"In 1816, my father, Eliphalet Remington II, handcrafted his first rifle barrel in my grandfather's forge, and then had the local gunsmith turn it into a flintlock rifle."
"Our rifle manufacturing company was the precursor to our munitions factory, although at that time the factory was not in its current location," Remington II explained.
Zhu Wencong leaned back on the sofa as an audience, Westerners loved to talk about their ancestry, the struggles of their forebears.
Accordingly, their names were adorned with long, decorative phrases to make their identity and status seem extremely distinguished.
Frankly, Westerners are not like Easterners who could declare themselves kings or emperors anytime, anywhere; they needed the recognition of other nobles or the Royal Family.
Self-proclaimed titles of nobility and peerages would only bring disgrace, and people in high society would not bother to associate with you.