Invincible Chapter 156

Kane, the domineering president, bullied the widow with ease.

Of course, in fact, it's not just handy in this respect.

With enough preparations in the early stage, he staged similar dramas in almost all mission worlds.

Or even a more straightforward song of killing and fucking. Some people find this description harsh, like wanting to hear about career and love rather than money and women.

Kane sometimes uses another description: clear and conquer.

Soft, like the cursive fonts popular in this period, he didn't like it.

He will use "language skills, ingenuity, and direct piercing" as an excuse to make his expression more wild and rough, tearing off those elegant skins, sincere and shocking.

"I don't need to say much about Wellingborough's difficulties and the crux of the problem. After confirming that the last little hope is in the free land of the New World, if things are going according to the established track of development, waiting for the two and this family Yes, I am afraid it is completely shattered."

He tore open the deepest wounds in Hanni and Lydia's hearts with straightforward words.

"I don't want to pretend to be a savior. The powerful don't have such innocent people who have nothing to do. I took over this dilapidated house to do things more conveniently. Although the name of Baron Wellingborough has long been connected to the wealthy middle class The reputation of the people is not as good, but at least they are still real nobles."

Kane didn't act elegant either, he despised justice and rarely did.

Desire - desire, choice. This is the most original of human nature, a little more simple and more real.

Hanni and Lydia couldn't bear this kind of fishy and hooligan talk.

What's interesting is that, in line with Kane's temperament and appearance, there is an indescribable strange charm.

It's like facing a slave gladiator king, rude and barbaric, but also revealing intelligence and wisdom, as well as a sense of male strength and the self-confidence and arrogance of a superior.

Kane hit the nail on the head and pointed out the key points:

"You, while gaining the power to continue enjoying wealth, do you have the consciousness to pay the corresponding price?"

Hanni was silent, while Lydia asked, "What do you want to do."

Kane changed into a joking attitude again: "I said it, F-Y, look at your cold face, it is the product of 16 years of resentment written on your face, if you keep this attitude, I am afraid Someone will ask Ted Orston if he's still a man."

"you……"

Kane ignored the angry Lydia and the complex-looking Hanni. He rested his arms on the armrest, crossed his fingers on his chest and abdomen, and closed his eyes to rest.

After a long while, he said, "The engineering team will arrive before noon. I want to take back all the property belonging to Baron Wellingborough and completely renovate the Oakwood Manor."

"Put on your best clothes, and throw the rest away. We're going to live in London for a while, and it's time to get back into high society."

The engineering team arrived as scheduled, and Kane took designers and engineers to almost every part of the manor, finalizing one detail after another.

This manor is actually not old. It has only been built for decades, and a large number of prefabricated parts are used. This kind of thing that was mass-produced after the industrial revolution due to the increase in production capacity is naturally much worse in terms of refinement and characteristics.

In addition, the villas are also built somewhat nondescript, half castle, half villa, traces of Gothic, Baroque, and Rococo styles can be found.

In the eyes of ordinary people, there is nothing wrong with this, and it can even be called unique, but with a little bit of vision and knowledge, you will find that this is the lack of a general design drawing, or halfway through the construction, it is found that the budget is seriously overrun, so it starts to fail.

Kane's final shape is an early Victorian style with strong Gothic architectural features.

In fact, its engineering volume is not large. It is nothing more than an old-fashioned six-story residential building with three modern units. The main laborious part is the stylized decoration.

For this, Kane spent close to 9,000 pounds.

What is this concept? In this era, a craftsman or technical backbone can earn only 30-50 pounds a year. The tuition fee of the famous Eton College is one shilling a week (1 pound is equal to 20 shillings and 240 pence), and a pound of beef is 4-6 pence.

The construction of Carlisle Castle, which belongs to the royal family, cost 11,000 pounds (the labor force was requisitioned), while the most representative Crystal Palace in the Victorian era cost 110,000 pounds (including labor costs).

It is equivalent to 21 million yuan in modern times, half repaired and half built a house, including the basement, the installation of the internal steam engine system, the fence of the manor, the carriageway, the fountain and the gate, and it is not particularly expensive.

Of course, this has something to do with his aristocratic status. The paradise of the powerful is not for nothing. Those who are rich but lack social status will be ruthlessly slaughtered, and the status of nobility is a natural social status.

When leaving the manor by car, Hanni asked Kane melancholy: "Ted, what will happen in the future?"

"It will never be worse than it is now."

Kane said to Lydia again: "Some memories will only make you sad if you keep them in your heart. People are born to die, look forward, plan for the future, live well now, let's go."

In the evening of the same day, Kane stayed in the hotel where he stayed in the first night of crossing again.

After dinner, he interviewed the owner of the hotel and took ownership of the hotel.

The person from the original history line will go to the western United States to start a business under the instigation of fake Ted. I didn't expect to make a career out of it.

When the Wellingborough family became synonymous with liars and completely stinky streets in the UK, this man helped them and took them to the United States to spend their old age in a prosperous state.

Kane is following the track of history and sending him on his way.

And this hotel is the later Gresham Hotel, located in the Westminster area (later changed to the city) on the north bank of the River Thames on the west side of downtown London. 200 meters away is Paddington Station, a 10-minute walk from Hyde Park and 15 minutes from Oxford Street. The location is superior, but the surrounding is very quiet.

Kane not only won this property, but also another well-maintained old building not too far away, as the real estate of Baron Wellingborough in London.

Speaking of this property, there are some stories.

This haunted old building is actually a lost legacy of wizards.

It was a safe house built by a certain wizard for himself, the kind with a miniature secret realm. Later, the wizard died, and this uniquely designed building within the building was lost.

Over time, the power stones that maintain the secret realm are exhausted and malfunction.

A notorious businessman who is good at speculating and earning ill-gotten wealth bought this place. When he entered the inspection, he encountered abnormalities and was frightened. 'Loving' Qi's family was sent to a mental hospital.

The name of the ghost building was also confirmed, and it was vacant for many years. It was not until the folding space of the secret realm collapsed completely, causing the old building to self-destruct, that this land ushered in a new life.

And it was the fake Ted who took the land for reconstruction.

It was several years later, and the fake identity was exposed before the building was built. Some blame it on the continuing curse.

So this is a point that can be used to take down the old building, get the legacy of the wizard's safe house, instill the memory of the San value in the unscrupulous businessman, and let the family who "loved" him send him to the mental hospital to die in a mental hospital again.

The last thing to do is to deal with the old building, which once belonged to Wellingborough anyway. Such an operation is within the scope of the power of historical correction, and will not generate a new world.

The power of history correction, if used well, can hit the sidelines, just like the operations completed by Hermione using the time converter in the original history line, it happened, but it was not enough to produce serious branches, and the world recognized it with its nose.

When it's time to go to bed, of course it's a bedroom with a bed.

Lydia's stiff and coy behavior expressed her inner anxiety.

Kane chuckled: "Are you Ji Ji? The baron threw his wife's first time in the hotel, what do you think?"

Lydia was speechless.

It was already late autumn, and the room was very gloomy and cold.

Although the steam engine had been invented and used in various industries, the heating system (radiator) was not invented until the end of this century.

Therefore, sleep with a nightcap to keep the head, the best part of the body for heat dissipation, warm.

Wearing a thick old-style pajamas, and a woolen hat that looks like a gut, it looks a little weird.

Blowing on the lamp to sleep, of course there is no electric lamp. In 1878, Joseph Swan made a vacuum carbon filament bulb, and his home became the first private house in the UK to use electric lighting. The carbonized filament was replaced by tungsten filament, and the popular application of light bulbs began until the early 20th century.

Kane quickly let out a fine and even breathing sound. He can eat and sleep now, which can be regarded as a kind of savings. With this accumulation, it can be exploded when needed.

Lydia couldn't sleep, she was so upset. Although macroscopically, he has compromised with this man who suddenly appeared in his life, but when it comes to actual operation, he still feels very difficult.

Mainly psychological discomfort.

For many years, she has been abstinent and womanly, which is her last bit of dignity, especially in the upper class where the relationship between men and women is chaotic.

It turned out to be sold overnight to an unknown liar, which is really full of irony.

Moreover, Kane's attitude towards her also made her uncomfortable. It seemed wrong to say respect, and it seemed wrong to say disrespect, as if he was unruly after seeing everything through.

Simply sum it up in two sentences: isn't it just a matter of men and women? Isn't the core of the nobility just that little thing? Sex, love, power, and interest, indeed, according to this way of thinking, there are only so few things in the world.

Lydia didn't know how she fell asleep, but she woke up the next day feeling good, warm embrace, very comfortable. She used to have a regular habit of going to the bathroom in the early morning, but this time she endured for a while longer and pretended to sleep to enjoy the physical and mental dependence for a while longer.

"It's not bad to start like this." She comforted herself like this.

Kane was a little sleepy, and it was getting late, so he did a series of flexibility exercises in the room.

Kane's low body fat rate created a perfect physique like the statue of David in ancient Greece. Lydia was dazzled by seeing it. It was hard for her to imagine that Kane, who had passed middle age, had such a body.

Kane himself was not very satisfied. The main reason is that the magic power is too low, otherwise, with magic, the success rate and power of hypnosis and charm will be greatly increased, which will make his actions much more convenient.

Speaking of this, I have to mention an important piece of information. It is very difficult for a wizard to be a target for seizing a house. Even if the original soul dies, its powerful soul power remains, which is also a nightmare for those who seize the house.

Moreover, the soul and the flesh pay attention to a matching problem, not that they must be used together after the body is taken away. There is a concept of compatibility here.

Third, once the wizard's soul is dispersed, it will often be accompanied by a magic collapse effect, which feels like an extraordinary version of the interruption of the nerve signals of the life instinct, leading to muscle relaxation and incontinence.

The combination of these factors makes the soul piercing wizard very dangerous, unless someone specially helps prepare a qualified body and waits for it.

That's why he and Carol Flint arrive in 1853 before the main mission starts.

They are both on the front line. He and Carol have their own pre-missions, and Carol will eventually help Fran Carret manage the factory as in the original history, instead of participating in the main action.

As for him, he will not approach Fran as a bodyguard, but as a "best friend". In order to complete this pre-mission, he must first make a name for himself in London's upper class like the fake Ted.

So this morning, he broke into the office of London Mayor Crossland.

Croslan was quite shocked. In this era, such behavior is simply a big faux pas, compared with the modern day when he shows his ass to others.

At this time, Kane's charm bonus played a vital role.

At one point, Crossland thought it was some colonial governor or army commander calling at his door...