PS: I felt that the ending of the previous chapter was not very good, so I revised it. Friends who have already read it can re-read it.
"Tony, I finally figured out why your Uncle Jules is borrowing money everywhere!" On this day, Maxi came over and said to Tangning mysteriously.
"Oh? Why?" Tangning asked curiously.
Maxi explained: "A friend of mine came to New Orleans on the same boat as your Uncle Jules, and he knew a little about your Uncle Jules in Paris. According to him, your Uncle Jules
After spending all day in Paris in Montemont, he not only squandered all his family property, but also owed a lot of money, so he came to New Orleans to escape the debt. Unexpectedly, he also swindled money everywhere when he got here, and now he doesn't even know what happened.
Where did you go!" (The Montmont is a famous bar street in Paris, where the famous Moulin Rouge is located. At that time, many painters, novelists, and poets hung out here.)
After hearing this explanation, Tang Ning couldn't help but raise her forehead and thought to herself, what's the matter? Now let alone the thousand pounds I lent him, even the money he borrowed from others has to be repaid by me. After all, it's
What a bad luck in my name!
So Tangning immediately filled out a check and handed it to Maxi, but Maxi refused to accept it, and even said with an unhappy face: "Tony, what do you mean? It's not like you care about the money I borrowed, and I am here today.
I’m just here to tell you this, so that you won’t be kept in the dark. If I accept this check, wouldn’t it mean that I came here specifically to ask for money from you?”
Tangning quickly explained: "I know Paul, you definitely don't mean this, but after all, Yu Le came to you to borrow money in my name. Otherwise, if you knew who he was, how could you lend him money? Now that he
He's already run away, which means you won't be able to get the three hundred pounds back in a short time, so I'll just lay it on him first and wait until I find him to worry about him getting it back!"
But even so, Maxi still refused to accept it. Just as the two were arguing, the butler came in and reported: "Master, there is a telegram from New York!"
Maxi took this opportunity to get away and said: "Okay Tony, hurry up and read the telegram. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first!" After that, he left without looking back.
Tangning looked at his back and shook her head helplessly, then took the telegram handed over by the butler, opened it and saw that it was from Morgan in New York. He said that he met Steven at a cocktail party a few days ago -
-Douglass, during the chat, he talked about his analysis of the presidential campaign situation that he had told him. Unexpectedly, Douglas recognized his analysis very much, and through Morgan, he invited Downing to come to Springfield when he had the opportunity.
Want to meet him.
Tangning was not surprised that Morgan knew Douglas, because there was a rumor before time travel that "the Democratic Party belongs to the Morgan family, and the Republican Party belongs to the Rockefellers." Of course, this refers to after the Civil War, but before that, the Morgan family belonged to the Democratic Party.
important member, so it is very normal for JP Morgan to have the opportunity to meet or get to know Steven Douglas, the Democratic presidential candidate.
However, Tangning was a little surprised that Douglas could agree with his analysis and want to see her. It was not that he was not confident in his analysis, because this was what happened later, but he was surprised that Douglas could take himself as an unknown person seriously. From this point of view,
, should I go visit him?
Just when Tangning was thinking about whether to go to Springfield, she suddenly heard a quarrel in front of the door. She walked over and saw that it was the housekeeper stopping a young man who looked very literary and artistic at first sight, so
Tangning asked the butler, "Rob, what's going on?"
Butler Rob bowed slightly and replied: "Master, Mr. Reiner has made a very unreasonable request. I am asking him to leave!"
"Unreasonable request? What request?" Tangning asked curiously.
Robert hesitated for a moment, and just as he was about to speak, Reiner on the side rushed to say: "I want to marry Isabel!"
Hearing Reiner's words, Tangning couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and even doubted her own ears: "What did you say?!"
"Mr. Tangning, I said I want to marry Isabel!" Reiner replied seriously.
"Don't you know that Isabel is my slave girl?" Tangning asked in confusion.
Reiner nodded and replied: "I know, I knew it when I first met Isabel!"
"Then how can you still make such an unreasonable request!" Tangning asked suppressing her anger.
"Because the United States is a civilized society, and a civilized society should not have the status of female slaves. If Isabel was your wife, Mr. Downing, then I would definitely not disturb Isabel and apologize for my behavior; but the slave girl
This status is not in line with the teachings, and you have no right to restrain her. You should give her the normal rights and freedom of marriage!" Reiner explained with a righteous look.
Tangning was speechless when she heard this. Considering Reiner's accent, she tentatively asked, "Mr. Reiner, where are you from?"
"New York!" Reiner replied.
Tangning took a deep breath and said, "Since you don't understand the rules of our New Orleans or even the entire South, I don't blame you this time, but you have to remember that slavery is legal in the South. Isabel and even the entire estate have more than 300 people."
A black slave, they are all my slaves, I have the right to decide everything about them!"
"I know that slavery is legal in your south, but this law will not last long, because what you do is anti-human, so Mr. Downing, you must return Isabel's freedom!" Reiner said "righteously"
insisted.
"Okay, since you keep asking me to give Isabel her freedom, I will now give her the freedom to choose whether to follow you or stay in the manor!" After saying that, Tangning ordered the butler to call Isabel over.
Isabel was surprised when she saw Reiner. She was even more shocked when she heard Tangning's words. She quickly explained to Tangning: "Master, don't get me wrong. I have never promised anything to this Mr. Reiner, and ever since I knew he
I have been avoiding him since then..."
"Just tell me whether you should follow him or stay in the manor!" Tangning interrupted her impatiently.
Isabel replied without hesitation: "Of course I will stay in the manor and stay with you!"
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