Happy Tycoon

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

Yang Jing shrugged his shoulders, Why are you in such a hurry? Anyway, the painting is already in my hands, and I can't run away. It's useless to worry. Besides, I have never been to Cardiff, nor have I seen the famous Cardiff. The castle, since I’m here this time, why don’t you take a good look around? If I don’t wait until I return to China, I will definitely regret that I didn’t go to Cardiff Castle when I came to Cardiff. I don’t want to stay like this Pity.

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

Then, the fat man pointed to the large green space 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 Sofia Hua In the north, there are Pentecana Green and Llandaff Green, and these parks are connected to Cardiff Castle in the south.

The fat man pointed at the large green space and continued in a circle, Maybe you don't know that such a huge area was part of the huge assets of the famous Bout family more than 60 years ago.

The fat man stood where he was, and stomped the ground vigorously with his feet, This Bute Park, which covers an area of ​​130 acres, is now the largest park in Cardiff. You know, the back gate of Cardiff Castle However, extending a few kilometers north from the main body of the castle, that is to say, before the fifth Marquess of Bute donated Cardiff Castle, Red Castle and Bute Park to the city of Cardiff in 1947, The area under our feet, the 130-acre Bute Park, is actually the back garden of Cardiff Castle.

Hearing what the fat man said, Yang Jing was also very surprised.

Really? Such a large area is just the back garden of Cardiff Castle? Just two days ago, I was busy at Valdy Castle for several days, and the 30-acre Valdy Castle has already let Yang Jing I think it is huge enough, but compared with Cardiff Castle, Valdi Castle is like a newborn baby.

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

The fat man nodded with certainty, Actually, Cardiff Castle was not built by the Bout family. As far as the oldest castle in the UK is concerned, Cardiff Castle definitely ranks first. In fact, this castle was It was established by the Romans in AD 76. At that time, the army of the Roman Empire built a military castle here for defense, which was the predecessor of Cardiff Castle. If counted from that time, Cardiff Castle has two thousand Many years of history. In comparison, Edinburgh, Kaufe Castle, and Awick Castle are all weak, and even Windsor Castle, where Her Majesty the Queen lives, is later in history than Cardiff Castle More than a thousand years!

After a pause, the fat man continued: It's just that after the construction of this ancient castle, in the following thousand years, although many nobles lived in this ancient castle, they were also destroyed by artillery fire. Once again, until the eighteenth century, the castle was actually very dilapidated. It was not until 1766, when the Bute family came here and became the new owner of the castle, that the castle regained its vitality .”

The Bute family? The most legendary Marquis family in England?

That's right, it's the Boot family. The fat man said with certainty.

Yang Jing has been in the UK for two years and has learned a lot about the UK, among which are the most legendary families in the UK. Of course Yang Jing also understood.

In the UK, apart from the royal family, there are several big families that have to be mentioned, like the Churchill family, yes, the family of the British Prime Minister Churchill, one of the three great men of World War II; and the family of Princess Diana, Sri Lankan. The Spencer family, and the Cavendish family, the Howard family, and of course the Bute family.

The titles of the Spencer family are earls, and the titles of the Cavendish family and the Howard family are dukes. As for the Bute family, although they only have the title of marquis, they are the most wealthy family among these big families.

In 1766, when John Bute, who was only Lord Montestuart, arrived in Cardiff, he married a local aristocratic daughter, and obtained a huge real estate interest and mining rights in southern Wales. And their grandson, the second-generation Marquess of Bute family, accumulated a lot of wealth in Cardiff's rich coal resources and became Britain's leading rich man. Until now, the Bute family's financial resources are the top in the UK.

Fatty said: After the Bout family bought this century-old castle, they hired many well-known designers from the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy, and Turkey to redecorate the castle, and finally turned Cardiff Castle completely However, with the depletion of coal resources in Wales, the Bout family finally returned to Scotland and donated Cardiff Castle to Cardiff City Hall in 1947. The castle It is currently the only castle in the UK that is owned by the government.

Yang Jing shook his head and said tsk tsk twice: The Bute family is really rich and powerful. Such a magnificent old castle donated as soon as it was offered. Sigh, it would be great if I donated this ancient castle...

Haha, you also have tempting moments! Let me tell you, Lao Yang, it's already past nine o'clock, so stop dreaming! Fatty has always been merciless in his blows to this kind of daydreaming.

Yang Jing glanced at the fat man angrily and said, You can't let my brother flirt with me!

What's so good about flirting? Brother, you are already in your twenties, not a two- or three-year-old doll, you are flirting. Can you be more reliable?

Yang Jing ignored this guy who hit people casually, and said to himself: Isn't it just an ancient castle? Look at me, when I get rich in the future, I will build a castle bigger than this sooner or later!

The fat man almost didn't spit out...

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