Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1106 Silver Plated

After Michelle's introduction, Han Li learned that the brown-haired beauty was named Payton Donnelly.

It is said that she is currently a model in a modeling agency. Although she earns a lot of money, she is at the bottom of the list in the company.

When the three of them were drinking and chatting, Peyton Donnelly would occasionally swear when talking about the company.

She is always involved in small and rural events, but when it comes to big brands, famous designers, or appearances on TV and in newspapers, she is rarely able to participate.

From Payton Donnelly's complaints, Han Li had a general understanding of her situation, but her purpose for coming to the Ascot Jockey Club was not exactly the same as Michelle's.

Payton Donnelly can be said to be a horse racing fanatic. As long as she has time, she will be there to bet on every race in England. In her words, she enjoys the excitement of being on the racetrack.

At the same time, Han Li learned from their conversation that the jewelry his crow brought back yesterday was actually brought back from the Queen's banquet.

Although the Queen did not say anything, the royal family members, nobles and wealthy businessmen who were present yesterday were all looking for this set of jewelry.

Although the bids offered by these people were different, each one could be considered a big deal. Michelle and Payton's eyes lit up when they talked about this topic.

They fantasized that if they could find the jewelry that was taken away by the crows, the reward was only one aspect, and the favors from the royal family, nobles, and wealthy businessmen were too important.

A casual word from the other party can give them abundant resources. If they can take the opportunity to become famous, their future career and life will be completely changed.

Peyton Donnelly is more informed than Michelle. During the conversation, she also mentioned the 33rd Anglia Academy Film Awards which will be held in a few days.

Every year when the award is presented, many directors and stars from all over the world come here. She suggested that Michelle could try her luck there, after all, there are more professionals there.

(The British Academy Film Awards at that time were very prestigious, only slightly behind Hollywood.)
While the two of them were talking about the fashion world, Han Li was thinking about the Queen's jewelry set. He was considering whether he would have any chance of gaining any benefit from it.

Han Li doesn't really care about money; he cares about other benefits.

When women are drunk, they talk more than men, and they dare to say anything.

Han Li, who had been thinking about the jewelry, did not notice that after the two of them changed the topic, Peyton Donnelly's slightly drunken eyes were exploring something on him.

The time of drinking and chatting passed quickly, and before we knew it, it was already past eleven o'clock in the evening.

Payton Donnelly and Michelle didn't know what was going on, so they all left the bar together.

On the way back to the hotel, Han Li saw that the two of them had no intention of separating, and thought that his wish to teach Michelle a lesson tonight might be dashed.

But what Han Li didn't expect was that when everyone separated and he was taking a shower in his room, Peyton Donnelly, wearing a cool pajamas, knocked on his door.

Not to mention in England where such a prevailing culture exists, even in China, when people are drunk, it is late at night, and girls are chasing boys, many things can easily happen.

Han Li's physical condition has never liked any prelude. Just when he drove the car onto the highway, the door was knocked again.

As soon as Han Li heard the voice, he knew it was Michelle coming. He ignored Payton Donnelly's objection and drove the car with one hand and opened the door with the other.

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The next day, although the drizzle outside had stopped, neither Peyton Donnelly nor Michelle went to the racecourse.

You have to know that the horse racing meeting only lasts for five days in total, and every day is very important to them. If they didn't close the place, they would never come back.

It's not that they don't want to go today, but after the cross-country training in the evening and the crazy morning exercises in the morning, their bodies are simply unable to support themselves to go to the Jockey Club.

In this matter, Michelle is the culprit, and Peyton Donnelly is just the fish that was caught in the fire.

Han Li also got up and turned away without any reluctance, leaving the two of them staring at each other in the room.

However, Han Li still gave them a reason why he had to leave, which was of course a fabricated reason.

In addition, Han Li helped them to renew their room rent until the end of the horse racing meeting, and the room came with three meals a day.

Han Li wants to leave this town? This is absolutely impossible.

Because Han Li has made a lot of money by betting on the Queen's horse "Dunfulan", if nothing unexpected happens after the last two days of racing, he will be able to earn more than 100,000 British pounds.

Moreover, Han Li’s two little owls and four crows were still outside and had not been retrieved yet.

Therefore, after Han Li mercilessly left the hotel, he turned around and went to another more upscale hotel far away. Han Li stayed on the top floor of the hotel again, and the first thing he did after sending the waiter away and closing the door was to call a peregrine falcon from the vast peach garden and let it go to find the owl and the crow.

At this time, Payton Donnelly, who had recovered, got up from the bed and was about to take a shower. He suddenly thought of something and asked Michelle Feiffer directly.

"Oops, I forgot to ask for Han's address and contact information. Michelle, please copy it down for me later."

Michelle, as the main target, didn't want to move a finger right now, but after hearing the question, she sat up and said.

"I don't have any here?"

Donnelly: "Ah, haven't you been in contact with Han for two days? How come you didn't write down his contact address?"

Michelle: "It's really not my fault. Every time I leave, it's almost the same as now. Plus, I've been thinking about the Jockey Club, so I forgot about it."

Donnelly: “So what?”

Michelle: "What else can we do? Didn't he write down our contact address and information? Now we can only wait for Han to contact us."

"Take the initiative? That's hard to say. Do you think Han is someone who needs a female companion?"

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Michelle.
Han Li still did not go out today. He was drinking tea and sorting out documents in the new hotel.

In the morning, the peregrine falcon released by Han Li came back with a crow and a little owl.

However, when the two little owls came back, they were holding a knife and a spoon in their claws respectively.

Han Li was quite disgusted when he first saw these two things because they were yellow, black and very dirty.

Thinking that these were all the little ones' thoughtfulness, Han Li gave rewards to them one by one, then reached out and took a look at it.

However, when Han Li wiped it clean and saw the patterns and symbols on it, as well as the silver coating on the outside, he felt that these two things should have some origin, or at least some history.

Because Han Li's study of "Humanities and Social Sciences" required him to read and record various materials from different periods, he found relevant information in this regard when he came to England and spent time in the library.

The scenes of everyone having a set of knives, forks and spoons in foreign TV dramas are purely fictional, because before the 18th century, "silver" was a precious metal and currency that only church members and nobles had the power and qualifications to use.

At that time, ordinary people in the Western continent used wooden products, and it was considered quite good to have an iron table knife at home.

Later, because of a long period of war, some small nobles melted all the silver tableware and items in their homes into coins in order to maintain military expenses.

At the same time, the precious metal and currency "silver" was becoming increasingly scarce. In order to save face, the nobles of the Western Continent invented the silver plating process.

However, at this time, whether it was silver tableware and items or silver-plated tableware and items, only church members and nobles were qualified to use them. It could be said that silver and silver-plated items were their exclusive items.

If others secretly hide it or use it without authorization, they will be burned to death if discovered by the church, and hanged if discovered by the nobles. The property of these people will be taken over by the church or the nobles.

This situation continued until the 18th century, when the Industrial Revolution came. Silver plating became easier and society underwent earth-shaking changes, bringing in a lot of new wealth and forming a new merchant class.

These people yearned for the pomp and lifestyle of the church nobles, but at that time, they still could not afford sterling silver tableware and items.

At this time, the Industrial Revolution made silver plating no longer so mysterious and difficult to operate, so silver-plated tableware and items gradually entered the lives of ordinary people.

When Han Li was communicating with the two little owls, he learned that they had found these two pieces of tableware in an abandoned castle, but they couldn't tell what else was inside.

Han Li looked at the two silver-plated tableware and thought a lot in his mind. Then he kept only one of the little owl, crow, Saker Falcon, and Peregrine Falcon as a contact bird, and sent all the others out to search for similar places and objects in the mountains.

Han Li planned to wait until the horse racing meeting was over and after he got the money, he would go to the abandoned castle to take a look. Maybe there were other things buried inside.

Moreover, given the English people's old-fashionedness and the so-called aristocratic honor, if Han Li could find some vintage items with a history, he would definitely be able to sell them for a large sum of money.

If we find the belongings of that great noble family, then these things will be of great use. They will bring more than just money. If we are lucky, we can also exchange them for some technology or a few sets of urgently needed mechanical equipment for the country.

As for whether the bird could find new items after being released this time, Han Li did not hold out much hope, but if he did not release it, there would be no chance at all.

Han Li did this because
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