, including batteries, inks, paper tapes, typewriters, these core factories are produced by the factories that I completely control, as long as I increase the profits of these parts, I can't lose much money, I don't care about the fines at all, not to mention that I also have the British Steel Company and the Round Table Rider Bicycle Company, both of which are lucrative companies. In the end, if I get impatient, I will set up a telegraph company by myself, because the patents for wireless telegraphy are still in my hands, and I have left a way out, these patents can be licensed to the new factory, and as soon as the new company comes out, BT will wait for bankruptcy, and I will let Lionel get nothing. ”

Hugo has never been embarrassed to ask about the shopping mall and the lawsuit, but now that they say so, they are completely relieved, no wonder he didn't even bother to appeal, probably because he wanted to kick Lionel out of BT, and naturally he didn't have to be polite to the financier who didn't talk about friendship.