Chapter 1398 Waddesden Manor
After Li Zhongxin and Masako Mitsui and his group arrived in the UK, they soon felt the enthusiasm of the Rothschild family in the UK.
Under the escort of a Mercedes-Benz convoy in Meisen, Li Zhongxin and his team arrived at the famous Rothschild family manor, namely Wardsden Manor, in Buckinghamshire.
Wardsden Manor is one of the few luxury estates in the UK, with an extremely large area. It took a long time to walk along the forest road before seeing the theme buildings of the estate.
Meisen introduced to Li Zhongxin that the person who built the Wardsden manor was named Ferdinand, a very famous baron and one of the great-grandsons of Meyer Rothschild.
Born in Paris, France, he loved collecting and especially fond of French architecture and art. He built this manor not to live in, but to store and display his collections.
The manor displays a large number of French porcelain and furniture from the 17th to 18th centuries, famous European paintings from the Renaissance, wall hangings, wall paneling, carpets, and chandeliers.
Wardsden Manor was just a barren hillside in 1874. This 165-acre area with a maximum height of 600 feet was built by Baron Ferdinand. Not only did he spend a lot of money, but he also invested a lot of manpower and material resources. If it were not for the Baron's status at that time, such a manor would not have been built in such a place.
Ferdinand died at the age of 59, and the manor was entrusted to his sister Alice to manage. Alice set a series of regulations on the protection and management of antiques and manors. She was unmarried throughout her life and devoted all her energy to the manor.
??According to Meisen's introduction, this beautiful manor full of flowers employed at least 100 gardeners, who needed to manage more than 50,000 plants, many of which are rare varieties imported from abroad...
It is precisely for this reason that the manor looks very majestic and beautiful from a distance, as if it is an alien kingdom.
This manor can be said to be the greatest honor of the Rothschild family in the UK. This time, in order to entertain Li Zhongxin and others, their patriarch specially placed the dinner here.
"I seem to have seen the sign on the castle on Jamino, but I didn't ask what it meant at that time? Why do I look like a few broken arrows?" Haruko looked at a sign on the castle and asked Li Zhongxin in confusion.
"I know this, Jamino told me that this is Rothschild's sign, five broken arrows.
Mayer Rothschild, the founder of the Rothschild dynasty, had five sons, all of whom inherited their father's business. The family's emblem was five arrows.
Moritz Oppenheimer, a private artist of the Rothschild family, has a painting that reveals the symbolic significance of the clan emblem. This painting depicts a story in the Bible: A father who was in danger of life wanted his five sons to break five arrows tied together. Just when they were at a loss, the father took the arrow apart and broke one of them. He said that the power of the family comes from unity. One arrow is easily broken, and it is not easy to break if it is held into a ball of five arrows. Just as our Chinese proverb says, "Brothers work together to break gold."
To put it bluntly! It is the same as our Chinese family. Only when the people in the family form a group can the family be well. If a family intrigues with each other, then the family will only continue to perish.
"Then I understand, this meaning is nothing more than the meaning of our Mitsui Group. Everyone works hard to do something together and will eventually do it." After Haruko finished speaking seriously, a look of pain and confusion suddenly appeared on her face.
"Haruko, you're right. Generally speaking, this is the case. However, there are always many dirty things in every big family.
How did such dirty things come about? That is the temptation of power and money. Such a thing cannot be avoided by any family.
Sometimes, for the benefit of most of them, those people will choose to give up the interests of a few people to do something, and keep proclaiming to the public how good people are to others and how the family can help those people.
Actually! This is a very normal thing. At your age, don’t think about those things." Li Zhongxin knew that Haruko was thinking about the fact that the long-lasting guys in the Mitsui family wanted to marry Masako Mitsui to another family in exchange for the interests of the Mitsui family.
Meisen and Li Zhongxin and others talked a lot. As soon as they stopped, they heard Li Zhongxin telling Haruko a lot of theories.
Meisen's foreign language major is Japanese. The family asked him to come here to receive Li Zhongxin Mitsui Masako and his party, and he also had this idea. He just didn't expect that if he greeted him like this, how could Li Zhongxin speak bad things about the Rothschild family?
When he heard the last sentence and saw Li Zhongxin comforting Haruko, he realized that he was thinking too much.
Meisen still admires Li Zhongxin's analysis of the family. It can be said that Li Zhongxin's understanding of the family is already quite high.
The most important thing for a family is harmony. As long as there are fewer dirty things, the prosperity of the entire family will be just around the corner. Otherwise, the rivers will decline.
"Warm welcome to the arrival of Mr. Li Zhongxin and Ms. Masako Mitsui and her party. I am Will. I only represent the British Rothschild family to express the warmest welcome to your arrival." As soon as Li Zhongxin got off the car, he saw a large group of people gathered in an old man with a strong body and greeted him.
"Captain Will, you are too polite. If you want to be so polite again, I won't bother you next time I go to the UK." Li Zhongxin said with a smile on his face.
Li Zhongxin seemed a little confused about Will in front of him. Although this old guy and that old guy David had no similarities, their eyes were so similar.
Those eyes seemed turbid, but they often flashed a kind of agility, and in an instant, it seemed as if they could see through the other person's heart.
Just as many people say, every one of these old ghosts is not simple. Don’t underestimate these old ghosts at any time. They will have many ideas and will make you feel pain.
Chapter completed!