The wedding date of the two was set for a certain day after Easter, initially around Pentecost, so a few days later, Hou Xianglin moved all the softness he had brought with him to Margaret's manor and handed it over to Zezilia on the spot.

Hou Xianglin told Zezilia, who was already dumbfounded, that this is only a small part of your husband's private property, and then Hou Xianglin took out a diamond ring and put it on Zezilia's finger, and then knelt down on one knee in front of her sister and said:

Marry me, Zeziria, and I swear to make you happy for the rest of your life......

At the time, Hou Xianglin thought that this should be the etiquette of European proposals, but he forgot that this was in the 17th century, and neither the Portuguese nor the Dutch had such a ritual - unless the lady to whom the proposal was made was a queen, a man would propose on his knees.

At this time, Zezilia is okay, the two have been together for so long, she has long been more accustomed to Hou Xianglin's various flirtatious behaviors, but at this time, Zezilia also has to admit that Brother Hou's behavior once again filled her with happiness.

As for the bystanders who had not yet learned Brother Hou's various sensual behaviors, Her Excellency Duchess Margaret and the maids of the manor, they were moved by Hou Xianglin's actions, and many women were excited to wipe their tears.

However, what excited them the most was later, Hou Xianglin took out a large cardboard box from a box and handed it to Zezilia, saying that it was some resin and glass jewelry, although it was not valuable, but the workmanship was very beautiful, if you liked it, you could keep it to wear and play, or give it to the maid in the manor or something.

When Zezilia opened the box, she let out a scream of surprise - these necklaces, colorful and transparent resin earrings and glass rings made of various colored transparent resin and glass shapes are simply beautiful!

Even the top glass masters of the Venetians can't make such crystal clear jewelry!

Is it really worthless?

Zezilia fluttered her long eyelashes and looked at her fiancé with an incomprehensible expression.

"Yes, dear, because these are made by hand."

At this time, Brother Hou explained with a doting face.

"Why isn't it worth anything if it's made artificially so beautiful?"

Obviously, Zilia thinks that the criterion of whether something is worth it is beauty or ugliness, not anything else.

"Oh, that's a strange Australian custom...... Australians believe that what is artificial is not as good as what is natural. ”

The Duchess Margaret next to her nodded very understandingly, she had been in contact with Sun Lao for a long time, and knew that Australians had this kind of concept.

"By the way, the real value is here......"

Hou Xianglin said and took out a small box from the big cardboard box, opened it and said to the girl, it is full of real diamond jewelry, oh, and some although not as crystal clear as glass products, but it is indeed natural gemstone jewelry, such as small jade pendants or something.

However, when these jewels are displayed in front of the ladies, the sensational effect is obviously not as good as the large boxes in front of them, which are actually goods from the jewelry counters and trinkets counters of the old world supermarket, and everyone in the Red Mansion was given a large box of artificial and a small box of natural ones.

When she found out that Zezilia thought that although the jewelry in the small box was very beautiful, but the girl was still staring intently at the resin and chemical glass crafts in the big box, Hou Xianglin's guilt arose, he didn't want to be a person who fooled the girl with glass beads, so he solemnly stuffed the small box into the girl's hand and said, This is your husband's heart for you, you have to keep it carefully, the sister nodded sincerely and said, since her husband thinks it is a precious thing, then of course she has to treasure it.

However, the girl still has a soft spot for the glass in the big box, and said to Hou Xianglin very reluctantly, are you sure you want to give some of these jewelry to the maids?

Send it, send it, it's better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, Hou Xianglin said to the girl with a smile.

Well, then I'm going to pick one first...... Zezilia pouted, and reluctantly nodded in agreement with her husband's opinion.

Hou Xianglin was very relieved to hear his sister's answer, his life history and reading experience told him, which showed that the girl in front of him was a kind-hearted person who knew how to control proportions.

Pretty good girl...... Hou Xianglin thought to himself.

Now, Zezilia stood on the sun-drenched riverbank with a flower umbrella and waved at Brother Hou.

It's just that what makes Hou Xianglin a little crying and laughing is that none of the ones on the girl's head, around her neck, on her wrists and fingers are real diamonds and real gemstones, but they are all shiny resins and stained glass products, but this has to be admitted that these crystal clear jewelry are indeed very dazzling and eye-catching under the sun.

Well, it's really fancy, probably the little things that sparkle are the preferences of most women in the world, he went back to the manor a few days ago to run errands, and he also saw that Duchess Margaret was actually wearing a bracelet made of colored plexiglas on her wrist, to be honest, if that bracelet was placed in the old world, from a distance, it was also extremely crystal clear and colorful, well, it seems that Sun Lao has also worked this lady......

But now Hou Xianglin is used to all this, I saw him rush up the river embankment in three steps and two steps, take the girl's little hand, and then hug the girl's fragrant shoulder, and then want to further touch the sister to continue to do something, but the girl is a little shy to dodge, she snorted at the river in the distance, Brother Hou has not fully reacted, he heard a burst of laughter from the boat not far away:

"Brother Hou! We started calling you so far away, ignoring us! Heavy color and light friends! ”

Hou Xianglin turned his head and saw that there were actually Li Sanduo** and Kangda on the boat!

This made Hou Xianglin stunned for a moment, and then shouted "Damn! immediately took the girl's hand and rushed to the bank of the river......

On March 5, 1658, the Pride finally arrived in Dili again. Because it had long been estimated that the wharf in Xin'an City was still under construction and could not dock directly, Li Sanduo directly let the Pride dock in Dili Port, and then threw the business to the first mate Zhu Beiguo, and he took Kangda, who was ** and "went to sea for investigation", rowed a small boat to the mouth of the Xin'an River.

It is worth mentioning that this was the first time that Pride sailed alone, and her final destination was Macau, carrying 15,000 pieces of glassware, glass mirrors, and three tons of sweet potato wine.

In these days, Mr. Zhao and their customers in addition to strengthening the black **, but also made full use of the newly put into operation of the micro alkali production line to make a real chemical caustic soda and other alkali products, and because of this, the glass factory presided over by Qiao Xiaomu actually made a new product - colored transparent glass!

However, because there is no precise way to carefully control the composition of various additives, the color of the glass is random, and it needs to be picked, and the unsightly ones are considered waste products, so the cost is slightly higher.

Of course, in terms of the current market price, these increased costs are insignificant compared to the market value, although the chemical group cannot fully control the color, but the discharge of each furnace is a unique product - Mr. Zhao said.

So, this is also a selling point......

When the Pride had just docked, it was found that Hou Xianglin was not there, only the excited Governor Xiaopi and his attaché, and a large group of merchants and porters behind them, so everyone waited on the dock for half an hour, until Duchess Margaret appeared with Zezilia, and the group acted separately, Zezilia took Li Sanduo** and Kangda to Xin'an City to find Hou Xianglin, and Zhu Beiguo took Peng Qiang, Hu Xiaolin and others to negotiate business with Pimont and the Duchess.

Now ** has been appointed as the person who will succeed Hou Xianglin as the governor of Xin'an City in the future, this time he returned to Xin'an City as the deputy governor and the captain of the free trade zone guard, as for Kangda, he was on the ship because he was on a temporary mission.

Before the Pride departed, Kangda presented an ambitious proposal to the Supreme Executive Committee to build a dam on the Xin'an River and develop hydropower on the Xin'an River.