After getting the trident, Kai took Mela directly to England.
Kingsman's secret base, Asquith Palace of the Earl of Oxford's family in Lesmoray, Yorkshire, England. (This palace is fictional and does not exist in reality)
It is one of the only two non-religious and non-royal buildings in the UK that has the title of "palace". It is also a classic of British gardens. However, compared to another non-religious and non-royal building that has the title of "palace", Asquith Palace's name is much weaker.
After all, the name of that building is, Blenheim Palace. Also known as the First Duke's Blenheim Palace, another name for this palace is Churchill Manor, yes, that Churchill. Blenheim Palace is the residence of the Dukes of Marlborough and the home of Winston Churchill. place of birth.
Speaking of Churchill, we must take a look at this legendary prime minister. In fact, it’s hard to say how capable Churchill was. This legendary Prime Minister did a lot of stupid things when he was young. If it weren’t for the support of his prominent family background, this later World War II legend would have been driven out of the political arena. Looking at the political career of this prime minister, you will magically find that whenever this guy messes up, he only gets three drinks as a penalty. But as long as something is done, the credit will be great.
Why should we talk about this Churchill? Because he was needed to lure out the owner of Asquith House above, Earl Herbert Henry Asquith. This was also a Prime Minister, but compared to Churchill's success, Asquith was much worse off. His career as Prime Minister was not smooth. Although he served as Prime Minister for eight years, he happened to encounter World War I. War requires completely different methods. The government can only have one purpose, and all other policies must unconditionally obey this purpose; war requires ministers to be administrators first and then politicians. A wartime prime minister requires not only wisdom but also energy. He won't be blamed for losing a campaign, but he will be blamed for losing a battle.
The military defeat in the Dardanelles in World War I made the prime minister conservatively criticized. Well, the planning and command of this battle was the former Churchill... It's amazing, isn't it? Although Churchill, the person directly responsible was criticized by many people, he only lost the post of Lord of the Admiralty, but he still served as the minister of the cabinet (not professional). (a ministerial official in charge of the affairs of a certain ministry), Churchill was not satisfied with this, so he resigned and went to France to become a battalion commander. But Prime Minister Asquith was in bad luck. First of all, the press criticized the minister, and first of all, Asquith. The press was filled with resentment and malice to an astonishing degree.
Then his political ally and friend Arthur Barr backstabbed the old man who had just lost his son (Asquith's son Raymond, who had died in the first hours of the Battle of the Somme in France), and the war The defeat, the resentment of the people, the death of his son in battle, the betrayal of allies, and the targeting of political opponents made this old man almost unable to recover.
He left politics in despair and never returned.
But this does not mean that he gave up all resistance, perhaps for revenge, or perhaps to help Britain win the war. The former prime minister found Ah Fu's grandfather, Kai's first butler, Old Ah Fu. At that time, Old Afu was forming an agent organization loyal to the King of Knights.
Asquith donated all his property to establish Kingsman.
The literal translation of King's Man in English is the king's man...ah, he is the king's bodyguard, and he can also be called the king's agent. The king here does not refer to the King of England, but the King of Knights. Naturally, the Asquith family's estate in Lesmoray, Yorkshire, became Kingsman's property.
Speaking of which, the Asquith family is not a traditional aristocratic family. On the contrary, Asquith's life is quite inspiring.
Asquith was born in Yorkshire on September 12, 852. His father was a small wool merchant and a Protestant who did not believe in the state religion. When he died, the child had just reached school age; his mother was weak and sick; Asquith was a small wool merchant. Si went to London when he was 12 years old, lived with an uncle of his, and entered middle school in the London business district. From there he later entered Balliol College, Oxford University, with a scholarship, which was then and later a great nursery for educating politicians and administrators. There, Asquith continued to excel in his studies and received most of the awards. Later, he became a lawyer and began to make a name for himself, accumulated a lot of wealth, and began to get involved in business. and quickly became one of the richest men in Britain.
Then he entered politics and began to rise rapidly. It can be said that if you don't look at his later years, he will definitely be considered a protagonist.
After the war, he was created Earl of Oxford and Earl of Asquith. A few months later he was awarded the Order of the Garter. It was a little comfort to him in his miserable old age.
Talking back to Asquith Palace, after Asquith was appointed Earl of Oxford, Asquith's manor in his hometown was also called Asquith Palace. The history of this estate is very long, dating back to the time of Queen Anne. The then Earl of Oxford was Robert Harry, who was a close confidant of Queen Anne. After the death of Queen Anne, the Earl of Oxford was liquidated. , he was exiled and imprisoned by the Hanoverian family. This manor was built by Robert Harry when he was in power.
By the time Asquith became one of the richest men in England, the Harry family had declined, and Asquith used some means to buy the estate from the Harry family.
The manor is located in a wide river valley, surrounded by abundant water systems, and some rivers cross it, forming a swamp. There is a large arch bridge connecting the pasture and the main building. The arch width of the main bridge is 31 meters. Later, a dike was built on the Architect River to form a large area of water. As a result, two lakes with curved edges were formed under the bridge.
In Britain, gardens that imitate natural scenery are rarely decorated with sculptures, but Asquith Palace is a French Baroque garden where sculptures can be seen everywhere. Looking down from the heights of the house, the garden is neatly laid out and its plants, pathways and ornaments are all visible. The west side fully presents the splendid overall layout of the garden. In the distance is a garden designed by Brown that reflects the natural scenery of England; beside the lake is an Italian terraced garden designed by Duchene, which also reflects French geometric patterns. Garden style. There is also a "Waterscape Garden" built on the steps on the west side of the official residence. It was built in the 18th century and has a total of 13 parts. There is a fountain in the middle and four corners of the waterscape garden. Box trees, statues and decorative walls are scattered in the waterscape garden in an orderly manner. 13 fountains form a small stepped waterfall, flowing into the middle of the waterscape garden. The water column stirs up layers of waves, making it look full of life. These gardens were created to further beautify the surroundings of the elevated houses and are a delight to the eye with their colorful flowers. Scattered boxwoods have replaced the flowers, like reliefs on the colorful sand. The pool is surrounded by a frame of white stones, which outlines the boxwood trees very clearly. The use of water gives the garden a sense of movement and reflects the power of human invention.
The landscape architect created two long and narrow lakes by building dykes. Where the two lakes meet, a huge arch bridge leads straight to the atrium of the mansion, and the other end of the bridge connects to the pasture on the other side of the river. The lines outlined with green plants on the atrium, main road, bridge and lawn on the other side form a straight line, integrating the surrounding vast fields, gardens and courtyards. The randomly decorated oak groves, lakes, rose gardens, and small waterfalls reflect the natural countryside style of British gardens. The sculptures, fountains and neatly trimmed plants on the lawn also reflect the rigorous layout and preference for geometric figures of French Baroque gardens. Features.
In short, this is a manor that can be called a model of European architecture.
When Meila saw him for the first time, she was stunned for a moment. In fact, the people of Atlantis don't pay much attention to the people on the land. Quite a few Atlantis people don't know what the people on the land are like. They only know that they will drown in the water... This is just like how humans see it. A monkey without clothes is a symbol of inferiority.
Although Mela is seen as a dove, she advocates peace. But to say how much she knows about humans is nonsense.
In fact, the first time she was a simple human, she was surprised that humans wore clothes. But after she came into contact with humans along with the negotiation team, she discovered that not only did humans wear clothes, but the styles of their clothes were quite good.
As for the manor in front of her, Mela had never even thought about it. When she was in New York, she despised the taste of New York architecture. She felt that those humans had no taste at all in building such high-quality buildings, and they were not safe. After all, humans are not Atlanteans. Atlanteans live in the sea. It doesn't matter whether they are tall or not. There is no such thing as falling to death.
But the manor in front of her really shocked Meila. There are majestic and spectacular scenery at the bottom of the sea, the beauty of coral reefs, and the quiet splendor of the deep sea luminous waters are enough to shock mankind for hundreds of years. But the manor in front of her gave Meila another sense.
This manor combines natural and cultural landscapes, harmoniously and full of sculptured beauty.
"Is this a human building?" Mela stood on the hillside outside the manor, overlooking the layout of the entire manor. Under the warm autumn sun, the entire manor seemed to be covered with a layer of filters. No matter how you look at it, beautiful. "it's beautiful!"
"Thank you for the compliment." Kai said without sincerity.
To be honest, Kai was actually quite unhappy with Mela's constant sense of superiority. Yes, Kai admitted that the civilization of Atlantis is indeed stronger than human civilization, but there is no need for you to emphasize it all the time, right?
What makes Kai even more unhappy is that most of the time, Mela doesn't do it on purpose. But it was that sense of superiority that came from the heart and contained no malice that made Kai feel even more heartbroken. It would be easier to deliberately find trouble, and just attack it directly. Unlike now, if you really attack it, it will make you look narrow-minded...
"Let's go." Ah Fu has already brought someone to greet him.
Alfred has stepped down from the position of Arthur. Now the person who takes over the title of 'Arthur' is the former 'Galahad' Harry Hart. Harry Hart is different from the previous Kingsman agent. Not above the nobility.
The previous Kingsman agents, including Afu, were all aristocrats. They believed that bloodline could guarantee the purity of agents. Agents from aristocratic backgrounds were cultivated, knowledgeable, and knew how to use their own advantages. As for civilian-born agents... they believe that civilian-born agents are only qualified to do some logistical work, such as the position of 'Merlin'.
For example, Kai's current gardener is Merlin. He himself is a civilian, so he can only hold the logistics position of 'Merlin'.
Merlin really wanted to go out into the field, but due to Kingsman's rules, he had no chance to go out into the field.
After Harry Hart took office, he set out to change this rule. In the past, even if Harry Hart became 'Arthur', there would be no way to shake this rule. After all, this rule has been operating smoothly and proven to be effective for hundreds of years.
This is not discrimination, this is reality. Candidates of noble birth received good elite education.
It's unfair no matter how you look at it, if you compare some elites among the elites with a group of civilian candidates who came out of a happy education.
Fortunately, with the progress of the times, this gap is shrinking. A few decades ago, this gap would have been even more obvious. But civilians are not without their advantages, that is, there are more people! There are more to choose from!
Of course, this is not enough to convince traditional agents.
Keke supported Harry Hart's reforms.
There is no problem, Kai is the master of Kingsman, and all Kingsmen must drink the water of the Holy Grail before they can obtain the title.
This gives those ace agents superhuman physiques, but it also comes at a price.
That is, their souls will belong to the owner of the Holy Grail - Kai!
This relationship is much closer and more effective than verbal allegiance!
It can even be said too much that all the Kings Agents are Kai's servants!
Kai was born under a red flag and grew up under a red flag. He already hated this kind of class discrimination, not to mention that it involved the wheel of blood. For a nation where "princes, generals, and generals are of the same kind", it is simply a joke to use blood to differentiate between superior and inferior.
Changes must be made! Speaking of World War I, the nobles had more and better seedlings because of education problems. At that time, the Holy Grail didn't have much energy due to Kai's disappearance, so it could only implement elite strategies, and that was all. But what time is it now? If you continue to hold on to this old-fashioned thinking, you will be eliminated sooner or later.
After everyone greeted them with formal etiquette, they arrived at the underground base.
Kai actually doesn't like this set of red tape. They planned to change it together, but everyone, including Harry Hart, expressed opposition, and their attitude was quite firm.
Even Eggsy, who was born at the bottom of the family (Eggsy inherited Harry Hart's title of 'Galahad'), expressed his opposition.
Because they believe that gentlemen know how to fight better than gangsters, and etiquette is the essence and characteristic of Kingsman. If this is missing, the spirit of Kingsman will be gone.
After arriving at the underground base, in a huge space, an oversized round table was placed in the middle.
That is the 'Chalk Shield', which is also the Round Table of the Knights of the Round Table!
Everyone in Kingsman treats this artifact like a pilgrimage. This is the authentic Knights of the Round Table!
This round table is very large, enough for five hundred people to sit together without feeling crowded.
But Kingsman today does not have five hundred Kingsmen.
So far, even adding 'Arthur', there are only thirteen ace agents.
Mela stared at the dark, inconspicuous, but huge wooden round table with wide eyes. She felt a surging power from it that she had never seen before.
Just when Mela was about to ask in detail, a circular gate composed of orange sparks suddenly appeared out of thin air in the space.
A bald woman came out.
The Ancient One, Supreme Mage.
