Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

The peak where the castle on the island is located is about a hundred meters away from the lake below, and is not very steep. A road directly connects the castle on the top of the mountain to the simple stone pier at the landing site.

So after just over twenty minutes, Liang En and the others successfully arrived at the top of the hill, and then looked at the small and exquisite castle that appeared in front of them.

"This castle is indeed a bit small." After looking at the castle, Joan of Arc raised her eyebrows, "But it is just right in this place."

"Is it just right?" Mary asked looking at the castle with interest, "But there is obviously such a large space here, and isn't the bigger the castle, the better?"

"Of course not." Joan of Arc shook her head helplessly at the military blind person in front of her. Considering that everyone was French, she turned around and explained seriously.

"The size of the castle is affected by many factors. For example, the surrounding situation, the number of soldiers, even the thoughts of the owner of the land, and a series of other reasons."

"For example, this castle has a huge logistical supply problem. Not only do all materials need to be imported from far away, but the long supply line in the problem-solving area also seriously affects the transportation limit."

"More importantly, the castle was built here mainly to monitor the entire lake. It is not so much a castle as an armed observation point."

"So the castle built in a place like this does not need to be large, but it must be strong, so that it can serve as an early warning and disperse the enemy's forces -"

While Joan of Arc was giving everyone some military science, they successfully crossed the suspension bridge at the entrance of the castle and arrived at the gate of the castle.

Looking at this steel door that looked original at first glance, but a closer look revealed that it was obviously disguised, Liang En's eyes widened subconsciously, because this situation was obviously not normal.

As the door was opened and he entered the castle hall, Liang En's doubts became even greater, because this room was obviously too dark from any angle.

From the perspective of a traditional castle, it is normal for the room to be dark inside. After all, a castle as a military fortress will reduce the number of doors and windows as much as possible.

Because if there are too many doors and windows, it will not be conducive to defense on the one hand, and it will reduce the strength of the building on the other hand, making the entire castle easier to be destroyed by attackers.

However, with the changes of the times, such medieval castles gradually withdrew from the stage of history. Most of them were abandoned, while a small number were mainly converted into real estate for those who owned the castle.

Liang En has been invited to several such castles before. Compared with those castles, the biggest feature of the castle they are currently in is that it does not seem to have been completely renovated.

To give the simplest example, under normal circumstances, the first step in renovating this type of castle is to open more windows on the walls of the castle to facilitate lighting and ventilation, so as to transform the castle from a military fortress to a residence.

But Liang En had not seen this kind of modification on this castle: all the windows were just original shooting holes, and there was a steel plate inside each shooting hole used as a sliding window sash.

"This is just a bunker with a relatively luxurious interior decoration." After looking at the situation in the room, Joan subconsciously complained. As a soldier of the same era as this castle, she naturally saw what the situation here was like.

"It's not just that." Liang En said with a smile. At this time, his eyes had adapted to the dark surroundings and discovered more weird places.

"Different from its ancient appearance, this castle has been fortified with modern technology. It looks like it can at least reach the level of defense of the current fortifications."

He found that some of the original wooden structures in the castle had been replaced with steel structures, and the thickness of the walls in many places looked thicker than what he had seen before.

"Yes, Mr. Liang." said the staff member responsible for handing over to them. "The previous owner of this castle was a survivalist, so he had it remodeled."

"Renovation, if I remember correctly, an ancient castle like this has to be reported to the authorities even if a screw is moved. How can it be renovated like this?" Elizabeth Bathory asked in surprise.

As the real operator of a series of industries owned by Liang En, she knew all kinds of laws very well, so she was surprised how this group of people managed to renovate the ancient castle on a large scale.

After all, Liang En also owns his own castle, and the amount of wealth consumed in the maintenance of these castles every year is definitely not a small amount, so if you can learn this skill, it will be a very meaningful skill to reduce expenses.

"That's because the other party completed this kind of infrastructure construction more than half a century ago, and at that time there was no such law in Italy." The receptionist said helplessly.

“Also because of this series of renovations, the castle’s heritage rating is not high, so it is basically unlikely to attract enough tourists in the future.”

"But the good thing is that the laws applicable to this castle are not the strictest ancient building laws, so the cost of future maintenance should be much lower."

"In other words, this castle is a good place to live in, but it is not suitable for developing some industries." After listening to the other party's explanation, Liang En quickly concluded.

This is not good news for Liang En. After all, the location of this castle is too remote, and Italy is not within the scope of his activities, so if it is just a residence, it will obviously lose money.

"Yes, your summary is very accurate. I will never live in this place anyway." Marie Antoinette said while looking at the surrounding environment. "To me at least, this castle is just awful."

"You are right, but for us, the important thing about this castle is not the contract itself, but some of the information recorded in it." Liang En turned his head and said to the French Queen, and then looked at the Receptionist.

"Can you tell me the location of those mysterious symbols? I think this is the core reason why I chose this castle before. Now I want to see what it is all about."

"Of course, of course. Please come with me, Mr. Liang." The receptionist said, and then led Liang En and the others to the tower in the center of the castle.

"Those symbols are on the top of the tower. They seem to have been carved on the stone of the castle from the beginning. Unfortunately, because the top of the tower is the most severely weathered, some of the symbols have now been damaged or even damaged due to weathering. Lost——"

Following the receptionist's guidance, Liang En and the others walked along the spiral narrow stone staircase toward the top of the tower. Judging from the appearance of the stone staircase, it was obvious that this place had not been renovated.

"Okay, we're here." After passing through a bedroom and following the steps in the secret door to the top of the tower, the receptionist opened the door and pointed outside. "Good luck."