Chapter 165 Niucha Flower Planting Family Two updates 6000 words
It can be seen from here that George V and others are thieves, but Kay is not bad either.
They were still dreaming about the wealth in the tomb, but what they didn't know was that it was more convenient for Kai to carry the wealth with him than to put it in his pocket. Isn't that what the King's Treasure House was for.
Of course, Kai's treasure house is still not as exaggerated as Gilgamesh's. Kai has seen Gilgamesh's treasure house and the wealth in it is the real gold and silver. Kai even doubted that all the wealth in the world at that time was not enough.
Gilgamesh.
Dalton and the others have been hesitating about the property rights of the land, and at the same time they are constantly testing for information on the treasure.
In the end, Kai got impatient and directly showed what the 'King's Treasure House' was, and then Dalton and the others honestly sold the land to Kai. There was no way, Kai's demonstrated ability made them stop coveting it.
It is even impossible to understand this method at all.
I can only give up...
Of course, the British are not good birds. When they have no hope of those wealth, they open their mouths. They can see that Kai is determined to get the land there. Since Kai wants it and is rich, very rich,
If they don't kill it, they won't kill it.
Kai didn't talk nonsense to them. He gave them whatever they asked.
And Dalton was not polite and directly asked for 10 million pounds! Pre-war proportions, gold payment!
To be honest, Dalton only dared to speak so maliciously because he saw that Kay did not know the market. Before the war, one ounce of gold was worth 3 pounds, 17 shillings and 10.5 pence. The pound was on the gold standard, and you could exchange it with pounds.
gold.
But the problem is that this is wartime, and the British government has greatly overissued (referring to printing more banknotes), causing the pound to depreciate sharply and gold to appreciate sharply.
According to the current black market conditions, one ounce of gold can be exchanged for almost more than 100 pounds. And it is still priceless because during the war, the United Kingdom implemented special laws, and now various banks have stopped exchanging gold.
So although ten million pounds may not seem like much, it was definitely a huge sum of money at the time.
To give an intuitive analogy, the purchasing power of one pound at that time was equivalent to 1,000 yuan today. Just imagine how much it was.
So Dalton's heart is really dark.
But Kai didn't care, because he did a little conversion and found that even according to the pre-war ratio, 10 million pounds was only a small amount.
Kaidu does not need to use the treasures in the tomb, he can easily pay for it with his own private money.
When Kai traveled around the world, he also accumulated a lot of wealth, which he originally planned to leave to future generations... but it turned out...
When the evil-hearted Dalton opened his mouth, George V was trembling on the sidelines. He was frightened by his advisers and teachers. Although the manor was large and well-run, it only cost tens of thousands of pounds to survive.
After all, real estate is hard to sell during wartime.
But just such a piece of land was sold by Dalton for 10 million...
You must know that before the war, the British military expenditure was generally only maintained at about 200 million pounds. This earned one-twentieth of the military expenditure. (After the war began, of course it was more than this amount. In fact, the British military expenditure during the war was
Military spending has remained at around £2.5 billion per year)
But when Kai opened the King's Treasure House and poured gold on the ground like water directly in front of George V and Dalton, George V felt that Dalton seemed to be missing.
George V has always felt that the British royal family was relatively wealthy, but today he really saw what it means to be a rich man.
The living room, which was originally quite large, was suddenly filled with gold. If George V hadn't been so agile, he might have been drowned in gold.
Although he felt that he was losing money, Kekai's bold payment method still left Dalton shocked and speechless.
Money means cowhide!
Only when Kai reminded them to sign the contract did the two of them come back to their senses from the massive amount of gold. Although they were both very wealthy people, it was the first time that they saw so much gold laid out in front of them so intuitively.
After coming to his senses, George V did not immediately prepare the transfer contract, but continued to promote the royal family's real estate in London.
During World War I, life in Britain was not easy, and the royal family was no different. Even in order for the nobles to buy war bonds, the royal family had to set an example, use their own wealth to subsidize the government, and buy war bonds with their own blood.
Now the royal family's funds are also stretched thin, so George V also hopes to get some financial subsidies.
Kay was not very interested in George V's promotion, but seeing that this guy was good at being a licker, he spent millions of pounds of gold to buy several castles and some properties in London. Among them were
Including Leeds Castle, known as the "Queen of Castles", this is the best country castle for the royal family.
George V was very happy about this. He was so happy that he directly canonized Kay as Grand Duke of the Rhine, which restored Kay's original noble status. Of course, this Grand Duke was only an honorary title. Kay had neither territory nor salary.
There is no corresponding political status and power.
Kai didn't care either. If George V really gave him these things, he wouldn't dare to ask for them. After all, how much power comes with great responsibilities. Kai was not interested in taking any responsibility for a country he didn't understand at all.
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After chatting with the King of England, Kay did not immediately return to the Leicester manor. Instead, he stayed at St. James's Palace in London, which is located next to St. James's Park in the center of London, not far from Buckingham Palace.
No matter how indifferent Kay was, George V still remained infatuated and admired him very much. He even urged Kay to live near Buckingham Palace so that he could listen to the great deeds of the ancient kingdom of knights at any time.
Kai also stayed because he wanted to know something.
What is different from other royal palaces in the UK is that St. James's Palace is built of red bricks and is not grand. Only the gate tower is relatively tall. From the architectural shape and the shape of the garden arch, it can be seen that this is a typical British Tudor era.
building.
Kay liked this castle very much. It was low-key, not gorgeous, and had a lively atmosphere. He even thought about paying for it. Unfortunately, George V was unable to do anything because the previous asset resale made many people in the royal family extremely dissatisfied. They believed that this
It was detrimental to the dignity of the royal family, so even if George V wanted to sell it, he couldn't.
In the end, Kai could only pay a sum of money to rent this place as his temporary residence.
Kai lived here these days and began to read various books to enrich himself. Especially the information about the ancient country in the East. He was seriously planning to return there. Even Kai had planned his first step before going back.
, that is, spending a lot of money to buy back the cultural relics that the British plundered from the Chinese from the British Museum.
This can be regarded as him, a wanderer from another world, making some contribution to China in this time and space.
But after reading a lot of information, Kai Wuyu discovered that China in this time and space did not need his contribution at all.
Seeing how vigorous his predecessor in time and space was, Kai began to wonder, is it necessary for him to go back? The key is that he still looks like a ghost. With the current prejudice against ghosts among flower growers, it seems that there is nothing good about going back by himself.
Live your life.
Later, a visit from Cotman completely put an end to Kai's idea of returning home.
According to Cotman, the attitude of the great Eastern countries towards foreigners has always been unfavorable, so forget it, some honest foreigners can also live there. But it is only for honest ordinary people, as for those with extraordinary power
Foreigners, don’t even think about it.
Cotman also told Kay an incident to support his statement.
Around the middle of the 19th century, that was the period when vampires were at their most rampant, and vampires were fighting fiercely with the church in Europe.
At that time, vampires also thought about expanding to the east in order to increase their power. At the same time, the church also had this idea, but the church's approach was smarter. They planned to let the vampires take the front line, and then go there themselves in the name of helping flower growers to fight against vampires.
Flower growers take root.
As a result, when the vampires went, the church went with them.
And then they all died...
The flower growers were suppressed by the local government at that time...
The church sent people to negotiate, but the flower growers ignored them at all. They looked down on civil organizations like the church. Of course the church was not happy, so it organized an expeditionary force and planned to let the flower growers see the strength of the church. At that time, several countries responded
He responded to the call, but the church's expeditionary fleet was destroyed by a group of pirates before it could even approach the mainland.
What is even more frustrating is that the feudal government at that time did not know that there was such an expeditionary force coming to trouble them.