Happy Tycoon

Chapter 16: What if you donate this castle to me…

“I thought you would hurry back to London to process those three sketches.” Walking on a tree-lined path, the fat man said with a smile.

Yang Jing shrugged, “What are you doing in such a hurry? Anyway, the painting is already in my hands, and I can’t run, and it’s useless to be anxious. Besides, I have never been to Cardiff, nor have I seen the famous Cardiff. Castle, since I’ve come here this time, why don’t you just take a stroll? Why don’t you wait for me to return home, I’m sure to regret that I didn’t go to Cardiff Castle for a while when I came to Cardiff. I don’t want to stay like this. Regret.”

The fat man patted Yang Jing on the shoulder and said, “Don’t worry, Lao Yang, I’m definitely OK to be your guide. I stayed here for a while during the Christmas holiday three years ago and I’m familiar with it.”

As he said, the fat man pointed to the large green area around him and said: “This huge area is the most famous park area in Cardiff. The road we are walking now is in the famous Bute Park. Well, to the east is Sophia Hua. Yuan, to the north are Ponte Kana Green Space and Landover Green Space, and these park green spaces are connected to Cardiff Castle in the south.”

The fat man pointed to the large green area and turned around and continued: “You may not know that such a large area was part of the huge assets of the famous Bute family more than sixty years ago.”

The fat man stood in place and stomped the ground forcefully with his feet, “This Bute Park, covering an area of 130 acres, is now the largest park in Cardiff. You know, the back door of Cardiff Castle. But at a location that extends a few kilometers north from the main body of the castle, that is to say, before the fifth Marquis of Bute donated Cardiff Castle, Red Fort and Bute Park to Cardiff in 1947, The area under our feet, the 130-acre Bute Park, is actually the back garden of Cardiff Castle.”

Yang Jing was also very surprised when he heard the fat man say so.

“Really? Such a large area is just the back garden of Cardiff Castle?” Just two days ago, I had been busy at Valdy Castle for several days, and the 30-acre Valdy Castle had already made Yang Jing. It feels large enough, but compared to Cardiff Castle, Vardy Castle is like a newborn baby.

The proud thirty-acre area of Valdy Castle is really nothing in front of Cardiff Castle. The area of Cardiff Castle’s back garden alone is as much as 130 acres, and the area of Vardy Castle is even comparable to a fraction of the area of Cardiff Castle’s back garden…

The fat man nodded very surely, “Actually, Cardiff Castle was not built by the Bute family. When it comes to the oldest castle in the entire UK, Cardiff Castle is definitely ranked first. In fact, this castle was built as early as It was established by the Romans in AD 76. At that time, the Roman Empire built a military castle here for defense. This is the predecessor of Cardiff Castle. If you count from that time, Cardiff Castle has a total of two thousand Many years of history. In contrast, Edinburgh, Kaufburg, and Avic Castle are all weak, and even Windsor, where Her Majesty the Queen lives, is later than Cardiff Castle in history. More than a thousand years!”

After a pause, the fat man continued: “It’s just that after this castle was built, in the following thousand years, although this castle was inhabited by many nobles, it was also destroyed by artillery fire. Second, until the eighteenth century, this castle was actually very dilapidated. It was not until 1766 that the Bute family came here and became the new owner of the castle, that the castle was revived. .”

“The Bute family? The most legendary marquis family in Britain?”

“Yes, this is the Bout family.” The fat man said very positively.

It has been two years since Yang Jing came to the UK, and he also learned a lot about the UK. Among them, the most legendary families in the UK. Of course Yang Jing knew about it.

In the United Kingdom, in addition to the royal family, there are several big families that have to be mentioned, like the Churchill family, yes, it is the family of British Prime Minister Churchill who was one of the three great men in World War II; and the family of Princess Diana, The Spencer family, the Cavendish family, the Howard family, and of course the Bute family.

The Spencer family is an earl, and the Cavendish family and the Howard family are both duches. As for the Bute family, although it is only a marquis, it is the most wealthy family among these big families.

In 1766, John Bout, who was only Lord Montestuart, married a local noble daughter after arriving in Cardiff, and obtained huge real estate interests and mining rights in southern Wales. UU read www.uukahnshu.com and their grandson, the second-generation Marquis of the Bute family, amassed a lot of wealth from Cardiff’s rich coal resources, and became the UK’s premier rich man. Until now, the Bout family’s financial resources have been the highest in the UK.

The fat man said: “After the Bout family bought this broken castle, they hired many well-known designers from the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, and Turkey to redecorate the castle. In the end, Cardiff Castle was completely transformed into A luxurious castle. However, with the exhaustion of coal resources in Wales, the Bute family finally returned to Scotland, and in 1947, they donated Cardiff Castle to Cardiff City Hall. And this fort It is currently the only government-owned castle in the UK.”

Yang Jing shook his head and said twice, “Tsk Tsk” and said, “This Bout family really has a lot of money, and such a magnificent castle can be donated. Alas, if you donate this castle to me at that time…”

“Haha, your kid is also tempted! I said Lao Yang, it’s past nine o’clock, so stop dreaming!” For such daydreamers, the fat man’s blows have always been merciless.

Yang Jing glanced at the fat man angrily and said: “You can’t let your brother make me yoke!”

“What’s so good about being YY? Brother, you are in your twenties, not a baby of two or three years old, you are YY, can YY be reliable?”

Yang Jing ignored this casually attacking guy, and said to himself: “Isn’t it just an old castle? Look at my brother, when my brother develops in the future, I will build a bigger castle sooner or later!”

Fatty almost didn’t spray out…

PS: Let’s come to a chapter first, and in the afternoon there will be…