During the meal, Henry Daubers was always trying to figure things out, but he was never given the opportunity to distract himself from the conversation at the dinner table. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

And yet he couldn't help but care about those conversations. Rachel has been talking to William Mather about Qin Lang's friendships with some of the biggest names in American high society — Morgan, Rockefeller, Mellon, and, of course, Mather and Henry Markham, who will leave office next year. In addition, the names of Samuel Bush and Harriman are mentioned several times.

Daubers was shocked by Qin Lang's dealings with American high society and politicians. He wished it was all fiction; If it was Qin Lang, Rachel or someone else who said this, he would definitely think it was just a story. But now it is Mr. Mather of the Cleveland Trust Investment Company who is talking about this.

"There's no need for him to make up stories in front of me." Daubers said to himself. And if Mather was indeed making up the story, his surprise would have intensified even more - if he was making up the story, it must have been Qin Lang or Rachel's request - but could ordinary people afford to ask William Mather of the Cleveland Trust to do such a thing?

Apparently not.

No matter from which angle you look at it, the situation is clear, and Qin Lang does have extensive and deep ties with the American consortium.

Daubers also noticed that on several occasions, Rachel mentioned "Qin's plan" in the conversation. Although Qin Lang and Mather would always quickly change the topic in other directions, Daubers could still grasp the message she was going to convey to him: several consortia in the United States, including the Cleveland Foundation, were working on a big plan, and the author of this plan was Qin Lang.

This shows even more that Qin Lang has extraordinary skills.

Daubers knew that this was what Rachel wanted to tell him...... Or something that alludes to him. Qin Lang is a man of extraordinary ability, close to American high society, and he himself is a member of high society - although it is clear that American high society does not fully accept him; He was a good fit for Elizabeth.

However, is he really a good fit for Elizabeth?

Qin Lang is a Chinese. Henry Daubers remembered this everywhere: Qin Lang came from a barbaric and backward country of decay. Although he had never been to China himself, people he knew or knew and had been to China said that it was a barbaric and backward country; They even kidnapped and killed British diplomatic negotiators.

Can Elizabeth marry a guy from such a country? And this guy is not yet a Catholic...... No; Daubers said to himself, "It's definitely not going to work, uh, but ......"

It doesn't seem so absolute.

All along, Daubers's greatest hope was for his daughter to marry a noble, well-bred English gentleman, and only an English gentleman. The Germans can't, they're too rigid; The French can't, they indulge themselves too much; As for the Yankees...... The vast majority of them are just vulgar hillbillies, not even as good as Qin Lang.

Only a gentleman of Great Britain was worthy of his Elizabeth.

However, Daubers also knew very well that in England, it was necessary to find someone as rich as Qin Lang, with good cultivation, and at the same time able to win Elizabeth's favor...... But above all, the young gentleman who was willing and able to marry her was not a trivial matter.

In fact, it's a big tricky trouble. Of all the candidates he knew or heard of, they either didn't have money, they weren't well-educated, or Elizabeth didn't like them, or they already had fiancées or were married, or they were just too old......

So far, only two people have fully met his criteria for choosing a fiancé for Elizabeth. Unfortunately, one of them had already been in the shark's belly two years earlier; And the other, Qin Lang, is not only a Chinese and not an English gentleman, but also not a Catholic.

Daubers shook his head slowly, disappointedly. "How can it be so difficult to choose a suitable son-in-law?"

Maybe he was muttering too loudly—Daubers thought so, but in reality, Rachel had been secretly watching him. So she turned to him. "What are you talking about, uncle?"

"Nothing?" He hurriedly disguised, "I mean, it was a good dinner today. ”

"But you eat almost nothing, uncle." Rachel looked at his plate, "Is it bad to taste, or is the Mexican food not to your liking?" ”

"I just think there's too many peppers in Mexican food, Rachel." Daubers put down his knife and fork, pushed aside the plate and stood up, "I'm sorry, I think I need to rest for a while." He nodded to Mather, "Please slow down, Mr. Mather." ”

"Do you need me to keep you company, father?" Elizabeth asked with concern.

"Nope. You don't need to be with me, Elizabeth. Then he left. Daubers wanted a quiet place to think seriously about Elizabeth's marriage.

He wanted to find out whether the personal assets of 480,000 pounds, the company's assets of 3,195,000 pounds, and the close relationship with the American consortium could eliminate the negative impact on Qin Lang's country and his religious beliefs.

Maybe, maybe not, who knows?

Even Rachel wasn't sure if her strategy would work; Elizabeth's father is not as easy to talk to as Yi Shui's father.

But he's struggling to think about it, and that's a good sign......

"Mr. Daubers seems to be in a trance, as he has been at the beginning of dinner," said William Mather suddenly, "and who of you knows what is going on?" Did we say something that worries him? ”

"Nope. He's just a little hard to take. Rachel shook his head.

"Accept what?"

"A son-in-law with assets of £480,000." "My uncle probably hasn't been in contact with many young people with assets of more than £100,000," she said with a smile. ”

"It's too early to say 'son-in-law' now, Rachel." Qin Lang said calmly, "As the parties concerned, Elizabeth and I haven't expressed our position yet. ”

Elizabeth agreed.

"That's how I see it, just as someone casually announced that I was engaged to Yi Shui without asking my opinion, my uncle could have asked you to be engaged without your consent." Rachel said happily, with a sense of revenge, and then she turned to Mather, "Mr. Mather, let's talk about business." ”

"Of course, Miss McBride, that's exactly what I want." After talking about so many boring topics, now it finally came back to the purpose of his invitation to the dinner. Mather was very pleased.

……

"Mr. Mather is gone?" By the time Henry Daubers reappeared in front of everyone, dinner had ended half an hour and William Mather had left.

"He's back to the hotel, and tomorrow he's going to get the train back to Cleveland." Rachel said.

"Okay then." That's not bad, anyway, what he's going to announce next has nothing to do with the Cleveland consortium. Nervous and excited, Daubers rubbed his hands together and announced loudly, "All sit down, now, I have something very important to announce to you." ”

Has the final time come for the verdict? Everyone here knows what he's going to say - at least they think he will. From Qin Lang to Yi Shui, the six people quickly sat up straight, ready to listen to the results.

However, the results announced by Daubers were not what they expected. "I'll leave tomorrow to return to England." He said.

There was silence in the room for a moment, and then Rachel asked eagerly, "What about Elizabeth?" "No one cares when he's going back to London, as long as he doesn't take Elizabeth with him.

"Little Rachel, you only care about Elizabeth, but you don't care about your uncle at all." Daubs said angrily, "You haven't even really been engaged to your little lover yet, and I don't understand why you're trying so hard to help his brother." ”

"Uh...... I'm sorry, Mr. Daubers," Qin Lang interjected, "Yi Shui is not my brother. ”

"Who knows? You Chinese all look the same. ”

The Chinese are not clones. Qin Lang would like to give an explanation, but think about it again, in the eyes of the vast majority of Chinese in this era, there is no difference between all Westerners. So...... It's better to listen quietly now.

"Of course," continued Daubers, "little Rachel, your plot has succeeded, and Elizabeth may stay. But don't rejoice too soon. He gave Rachel a warning look, "I didn't agree to her engagement to this Chinese." ”

In fact, he just couldn't make up his mind. After thinking about it for so long, Daubers still couldn't decide whether to accept Qin Lang as his son-in-law or not—it was true that the conditions he had were quite tempting, but they were still not enough. So Daubers decided that if Qin Lang could increase his personal assets by fifty percent, he would agree to him marrying Elizabeth.

Of course, if he could multiply his assets, even if he was a Muslim or a Jew, he could marry Elizabeth to him.

And he also prepared a precautionary measure to prevent them from doing anything when he couldn't see it - there was already a precedent for them to go on a long trip to Africa. This must not happen again. "I will be relocating my business from London to San Diego soon."

The smile on Rachel's face quickly faded.

And Qin Lang began to laugh.

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