I Become A Noble in England

"The Queen's request for more funding from Parliament proves that there is something wrong with her source of income...""Because the Queen signed an agreement with the government to pay salary tax, coupled with the increasing expenses of royal family members, the Queen, as the head of the family, is facing a very embarrassing financial crisis..."

"In the past ten years, the Queen's personal expenses have increased by 15 million pounds every year, which has added a lot of burden to the royal family... You know, since 1993, the royal family's income has dropped sharply, and government subsidies have also been cut..."

"The Queen's Sandringham Palace suffered heavy losses last year due to the foot-and-mouth disease crisis, resulting in a deficit for the first time in many years and has not yet turned a profit. Her stocks have also depreciated by more than 12 million pounds due to the global economic downturn, making the Queen's financial situation even worse..."

Putting down the newspaper in his hand, Barron couldn't help but think about it.

Just as the whole of England was holding the "Golden Jubilee Celebrations" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne, The Independent suddenly threw out a detailed report, citing many accurate data to show that the royal family was in financial crisis due to the impact of the global economy and continued increases in spending.

A royal spokesperson denied the report immediately, saying that the royal family's financial situation was very good and the report was completely alarmist.

However, in Barron's opinion, even if the situation of the royal family is not as serious as described in this report, it will be more or less affected by the global economic downturn. This is probably why the royal family did not express clear support for their family before. After all, "the landlords have no surplus food"...

By June 5, Barron's betting had increased his initial £100,000 to over £5 million! As 

mentioned before, this Asahi World Cup was full of upsets, and it was even the World Cup with the most upsets.

It is also because of this that the odds corresponding to upsets are much higher than the normal game results, which is also what Barron likes.

Just like Argentina, which did not qualify from the group stage in this World Cup...

Portugal is equally miserable... Well, apart from the fact that Portugal was too poor and lost to the United States in the first game, Portugal was also unlucky enough to be placed in the same group as South Korea. Haha, those who understand will understand.

In addition to these upsets, the Chinese team also entered the World Cup. Its group includes the champion of this World Cup - Brazil, and the third place of this World Cup - Turkey. In addition, Costa Rica is not a weak team either.

It can be said that because of the Chinese team, Barron remembers the scores of this group's games very clearly, and he can directly bet on the scores to get higher odds.

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Of course, although his funds have swelled to 5 million pounds through betting.

It also means that from now on, if you continue to bet with this amount of money, it will be very conspicuous.

In order to be more low-key, Barron even began to split his funds. Part of the funds were still placed at various companies' betting points in London, while the other part of the funds crossed the channel and went to France on the other side to place bets.

Fortunately, there is the Eurostar high-speed train at this time, so it doesn't take much time to cross the channel and reach France, which is very convenient.

Also, at this stage, in addition to changing his strategy and not betting more frequently, but choosing more high-odds matches, Barron is also preparing to take out 2 million pounds from his current funds in the next few days to pay inheritance tax and complete the family inheritance process, thereby officially obtaining the title of Duke and control of the family trust fund.

This step is still very necessary, because in addition to the change in identity and the ability to control more assets, the various resources that can be obtained will also be richer than at this time.

The reason for making such a decision was that Barron had figured out a truth during this period, that is, the previous reports about the financial crisis of the Duke of Devonshire's family originally appeared in a gossip tabloid.

This is most likely a certain force similar to Viscount Bute who I met before, who has various intentions on certain assets of his family...

But such reports could actually appear in many influential newspapers afterwards. This was definitely not something that ordinary wealthy businessmen could do...

Barron speculated that there were more powerful forces involved!

For example, the Prime Minister of England...

The British Prime Minister at that time was Bruce, who was from the Labour Party. After his successful re-election, he was at the peak of his power.

His background in the Labour Party also represents his attitude towards the British aristocracy, which he strives to weaken.

In 1999, he reformed the House of Lords, which was composed of aristocrats. He abolished the membership of more than 600 hereditary aristocrats and retained only 92 hereditary members in the House of Lords. It can be said that this made the House of Lords, which originally had almost no power, increasingly useless.

Therefore, at this time, it is very likely that the voices about the financial crisis of the Devonshire Duke's family will be amplified with a little influence, causing them to encounter more resistance in resolving their debts, and eventually leading to the decline of the Duke's family.

After all, the possibility of destroying a ducal family with a certain influence in England is definitely something the other party would like to see.

Of course, these are just Barron's speculations, but one thing he can be sure of is that even if he does not encounter resistance from the government in the process of resolving the family's financial crisis, he will definitely not get any support.

This is why he decided to pay the inheritance tax as soon as possible and complete the family inheritance procedures.

He didn't want the matter to encounter any changes during the delay.

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"Master Barron, this is the invitation letter someone sent today."

After taking the unique invitation letter handed over by Ramos, Barron opened it and found out that it was an invitation to a banquet, signed by Viscount Bute.

Sure enough, the other party started to act.

It can be said that the "Golden Jubilee Celebrations" that began during this period, as well as some reports about the royal family, have also helped Barron attract public attention.

In England, of course, royal news attracted more readers, so after that, reports about the Duke of Devonshire's family almost disappeared.

At this time, Viscount Bute extended an invitation to him, and the location should be his residence in London.

It is obvious that the other party's purpose this time is still to target his family's land where the gas tank is located near King's Cross Station.

This made Barron a little curious. What kind of conditions would the other party offer this time?

It seems that the answer will be revealed by then.