[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

When Rhett Butler came to Barton Manor, he saw such a scene.

A group of male black men carrying hoes and other labor tools are clearing the swamp, and the cleared swamp is said to be used to grow rice and sugar cane.As for the things that have been cleaned up, the black children will pick them up, and the picked things will be sent to different dark rooms.The leftovers are either used for composting or burned for other uses.

Moreover, there are no female black slaves flirting with male blacks in Barton Manor.It was obviously the slack season, and they were all busy fighting for their own rations, so they had no time to care about other things.

The arrival of Rhett Butler was warmly welcomed by Barton Manor.

Rhett couldn't help but said, "Dear Mrs. Clark, I'm a speculator."

Marge smiled and said, "In my eyes, you are a soldier fighting on another battlefield. If there were no warriors like you, I'm afraid that at this time, the south without medicine would be another scene."

Rhett said: "Mrs. Clark, do you need medicine again?"

Margot said: "It's not like this this time. It's just that I have some medicines and cloth, and I need your help to sell them. I need your help to convert the money I get into gold coins or deposit gold in the Bank of England. By the way, Half of the money from the sale is your reward. Do you think this is okay?"

Rhett said: "It seems that I underestimated you again."

Margot smiled and said, "Do you want to see the goods?"

Rhett gave a slight salute, motioning for Margot to lead the way.

The first is alcohol.The purity is pretty good, over 85 degrees.This is mag brewed and distilled from potatoes.All are packed in new pine barrels.Very convenient to transport.

Then there's medical cotton.After the cotton has been dehydrated and degreased, it is also sealed in oak barrels.

Ritter knew very well how much these things would be in demand in the next few years as consumables for war and necessities in hospitals.

Next is vitamin C.Now the war has just begun, and the South has the upper hand on the battlefield.After a year or two, when the south is blocked by the north and medicines from outside can't get in, these medicines that people look down on will obviously become life-saving straws for field hospitals.

Similarly, there are various anti-inflammatory drugs.

After visiting the warehouse at the Barton Manor, Rhett Butler couldn't help sighing, and said, "Dear Mrs. Clark, I thought you needed me to sell the cotton for you."

Marge smiled and said: "I remember that the Jews taught the children in the family that if you give a child a piece of copper, you can sell it for one dollar, but if you process this piece of copper into a beautiful antique doorknob, you can sell it for ten dollars." Five or even twenty dollars. And what I am doing now is the same thing. One day, the port will be blocked, and the cotton will not be sold. So, I had to prepare in advance."

Rhett kissed the back of Margot's hand lightly, and said, "In my opinion, you are a very visionary woman, there is no doubt about it."

Rhett Butler has traveled many places and met many people. He knows very well what is required of women in this era.Whether in Europe or in the United States, the world's requirements for most women are nothing more than the requirement that women can dress up, act like a baby, and please men. As for managing manors, it is because of the needs of southern plantations, which is special. As for knowledge, it is one of the reasons why men reject women.

Most men don't like women who are smarter and more capable than themselves.

And Rhett was just outside the majority of these men.

Even Rhett had to admit that even he couldn't have done better than Margot in Margot's position.

When we got back to the main house, Hattie, the black mother of Barton Manor, came to ask Margot: "Madam, there is a black man who asked to exchange his work points for chicken. He said that today is his birthday, he wants to eat chicken, and Have a glass of wine. You see..."

"Does he have enough work points?"

"Enough, ma'am."

"Then exchange it for him."

"But there are only a few roosters and hens left in the breeding farm, and only the chicken you use to entertain guests is left. You have almost bought all the chickens from other families in the county. If Given it to him, what are you going to use to entertain guests? It’s too late to go to the next county today.”

Since the implementation of the work point system, all the black people have gone crazy. Once they have work points, they ask to exchange this for that.And chicken, a food that is rarely eaten except for Christmas, has become their first choice, so that Marge's chicken farm has not been able to scale up.

Margo turned to Rhett and asked, "Mr. Butler, are you interested in trying a dish from the East. I promise, his taste will impress you."

"Oh? May I ask what kind of dish it is?"

"Fish with pickled cabbage. Do you eat spicy food?"

"Of course. Indian curries are also very spicy."

"Then you must try it later."