Southern Rose [Gone with the Wind]

He is a northerner, and he has no black slaves himself, but he has a few black servants who are loyal. According to the news from the servants, Josephine did not say anything bad about him, nor was he in a bad mood, or anything else.

He suspected that the servants did not rely on their skin color to obtain any favorable information.

Josephine was now thinking about the gold mine again.

In 1848, a landowner in California discovered a gold mine on his land, which set off a "gold rush". Only less than 12 years ago, the number of immigrants in California surged, and many new immigrants crossed the North American continent. For the land "full of gold".

Instead of touring Europe, Leonardo Darcy went to California to "catch gold" in the early days of the gold rush.He bought his gold mine very early and produced about 15 pounds of gold each year. His supervisor gave him 8 pounds and kept 7 pounds for himself.Gold diggers need to be paid, and they need manpower to guard the gold mines from being stolen. He pays 7 pounds of gold, gets 8 pounds of gold, and keeps a large piece of land, which is not considered a loss-making business.

And this person is also very shrewd, instead of changing gold into dollars, he cast gold nuggets into gold bars of different sizes, ranging in weight from 8 ounces to 2 ounces, and made gold bars of different weights with a minimum unit of 5 grams. There are also two types of gold beads, solid and perforated.

The market price of gold fluctuates all year round, but generally speaking, it is getting more and more valuable.The monetary system of the United States is already on the gold standard, and the government hoards gold as a guarantee for the national economy.

"If there is a real war, the banknotes may be worthless at that time." This is how the landlord class thinks about the problem. "Jewelry may not be useful at that time. I would say that gold is the most practical."

The actual person sent her a glass bottle filled with gold beads.

"You can make a bracelet out of them, but be careful, in a place like California, if someone sees you wearing a gold string on your wrist, someone will rob your carriage."

Why did this person suddenly become unable to speak at all?

"I wouldn't go to such a messy place. But I heard that the most profitable thing in California is not gold mining, but opening a store."

"Yes," Leonardo smiled, "the richest are the wholesalers."

"Are you a wholesaler?"

"I ship sugar and flour from New Orleans to Sacramento."

"Do you go to New Orleans often?"

"Often. The Robillards have one in New Orleans. You must have."

"I don't remember, maybe I went there when I was very young."

"We..." He smiled, "I will take you to see it when I have a chance, it's more French."

She thought for a moment, "Do you think I should buy some gold too?"

"It depends on what you want to use it for. I suggest that you should prepare some gold. You don't need too much, but not too little. About—10 pounds should be enough."

Josephine made up her mind to stock up on some gold. This kind of hard currency would not be too much. It could be used at any time, and it was much easier to realize than jewelry. Everyone knew the price of gold. Gold bars can be used directly as cash, but jewelry is difficult to cash out quickly.

So, Leonardo is also very smart, not just a landlord and slave owner with no ambitions.He also began to let the slaves at home be redeemed gradually, but likewise, the black slaves on the farms and plantations could not be redeemed, otherwise they would run away quickly.

Anyway, it can't be regarded as "her" property now, and how he will deal with it is none of her business. As long as he doesn't lose his head and buy all the family's cash into Southern State bonds and the like, he can still be his big brother after the war. Landlords, large wholesalers.

She soon persuaded her father to hoard some gold, which was also minted in various weights.Gold is a precious metal that preserves value, and John has no problem with it.In fact, the family has always had a little gold in stock, but not too much, only a few pounds.

John quickly bought 10 pounds of gold from the bank and put it in the safe.

With some hard currency at home, Josephine was relieved.

Chika brought back Charles' letter half a month later, and attached an old local newspaper in Boston. The newspaper was the happy news of the birth of Philip Talent, "Lucy Talent, wife of Henry Talent, was born on a certain month." The eldest son was born on a certain day, and he was baptized in a certain church on a certain day, and named Philip, adding another member to the Tarent family, gratifying to congratulate."

Included in the letter was a daguerreotype of Philip Talent.

"Mrs. Tarent received me warmly and said that she hoped to have the opportunity to meet my sister, and that her son had finally found a lovely woman. I think this lady will be a good mother-in-law, at least She is a good host.

Old Mr. Talent died of illness the year before last, so Philip is now the head of the Talent family.There were a lot of in-laws in his family, and there was a big ball, and Josephine was sure to like it here, or at least the ball.

I will continue to inquire about young Mr. Talent, to see if he has any ill rumors, or hides a mistress or illegitimate child somewhere.If Talent asks, don't say yes the first time. "

Ah, yes!To say that there are no rumors of mistresses or illegitimate children among large landowners in Charleston, conservative Charleston does not tolerate "disorderly" people, regardless of sex, which is still very good for a woman looking for a suitable husband, Ley Leonardo Darcy is a "transparent" person in a certain sense, without any fatal flaws.

As for Philip, the son of Boston, it's hard to say!

Josephine wrote back to Charles:

"Dear Charlie:

I think you'll have to go to Richmond and inquire about Talent, especially about his mistress and bastard. I don't want to deal with his mistress and bastard in the future. If he has the burden of this, he can't think about it again. Spend even an hour in Savannah.

Love you forever Josephine. "

She sent Chica to New Orleans, and Philip had been to New Orleans on errands.This is the case in the large cities and port cities of the lower southern states, where merchants, landowners, slaveholders, and wretched women, weak women who have become mistresses, gather in large numbers.

There is no good contraceptive method in this era. A healthy woman has a child every 1 or 2 years. If a family has only two children, such as the Robillard family, then the woman must be unable to have another child due to illness.Josephine was born more than two years ago, and Emile gave birth to another boy, but the boy died of illness within a hundred days after birth; Emile had a miscarriage a few years later, was ill for a long time, and did not conceive again after that.

Ellen also gave birth to 1 children at a rate of one and a half to two years. Scarlett was 6 years old, Su Lun was 16 years old, and Karin was 15 years old. If the next three boys survived, they would be 13 years old, At the age of 11 and 8, the last boy died when he was born, and Ellen never got pregnant again.

Bearing children is the biggest responsibility of women in this era. If a poor family has three children in a row, it will be difficult to raise them. However, poor women can give birth to seven or eight children. It’s okay. Black slaves have 7 children in 8 years Far from uncommon.

Wealthy families do not have the pressure to raise children. Based on the idea that there is a wealth of wealth in need of an heir, it is best to get a boy at one stroke, so that the pressure on subsequent childbearing will not be great.

Josephine does not reject having children, but she does not want to become a reproductive machine. She is going to get married again, and she is going to make up her own mind when and how many children to have.

There is no need to tell her future husband about this kind of thing in advance, anyway, she will always have the final say.

Mrs. Lucy Talent's letter soon reached Savannah.According to his mother's letter and the attitude of the Robillard family, Philip suddenly realized: Indeed, as a foreigner and a Yankee, it is not so simple to pursue a southern lady. will believe him.He doesn't know any "high-class people" in the local area. All he knows are ship owners, wholesalers, etc. at the docks.

How to solve this problem?

He visited Miss Robillard again the next day, and sincerely invited the Robillard family to visit Boston. They could live in a hotel or in the house of the Tellent family. Mrs. Tellent wanted to get acquainted earlier Mrs Robillard and Miss Robillard.

Mrs. Emile politely refused.

Not surprised, Philip invited the Robillards to Boston again a few days later.

Josephine didn't mind going to the north to live for a few months. According to the hospitality traditions of European countries, rich families could entertain relatives and friends to stay at home for a few years, and even have several children.To get to know a person and his family, it is of course excellent to go and see for yourself.

It shouldn't be a problem for John and Emile to spend a few months with her on a trip to Boston to investigate the Talent family, and they should be very happy.

However, it still needs to be considered.

Leonardo Darcy bought a large piece of land on the outskirts of Savannah, with a swamp attached.After buying the land, it takes at least two months to find someone to clear the ground and determine the specific location to build the house.

He invited Josephine to a picnic and looked at the grounds, and of course invited Mrs. Robillard and Victor.

Victor is very keen on the sport of horse riding, and Sheldon took the young master for a horse race.

The picnic of rich people is not just a blanket on the lawn, but tables and chairs, tablecloths, and a whole plate of desserts, various cream cakes, French macarons, champagne, and Ice cream garnished with raspberries.

Ladies are not happy to eat extravagantly. According to the Black Sister, ladies should "eat as much as a bird" so as not to give people a "bad impression" of being greedy.Josephine doesn't want to pretend to only dip her lips with ice cream, she has a sweet tooth, chocolate and cream cakes are her favorites, and countless other delicacies.

In order to keep in shape, you have to eat less and more meals, so it looks so-so in line with the ladylike demeanor of "eating as much as a bird".

"Josephine," Leonardo said with a relaxed attitude, "do you want to go for a walk?"

"Get out for a walk? Isn't it 'out for a walk' now?"

"Leave Savannah and go to New Orleans, do you want to go?"

"You have business to do?"

"No, I don't have any business in New Orleans," he shook his head. "I just want to show you another city. Or... if you want to go to Italy, I can take you there too."

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