Chapter 556: Arrival
Benjamin went to the rubber plantation in person, and after repeated urging, he finally gathered enough for a shipload of goods, but the boxes of tires ordered this time had not yet been completed.
Benjamin didn't want to wait any longer, so he told the steward of the rubber plantation to find another cargo ship and make up some silver, so that his little servant could be transported to England with the ship.
Wang Xifeng thought that he would have to wait for ten days and a half months before he could leave, but Benjamin had already done everything here, and when he came back that night, he told her that he would leave in less than three days.
Xue Baochai was not in front of him at this time, so Wang Xifeng asked curiously: "Why did you prepare so quickly, didn't you say that you have to wait for the last batch of goods?" ”
Benjamin smiled and said, "Before you came, Lian wrote a letter and told me the general situation. Knowing that your cousin was half-runaway, he told me to leave as soon as you arrived, in order to avoid long nights.
"Originally, there were still four containers of tires to wait, and I was urging the rubber plantation every day, but unfortunately it has not been done yet. Now that you are here, I don't dare to stay longer, so I quickly left with your cousin, and the provincial was stopped halfway. ”
Wang Xifeng laughed and said, "Thank you for taking such care, but in this way, the shipping cost of your batch of goods will be more." ”
Benjamin said: "This freight is nothing, Lian told me, your cousin's family is a royal businessman, and now her family's business is all her business." I think that since she is so powerful, she should make a big difference in England. Now that I have a good relationship with her, I will be able to get a piece of the pie in the future.
"It's a bit utilitarian to say that, but we're all businessmen, and there's nothing wrong with using each other to help each other. I helped her today, and she will take me again tomorrow, in short, our two families are so close, and we don't care so much. ”
Wang Xifeng leaned back with a smile, and couldn't help but give Benjamin a thumbs up: "You are really smart, no wonder the second master has taken a fancy to you." In this business relationship, you react faster than anyone else.
"I can tell you that her family is not only an imperial businessman, but her ancestor is also a celebrity around the first emperor. So she has been very well educated since she was a child, and she is well-informed. If she is really willing to open a trade route in England, she will be more prosperous than you do. ”
Benjamin said again: "This Lian has already reminded me, don't I stutter well? Also, you tell her that if she wants to do business and doesn't have enough principal, I'm willing to lend it to her for free. ”
Wang Xifeng was overjoyed, pointed at Benjamin and shook his head: "Bad boy." ”
Benjamin smiled and scratched his head: "Didn't you help me like this at the beginning?" Give me a chance now, right? ”
The benefits of the Jia family's funding for Benjamin's family, Benjamin is not stupid, he knows that the Jia family has higher profits, but he will not gradually become estranged from the Jia family because of this, this is a stupid thing to cut the meat of the left leg and stick it on the right leg to pretend to be fat.
But he wouldn't miss the opportunity to fund a future businesswoman, he didn't know how far-sighted his decision was, and of course this is a story for the time being.
It was only said that Benjamin had set it up and would set off immediately in three days. Baochai has changed his appearance, permed his hair, and was dressed up by Wang Xifeng himself, changed into a Westerner's dress, and followed Benjamin on the boat.
Baochai was bold, and she did not show any timidity in the dress of a Westerner, so no one found out that she was boarding the ship for the first time, but she did not care if she was a businesswoman who often traveled with the West.
It took a few bumpy months and several stops along the way to reach London. Xue Baochai got off the boat, and a carriage was waiting at the dock, picking her up all the way to London.
Baochai looked at the exotic houses all the way, and felt uneasy all the way. When the sisters left, their relationship with them was not very good, and I don't know if they would accept themselves when they came to them this time.
It wasn't until the carriage entered a manor, and then stopped at the front door around a fountain, and someone opened the door for Xue Baochai, that Xue Baochai came back to his senses and mustered up the courage to get out of the car with his skirt.
Unlike what she had imagined, there were not many younger sisters standing in front of the door looking at her with strange eyes, and her uncle could not see anyone. She was greeted by a young blonde girl with strange Chinese in her mouth, and came forward to carry the box for her.
"Hello Miss Xue, I am Marianne, the housekeeper here, welcome to Jia Manor, we have prepared a room for you, please come with me."
Xue Baochai glanced back at Benjamin in the car, Benjamin raised his hat and smiled at her: "Don't worry, you are home, this is the female housekeeper of your family, you just follow her." I'm going home to say goodbye to my father, and I'll be back with you soon. ”
Xue Baochai couldn't help but ask, "Just me?" ”
Marianne turned around and explained, "Now the ladies are out for class, and the master is out, but they will be back one after another at one o'clock in the afternoon, so please don't worry." ”
Xue Baochai had no choice but to say goodbye to Benjamin and follow Marianne into the house. After entering the house, I found that the house was very different from Huaxia, and the entrance was a hall, which was very large and empty, with only two winding stairs leading to the second floor.
There are two more doors under the stairs, one to the left and one to the left.
Marianne introduced as she walked: "The door on the left of the first floor leads to the living room, study and living room, and the door to the right leads to the dining room, kitchen and maid's room. Usually I live in the innermost room on the right, Miss Xue can ring the bell to call if she has something, or come to my room to find me.
"Breakfast is from 8 to 10 in the morning, lunch is from 12 to 1 o'clock, afternoon tea is from 3 to 5 o'clock, and in the evening is from 8 to 10 o'clock in the evening. Please Miss Xue remember the meal time, and if you are not eating at home, please let me know in advance. ”
Xue Baochai hurriedly silently wrote down the time in his heart, and at the same time wondered why he couldn't eat at home. Just thinking about it, the person had already gone up to the second floor.
Marianne said as she walked: "The closest to the corridor is the room of the second miss, the one opposite her is the room of the fourth miss, the fourth miss lives next door to the third miss, and Miss Lin lives opposite the third miss." The innermost room is Mr. Jia's room, of course, no one is there now, your room is set by Miss San, right next door to her. ”
Xue Baochai looked at the doors in the corridor, and felt funny in his heart, because the doors all looked the same, but there were different decorations hanging on each door, presumably the sisters should also be afraid of going to the wrong room, so they deliberately decorated them separately.
Walking to the door of her room, Marianne stopped, opened the door, and made a gesture of invitation to Baochai first: "Miss Xue, your room has arrived, welcome home." ”