MTL - Rebirth in America: Great Slave Owner-Chapter 22 Brazil
To be honest, Tangning had been thinking about Nicole's question since she crossed over. What hurt him was that he knew the historical process, but he had no ability to change it. After all, there was too little time left for him, of course. , It is possible to change some of these points, but it is uncertain whether these points can completely reverse the overall situation.
Burying the thoughts that she couldn't share with others, Tangning said, "Of course there are plans. For example, the electric light company I set up in New York is a way out."
"This is a way out, but it means giving up your plantation, don't you think it's a pity?" Nicole asked with a frown.
Tangning thought for a while, then replied, "There is a way to not give up the plantation, and that is to move the plantation!"
"Moving? Where?" Nicole asked curiously.
Tangning pointed to the south and replied, "Brazil!"
The reason why Tangning said this is because Brazil is now also a plantation economy and a big buyer of black slaves, and slavery was not abolished until 1888, which means that it took 30 years more, which can be said to be very abundant.
The reason why it lasted until 1888 was because the situation in Brazil was very special. Brazil was originally a colony of Portugal. In 1807, France invaded Portugal, and the Portuguese royal family went into exile in Brazil. They did not know when they would be able to return to Portugal, so they regarded Brazil as the seat of the royal family. In 1820, there was a bourgeois revolution in Portugal, and the parliament asked the king to return home. Before the king returned to the country, anticipating that his fate might not be good, he said to his son, if the situation is not good, you should be independent.
Sure enough, the post-revolution Portugal really wanted to acquire the huge colony of Brazil, but the prince was acting as the regent in Brazil, and Portugal could not intervene, so he asked the prince to return to Portugal. Seeing that the king's father had no power at all after returning to Portugal, the prince declared independence in 1822 according to the king's father's instructions and established the monarchy of the Brazilian Empire.
Therefore, Brazil did not become an independent country like Haiti, but an independent country established by the transfer of European autocratic emperors to America. Because of this, after independence, Brazil did not abolish slavery, but continued to maintain European traditions. It was not until 1888 that the monarchy brought by Brazil from Europe faced an existential challenge and had to abolish slavery in an attempt to preserve the monarchy in this way. However, it was too late. In 1889, the monarchy in Brazil was overthrown.
Seeing Nicole's contemplative and tangled expression, Tangning persuaded, "Actually, there is no need to make a decision now, because in my opinion, this battle will not be fought immediately, and at the beginning of the war we You won't be at a disadvantage, so it's not too late to make a decision!"
"It's really too early to think about this, Tony, let's cherish the time we have now and do something happy!" After speaking, Nicole hugged Tangning tightly, and ordered the maid outside the door to get the canvas and Brushes, but unfortunately there is no painter in the manor, so only pen and paper can be provided.
"Tony, can you still draw?" Nicole asked in surprise.
Tangning thought to herself, compared to writing novels, painting is my major, okay? If it wasn't for the fact that I crossed over to the slave owner, my first pot of gold would have to be earned by painting.
However, since she had no experience in painting this body, Tangning could only answer vaguely, "It's not a meeting, I usually paint blindly, but now looking at the beautiful Nicole, I have a very strong creation. impulse!"
"Actually, I hope you have another very strong impulse!" Nicole said with a wink.
Hearing Nicole say this, Tangning couldn't help but shivered, waving her hands again and again, "I can't do it for the time being, I really can't do it, you have to give me some time to take it easy!"
Just at this moment, the maid brought the pen and paper, so Tangning instructed Nicole to pose and start painting.
But before he could draw a few strokes, Nicole suddenly realized something, and said quickly, "Tony, don't you just want to draw me like I am now?"
Tangning nodded and replied, "Yes, don't you think that you are very beautiful now?"
"Then you can't let anyone but you and me see this painting!" Nicole urged. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
Because she was very satisfied with the composition and creativity, Tangning hesitated for a while before answering, "Well, I'll paint two pictures, one for you, and the other one I'll change the head portrait to another woman! "
"Can you still draw like this?" Nicole asked in surprise.
Tangning nodded and replied, "Of course!"
Because Nicole is not a professional model after all, she couldn't hold it after holding a pose for more than ten minutes, and she pleaded, "Tony, can I rest for a while?"
Unexpectedly, Tangning replied, "Of course you can, in fact, I'm almost there!"
"Ah? So fast?" Nicole couldn't help exclaiming. Although she knew that pencil drawing would save time than oil painting, she didn't expect it to be so fast.
But what she didn't know was that the standard for this kind of sketch was half an hour. For a professional like Tangning, ten or twenty minutes was enough.
Surprised and suspicious, Nicole didn't even bother to put on clothes, so she walked barefoot to Tangning's side, and exclaimed again, "Oh my God! Tony, you are so good at drawing!"
Tangning, who had long been immune to this kind of praise, replied without raising her head, "If you like it, I'll give you this one!"
When Tangning's second painting was about to be finished, Nicole frowned and asked, "Tony, who is this girl?" Because the girl Tangning used to replace her portrait was so beautiful, even Nicole was jealous of her. of beauty.
Naturally, Tangning couldn't explain to her that this was Nicole Kidman in her prime, so she answered vaguely, "This is a girl I met in New York named Nicole!"
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