Clark Fox is tall and has gray hair, but it can be seen that when he was young, he was definitely a beautiful man who swept thousands of girls.

Clark Fox greeted her son-in-law with a hearty smile, and loved Maria, the little granddaughter she had never met, and gave Maria a complete set of Daqing noodles as soon as they met.

Mr. Fox Sr. did not expect his granddaughter to be interested in the affairs of the Qing Dynasty, but it was indeed a rich place: "The current emperor of the Qing Dynasty is the Qianlong Emperor, he has reigned for many years, and now he is still in good health, and under his leadership the Qing Dynasty is very prosperous, but unfortunately the Qing Dynasty has implemented a 'one-port trade' policy since 1757." If I hadn't entered the Qing Dynasty earlier, I would probably not have been able to enter the territory of the Qing Dynasty. He still felt sorry for it.

Maria's expression was a little depressed when she heard this, the Qing Dynasty of this world had begun to close off the country, and she seemed to see that the things in the codex recorded by the family in her previous life were about to unfold one by one......

Grandpa looks quite wealthy, so why did Charlotte choose Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice?

Thinking that my grandfather who seemed to have offended people as mentioned by my father before, my grandfather must have been killed in the original book, as for the family property left by my grandfather...... When my grandfather was alive, he could naturally decide where to go with this wealth, but when my grandfather died, and there were distant relatives staring at me, it was estimated that it would be difficult for my mother to get an inheritance as a woman.

Maria looked at Old Mr. Fox with a look of approval: "Grandpa is right to retreat bravely. The profit margin of sea trade is too large, and our family has no power, so it is easy to be targeted. ”

Old Mr. Fox raised an eyebrow, he did not expect that such a "pedantic" man as Sir William would give birth to such a clever daughter, and this child was really like himself when she was younger: "Maria knows so much. I've only left one ship this time, and I've taken care of the rest, and those people should be satisfied. ”

"I have a friend whose family is also engaged in maritime trade, I don't know if you've heard of it, Terena Adair."

"O Adair, little Maria, you have made a good friend. Their family is very honest in business, and they are also very moral, they are a good partner, I have dealt with the patriarch of the Adair family, but their family is afraid that this time they will also be attacked, after all, the power of the Adair family is still not enough. ”

Hearing this, Maria was a little shocked, the Adair family has been engaged in maritime trade for a hundred years, so it is not powerful enough!

"Don't look at the aristocracy of the upper class, many of them are in debt, but they despise the merchants and at the same time covet their wealth. Sometimes a title of nobility is really worthless, but sometimes it is very important, after all, the White House has a group of powerful nobles, and without a title of nobility, it is difficult for you to fit in. ”

"Grandpa means that the title of nobility is a passcard to broaden the network of the upper class?"

"Clever!" Old Mr. Fox lamented in his heart that Maria was not a boy, and that this child was too suitable to be raised as an heir.

Knowing that Maria was now studying in London, Mr. Fox Sr. asked her to come and live here on her days off, after all, London was not close to Hertfordshire, and it was quite abrasive to toss back and forth. Besides, Old Mr. Fox wanted to teach Maria himself.

Although Maria was a little reluctant to let her father and mother them, she also very much wanted to stay with old Mr. Fox and listen to his teachings, and she believed that she would benefit a lot.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye Maria graduated from Toris College, during which she wrote "Alexander the Great", "Three Emperors and Five Emperors", and "Pericles...... has made a lot of achievements, it can be said that she is now a hot novelist in the whole of Europe, fortunately, Fitzwilliam Darcy has always protected her very well, except for Dylan and others, no one knows the truth.

Mr. Darcy Sr. was seriously ill and died, and Mr. Darcy's graduation trip had to end early, and Darcy, who had just begun to take over the family business, was extremely busy, and his contact with Maria was suddenly much reduced.

Maria learns from Dylan that it is not surprising that Mr. Darcy will marry his cousin, Miss de Ball, and although she dismisses this, she also understands what Dylan meant, and he does not want to fall into it. Maria smiled helplessly, Fitzwilliam Darcy would not belong to Miss de Baul, nor would he belong to herself, he belonged to Miss Elizabeth Bennet.

However, it was not a good thing for a lady to always write letters to bachelors, and Maria did not want the Lucas family to be disgraced by her inappropriate manners, and when she noticed that Mr. Darcy was beginning to distance herself, she cooperated with him not to reply to letters.

Fortunately, Georgiana had a good relationship with her, and sometimes Maria would even invite her to add some poems to the book.

As for the publication of Georgiana's poems, Mr. Darcy finally found out, but fortunately, this is a good brother and helps his sister to do a good job of secrecy.

Lately, Maria hadn't thought of Mr. Darcy for a long time, just because her brother, Mr. Lucas Jr., had finally graduated.

"Brother, I heard that you plan to go on a graduation study tour alone, I wonder if I have the honor to know the location you have chosen?"

"Maria, what the hell are you doing again, I advise you to settle down, you know that you will soon enter the social circle." Little Mr. Lucas rubbed his forehead with a little headache, his sister was getting more and more presumptuous.

Seeing that she was being exposed, Maria didn't bother to pretend: "Brother, I want to go on a study tour with you!" ”

"Oh my God! Maria, please make some lady's request, and my mother will beat me to death!" He knew that Maria was not a good man.

Maria pouted a little unhappily, "But Hertfordshire is so boring—"

"You can go to London for the social season, and I'm sure with your beauty, you'll be a big hit."

"Forget it, those gentlemen just want to have fun with me, the 500 pound dowry makes them choose to back down, why do they have to contact if they can't go to the end, isn't it a waste of feelings."

Little Mr. Lucas also had to admit that his sister was right, but: "My dear, as far as I know, you have a lot of wealth in your hands, and your grandfather seems to want to transfer the manor in London to you, which is enough for you to find a noble young master." ”

"Not interested. Brother, promise me—"

"Maria, don't even think about it!"