Into Unscientific

Chapter 15 As expected of relatives.

After introducing and getting to know each other's identities, William Escu quickly brought Maverick and Xu Yun into the house.

Friends who are familiar with history should know that the seventeenth century can be regarded as a key node in British history.

In 1637, the bourgeois revolution broke out. By 1688, Britain finally established a bourgeois constitutional monarchy system, and capitalism began to develop rapidly.

The current time is 1665, and the Victorian architectural style that has swept the world with the constitutional monarchy has not yet appeared, so most rural buildings have a very strong Dutch style.

For example, the house where William and the others lived.

In addition to the red brick material that Xu Yun noticed earlier, there are also steep sloping roofs, and there are battlements, chimneys, etc. on the outline of the building.

The shapes of these additional modules are more uneven, the exterior is asymmetrical, and the windows are mostly square with large openings.

The arrangement of the windows is also very casual, and a few climbing plants can be seen.

However, the exterior of this house looks quite petty bourgeois, but if you look carefully, you will find that many parts of it have been stained or even aged. .

As a physicist who came from later generations, Xu Yun certainly knew the life trajectory of William Escuh:

The current William Escue can put it bluntly in one word, no.

After his sister Hannah Escue, the calf cow, had married Nabas Smith, William borrowed a sum of about 20 guineas from her, and started a horse trade.

And quickly made a small fortune, the exact amount is unknown, but the historically recognized is between 40-50 guineas.

Therefore, William spent a lot of money to repair the house. It cost about 10 guineas before and after, which is the income of an ordinary family for fifteen years.

As a result, within two years after the house was repaired, William began to lose money for seven years.

According to Lao Niu's records in some letters.

William has been engaged in five or six industries such as ironmaking, construction, fruit, and sailboat manufacturing over the years, but none of them are profitable.

The last business William did was the transportation of cotton, linen and pig iron mentioned earlier. This time, he has already found a new home, and he can get money just after delivery, changing his bad luck in one fell swoop.

Unexpectedly, the Black Death ravaged London again, and the airline was temporarily suspended.

Of course.

William was unlucky and unlucky, but his character was still very good.

Right now is the period of British colonial expansion. As a graduate of Cambridge University, William actually has connections to engage in slave trade. He really understands how profitable this thing is.

At that time, his good friend Robert Cunha once approached him, and he only needed to spend five guineas—about 300,000 now—to participate in a share.

However, because William is a truly devout believer, in the end he chose to reject Robert's proposal and continue to do his own serious business.

Whether William regretted twelve years later when Robert Cunha became vice-governor of the South American colony of Guyana, no one knows.

The trajectory of William’s life can be said to be brainwashed or pious, but from the perspective of fait accompli, he is indeed a businessman of conscience who conforms to the definition of teachings and concepts.

crunch——

The wooden door of the house issued an old long syllable, like a different kind of wind chime welcoming the new arrivals.

William's house does not have an obvious entrance. After all, in addition to Switzerland and Italy in Europe, even in later generations, there are many European and American countries that do not have the habit of wearing and taking off shoes:

They either walk around the house with their shoes on, or they walk around in socks or bare feet.

This habit has something to do with the difference between stone buildings and wooden buildings. Whether it is good or bad depends on the script.

For example, from a normal point of view, we generally say that because the relevant domestic culture has a long history, such as etiquette such as sitting opposite each other, it is inappropriate not to change shoes, etc.

But if this word comes out of the mouths of some people who have received money, it can make you say that the roads abroad are clean, so you don’t need to change your shoes when you go home.

Alright, let's go back to where we started.

When Xu Yun walked into the house, along with the creaking sound of the wooden door, there was also a strange smell mixed with various things.

Body odor, musty smell, damp smell, etc.

It's like soaking a straw mat that a 250-jin fat man has slept in for three months without turning on the air conditioner in summer to drink. It is quite impactful to modern people.

Fortunately, Xu Yun has a relatively strong tolerance in this regard, so he quickly adjusted his state and began to look at the layout of the house.

Different from the strong English country style on the outside, the environment in William's home is simply terrible:

Adjoining the entrance is a rectangular living room with a marble floor and a fireplace cut out of the left wall.

A corner-missing mural hangs above the fireplace, which seems to be related to the teaching, and there are several wooden chairs and a chaise longue around it.

From the somewhat blackened animal fur on the recliner, it is not difficult to see that these should be furniture purchased by William when he was not losing money.

Other than that.

In the living room, there are only a few boxes facing sundries such as chopping boards and pans, and a triangular sloping roof on top.

The old cracks are carved on the white walls that have been painted with age, and some scratches left by the sediment condensation after seepage can also be seen.

There is no double eaves and nine-ridge roof, no staggered bucket arches, and no yellow tile roof, which is so ordinary that it is a bit boring.

The living room is divided into two at the end, one of which leads to a room with a narrow entrance. Judging from the sink-like counter and the wooden barrel on the ground, this should be a place similar to the back kitchen.

At the other end, due to the obstruction of the line of sight, it is impossible to see where it leads, but if there is no accident, most of the places behind the aisle are bedrooms or study rooms.

While Xu Yun was looking at the layout of the house, there was a sudden sound behind him.

Xu Yun turned his head subconsciously, and in the next second, his eyes met a pair of cute big eyes.

The owner of the eyes is a five or six-year-old girl with the same blond hair and a shawl, and her clothes are a bit shabby and thin.

At this time, the girl's face was covered with a lot of mud and sawdust, as if she had just come back from playing around outside.

Seeing this, Xu Yun couldn't help muttering in his heart, he didn't know what fun to do outside in such a cold day.

But the complaints in his heart belong to the complaints, the little girl's appearance is still very pleasing and healing, so he naturally pulled out a smile:

"Hello, little sister."

The little girl blinked her cute big eyes, the corners of her mouth raised a slight arc, and then she took out a black mass from behind.

Before Xu Yun could see clearly, he waved his little hand

Just listen to a snap.

This thing just hit Xu Yun's head.

By the way, Xu Yun is very familiar with this thing, and played it many times when he was a child, but he has never been called face to face.

it's called.

cow dung.