Chapter 928 The Real Version of Downton Abbey

After the necessary greetings among the nobles, Yang Cheng was finally ready to enter the castle. Only then did Yang Cheng have time to look at the gate of the castle. The thick and majestic wooden door was inlaid with exquisite iron wolf-head handrails. For the wyvern, it is exactly the same as the scene in the play!

Luo Yue, a fan, endured a little excitement and patted Yang Cheng's arm, Yang Cheng smiled.

Compared with these unimportant appearances, Yang Cheng pays more attention to details. For example, on the top of the main entrance, there is a sentence expressing the family motto in ancient French: Unc je One will I Serve). This is to express the Carnarvon family's respect and maintenance of the royal family.

With just this sentence, Highclere Castle's aggressiveness immediately rose several steps.

However, looking back, I can see a panoramic view of the embarrassing scene. You must know that in the heyday of the castle, there were more than 60 servants serving the daily life of the earl and his wife, but now there are only less than 20 full-time staff in front of me. While changing clothes, Carson also revealed a piece of information, due to rising maintenance fees and tax increases, Highclere has lost about 20% of the land, and did not know that the seniors of the Carnarvon family knew about this situation , Will he always jump out and kick his family's juniors hard?

Fortunately, the filming of "Downton Abbey" brought a lot of income to the Earl and his wife. The visitors who come here every year make a lot of contributions to the maintenance of the castle, which also allows the Earl and his wife to retain the last bit of dignity, but now it seems that , this dignity has reached the time to have to give up.

It’s just that the old butler Kelin has to go to the tourist ticket center to help out while completing his own work and taking care of the family members’ daily life as always, but this does not affect him in the slightest to maintain the standard of the castle. Everything remains the same, and the entire castle is always maintained in an orderly and exquisite state. Only with such high standards and strict requirements can the castle be able to receive the visit of every distinguished guest.

As Klin stepped into the castle, this was a world that was completely different from the outside world, exquisite and orderly—the vaulted roof supported by red and blue marble columns, and the old antique furniture arranged in a patchwork pattern, The giant oak steps, and the double C logo representing "Comes Carnarvon" on the floor implicitly remind visitors who is the owner here, and everything is the same as it was a hundred years ago.

In the play "Downton Abbey", the rooms of many characters have important roles. For example, in the play, the place where the Earl of Grantham consults with the butler is often arranged in the library of the castle.

Seeing it with your own eyes, you can feel the solemn atmosphere brought by the library. The combination of the gold-plated roof, bookshelves and Ionic columns, and the deep red sofa gives people a grand and solemn aesthetic feeling. The red handmade carpet and the rows of precious ancient books placed on the gold-plated bookshelves exude an irresistible classical atmosphere.

Coming out of the library, Kelin brought Yang Cheng and Luo Yue to the living room, which was completely different from the atmosphere of the library. There was a light and girly feeling here. Downton fans will probably remember that this is where the sisters in the play had a heart-to-heart talk. Undoubtedly, Luo Yue recognized it at a glance, and with Yang Cheng's encouragement, he even walked around inside.

Kelin joked, "I didn't expect Miss Luo to be a fan of Downton, too?"

Yang Cheng chuckled, "Yeah, I was very excited when I heard that I could come to the filming location of Downton Abbey as a guest."

Kelin is getting older, and he especially likes the sense of youth brought to him by young people.

"The same scene, when Highclere Castle is open to the public, I can often see it, and I don't get tired of it. Every time, I feel a sense of pride. This is where I have lived all my life."

Yang Cheng smiled and didn't answer, he could understand Kelin's emotion.

In the living room near the door, there is a Steinway pure black piano, and Luo Yue can't help but step forward.

Seeing Luo Yue happily stroking the piano keyboard, Kelin couldn't help but stepped forward and said, "Miss Luo, this living room is not only one of the favorite rooms of the Herbert family in the play, but also the favorite place for our master and wife to stay. , this Steinway, produced in 1895, still maintains a beautiful sound to this day, you can try it if you can, this piano has not sounded for a long time."

Luo Yue smiled shyly and didn't get started after all.

It is worth mentioning that the light green wall in the living room is not wallpaper, but very expensive silk, which was one of the dowry given to the fifth countess Amina by her father when she got married.

Next, Yang Cheng and the others visited some special rooms under the guidance of Kelin, such as the smoking room for men. Since the smoking room no longer uses a fire, there is no smog as imagined, but it has become a room. Famous painting collection room.

The heritage of the earl family is also in this collection room, such as the world-famous painting "Still Life in the Park: Dead Swan, Peacock and Fruit" by the Dutch painter Janwinix. In his spare time, the owner of the castle can enjoy it in the room at the same time. Three paintings with completely different styles, this kind of artistic influence can only be accepted by those born in such a family.

Traveling through the interior of the castle, Yang Cheng also discovered many interesting details, such as a huge bell collection board in the corridor leading to the back door in the basement.

In the past, a button was installed in almost every room, which could be transmitted to the corresponding bell. As long as someone rang the bell, the collection board would ring, and it could be clearly seen whose room it was from, so that the servants did not have to be in the room all the time. Waiting outside the room to be summoned to work downstairs more efficiently.

Similar devices can also be found in the former Beihai manor castle, but now they have been modernized, and these small inventions that seemed to be able to experience human wisdom in the past have disappeared into dust.

Hanging around Highclere Castle is like walking into a well-decorated history museum. The profound charm of aristocratic families that have been passed down for hundreds of years is all in the bricks and tiles and even the small ornaments on the table. The wooden writing desk used by Napoleon is enough to make people wonder, not to mention the baroque ceiling that competes with it.

There are also 37 clocks of great historical value placed in different rooms, ticking with the passage of time.

In front of a room door, Kelin, who rarely spoke, suddenly said, "Mr. Yang, can I make a presumptuous request?"

Yang Cheng couldn't help wondering, "Of course, although I don't know how I can help you, I'm willing to listen."

Kelin hesitated again and again, and said with a slight choke, "If Mr. Yang can invest in the master's hotel plan, I hope I can still be a member of Highclere Castle. I~ don't want to leave here."

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