The belongings were not carefully cleaned, but were roughly divided into categories, and then piled up like garbage in the room, and when the door was opened, there was a mountain of gold, silver, and jewelry.

Special mentioned:

Due to its proximity to the Kimberley, which is rich in diamonds in South Africa, diamond jewelry is very popular among the Portuguese, and there are two separate rooms for diamonds, and one room is a mountain of unpolished diamonds, and it is not known how many.

In the other room, there are piles of diamond ornaments, including diamond necklaces, diamond bracelets, diamond laurel wreaths, diamond-encrusted canes, dresses, various utensils and lamps, which are dazzling and luxurious under the light.

Seeing these brilliant diamond ornaments, and even gorgeous diamond lamps, Li Fushou suddenly felt blessed, turned his head and commanded Tian Shan;

"After these diamonds are shipped back, find some European diamond carvers and ask the famous artists who are working on the Dream Castle to design a few large diamond chandeliers, I think the effect will be very good, and Madame will definitely like it."

The secretariat is doing odd jobs, and Tian Shan hurriedly agreed.

Everyone behind him looked at each other and couldn't make a sound......

The world of the rich really can't understand, when the European royal court is generally using luxury crystal chandeliers, the wealthy Earl of Queensland suddenly came up with the idea to bring together top designers and craftsmen to create the ultimate luxury oversized diamond chandeliers, which is really incredible.

Diamonds are very valuable gemstones in Europe, European royal courts and magnates are very fond of this shiny little stone, originally most of the diamonds were produced in India, from 800 BC to the 18th century, India was the only source of diamonds in the world.

Many world-famous diamonds have been found in India, such as the Sea of Light Diamond, the Koh-i-Noor Diamond, the Oriental Star Diamond, the Star of Hope Diamond, the Regent Diamond, the Dresden Green Diamond and so on.

After India, Brazil became the second country to discover diamonds. Diamond placers were first discovered in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 1725, but they were exhausted within 10 years, and many diamond mines have been discovered in Brazil since then, but most of them are small, low quality, and gem-quality diamonds are scarce.

The real frenzy was the discovery of a super-large diamond mine in Kimberley, South Africa in 1867, with reserves of tens of millions of carats, which destroyed the original diamond value system like a frenzy in less than 20 years, causing the price of diamonds to fall from the altar of high heights.

Even so

The diamonds were the most valuable part of the seizure because of their sheer quantity and a rough estimate of more than £800,000, while the African Expeditionary Force was neither professional nor careful, and even less than half of their original value.

It's no wonder, after all, it's seized property, is there a premium to hand it over?

In Li Fushou's opinion

So many diamonds made into large diamond chandeliers, it should be very good, anyway, the materials are ready-made, gold is not lacking, brass is not lacking, but it costs some labor and design costs, which can be regarded as waste utilization.

As long as you can make Mrs. smile and add extra brilliance to the dream castle, it is worth spending more, isn't it just for spending money?

Holding a huge reserve of koi copper concentrate, how many copper pennies does the Red Fort want to produce, silver shillings are a matter of one sentence, production capacity is not a problem, the biggest constraint is gold reserves.

Diamonds are also precious gemstones, and they are not less valuable when hung on the roof, but they will become famous at home and abroad because of the unprecedented diamond chandeliers, which shows the extraordinary strength of the Earl of Queensland, and thus greatly increases in value.

Ordinary magnates show off BMW incense cars, the Earl of Queensland built the world's largest dream-level castle, and the dome hall is decorated with huge diamond-inlaid chandeliers, virtually climbing to the pinnacle of the dream of wealth, with a view of the mountains.

This has to be put in the first two years, and Li Fushou will not do it so out of line, after all, burying his head in development is the king.

But after offending His Royal Highness Crown Prince Edward, he also saw that after more than 10 years of rapid development, Queensland itself has the ability to come and go in the South Pacific region, and it is not an exaggeration to become a regional tyrant.

Even if you do something out of the ordinary, who can help yourself?

After inspecting the Seoul branch of Huitong Bank, the Earl drove back to Santa Maria Castle and ended the day.

Seoul City (formerly known as Clemane)

Located in the lower reaches of Zambezi and bordering the Mozambique Channel, the city was bustling with whites, Chinese and blacks after the war, when a large number of troops and immigrants and black laborers poured in.

All kinds of industrial products from Australia have entered in a big way, and the market is full of colorful wool shawls, wool felt hats, gloves, cigarettes, tea spices and various industrial manufactured products.

Not far from here, the Maputo region is famous for the hometown of cashew nuts, rich in crispy and delicious African cashew nuts, these African indigenous people do not like to eat the specialty, was discovered by Chinese immigrants and transplanted to the plantation on a large scale, developed the special product of fried cashew nuts, and a large number of them are sold back to Australia.

Cashew nuts are delicious, but making them is not an easy task.

The cashew nut grows on the tree as a small red kidney-shaped fruit with a dark brown handful underneath, and the cashew nut is hidden inside, and after removing it, it is necessary to peel off a very hard shell, which must be peeled with an iron tool, which cannot be peeled by hand.

This alone stumped the indigenous Africans, where did they go to find iron tools?

After peeling off the hard shell, there are two layers of acidic skin on the surface of the cashew nut, which is very corrosive, and if you bite it with your hands or teeth, it will cause corrosive damage to your hands or mouth, not to mention the sting, and you will also leave an ugly black scar on your hand.

Therefore, workers must wear rubber gloves to remove these two layers of acidic skin to reveal the palatable flesh.

The Portuguese have never developed any industry in Mozambique, and of course there is no such rubber gloves, and if you peel them by hand, the hands of the workers will soon be blackened by strong acid, not only stinging, but also burning strongly, and the skin of the hands will be scorched and festering, and it will not take long to be discarded.

Therefore, in Mozambique, only the very greedy tribal children will go to the idea of beating these cashew nuts, and other adult men and women will not eat these things even if they starve to death.

All this is not a problem at all in front of the Chinese immigrants from the big foodie empire.

After just two or three days of research, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the delicious cashew nuts were very delicious, raw and juicy, chewed to the mouth crispy to help, fried and ripe is even more delicious, is an excellent dried fruit snack, much stronger than peanuts.

So the hand, a shiny Mozambican specialty shines out.

Walking through the streets and alleys of Seoul City, you can smell the fragrant aroma of fried cashew nuts everywhere, and the Chinese people pick clean pebbles from the river beach and put them in a large pot mixed with cashew nuts to stir-fry together, so that the cashew nuts can be evenly heated, and the fried cashew nuts are crispy and delicious, and the taste is good.

A beautiful Spanish building in the city

In the gazebo in the backyard

The gray-haired Chief of the Army General Staff, Major General Conrad Adenauer, and Colonel Koch and his wife sat at the small round table, leisurely drinking afternoon tea.

I have to say, women...... It must be complemented by luxurious dresses and accessories.

Mingyan was originally very outstanding, but now she looks even more extravagant when she dresses like this, and it really looks like she was born in a beautiful girl.

"Dear Madame Colonel, your face is as beautiful as a flower, and I envy Colonel Koch for having such a beautiful lady as you as a companion, which makes his colonial service all the more pleasant."

"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. General, but seriously...... I don't like this poor and backward place, where there is nothing, no lavish balls of high society, no lavish salons organized by Madame Fiona, no French tailors and bustling central streets, and the thought of staying in this ghost place for a few years makes my heart clogged. ”

A faint sadness appeared on Mingyan's face, she arrived in Seoul with the Earl's fleet, but she was on the "Voyager" cruise ship with her wife, accompanied by other military stewards, which had an extremely important calming effect on stabilizing the homesickness of the African Expeditionary Force.

Accustomed to the bustling city of the Red River Valley, when you come to this chaotic African town at first glance, you will not be in a good mood for anyone.

Colonel Koch shrugged helplessly and said; "A comfortable life can not be promoted, at this point, I can only ask my wife to understand more, the Junker military aristocracy tradition is to dedicate oneself to the military, this is our sacred mission and pride."

"I know this, but the thought that Miller will not be able to enter the Red Keep's private school and study and grow up with the Earl's children makes me feel empty in my heart, as uncomfortable as a knife." Mingyan's face was still heavy, and she sighed lightly and said; "Don't forget, Miller is the same year as the eldest son of the Count, Constantine, and Miller could have been the companion of the prince, and he has established an unbreakable friendship since childhood, but now he has come here with me, a remote corner forgotten by the bustling world."

The regret expressed in his words moved Colonel Koch as well.

Miller is the eldest son of the two, just 5 years old this year, a month younger than the son Konstantin, a beautiful mixed-race boy with black hair and blue eyes, who is very much loved by Colonel Koch.

Colonel Koch had a previous marriage, and had two sons and a daughter with his ex-wife, the eldest daughter is 17 years old, and it coincides with the two-year high school in Queensland this year, which has been changed to three years, and he has to study for another year before he can enter the university.

"Mrs. Colonel, you also said that Konstantin is only 5 years old, that is, he has just entered the school, and he is still young, and Miller will have a chance to be able to be classmates with Shizi in the future." Major General Conrad Adenauer put down the coffee cup in his hand, picked up two spiced cashew nuts and chewed them in his mouth, and persuaded with a smile; "If Colonel Koch completes the construction of the Central Avenue as scheduled, and declares to commend officers at the end of the year, the General Staff will definitely recommend it, and there is great hope for a brigadier general's future! There is an ancient saying in China called "sharpening a knife is not a mistake for a woodcutter", presumably Mrs. understands this truth. ”

"Thank you very much, Mr. General." Mingyan stood up and said; "You talk about some things between men, I won't bother, although Miller has a governess enlightened, I also have to keep an eye on it, so as not to make the child too naughty, then I will leave for the time being."

"Madame, please."