"Pa --"


    Arthur leaned on the pillow of the wound head, with a bright spoon in one hand and an egg in the other. He knocked it gently, put down the spoon, began to peel the eggshell, and looked down at the half unfolded newspaper.


    "Yesterday''s heavy rain did not cause trouble to the manor, did it?"


    "No big trouble, but a big tree has been hit by lightning and will be transported away today."


    Arthur raised his eyebrows slightly and looked up at Paul, the Butler standing on one side. Although he covered it well, he could see a touch of sadness on Paul''s face.


    "What''s the story of that tree?"


    “。。。。。。” Paul pondered a little, and then said with emotion: "that tree was planted in 1805 by Colonel Baldwin, the Earl of Boleyn, 204 years ago."


    "Well, that''s a real pity." Arthur slightly after a Leng, also is the expression with regret, "when they come to transport away, let me know, I want to go and have a look."


    "As you wish, count." Paul, the housekeeper, said with a smile, as if he had thought of something. He said again, "your father attaches great importance to these trees with a long history and a history of 100 years. He often says," planting a tree that you can''t enjoy the shade of green is the essence of civilization. "


    Arthur nodded in silence and took a bite of the egg. There was no way. What could he do without silence? His cheap father, whatever he said was so philosophical. What else could he say, he could only eat honestly.


    "Well?"


    After eating the eggs, Arthur wiped his hands with his napkin, picked up the newspaper and looked at it carefully. "The dollar is soaring. Spot gold lost 1000 yuan.


    Spot gold was at $996.80 an ounce. As the central banks of major countries, including the Federal Reserve, announced plans to cut some emergency lending instruments, the US dollar rose sharply, triggering a large number of selling into the gold market, leading to a sharp decline in spot gold prices in New York on Thursday afternoon, and missed the $1000 ounces mark.


    Although the price of gold retreated rapidly, it was one step away from last week''s 18 month high of $1023.85 ounces and the record high of $1030.80 ounces set in 2008.


    。。。 The weak US dollar is the catalyst for the recent sharp rise in gold prices. It is expected that the US dollar will further weaken before the end of the year. Therefore, there is a lot of room for gold prices to rise in the fourth quarter. "


    Time, more and more urgent!


    Seeing the gold price callback, this is undoubtedly good news for Arthur who is ready to invest in gold to make a lot of money. However, for him who has no money in his hand, it is a kind of urging, and opportunities will never wait for him.


    "When will Paul, financial adviser and lawyer James Cronin arrive?"


    "Count, they will arrive at three o''clock in the afternoon."


    No more breakfast, Arthur. No more breakfast.


    After breakfast, he changed into a blue suit in the cloakroom. After wearing a cap, he went downstairs. In the workshop in the backyard of the castle, he changed a pair of rain boots. He and his housekeeper Paul, who was almost dressed in the same way, walked to the distant hillside with four black Labradors.


    Except for old Dean following Arthur, the other three Labradors were scurrying up and down the muddy road.


    "Wangwang --"


    "thanks, Burt, get out of that puddle..." Looking at his own Labrador called Bert standing in a pit, Arthur with black lines on his forehead, yelled loudly, NIMA, you are Labrador, not erha!


    "Wangwang --"


    "hehe..."


    When Paul, the housekeeper, heard his master yelling, came out of the mud pit and started running and playing with the other two dogs, he couldn''t help laughing. To tell you the truth, this feeling was really good. It was like returning to the past. He and the old count were inspecting and walking in the manor together...


    After walking up the hillside, he saw three people and a tractor nearby a broken tree. Arthur looked down and spat her head. It seemed that old Dean, who was tired and panting, squatted down and stroked its head.


    "Wang Wang - mm-hmm"


    Old Dean suddenly called two times in a direction, and then made a light hum. Arthur looked along the direction, and could not help silence. His hands touching old Dean''s fur were more and more gentle, and his face showed a sad look.


    "It''s too old. The old count used to take him there, and he knew that it was his last destination." Paul, the housekeeper, said in a sad tone.


    Arthur sighed slightly, patted old Dean on the head, and then stood up and looked at a grove in the distance, where they buried their dogs in the cemetery of the Boleyn family. "Only death is eternal


    Then he stepped forward on the wet Hua grass. Dean, the old dog, looked up at his butler Paul. He walked with Arthur with some faltering steps. The butler Paul shook his head and sighed and followed him."Buzzing -"


    with the roar of electric saws and the flying of sawdust, a big tree that can''t be surrounded by adults has been cut into three sections. After hundreds of years of wind and rain, it still can''t resist the ravages of thunder and lightning.


    "What kind of tree is this?" Arthur asked with a slight frown as he looked at the blackened part of the front end that had been charred by lightning.


    "It''s a wild jujube tree. It''s very strong."


    Arthur''s eyes brightened slightly. Zizyphus jujube, also known as iron tree, is extremely difficult to become useful. Its root system is a good root carving material. Moreover, it is lightning struck wood. Although there should be no feudal superstition, he even ran across it. If he said anything that he didn''t believe in evil, he would be lying.


    "Paul, all the materials of this tree should be preserved, and the root part should be dug out as completely as possible with tools. Don''t destroy the tree and cut it down..."


    "This... Count, it''s time-consuming and labor-intensive. " Said Paul, looking at the housekeeper strangely.


    "I understand, but the root of Zizyphus jujuba is the best root carving material, which was planted by the ancestors of Bolin family. I want to make it into a home and root carving as a memorial. The death of Rou body is not the real death, but being forgotten is the real death, isn''t it?"


    Arthur''s rhetorical question left the housekeeper Paul speechless, so he could only nod his head and go forward to communicate with the three workers. You know, in Britain, it is expensive to link up with manual work, but it is cheaper to produce automatically.


    Time is money and cost. Artificial money is always the most expensive. With the reduction of the demographic dividend, I am afraid we will have to accept the fact that the labor force is extremely expensive in the future.


    "600 pounds." Paul, the housekeeper, came back to Arthur with a wry smile on his face.


    "Yes, but if the root system is seriously damaged, I won''t pay." Arthur nodded, turned up the volume, and said to the three men standing not far away.


    "Don''t worry, we are professional!" Three people stand out, a person confidently said.


    "Well, I''ll see." Arthur said with a smile. As he turned back to Paul, the Butler, he said, "sign an agreement with them."


    "Yes, count." At Arthur''s command, although Paul, the housekeeper, did not understand why he paid so much attention to the tree, it was nonsense to say that it was planted by the ancestors of the Boleyn family.


    In fact, Arthur was only temporary. However, at this time, Arthur was occupied by another thing, that is, he thought of the possible reason why he crossed the body - the silver cross!


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