"Um……"

Since he is not the real head of the Stewart family, Alan doesn't care.

This person is probably another descendant of a noble family who has fallen on hard times.

"What is it?"

Alan thought that this guy wanted to find him for something again, so he just waited here for him to come out.

"Well……"

When Wells heard Alan's question, a hint of embarrassment flashed across his face.

First, I secretly glanced at the gentleman's face out of the corner of my eye. Hmm... very calm, not angry, which is good.

Wells then organized his words a bit and explained, "Sir, it's like this, I... um... am currently employed by the British Museum, uh... I came here to discuss some business matters with the Spencer family, but was just stopped by Butler Stone, you..."

…

After Wells' explanation, Alan looked at the small stone next to him and realized that he seemed to have misunderstood. The Wells in front of him was not waiting for him at all. He just happened to meet Alan.

Wells came here today to discuss business with the Spencer family. As for why he was here, it was of course because Alan and Boss Cha were standing at the door of the manor and did not go in. Xiao Shitou saw them from afar. In this case, he just helped this stranger named Wells out of kindness, hoping that he would not go over and make trouble.

Otherwise...if you go to someone's house and find that the host is having a conflict, it will not be a good thing for doing business.

…

As for... eh?

Alan suddenly took a closer look at the middle-aged man named Wells. When the man saw that Alan was looking at him again, he quickly bent down again and gave Alan a shy and somewhat flattering smile.

"You're from the British Museum? Are you here to discuss business with the Spencers? What kind of business?"

Although the British Museum is very famous to the outside world, Alan told me honestly that he has never been there.

As for what business their employees came to discuss with the Spencer family, Alan was a little curious.

…

It would have been fine if Alan didn't ask, but when he asked, Wells's face became even more embarrassed.

Wells bent his waist even further, and moved closer to Alan. He lowered his voice by a few decibels and said in a low voice that only Alan could hear: "Your Excellency... the Spencer family is famous. Everyone knows that they are the family with the largest collection of ancient furniture in Europe. Our curator sent me here this time because the young Earl Spencer is about to succeed to the throne and has to pay inheritance tax... their furniture... let's see if we can help. Your Excellency, this is all the order of our curator, and I didn't come here voluntarily."

“…”

Grass!

After all this time, he is here to take away the family property. No wonder he has such a humble attitude when he sees me asking him. He has to tell me, but if he tells me, he is probably afraid that Allen will beat him, so... Wells first lowered his attitude to the lowest level, and then when he spoke, he also mentioned their director, saying that everything was sent by their director and it had nothing to do with him.

They were still talking about business, and using the swallowing of family property as a legitimate excuse to talk about business. Only the British could do such a thing.

Alan instantly recalled his memories. When he first succeeded to the throne, that old fellow named... Viscount Fox was very interested in his family's land.

At that time, his butler was just like Wells, he came looking for him after smelling the scent.

…

For a noble family, especially the British nobility today, every new noble who is about to succeed to the throne means a feast of dividing the family property.

No one can escape the inheritance tax which weighs more than half!

If you want to keep your family’s land or some high-quality assets with potential, the best way is to sell old items.

The Spencer family's hobby for several generations is collecting old furniture.

The furniture they collected, both in terms of scale and value, is larger and more extensive than the collections of most national museums in other European countries!

To put it bluntly, in the entire Althorp Manor, nearly half of the rooms are filled with these old furniture.

…

Alan's previous knowledge of the Spencer family was limited to what was recorded in the family books, which was not very accurate, but he had a rough idea of ​​it.

If the old furniture currently in the Spencer family were to be auctioned at an auction house, and sold at the value before the economic crisis a few years ago, all the old furniture could probably fetch up to 600 to 700 million pounds.

At this value, it was the price a few years ago, and it is estimated that it will increase now.

And now, just after the funeral of their old man, people from the British Museum came to their door after smelling the scent.

Their so-called help probably means purchasing a batch of old furniture from famous brands at a lower price.

…

During this period of time, no one who comes to divide the Spencer family's property will be able to offer them a fair price. Any old items will have their value at least cut in half. They are just taking advantage of the situation!

I know you are short of money, I know you have no one in your family, and I know little Spencer who is about to take over is a waste. Why don't you come to buy things under such circumstances? What are you waiting for?

For example, a table set that was worth one million pounds a few years ago is now estimated to be sold at a normal price of one and a half million pounds, or even more. When these people come to buy it, they are estimated to offer a purchase price of five or six hundred thousand pounds at most.

Once you receive the furniture and keep it for a while, you can make a profit of several million pounds by reselling it.

Even if you don't sell it, it's nice to keep it for yourself.

…

As for why Spencer Jr. didn’t wait for a while before selling the furniture?

Does he have the courage that Allen had at that time to openly order his servants to shoot the tax collectors who came to the door and drive them away?

He didn't!

Since he doesn't have the courage, little Spencer doesn't dare to owe the inheritance tax. If he wants to pay, he must sell some things at home at a low price. The reason is that simple. What Mrs. Renee was afraid of was people like them coming to her house, so she invited Alan to stay at her house for a few days to calm them down.

…

Thinking of this, Alan squinted his eyes and looked at Wells, who looked embarrassed and a little at a loss.

Is the Spencer family easy to bully now?

Of course they are easy to bully. Their biggest backer is their princess, Diana. But Diana is useless now. At most, she can deceive outsiders. People in the know are not afraid of their relationship at all.

But Allen had long regarded the Spencer family as half his own, otherwise why would he always help them?

Why did Allen beat up little Spencer some time ago? Wasn't it because he was afraid that he would ruin the family's reputation and even bring trouble to himself?

Now that Wells came to "collect furniture", it reminded Alan that since these things had to be sold sooner or later, it would be better to sell them at a low price. Instead of letting outsiders get a bargain, it would be better to... give himself a bargain!

Just now, he was thinking of relying on Diana's help to introduce him to French nobles and exchange some things from them. Now this bad thing happened, and Alan had no time to regret it, because he didn't expect Wells to appear.

Anyway, Alan's new castle is about to be built, and it will have to be renovated next year. He has to get some old furniture. Isn't this a coincidence?

…

Think about that scene...

When inviting friends to his home, Alan, as the host, pointed to a table and talked about the origin of the table, saying that the table was used by French King Louis XVI.

A certain chair was used by King Carlos I of Spain.

A certain footbath was used by Ferdinand VII, a certain dressing table was used by a certain princess. All the furniture in the house are old items, and they were old furniture used by celebrities. They can be used and serve as fixed assets. They can be passed down from generation to generation, and can be sold for money when money is urgently needed.

This is so cool...

It is much more high-end than those people who only decorate their homes magnificently and, when asked about furniture, only say that such and such table is made of solid wood, and such and such table is made of mahogany. These people only use the lowest-grade materials to highlight their grade. Isn't this statement?

When Alan thought of this scene, he even felt a little excited. After all, making money is for spending and showing off...

Why?

Just thinking of this, Alan suddenly remembered why no one from the British Museum came to his house to look for him when he first ascended the throne?

…

"You...are all the noble families who are about to inherit the title going to come and negotiate business with them like this?"

Alan looked at Wells curiously and asked his questions.

“…”

Wells was once again stunned by this question.

"Sir... before most nobles inherit the title, we will go to 'help' them, but... there are some nobles with special circumstances, so we did not go..."

Wells put it very delicately and politely.

His special case refers to people like Allen.

For example, the home of the Earl of Carmarthen.

Are there any old items in their home?

Yes... and quite a few.

The old earl died in a very low-key manner, but what does the director of the British Museum do?

Even though he seems to have little presence, he still knows this kind of secret information.

In recent years, there is no place in Britain where new cultural relics can be snatched. If we want to increase the number of collections in the museum, can we only turn to these old British aristocrats?

These local nobles, every family, have some good things in their homes. They don't force anything, they just jump out when the time is right and take whatever they can.

But some old items in the homes of old aristocrats are not suitable to be collected.

For example, Allen's house.

Most of the old items in his house are related to Wales.

There are also sets of armor and weapons handed down from ancestors.

But what’s the point of collecting this kind of thing?

How should the exhibition be conducted then?

Is it necessary to give a detailed introduction on the cultural relic: this knife belonged to a certain generation of Earl of Carmarthen, and how many Welsh people died under the knife?

How many Welsh rebels had a certain Earl of Carmarthen hacked to death with this knife?

…

Although these things in Allen's house are theoretically cultural relics, they are not easy to exhibit. Once they are put on display, the unity of the people in the United Kingdom will be affected after seeing them.

But if it’s not exhibited... wouldn’t it be a waste of money?

The British Museum is not a charity. Even if it collects the cheapest cultural relics, if they have no value and cannot even be exhibited, what is the point?

As for the other things in the Earl of Carmarthen's house?

Wells thought about it and seemed to have heard the curator say that in addition to a few old cars, their family also had a lot of old weapons. Wow...

That warehouse is like a small arsenal. A few days ago, this gentleman drove an old tank from World War II to London. Which nobles have so much "junk" stored at home?

In Wells's view, these old weapons are like scrap metal to the British Museum.

So… when Allen first took the throne, the British Museum was very perfunctory and didn’t even send anyone to collect their things. It was too useless, so everyone just ignored Allen!

Although it may sound unpleasant, from the perspective of the British Museum, they simply look down on the old items collected by the Hill family.

Listening to Wells's whining explanation, Alan felt very distressed. Was his family being looked down upon?

It seems... the poor and powerful one is referring to my own family. Apart from the land, there is nothing else worthy of the British Museum's attention.

…

"Little Stone, call the Spencer family's housekeeper and tell them not to spread what happened today. Keep their mouths shut! If I hear about what happened today from the outside world, humph!"

In front of Wells, Alan inexplicably began to assign Little Stone tasks.

"Yes, Master!"

Although Xiao Shitou was a little confused about what Alan was talking about today, he didn't ask too much in front of outsiders. He asked the servant next to him for the phone number and prepared to call the Spencer's housekeeper.

Butlers like them all know each other. As for whether the Spencer family’s butler will obey Allen’s orders...

Alan even dared to hit little Spencer. As long as the old butler in their family is not stupid, he would not dare to disobey!

…

"Haha... Mr. Wells, there were some minor accidents at Spencer's house today. Your schedule may be affected. If you are not in a hurry, why don't you come with me to Wales? I also have some business and I want to talk to you about it."

After Alan finished explaining the matter to Little Stone, he turned around, patted Wells on the shoulder with a smile on his face, and invited him with a smile.

“…”

Wells suddenly realized what was going on. He had just been wondering why an outsider like him was standing here. This gentleman did not avoid him, but asked the butler to make a phone call in front of him to talk about private matters that could not be disclosed.

It turns out... after talking for so long, I actually said this to myself.

Since there are some minor things happening at Spencer's house and it is not convenient to meet guests, it would be inappropriate for him to go in now.

Under such circumstances, the Lord invited him to Wales again, which...

I had no choice but to agree to it. Otherwise, how could I refuse?

"Ah... I am honored to be invited by you, Your Excellency. I am sorry to bother you then."

Wells touched his chest and bowed slightly, accepting Alan's invitation.

"Hehe...just wait here for a while, and we'll talk about it when we get back to Wales."

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