Chapter 422: Housekeeper and home
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The Mysterious World Under Steampunk
- Jiu Cheng Jun
- 2368 characters
- 2021-01-30 08:21:23
The Duke of Buckingham in the Kingdom of England was a legendary aristocratic family whether it was a hundred years ago or now, and it is also the world's top aristocratic family, and it has also been called the mother of Velon.
The reason for this name is that the blood of the royal family and the big family in almost all Velun countries has the blood of the Duke of Buckingham family. The women of the Duke of Buckingham are also regarded as symbols of perfect women by various countries.
In the Kingdom of England, the Duke of Buckingham was nominally a vassal of the King of England, but in fact, the Duke of Buckingham was not ruled by the King of England, and even the territory of the Duke of Buckingham was not under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom Council. The law, or taxation, the Buckingham Duke’s lordship is independent of the kingdom, and as a whole it is a country of China.
A job like the butler of the Duke of Buckingham’s residence is equivalent to a country’s court minister. It is not unimportant, and may even come into contact with the secret of the Duke of Buckingham. This position will definitely be handed over to the family’s old man, even for a lifetime, even Retirement can not leave the Duke of Buckingham.
So when Leo heard Jason mention Sanders as the steward of the Duke of Buckingham, the only thought was impossible. It’s just that he thought of Nielsen that he would definitely think of it, and still chose to hire Sanjas, so he must have investigated the identity of Sanjas. There must be no problem with Sanjas’ identity, then the new question came, Sanjas Why did you leave the Duke of Buckingham, and why was you not restricted by Duke of Buckingham?
Although Leo is not afraid of trouble, he does not want to get involved in unnecessary trouble for no reason, especially when these troubles involve the power of the Duke of Buckingham.
"Unclear." Jason shook his head when he heard Leo's inquiry. "Nilson asked him, he didn't say anything, but his identity is certain. It is indeed the steward of the Duke of Buckingham, and it's normal. The procedure for resigning was only because of the background of the Duke of Buckingham, so no one was willing to hire him. When Nelson and I found him, his family was already very poor."
Hearing Jason say this, Leo can be sure that it was not easy for Sanjes to leave the Duke of Buckingham. It was only for some reasons that the Duke of Buckingham was not willing to take any action against him, but used his influence to force other nobles not to recruit him.
A person who has been a housekeeper for a lifetime may have no other means of earning a living, so he will be in trouble. If Jason and Nelson do not show up, Sanjes will probably fall into poverty and eventually die in a corner of the city.
"If you don't want to hire him, let him be my butler. I just lack people." Jason is different from before, and he knows some methods of observation and observation, and can see what Leo thinks, so Very simply.
"No." Leo shook his head and said, "Since he has been doing this for a long time, there is no problem, so there is no need to change people. If you change people, you may not be able to find the right one. trouble."
At this time, Sanders walked in with two cups of black tea and some refreshments, put the refreshments on the table, and stood aside, saying, "Sir, since you are back, then the room inside the house must be opened. Yes, I can’t take care of it with my own strength, so I need to hire a kitchen lady, three maids, and two servants. You need a carriage and a horseman for your husband’s travel..."
Sanjes reported some work carefully, and did not show any unusual look because of Leo's civilian background.
"Everything will be handled according to your proposal." Since he has chosen to hire Sanders, Leo will trust Sanders' ability and will not intervene in these things indiscriminately, so he nodded after Sanjes said. Said.
"There is another thing I still have to tell Mr.." After Leo's approval, Sanjas did not turn around and left, but continued: "Although I left the Buckingham Duke's House by the normal method, and the resignation was also obtained. With the consent of the Duke of Buckingham, the process of leaving the Duke of Buckingham is not very good. If you continue to hire me, you may get some unnecessary trouble."
Hearing Sanjas’ words, Jason’s expression became a little weird. After all, he just said that there was no problem with Sanjas, but now Sanjais offered to show that there would be some troubles. Suddenly there was a feeling of being cheated, and an angry look appeared on his face.
While Jason was about to ask Sanjas, Leo reached out to stop him, then looked at Sanjays with interest, and asked, "If I continue to hire you, what trouble will I have?"
Sanjas explained: "The Duke of Buckingham may not care about me, the old man who left the Duke's House, but those who like to watch the Duke of Buckingham's eyes will think a lot, maybe to please the Duke of Buckingham, to the people who hired me. Do some bad things, such as forcing tenants in office buildings and shops to withdraw, renting off your source of income, etc."
Leo couldn't help but smile disdainfully. If it was really just these little means, Leo really didn't worry at all. After all, the money on him was enough to let him live a luxurious life for more than a hundred years. Those so-called industries It doesn't matter if the income is.
Leo narrowed his smile, and then asked again: "Why? Is it okay before I come back?"
"Because it is not Mr. Matthews and Mr. Jason who hired me, but you, Mr. Leo Dodd." Sanjas said quietly: "And Mr. Matthews and Ms. Catherine both have a special identity background People, those people would not want to offend them, and as Mr. Jason is not the main hirer, so he will not be harassed by those people."
Leo was silent, and during this time, a little bit of nervousness appeared on Sanjas' face.
Although Sanjes looks like he doesn’t seem to care whether Leo hires him, it is actually the opposite. He has already suffered enough, and his family lived very badly at the beginning, leaving him out of his stable life. He was reluctant to return to the slum life, but his professional ethics forced him to explain his situation to his employer, even if he would lose this stable job.
Leo suddenly asked: "Can you tell me why you left the Duke of Buckingham House?"
Sanjes was stunned. He hesitated a little and finally shook his head. He said, "Sorry, I can't say anything about the former employer. It's the same to you."
Leo nodded and said, "Well, I hope that if I fire you one day, you won't tell me anything about your new employer."
Sanjas froze for a moment, a little expression on his face, and asked with a happy look: "Do you mean you will continue to hire me?"
"Yes, I will continue to hire you until I think you are a trouble." Leo did not say anything, and set a prerequisite.
"Thank you, sir." After that, Sanjas saluted Leo, then returned to normal and turned away from the room.
"Are you still hiring a fuck?" Jason asked with concern.
"It's nothing." Leo responded casually, and then deliberately digressed, asking: "Doctor Nelson? Isn't he in the city?"
Jason shook his head and said, "No, the couple went to the Kingdom Council with Ms. Anne two days ago."
"For the Kingdom Medical School?" Leo asked.
"Did you hear that?" Jason was stunned, and then introduced in detail: "The Congress is not going to re-establish a Kingdom Medical College, but is preparing to expand the medical research in the Royal Academy, add some members, serve as Some medical schools can only."
Jason’s explanation did not meet Leo’s expectations, and he asked again:
Now that Nelson has made a decision, what use can they go to Congress again?
Jason explained: "I don't know the specifics, just know that Ms. Anne received a letter and then found Nielsen that something might have changed, and they rushed to the country all night."
Leo did not continue to ask questions, but changed the topic of Ah, chatted with Jason about some other things, then Jason got up and left, and let Leo take a good rest when he went, and took him to the city at night Here, have some fun.
After Jason left, Leo was familiar with this apartment building again. In a long time, this apartment building will be his home, which makes him feel inexplicable.
After all, in the Earth Federation, biochemicals cannot buy any industry. They have fixed rest places. These rest places are more like maintenance workshops. There is no sense of home, so home is just a word for Leo. , A concept of nothingness.
Now in this apartment building, I thought that it would be his home from now on, Leo could not help feeling a sense of inexplicable peace of mind, and even the body was relaxed, which has never been the case before.
Although this state will have some impact on various reactions, Leo does not resent this relaxed state, but quickly adapts to this state.
Afterwards, Leo found Sanjas. Under the leadership of Sanjas, he browsed every room, and through the ability of the spiritual network, he found a few dark grids and even Sanjas who did not know. Safes, and some cash, valuables and expired documents were also found in those safes.
After Leo put these things away, he began to consider the renovation plan of each room. Whether it is making wizard potions, making mechanical organs, or practicing witchcraft, a separate room is needed, and it needs to be different according to different Function.
When browsing the room, Leo has quickly sorted out a few suitable plans, and selected one from it, quickly drawn a sketch and rendering on the paper found by Sanjas, He then handed it to Sanjas along with a portion of the cost and asked him to find someone to reform it.
After that, Leo freshened up and put on a suit selected by Sanjas. The previous one was too exotic and not suitable for wearing in the Inge Kingdom. The set he chose is the most popular in Inge Kingdom now. Half of the windbreaker suit, with a certain top hat and walking stick.
Because of the ready-made clothes, Leo wears a little tight, Sanjas said that in the afternoon to find a suitable tailor and leather boots to customize a few sets of clothing for Leo.
Leo, who changed into his clothes, returned to the study on the first floor.
This study is located on the inside of the apartment building, two floors high, and the huge floor-to-ceiling windows form a wall. Outside is the small garden. During leisure, you can directly open the small door next to the window to walk or drink afternoon tea in the small garden. .
The study room is very particular about the construction. The bookshelf, which is as high as the ceiling, is close to the wall. The bookshelf is full of books. A mobile wooden ladder is specially set up next to the bookshelves for the convenience of taking books.
The books on the shelf are some ordinary publications. From the traces of the books, it is clear that the former owner of the house bought these books mainly to flush the facade and make him look very knowledgeable. If it is not often cleaned, Perhaps these books are now covered with dust.
Although the books are the most common publications, anyone can buy them with money, but these publications are not useless for Leo. In fact, these publications are very complete, from the history of various countries to the three continents Geography, from some people's livelihoods to the latest technology weekly, in short, all kinds of books can be found here, just like a small library.
Although Leo learned a lot of mysterious knowledge from Elder Rembrandt that he could not learn elsewhere, his understanding of the world of Velon is still not enough. The vast majority can only rely on the memory of Leo in the past, so now in this study The book can just fill the gap in his knowledge, so that he can have a more detailed and more complete understanding of the world~EbookFREE.me~ even if this understanding is just the skin.
"The general history of Wei Lun? Let's start with this one!" Leo's eyes glanced over the bookshelf, and finally stopped at a large book that was as thick as the entire medical collection, pulled it out, and walked to the desk, Spread on the table and looked carefully.
In the following days, Jason didn’t seem to consider the matter of running as a freight terminal manager, leading Leo from morning to night in the various urban areas of Port Saite, walking from the dock area to the garden area, and even Even the factory area has gone through some relationships to visit some private factories.
These days of tours are not without gains. At least Leo found a few places worth investing in, invested in some factories with potential but insufficient funds, and became one of the shareholders of the factory. With these investments, he gradually entered. In the eyes of some dignitaries in Port Sait, after all, not everyone can casually take tens of thousands of funds out of their pockets to invest. They all think that Leo is an invisible rich businessman.
But, when the information about Leo was sent to their office table soon, they were all surprised, because in their records, Leo was just an ordinary soldier, and he was a comrade-in-arms with Jason and Nelson. The industry of the former was the royal industry, but it was only a few years ago that he transitioned to his name. This made the established dignitaries can't help but speculate about the relationship between Leo and the Inge royal family.