"I thought you'd rush back to London to work on 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, so it's useless to be in a hurry.
Besides, I've never been to Cardiff before, and I've never seen the famous Cardiff Castle, so why not take a stroll around this time?
If I hadn't waited for my return home, I would have regretted that I hadn't visited Cardiff Castle, and I don't want to be left behind. ” 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 am very familiar with this place." ” As he spoke, the fat man pointed to the large green space around him and said, "This huge area is the most famous park area in Cardiff, and the road we are walking on now is in the famous Boot Park."
To the east is Sophia and to the north are Pentkana and Landaf Greens, which are connected to Cardiff Castle to the south. ” The fat man pointed to the large green area and went around in a circle and continued: "Maybe you don't know that such a huge area was part of the huge assets of the famous Bout family more than sixty years ago. ” The fat man stood there and stomped the ground with his foot, "This one hundred and thirty acres of Boot Park is now the largest park in the whole of Cardiff.
You must know that the back door of Cardiff Castle was a few kilometers away from the main body of the castle to the north, that is to say, before the fifth Marquis of Bout donated Cardiff Castle, Red Fort and Bout Park to Cardiff City in 1947, the area under our feet, this 130-acre Bout Park, is actually the back garden of Cardiff Castle. ” Hearing the fat man say this, Yang Jing was also surprised.
"Really?
Such a large area is nothing more than the back garden of Cardiff Castle?
"I have been busy at Vardy Castle for a few days two days ago, and the Vardy Castle, which covers an area of thirty acres, already makes Yang Jing feel that it is large enough, but compared to Cardiff Castle, Vardy Castle is like a newborn baby.
Valdi Castle's proud 30 acres of land is nothing in front of Cardiff Castle.
Cardiff Castle alone has a back garden of 130 acres, and Valdy Castle covers an area that is even a fraction of the size of Cardiff Castle's back garden......
The fat man nodded very surely, "Actually, Cardiff Castle was not built by the Bout family, if you want to talk about the oldest castle in the whole of Britain, Cardiff Castle is definitely the number one."
In fact, the castle was built by the Romans as early as 76 AD.
At that time, the army of the Roman Empire built a military castle here for defense, which was the predecessor of Cardiff Castle.
Cardiff Castle is more than 2,000 years old since then.
In contrast, what Edinburgh, what Kauf Castle, what Ivik Castle are all weak, and even Windsor Castle, where Her Majesty lives, is more than a thousand years later than Cardiff Castle in history!
” After a pause, the fat man continued: "It's just that after the construction of this ancient castle, in the following thousand years, although this ancient castle was inhabited by many nobles, it was also destroyed many times in artillery fire, and until the eighteenth century, this ancient castle was actually very dilapidated.
It wasn't until 1766 that the castle was brought back to life when the Bout family arrived and became the new owners. ” "The Bout family?
The most legendary family of the Marquis in England?
” "That's right, it's the Bout family."
The fat man said with great certainty.
Yang Jing has been in the UK for two years, and he has learned a lot about British things, among which the most legendary families in the UK are the most legendary.
Of course, Yang Jing also understood.
In the United Kingdom, in addition to the royal family, there are several major families that have to be mentioned, such as the Churchill family, yes, the family of British Prime Minister Churchill, who once produced one of the three great men of World War II; There's also Princess Diana's family, the Spencer family, and the Cavendish family, the Howard family, and of course, the Bout family.
The Spencer family is the earl, the Cavendish family and the Howard family are all dukes, and the Bout family, although it is only a marquis, is the most wealthy family among these families.
In 1766, John Bout, then Lord of Montstuart, arrived in Cardiff and married the daughter of a local nobleman, from whom he received a huge interest in real estate and mining rights in southern Wales.
Their grandson, the Marquis of the Bout family, the second generation, amassed a lot of wealth in Cardiff's rich coal resources and became Britain's leading tycoon.
Until now, the Bout family's financial resources are among the top in the UK.
The fat man said: "After the Bout family bought this hundred-year-old castle, they hired many well-known designers from Britain, the United States, Italy, and Turkey to renovate the castle, and finally turned Cardiff Castle into a luxurious castle.
However, with the depletion of coal in Wales, the Bout family eventually returned to Scotland and donated Cardiff Castle to Cardiff Town Hall in 1947.
It is currently the only castle in the UK owned by the government. ” Yang Jing shook his head and said twice: "This Bout family is really wealthy, and such a magnificent castle will be donated."
Alas, it would have been nice to donate this castle to me back then......"
"Haha, you kid also has a tempting time!
I said Lao Yang, it's past nine o'clock, don't dream!
"For this kind of daydreaming, the blow of the fat man has always been merciless.
Yang Jing glanced at the fat man angrily and said, "You can't let my brother and me yy!"
” "What's so good?
Brother, you are in your twenties, not a two or three-year-old doll, you are YY, please YY is reliable, okay?
” Yang Jing ignored this guy who hit people casually, and said to himself: "Isn't it just an ancient castle?"
Look at my brother, when my brother is developed in the future, my brother will build a castle bigger than this sooner or later!
” The fat man almost didn't squirt out on the side......
PS: Let's have a chapter first, and there will be more in the afternoon