Grasp the farming script in the famous book

Roland could understand Wickham's anger very well.

Everyone came from outside the plane, and the technology was also brought from outside the plane. How could Roland grab this patent right and cut off people's money?

The key point is that she also licenses it to others for free-isn't this a typical example of "harming others and benefiting oneself"?

"Fortunately, I still want to cooperate with you." Wickham suppressed his anger and said angrily.

However, in the eyes of outsiders from a distance, this handsome gentleman still looks affectionate and sincere.

Roland smiled: "Have you finished?"

The two of them have different ideas. Like Wickham, they don't care about the life and death of others, and make money from things that don't belong to them-she can't do this kind of thing anyway.

The matter of squatting the patent has been settled, and she doesn't plan to have any more words with Wickham.

"of course not!"

Wickham showed a little discouraged look, and murmured to himself: "Who would have thought that you, a little girl, would be so lucky."

"I said, the 'road toll right' you bought for the two thousand pounds last time..."

"how?"

Roland raised his eyebrows curiously.

When she returned to Hertfordshire from London, she had already seen the road being built on the other side of London.It is said that the other end has also been built from Birmingham.

During her absence at Longbourne in the spring, Mr. Bennett, together with Mr. Phillips, had finalized all plans for the Longbourn section of the toll road with the construction company.

Everything is ready, just waiting to start work.

At this time, Wickham came to her to talk about this "road toll right", what purpose would he have?

"Would you like us to cooperate?"

"What kind of cooperation law?"

"I will take care of everything for you to build this section of the road for your family, run errands for you, and be at your disposal during the construction of the road... I will take care of everything that is inconvenient for you, as long as you put my name Join the trust, and I will share half of the proceeds."

In a moment Wickham said all about this "cooperation" proposal.

But Roland only heard half of the sentence "I will share half of the income right".

Before making any decisions, Roland is used to waiting a little bit, and he must wait until all the facts surface before taking action, that is, "let the bullets fly for a while".

This allows her to avoid making wrong decisions that are not good for her because of information asymmetry.

Now facing Mr. Wickham, Roland couldn't agree more.

She turned around with a smile and was about to leave: "This... I'll ask my father and uncle first before making a decision."

Unexpectedly, Mr. Wickham was in a hurry, stepped forward and grabbed Roland's long-gloved arm, and said in a low voice and eagerly: "Didn't you pay two thousand pounds at that time? I will give you a thousand pounds, let me How about investing in individual shares and sharing half of the income right?"

"Mr. Wickham—"

Jane's voice sounded.

Roland's two eldest sisters, Jane and Elizabeth, have come to Roland.

"My little sister is not very sensible, maybe I offended you." Jane's personality is stable and peaceful, but seeing Wickham pull Roland's arm, even Jane felt that it was too much, and stepped forward to remind, "But please take care of your own Status, show some respect to Lydia..."

When Roland looked up, he saw Elizabeth's eyes wide open, staring at Wickham with a look of anger.

Seeing that the two ladies of the Bennett family stood up, Wickham himself was scared, and said under cover: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I haven't seen Miss Lydia Bennett for a long time, I was excited... ..."

He immediately returned to his polite manner, and bowed solemnly to Roland: "Please forgive me, after all, love is always so easy to make people lose their composure for a while..."

After Wickham explained this, Jane was relieved, smiled softly, said goodbye to Wickham, then took Roland on her arm, and returned to her carriage with Elizabeth.

In the carriage, Mary and Kitty sat across from Roland, looking at Roland with a sly smile.

"Lydia, is there going to be a marriage proposal soon?"

Jane also said gently: "Mr. Wickham is indeed a little reckless today, but considering that he hasn't seen Lydia for so long..."

"No, this man Wickham cannot be trusted!"

Elizabeth suddenly said something excitedly.

The eyes of the sisters were all on her face.

Roland thought: Did Elizabeth really hear something from Mr. Darcy?

But Elizabeth shook her head in the end, and said solemnly: "It's intuition, you all know it, a woman's intuition..."

Mary and Kitty both laughed at once, and looked from Roland to Elizabeth together winkingly.

Sitting next to Elizabeth, Roland reached out and patted the second sister's hand to show that she understood everything.

Only then did Elizabeth calm down, she looked out of the carriage window, and stopped making any statement on Wickham's matter.

Of course Roland knew that Wickham was not trustworthy.

However, something must have happened on that "toll road" that caused Wickham to "cooperate" with Roland so impatiently, and even proposed to exchange half of the usufruct with a thousand pounds.

As everyone knows, the more eager Wickham is, the more Roland believes that he has other plans and wants to take advantage of some opportunities of unequal information to seek benefits.

No matter what the reason is, Roland believes: this must not be a bad thing, otherwise Wickham wouldn't have come to the door in such a hurry.

As for what happened, Roland was not in a hurry - with Uncle Phillips, a lawyer, she would get the news sooner or later.

Returning to Longborn after a long absence, the first thing Roland did was to visit her agent cat.

"Luna!"

The little black-and-white flower squatted on the floor, raised its head, and stared at Roland with a pair of bright cat eyes. It was as cute as it could be—it was just a little fatter.

Roland thought to himself: I have to take her to exercise in two days.

"There's a lot going on in Hunsford and London—"

Roland couldn't wait to talk about the past with his agent cat, she had countless stories to share with Luna.

Who knew that Luna stroked her slender whiskers, nodded and said, "I know everything, Lan Lan, you did a great job!"

Roland: ...She almost forgot.

Luna is able to contact outside the plane every day and listen to feedback from outside the plane.

Luna knew all about what she had done in Hunsford, and how the audience had reacted.

"Especially Mr. Darcy—you have won him a lot!"

Roland thought to himself: ...he also won a lot of goodwill from me.

"I said, Lan Lan, see if you can find a suitable time, and ask Mr. Darcy to help you win tickets!" Luna said.

"Canvassing votes?"

"Just ask him to say something nice for you to the audience outside the plane, praise your performance and so on—"

"This……"

Roland: How embarrassing is this?

"But it's very, very important. As you know, Mr. Darcy is the most popular person in this plane." Seeing Roland's hesitation, Luna meowed anxiously.

"What's more, you still have a 'must go plot' to go."

Roland immediately reached out and hugged the kitten: "You know I'm about to go to the 'Must Go Plot'? What would that be?"

The little kitten frowns: "I can't say that, if I spoil it, the producer will punish me and kick me out of the plane..."

Roland smiled, and was ruthless when he spoke: "That's not a big problem."

The little cat turned into a crying face: "Maybe you will be fined your bonus..."

Roland: "Oh, that's not okay." She reached out and put the kitten down.

Luna finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank God, you finally stopped asking."

"But, to be honest, it would be nice if there wasn't this 'must go plot'."

Roland grinned at Luna: "Didn't you just say that you can't spoil it?"

The little cat quickly covered its mouth with its paw: "So, Lan Lan, remember to ask Mr. Darcy to help you canvass for votes!"

"Okay!" Roland accepted the manager cat's suggestion, but she didn't know when she would see Mr. Darcy again.

Returning to Longborn and generally settled down, Roland immediately set about checking the progress with Mary and Kitty.

At this time, the date of the appointment with Mr. Skrtel was not far away.The three of them were divided into two places before, and now they have to combine the parts they are responsible for and compile a complete set of manuscripts.

Longborn's mansion immediately returned to its former bustle. The living room echoed with the clamor of the sisters checking the manuscript, various opinions and corrections...

One day, while the sisters were making noise in the living room, the doorbell rang.

Roland was so engrossed in sorting out her manuscript that she didn't take it seriously.Anyway, the housekeeper's wife went back to answer the door.

The door opened and it was Uncle Phillips.

Roland and the others got up to say hello to their uncle, but Uncle Phillips looked dazed and said hello to his nieces in a daze, and then went to Mr. Bennett's study.

The Bennett sisters didn't care either, and the noise continued in the living room.

After a while, Mr. Bennett opened the door of the study, and he and Mr. Phillips both went out. Both of them were in a trance, from the study to the living room.

"Ladies, your uncle and I have something to announce to you."

Mr. Bennett looked at Mr. Phillips as if asking for his opinion.

Mr. Phillips quickly made a "please" gesture, indicating that Mr. Bennett should announce this matter himself.

The sisters were all frightened by this posture, and no one dared to speak for a while.The living room suddenly fell silent. The housekeeper's wife, who was walking around the house, didn't know what happened for a moment, and looked outside the living room door.

"It's about the road revenue rights that were exchanged for your dowry before—in fact, I don't know if I understand it correctly. Mr. Phillips, please feel free to correct me."

When Mr. Bennett mentioned the road usufruct, the sisters were a little nervous: they got it in dowry.

Only Roland was a little psychologically prepared. When Wickham came to her earlier, she knew that something must have happened to the construction of the "toll road".

"It's like this - when the road was originally built, the resolution of the parliament was that people who participated in the trust could obtain the 'toll right' certificate of this toll road."

"Your Uncle Phillips has just received a notice from London, saying that the House of Commons has passed a bill that will allow the 'charging rights' in this trust to be converted into securities and circulated in the market."

Mr. Bennett said while Mr. Phillips nodded.

But the sisters stared blankly at their father and uncle.

Only Roland understood a little bit in his heart: Converted into securities, can they be circulated? ...Isn't this just... listed?

Isn't the one held in the name of the Bennett sisters... the original stock?

Roland is not a professional in the financial field, but according to her understanding, it probably means that.

They actually hold original shares? ...then the value of these shares in the future will be...

"What... does this have anything to do with us?" Elizabeth asked her father puzzled.

Mr. Bennet said "hmm" for a long time, then looked at his brother-in-law, then turned to everyone and said, "To put it simply, the 'right to charge' that was exchanged for these two thousand pounds has appreciated in value."

Kitty asked innocently: "How much, Daddy? Is there two hundred pounds?"

Mr. Bennet shook his head excitedly: "No, it's more than that..."

"More than two hundred pounds?...Could it be doubled?"

"More than doubled..."

Mr. Bennet finally showed his bewildered energy again, and even scratched his head with his hand.

"It is said that it has increased by at least ten times."

The living room was filled with the sound of gasping.

"It is said that it will rise in the future..."

The initial investment of [-] pounds is now worth at least [-] pounds.

More than that, according to Mr. Phillips, once these warrants are listed and traded, their value may double again.

There was a long silence in the drawing-room, when suddenly Kitty screamed: "For God's sake, that's our dowry!"

yes! —That is everyone's dowry.

The Bennett sisters originally only had a total dowry of [-] pounds, but now the warrants they own are worth [-] pounds as soon as they were listed.

The Bennett sisters immediately surrounded Roland and hugged her one by one.

"Little sister, it was your idea at the beginning—"

Roland quickly replied: "It was my sisters who supported me back then."

She had no foresight, and she could never have imagined that the House of Commons would approve the conversion of the toll right of this road into a warrant and be traded on the market.

Likewise, her older sisters had no idea that things were going to turn this way.They all chose to believe in Roland just because of their sisterhood over the years, and supported Roland with a portion of their meager dowry - they didn't expect such a return in the first place.

And now—they're rich.

Although it is still not a lot of money, it is completely incomparable with the dowry of Miss Darcy and Miss De Boer, but as time goes by, these warrants will make their assets more and more substantial.

"Dad, thank you for supporting us." Jane was the most sensible, thinking of thanking Mr. Bennett.One by one they went up to hug Mr. Bennett, then Mr. Phillips.

"No, children, Dad didn't actually do anything. Dad just respected your own decision." Mr. Bennett said cheerfully, "It's you who supported yourself."

The sisters looked at each other and all laughed.

Taking advantage of no one's attention, Roland gently pushed Elizabeth who was dazed aside: "Lizzie, see you next time..."

"Yes," Elizabeth was slyly proud, "When I see you next time... I will definitely walk up to him..."

Kitty heard it from the side, and asked repeatedly: "'He'? Which 'he'?"

She asked persistently, but Elizabeth couldn't stand it anymore and could only beg for mercy.Jane and Roland hurried to smooth things over...

For a moment, the living room was full of laughter and sighs—the gift of fate came too fast and suddenly, although no one was ready to receive it, but it just came.

Mrs. Bennet soon heard the news too.

Her reaction was the most direct: "Oh, my babes, you have money!"

"Notify Mrs. Foden," Mrs. Bennett immediately ordered the housekeeper's wife, "Use her skills to suppress the bottom of the box, cook more main courses tonight, and bring out all the good wine. Let's celebrate, everyone has a share! "

The butler's wife happily responded.

Mrs. Bennet was really happy, and she didn't forget to tell her: "Everyone in the house has a bounty..."

Mr. Bennett looked at his wife, and his wife said confidently: "The children have money, why should we be so frugal? Are we going to leave all the saved money to Mr. Collins and Maria Lucas?"

Mr. Bennett: ...I'm speechless.

He had to admit that today his wife was extraordinarily wise, and her words were irrefutable.

The news spread like wildfire in Meryton.In a blink of an eye, the sisters of the Bennett family became very popular.

"Have you heard? Mr. Bennett exchanged part of the dowry in the names of the sisters for the 'right to build roads'. In a blink of an eye, the 'right to build roads' has become money, and the price has skyrocketed."

"In the past, their sisters only had a total dowry of [-] pounds, but now, there are at least [-] pounds."

"Twenty-five thousand pounds can't be considered arrogant, after all, the five sisters share it together..."

"You are stupid. The 'road toll rights' held by the Bennett sisters are valuable warrants. In addition to their own value, these warrants will be removed from the toll road when the road is built. get a share of the revenue.”

"It's a great road from London to Birmingham, which costs at least two thousand pounds a year..."

"This is equivalent to an extra dowry of [-] pounds, plus an annuity of [-] pounds?"

"Not only... It is said that the market price of their securities will double after they go public..."

"Then... is it too late for us to participate in this 'toll road' now?..."

All the people in Meryton now have this mentality: don't ask, you will regret it if you ask!

"Don't mention it, the toll road from London to Birmingham can be listed for trading. As soon as the news spread, there are too many people who want to invest in the road. How can there be two thousand pounds to invest in the construction of the road in the future?"

"..."

The person who asked the question thought about it too.

The opportunity was fleeting, and only the Bennett sisters had the good fortune to grasp such a golden opportunity.

"In short, the Bennett sisters are rich, so they don't have to worry about getting married!" Everyone couldn't help but sigh.

And so it is.

Every time the Miss Bennetts went to Meryton, they received a lot more attention.Even Kitty, who was the most showy, kept yelling that she didn't want to go to Meryton any more and be watched.

Invitations to countless balls flocked in, and many young people were asking where the ladies of the Bennet family would spend their summer——

And Roland has no time to ask about these things. She has an agreement with the publisher, and this summer is destined to be dedicated to manuscripts and fields.

Who knows that even so, she still can't get rid of the interference she doesn't want.

For example, at the entrance of the office of Meryton Foodstuffs, Mr. Wickham stopped Roland with his arm, and asked with a half-smile:

"Where do you want to go on vacation this summer?"

"Do you consider the seaside test? Brighton, the best beach in the UK, sunshine, sand, holiday..."

"Um--?"

The last word "um" has a rising tone, which is full of temptation and quite magical.