Eugenie with money [Grandet]

"Grandma's hammer." Grandet, who endured all the way, finally burst out: "Miss, what did I see? When I was eating coarse bread in Saumur, you were drinking and drinking in Paris, but you didn't let me have a problem? Nanon What one person can do, you use three people to do it, and those people eat several times more than Nanon! You still want me to shut up? Miss, don’t forget whose money you are spending."

"I spend my own money." Eugenie sat up straight, feeling that she shouldn't pick up the miser: "You should remember that I have one hundred thousand francs at my disposal every year. Besides, you the right to use the proceeds of public debt."

"You think I can blindfold you if I don't know the cost of Paris, miss?" Grandet laughed sarcastically: "Unfortunately, this mansion is mine, and everything in this mansion is mine." , I have the right to dispose of it."

"Tomorrow, no, in a moment, I will go to Grassan and ask him to find a buyer for me, and sell all your useless mirrors, sofas, curtains and carpets. I will not allow myself to die Sometimes, other people put their hands into my purse." Grandet saw that Eugenie hadn't heard him get angry before, so he showed a scared expression and threatened her with words.

He will definitely do what he says, no matter who he is, don't try to stop him.

How much money and manpower did I spend collecting these things from various places in the [-]th century? If you said you wanted to sell them, you would sell them?dream.

Eugenie looked up at Grandet, who was furious, without giving him even the slightest expression of panic.

She leaned back, trying to relax as much as possible, still holding the coffee she had just asked someone to deliver, and she was still in the mood to appreciate the ceramic patterns from Morocco again.

After admiring, Eugenie asked Grandet softly: "Father, I think you should know the prices of the things in the house."

The furious Grandet seemed to have been pressed the off button, and looked at Eugenie puzzled, unable to figure out whether this daughter was really stupid or not. She wanted to sell her stuff, and she even told herself the price of the stuff.Is it because you are afraid that you don't know the price and you will lose money?

After Eugenie quoted the prices of the items one by one, Grandet quickly added up with his businessman's mind, and he understood the meaning of Eugenie's quotation: the sum of all the items was worth more than 15 francs --which did not include Madame Taigou's gambling debts--far exceeded the sum Eugenie had brought from Saumur.

But the mansion is still operating normally, and the servants seem to be very obedient, not as if they are owed wages.

This made the shrewd Grandet sit more comfortably. Although his face was not good-looking, his voice was not so angry: "Could it be that you mortgaged the house?"

As expected of Grandet, who is good at calculating, he immediately thought of the way Eugenie might get the money.Eugenie didn't feel guilty because of Grandet's guess, but went upstairs and showed him the remaining diamonds: "I did mortgage the house, but I still have diamonds in my hand."

"These diamonds are worth [-] francs at most." Grandet said to Eugenie disdainfully, "Besides, what's the point of these diamonds besides showing you off?"

Eugenie couldn't help admiring Grandet's vision. She saluted the shrewd and discerning Grandet: "You are right, I spent fifty thousand francs on diamonds." Seeing that Grandet was about to jump again, He was not tired from dancing himself, and Eugenie was tired from watching, so she quickly comforted him and said, "The diamonds in front of you only account for one-third of what I bought. As for the other two-thirds, I have mortgaged them." to the bank."

Diamonds worth [-] francs accounted for only one-third, that is to say, the market value of all the diamonds Eugenie bought was [-] francs, but she only spent [-] francs.Grandet figured it out that Eugenie not only didn't lose money from this deal, but also made a [-]/[-] profit.

Grandet was about to ask Eugenie why she didn't sell the diamonds directly to make money, but had to mortgage them, Eugenie had already said: "The two-thirds of the diamonds are mortgaged for 15 francs, and the annual interest is only [-]%. I bought the bond with the mortgage money."

The annual interest on the bond was three per cent. If the annual interest was one per cent, Eugenie could earn 15 francs and two per cent on it without doing anything.This made Grandet a little unbelievable: "The Bank of Paris, are they so optimistic about diamonds?"

of course not.Eugenie shook her head: "Nucingen Bank is still very professional."

Grandet had heard of the name of the Nucingen Bank in Saumur. Before Terra Grassan came to Paris to start his business, Grassan had done some things about gold exchange on behalf of Grandet through the Nucingen Bank. of.

"It must be a novice employee who is eager to express himself, so he negotiated the mortgage with you?" Grandet can only think of this possibility.

Eugenie continued to shake her head: "No, it was the Baron de Nucingen who came to the door in person and negotiated this mortgage business with me before Mr. de Grassan. Because the diamond mortgage was negotiated, he also invited me Attended a ball at their house."

Silence, the only thing Grandet, who has been broken from his inherent concepts, can keep is silence.

Grandet couldn't figure it out. With de Nucingen's shrewdness, he couldn't fail to see the market price of these diamonds. How could he give such a high premium when he knew he was losing money.

Unless Nucingen Bank sees the subsequent huge benefits.

Grandet is very sensitive to the price of gold, but he has not done much research on diamonds, which he considers to be flashy. Now he has to focus on the diamonds on the table, wanting to see how this diamond is different from the ones on the market. .

Eugenie allowed him to study diamonds without interrupting.After a quarter of an hour, Grandet raised his head: "What did you promise?"

Eugenie still shook her head: "No, Dad, I didn't promise Baron de Nucingen anything. What he saw was what he wanted to see. After I came to Paris, the mansion had already been repaired, etc. With me, the carriages customized by top car dealers, the top horses that can be bought in Paris, directly pick me up at the post station. After I checked in, I continued to buy everything I could see to decorate my mansion."

Speaking of this, Eugenie smiled, and for the first time there was a sly look in her eyes: "And the things I like, you saw just now, are the best in all of Europe."

Grandet looked at Eugenie thoughtfully, without interrupting her: "Everyone knows that I am your daughter's father, and they all know that you are a rich man. No matter how much you conceal this, they will not It can be found out through the bank."

"A daughter of a wealthy man from other provinces, who spends money like water, what kind of impression will it give?" Eugenie's eyes became more cunning, and she turned her head to meet Grandet's gaze.

Grandet replied in frustration: "They will think that you have been favored by me. I will give you as much as you want to spend, and will not limit your consumption. But Eugenie, you know that we only have one Trau Feng, plus that dilapidated monastery at most, the output is only pasture and a few grapes, once it rains, the wine will not be sold at a high price..."

Crying about being poor and trying to hide his wealth has almost become Grandet's instinct. Eugenie said so much, just to let him know that all this will not work in Paris: "No one will believe what you say, Dad. All Even if you ask Nanon to transport gold coins into the vault at night, others can calculate how much your wine sold at the market price."

Grandet was again speechless.

Of course, brainwashing cannot be done halfway. Eugenie explained to Grandet in detail what she had gained from the Tunisian public debt.When he heard that within ten days, Eugenie had earned 24 francs, Grandet had to face up to his daughter.

Is this still his submissive daughter who can't say a word except hugging her mother and crying?

It seems that since his wife got sick, the daughter has become a different person, and she began to rebel against herself, using a gold supply box to get [-] francs from herself, and using her wife's inheritance to threaten herself with an annual fee of [-] francs.

Grandet was able to agree at that time because it was in Saumur. Even if Eugenie went to the church to donate every day, she would not donate five thousand francs a year.The appearance of Mrs. Taigu made Grandet see how to control his daughter.

At that time he made a big cake for Mrs. Taigou, promising that if she could exert influence on Eugenie, she might become the mistress of Trauphon.Who knew that this piece of pie not only failed to trap Mrs. Taigu, but was also taken over by her daughter, who encouraged herself to work hard to become a nobleman, and trapped herself in.

For Taigou accompanied Eugenie to Paris.

Why did I agree to Eugenie at that time?Grandet seemed to remember that at that time Eugenie had persuaded himself to let her come to Paris for a try because she was not trustworthy.He also agreed to become a baron at that time, so that Eugenie could better integrate into the aristocratic circle after arriving in Paris, get more inside information, and facilitate the sale of public bonds.

However, after Eugenie came to Paris, it was more convenient to tell Des Grassins to do everything than in Saumur.

Grandet didn't want to admit that he had been fooled by Eugenie, but he had to admit it when the facts were in front of him—Eugenie's tricks seemed to be more popular in Paris, and she had earned more than two months in Paris At the same cost, they would not be able to earn money and things in Saumur for a year.

There is no blow, more frustrating than letting a smart person admit that his own shrewdness doesn't work. Grandet sinks his body into the sofa, as if he doesn't have to admit this fact.

Eugenie waited for him to absorb the shock.Only when Grandet accepts that his way of making money is outdated, Paris has a way to make more money, and the person who masters the way is Eugenie, can the most stingy father in the world spend the most money for her.