[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

In fact, those manor families close to Atlanta, basically those who could come to Atlanta had already brought the only remaining servants and servants in the family, and those who came only now were basically from remote areas or other states.

There are too many people who have traveled all the way to Atlanta, let alone women like Mrs. Meade and Mrs. Merriwether, even the men are very surprised.

After all, the South is dominated by plantations, and most people would not be willing to abandon their land and estates unless they had to.

This also shows from another aspect how unsettled the outside is.

Newly moved to Peachtree Street—yes, it’s no longer Peachtree Street, but Peachtree Street. Due to the influx of people, today’s Peachtree Street has been extended by one kilometer, and it’s also changed from the original street It became three streets, and it was a big block—so Mrs. Van Ness said to Melanie and Mrs. Meade: "Yes, before that, I was at the Southern Family Postwar Mutual Aid Fund and the Southern There was a lot of hesitation in the plantation post-war cooperative plan. In fact, my daughter-in-law and I and my two daughters were all partial to mutual aid foundations at one time, but..."

"They don't provide opportunities to come to Atlanta for asylum. At the same time, more and more black people are being incited by those who want to, and your situation is getting more and more dangerous."

"Yes. It's dangerous. Before I... I mean, if it wasn't for Moore, I mean, my husband's valet, we'd be... now he's the only valet in our house. If something like this happens again Once, we..."

"Those damned scum!"

Scarlett couldn't help but curse.

"If that's what the Yankees were aiming for, they did succeed. Every one of us grew up on the lap of a nigger mama, every papa had a black person manservant, and they were our most important kin. But Well, the Yankees use this method to try to put white people at odds with black people..."

"And they succeeded, Margo said, thanks to them, racial discrimination and racial conflict will intensify."

"Oh, God!"

"What's the matter? I think you mentioned my name." Holding a glass of wine, Margot came over and said to the guests, "Hi, Mrs. Van Ness, I'm Margot, Margaret Clark. I'm very Sorry, Atlanta's population is growing too fast during this period, housing and food pressure are very high, and there are many black people, most of whom are uneducated, as long as someone is inciting, as long as they find that food vouchers cannot be exchanged for them enough food, They will cause trouble. Therefore, for the safety of Atlanta, I can only adopt the principle of assigning every other day. I hope you can understand..."

"Oh, of course, Mrs. Clark, you don't have to be so sorry at all. We all know what happened in Atlanta, in this land! Compared with other places, Atlanta is much better. At least I don't have to worry about the middle of the night..."

By the end Mrs. Van Ness had tears in her eyes.

In this war, the Van Ness family lost three men, Mrs. Van Ness's husband and two sons, and Mrs. Van Ness Jr. had no children.

This is one of the reasons why little Mrs. Van Ness was attacked.Because the south is rich in aristocrats, many concepts are close to Europe.In the South, a family without a man was almost hopeless.

This is why Mrs. Van Ness later changed her mind and decided to accept Margot's post-war cooperation plan for the southern plantation.

There is no one in the south who does not love the land, even if only women are left, the women will stay on the land, continue to cultivate, and continue the family.They would not have been able to leave their lands, their homes, were it not for the serious threats to growing numbers of families.

From this we can see what the entire social environment in the south has become.

Worrying is not one or two.

This is one of the reasons why a large number of people are pouring into Atlanta.They have all heard about Atlanta, and they believe that Atlanta is the only pure land in the South after the war, which can guarantee their safety.

That's why Scarlett secretly pulled Magga aside and said, "Margo, I have to say, you did a very dangerous thing. Look at these women, they are all terrified. If You can guarantee their safety, of course there is no problem, but if something happens, there will definitely be a big panic!"

Margo affirmed Scarlett's concerns: "Yes, we all know. I think this is also the Yankee's expectation. Since they can't take Georgia and Atlanta, why don't they concentrate these people in Atlanta? So that they to own the other states of the South."

"Those damned Yankees!"

Scarlet cursed again.

These days, all she hears is that the Yankees are good and the Yankees are short, and there are gangsters and despicable methods about the Yankees everywhere, and her anxiety is all about the Yankees.

There is nothing worse than this.

"Scarlett, come on, cursing won't solve the problem. We must remain calm."

"But how am I supposed to watch the South fall to the Yankees? Even if it wasn't Georgia, . . . "

"So, do you want to join our meeting later?"

"Meeting?"

"Yes. Most of the people at this meeting are Freemasons. Mr. Wilkes and Ashley will be there, of course, and Rhett Butler."

"The speculator?"

"Well, come on, Scarlett, you don't hate speculators as much as you make it out to be."

"Of course, I don't hate speculators. In fact, I've never met a speculator other than Rhett. Although Mrs. Merriweather kept whispering in my ear for a while that, in the latter part of the war, Rhett Te actually sold his boat and started a business of reselling grain. At that time, the whole south was short of grain. He must be very rich."

"In fact, the three of us, Suellen and Rhett, hold [-]% of the public debt of the entire federal government." Leading Scarlett into the garden, without anyone else around, Margot He told his biggest secret.

Scarlett was dumbfounded:

"You, what did you say?"

"You heard me right. That's the main reason why Mr. Wilkes rejected my offer to recommend George for governor."

"So you are rich?"

"It can be said like this." Margot said, "the public debt is not land, no one can hide the land, but the public debt is not in it. The public debt is data, as long as there is no intentional investigation, no one will find it. If it is not the British Your Majesty the Regent Queen Mother, maybe the federal government won't notice us at all."

"So, Rhett will be thrown into prison, and this money has something to do with it?"

"Yes."

"Are you using your own name?"

Thinking of all that Suellen had done, Scarlett had a flash of inspiration, and she grasped the point.

Since Suellen can use her own name and seal to purchase land, she can also use her own name and seal to entrust Rhett to purchase a large amount of public bonds for her.So does Margo.If Margot used George Clark’s seal to purchase the public debt, George would definitely face many accusations if something happened in the future, but if Margot used Margot’s seal, then when things broke out, everyone would definitely not criticize him Margot, a young lady who is not yet 20 years old, everyone can only say:

"Poor Mrs. Clark has been duped by speculators."

Yes, this is the South.

While men regard women as vases, they will naturally not make women responsible.

That's Southern chivalry, as silly as it may seem.However, there are many women who do this.The South doesn't go to hold a lady accountable, especially a high society lady.

Scarlett pointed at Margot and said, "Suellen definitely doesn't have the courage. Of course, she won't trust others easily, she only trusts you."

"Yes."

"It's really crazy."

"How is it? Do you want to come to our little meeting?"

"Small meeting?"

"Yes."