After making a wish, financial freedom

Chapter 330
After getting this picture, he asked the red squirrel where it was.

The red squirrel replied:
"It's a bit far from here. You'd better drive there. It's near the town of Reading."

Reading Town, Li Zhuo remembered the name, and then he said goodbye to Red Squirrel.

The squirrel was trying to stuff the hazelnuts into its mouth, and could not speak, but waved its paw at him.

Li Zhuo walked out of the woods and returned to Hill Town. He found a convenience supermarket here and bought a British tourist map.

After checking, I found out that the town of Reading is located in the territory of Berkshire. It is a famous historical city. Its history can be traced back to prehistoric times. It is also very close to London. It had the most monasteries in the UK in the Middle Ages, even like some kings. After death, they are all buried here, no wonder there is a cross here.

In addition, the music festival here is also quite famous, held every August.

After reading it, Li Zhuo asked the clerk of the convenience store, and learned that there was a bus from here to Woking Town next door. This town has a large population and is relatively prosperous, and there are taxis available for rent.

Because Hill Town is too small, and it is a typical rural town, there is no rental business here.

Li Zhuo left the convenience store and found the location according to the staff's instructions.

After waiting for about ten minutes, a bus came, and there were very few people on the bus. Li Zhuo got on the bus and chose a seat by the window.

A few minutes later, the bus departed. The road was fairly smooth, with few bumps. Li Zhuo enjoyed the rural scenery outside the window, and he felt the sense of pleasure of traveling again.

After driving for half an hour, they arrived at Woking Town.

This town is obviously more prosperous, and the industry is relatively developed. Li Zhuo has seen several factories on the side of the road, and the town is also dominated by buildings with two or three floors. Unlike Hill Town, it is almost invisible. to buildings with more than two floors.

After he got out of the car, he saw a taxi parked on the side of the road outside a fast food restaurant. The driver might be eating.

Li Zhuo also entered the restaurant and asked:

"Excuse me, whose taxi is at the door? I want to rent it."

A middle-aged man who was waiting for a hamburger immediately responded:
"The taxi is mine. Please wait a moment, sir. I'll take the hamburger and let's go."

Li Zhuo replied:

"It's okay, you eat first and then talk."

This middle-aged man is very talkative:
"No, no, I'll just eat two bites on the way while driving."

The clerk put the hamburger and French fries into a cardboard box for him, and after he took it, he and Li Zhuo set off together.

It is not far from here to Reading Town, Li Zhuo found a reason to travel, saying that he planned to visit the church in Reading Town, and then return to London.

The driver nodded and said:
"There are a lot of old churches out there, you've come to the right place."

After arriving, Li Zhuo felt that this town was not much different from other British towns. There were more old-fashioned buildings in various styles.

There are indeed many church relics. The driver took the initiative to ask Ying to drive him to see various church buildings, including Roman classical, Gothic, Basilica, and some of which are close to the baroque style of later generations.

The driver also explained to him that these churches will appear in Baroque or transitional style, either because the church has been repaired for many years and incorporates a variety of styles, or when the previous church was rebuilt, it adopted the architectural style of the repair period.

However, some church ruins have been repurposed for other purposes, and Li Zhuo asked curiously.

The driver explained that these churches may have been sold to private individuals in later generations and became personal property, and some were suppressed after the rise of the Anglican Church and were eventually used for other purposes.

He also vividly told Li Zhuo that King Henry VIII of the Dodor Dynasty in the 16th century rebelled against the Holy See in order to get divorced and remarried, and established the Church of England.

The king later married six queens successively. As for the lovers, there are countless lovers, so that several of his queens were selected from the lovers.

It can be seen that the driver does not seem to have much respect for religion or the king.

While listening, Li Zhuo sensed the cross in the forest outside Reading town through the censer.

It was originally buried in the soil, but it was gradually exposed due to the erosion of mountain torrents.

If Li Zhuo hadn't collected it, maybe it wouldn't be long before people discovered it.

Now, I can only take advantage of Li Zhuo.

After he was sure that the censer had sensed the treasure, he silently closed it in his heart, and then the censer in the sea of ​​consciousness shook slightly, emitting a lustrous luster, as if it had been activated suddenly, and then a white light jumped out, locking on to the faraway treasure instantly. The cross outside the town.

In the next second, the light seemed to be bounced back, and shrank suddenly. When the light shrank back into the incense burner, the cross had already been brought back into the incense burner.

He really wanted to take a look at the shape of the cross, but now that there were people around him, he could only hold back.

The taxi driver drove Li Zhuo to see four or five local churches, but he just sat in the car to admire the facade of the church, and did not intend to enter the church.

Western preaching is crazy now, like dog skin plaster, if you take the initiative to enter the church, maybe you will often call to convert you in the future.

After reading it, Li Zhuo said to the driver:
"Please take me back to London, to the Café Royal Hotel, in Soho."

The driver nodded as soon as he heard it, he knew this hotel.

Another half an hour later, Li Zhuo returned to the hotel and ran a total of 80 kilometers. The driver asked for 300 pounds.

The price is about the same. A long-distance taxi in London is about 2.5 pounds for a kilometer. However, the driver will not be able to pick up the guests on the return journey, so he can only run empty. It is okay to pay an extra 100 pounds.

Li Zhuo happily gave the driver six 6-pound cash notes. The driver happily got out of the car, shook hands with him, and took him to the hotel.

After returning to the hotel, he immediately booked a flight ticket to Bangkok from here, choosing one to fly that night.

Li Zhuo checked out early and waited at the airport. He was quite worried that the strike of the entire public transport system in the UK, including the airport, would affect his travel.

Sure enough, the London airport once again made him understand what trouble is.

In order to pass the customs, it took nearly 4 hours. The plane that took off at 8 o'clock that night was forced to postpone its departure until a quarter past 9 o'clock.

After an overnight flight, which took nearly 10 hours, Li Zhuo arrived in Bangkok.

It was just after 3 p.m. in Bangkok, and after Li Zhuo got off the plane, he called Zheng Kun and asked him to go to the Mandarin Oriental apartment near Siam Square.

The apartment he bought there is usually inhabited, which is very suitable for business.

After returning to the apartment, Li Zhuo took the cross from the incense burner.

It was stained with mud and looked dusty. Li Zhuo took it to the bathroom to rinse it off, and then wiped it carefully with a towel.

Then he looked it up.

This cross is not small, about the size of Li Zhuo's palm, weighs about three to four hundred grams, and is golden. Its left leaf is bent, but it is not damaged or missing. Some kind of plant is carved on the entire cross. The shape of the leaf veins is quite beautiful in terms of its shape.

In addition, the central position of the cross is a piece of green jade, I don't know what kind of material it is.

Looking at its shape, it is relatively simple, and it must be an ancient British item. As for the exact age, I am not sure.

As for the price, to be honest, considering the weight of the gold of this cross and the inlaid jade, it is not cheap.

(End of this chapter)