The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

This is a typical residential area of ​​a small rural farm in Victorian England, with built small bushes, gardens, and original farmyards. ???? ㈧? ㈧?? ㈧㈠㈠?

Zhang Nan was not even ready to come to England to work in farming, and he did not buy the acres of farmland owned by the original owner of the house. He only asked for this farmyard, which covers about half an acre of land.

After the money was paid, the original owner of the yard bought a piece of land on the edge of the village. This will be building a new home, and it is estimated that he will make a lot of money!

But this yard is not small, half an acre is 2ooo square, which is equivalent to three acres of land, and there is already a very nice large garden around it.

There was originally a low house for breeding poultry in the yard, which has been demolished and rebuilt and turned into a garage-have you seen a Victorian-style garage?

Now Zhang Nan has one.

"The house was built in 183o, and after several renovations, it still basically maintains the Victorian style inside, but there are also a few relics of the earlier Georgian style..."

John gave an introduction and mentioned the situation of the whole village by the way. The people in the village depend on farming for their livelihoods, and the village life is quiet and plain.

Although the housekeepers may not be very enthusiastic, they will certainly not disturb Zhang Nan’s life here, and the law and order here is very good. There have been no thieves visiting this small village for more than 20 years. Yes no.

However, although this small courtyard has a history of more than one and a half centuries, it is not the oldest courtyard in the village. Instead, it is one of the last houses built.

Among the existing and inhabited farmhouses in Hokson Village, the oldest one was built in 143o, and it still retains the medieval architectural style!

5oo years!

Of course, the house should have been maintained and renovated many times. It is still an old building registered in the local government agency-that house is like China’s “cultural relics protection unit”. You can live in it, but any major renovation will be fine. Need to be approved.

Entering this two-story farmhouse, the masonry structure is very strong and the interior is also very well preserved.

This was a house built by wealthy farmers at the time: since the rise of the enclosure movement, people who can build houses of this size in the countryside must be relatively wealthy.

There are also some small farmhouses in the village, and those are estimated to be used by farmhands at the time-the houses in the village are sparse and very wide. This is because in the 19th century, many farmers lost their land and were forced to go to the cities to pan for gold. Inadvertently they became their own money-making tools.

Therefore, there are not many newly built "luxury farmhouses" in the village during the Victorian period, but many older farmhouses are preserved.

In order to adapt to modern life, in addition to the four bedrooms, there are 3 bathrooms in the farmhouse. The kitchen and living room also have modern equipment, but there is no TV in the living room with ordinary old oil paintings.

Do you put a big head TV in your Victorian-style living room?

It's not right to think about it!

Not bad, really good! The living room is very tall, and some of the glass inlaid between the cast iron panes are stained glass, which should have a history of hundreds of years.

Standing in front of the window, you can see the beautiful view of the English garden, which is very well protected-and when you come out of the living room, if you sit and drink tea under the open-air flower stand, you can see the undulating farmland and grass within a kilometer or two. With woods.

Of course, the view is better from the windows of several bedrooms on the second floor.

The kitchen of the house is newly renovated and furnished. There are still a lot of food in the refrigerator. There are also many canned food and spices in the cabinets on the wall...

This is because the housekeeping company sent it early in the morning to learn that the host will stay here for one or two days in the future. Zhang Nan and the others will be able to live here comfortably for a few days.

When I left, the housekeeping company would naturally send someone to clean up after a phone call.

There will be three more cars in the garage: not four wheels, but bicycles, which will be a common means of transportation in the English countryside.

The three of Zhang Nan didn't have a British driver's license. Although everyone could drive a right-hand drive, they couldn't get on the road in the UK and they were not used to driving on the left.

After looking at the house up and down, the three of them came to the car parked in the yard and took out four trolley boxes from the car, one of which was very large and heavy.

Moving the box into the living room, Zhang Nan said to John: "When I came, I saw that many farmyard yard walls were stone walls. Can I change it here too."

John immediately said: "No problem! Your farm house is not a protected building. As long as it does not damage the overall feeling of the whole village, it can be constructed without approval. However, it is best to use antique styles for the stone wall and match the house with the yard. ."

"Of course. Mr. John, this requires you to contact the relevant construction company, but you need to wait for the contact to start construction. I still need to deal with some things first."

"Okay, no problem, Mr. Allen."

This is definitely a good thing for John. As a middleman, he can make a fortune. This Mr. Allen is very generous, but some requirements are very strict: for example, the interior of the house can be decorated, but the garden is not only what he requires. , Others must not make a difference!

The project payment is very generous, but the liquidated damages are even more terrifying-if the construction team works outside the scope of the contract, as long as there is any trace, the liquidated damages will be 10,000 pounds!

The money of the rich is not so easy to make!

"And Mr. John, it's still the old rules. I hope you can send someone to stare here every day during the construction process. My requirements are very high."

"Understand Mr. Allen, you can rest assured that it will satisfy you. The foundation error of the construction will never exceed half an inch!"

John also demands high standards and strict requirements: the rule is only over an inch, and you will die!

If the engineering team is unwilling, you can skip the job, but you won't make double the profit: there are still many engineering team bosses who want to do this job.

Just be careful and careful. In fact, this is also one of the most important requirements in the project.

As for why Zhang Nan set up such strict standards? He didn't need to explain this at all—if he was in China, he would say it was because of Feng Shui.

For the British, forget it, you just need to implement it.

Actually?

Because there is an amazing wealth buried under this land!

They can all be called astonishing treasures!

For the British, at least, these treasures, buried for more than 1,500 years, would definitely stir the entire British Isles if they were made public!

The so-called "Ninth Treasure in the World" will be at the feet of Zhang Nan!

The wall of the seminary, to put it plainly, is to block the sight of the outside world, and the low fence wall does not work.

However, the engineering team is not in a hurry to start work. First, determine the location of the treasure. Zhang Nan knows that the treasures are at least one meter and five meters deep from the surface, but it is hard to say which part of the yard is.

If you are too close to the courtyard wall, then you should not start construction first, and then think of other ways, at most temporarily raising the fence, and enclosing it with plastic sheeting when you really want to work.

Before John left, he left a phone number for the taxi company. If Zhang Nan wanted to use the car in the past two days, a phone call would come as soon as possible.

When John left, Zhang Nan and the three began to pack their luggage.

After putting personal belongings in their respective rooms, they went to the living room to deal with the big box.

As soon as I opened it, two sets of equipment were revealed: one was the underground metal detector he bought the other day, and the other was larger in size and had a lot of small accessories.

This is a ground penetrating radar, which can display the general shape and nature of metal objects 3 meters below the ground on the screen. It can be described as an extremely professional device!

However, unlike metal detectors that can be carried on a human body for easy movement, this underground radar is "fixed". To put it bluntly, after detecting an area, it must be moved a bit before it can continue to work.

"A Nan, when shall we do it?" Xiang Weirong and Zhang Nan walked into the yard, while Guan Xingquan ran to the kitchen to prepare Chinese food.

"Let's talk about it at night, it's not good to be seen during the day."

The good security of this part of the English countryside is also a problem: to Zhang Nan, most of the houses in this village are undefended!

Even if some yards are surrounded by stone walls, they can be easily climbed up with potholes, and the height is only more than two meters. Some walls are more than one meter high, and hurdles can cross over!

And for the old houses inside, this anti-theft measure is equivalent to no!

After a while, Guan Xingquan came to call someone to eat.

Looking at the Chinese food he prepared, Zhang Nan said directly: "Brother Guan, I think I should let my brother-in-law come for dinner, your craft..."

Guan Xingquan scratched his scalp with embarrassment-who said that every one of them would be a good cook after ten years of service?

In the 1970s and 1980s, ordinary infantrymen often needed to go to the cooking class to help the kitchen. But Guan Xingquan was different. Except for the three-month recruiting period, he was trained as a special soldier, and he didn't need to help cook at all.

A large bowl of noodles for one person, the raw materials prepared by the housekeeping company, it is not particularly difficult to buy Chinese-style noodles in the UK, where there are Chinese.

Noodles were often eaten in Yanxian, but the housekeeping company did not prepare vegetables, so Guan Xingquan cooked a pot with tomatoes, eggs and some shredded pork.

It also seemed to be a bit overcooked and swollen, and Zhang Nan didn't like the smell of tomatoes.

But now that it has been made, let's eat it!

What else do you expect in the UK?

Riding a bicycle for 20 minutes can find a small British restaurant. In fact, it is more like a bistro. John said that it is a common country pub in England. If you feel bored at night, you can go there to relieve your boredom.

Unlike American bars, the country bars here may not be too enthusiastic to strangers at first, but they are not exclusive.

But don’t expect any good food in British restaurants!

Besides fish and chips, what can you expect?

Fortunately, it’s not Scotland. Otherwise, the kind of Haggis cooked with lamb’s stewed liver, offal, oatmeal and onion in a bag made of lamb stomach~www.readwn.com~ will definitely let Zhang Nansan People just run away!

"Hulala" while eating the noodles, Guan Xingquan asked, "We will dig after the wall is built?"

"Morning, I can't dig now. Determine the location first, things can't run under the ground."

Speaking of throwing a piece of tomato into the trash can, "It is estimated that there will be more grades, and the weight may also be recorded in tons. It is impossible for us to take it all at once. Slowly think of a solution.

The two of Guan Xingquan had already passed the anger before, and the thing might be a huge amount of precious metals, and it would be extremely troublesome to bring it back to China or the United States.

Of course there is a way to take a few hundred grams at a time, but what if it’s a few hundred kilograms and tons?

The British Customs is not a paper-cut organization, and seeing those things will definitely be as cruel as a hungry wolf!

The two of Xiang Weirong didn't ask how Zhang Nan knew there were treasures here. There were too many magical things, no wonder! Moreover, the United Kingdom had robbed China from China at the beginning, but I don't know how many treasures. Xiang Weirong and Xiang Weirong are highly motivated when they come to Britain to find treasures! (To be continued.)