[Pride and Prejudice] Rich Lady

Mr. Bennet is a little nervous.

In fact, it's been like this since the morning before, especially after the wife and daughter got back from London and the headache was at its peak.For a moment, Mr. Bennet thought his nerves had snapped.

If he hadn't known that his wife had no brains and Lizzie was good-natured, Mr. Bennet would really have suspected that they had teamed up with the coachman to steal other people's boxes.That was a whole chest of gold and silver!

Mr. Bennet thought of Mrs. Bennet's screams that shattered the sky when Lizzie opened the box, and the gentle and amiable eldest daughter's eyeballs that almost fell out of their eye sockets, and his mind buzzed with warnings.The worst thing is that Lizzie, a bad girl, deliberately opened the box in front of her mother in the study in order to avoid explaining to her old father.

Mrs. Bennet was overjoyed. The dark medicine from Mingguo had obviously improved her sleep. She slept well and ate well, and her face became rosy.I just feel sorry for her good husband, who suffers from her nagging, and has to sleep with the bitter, smelly, sour smell every night—the small door of the master and hostess room can't block this overbearing smell.

That box is still in Mr. Bennet's study now.There is no way, because there are not only 20 ten taels of silver ingots there, but also a box containing gold at the bottom - this is the first time Mr. Bennet has seen this kind of gold ingot in Ming Dynasty.

200 taels of silver is still affordable for Mr. Bennett. He has heard that about one pound can be exchanged for 150 grams of silver in the market. Even if the silver in the Ming Dynasty is more valuable, the silver will not exceed one hundred pounds.Although it is a considerable amount of money, Mr. Bennet, who earns two thousand pounds a year, can still maintain a gentlemanly demeanor.

但金子绝对超出班纳特先生的想象了，现在不列颠是金本位国家，规定每盎司纯度0.9的黄金价值3英镑17先令10便士——一盎司大约28克，算起来这50两黄金价值近七百磅！

One box contained almost half of the Bennet family's annual income!Mr. Bennet was frightened.What's more important is that the gold of the Ming Dynasty has always been famous in Europe for its high purity. These gold ingots with inscriptions on the bottom are obviously official mints, and their value is even more difficult to estimate.

Elizabeth had never known the original price of silver in Europe before. After this time, she found out that it was much lower than she thought.Fortunately, the old doctor Xue didn't intend to trick her, and the few prescriptions she silently came up with were mixed with two world-renowned prescriptions, which were far from comparable to the first one. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is worth a thousand gold. After several ups and downs in traditional Chinese medicine, it can still last for a long time. One of them is Diannan Baiyao, which is known as the holy medicine for traumatology. Formation.It was still early before the prescription came out, so Elizabeth kept it silent.

She has the heart to return the good recipe to her homeland, but she is not a saint who doesn't care about rewards.

In fact, old doctor Xue, who had tasted the prescriptions carefully, was excitedly dispensing and testing the prescriptions, knowing that he gave too little, and the doctor would know that these prescriptions are ingenious and valuable after a little deliberation.The old doctor thought to himself that as long as the effect is not bad, the prescription will be great, and the entire prescription bureau and even the Imperial Medical Office will be alarmed. One of the prescriptions here may be included in the emperor's golden seal. In "Daming Prescription".

"Daming Prescription" is different from ordinary secret recipes and proven recipes. It is a secret document of the state and court, and a separate department is set up to manage it together with Jinyiwei.The formula and process recorded on it are not allowed to be leaked at all. Under the supervision of Jin Yiwei, the Baofang Department of the Pharmacy will make unified pharmaceuticals and send them to various places.Precious recipes are rare, and in the past 20 years of Yuji today, no one has been approved to be included in the "Daming Prescriptions".

The old doctor originally intended to give more, so as to avoid troubles in the future, but now it seems that he owes a big favor.After getting the prescription, the elderly Xue Langzhong spent the whole night in the dispensing room, the more he tried, the more frightened he became, and the more he tried, the more exhilarated he became.The old doctor hid the prescription tightly, and hurriedly consulted with someone.

If it wasn't for the heart of the doctor's parents, and also the fact that there is no Jinyiwei in a foreign country, I am afraid that old doctor Xue would even have the desire to kill people--Ming's overseas foundation and connections have grown with the prosperity of the country and the development of trade. At that time, I had already found out about the little foreign girl, not only knowing her background and life, but also knowing the little secrets between her and her schoolmates.

This little girl is not simple, she has some means and she is smart.Fortunately, Xue Langzhong was willing to hold up his noble hand and let others go. If he met a stupid girl who couldn't figure it out, maybe Xue Langzhong had to use other methods-it would be useful to catch a transparent person. Holding on to weaknesses will only lead to bad things.

Of course, the most important reason for Ken to be soft-hearted is that the book was not found, and such a collection of good prescriptions was left outside, and it would not help to kill someone who had read it.Dr. Xue negotiated with the Ming envoy temporarily stationed in London; on the one hand, he could not relax the search for the letters; on the other hand, he signed an agreement with the foreigner in Mofang, and lured him to see if he remembered other prescriptions, and continued to inquire about the information about the medicine books from her.Because it is not easy to make a big fanfare, the official ordered Xue Langzhong to treat others first.

Although the books that recorded those prescriptions were not found, it is good to be sure that she never lied.This little foreign girl really likes their Ming culture, and she is interested in anything from Daming in the shops in London.This made Dr. Xue and the others feel a little better.

The literati of the Ming Dynasty are strong, and the pens, inks and books from the Ming Dynasty are sold very expensive. This little girl can't afford it, but she has read almost all the books, calligraphy and paintings she has encountered. After Dr. Xue is sure, he will order someone to find the ones she has been to. The shops, as well as the collections of the Taurice College, were found in vain.

Although it is unavoidable to be disappointed, but I have a premonition: it is the social season in London at this time, and the circulation of goods is extremely fast. Old Doctor Xue guessed that the book was bought by some arty person and put it back in the high window as a collection. But fortunately, there is no worry for the time being.

Xue Shanggong has already decided to return to China next month, so he needs to present a good prescription as soon as possible.As long as the prescription is stamped with the seal of the Ming Dynasty, they can rest assured and not worry about other small countries doing bad things: what he worries about is never the western countries with different climates and herbs, but the neighboring countries that pay tribute every year and come to court every year. Those places have been widely educated by China since ancient times, but they often have the heart of rebellion and harm.In particular, the principles of medicine must always be prevented from being stolen.

During the reign of Emperor Shenzong, the Gaoju people obtained a volume of medical prescriptions from Li Dongbi, the sage of medicine, and regarded them as the most precious. In order to be able to widely use the prescriptions under the eyes of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Medical Office, they went so far as to say that Li Dongbi was actually a Gaoguren, and even erected a monument to worship and deceive themselves. , His brazen and voluptuous attitude shocked Guochao.When the army arrives, it's too late to regret it.Even so, when the maritime trade became more and more prosperous, the Ming Dynasty's sea-going ships were rarely affected by illnesses due to the development of medicine, which made outsiders more and more coveted and kept making small moves.Fortunately, since Shenzong, the Ming Dynasty has stricter control over formulas, technologies, craftsmanship and other unique abilities of the country. As long as they are printed by various yamen, they will retain the patents. If they are stolen privately, they will be severely punished.

Old doctor Xue regretted that lost medical book, there must be more good prescriptions in it, he already guessed in his heart that it must be an isolated ancient book, it was the famous doctor of Tang and Song Dynasties who passed away after the disaster of Mongolia and Yuan Dynasty.It should be known that in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty believed in Taoism. Because he had no children, he sought the method of longevity. He gathered the world's medical calligraphy, Taoism, and famous doctors in Lin'an. The court ladies and eunuchs fled privately, and all were burned.Make future generations sigh.

The old doctor feels that several methods are exquisite, and they do not belong to one discipline.Medicine is vast, even if the medical sage Zhang Ji is reborn, it is impossible to be good at all of them, it must be a secret book that gathers the strengths of all families, such as today's "Daming Prescription", but I don't know how many pages are left.

Smart people are good, but they always think too much.Invisibly, it helps people complete the cause and effect before and after.

This is also the advantage of Elizabeth being cautious. After all, she has been a flower planter for more than 20 years. She was afraid of inadvertently revealing her words and deeds, so she had to pretend to be extremely talented and obsessed with the Ming Dynasty, so as to find the source of her own loopholes. .After all, most of her business outlets and ways of thinking are related to the Ming Dynasty. Even though time and space have been crossed, the gifts of the motherland are still protecting her.

……

Elizabeth didn't know that she had escaped death, and she was busy trying out the sewing machine.

Thanks to Mr. Jared, who actually made this kind of hand sewing machine, and brought one as a gift when he visited Longborn.

Although Mr. Jared's appearance is not beautiful, he is still decent, especially he is very polite and knows how to be polite.Ordinarily, this should have been Mrs. Bennet's favorite son-in-law candidate, but Mr. Jared almost ate and slept with three old craftsmen because he was wholeheartedly worried about the sewing machine industry he was going to get into some time ago, and he was embarrassed and haggard. Extremely.

Even though Mrs. Bennet likes rich wealth, she still has a common problem with looking at appearances. Besides, Mr. Jared’s net worth is not enough to match his terrible appearance. Mrs. Bennet readily excluded him from the range of candidates for her son-in-law .This made both Mr. Bennet and his daughters breathe a sigh of relief.

Poor Mr. Jared, with a face that looks older than Mrs. Bennet, doesn't know the disgust of this hearty and hospitable beautiful lady.

Mr. Jared came to Longbourne on the fifth day after his trip to London. The night before his visit, he had settled at the hotel in Meryton and sent the hotel runner to deliver the letter first.This courtesy immediately won the favor of the Bennet family.

Mrs. Bennet only regards Mr. Jared as a visiting guest, but she does not pay too much attention to Mr. Jared's getting close to any daughter.So when Mr. Jared proposed to go for a walk, Mrs. Bennet didn't care about her daughters entertaining him casually.

Mrs. Bennet was not in the habit of taking a walk, and Mary was drawing a picture. The two little ones thought it was too boring to take a walk with a strange 'elder', so the other three went outside together.

This was exactly what Mr. Jared and Elizabeth two sisters wanted.

"Mr. Jared, have you decided you want to open a factory?" Elizabeth asked. "Make sewing machines?"

Mentioning this, Mr. Jared was very excited, his eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Exactly. I am going to open a sewing machine factory in Hansford, and the two craftsmen who helped me have agreed to work in the factory, not only In this way, I also found a reliable partner - I just signed an agreement with Miss Elizabeth."

"I think Mr. Jared must have applied for a patent?"

"Thank you for reminding me that not only did I apply in the UK, I also entrusted someone to do it in France and Germany." Mr. Jared said, "Thanks to Ms. Elizabeth, if possible, I would like to sign the contract as soon as possible."

As he spoke, he gestured, which meant twenty-eight cents, which meant that Elizabeth would occupy two floors of profits in Mr. Jared's factory. This was not a small amount, much more than she deserved.

Elizabeth shook her head, "I'm just giving a small suggestion, Mr. Jared is too kind."

"You deserve it, please don't refuse." Mr. Jared said sincerely.

Elizabeth didn't want to continue, so she said, "Mr. Jared can discuss this matter with my father. This matter is my father's intention."

What she cares about is: "I don't know how many sewing machines Mr. Jared has made this time, how many can you share with me?"

"Two more than the four we said before, and the remaining five have been shipped to London, and I can send someone to pull them at any time when you need them. You know it's a bit big, and it's really easy to travel with. It’s inconvenient.” Mr. Jared laughed, “But it’s bound to be popular throughout the UK, and every family needs at least one. Miss Elizabeth, think about how many orders we’ll have, and housewives all over Europe will be hooked on this Machine."

"Mr. Jared, prudence is a virtue." Elizabeth said with a smile, "and technology is a mule that always advances. You can't stay advanced forever, unless you are willing to allocate part of the benefits for improvement."

With six sets, the corners of Elizabeth's mouth can't be pressed down, which is enough for the early shop.

……

"By the way, the price of silver in England is lower than I expected, but I read that it wasn't like this at least a few decades ago. What's more, we and the voice of the Ming Dynasty always trade a lot of silver. Shouldn't the price of silver go up? .Do you know why, Mr. Jared?" Elizabeth asked.

Jared was a little surprised: "Miss Elizabeth, I thought that if you liked the Ming Dynasty so much, you would know that they don't like to use silver for transactions, but mostly use gold."

Elizabeth was stunned for a moment. In her memory, until the fall of the dynasty in the first half of the month, the flower-growing country had always been the silver standard currency benchmark. "Isn't Ming people's money silver and copper coins?"

Jared laughed: "I think the book you are reading is a bit outdated, Miss. Ming people's money is called Tongbao, Baochao, and they only ask for real gold and silver when they trade with other countries-because they don't recognize the British pound, nearby The effect is that they do not recognize the British pound, but only believe in the Ming Dynasty banknotes."

"There are many silver deposits in America. Although it no longer belongs to our great king, a large amount of silver still flows to Europe, which makes the price of silver very unstable. Ming people are so shrewd and cunning, how can they let others take advantage of it?"

"Very few ladies care about such things," Mr. Jared complimented. "It's always a pleasure talking to you."

So the serious talk stopped here, they talked about interesting things, and Jian Jian also participated.

Turning around a hedge, the Bennet sisters suddenly heard Mrs. Ron's loud voice, and she shouted: "Miss Bennet! Miss Elizabeth! Look, these are two very well-educated and outstandingly beautiful ladies from our local area. !"

Both Elizabeth and Jane were taken aback, they turned to cover, and Elizabeth was surprised to find that they were a group of 'acquaintances'.

It's really not that enemies don't get together, and ghosts linger.

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