Chapter 1075: A Legend II
Mr. Bennet's gaze fell on the box, which was not large, but it looked heavy. The youngest daughter wrote in the letter that the box was a gift she had left for her family, some of which was for her parents to support the elderly, and the other part was given to her sisters as a dowry.
The youngest daughter told him not to worry about the origin of the things, and she was lucky enough to get the treasure left behind by a certain earl.
Mr. Bennet took a deep breath and opened the box.
The contents made the indifferent Mr. Darcy gasp.
Slowly a box of gold coins and jewelry, roughly estimated, was worth at least 100,000 pounds.
"These things ......," asked Mr. Darcy, who was afraid that Miss Lydia had made an unforgivable mistake and would bring it to the Bennet family, and to the girl he loved.
"These are things that Lydia got from finding the treasure of a certain count. Mr. Bennet explained.
Mr. Darcy breathed a sigh of relief.
"Miss Lydia's luck is good. ”
Mr. Bennet was speechless, was it lucky, or did she have a plan for a long time?
Knowing that Lydia had boarded a ship bound for America and could never be recovered, Mr. Bennet had no choice but to return to Longborn.
Mr. Darcy's intervention caused Wickham to appear in front of everyone in Longborn and help him pay off his gambling debts. The rumors that the two of them eloped together were shattered when the crowd saw only Wickham and not Lydia with him.
Then Mr. Bennet spoke, saying that Lydia had been taken in by a noble lady and had been taken in as a daughter. Lydia accompanied the noble lady to the New World. In order to thank the Bennet family for sending their daughter who had been raised for more than ten years to accompany them, this very rich noble lady gave the Bennet family a lot of treasures as a thank you gift.
Although this is very, it cannot be scrutinized, but the whole Longborn people believe it. The reason was that the chest was worth 100,000 pounds of treasure.
The Bennet family did not have so much money to buy the treasure, and even sold their land and house for less than 30,000 pounds, less than a third of the treasure.
Then someone really gave these treasures to Bennet's house!
It's so jealous!
The Bennets have made a fortune.
Needless to say, Lydia will only get more treasures by following your lady, and she will marry a very rich rich man in the future.
The other daughters of the Bennet family divided the treasure equally, and each received at least 20,000 pounds as a dowry.
What a fortune this is.
If you marry the daughter of the Bennet family, you will become a rich man!
Now, the Bennet daughters' market is better.
The single young men who had been alienated from Miss Bennet because of rumors that their youngest daughter had eloped with someone began to warmly invite Miss Bennet to dance parties again. Even Miss Mary, who was originally the worst in the market, also had several suitors around her.
However, the two eldest ladies of the Bennet family, whom the gentlemen admired the most, were famous, and the master was still a better gentleman than all of them, so they could only look at the two younger ladies.
It's a pity that there are two brothers-in-law with a rich dowry and a high social status, and the two unmarried ladies no longer look down on these little country gentlemen. They will follow their sister and brother-in-law to London, where they will enter the ball of high society, and look for better gentlemen to be their husbands.
Nowadays, they have a lot of money to do it.
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Su Qingni set foot on the land of the New World, which was very desolate compared to England itself. But it's full of opportunities, and it's a gold rush for many people who can't get on in their hometown.
Su Qingni felt several waves of greedy gaze scanning over her.
She is now a woman and no longer dressed as a man. The main reason is that the original owner's figure is too good, especially the chest development is very good, and pretending to be a man is just covering his ears and stealing the bell. And the New World is different from England, where it is more liberal and worships strength. As long as you have the strength, even women will follow.
Su Qingni left the port, pretending not to know that someone was following her.
Many people shook their heads and sighed when they saw this scene, it was a pity for such a beautiful lady.
Some people are obscenely thinking about where such a beauty will be sold, and whether they can patronize her business.
Then a short time later, they found the beautiful lady safe and sound, and all the people who were following her were gone.
Everyone immediately withdrew their obscene gaze.
This is a woman to mess with!
Su Qingni bought a carriage and two more subordinates.
Nowadays the existence of slaves is legal, and of course these slaves must be black. If a hundred people are sold as slaves, it is illegal.
In this land, the laws are different from person to person.
Su Qingni took a carriage to the west, she didn't have much money on her now, and she left almost all the money she brought out of the treasure to the Bennet family. Now, she has to find a way to make money again.
"Miss, where are we going?" asked Bill, the black slave who was driving the car.
"Go to California. Su Qingni replied.
As far as she knew about this place, there was a huge gold mine there.
Next year, someone will find gold in a mill in that land, and they will have to get there before they get there.
California is still a desolate place, and the Cactus Nation has just ceded it to the Citigroup. It's more dangerous here than anywhere else in the New World. Su Qingni has been attacked several times since she came here, and her beautiful appearance has attracted many men who want to possess her. But these men all became her steps to the uncrowned king of the land.
Su Qingni still used formal means to buy a land with a gold mine. She is not greedy, this gold mine alone is enough for her to use, and the rest of the gold will be left for others. We must not let the western gold rush, which has the characteristics of the times, disappear from the historical record.
Su Qingni bought a large number of slaves and helped her mine gold. She treated these slaves well, and apart from the fact that she did not remove their slavery, these people lived no different than ordinary people. Even, working in her gold mine, the treatment will be better.
Su Qingni will pay these slaves a salary, will not let them do high-intensity work, ten hours a day, eat well and dress well. One by one, the slaves grew flesh.
The slaves were very grateful to have a master like Su Qingni, and they prayed to God that such a master would live a long life.
Su Qingni just smiled when she heard such a prayer.
These people are very content with their lives today, but what about in the future? When the abolitionist movement took place, which side would they choose?