As the center of the world in this era, the housing prices in London are very high, and ordinary people cannot afford to buy a house in London for the rest of their lives, even if they rent a house, a house that is almost passable, the annual rent is more than 100 pounds.

Don't look at the Earl of Hercules is a nobleman, there is a difference between a nobleman and an aristocracy, the top aristocratic estate is millions of acres, and the down-and-out nobles can only live by guarding their ancestral property, if the ancestral property is in the city of London, it is okay, with a lot of rent every year, life can barely get by, like Earl Hercules, the house is miserable in the "country", not only can not be rented out, not to mention, but also has to take a large amount of maintenance costs every year, so many people have to rely on selling their ancestral property to survive.

"It's such a luxury, just for just a few months, you bought such a big money-losing goods, and built a house in the Chelsea borough of London, you don't think you can make much money from doing this." Winston was simply too angry, although Christian didn't say how big the house was for Count Hercules, but Christian wouldn't be stingy when he thought about it.

Roque could only be speechless, Roque made money in the Transvaal and did not rely on real estate, the reason why Christian bought this manor was mainly to buy it for friends such as Winston and Neville, otherwise Christian would not have spent this unjust money.

In fact, the manor itself is still very good, the manor in Britain is often hundreds of years old, longer than the history of the white people who began to colonize southern Africa, and there are absolutely no wooden houses here, all the houses are built of stone, and it feels like the British have brought stones from all over the world to Britain.

Because the manor covers a huge area, there is no need to develop upwards in order to save space, almost all the houses are one-storey, but the internal ceiling is very high, the ceiling height of the main building is more than seven meters, plus the female wall and the towering tower outside, the overall height reaches ten meters away, and it looks quite magnificent.

There are sculptures on almost all the exterior walls, and the British craftsmen are also very good at the spirit of seeing the needle, and the empty space in the middle of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows is filled with sculptures by the craftsmen, which has no effect except decoration, but the aristocracy just likes this tone, and it is understandable to think about it, the family that has been inherited for hundreds of years, some of them have time to toss slowly, and the Eagle Fort in Nyasaland is also doing this, maybe in a few years, the Eagle Fort is similar to the castle on the local side.

"Winston, I'd like to buy a house worthy of Viscount status and give it to Governor Milner, so that I can see if there is a suitable one." Roque couldn't leave this matter to Christian, so he had to ask Winston for help.

Although Christian is wealthy, but after all, because of his identity, he can't actually access London's core resources, Roque is not afraid of spending money, what he is afraid of is that the money is spent, but it is not done well, in fact, not only Ade, Roque will stay in Sandhurst for a few months, and he also needs to have a foothold in London, London is not Pretoria after all, and Winston will come forward in more aspects.

"It's hard to find a house like this for Governor Milner, but it's hard for me to give me three days, and I'll get you the news then." Winston was referring to the welcome dinner three days later, and finding a house was a matter of money for Christian, but it was easy for a snake like Winston.

Don't forget that Winston was born in the Marlborough family, although by Winston's generation, he was already a side branch of the Marlborough family, but the prestige of the Duke of Marlborough could still ensure that Winston was like a fish in water in British politics.

Otherwise, Winston would not have been able to remain in Parliament even though he had been removed from the Conservative Party.

Sending Winston away, Roque finally relaxed, although Christian had hired someone to complete the cleaning work before Roque arrived on the mainland, but Bella still led a dozen maids to clean up diligently, especially the main building, Bella was eager to take a ladder to climb to the roof to wipe the roof again.

During Roque's time in Sandhurst, Zach would be in charge of Roque's security, and Roque and Phyllis had nothing to do, so Phyllis asked to go out in a carriage to see the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst that Roque would enter in a few days.

In fact, there is really nothing to see, at this time, the Royal Military Academy of Sandhurst and the Royal Army Military Academy of Woollich have not been merged, the most famous Churchill building in the future has not yet started, and the area of the entire school is not even as large as the manor that Roque bought, at this time Roque realized that Christian may be too high-profile.

Let's be high-profile, anyway, southern Africa is a "poor country" in the eyes of many Britons, and the more this kind of place, the more unearthly rich, if Roque behaves more aristocratic than the aristocracy, it does not conform to Roque's "personality" in the eyes of people.

"Actually, I didn't want to bring so many people to Sandhurst at all, I originally wanted to rent a simple little house for our family, the area is not large, but I will decorate it very warmly, when you go to school, I will take Gavin at home, and I will go out to buy groceries on Gavin's back, and come back to cook for you-" Phyllis said innocently, as if she really knew how to cook.

Roque doesn't ask for too much, it doesn't matter if Phyllis can cook or not, it's good to have this attitude.

"You're not going to laugh at me for being naïve, are you?" Maybe it's because the space in the carriage is a little small, and Phyllis is affectionate at this moment.

"Of course not, thank God for letting me meet you-" What else could Roque say.

"Know that I am better than the banker, I know that you have known the banker earlier, but the banker was not willing to marry you at that time, that only means that your relationship is not deep enough, I am different, when I saw the house on Mill Street, I decided to marry you." Phyllis is very grateful to herself for being decisive at the beginning, otherwise this potential stock would be cheaper than others.

Roque didn't know that there was this stubble, and he could only sigh at the role of the house in marriage.

In fact, Ada was not with Roque at the beginning, the reason was not because Ada didn't like Roque, if he really didn't like Roque, Roque wouldn't be Ada's guest of the scene.

When Ida was with Roque, she was already Cape's most famous rose, and Roque had not yet made a career at that time, if Ada was with Roque, Roque would become the "public enemy" of all men in Cape, and it is estimated that there would be no current Roque.

When Roque made his fortune, Phyllis crossed the bar again, and with the relationship between Roque and Henry, the relationship with Roque became closer and closer.

At this time, even if Ada wants to be with Roque, she can't pull off that face, but fortunately, Ida has Arthur, and it can be regarded as emotional sustenance, otherwise Ada's future life is estimated to be very hard.

What Roque and Phyllis didn't expect was that the little Sandhurst actually had an Itno store.

Itno in this era is absolutely unique, when Pierre Cardin and Givenchy were still small manual workshops, Itno has already begun to expand rapidly in Europe with strong capital and advanced ideas.

Sandhurst's Itno is still under renovation, and Roque noticed that it was Xia Jiu who was in charge of on-site supervision, so Roque knew that this Itno was an intelligence station under the umbrella.

Roque did not interfere with Xia Jiu's work, and Phyllis found a matcha shop on the corner at this time, and then happily took Roque to taste it.

After spending so many years in Southern Africa, Phyllis's greatest nostalgia for her native country is the authentic afternoon tea.

When she was in Johannesburg, Phyllis said many times that she would like to have a local afternoon tea with Roque and share her happiness with Roque if she has the opportunity.

The matcha shop is a place for afternoon tea, at this time the time is just right, there are still quite a lot of customers, the tables in the corridor are full of guests, and the British people do have a soft spot for afternoon tea.

What Roque and Phyllis didn't expect was that when the shopkeeper saw Roque's black hair and yellow skin, his face immediately changed: "Indians, Japanese - sorry, we don't do your business!" ”

Really, it's been so many years, it seems that Roque has never faced racial discrimination so directly since he became a sheriff.

And it is especially unreasonable discrimination, Roque really wants to shout: Lao Tzu is neither Indian nor Japanese, Lao Tzu is an upright Qing countryman!

Forget it, it's better to be South African.

"You're so rude, you should apologize to us right away!" Phyllis was a bit of a scumbag at this time, although she looked very angry, but her good upbringing and exquisite makeup really couldn't raise any momentum.

"I'm sorry, noble lady, I have no intention of targeting you, but we can't entertain this gentleman, it will affect the appetite of our guests." The clothes are quite neat, but the shopkeeper with yellow teeth has an arrogant attitude, and the customers in the corridor have not come out to speak up, and they are all laughing when they hear the shopkeeper's words.

Phyllis was so angry that her hands were shaking, her face flushed and she couldn't speak.

Roark patted Phyllis on the shoulder, pulling Phyllis behind him and in front of her.

"Now you still have a chance to repent and apologize to me, and I can forgive you for your offense to me." Roque is not joking, the reason why nobles are nobles is because of the ubiquitous privilege, although Roque is a yellow man, but he is insulted by civilians like this, Roque has the right to take revenge in any way.

"No way, you'll never get an apology from me!" The shopkeeper waved his hand and shouted, only to find that a dozen sturdy young men with gloomy faces had jumped out of the carriages in front and behind, and they were all looking at the shopkeeper with calm eyes that were almost cruel.

If the shopkeeper has come into contact with those who kill people without blinking, then the shopkeeper should know that this kind of look is usually used to look at the dead.

The guests in the corridor who were still watching the excitement just now were silent at this time, and everyone knew that Mingzhe was safe.

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