Grasp the farming script in the famous book

Will is indeed a good carpenter.No matter how complicated the machinery Roland described, he could find a way to make it.

Even when encountering a structure that is too complicated, Will can first make a small model out of straw, corn leaves, and waste wood, so that Roland can "see it first", thus avoiding the waste of precious materials.

Two months later, when the cotton seedlings in Tara's field had grown tall, several machines had been made and ready for use on Will's side.

At this time, Roland naturally wanted to apply for a patent.

It's not that the technology she brought from outside the plane cannot be shared with others, but that she doesn't want a villain like Jonas Wilkerson to steal it from her again.

After the failure of the previous conspiracy, the former supervisor of Tara came to Tara to provoke him again.

He lost the magic weapon of "tax money", so he could only come to verbally curse Roland to go bankrupt.

"Let me tell you, when the cotton is harvested, no one in the whole county will come to work for you. You can't hire anyone."

"Tara's cotton just rots in the field."

Roland was laughing inwardly, but on the surface he pretended to be pitiful: "Ah, I'm so scared—but my mother will definitely bless me! I hope God will blow a gust of wind and blow all the cotton into my pocket."

Jonas walked away triumphantly.

Will and the rest of Tara surrounded her and laughed in unison, making Jonas turn around in surprise and suspicion, feeling that the whole of Tara was out of order.

In addition to not wanting Jonas to get involved in technology, Roland also needs to take this opportunity to withdraw some funds: she has been spending money all the time, but the income is pitiful, and Frank's credit is about to come to her. The half-year deadline that I promised... I need money everywhere.

But Will and Ashley came back from a trip to Jonesboro and told Roland:

"There is an application fee to apply for a patent, and each patent costs 10 dollars."

Then the question arises. With the help of Will, Roland has made several machines. Should she apply for them one by one, or should she make a package and use the name of "Cotton Harvesting Machine" to collect all the machines? Covered together, common application.

"A separate application for each."

Roland did not hesitate.

Even if she has to go through cumbersome procedures every time, she still has to take these machines apart and apply.

Wei Xili disagreed with her opinion: "Scarlett, you know Tara's financial situation better than any of us—you have a total of seven or eight patents to apply for, which means you will spend a lot of money— "

For eighty dollars, Suellen could get married four times.

"Scarlett, you said it yourself, you don't want to be poor anymore, you don't want to go hungry anymore—we all follow you, trust you. But people in Tara need security, too."

"I know patents mean a lot to you, you're smart, you've proven it to all of us..."

Wei Xili tried his best to use a complimenting tone, trying to persuade Roland to change his mind.

Roland suddenly wanted to laugh - this man doesn't understand her, he still treats her like a child.

He thought she just wanted a nice accessory to adorn him.

But judging from his tone, he was still just coaxing a little girl.

However, patents are not ornaments, and Ashley does not understand her judgment on this country and this era.

"Ashley, do you feel that the food on the table has not improved recently, it's always the same every day, polenta, pumpkin pie, etc. You and Will have worked hard, but I haven't given you enough. return?"

"no no……"

Ashley's face changed, "Scarlett, you can't misunderstand me like this."

He is not ignorant.

It was Tara who took them in, and his son, Bo, drank the milk of Dilsey, Tara's maid.

For so long, Tara had been supporting the family, and he was only doing a little bit of labor.

It was the first time for Ashley to feel hot in front of this woman, feeling that his self-esteem had been hurt.

Roland grinned: "Ashley, I can't discuss 'Twilight of the Gods' with you, I don't understand anything..."

Ashley felt her heart twitch: she remembers, she still remembers...

At that time, Tara had just received a tax notice of 300 US dollars. She came to him for help, but he talked to her eloquently, lamenting the passing of an era... Later, she gritted her teeth and carried the matter through, so he thought she forgot.

But now it seemed that she was far more savvy than he had imagined—although she was self-effacing, Ashley felt that she understood and understood everything.The corner of her mouth raised was also mocking him, he is probably the most useless person in the world...

"...But these are new machines that Will and I made together, Ashley, just let me be the master."

Roland saw every bit of Ashley's expression in his eyes.

Due to her emotions, she finally softened her heart and didn't say anything too serious.

"I know in my heart that it will bring benefits. Although we need to pay some costs now, this is to win greater returns..."

At this time Will spoke lazily. As the person who put Roland's "ideas" into practice, he seemed to be a "partner" of Roland.

"Scarlett, this is a very simple matter. If you want to get eighty dollars at once, Tara will definitely not be able to do it." This is the cold reality.

"But you can first rank these 'inventions' of yours."

"When we collect enough $10, we will go to apply for the first item—maybe you will be able to authorize and collect licensing fees after your patent application is completed soon—so we will soon have a second $10..."

Will is right.

He didn't deny Roland at the beginning like Ashley did. He was persuading Roland to prioritize first—he knew that she would do all these things sooner or later, so there was no need to persuade her.

Sure enough, Roland listened to Will's words.

She took out the first large-scale machinery that she wanted to apply for a patent - an automatic cotton picker. Partners who can produce this machine.

This is because of - "Twilight of the Gods".

Ashley is right. The emancipation of black slaves and the end of slavery also brought the end of the manor economy. In the past, the era of using a large number of serfs to pick cotton had no foundation.

After this great change, most of the blacks who had no personal rights will walk into the city and start a new life.They will become a new generation of freemen and industrial workers, allowing the southern states, which are mainly agricultural production, to join the wave of the industrial revolution.

However, these lands in the countryside are still there - they are bound to move towards intensive production, and machinery will be used on a large scale to replace increasingly expensive labor.

That's why Roland had to strike first and seize the opportunity before more people realized the upheaval.

There are too few people who can understand her. In the entire Tara Manor, except Will, no one explicitly supports her in applying for these patents.

Maybe Melanie supported her, but because Ashley objected, Melanie never expressed disagreement with her husband.

But apart from Ashley, no one publicly objected to Roland anymore—she was now the head of Tara's family.

So Roland didn't care about 21, and first submitted an application to Jonesboro, and the application was for the patent of the "automatic cotton picker".

After she paid the patent application fee of US$10, she really felt the feeling of "tightening her belt"—no, the feeling of "tightening her chest", and she couldn't breathe at all.

She was on the verge of living up to her own words, Frank and Suellen would soon be pointing her nose at her, and the people of Tara were still dealing with rough and limited food on the table every day.

But Roland is very clear that as long as she can get through this period, she will be able to earn greater profits and a huge amount of wealth - she vaguely remembers someone saying that there are two opportunities to make a lot of money, one is when the country is built , and the other at the time of national destruction.

She absolutely does not want to distribute the wealth of the country, but in the process of rebuilding the economic form of the No. [-] Middle School, she is absolutely willing to sharpen her sword and rush in to earn her share.

Four days after she submitted her application, Tara had a guest.

"Mr. Bai, you were not invited by Miss Scarlett, were you?"

Mammy looked and looked suspiciously.

Rhett smiled immediately, and shook his head to confirm: Roland definitely did not invite him to visit this time.

And he was welcome by everyone at Tara, because he was for everyone at Tara, including the baby in swaddling, including Mammy and Pork and Dilsey and their children.

Wade got a toy carriage that could be disassembled, and went to play happily.

And Will stared in amazement at his brand-new carpentry tool kit—the one he had was old and missing something.

The women got the latest fabrics—velvet, tartan, and taffeta.

Roland pursed his lips: "I would rather be the strongest ordinary cotton cloth."

The clothes she usually wears to work wear out the fastest, and she feels that even mending can't keep up with the wear and tear.Those flashy fabrics are not as important as ordinary cotton in her heart.

Of course, it would be even better if there were chemical fiber products, nylon, polyester in this era.

Melanie had no choice but to remind quietly: "Scarlett, Scarlett...thank you, Captain Bai—"

During the Civil War, Confederate ports were blocked.Rhett was doing a smuggling business at that time, shipping in the most urgently needed supplies of the Confederacy to break through the blockade.

Melanie had always called Rhett "Captain White" back then.

Now, as before, he sent all kinds of carefully selected gifts in large and small packages.Melanie couldn't help using the title again.

Roland pursed his lips: "Thank you!"

She was thinking in her heart: Perhaps it would be most practical to convert these presents into money and give them to her...

Ruide greeted her: "Mrs. Han, Mrs. Han?"

Roland quickly put a smile on his face: "Huh?"

"Is my gratitude not obvious enough? Mr. Bai, I would like to express my sincere thanks for your kindness in visiting..."

"This is my first time visiting Tara!"

Roland: ...Oh, yes.

Brad had never been to Tara. The first time he appeared in this area was at Twelve Oaks, at Wei Xili's house, on the afternoon when Wei Xili and Han Meilan announced their engagement.

Roland was suddenly in a daze.

Unexpectedly, Ruide seriously wanted to meet her father, Hao Jiale.

This... came to Tara, could it be that he wanted to catch up with Jiale?

She led Rhett to Jiale and left the two of them there to chat.

Not long after, there was singing from Jiale.

It was "The Man with the Prosthetic Leg in the Low-Back Car," and Gaara's Irish accent was heavy, but she was obviously singing happily.

Carleen, who was sitting with Roland, began to wipe away tears——

How long has this family not seen Jia Le in such an "almost" normal appearance?

Roland also secretly sighed in his heart.

Rhett seems to have magical powers, he can make people like Jiale temporarily let go of their defenses, forget about Ellen for a while, and sing happily.

"Oh, I remembered—"

Jia Le's singing stopped suddenly halfway.

"You lied to me to gamble and won 500 yuan from me!"

Roland and Melanie looked at each other and smiled: No one would have imagined that Jiale would bring up old issues at this time.

"No, no, I'm willing to admit defeat. That's the money I won from the gambling table..."

Ruide began to "play tricks".

"No, no, I remember...you were courting my eldest daughter, my Scarlett..."

Roland: ...?

— and this matter?

Melanie fell directly on the sofa, buried her palm-sized face in her hands, and kept laughing and snickering at the same time.

"Ellen told me to take my daughter back, and I lost the money she gave me—I had to promise Scarlett, that little liar, to stay in Atlanta..."

Roland: This... is a solid black history!

Brad did not know what to say to comfort Jia Le, but Jia Le's voice gradually became quieter, and he stopped making any noise.

After visiting Jiale, Rhett bid farewell to everyone in Tara.

He didn't say what his purpose was from the beginning to the end: he said he came here on a special trip, but he didn't say anything, he just looked at Jiale; if he said he was just passing by, he prepared gifts for everyone.

After Rhett left, Mammy came to Roland with an unkind expression: "So this person is that Mr. Bai...Miss Ellen said he had bad intentions for you, and it really is..."

There was a creaking sound on the floor, and Mammy quickly shut up and stepped aside.

Hao Jiale stood in front of Roland, holding a stack of thin bills in his hand, all in denominations of 10 dollars.

"That kid... brat, he's only willing to give me back 100..."

Roland stared at the banknote in Jiale's hand, and was speechless for a moment.

"Scarlett... Ellen is not here, you have worked hard..."

Jiale handed the banknotes in his hand to Roland.

For some reason, Roland suddenly felt the urge to cry.

She didn't accept the stack of bills, she just jumped up, she rushed out of Tara's house, and saw Rhett riding away on the road away from Tara, only a small black spot remained.

The $100 didn't move Roland much—it was just money.

What really touched Roland's heart was Ruide who awakened Jia Le.

He let Jia Le peek out briefly from the pain of losing Ellen, and saw that these daughters were like Ellen once, standing upright and living on their own.

Just for this, no matter how many times Rhett has offended her before, she can forgive her.

Back in front of Jia Le, Roland couldn't tell whether Jia Le had already woken up or was still living in his and Ellen's small world.

But Jia Le finally gave Roland the $100 bill.

Roland untied his financial "chest" that was tightly binding him, and heaved a sigh of relief.

She paid back the longest sum owed to Frank first, showing that she was a person of credit.

Then she applied for five patents in one breath, all related to picking cotton.

In the end, there was 20 dollars left, and she gave them to Melanie and Will for safekeeping: "Tara really needs to have some money in hand, so that everyone can have confidence..."

This word reached Wei Xili's ears, and he wondered if it was a response to what he said earlier to persuade Roland.

——She was finally willing to listen to herself.

But Wei Xili couldn't be happy at all - because Ruide gave the $100.

Ruide was afraid that the money would be a charity, so he went to see Jiale first, deliberately reminding Jiale of his previous wins and losses at the gambling table, so that he could have the opportunity to leave the $100 in Tara.

If there is still a need in the future, Rhett can still send the remaining 400 US dollars to Tara under the banner of repaying the debt.

Ruide is the one who can advance and attack, retreat and defend, and everything is under control.