British 1986

Combining all the recent events, a very big plan slowly emerged in Allen's mind.

Become a large supermarket!

Warehouse style supermarket.

Now I have clothes, fabrics, radios, barely considered electrical appliances, medicines, various foods, and in the future, instant noodles, various canned goods, plus so many ranches throughout Wales and Australia.

Beef, pork, mutton, milk powder, and milk can all be made.

With so many miscellaneous things, it’s not too much to build a large supermarket, right?

Even if the variety of products is small, he will take his time in the future. In addition, he will only sell locally at first, and Blue Knight can deliver it to your door. All products will be published in a book and distributed to members according to the current takeout routine. .

Isn’t it convenient to have food and drinks delivered to your home with just one phone call?

From now on, customers in towns and villages can call to order goods for food, clothing and clothing and have them delivered to their homes.

Customers in the city can call to order takeout. There are many supermarkets in the city and there are many choices, so you need to slowly eat away.

Both lines must be grasped, which can cover more than 60% of ordinary people.

Take your time first and spend a few years penetrating the whole of Wales.

With a population of over two million in Wales, as long as the quality of goods in Mr. Allen’s supermarket improves, coupled with the price advantage

Why even decades later, many places still maintain sufficient resistance or vigilance against the entry of large supermarkets such as Wal-Mart or Sam's Supermarket.

This kind of "small business" seems to be just a retailer. In fact, if you think about it a little deeper, it is still very critical.

People's livelihood supplies have been the most important thing to maintain social stability since ancient times.

For large supermarkets like this, as long as the quantity of goods purchased is large and the transportation channels are mature, the price of goods can be further reduced.

With the price advantage, all local small and medium-sized supermarkets can be squeezed out within a few years. In areas with low population density like Wales, except for a few wealthy civilians who have farms at home, the current lifestyle of most people is also Just go to the supermarket once a week to buy supplies.

With price advantages and even door-to-door delivery with just a phone call, this model will crush all those small and medium-sized supermarkets that are stubbornly resisting.

Then we can further bind the living items of the entire Welsh people to him.

Think about how millions of people’s daily food, drink and clothing are all under his control.

Until then.

Whether it is to enter England eastward or to control all the people's food, clothing and supplies in a principality, this is a very important bargaining chip.

This model feels a bit like Wal-Mart or Sam's Club.

"Huh"

Just when he thought of this, Allen was suddenly startled and suddenly thought of Wal-Mart. When was this Wal-Mart established?

I had never paid attention to news in this area before, but now I suddenly thought of them. I don’t know if this company exists now. If so, what kind of development have they become now?

It seems that after returning from watching the Olympics this time, Old Carl will have to go back to the United States to investigate them carefully.

Allen is not trying to nip future competitors in the bud, but is preparing to see if they are there now and how they have developed. If they have a certain scale, then dig some corners first!

"Master, you are back. Duke Angus is here."

"Oh? Why is he here? Where is he?"

When Allen entered the house, he was still thinking about the supermarket, but it was Hu Te's reminder in a low voice that brought him back to his senses.

I glanced around the living room in confusion, but didn't see that fat figure.

"Duke Angus waited for a while. I saw that he was not in a good mood, so I suggested that he go fishing at the lake, which is the land you often go to."

"Well where's William?"

"His Royal Highness William is taking an etiquette class, and His Highness Harry is taking an English class."

"Okay, I'll take a shower and change clothes first."

Allen took two steps and was about to go upstairs when he stopped and thought. Just now Hute said that Angus seemed to be in a bad mood?

What should a man do when he is in a bad mood?

drink wine!

"Hu Te, ask Master Zong to cook some side dishes for me. I want to drink Chinese liquor with Angus. Let's go by the stream. You will send someone to tell Angus later and ask him to wait for me to wash up. Take a shower and change clothes."

"Okay, young master, I'll ask someone to inform him right now."

"Um"

After changing into long sweatpants, a short-sleeved top, and wearing slippers, Allen wandered to the creek where he often fished.

In fact, the terrain here is not very good. There is a small water hole and the water is relatively shallow. If you want to catch any big fish, don't even think about it. The main thing is to have fun. No one here likes to be in this kind of creek. I am doing freshwater fishing, so the small fish are relatively silly and can be caught with some bait.

Angus was wearing a gray thin suit, the coat was missing somewhere, and the sleeves of his long white shirt were rolled up, revealing two big elbows covered with long hair, like a black bear, sitting on the overwhelmed On the small stool, he was busy with a thin fishing rod.

Allen walked gently behind Angus, folded his arms and said nothing, just looking at him.

When people fish, they just throw the hook into the water and then wait patiently. But he is lucky. The fishing rod is like a stick in his hand. It is better to say it is fishing than to poke fish.

"You're like this, and you can only catch one fish in your lifetime."

After looking at him, he really couldn't stand this naive attitude anymore, so Allen reminded him aloud.

"Ouch, Fuck!"

Angus was startled by the sudden sound from behind. He almost lost his grip on the fishing rod in his hand. He turned his head with great effort and saw clearly that it was Allen.

"You're finally back, I've been waiting for you all afternoon!"

As he said this, he turned the fishing rod aside and stopped fishing altogether.

After taking the small stool, Allen walked towards the stream and placed the small stool directly on the edge of the shallows. After sitting down, the stream could cover his feet, and the cold water was very comfortable.

Angus looked at Alan's behavior and quickly imitated his example. He kicked off his leather shoes, tossed his socks, and also stuck out his buttocks and moved a small stool to sit next to him.

"What's going on? I heard from Hu Te that you are in a bad mood today. What have you been busy with lately?"

Allen stretched out his hand and took the cigarette from the servant, Sanwu, a very common brand.

Hand one to Angus.

Angus looked at this filtered cigarette with some disgust, but still caught it.

"I just came back from London recently. I didn't even go back to Manchester. I came directly to you."

"Why am I not at home every time you come to see me?"

Allen was a little speechless. What a coincidence, almost every time this guy comes, he is not at home.

"Why"

Angus sighed and said: "I've been getting closer to the Duke of Kent recently and hanging out with him. He also invited me to wait until the end of Parliament and let's go hunting in West Africa after Christmas."

Duke of Kent?

Regarding this person, Allen was stunned. It took him a long time to remember who it was. He couldn't help but asked curiously: "Why did you get together with him?"

The Duke of Kent has a high title, a high status, and is extremely famous. His family situation is similar to that of Allen. He inherited his father's title when he was seven years old. He has been extremely handsome since he was a child.

In his youth, he joined the army in Scotland and worked everywhere. At the age of 24, he became a member of the House of Lords and began his career as a veteran in the House of Lords for more than thirty years.

He was there the last time Alan went to the House of Lords to encourage Angus to do something.

This old guy is over fifty years old this year. He is a Duke. He lives in poverty and has a notorious reputation. It can be said that it shocked England.

But the biggest difference between him and Allen is that he comes from a high family and is part of the royal family. The Duke of Kent is the queen's cousin. In other words, he and the queen have the same grandfather. To put it bluntly, they are a clan. Clan relatives.

His duke is different from Angus. Angus' ancestor was the Duke of Manchester, which sounds famous, but he, Angus, is a foreign minister, and the royal family has no obligation to support his family.

Not mixing well.

If you don't get along well, just sell your ancestral property.

But the Duke of Kent is different. He gets the salary of a royal family member every month, which is standard Duke treatment.

But even with such favorable conditions, this old man is still a member of the Moonlight Clan in the aristocratic world.

His monthly salary was all spent, and that’s not all. He even sold his property when he ran out of money.

They are all royal things, it is said.

He even dared to sell his father's prince's crown, which can be called the ceiling of the prodigal son in the British aristocracy.

Well.

Thinking of this, Allen looked at Angus with an even weirder look.

As expected, people of the same kind flock together. The prodigal son of the royal family and the prodigal son of the foreign ministers really saw each other. The Duke of Angus and the Duke of Kent are not much different in age. Their hobbies are prodigal and blonde girls.

This pair of sleeping dragons and phoenix chicks get together

"What are you looking at? What are you looking at me for? We are talking about business! National affairs."

Duke Angus felt uncomfortable when Allen looked at him, and his self-esteem was greatly hit by the look he was looking at an idiot. He twisted his buttocks, and the small stool he sat on made a few unbearable noises.

"Humph, what big thing can happen to you two? Are you discussing how to sell the House of Lords?"

"Hmph! Let me tell you Allen, I really found out some big news from the Duke of Kent this time! I didn't tell anyone. The Duke of Kent only told me because of our friendship."

"laugh"

Allen sneered and blew out a smoke ring in the direction of the creek. A fat white figure flew across the creek. When passing by Allen, a pebble fell impartially. Falling into the water, there were a few small splashes.

Then a very unpleasant "cuckoo" sound came and flew away again.

"What a fucking idiot!"

Seeing Xiao Huang causing trouble here, Allen couldn't catch it either.

"I'm talking to you!"

Duke Angus saw that Allen didn't take him seriously and carried Allen with his arm.

"Yeah, tell me, I'm listening."

Angus looked around cautiously. The servants of the Allen family knew the rules and knew that they were far away from each other when talking here to prevent them from hearing things they shouldn't.

Moving closer to Allen again, Angus said in what he thought was the smallest voice: "The Duke of Newcastle family is extinct!"

"???"

Allen stared blankly at Angus for several seconds. Suddenly, goosebumps appeared on Allen's arms and his eyes widened.

"Extinct? What happened? Did the Irish do it?"

Damn it

This is so scary. What does extinction mean?

The word extinction is usually used to describe a certain type of animal. When it is completely dead, it is called extinct.

Now used to describe a family, it is still a ducal family.

The meaning is very clear. Regardless of whether they are the heirs of their family or the heirs of their family's blood, they are all dead and no one will inherit the title, which means they are extinct.

This is too miserable!

Allen felt a little sad at this moment. Although he had never been in contact with the Duke of Newcastle family so far, they were all members of the aristocracy and were not too far apart. So they were extinct like this?

Angus was about to reach out and cover Allen's mouth, but Allen blocked him instantly.

"Please keep your voice down. The message above is that it will not be disclosed to the public for the time being. The situation has been a bit tense recently. I heard the Duke of Kent said that this is the Queen's wish."

"???"

Allen also paid attention this time and continued to ask in a low voice: "What's going on? Wasn't it done by an Irishman?"

What he was most concerned about was this. If the Irish did it, it would be too scary. Even he had to pay attention to it. Although the Irish had always preferred to go to England via France instead of entering through Wales, this did not affect Ai. Lun defense.

"It is said that the Duke of Newcastle of this generation has not shown up for many years. It was also the Queen who asked some time ago to count the number of existing nobles, especially the number of upper-class people. Only then did we know that he had died of illness in June! Even the search for heirs was done by nobles. The person in charge of the affairs department has been looking for several months, but there is no one who is qualified to inherit!"

Duke Angus felt sad and told Alan with a gossipy face.

"Oh, the one who died of illness? The one who died of illness is good, the one who died of illness is good."

Allen breathed a sigh of relief and was nervous for a moment, but then, he also smelled something unusual from this gossip.

It seems that the judgment made by several advisers in the family together with him is quite accurate. The situation has been tense recently, and a ducal family is extinct. For such a big thing, the news must be suppressed.

If the Duke of Kent hadn't made a careless friend and told Angus this kind of news, Allen wouldn't know this kind of news now.

It's so damn sad, it's been months since he died and he didn't get the news until now.

Think about how low-key these British nobles usually live. If the Queen doesn't send someone to do statistics, it's not impossible that this kind of thing will be discovered after a few years.

But such news instinctively made Allen a little nervous. He didn't know why he was nervous. Wales was very stable anyway, but it was the kind of thing that knew something was about to happen, and was still watching it happen step by step.

That kind

The feeling of things coming to light step by step is both nerve-wracking and exciting.

"Hey, why are you stunned? What do you think?"

Angus watched Allen remain silent after hearing the news, and then shouldered Allen again.

Allen looked at the water of the creek. The sun was about to set. The water reflected a layer of golden color. He pretended to be indifferent and said: "You said... there is no heir in their family?"