After introducing each other and getting to know each other's identities, William Aisku quickly brought Mavericks and Xu Yun into the house.
Friends who are familiar with history should know that the seventeenth century is a key node in British history.
In 1637, the bourgeois revolution broke out. By 1688, Britain finally established a bourgeois constitutional monarchy, and capitalistism began to develop rapidly.
The current time is 1665, and the Victorian architectural style that became popular around the world along with the constitutional monarchy has not yet appeared, so most rural buildings have a very strong Dutch style.
For example, this is the house where William and his family live.
In addition to the red brick material that Xu Yun noticed before, there are also steep pitched roofs, battlements, chimneys, etc. on the building outline.
The shapes of these additional modules are often undulating and asymmetrical on the outside. Most of the windows are square in shape and have large openings.
The arrangement of windows is also very casual, and you can still see a few climbing plants.
However, the exterior of this house looks quite petty bourgeois, but if you look closely, you will find that many parts of it have been stained or even aged. The actual condition of the entire building is far from the low-luxury one it seems at first glance.
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As a future physicist, Xu Yun certainly knows the life trajectory of William Askew:
Today's William Escue can be said in one word, non.
After his sister Hannah Escue, Lord Calf, married Nabas Smith, William borrowed a sum of about 20 guineas from her and started a horse-trading business.
And he soon made a small fortune. The exact amount is unknown, but history generally agrees that it was between 40 and 50 guineas.
So, William spent a lot of money to repair the house, which cost about ten guineas, which is the income of an ordinary family in fifteen years.
As a result, within two years of the house being repaired, William began suffering a seven-year financial loss.
According to Lao Niu’s records in some letters.
William has been engaged in five or six industries over the years, including ironmaking, construction, fruit, and sailboat manufacturing, but none of them were profitable.
The last business William did was the transportation of cotton, linen and pig iron that I mentioned earlier. This time, he had already found the next company and could get money just waiting for the delivery, thus changing his bad luck in one fell swoop.
Unexpectedly, the Black Death ravaged London again, and the route was temporarily suspended.
Of course.
William was unlucky, but his character was still very good.
Now is the period of British colonial expansion. As a graduate of Cambridge University, William actually has the connections to engage in slave trading. He really understands how profitable this thing can be.
At that time, his good friend Robert Cunha approached him and he only needed to spend five guineas, which is about three hundred thousand today, to participate in one share.
However, because William was a devout believer in the true sense, he ultimately chose to reject Robert's proposal and continue his serious business.
No one knows whether William regretted it twelve years later when Robert Cunha became the deputy governor of the South American colony of Guyana.
You can say that William's life trajectory was brainwashed, or that he was pious, but from the perspective of fait accompli, he was indeed a conscientious businessman who met the definition of doctrine and concepts.
Crunch——
The wooden door of the house emitted an old and long syllable, like a different kind of wind chime welcoming new guests.
William's house does not have an obvious entrance. After all, in addition to Switzerland and Italy, there are also many European and American countries in later generations that do not have the habit of putting on and taking off shoes:
They either wear shoes and walk around the house, or they wear socks or go barefoot.
This habit has something to do with the difference between stone buildings and wooden buildings. Whether it is good or bad depends on the language.
For example, from a normal point of view, we usually say that because of the long-standing relevant domestic culture, for example, it is inappropriate not to change shoes when sitting opposite each other, etc.
But when these words reach the mouths of some people who have received money, it can be said that the roads abroad are very clean, so you don’t need to change your shoes when you go home.
Okay, let’s return our sight to its original position.
When Xu Yun walked into the house, along with the creaking sound of the wooden door, there was also a strange smell mixed with various things.
There is body odor, musty smell, damp smell, etc...
Just like soaking a 250-pound fat man in water after sleeping on a straw mat without air conditioning for three months in the summer, it is quite impactful for modern people.
Fortunately, Xu Yun had a strong tolerance in this regard, so he quickly adjusted his condition and began to look at the layout of the house.
Unlike the strong British country style on the outside, the environment in William's home is extremely bad:
Adjoining the entrance of the house is a rectangular living room with marble floors and a fireplace cut out of the left wall of the living room.
A mural with a corner missing hung above the fireplace, which seemed to have something to do with teachings. Several wooden chairs and a lounge chair were placed around it.
It is not difficult to tell from the darkened animal fur on the lounge chair that these should be pieces of furniture that William bought when he was not losing money.
Other than that.
There are only a few boxes facing chopping boards, pans and other miscellaneous items left in the living room, as well as the triangular pitched roof on top.
The colorful white walls are carved with old cracks, and some scratches left by the condensation of sediment after water seepage can be seen.
There are no double eaves and nine ridges on the roof, there are no interlaced brackets, and there is no yellow tile roof. It is ordinary to the point of being boring.
The living room is divided into two at the end, one of which leads to a room with a narrow entrance. Judging from the sink-like table and the wooden bucket on the ground, this should be a place similar to the kitchen.
At the other end, it is impossible to see clearly where it leads due to the obstruction of sight, but if nothing else, the corridor is probably the bedroom or study room.
While Xu Yun was looking at the layout of the room, there was suddenly a slight noise behind him.
Xu Yun turned his head subconsciously, and the next second, his eyes met a pair of cute big eyes.
The owner of the eyes is a five or six-year-old girl with the same blond hair and a shawl, and her clothes are somewhat shabby and thin.
At this time, the girl's face was covered with a lot of mud and sawdust, as if she had just come back from playing outside.
Seeing this, Xu Yun couldn't help but murmured in his heart. He didn't know what fun it was to do outside in such a cold weather.
However, he was complaining in his heart. The little girl's appearance was still very pleasing and healing, so he naturally smiled:
"Hello, little sister."
The little girl blinked her cute big eyes, raised the corners of her mouth, and then took out a black thing from behind.
Then, before Xu Yun could see clearly, he waved his little hand...
Just listen to a snap.
This thing hit Xu Yun right on the head.
By the way, Xu Yun was quite familiar with this thing. He had played with it many times when he was a child, but he had never been called in the face.
It's called...
Cow dung.
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Note:
There will be another chapter later. I did moxibustion today and it was so exciting...
