那些在上一代已经发财致富的家庭，现在都转来争夺官职和荣誉。 The families that had enriched themselves in the previous generation now scrambled for official posts and honours.
他获得了一个在印度约翰公司的职位，大家知道，在约翰公司的旗帜下，他能够迅速地发财致富。 He was offered a position in India, in the Service of John Company, under whose flag, as we know, the pagoda-tree was worth shaking.
