[Comprehensive] I am not Michael

Knowing that Matthew didn't want to give up Downton Abbey and even seemed reluctant when his grandmother asked him to, Mary was furious.

Although Mary satirized Matthew with Greek mythology at the dinner welcoming Mrs. Isabella Crowley and Matthew Crowley, and compared Matthew to the sea monster general who is about to destroy Downton Abbey Comparing herself to a sacrificed princess, she firmly believed that Matthew was not good enough for her, but on the day when the incident really happened, Mary found that anger and sadness alone could not express her feelings.

"Isn't that for sure?" Mary's attitude towards Matthew couldn't be described as friendly, or even harsh.

Perhaps even her father, the Earl of Grantham, could not have imagined that his beloved and trusted daughter would reject his heir in this way.

When Mary wrote to her friend Evelyn Napier, the son of Viscount Branksome, hoping that he could come to Downton Abbey to become Parseus who saved the princess, Matthew was visiting Downton with Earl Grantham manor.

After talking with Zhao Changqing, although Matthew did not love this land as much as Robert Crowley, Earl of Grantham, and his wife and daughter, he was able to understand what the title of earl meant.

Therefore, when the Earl of Grantham said: "You should not be able to understand my feelings for this land now."

Matthew replied: "Yes, in the past I did have a prejudice against the nobles. However, now I know that the worldview of the nobles is completely different from that of the middle class. Many tenants in Downton Abbey depend on this manor for a living. "

Robert Crowley was relieved to hear that.

This is what worries him most.Just as the middle class rejects the nobles and thinks that the nobles are all vampires, Robert Crowley is also worried that his distant nephew will be prejudiced against the nobles, and then do a series of things that are not good for Downton Abbey, and finally inherit the manor Let the manor quickly decline.

He also knew that it would take time for Matthew to become the true heir of Downton Abbey, so he didn't mind slowly injecting his love for Downton Abbey into Matthew's heart.

There is no rush for this kind of thing.

Moreover, he is also very curious about the current situation of Rose Manor:

"I heard that Zhao recruited another group of people. Is this true?"

Matthew said: "Yes, it is said that the recruits this time are gardeners and farmers with a little knowledge. Zhao even specially recruited a group of rural girls."

Robert was very strange: "I heard that Zhao often leads people into and out of the grove..."

There are also scum among the nobles. In the Middle Ages, the nobles had primary rights over the girls in their territories.

These are bad habits, and Robert himself is very repulsed by them, and he doesn't want to see such people appear among his neighbors.

Just as she was about to answer, she turned her head and saw Edith coming from there with a small basket full of berries.

When Edith saw her father and Matthew, she hurriedly said hello.

Robert was very surprised: "Why did you come?"

Edith's cheeks were flushed, and she was in a good mood after a walk.

"Father, Zhao is teaching the tenants and girls on his manor to identify and pick herbs in the forest. I never knew that those weeds discarded by gardeners and gardeners have so many uses! Oh, Dad! Zhao is really amazing! He is so generous that he imparts knowledge to those ordinary people for free!"

Robert Crowley's attention was instead: "What do you mean? The weeds thrown away by the gardeners and gardeners are really medicines?"

As the owner of the manor, Robert Crowley certainly knows the difference between weeds and medicinal materials. The former means that they are worthless and have to be cleaned up, while the latter means a lot of income!

This is undoubtedly great news for the declining Downton Abbey.

If Downton Abbey is suitable for growing medicinal materials, then the economic situation of the manor will definitely improve greatly, and his three daughters will naturally have a generous dowry, so that they will not be reduced to old maids because they do not have a dowry.

Edith, too, knew exactly what the news meant.

She said happily: "Yes. Dad. Zhao said that Yorkshire has a very good geographical location and is very suitable for planting medicinal materials. Dad, you must have a good talk with Zhao! Zhao listed seven or eight kinds of medicinal materials, many of which are It can be used on the battlefield!"

I followed Zhao Changqing for a walk in the grove just now, and I learned that many medicinal herbs look like weeds. At that moment, Edith's heart ached.

As the second lady of Downton Abbey, Edith is very clear about the most fundamental reason why she has not married when she is almost 20 years old, that is, her mother's dowry has been invested in the manor and has become part of the ancestral property, and the three sisters, Then he became a well-known pauper in the aristocratic circle.

Edith knew well that with a decent dowry she could be happy without being an old maid.

The problem is, the previous Downton Abbey has always regarded medicinal materials as weeds, so what is the difference between throwing gold into the water? !

This is why Edith came here to find her father. She thought that her father should have a good talk with Zhao Changqing.

What Edith could think of, Robert Crowley could of course think of.However, as a nobleman, he couldn't just go to Zhao Changqing right now.

Aristocrats have aristocratic ways of doing things.

It would be very impolite to go directly to the door and ask the other party to teach the tenants of Downton Abbey the same way they teach the tenants on their own manor.It is their business to be lenient towards the tenants on their own manor, and this is not the reason why they can ask each other to share that knowledge for free.

Even if he was worried about his own Downton Abbey, he had to follow the procedure, first invite Zhao Changqing to have a meal, and then talk slowly.

Of course, this kind of thing, in the eyes of Matthew, who was born in the middle class, is still very uncomfortable.Although Matthew is affirmative of Robert Crowley's character, this kind of behavior is really the same as those written in the novels, where the nobles oppress the good people and snatch the family heirlooms from others. It is really not much different.

Therefore, when Robert Crowley invited Matthew to this dinner, Matthew could only decline: "Are you going to discuss business with Zhao? Then, I can only avoid it. After all, apart from your heir In addition, I am still Zhao's lawyer. According to the professional requirements of a lawyer, I must avoid it."