1855 United States Tycoon

There is a small restaurant not far in front. It's not time for dinner, so it's very quiet in there now. Scrooge thought for a while and said to Dorothea, "Let's go sit there."

"Yeah." Dorothea nodded.

A group of people walked directly into this small restaurant, and the owner of the restaurant greeted them, wanting to explain to them that there is nothing to eat in the shop. Pluto told him directly: "We borrowed your place to talk about something." At the same time, he put a banknote into the hand of the shop owner. So the shop owner stopped talking.

Scrooge and Dorothea sat down in a position by the window. Dorothea began to talk about her current situation.

"Don't worry, Dorothea, I still have 400 dollars." After Dorothea finished her story, Scrooge reached out and took her cocooned hand because of her labor. , "During this time, you have suffered. Me, Mr. Ord, and Roy are good friends, and I won't care. You don't have to worry about these things that shouldn't be yours anymore."

Then he turned his head and said to Elizabeth who was sitting not far away: "Elizabeth, do you have 400 dollars there?"

"Yes. But I'm afraid it's not safe to give this to this little Sister now." Elizabeth said, "Now, the police system has not been completely rebuilt. I think the current law and order is absolutely messed up."

"Ah, that's true." Scrooge said. "Dorothea, when will the tax officer come tomorrow? Or we will be waiting for that bastard at your house tomorrow!"

"Thank you. That guy told me to come at noon tomorrow." Dorothea said.

"Listen to you, the place you live in is terrible." Scrooge said, "You don't want to go back tonight. Well, let Elizabeth book a room for you. What do you think?"

Dorothea looked at Scrooge in surprise, then shook her head.

"Little Sister, don't be surprised. Mr. MacDonald is from the north and doesn't know much about the customs of the south." Elizabeth said. Then she turned to Scrooge and said, "The South is much more conservative in customs than the North. Girls can't live outside casually. That would be criticized. And Mr. MacDonald, you have to Miss said this, very rude."

"Oh." Scrooge immediately apologized to Dorothea. "Dorothea, you see, I don't always care about customs and habits. I really didn't mean to offend you."

"Scrooge Big Brother, I don't..." Dorothea lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking.

Scrooge thought for a while, and then said, "I'm afraid you lack a lot of things. Or we can buy some outside and send them back together."

"Scrooge Big Brother, thank you. I will return it to you when the harvest on the manor is ready next year." Dorothea said.

"What is there to be thankful for?" Scrooge said. "If we change our situation, Mr. Ord and Roy will definitely reach out to me, won't they?"

"Yeah." Dorothea said nothing more.

"Oh my God!" Scrooge shouted, "Dorothea, you live in such a place? How can you live in such a place?"

Looking at the wind from all sides and barely having a residence with a shattered roof, Scrooge was so surprised. He was surprised and sympathetic, so that there were tears in the corner of his eyes.

"Besides, it's too unsafe here." Scrooge looked around and said again. "This room doesn't even have a door. Otherwise, Elizabeth, I will trouble you and Dorothea to live in the house tonight. Inside, Pluto and I were guarding outside. Today we brought a lot of things, and many people saw it. I am worried that there will be safety issues."

"Scrooge Big Brother, no need. We can protect our own." Dorothea said.

"I have come to the south, and I have to ask Dorothea to protect yourself. If it spreads out, I don't have the face to see people." Scrooge smiled and said, "And the south is very warm, camping for us For men, it’s okay. Well, it’s actually very interesting to see the stars and the moon when you sleep, isn’t it?"

In fact, it was indeed someone who watched Scrooge’s large collection of things sent back to Dorothea, but there were more than a dozen well-equipped black water bodyguards guarding them, so it was a very good night. It passed safely.

The next day, Dorothea, the owner, took Scrooge and looked around the manor. Others helped with some of the things brought back yesterday.

"This manor is huge." Scrooge said to Dorothea as he climbed onto a hill with tall magnolia trees in the manor.

"Well, there were more than a hundred people employed in the manor, and just like that, we still have one-third of our land fallowed. But now, we have only four people, and none of us have ever done farm work, so we only I planted such a small amount of wheat." Dorothea felt sad when she mentioned the comparison between the past and the present. But she quickly got up again and said to Scrooge and herself: "But it's fine now. The war is over. By next year, I will be able to hire more workers and reorganize the manor. The fields will grow, and when the harvest comes, the cotton will be piled as high as a mountain..."

Looking at Dorothea, who was immersed in fantasy about the future, Scrooge suddenly felt that if he would break it right away, would it be a bit too cruel. But after thinking about it, he said to Dorothea like this:

"Dorothea, as far as I know, I don't think your plan can be realized.""What?" Dorothea was taken aback. She turned around and looked at Scrooge with wide-eyed eyes. "But before the war, Dad always did this, and we changed slaves to free workers. After that, did it well?"

"Dorothea, doing business is not that simple." Scrooge explained to her, "Before the war, the various policies of the Mississippi state government served the plantation, and the federal government did not have too much It was a fierce move. But now it’s different. The interim government of Mississippi is directly appointed by the federal government. All their policies are based on the wishes of the Union. In the North, such a view is very influential. They believe that the key to the outbreak of civil war in United States lies in the difference in economic methods between the north and the south. The plantation economy and the industrial economy have different requirements for policy, or even opposites. For the industrial-dominated north, Said that it is a good policy. It is not a good policy for the South, which is dominated by plantations. Therefore, I know that someone in Lincoln’s cabinet suggested that in order to avoid another civil war in the future, the South must be forced to adopt northern-style industries. Based on the economic model, the plantation economy must be completely destroyed. The $400 land tax you mentioned yesterday is a signal that the federal government definitely wants to completely destroy the plantations in the South through similar taxation methods. .So I think……"

"What?" The news was like a bolt from the blue to Dorothea. All her fantasies, and his father's entrustment to her on his deathbed, were all shattered by this thunder and lightning. She was pale and her body shook. If Scrooge hadn't taken a step forward and held her up and let her lean on Own's chest, she would have fallen to the ground.

"Scrooge, what should I do? My heart is upset, what should I do." Dorothea murmured. Most women are always like this. Even though they actually have very good decision-making ability themselves, if a man can rely on them, they will immediately put their own decision-making ability aside, and hope that they don’t know how to rely on it. Unreliable man.

"It's okay, baby, it's okay. Don't forget, I'm a business man. I can teach you hand in hand, you can definitely protect Mr. Odder's manor." Scrooge embraced his arms. Looking at Dorothea, she lowered her head and said softly in his ear.

"Thank you, Scrooge, I wouldn't know if you weren't there..." Dorothea turned her face and said to Scrooge, at this time, her face was so close to Scrooge's. So much so that Scrooge could see the reflection of Own's face in her big blue eyes. Scrooge looked at Dorothea's delicate face, and the twinkling eyes felt a little silly.

Dorothea also turned her head to find that Scrooge's face was so close to her, she couldn't help being a little surprised, but Scrooge's arms wrapped her around her, exhaling warmth from Scrooge's nose. The warm breath blew gently on her face, and all this made her very intoxicated. She suddenly felt that she was dependent on it, as if she didn't need to worry about anything. At this time, she found that Scrooge's face seemed to be getting closer and closer to her.

"What? What if he...what?" Dorothea didn't understand what to do, so she closed her eyes like an ostrich.

Dorothea closed her eyes, which was undoubtedly a tacit approval or even encouragement. Scrooge immediately lowered his head and kissed her delicate little mouth. Dorothea wiggled her head slightly, as if she wanted to break away from his soft kiss, but her movements were very slight, which was definitely not enough. Her mouth was closed tightly, but Scrooge kept trying to pry open her mouth with his flexible tongue. Dorothea felt like she had been enchanted. She lost a bit of strength, even the strength to clench her teeth. Soon, her little mouth opened weakly.

"Dorothea Miss, Dorothea Miss, someone is looking for!" Mrs. Stephen's shout came from a distance. Dorothea shook her whole body and escaped from Scrooge's worthy embrace. She first responded, "Mrs. Stephen, I'll be here soon!" Then she turned her head and looked viciously, staring at Scrooge. At a glance, he said, "Scrooge Big Brother is a bad guy, a big pervert!" Then he suddenly lowered his blushing face, turned around, and ran down the mountain. The blushing Dorothea must have never imagined that in her life, her various evaluations of Scrooge, only these two sentences are the most correct.

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