[Gone with the Wind] Miss Margot

Before Rhett finished speaking, the living room was already frying.

Then, under Rhett's detailed instructions, everyone in the living room fell into a state of insanity.The situation of Ellen and Scarlett is the best. Ellen has discussed it with her second daughter Marge more than once, so she has already been mentally prepared; I didn't like it at first, so she wasn't touched very much.

The ones who were really hit were Gerald who lost a leg because of this war, Melanie whose family was ruined because of this war, and Cade Calvert who was once on the verge of death because of this war.

Especially Melanie and Cade Calvert.

Melanie is sincerely dedicated to the South, she is so devout, she thinks this war is compulsory, and she thinks those politicians are cowards.So she was foolish to hear that it wasn't the heroic Confederate troops that stopped the Yankees but Margo and Suellen.

Also shocked was Cade Calvert.As a young lad from Clayton County, he was one of the first to enter the army, and one after another his comrades died in the wilderness.He sent off his comrades again and again until his own heart was numb, until he almost died of typhoid in Atlanta.

Now, when Rhett told him that the Yankees had stopped because of their heroic Confederate soldiers, but because of the kindness of Margo and Suellen, Cade was dumbfounded.

After all, Cade is a man, the war has polished him over and over again, if he was just a cheerful young man, he is now a real man.

Recalling the events at the engagement banquet between Ashley and Melanie, he understood that Margot, like Rhett, was the kind of person who was not optimistic about this war from the beginning.

However, that doesn't matter anymore.

Cade is not the kind of mother-in-law. For him, the most important thing now is what to do next.

Cade raised his head and said, "Mr. Butler, do you only have this information?"

Reiter said: "Of course not. After General Sherman was stationed in Atlanta, he changed his tactics, from the original proactive attack to sticking to Atlanta. At the same time, General Sherman also sent at least three telegrams a day asking for support."

Rhett smiled maliciously, and said: "At the beginning of the war, we left a large number of troops to prevent black riots, but now, it is the Yankees who want to prevent their own black riots."

Both Scarlett and Melanie believed that the black riots were nonsense. As Melanie said at the bazaar, the blacks were their own people in the South. Why should black riots be prevented?

Kerrett, Gerald, Cade and several other men are very clear.Black riots have always been a big problem on southern plantations.

Yes, it's true what it says in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and Southern men know full well that only high-society Southern women would dismiss it as nonsense.

Similarly, few men in the south pay attention to the bloody squeeze in the factories in the north, but the squeeze and exploitation in the factory have always existed.

"The Story of the Reed Stick" is not unavailable in factories in the north.

In other words, when it comes to blacks, no one is clean, whether it is the South or the North.

Cade said: "But like this, Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Kennedy are in danger."

Rhett shook his head: "The Yankees dare not do anything to them. However, the war has fallen into a stalemate. Because of the blacks, the Yankees cannot attack Barton Manor and Rose Manor, and can only adopt a policy of encirclement. Once the South raids from behind , is likely to anger the Yankees, and Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Kennedy, including these people in Atlanta, as well as the citizens of Macon, will all face revenge from the Yankees!"

"damn it!"

Reiter said: "Actually, this black mutiny has shown me another possibility."

"what?"

In fact, Rhett and Margot discussed these words more than once behind their backs, but Rhett was happy to put this honor on his head.One is to add luster to oneself, and the other is to prevent Marge from becoming the target of public criticism.

There is no way to do this. In this era, a lady from an upper-class family will be allowed to give extra things to her black people because of her kindness, but a thoughtful lady will definitely be regarded as a different kind.

Rhett knows how precious Margot's thoughts are, and also knows how much the south needs Margot, so he is willing to become Margot's knight, overcome obstacles for Margot, and remove all obstacles.

Reiter said: "Actually, the crux of everything still lies with black people. Whoever captures the hearts of black people will hold power in the next era. Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Kennedy have done a good job, even the black people in the Yankees Soldiers want to work for them, so you know how much energy these two ladies have. War can change many things, but one thing will not change. That is the right to vote."

"That's right! Suffrage!" Cade yelled immediately, "Too many people died in the South, and they were all men, men with the suffrage! If things settle down at this time, the advantage of the Yankees will be too obvious! We can't concentrate all the votes on one person..."

"What if black people are on our side?"

"Black person?"

"What do you mean?"

Rhett shrugged and said, "According to this form, the Yankees will definitely give blacks the right to vote. But, as I said just now, those blacks want to work for Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Kennedy..."

"They'll vote for Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Kennedy!" It was Cade.

"But women can't run!" It was Scarlett.

"If Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Kennedy run, it's absolutely overwhelming. There's no way the Yankees would agree to let women run."

Rhett replied: "That's what I want to say! We need to stop the war and then guide those black people who voted for us. Mr. Clark is still on Rock Island, and the Yankees will certainly not want to do it now." Let people go..."

Cade immediately understood: "Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Frank Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy's husband! As long as he is elected governor, Georgia will still be in the hands of the South!"

There is no shortage of politicians and lawyers in the south. As a boy from the owner of a large southern manor, Cade still has some basic qualities.

Ellen said: "So, you plan to ask Mr. Calvert to help lobby those manor owners, is that right?"

Rhett put away his foolishness--which made Scarlett very upset, because Rhett was always very prim and proper with Ellen and Melanie, like a perfectly decent gentleman, but with her, Rhett was just a jerk, a villain.

Reiter said: "Mrs. O'Hara, Mrs. Clarke has actually been thinking about this issue for a long time. She even tried it at Tara Manor. Of course, those black people either went to Barton Manor or Rose Rose Manor in the end, but , This is a very successful exploration. Because we have seen both Barton Manor and Rose Manor today. Mrs. Clark said that perhaps only a small change can make those black people stay in the manor willingly."

"how is this possible!"

Scarlett is very confused.On the one hand, she thinks that excellent blacks do the work in the house, and disobedient and lazy blacks should go to do rough work in the cotton field, but on the other hand, she also knows very well that the things proposed by the Yankees have a great influence on blacks force.Since Margo has a greater influence on black people, it means that Margo gave a lot more than those Yankees.

Rhett said: "Excuse me, are you interested in hearing about Mrs. Clark's post-war mutual aid plan for southern families?"

Of course, who would leave at this time!

On this day, the three views of Cade, Scarlet, and Melanie were severely impacted.But just like Rhett said, it is enough for the men in the south to throw their heads and shed their blood, and there is no need to pay for the love and blood and tears of the women.

And a few days later, Rhett and Cade left Atlanta together, and they both carried the letter of proposal.Cade's task is to lobby the manor owners and the wives of the manor owners' families who have lost their loved ones, while Rhett's task is to meet President Davis.

Yes, Rhett has a wide range of paths. As a speculator, he and Davis actually have a good friendship.So, after talking to him, Davis brought in his cabinet, and after a week of discussions, given that there was still hope in the South, given the huge casualties in the South, and given the high war weariness in the South, Davis finally chose to surrender .

Yes, this time it was the surrender of the Confederate government, not just the city of Atlanta.

Of course, Davis and his cabinet also did one more thing, that is, they gathered all the materials and gold coins left in the South and put them into the "Southern Family Post-War Mutual Aid Fund".

This pissed off the Yankees who were waiting to take over the Confederate property.

In the original book, this huge property was divided up by speculators and a few people. Although some people later took out their share, such as Davis, the former president of the Southern Federal Government, there is still a considerable amount of money that is still unknown. .Rhett once got one too, and he once told Scarlett that he had $50, and it was gold.

But this time, all the supplies and almost half of the gold coins went to the "Southern Family Post-War Mutual Aid Foundation" under Ritter's name.

A new era has begun.