Chapter 161: "Lady Malena" Manor
Let Pia find a large number of people from the city of Palermo and hand them over to Marlena to command to clean and repair the manor, while Jiang Hao tinkered with those antiques by himself.
After the cellar was cleaned, wooden shelves were installed around it, so that these antiques could be placed in the future, and Jiang Hao took a few careful women to clean up those antiques little by little.
Life is full of surprises.
There are so many treasures in this, for example, there are 4 portraits of the 12 emperors of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji, Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng, there are about 180 Chinese paintings, and many Jiang Hao have heard of the name.
There are more than 100 pieces of porcelain, several Buddha statues, more than a dozen pieces of jade, hundreds of splendid products, and the most are books, Jiang Hao actually found a lot of Yongle Canons and Siku Quanshu, these books Mario feels that they are not valuable, but in this pile of things, Jiang Hao feels that they are the most valuable.
Take this back and take it back, it's a national treasure-level cultural relic.
He didn't plan to put these books in the cellar, he just let people clean them up and put them in the study, they should be placed there, maybe there is time, you can take a copy and read it, and enjoy it like an emperor.
1,500,000 lire.
A boatload of smuggled tobacco was exchanged for a room of treasures,
Europeans didn't know what they were worth, and a British officer sold it to the British Museum for £25 for just the money for a dinner.
After cleaning up, put all the things back in the cellar, looking at the rows of shelves, Jiang Hao felt very satisfied, and he felt like it when he touched these things.
Why did he spend money on these antiques, not only to turn the lira into a physical object, but more importantly, Jiang Hao found that almost every reward he received was something that appeared in the movie world.
"Mermaid" rewards watches, "Red Sorghum" rewards 1,000 cups of not getting drunk, "God of Food" rewards Stephen Chow's cooking skills, "Shinjuku Incident" rewards Japanese proficiency, and "Desert Island Survivors" rewards more than $1 million.
When you complete the quest "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", it would be nice to reward this house of antiques.
Thinking of this, Jiang Hao laughed.
"Looks like you really like them, and you've been busy all day for them." A female voice came from behind Jiang Hao, and he didn't need to look back to know that it was Marlena.
"Yes, I do like them." Jiang Hao nodded.
"But now it's dinner, let's say goodbye to them for the time being." Marlena came to Jiang Hao's side and whispered.
"Okay, from now on, Marlena, who accompanies me, by the way, how is the "Lady Marlena's Manor" organized. Jiang Hao asked.
"All the rooms have been cleaned up, and now there is a feeling of refreshment, as for the walls and fences, they have been ordered to be made, it will take about a few days, the gardens in front and behind the manor have been abandoned for too long, it is a big project, it is winter, you can only clean it up first, and then you can plant flowers and plants in the spring, and the whole manor will be very beautiful by then."
Marlena looked a little excited, this place belongs to her now, it is completely managed by her, and it is the wish of many women to tidy up their own house according to their own preferences.
"By the way, there is also that hillside, which was originally used to grow grapes, and then it was abandoned, what do you think is good to plant?" Marlena asked.
"Flowers, all flowers."
Jiang Hao said without thinking.
"We don't have to be short of money, there is no need to grow grain and grapes, plant this place full of flowers, get up in the morning and open the window, there is an endless sea of flowers in front of you, that feeling of relaxation and happiness, it is worth it more than anything else."
Marlena imagined the scene at that moment and nodded happily.
After dinner, the two held hands and walked around their manor, Marlena kept talking, how to transform here, what to make there, Jiang Hao listened quietly, nodded from time to time, or gave some small opinions.
For example, there is a utility room in the backyard, and there is a large cellar underneath, which is mainly for food, so Jiang Hao decided to fill it.
"Honey, you have hamster attributes."
"I'm planning ahead."
"Are you uneasy about the future?" Marlena asked.
"Yes, I have a hunch that Italy will have a hard time in the future."
"But the newspaper said that now the coalition forces are in full swing and have occupied many places, and Mussolini guarantees absolute security on the mainland."
"Politicians' is absolutely unbelievable." Jiang Hao shrugged.
The two returned to the room, the bedding was new, and Malena seemed to be very excited tonight, taking the initiative to sit on Jiang Hao and keep swaying, her figure was so perfect, and her voice was so melodious and tactful, it made Jiang Hao want to stop.
The next day, Marlena was busy again, and Jiang Hao gave her the task of spending money and repairing the manor, and Marlena was also happy to do it.
And he himself nested in the study, holding those Yongle classics and looking at them, these books can be said to be the treasures left by the ancestors, if it weren't for the movie world, let alone watching it, even if he touched it, he couldn't touch it.
Half a month passed, the manor had a new look, a telephone was installed, and a lot of food was stored in the cellar, Jiang Hao asked Pia to go back to the small town of Syracuse, and found four women from the families of the members of the organization to come over to help Marlena take care of the manor, and also sent a team of 12 people to guard the safety of the manor.
Marlena looked at her manor, liking it more and more, she took Jiang Hao's arm and said, "Why don't we come over and stay for a few days every other month." ”
"No, I've decided to open a new base here." Jiang Hao said.
It's really good, close to Palermo, the capital of Sicily, the transportation is more convenient, but it is located in the countryside, more than ten kilometers away from the city, even if there is a war in the future, the Allied bombing of the city will not affect here, and it should be much safer than the small town of Siracusa.
He immediately notified his group of subordinates to come over, Davi, Luca, Bashali, Sakadu, Fabio, Casani, and none of the six team leaders were missing.
"This is Marlena's manor, I may live here in the future, Davey, and make a gang branch in the town, it will be more convenient to do things."
"Bashali, in a nearby town, re-establish a cigarette factory, which is easily accessible and makes it easier for us to open up inland markets."
"Fabio, I've given you a task, from now on, find a way to exchange the organization's money for gold jewelry, dollars or pounds as much as possible, remember, definitely not Deutsche Mark."
Fabio is in charge of the cigarette market in the interior of Italy, so it is more convenient to do this, but he doesn't understand very much, and asks: "Boss, do you think more about the Allies in exchange for dollars and pounds, they are the enemies of Italy." ”