Big Ambition Chapter 183 Fort William
The Philips family is the largest individual shareholder in Cape Town and the largest and oldest family in the Windmill Kingdom.
Those who are familiar with the history of the Windmill Kingdom know that the Windmill Kingdom is made up of two ancient families who are married, the Philips family and the Dato' family.
At its peak, the entire kingdom included the three constitutional monarchies of the current Windmill Kingdom, the Wallonburg Kingdom, and the Flamenco Fort Kingdom.
The country's monarchs are all from the hereditary Philips family and the Dato' family.
Therefore, although these three kingdoms have been separated from the windmill kingdom in the past hundred years, they are connected by blood, and the three kingdoms are highly unified economically and politically.
The current king of the windmill kingdom is Queen Victoria of the Dato' family, a cousin of Sir Philips (Duke) in terms of blood relationship, while William III, the monarch of Wallonburg, is the cousin of the Duke of Philips, and the wife of the Duke of Philips is the sister of the king of the flamenco kingdom.
This kind of complicated marriage and blood relationship is very common in the royal family of Ozhou.
Many dynasties, in order to ensure the bloodline of their families, do not hesitate to marry close relatives, so the health problems of the royal descendants of Ozhou are not very good.
As the once glorious "sea coachman", the history of overseas colonial rule of the Windmill Kingdom is also extraordinarily exciting, and if it were not defeated by the Saxons at sea, its brilliant achievements would be even more dazzling.
So in the bones, the Windmill Kingdom is very disgusted with the country formed by the Saxons who are completely controlled by the YT people.
Duke Philips, born a rickets, spent almost his life in a wheelchair, but the unhealthy body did not affect his status as the only legal successor of Duke Philips.
He was born with a golden key, and when he was a few years old, he caught up with two world wars, which made his childhood and youth grow up in exile, giving him a rare tenacity.
On two occasions in his long life, he could have been the king of a country, but he said he refused both on the simple grounds that he was a rickets who had tarnished the image of the great kingdom in that position, and that he had his own family mission to fulfill.
The current Duke of Philips is nearly eighty years old, and his only son died of a stroke three years ago, and now his heir is her only granddaughter, fifteen-year-old Lisa.
The old man Philips is in charge of the huge family business of the ancient family, and the Cape Town company is only the superficial business of his family in the kingdom, as a colonial family for hundreds of years, its hidden overseas assets are quite large and amazing.
The Philips family's overseas colonization dates back to the 16th century, the golden age of the kingdom.
After the kingdom became independent from the X Empire, it began to build its colonial empire by relying on its seafaring technology and foreign trade, and entered the sea through the Kingdom West 3 Company and the Kingdom East 3 Company. From the late 16th century to the second half of the 17th century, with the rapid rise of the kingdom's naval power, the sea coachmen began to dominate the world.
The establishment of a global trade market through strong force, accompanied by piracy and plundering cultural exports, has allowed a small country of windmills to dominate the world for hundreds of years.
This period is known as the Golden Age of the Kingdom. However, after the defeat of the war against the Saxons, the kingdom's overseas colonies began to shrink, mainly leaving the colonial areas such as the land of ten thousand islands in the south of the kingdom of the East Three Company, and after the end of World War II, the kingdom allowed its colonies to become independent.
The current kingdom colonies have only two overseas territories, one in Heizhou, known as the "Pearl of the Atlantic" "Aru Island" and in Y Continent Asan Ocean, the "Lees Islands", it is worth noting that the lords of the Lees Islands are the Philips family.
This largest overseas territory was bought back by the ancestors of the Philips family through the struggle of blood and fire, and as the hereditary territory of the Philips family, it has always been the most sacred laurel crown on the beautiful flag of the windmill kingdom.
Hereditary repudiation, forever Philips.
The family continues to be thin, and now the whole family is left with an old man and a teenage cardamom girl, the old duke Meimei regretted thinking of this wine, why did she marry her cousin, and seriously affected the genetic health of the family.
In fact, as early as the Ming Dynasty, the Philips family had close cooperation with the Huang family of the maritime merchant Daao at that time in country C, and there were red-haired people in the huge sailing team of the three treasure eunuchs.
From this point of view, the Huang family and the Philips family are also world friends, but in the era of religious unity in the West, it is impossible for pagans of the yellow race to integrate into the white Catholic system.
The cooperation between the Huang family and the Philips family in Mingzhu is a testament to the close relationship between the two companies.
At the highest point of the city of Am is a steep hill with an altitude of 300 meters, which is a rare place of feng shui in a country where the entire land is below sea level.
It is indeed a treasure of feng shui, this is the birthplace of the male royal family of the windmill kingdom, the dragon of the Philips family, and the ancestor of the Philips family, William, opened the William era by establishing the famous Fort William here.
In the eyes of the people of country C, this so-called dynasty is just a small county, and the Philips family relies on Fort William's dangerous terrain of "the ex-husband is the gate". It has lived here for hundreds of years.
Fort Wilhelm is not only easy to defend and difficult to attack, but more importantly, it has a large area of the entire hill, as well as underground springs and hot springs.
According to the literature, Fort Wilhelm covers an area of 15 hectares, almost all of which is arable farmland, surrounded on three sides by an artificial canal, and one side is close to the Great X Ocean.
According to tradition, to ensure the safety of Fort William, the stone suspension bridge was hoisted every night and completely isolated from the rest of the world.
In times of war, relying on fifteen hectares of fertile and abundant water and grass, it was more than enough to feed a few thousand people, and the average city-state was only a few thousand people, so Fort William could sweep through the other city-states of the windmill country by virtue of its geographical advantage, and it endured for a long time.
The new black Maybach smoothly tried the emblematic suspension bridge of Fort William, which was no longer the one with huge hinges of stone and winch of hundreds of years ago, and the Philips family kept the bridge made of stone and replaced it with the world's most advanced security access control system.
As soon as Maybach approached, a security guard with an MP5 approached the doorway.
After figuring out that Guan Hao was here for the Duke's private banquet tonight, the security personnel verified their identities through the walkie-talkie and politely let them go.
At this time, it was still early, a little more than five o'clock in the afternoon, and it was still cloudy in the afternoon, but it was sunny near night.
At this time, the clouds dispersed, in this dusk, although there was no sunset, but the sky was bright, the color was monotonous in winter, but the car entered Fort William, the color in front of him became bright green and bright, I don't know what the reason is, the temperature here feels high, and gives people a feeling of sudden enlightenment.
The flat land and criss-crossed country roads divide the neat green like wheat fields into pieces like pastures, like tofu blocks. There are cattle and sheep in the meantime, and it is an idyllic scene.
This layout, this situation, and this scene reminded Guan Hao and Zhang Yuan of their hometown, Damiwei.
"Hao, I think I'm surrounded by rice!" Zhang Yuan snuggled up to Guan Hao, looking out the window at the scenery he had met.
"Hmmm! I really want to be around the rice here. Sister, when we return the "Bohan Sai" to the pearl, I will go home with you! ”
"yes, it feels like home. You say it's so cold down there, why is it a little warm up there? ”
"I guess there are a lot of geothermal resources on this Fort William! Otherwise, how could it be so warm! The grass is all green! ”
"It's amazing, no wonder this Fort William is known as a fortress that will never be conquered! You see, this place is completely isolated and self-sufficient! ”
"In the era of cold weapons, as long as you hold the suspension bridge and be self-sufficient, you can't open it!"
"Hao, this castle is the dragon vein of the windmill kingdom, the symbol of the entire royal family, and the richest family in the West, it is said that its owner is a beautiful girl who is only sixteen years old, are you interested in being the son-in-law of this castle! You can save your life of struggle! ”
"Am I short of money? It's enough for me to have you, sister, tell me, what is the situation of this castle family? ”
"Hmph, you said you weren't interested, and you still inquired so carefully? Dulicitous bad guys! ”
"What's the matter, I'm just interested, who is rare about this castle and the little girl!"
"The Philips family is our family's family friend, and our family has been in contact with us for hundreds of years, and many of their family's businesses in the East are cooperating with our family, this is also a family gathering, Grandpa Lie specially told me to take you to recognize a door, and there are many things in the Thousand Islands and Southeast Y in the future, and the Philips family can help!"
"Does the Philips family have that much influence?"
"The impact is huge. Their family can be said to be rich and powerful, and in many cases can influence the establishment of monarchs in several countries. ”
"Monkey Sailei!" Young Master Hao suddenly came out with a hometown dialect.
"Regret it!"
"Well, it's a little, if that little girl isn't ugly, I'm ......."
"It's beautiful!" Young Master Guan's little ears had been tightly grabbed by a pair of delicate and white hands.
Play and play, and it's not sloppy at all when you encounter serious things.
Maybach came to a steady stop in front of an old castle made of a certain white marble. At this time, he immediately responded to Guan Hao's question, a beautiful girl like a Barbie doll, standing in front of the steps of the ancient castle, waiting for Guan Hao and his party with a smile.
The owner of the castle is not ugly at all, even beautiful.
After the driver and bodyguard stopped the car, he immediately got out of the car and opened the door for Guan Hao, Guan Hao got out of the car, and Luke, who was sitting in the co-pilot, also got out of the car quickly, and stood behind Guan Hao's car door respectfully.
The driver opened the car door, and Guan Hao, who was dressed in a black dress, got out of the car solemnly, and waited at the door for a while, and Zhang Yuan, who was dressed in a white dress, slowly walked out of the Maybach.
In the past year, Guan Hao's height has suddenly jumped to more than 1.8 meters, and his body, which was originally a little thin, has become much stronger after rich nutrition and exercise, and his skin is dark all year round.
In the eyes of foreigners, this body is a proper beautiful young man!
"Hello, I'm Lisa, welcome to Fort William!"
A beautiful girl, or a beautiful girl who is rich enough to rival the country!