Chapter 1483

The family background and family background of the Duke of Hamilton are extraordinary, different from the hall family, the Dunlop family and the domer family. Now the Hamilton family still follows the noble and rich of the aristocracy, and the family business is still prosperous, which also adds a touch of atmosphere to their quality of life and social confidence.

James Duncan is the old housekeeper of the Duke of Hamilton. Duncan has been the housekeeper for five generations, and it is still going on. James has not yet reached the retirement age, but because of perennial health problems, the current Duke of Hamilton took the initiative to send James to Venice.

On the face of it, it was a demotion and transfer, which forced James to leave his post of more than 35 years; In fact, this is a job shift.

Because the Duke of Hamilton knew that even if he was in poor health, James would choose to stick to his post and refuse to retire early; But after many years together, James was more important than a housekeeper in the family, so he sent James to Venice to take care of his private residence and rest.

James is not too close to Langley, Matthew and others. Every time James appears, it means that they are in trouble, and Andre is also involved in it. James is the first one to deal with it; Or, James is responsible for the schedule of every important trip.

Not close, but familiar.

"Mr. Langley, your room is still next to Mr. Matthew's; Master Andre lives on the opposite side James's legs and feet are not very good, but years of housekeeper's quality and upbringing make him cover up very well, but the pace of walking is a little slower. At this time, he leads the way in front, and lanli and Matthew are not in a hurry to follow, but there is no clue.

James turned back and said with an inquiring look on his face, "in addition, the extra room on the third floor has been cleaned up. The entourage and bodyguard can live in it. Master Andre said that it's enough to arrange a room for ten people. Is that enough?"

Lanli didn't react at first - because he never had the habit of following when he went out. Then he responded that he was a member of a team now. "Don't worry about them. Their accommodation has been fully arranged. My agent came in advance to rent a set of B & B accommodation, which is just a few blocks away. "

"I understand. In a moment, please give me your agent's contact information so that I can arrange my trip every day. " Apart from other things, the private dock at the gate is not free for anyone to dock. James has to make statistics on strange visitors. "By the way, young master Arthur arrived in Venice yesterday, and he checked in at the palace of venat."

Venat palace is not a palace, but a five-star hotel. It must be emphasized that it is not a chain hotel.

This is a five-star hotel exclusively for Venice. There is no semicolon. This modern hotel is built in a luxury building of the 16th century. On the main island of land and money, they have a large and luxuriant garden; At the same time, more than half of the rooms have river view or sea view balcony, as well as private bathtub and retro decoration.

In addition, the hotel also has one of the few Michelin restaurants in Venice. It not only has a private dock, but also is within walking distance of St. Mark's Square. What's more, when you are in a busy city, you will not be affected in any way.

There is no doubt that venat palace is one of Venice's top hotels. According to the market price, a luxury suite costs 1500 pounds a night at ordinary times, and 3300 pounds a night or more during the film festival.

For the aristocrats, the business atmosphere is a little strong, and the upstarts have a slightly prominent sense of vision. But it is a good choice to go on holiday occasionally - at least, the despondent aristocrats have not been able to live, and being able to live means that the family has not yet declined.

This time, Arthur stayed in Werner's palace, obviously for the follow-up work, and chose there.

Escorting lanli to his fixed room, James leans slightly and then turns to leave.

When you open the door of the room, you can see the mint air fragrance placed at the head of the bed and the charcoal basin used for dehumidification. Beside the bedside table, there are some simple snacks, all prepared according to lanli's personal habits. It's eight years since he last came here, but James never forgot those details.

"Hoo, it's all the same." Lanli's steps became brisk.

"No, there's something different." Without hearing the sound of footsteps, Eaton's words could not wait to spread, "James said that it was renovated the year before last, and the main project was to refit the bathroom and toilet. Now it's too backward to continue to use the equipment of a century ago, even the Duke can't stand it."

"True or false?" Lan Li showed a surprise expression, "I thought I would never see you in my lifetime."

Stride toward the direction of the bathroom in the past, opened the dark green fan leaf door, with light green and sky blue as the main color of the new bathroom appeared in front of you:

An emerald green four corner bathtub is placed horizontally at the end, but a shower area is added beside it. The mint green shower curtain is pulled aside to see the modern shower equipment; The mirror with golden edge and the bathroom cabinet with dark green complement each other. The washdesk with golden copper basin still maintains the consistent style of the building itself; Finally, the precious and rare toilet.

Everyone thinks that those luxurious houses in Venice are bound to be a kind of noble enjoyment, but the fact is just the opposite.

Because these luxury houses have a long history, from the decoration design to the piping system are all antiques. With the passage of time, they have begun to be mottled. They don't even see too much gorgeous, but have a sense of decay. Furniture, decoration, space and other software, not to mention the bathroom and bathroom hardware is the most headache——

There is no hot water supply system and no sewer.

If you want to take a bath, it is the most traditional way to take a bucket of hot water to the bathroom and pour it into the bathtub to take a bath. In winter, the housekeeper or maid will be waiting outside the door all the time. If the bath time is too long and the hot water gets cold, they will provide new hot water in time.

Imagine that if it takes an hour for an aristocrat to take a bath, it means that the kitchen must keep hot water supply within one hour. What about all members of a family? Then, the cost of consumption is not only considerable, or even frightening.

Not only for bathing, but also because there is no drainage pipe, they are also the most practical and traditional night pot to meet the physiological needs, and they are dumped at the same place where they are transported to the city every morning.

Of course, in the development of Venice, the problems of drainage pipes have been solved; However, for this kind of antique building with a long history, any change needs to be careful.

Just like Rome, in order to protect cultural relics and historical heritage, urban construction work must be cautious and more cautious, and the time can only be prolonged. Until now, there are still a small number of buildings in Venice that have not completed the transformation of related projects.

In fact, the Duke of Hamilton's house once had a sewer modification, which was in the second half of the 1990s. They were equipped with a washbasin and basic sewer to match the city's sewage management system; But the reconstruction project is too huge, and may even hurt the building itself, so other pipeline projects are shelved.

Can you imagine that in the 21st century, there are still houses that can't find shower and toilet? In fact, in addition to Venice, there are many such places to be found in Europe.

"Ha ha, do you remember? At that time, Andre drank directly, and then vomited towards the washbasin. As a result, the sewer was blocked. The next day, all the sewage overflowed, like a flood. We thought Andre had kicked the pot over. At that time, the drainage pipe of the washbasin had just been installed, and there seemed to be some problems with the placement and size of the pipe. "

Eaton stood behind lanli and looked at the new bathroom excitedly. It was not easy to maintain the original style of the building under the modern transformation. "I heard that it took nearly a year to complete the transformation of all the rooms this time."

"Why don't you say that Matthew was drunk that night, and he couldn't get up on the deck of the yacht. He almost fell into the water." Andre's protest was followed by the sound of footsteps coming from behind.

"At that time, lanli didn't seem to be very sober. We came down to find someone to help us. As a result, lanli went out on his yacht and wandered with Matthew for a night. At last, he seemed to run directly to the color island. We thought they were swallowed by the waves."

As he said that, his memory became more vivid. Andre successfully shifted his target, and Eaton immediately turned his head. "I remember, I remember, Matthew, where did you go that night? That's how Langley sold you. "

Matthew raised his eyes and cast a look at lanli. Then he saw lanli spread out his hands with an innocent expression on his face. "I told you that I couldn't drink any more, but you forced me to drink that vodka. So, I don't remember what happened. Shangdi, I don't even have many opportunities to drive. You actually watched me drive away in my yacht? It's lucky we didn't capsize. "

Matthew also dumbfounded, took back his eyes, "I have completely passed out of sleep, wake up to know, I was blue Li abducted and sold."

"Hey, it's called adventure, adventure! All right Lanli immediately raised his voice in protest.