It is worthy of being an ancient castle that has been passed down for nearly five hundred years.

The Vardy Castle stands on the small hill next to Fishgard Harbour. Although this hill is not high, it is the highest area around Fishgard. The castle stands on the top of the hills, facing the sea, and is extremely imposing.

In fact, when Vardy's ancestors decided to build the castle here, they were to guard against the Dutch navy and even the elusive pirates.

In the 17th century, it was the critical moment for European countries to compete for the Atlantic Ocean. Whether it was the British-Dutch War, the Jose War, or the British-Spanish War, in that magnificent era, several coastal countries were definitely making human brains into dog brains in order to completely control the Atlantic Ocean.

In addition, the pirates who were rampant in that era can be said that Britain in that era was actually located in the center of a large vortex.

At that time, the ancestors of the Vardy family were named baron by Charles II, so of course they took on the responsibility of defending the local area.

Therefore, Vardy's ancestors built this castle with a distinct Norman style on this hill near Fishgard port. Fishgard is the base of the Vardy family and is also the old home of the Vardy family. The castle will naturally be built here.

Although the small hills are not very tall, they cover a large area. The Valdy Castle stands at the top of the small hills.

This castle, which was obviously built for military purposes, has a rich Norman style, that is, a Roman style. Compared with the gorgeous Gothic style, Norman style castles are obviously more suitable for military purposes.

The castle covers a very wide area. In order to build this castle, almost all the tops of the entire hill were flattened. In order to better defend, the castle was not on one floor, but divided into three floors.

From the middle of the mountain, a circle of tall and thick city walls appeared. The gray-white city walls are twenty feet high and ten feet thick, and are all made of huge granite. Although they have experienced nearly five hundred years of wind and rain, they still give people a feeling of being as thick as a mountain.

After passing this city wall, there is a circle of slightly shorter city walls inside, and the two city walls form the outer courtyard area of ​​the entire castle.

Back then, this circular outer courtyard area could be used to station troops. Once a war broke out, the soldiers between the two city walls could quickly climb up to the outer wall to resist the attack of powerful enemies.

However, this outer courtyard used as a garrison in the past has now become an area where birds and flowers scent. Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang walked along the way and even saw a small golf course...

After passing the slightly shorter city wall in the middle, even if you enter the true core of the castle.

In the center of the castle, there is a main castle also built of granite, covering an area of ​​2,000 square meters. The castle is five stories high, almost sixty feet high, and the whole is in the shape of a "concave".

Next to the main fort, there is a tower up to seventy feet high, and next to the main fort, there is a Gothic chapel.

"This castle covers a total area of ​​thirty acres. Even if you look at the whole of England, it can be ranked first." Butler was obviously very familiar with this castle, or he had to do more preparations.

"It's just that this castle has been owned by the Valdi family since its completion, so the outside world does not know about this castle. It was only after I accepted the commission to enter here that I fully understood how great this castle is." Butler whispered to Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang about some things in the castle, while waving his fists excitedly.

As Butler said, this castle can really deserve the word "great". Thirty acres of land cover a total of 120,000 square meters and more than 180 acres! This area alone is enough to shock the vast majority of people.

The inner courtyard of the castle was cleaned very clean. Although the Vardi family no longer planned to continue living in this ancient castle, there were still service staff here to maintain the daily hygiene of the castle.

Butler led Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang into the main fort, and Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang were also shocked by the brilliant architectural structure inside the main fort for a long time without saying a word.

However, the Vardi family obviously did not plan to continue living here, because many of the decorations in the main fort were taken down, and some furniture and other things were piled up together, waiting for the Vardi family to pull out these valuable decorations and furniture.

Butler was obviously a man who liked castles very much. After seeing these things, he stopped again, and an indescribable look appeared on his face, with a hint of sadness.

Shaking his head, Butler then took Yang Jing and the others up the stairs, and while going upstairs Butler whispered: "What a pity, if Baron William Vardy's investment had not failed, their family could still enjoy this beautiful castle."

Yang Jing asked curiously: "What exactly does Baron Valdy do? How can he lose this castle if he fails to invest?"

Butler said: "The Vardy family has a large industry and I don't know something very well. But I know one thing, does IKEA Furniture in Sweden know?"

Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang nodded. IKEA Home is the world's largest furniture retail company, and this company is very famous.

"Mr. Kamprad, the founder of IKEA, has a very good relationship with Baron William Vardy's grandfather. To be precise, when Mr. Kamprad founded IKEA, Baron William Vardy's grandfather, that is, Baron William William, was one of the main investors of IKEA. In other words, the largest individual shareholder of IKEA is the Vardy family..."

After pausing, Butler continued to whisper: "It's a pity that Baron Valdy is not as smart as his grandfather or his father. After taking over the Valdy family, Baron William Valdy made several failed decisions in succession, resulting in a major crisis in the entire Valdy family. Until now, Baron William Valdy can't even afford the annual maintenance cost of the castle of 2.8 million pounds. He decided to sell the castle to the outside world..."

The Valdi family must have had an irresistible dilemma, otherwise the contemporary Baron Valdi would not have decided to sell this priceless castle to alleviate the family's economic crisis.

However, these things are too far from Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang, but Butler is willing to say that they are happy to listen to a story.

Soon, the three of them arrived at the top of the main castle.

This floor is called an attic, but it is actually different from an attic in the ordinary sense. This floor is located at the top of the main fort, and it should be considered a first floor strictly, but the height of this floor is slightly shorter, only two and a half meters. Compared with the floor heights of the lower floors that are more than four meters high, this floor really looks like a first floor loft.

The sun is about to set, and this layer looks dim because it has not turned on. However, it can be seen that there are many things piled up here in a mess, full of dust. Obviously, this layer has probably not been taken care of for a long time.
Chapter completed!