Chapter 22 His Royal Highness the Duke

"Today, you will become our most trustworthy and beloved partner. I hope that you will always remember your mission, be loyal to the royal family, and regard the glory of Britain as your life..."

At this time, Barron Cavendish was wearing a dark red velvet coat, a hat on his head, with four stripes of ermine, and a gold ring on his crown decorated with eight gold leaves...

Wearing this ducal costume, he half-knelt before the Queen.

The queen held the knight's sword and slapped him twice on the shoulder...

At this moment, the ceremony was completed, and Barron officially became the 13th Duke of Devonshire!

In England, the heirs of ordinary noble families can only hold a ceremony in the family to inherit the title after being reviewed and confirmed by a specialized noble management agency.

As for the succession of Barron's title, he had the honor of having the Queen personally perform the ceremony when he met with her.

The reason why the Queen made such a decision is that, in addition to the title of Duke, it is the highest level among non-royal nobles, and is sorted according to the time of granting by the British Dukes. The Duke of Devonshire is among the 24 non-royal Dukes still alive. In addition to being ranked eighth in the ranking, it is considered prominent. It also has some support for the Duke of Devonshire family in the context of the British government's intention to weaken the royal family and the nobility at this time.

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"Your Highness, the Queen is personally conducting the title succession ceremony for you. How do you feel now?"

"Duke Devonshire, we know that your family is in financial crisis. We don't know how to deal with it next?"

As the youngest existing Duke in England at this time, the 22-year-old Barron Cavendish's Duke Succession Ceremony naturally attracted many media and reporters. After walking out of Buckingham Palace, a long-armed man appeared in front of him. Cannons, and many reporters also asked questions.

It can be said that many hereditary nobles have lost their inheritance in England, especially the ducal family. Today there are only 24 non-royal families left. The appearance of Barron Cavendish, a 22-year-old duke, can also gain the support of many people. Pay attention—among the other dukes, the youngest one is ten years older than Barron.

"I am very honored to be personally canonized by Her Majesty the Queen. This will also be my supreme honor. As for the situation of our family, it is not as exaggerated as the rumors. It is just that we have experienced some minor twists and turns. I will do my best. If you can revive the family, thank you."

After giving such a reply, Barron signaled to the Queen's Guard officer who was responsible for the palace's security and order. The other party's commanding guard stopped the reporters who still wanted to continue asking questions. Then, in the eyes of the other party, Barron turned and left, sitting down. Get into your own Rolls-Royce.

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"Your Highness, I have conveyed your intention to Viscount Bute, saying that we will not consider selling the land for the Victoria gas storage tank in King's Cross, but we are still willing to jointly fund development with them, but we need to re-negotiate the cooperation method. .”

After returning to the apartment, Yulia's name for him was different from before.

After an on-site visit to King's Cross Station, Barron had already decided to reject Viscount Bute's proposal to acquire the land.

Because at that moment, Barron suddenly discovered a problem, that is, the buildings and layout around King's Cross Station at this time were very different from the scenes in his memory when he visited London more than ten years later in his previous life. !

Some people may be confused about this. After more than ten years, isn't it normal for a city to undergo earth-shaking changes somewhere in the city?

Well, this impression is often an illusion caused by living in China, which has been developing rapidly. In fact, in most places in Europe, for more than ten years, the urban scenery has almost remained static as if it were still. The norm there.

Even many century-old stations and subways at transportation hubs are almost the same as they were a hundred years ago, which is not incredible.

But right here at King's Cross Station, the changes are very obvious, which Barron suddenly discovered only after his on-site visit.

More than ten years later, although the general appearance of King's Cross Station at this time still remained, it was obviously renovated and expanded later - and what he remembered very clearly was that the previous King's Cross Station was adjacent to St. Pancra. As the terminal station in England for the "Eurostar" express train that connected continental Europe to England at that time, it was just a functional station at this time.

And the inspiration for those gas storage tanks was also activated at that time, because in the previous life, the location of the gas storage tanks was also three huge barrel-shaped buildings, but it was already a high-end building named "King's Mansion" Apartment houses - obviously, they were built by modifying the gas storage tanks.

Although the shape is the same, the appearance is completely different. The glass curtain walls and bright lights of those high-end apartments made Barron's impression at that time completely different from the huge and ugly gas storage tanks he saw now.

Coupled with the huge differences in many buildings around the station between the previous life and this time, Barron realized that during this period, King's Cross Station had definitely undergone a major renovation project, thereby transforming this area into " "Slum Area" has become the rather beautiful and unique emerging cultural and commercial district in its previous life.

If such a major regional renovation project is really carried out, then it would be very reasonable for the three highly conspicuous gas storage tanks in this area to become high-end apartment buildings in the future—— The ability to build these residential buildings in the future also means that the approval for converting industrial land into residential land has been completed. In the context of the major regional transformation project he speculated, the difficulty of obtaining such approval will not be too great. .

If this is the case, then Barron can think of the reason why Viscount Bute is so interested in this land. It is very likely that he has known about the King's Cross Station and surrounding reconstruction projects in advance through certain channels. plan!

Now what Barron has to do next is to find a way to confirm this. If it is really Viscount Bute who wants to take action on his piece of land for gas storage tanks because he learned some information in advance, then based on his actions In terms of time line, I am afraid that the time when this transformation plan will be announced and implemented will not be too far away.

Barron could confirm that there was such a renovation plan based on his memories of the vicinity of King's Cross Station in his previous life, but he still needed to speculate on the specific time when the plan would be launched. This was why he decided to reject Viscount Bute's proposal to acquire the land. However, we will still discuss the reasons for joint development between the two parties.

After all, he didn't want to waste money here prematurely, but he couldn't give up the temptation of developing a real estate project in such a central area of ​​London.

Perhaps, he could transform these gas tanks into the "King's Mansion" by his own hands.

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