Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

"Hello, I am the mayor of Fox Town down there." After Liang En opened the door to the room, the middle-aged man at the door quickly stretched out his hand to say hello, "This time I am mainly here to see the new neighbors, and at the same time talk to the Baron. You discuss something."

"Please come in first and sit down and drink some tea. We can't stand at the door and talk." After hearing the other party's background, Liang En made an invitation gesture to invite the middle-aged man into the house, and then said.

"But I think there may be something wrong with your information. Although I am indeed the new owner of these more than three thousand acres of land, I am not a baron, but just a commoner."

"Don't you know?" The middle-aged man who claimed to be the mayor showed a surprised expression. "I thought you acquired this land for the title of Scottish Baronet."

"What title of baron?" Liang En felt even more confused when he heard what the other party said. "My acquisition of this land actually had some unexpected elements, so I only know the area and general situation of this land."

That's it. It seems that you are different from what we thought before. "The mayor showed an expression of enlightenment after hearing Liang Enyi's words, and then explained the situation to him.

It turned out that what Liang En obtained this time was not only the land, but also the title of Baron of the Fox Fiefdom that came with the land. The reason why he was not clear about it was mainly because everything was in a hurry, and he was also a little too anxious.

In fact, if there are no accidents, his lawyer should remind him of this in a few days, because the transfer of the title needs to be registered with the Queen's representative in Scotland, Lord Lyon. The new owner is awarded a coat of arms representing the noble rank.

But then again, it’s okay to joke about this so-called title in informal settings, but it is not a recognized noble status. This is when the other party handed this pile of things to Liang En, There is no special reason for reminder.

According to legal regulations, all formal noble titles in the UK must be canonized by the Queen, and titles like this are legally recognized as hereditary civilian titles.

The reason for this situation starts with the history of Scotland and the British aristocratic system. Traditionally, nobility can be divided into two types, one of which is the nobility canonized by the monarch, and the other is a semi-independent existence with its own territory. .

However, with the passage of history and the gradual strengthening of royal power, the recognition of nobility in most areas of the world gradually turned to the first method, while the second method slowly disappeared into history.

This is the case in the UK. Historically, the aristocratic system in England, Wales and Ireland gradually shifted from the second type to non-existence. Therefore, there are no so-called feudal nobles in these lands.

But the situation in Scotland is another matter, because the time when Scotland was integrated into the United Kingdom was too short, and this barren land really did not attract much attention, so these ancient feudal remnants still exist.

However, existence belongs to existence, but being excluded from the mainstream is inevitable, so now anyone who has not been canonized by the queen is not legally recognized as a true noble.

From a certain point of view, this title is actually the same as a certain landowner. Not only does it sound unattractive, but it even smells like a country bumpkin.

But even so, there are still many suitors for this kind of false title. At least as far as Liang En knows, there are many unknowing foreigners who are willing to spend money to buy this type of title because they think this thing is the same as the real noble title. the same.

But in fact, these things are not as valuable as those unscrupulous businessmen boasted, not to mention that even the privileges left by real nobles now only have some ceremonial or symbolic things, at least in daily life, they are not at all unuseful.

Therefore, after a brief understanding, Liang En had no interest in this title that could not even add the word Lord before his name.

To be honest, if he really needs a title to show his identity, Dr or Prof is more realistic, and for him now, it can be said that obtaining these two titles is within easy reach.

After all, many of his previous studies were of epoch-making nature, but they have not been obtained for the time being because they were proposed too soon.

But as time goes by, after these proposed theories are recognized by more people, Liang En will naturally easily obtain these titles that represent academic level.

After figuring out the matter related to the title, Liang En asked the mayor of Fox Town about the main reason why he came to see him this time. As a result, he learned that the reason why the other party came here was mainly related to this land.

The other party hopes that Liang En can allow local people to continue to have the right to fish in the river, pick up dead branches and mushrooms in the forest, and pass through his territory harmlessly.

"Of course I think it is possible, but if I want to sign a written agreement, I need to sign it with the help of my lawyer." After listening to the other party's narrative, Liang En generally agreed.

Because the content of the request made by the other party is very reasonable, and according to the information he has found before, although the owner of the land has a series of rights, under normal circumstances, some of these rights should also be transferred to some local aborigines.

It is true that some super-rich people who newly own land cancel some of the rights originally transferred to the indigenous people after acquiring the land, and completely prohibit other people from activities on their land.

This approach is likely to affect the overall local situation. For example, for some agricultural land owners, they can legally evict farmers who have cultivated the land for generations.

After all, according to Scottish law, the owners of the land have the right to take back the land for free and evict the farmers, as long as the land is no longer used for agricultural or industrial production.

Maybe for people in the past, no longer carrying out these productions would affect a lot of things, but for many people who buy land now, they just want to buy the land and then wait for the land to increase in value.

Therefore, leasing land to others is obviously too complicated for them. It is better to drive away the people and plant trees on the land directly to save worry. Of course, these people will not pay attention to the thoughts of the local people. .

However, Liang En is different from them. At least in his opinion, when people get along with each other, sometimes they need some emotion rather than cold rules, so sometimes they make some concessions that do not harm their fundamental interests. Not a bad thing.

More importantly, the land Liang En acquired contained very little agricultural land, and it was managed by himself, so there were basically no farms that were most prone to disputes between people and land, and naturally there were not many conflicts of interest.

After getting the answer from Liang En, the mayor of Fox Town also had a smile on his face. After all, he was asking about this matter on behalf of the whole town. It was naturally a good thing to get a good answer.

Because of such a good start, when Liang En asked about the situation here, the mayor told him everything he knew, allowing him to obtain a large amount of first-hand information about this land through just a few hours of conversation.