Grasp the farming script in the famous book

In front of Uncle Gardner, Lydia is a child whose parents dote on her and has too much pocket money to spend.

In front of Mr. Bennett, Lydia, the youngest daughter, is a favorite wherever she goes, and her brother-in-law's family has been too polite to Lydia and helped her buy so many things that Mr. Bennett feels that he owes his brother-in-law too much. Favor.

Roland: ...The real money spent is all my own!

In the early stage, she made a net profit of more than 100 pounds from the first season of truffles. After a trip to London, there was not much left to spend.

But she felt it was definitely worth it.

This trip to London gave her a better understanding of the current situation of this plane, as well as the market and needs.

At the same time, she is also more confident, holding modern planting technology, she has not a little advantage in this plane.

In fact, in addition to agricultural technology, her advantages in other fields have also brought her a lot of convenience.

For example, the two "greenhouses"——

After Roland saw the prototype of a modern greenhouse in Kew Gardens, he went to find the best glass manufacturer in London.She wants to build two cottages with walls and ceilings entirely of glass that would serve as conservatories outside her large home in Longborn.

In this plane, the technology of flat glass has matured.

Just like the mansion in Longborn, the windows are neatly arranged with transparent and non-colored glass.There are occasional uneven surfaces that make the countryside look like it's flowing – but the glass is good at insulating and light-transmitting, making it perfectly fine for a conservatory.

But glass is still a luxury in this era, and the cost of building an all-glass greenhouse is prohibitively high.

According to Roland's request, the glass manufacturer calculated the area of ​​all the glass, and based on the market price, the total price was about 120 pounds - in this plane, this price is enough to build a holiday cottage or farmhouse.

Even if the other party is willing to give Roland a discount of 100 pounds, the price cannot be lowered.

The glass manufacturer listened to Roland's description-it was completely unrealistic to build two "greenhouses" made entirely of glass and transport them to the Hertfordshire countryside.

But he immediately saw the sketch drawn by Roland himself, which showed the method of building the glass curtain wall, the section view of the curtain wall structure, and the structure diagram of the joints between beams and columns.

The glass manufacturer didn't dare to say anything more, so he quickly invited his familiar builders to study and judge the possibility of this construction method.

Roland was worrying about her funds: she only had a little over a hundred pounds left in her savings.

Unexpectedly, the builder expressed that he was willing to build these two greenhouses for her free of charge, as long as she agreed: in the future, the builder can freely use the components and technologies drawn on the sketch.

"Miss, as far as I know, you can actually apply for a patent with this." Mr. Wood, the builder, said hesitantly, as if he didn't know whether he should remind Roland.

"Mr. Wood, I don't think it's necessary." Roland had other plans.

She didn't want to disperse her energy on things other than "farming"—besides, she really didn't think she had the right to apply for a patent for these technologies from outside the plane.

——Technology is not invented by her.

The builder heaved a sigh of relief, and asked Roland to sign the paperwork, ensuring that even if Roland changed his mind, he would be able to use this technology for free.

This discreet kindness just saved Roland's wallet, otherwise she might really need to borrow a little money from Uncle Gardner for this.

And the builders were astute: they had never built a greenhouse made of glass, and this was the first attempt.

If successful, the huge transparent greenhouse standing in the countryside will also be a good publicity for the construction company.

What's more, builders have never tried this construction method of preparing the parts in advance and then assembling them in one go after they are transported to the place.

If Roland's "Greenhouse Project" can succeed, it will be equivalent to another way for them to build a house——

These are not the key points for Roland, but they are very important for builders.

For this reason, the builder generously covered the transportation and labor of installing the two greenhouses for Roland.

The workers came to the Bennett family's mansion the day after the materials arrived in Longborn and began to work.

The fully polished construction in advance is very simple to put together-in about half a day, a greenhouse has been fully erected.

Therefore, when Mr Bennett went out earlier, there was a pile of construction materials outside the door.When he returned home, the workers were already building a second "greenhouse".

And Roland is taking Thomas Barry and his young daughter Betty to build wooden shelves in the first greenhouse that has been built, and lay thin pipes above the shelves.

When Roland saw Mr. Bennett, he hurried out to greet him.She was also interested to see how the squire would react to her "out of line" behaviour.

Mr. Bennett's position is that he is perfectly fine with his wife and children's "nonsense" as long as it doesn't bother him, and can even make fun of them.

So the old father stood in front of the Longbourne mansion with a cane, laughed dryly twice, and said to Roland: "My child, when you transform the whole of Longborn into a large botanical garden, I will definitely help you." Write a letter to let you see the king."

Roland also replied with a smile: "Thank you, Dad. You will definitely accompany me to London to meet you when the time comes, right?"

Mr. Bennett: ...

The little Miss Longbourne Bennett brought back two strange "transparent houses" from London.

Moreover, these two "transparent houses" stood up in Longborn within a day.

— This matter was immediately spread in Meryton, who "gossip is supreme".

Here comes Sir Lucas's family; Aunt Phillips's family arrives; Mrs. Long's family arrives...

People who come here especially want to see this magical "greenhouse".

But these two greenhouses are not like they imagined, where ladies and wives drink afternoon tea and chat.

There is one in each of the two greenhouses, each with a small wooden table and a chair.In addition, there are neat rows of wooden frames everywhere, and there are large and small clay pots placed on the wooden frames.

Above each pottery pot, there is a water pipe passing through, and a small hole is drilled above the water pipe.As long as water is poured from one end, the water can seep through the holes in the water pipes to irrigate all the clay pots in the greenhouse.

The greenhouse has not been built for a short time, and now most of the clay pots here are bare soil.The whole greenhouse is also gray and bare, nothing to see.

But Roland will describe the prospects of the two greenhouses to the female guests when they arrive:

"After these two greenhouses, one is dedicated to breeding, and the other is used to grow off-season flowers and vegetables...Imagine, in winter, when there is heavy snow, this greenhouse is lush and fragrant..."

Someone interrupted Roland's reverie: "Lydia, how did you come up with the idea of ​​building these two...'greenhouses' in front of your house?"

"Stylish! Don't you know it? It's the most fashionable garden in London."

The female guests all nodded: Well, fashion-seeking—it fits Lydia's personality very well.

In Meryton's gossip, as elsewhere, everyone will exaggerate a little when it is spread, so there will be a certain degree of distortion when it is spread for a long time.

When it was rumored that Longborn was about to become the "Royal Queen's Horticultural Experimental Base", the residents of Netherfield couldn't hold back their curiosity and visited Longborn.

The male guests were clearly more interested in the institutions of the conservatory.

Mr. Bingley walked around the greenhouse twice, patted the supporting columns made of oak, and sighed: "This is really an unexpected design."

Mr. Darcy looked at the whole greenhouse carefully for a long time, and finally asked: "Why not use stronger materials to make the frame? For example... steel."

In this plane, the iron and steel industry is developing rapidly. Coal and iron ore are continuously transported to the emerging industrial cities in the northwest, where they are smelted and processed into iron tools of various strengths to manufacture machinery.

The female family members of the Bennett family didn't know how to answer this question, and they all looked at Roland together.

Roland smiled, she knew this all too well.

"Steel will become longer in summer and shorter in winter. Glass will do the same, but the range is much smaller than steel. If steel is used as a frame, the biggest worry is: the glass of this roof will loosen and fall in summer, and it will fall in winter." would be crushed by an overly tight frame."

"Oak frames don't have that problem."

"This is what the builder said," Roland said after finishing, not forgetting to add a sentence, indicating that this was just a standard paraphrase.

What she said was also plain and easy to understand, but it sounded reasonable.

Darcy nodded, unaware that he was talking to a little girl about a scientific subject.

Miss Bingley felt that it was time for her to keep her mouth shut—where a little Bennett girl could steal the limelight, and she put on a genial smile before she threw a tantrum.

"Miss Bennett, I heard that after you came back from London, you became very interested in gardening. Then, is the garden of your residence going to be built in a baroque or rococo style?"

"In that case, do you plan to build a fountain or two? Are the statues for the garden to be ordered from France or from Italy?"

Miss Bingley's question was so insincere that even her elder brother, who caught the sarcasm in it, frowned, and reminded Miss Bingley to "be polite."

Roland didn't care at all, and she replied generously: "Miss Bingley, don't you know? People in Hertfordshire always pay attention to affordable prices. I'm afraid the Baroque and Rococo styles are not as good as the English pastoral style." Likeable."

Miss Bingley: "English country style?"

The corners of Roland's mouth were raised high: "Yes, to be exact, it's...the English vegetable garden style."