[Comprehensive Classics] Different Jane

This crisis actually has a deep relationship with the United States, and Mycroft gave a simple example.

In the past, the south of the United States was dominated by agriculture, while the north... was dominated by industry...in fact, the industry was not very good. For a long time, the Americans sold the cotton grown in the south to Europe, and then bought steel from Europe to build railways.

Then the northerners said, this is not good, you only get five yuan for selling cotton, but we have to spend ten yuan to buy steel products, and we are losing money!The southerners said, I don't care, anyway, I got five dollars.

The northerners said, then give me some manpower, and I will make the steel myself, while the southerners said, "It's a good idea, I don't need people to grow cotton."

So the United States fought a war between the North and the South, and everyone knows the result.

(U.S.) After winning the war, the northerners started to make steel by themselves. However, the European steel factories were unlucky. They borrowed money from the bank to open the factory, but now the steel can't be sold!If it cannot be sold, the money borrowed from the bank will not be repaid, and it will go bankrupt!

The bank's money cannot be recovered, and it will close down!

There are more factories going bankrupt, the industry is collapsing, stocks are plummeting, crashing!

Because the steel industry was booming before, everyone invested money, but now they can’t get the money back, so they jumped off the building!

Holy crap...a ​​credit bubble?Stocks plummeted?Exchange closed?Bankruptcy?This, this, how does this sound so much like a financial crisis?

"Financial crisis? This generalization is accurate." Mycroft raised his eyebrows. "Can I have another drink?"

"No." Jane refused, "It's not okay to eat so many sweet things at night."

"Okay." Mycroft went on with his dinner.

Jane held her chin, the financial crisis~ In fact, she also experienced it once, but at that time she was still young, and her family only ran a "small" hotel, so she didn't feel deeply.

"At this time, just make steel into other products and sell it?" Jane said.

"Or look for new markets." Mycroft answered.

Jane rolled her eyes, "If you only sell steel products, the market will be saturated one day. Why don't you take the lead in developing new products and new industries, deepening the technical content, so that others can't imitate, and you can still monopolize it."

"Monopoly? Monopoly! Monopoly." Mycroft muttered several times, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Jane! You are really my goddess!" He grabbed the napkin and wiped his mouth, then jumped up, ruthlessly Kissed Jane fiercely, "I knew that you would definitely bring me inspiration, you are my goddess of inspiration."

Jane: "... Huh?"

Mycroft walked quickly to the study, calling out as he went: "Jane, Jane, dear, bring me coffee and dessert into the study!"

Presently Jane came into the study with the tray, and she put the glass out of Mycroft's hands.Mycroft, who was writing quickly, paused, "Um, where's my dessert?"

"Why dessert after 10:30, I brought you a candle." Jane lit the candlestick and placed it on Mycroft's desk

Mycroft: "...well."

The candle flickered, and Jane covered the flame with her hand, lest it be blown out.

"I really wish there were candles that wouldn't shake." What Jane wanted to say was that it would be great if there were electric lights, "It's safe and easy, and it's not too dazzling."

"Yes, in 1860 Joseph Swan invented something called a semi-vacuum carbon filament lamp, which can be used for lighting, but I heard that it can't be illuminated for too long, and it can't be popularized." Mycroft said casually.

"What?!" Unexpectedly, there are electric lights now. Wasn't this thing invented by Edison?Jane looked confused, "What do you mean it can't be popularized?"

"Semi-finished products have a high loss rate and high cost, and I'm afraid they still need a lot of improvement." Mycroft thought for a while, "It's very promising."

"You just said... electric light? So that thing called a semi-vacuum carbon filament electric light doesn't need fire?" Jane was very curious to know what was going on, but she could only guide Mycroft to say What I want to know.

"Oh." Mycroft became interested, he half turned and put his arms on the back of the chair, "Yes, it doesn't need fire, it uses a generator as power, and... Actually, I'm not very Understand the principle."

"Generator!" Jane's eyes widened. Does she already have this thing?

"Ah, yes, you know Michael Faraday?" said Mycroft. "He was from Surrey. He discovered a phenomenon called electromagnetic induction in 1831, which produced alternating current. Then he invented the disk." A generator, and an electric motor."

"Oh, my God, I know, he lived in the House of Grace at Hampton Court Palace in Surrey until his death." Jane also remembered, "He also refused to be enshrined and was proud of being a commoner." It was quite famous at the time.

"Yes, I think Joseph Swann was influenced by him to move to Surrey." Mycroft nodded, and turned back to continue writing.

"Oh my God." Jane covered her face, "I suddenly discovered that we actually lived in the same era as such a great figure."

However, although the British were the first to discover electromagnetic induction and invented the generator, the Americans were the first to complete the second industrial revolution... It was a waste of a great opportunity.

This is impossible to say, and it’s not just that it’s useful. The rise of the United States is a historical necessity. The end of the Civil War allowed the United States to clear the obstacles to its development, but the United Kingdom is still mired in various quagmire... Well!Why are you thinking so much?

Jane forced herself to calm down. She felt as if she had been sublimated to the realm of a philosopher just now, but back to reality, this is something she can't worry about. She still cares about attending the Senator's Mrs. Grylls charity ball first. Dress to wear it. =w=

Although among the common people, the skirts of middle-class women are getting smaller and smaller, but in the upper class, the fashion trend is completely different. Jane also had to order a skirt, but her skirt is a bit special, not whalebone but Made of fine steel wire, it can also be adjusted in size and length.

However, Jane heard from Mrs. Holmes that the recent fashion is a bit confused, and the style is also very chaotic. One will be popular at another time, and another will be popular at another time. Jane thinks it is up to her to decide.

To Jane, apart from the absolute slim waist, everything else is possible.She was very thin herself, so Jane made the skirt with a small bustle, lake green on the inside, sky blue on the outside, and the velvet fabric shimmered.The big bows on both sides seem to tie the skirt corners together randomly, but they are actually carefully designed.

Jane tried for a long time, and finally chose to bring the sandalwood fan sent by the earl.It's really hard to choose, the other silk fan is golden, which matches her hair color very well.Jane decided to use the sandalwood fan this time, and wait until the court ball to use the silk fan.

For this reason, Jane also specially bought silk and satin to make a very Chinese-style closed handbag, which can not only match the Chinese-style fan, but also hold some small personal items. It can be said to be very trendy.

The generous collar revealed her snow-white skin, and Jane wore the wedding gift from the Count of Monte Cristo...the diamond necklace with the sapphire pendant. Jane later learned that Mycroft had not completely rejected those gifts, and that A pearl necklace was even delivered on the second day of their wedding.

"Can I still give the gift I gave you to others? I can't use it myself, can I?" The person who brought the gift conveyed the earl's words in this way.

simple:"……"

Mycroft: "..."

It makes sense, there is no humanity!

Since it can't be refunded, let's use it, Jane thought, otherwise she doesn't have any suitable jewelry at the moment.

It took two hours to do her hair carefully. With Belle's help, Jane put on a new dress, and put a wedding gift from Mr. Holmes on her shoulders...a big cashmere shawl, and then supported Belle hand going down the stairs.

Mycroft had been waiting for quite a while, wearing a newly made suit, with a new hat in one hand and a cane idly twirling in the other.Hearing footsteps, Mycroft turned his head, and he looked at Jane with amazement in his eyes.

"My God, who is this beauty?" Mycroft took Jane's hand and kissed it. "You are so beautiful, my dear, and all the men will be jealous of me tonight."

"Why do I think you are getting more and more oily, you were not like this before you got married." Jane felt that such flattery was a bit nasty, which made her a little embarrassed.

"Why is this glib? I just want to express my true inner feelings." Mycroft stroked Jane's curly hair, with a slight grievance in his tone.

"Well, my dear Mr. Holmes, I have wronged you. Of course I have nothing against you, but if we don't go out we will be late, and you don't want Charles and Eugenie to wait for us?"

"Oh, okay." Mycroft let his shy little wife aside, he looked up and let her straighten his bow tie, and then turned to Belle, "How do we look?"

"You look like a perfect couple, sir." Belle replied respectfully.

Satisfied with this answer, Mycroft took his dear wife out on his arm, and helped her into the carriage.

"Pay attention to the fire." Jane stretched her head out of the carriage and told Belle.

"I'll keep an eye out, have fun, ma'am," Belle waved.

Mr. and Mrs. Holmes were already there when Mycroft and Jane arrived.

"Are we late?" Jane kissed Mrs. Holmes face to face.

"Don't think too much, my dear, we have just arrived." Mrs. Holmes took Jane's hand, "You are so beautiful today, my daughter-in-law will definitely dominate the audience tonight."

Mycroft: "..." Is it what my mother should have said about being overpowering the audience? ==

Mrs. Holmes held her husband's arm and said something to Jane: "You will follow me later, and you don't need to pay too much attention to people who don't have eyes."

ah?Jane seemed to understand, and seeing that neither Mycroft nor Mr. Holmes expressed anything, she felt as if she knew something.

"Holmes, long time no see." Senator Grylls and his wife came to welcome the waiter at the door when they heard the registration.

"Hi, Grylls, thank you for your invitation." Mr. Holmes and Mycroft stepped forward to shake Grylls' hands.

Jane secretly looked at the host of the ball opposite, and she guessed that Mr. Grylls was probably one of the "people without eyes" that Mrs. Holmes said.

He is not tall, but his chin is raised so high that his face is almost parallel to the ceiling.He has a gray goatee on his chin, and his hair is very light. Although it is neatly combed, it can no longer cover the top of his head.What's more, the man made no secret of his dislike for Mrs. Holmes, and even pretended not to see her.

The author has something to say: Jane: Honey, how do I look?

Mycroft: Good-looking, beautiful, but...does the chest show too much?

Jane: No, didn't I cover it with a diamond necklace?

Mycroft: ... ==