England 1986

Chapter 96 The Earl's Storage Room

This kind of family crest pattern has not been popular in China for many years, but abroad, this kind of thing is a symbol of status.

The logos of many commercial companies evolved from this thing.

To see this pattern, first look at the overall shape
Shield-shaped, with a knight holding a sword and armor inside, and a western dragon-shaped imprint on the background. Seeing this, Counselor Wang knew that it was most likely the family coat of arms of a certain nobleman, and it was also a Aristocrats who were born as military generals.

Those who were born as civil servants would not use fully armed knights as the family coat of arms.

I just don't know such a character, why write a letter to myself?
It has been two years since I came to the embassy, ​​and this is the first nobleman that Counselor Wang has come into contact with formally -- or a letter.

After opening the envelope, Counselor Wang frowned, and the corners of his mouth parted unconsciously.

Inside the envelope was a typed letter.

What made Counselor Wang happy was nothing but the content of the letter, to be precise, the words on the letter!
This letter is printed in Chinese!

Just this, not only made him feel very kind, but also made him have some other inexplicable feelings, for example, is this the cultivation of the nobles that people say, these old-fashioned nobles are very polite and generous in receiving people and doing things!
"I heard that Counselor Wang is the leader of the Hua Guo embassy in charge of all business affairs in Great Britain"

"I take the liberty to write, can I invite Counselor Wang to meet you?"

"Alan Hill"

Counselor Wang repeatedly read this extremely short letter twice. The content was as simple as that. He pointed out his identity and invited him to meet. As for the last name
I haven't heard of it, but it seems familiar, and I seem to have a little impression.

He poured down the envelope in his hand, only to find that there was still a business card in the envelope.

Counselor Wang picked up the business card, looked at it twice, and blushed.

"Who sent this letter!"

There is no stamp on it, so it must not have been sent through the normal postal channel, Counselor Wang looked at the secretary and asked.

"Uh, a middle-aged man sent it to the gate just now. He said it was the housekeeper of some family. I happened to pass by, so I took it."

"tsk"

Counselor Wang blushed a little.

Maybe most Chinese people don't care much about this. Some people haven't even had contact with this kind of people in the past few years, but they haven't been in contact, it doesn't mean they should be ignored!

This business card is not simple, it looks like the business card of a housekeeper named Huth.

But whether it is the long list of extremely "cool" special treatment on the back of the business card, or the honorific title added before the name on the front of the business card, it all proves that even the owner of this business card, this butler named Hutt, is a jazz !
Isn't it impolite for a lord from a long way away to deliver a letter in person without even letting him in?
Thinking of this, Counselor Wang quickly stood up, walked to the window and looked down, it has been so long now, and there is no one to be seen downstairs.

"Xiao Li, later on"

Counselor Wang didn't reprimand him. This was an unexpected situation. The people below didn't know about this kind of thing. It was an unintentional mistake.

"In the future, go and collect the public information of these nobles, especially these family coats of arms, let everyone take a look, don't be like today, people will not recognize them when they come to the door."

"what?"

After hearing Counselor Wang's explanation, the young man named Xiao Li suddenly thought of something, saw Counselor Wang waving his hand, and nodded quickly, "Okay, I know."

"One two three! Hey."

"One two three, hey!"

Allen folded his arms and watched several servants chanting slogans and twisting the lock on the gate.

This is the main door of the basement storage room. It is about a dozen centimeters thick. The door is made of pure steel and has an excellent anti-theft effect, but it is a little difficult to open every time.

It takes at least six people to lift the crowbar to turn the latch on the door.

Allen came to this basement once, but most of the things inside were waste to him.

such as
There is a certain wise earl, who stored the most valuable precious metal of the year --- aluminum ingots!

When aluminum first came out, the production process was very difficult. It was once defined as a precious metal, and its value was comparable to gold and silver.

After so many years, the appearance of these aluminum ingots has been severely oxidized, but the most serious thing is that these things are worthless now, so it is better to keep them and sell them as cultural relics in the future.

After a few servants finally opened the door, Alan waved his hand and took a step to the side, a gust of cold air rushed towards his face from the storage room.

This is not an ordinary cellar, but a well-equipped storage room that can even be used as an air-raid shelter during wartime!

Open the gate, and at first glance, you can see a naval gun placed inside the gate facing the gate!
Although the caliber of this kind of machine gun is not large, this thing is used on land, especially when it goes straight to the gate. In such a small space, let alone people, it will not work even if an elephant comes. Body armor and the like, just Don't even think about it, when this thing hits the body, it can directly shatter people, instead of simply killing them.

Bypassing the naval gun that the old earl took from some decommissioned warship, Allen walked in with his hands behind his back.

Although the cold light above the head is not very bright, it is enough to see everything in the room clearly.

He came in today to search for some old objects as gifts.

These are old items that he didn't sell at the most difficult time!
According to the direction in memory, he came to a storage room where sundries were placed, and waved his hand to let the servants behind him continue to open the door.

These small doors are simple and don't have to be as difficult to open as the outermost door.

Reaching out to pick up the box placed on the shelf, he gently blew off the floating dust on it, looking at the things in his hand, Allen smiled.

This thing is not considered an antique, it is a modern product.

But it is very rare, and it will even become rarer with the development of the times.

Moreover, this thing, if it is valuable, is not too valuable. The commemorative significance is greater than the actual value of the item.

Opening the box, I saw a small leather bag the size of a palm inside.

Unzip the metal zipper, finally leaking out the contents of the leather bag.

A small camera that is only the size of a cigarette case, made of all metal and made of metal!
Island-made Konan-16 Automat miniature camera.

As far as the technology of this thing is concerned, it was considered very advanced at the time. This camera was even called a spy machine at that time because of its compact shape and all mechanical features.

But until now, the biggest highlight of this camera is not the camera itself, but the engraved text on the back of the camera.

"Made in the defeated island country"

The translation is a string of English with this meaning.

It is a shame to the islanders, but a small camera that is very commemorative to outsiders.

At that time, due to some reasons, the Americans strongly demanded that such eye-catching and insulting words must be printed on the products exported by the island country.

Thinking of that Counselor Wang, it is said that he likes photography quite a lot, so giving him this special commemorative camera, wouldn't the human relationship be brought closer in an instant?
(End of this chapter)