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"Questions?" Ford Jackson asked with a smile,

John thought for a moment. Shaking his head slightly, he took the pen and filled in all kinds of information according to the classification on the form, and at the same time wrote the date and his name in the last column.

After filling it out, Ford took the form, re-copied it according to what John had filled in, and then took out the patent office's seal from the drawer and stamped each of the forms.

"Okay, Mr. John, the next step is to wait for the city fair, you just need to show your work on it, and there will be special personnel to review it at that time, and after passing it, this patent declaration will officially take effect."

"City Fair? When? John was a little confused,

"On the 20th of every month, at nine o'clock in the morning, in the town square," he paused, adding, "but there are generally no people." ”

"That's it!" John thought for a moment and suddenly said, "That is to say, from now on, the patent right on the cigarette machine has begun to take effect." ”

"You can say that, but if the expo doesn't pass the review, this form won't make much sense."

John nodded, and finally understood, it turned out that the patent application process in this era was like this, the process was simple, fair, and maximized to ensure the rights and interests of the creator, and if you think about it, this system is really good.

With all that was done, John picked up the form, politely declined the white middle-aged dinner invitation, and left the patent office.

Twenty minutes later, before the clock struck six, the carriage, laden with mechanical parts, stopped in front of a three-story villa.

This is the property that Derek Conton had purchased earlier in Memphis, and it has been looked after by Uncle Benjamin.

After seeing the carriage, Benjamin, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, hurriedly walked up, bowed slightly, and said with a smile,

"I thought you weren't here today?"

"Memphis has changed so much that I almost got lost when I came."

John smiled, got out of the carriage, let Henry drive the carriage to the backyard, and followed Benjamin into the villa.

The ornate wooden door opened, and the dim pearlescent light flickered in the living room, and John took off his hat and coat, and before he could take a sip of hot tea, a young man stumbled through the back door.

"Father, what about the invitations, the invitations? Where did you put it? ”

The young man was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with the most fashionable hair at the moment, with small eyes, a few freckles on his face, and he did not look at all as calm as his father.

"Frank! When an old friend comes, you don't say hello. John put down his teacup and said aloud,

The young man turned his head with a look of surprise on his face, "John! Then, thinking of the rumors during this period of time and his father's stern instructions, he quickly changed his words, bowed down and said,

"Big young master!"

"Don't call me the eldest young master, we are all peers, just call me John."

John said gently, glancing at the unbuttoned tuxedo on his body, and smiled,

"What, there's a date tonight?"

"It's not a date, it's a dance! A ball for you young people. Benjamin interjected with a smile,

"Mrs. Louis is going to have a masquerade, just tonight, so these Memphis lads can't sit still." As he spoke, he took out two invitations from a drawer, one casually thrown to his silly son, and one on the table in front of John.

"I know that the eldest young master is coming today, so I asked for an extra one when I sent out the invitation yesterday, and I just need it now."

John picked up the invitation card, glanced at it casually, and frowned slightly when he saw the red apple seal at the bottom, as if he had seen it somewhere.

"If the eldest young master is okay tonight, you might as well go there and take a look, maybe you can meet a lot of friends who are helpful in business."

"Oh!" Hearing this, John's eyes lit up, he had just come here, he was not familiar with the place, and he needed this kind of ball to meet some local celebrities, and smiled, "In that case, thank you Uncle Frank." ”

Forty minutes later, John and Frank, who had freshened up and changed into their evening dresses, got into the carriage for the ball.

The prom will take place at Carlton Villa, about a twenty-minute drive away.

In the carriage, John kept looking at the invitations in his hand by the kerosene lamps on both sides, and the more he looked at the seal on the cover, the more familiar he felt in his heart.

"Frank, who is this Mrs. Louis, and is she famous?"

The nervous-looking boy nodded and said, "Do you know Count Rich Louis?" ”

John frowned slightly and shook his head slightly, the memory inherited from the previous one had no news about the name.

Seeing him like this, Frank couldn't help but show surprise on his face, and seemed to wonder how John didn't even know the name, but he didn't think much about it, and said,

"You've probably heard of Apple Manor!"

"The number one apple estate on the Mississippi plantation?"

"Yes, that's him!" Frank said excitedly, "The Apple Manor was founded by His Excellency the Earl, but he died young, and now the actual manager of the manor is Madame Louis, the organizer of this ball. ”

John understood a little, looked at the boy's excited face, and couldn't help teasing,

"That lady is not too young to think of it,

Frank, you're so excited before you see her, you don't think about her! ”

After saying a word, the immature face with freckles suddenly turned red, and Frank quickly shook his head and said,

"Young Master, don't be kidding, I don't have anything but admiration for her."

"Then why are you so excited, it's just a masquerade, not a blind date."

"But this time it's different, Miss Grace will be there too."

When the word "Grace" was mentioned, the boy's expression obviously became different, the whole person was excited, his expression was excited, and his eyes were dull and yearning, which was no different from the dick silk who hid in the corner in the future and wanted to ** God.

John stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, and smiled,

"You haven't introduced Miss Grace yet, have you not?"

Frank came back to his senses and seemed to have noticed that he was wrong, rubbed his head and smiled embarrassedly, and said,

"Miss Grace is the only daughter of Mrs. Louise, and one of the most beautiful flowers in all of Mississippi."

"By the way, I heard that she also graduated from the College of William and Mary."

"Oh! So, we're still alumni! ”

John shrugged his shoulders and said with a smile, knowing this information, he already understood the reason why the boy was so excited,

Young and beautiful, the descendant of the nobility, and the sole heir to the 13,000-acre plantation,

In other words, as long as you win her favor and marry her, you will not only get up to $500,000 in fortune, but also automatically inherit the title of earl of the Louis family.

There is no young person who is not crazy about such a big gift.