Isabel was seen pacing slowly in front of the Baron and the Lady. Walking to the left side of the two lords, he couldn't hide his joy when he turned around and walked back to the middle, and said with a smile: "No, mother, what I want to do is not to pay the inheritance money for Caroline, but to buy their manor and territory. Fifteen years later, let Caroline's eldest son reclaim his father's domain. ”

The brightly lit hall was silent without a sound, and everyone subconsciously held their breath and listened to the words of the lord's daughter. When she once again uttered the "rhetoric" of buying the estate and the land, Caroline Walton, who sat reservedly on a high-backed bench, was still shocked. I couldn't help but look sideways at Isabel's background, and thought to myself, "God, this is indeed true, where did she get so much money?" ”

"Six months ago, she only said in her letter that she was going south to take care of some business for the Duke of Richmond."

"What kind of affairs do you handle? I remember, what naval affairs she had said. ”

"Naval affairs? Well, I remember, in the afternoon she said that she was trading with the Spaniards on the island of Spain, what kind of trade did she do? What trade can make so much money? ”

While Caroline was puzzled, her husband's parents were even more puzzled by why their aristocratic daughter had become a mercenary overseas merchant. Mrs. Walton shook her head repeatedly, "My daughter, you mean you traded with the Spaniards on your overseas voyage?" ”

When Isabel noticed the change in the faces of Baron Walton and his wife, she knew that she would soon be greeted with a "stormy" level education from her aristocratic parents. She looked at her mother, who was sitting next to her father, "Mother." The Spaniards living in overseas territories had all sorts of goods, and I sold them exactly what they desperately needed, so I quickly reached a bartering deal with the Spaniards. ”

"Goods for goods? My daughter, do you know what you're doing? Mrs. Walton inadvertently raised her voice.

Isabel was always smiling and looked at Mrs. Walton, who was about to become angry, "Yes, Mother, I am doing some of the trade that merchants do. ”

Mrs. Walton was really a little annoyed, but she didn't reproach her, but just looked at her with some disdain, "My daughter, you are a noble lady, how can you do something inferior?!" ”

Baron Walton propped his chin on his hand and leaned back in the high-back seat to gaze at his daughter, who stood in front of the throne, and he had a vague sense that she must have made a lot of money in the deal with the Spaniards. Taking advantage of the pause in his wife's speech, he turned his head to look at his wife who was frowning, "Madam, don't scold your daughter anymore." I don't think it's a bad thing to do some buying and selling once in a while. ”

"My lord, what if the nobles of the north saw our daughter haggling with the merchants?" Mrs. Walton said without worry.

"Hahaha... Madame, the daughter was trading overseas with the Spaniards. Until now, I had never heard of the nobles of the North having been overseas, except for our daughter. ”

Mrs. Walton did not speak, and she felt that there was some truth in her husband's words. Turning around, he nodded at Isabel and said with a kind smile, "My daughter, come here, come to me." ”

Isabel pursed her lips and smiled as she took a few steps to the side of her mother's chair, and Mrs. Walton looked up at her, took her hand and said earnestly, "My daughter, you know, a nobleman of noble blood cares about his honor, his dignity, and his knightly standards. And money can't buy that. ”

"I know, Mother. Therefore, every time the Spaniards tempted me to trade with their gold, silver, jewels, sugar, spices, and hides, I constantly told myself that I was a noble lady and that I could not allow myself to be degenerated into an inferior person. Isabel deliberately obeyed her mother's wishes, but seemingly inadvertently revealed to her mother the fact that she would receive a large amount of valuable goods.

Mrs. Walton stared at her in disbelief before she asked slowly, "Daughter, the Spaniards use these... Goods traded with you? ”

Baron Walton, who was sitting on the side, shook his head and chuckled softly, turned his head to look at the valet who was standing a few steps away, "Go and get three glasses of wine, one for Madame, one for Mademoiselle, and one for Madame Walton." ”

It seems that Isabel's mother is the first time this has happened to her. Silent turned his gaze to the other Mrs. Walton sitting on the right, "Carolyn, you come here." ”

Caroline got up and nodded, and walked to Baron Walton's wife with her skirt in her hands, "Madame, do you have any orders?" ”

"Well, Carolyn, I know you're pretty good at housekeeping. Have you ever heard of the fact that merchants traded with gold, silver, jewelry, and cane sugar? Madame looked at her eldest son-in-law as she spoke.

Caroline kept her upper body straight, looked at the other party and replied solemnly, "I'm sorry, ma'am, I know that most of the merchants in the kingdom trade in pennies, shillings, or pounds. Even the merchants of the South, I think. ”

At this time, Isabel's heart was filled with pride and a sense of accomplishment. When the valet brought wine to the three of them, she glanced at her parents with her glass, "Father, mother, I also brought some Spaniard goods back this time. ”

Baron Walton drank his wine glass, pursed his lips and nodded with a smile, "My daughter, you can show it to me and your mother, your brother's wife." ”

Later, she took the butler and several male servants out of the treasury with eight treasure chests, and placed them side by side in front of Baron Walton and his wife. Isabel stood on one side of the eight treasure chests with her hands behind her back, and when she looked at the butler, she commanded, "Butler, let people open all the chests." ”

Of course, the chests contained treasures looted from Spanish plantation owners and Portuguese merchant ships. Originally, the entire crew of the "Nemesis" was supposed to get a share of it, but Isabel paid them in cash. At this moment, when all 8 boxes were opened by the manlet, Baron Walton and his wife, as well as Madame Sir, were immediately attracted by the contents of the boxes.

The three of them stood in silence in front of a row of treasure chests and did not speak, Baron Walton picked up a piece of medium-sized silver raw material mined from silver mines, and asked Isabel curiously, "Daughter, this is... Silver? ”