Eugenie with money [Grandet]

The Marquis of Lascambe motioned to the Count Niegeland, and the two of them got together and bit their ears in front of Grandet and Eugenie.Grandet half-understood the conversation just now, and had to look at Eugenie—however he heard it, he had to work hard for them after he gave them money, so he was at a disadvantage OK?

Eugenie refilled Grandet's glass, took the opportunity to shake her head at him, and signaled that she had something to say after the matter had come to an end or the two people who discussed it had left.

Grandet drank the wine in his glass and stared angrily at the two people who were still discussing.

"Miss Eugenie, what I want to know is, will the Bank of Nucingen fully cooperate, instead of being limited to one or two cooperations?" the king's attendant, Count De Négeran, asked.

Eugenie didn't speak, but nodded heavily.

"So, what do you need us to do this time?" Lascambe then asked.

Eugenie glanced at the angry Grandet again: "You know the Marquis, father is actually the real investor of the Nucingen Bank. Although he prefers to live a simple rural life, he is also a person with a sense of honor." , unwilling to be too far behind their partners.”

Seeing the two people nodding, Eugenie said the next words: "And I have decided to settle in Paris. Dad has always been worried and wants to see me often. Therefore, once his status is suitable for living in Paris, he will be more willing to live in Paris. In terms of finances, I will be loyal to the king."

Both Lascambe and Niegeland were taken aback. They didn't expect Eugenie to have such an appetite. They both looked at Grandet, wondering if Eugenie had this idea alone, or Grandet also participated.

"Eugenie, as I have already said, I am not interested in taking care of other people's accounts. I am too busy with my own affairs." Grandet was no less surprised than the other two. Eugenie only said something in passing.

Now she actually mentioned it to two cabinet members!

"But Dad, you have a heart loyal to the king. For this reason, you have sheltered many nobles during the time when the kingdom was in trouble, so that their properties were not auctioned. Moreover, you have rich experience in managing Saumer City, and you have a great understanding of the place. Taxes are more familiar than anyone, aren't they?"

Is this really me?Grandet looked at the eloquent daughter uncertainly, feeling that he did not know the person she was talking about.Fortunately, Grandet has always been thick-skinned, even if he was praised face to face, Grandet didn't feel blushing, but just waved his hands in an insignificant gesture, which made the two cabinet members who already had a good impression of him , looked at him with unfamiliar eyes.

He is a little older, but fortunately, he walks very steadily when he is not yet confused. Sometimes he speaks vaguely, and every sentence makes people unable to grasp his true thoughts.

The last outstanding advantage is exactly what everyone needs in the officialdom. Count Niegeland nodded to Eugenie: "The king has always attached more importance to his people's loyalty. It's just Miss Eugenie, you You should know that the Minister of Finance has always won the trust of the king..."

Eugenie is not a greedy person, and she showed this to the two cabinet members with practical actions: "Please rest assured, gentlemen. Papa just wants to be loyal to the king financially because he is worried that I am alone in Paris. He doesn't expect to be Chancellor of the Exchequer. It's just a position in the Treasury that makes his day-to-day less boring."

Grandet shook his head desperately, not wanting to manage property that did not belong to Grandet for anyone.Two cabinet members believed that he still had ideas about the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer, which was why he resisted so much.

In order to prevent Grandet from making more excessive demands, Earl Nigerand quickly agreed to Eugenie's request: "If you just want to find a position in the Ministry of Finance, the Marquis of Lascambe and I can still think of a way. You Do you think the third-class civil servant can fulfill your wish of serving the king, Baron Grandet?"

Grandet still shook his head, and Lascambe looked at Nie Rilang disapprovingly: "Speaking of Mr. Grandet's ability, a second-class financial supervisor is also competent. I believe that your majesty understands your position." Be faithful, and soon you will cease to be a Baron."

Grandet was also taken aback, and the movement of shaking his head was obviously not that fast, which made Lascambe heave a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't see the embarrassment on Nie Jilang's face: "Then it's settled, Grandet gentlemen."

He turned his head to Eugenie: "I have to go back to comfort my wife, Miss Eugenie. I apologize to you 12 for her. Please believe that when you celebrate for Mr. Grandet, she will definitely It will change my opinion of you."

Eugenie achieved her goal, and she was very talkative: "Thank you, Mr. Marquis, I look forward to a pleasant meeting with the Marquis."

After sending the people away, Grandet looked at the empty table and asked uncertainly, "Did they take the gold away like this?" The officials were all appointed by the king, and they were just servants serving the king. promise to come down? !

"Yes, Papa," Eugenie smiled, "They got what they deserved, and you will get what you deserve."

The two who left took a carriage together—they had to discuss how to make Eugenie's request come true.

The emotions that were shocked by gold just now have been blown away by the cold wind when they went out. Now both of them are a little unbelievable thinking about what they suddenly agreed to just now.

"Mr. Marquis," Nie Jilang accused him dissatisfiedly: "You promised too fast and too much."

The Marquis of Lascambe refused to accept the accusation: "You didn't refuse at that time, did you?"

"But the second-class financial supervisor..." It's not an ordinary third-class civil servant, Earl Niegeland pressed the corners of his eyebrows with a headache.

"Compared to Count de La Saunière, I think Grandet is more competent." Lascambe gave Negeron a well-known example.

As the king's attendant, Nie Gelang obviously knew what was going on with Count de La Saunière: "But his daughter belongs to the king..."

"That's right, La Saunière's daughter brought the king spiritual relaxation. But Mr. Grandet's daughter also brought the king satisfaction in wealth. I think the king is more satisfied than spiritual relaxation. I hope to be satisfied with wealth.” To relax the mind, you have to pay the corresponding money, right?

Who knows.Nie Rilang shook his head uncertainly, glanced casually at the box under their feet, and said no more—although they had agreed, they did not guarantee success, because the decision was still in the hands of the king.Even if he is the king's attendant, it is not a little difficult to be promoted to earl and baron, and the second-class financial supervisor is mixed in, which is an excuse for not completing the task.

As if knowing what he was thinking, Lascambe reminded Niegelang: "Mr. Earl, I think you should have discovered that Miss Eugenie is a person who refuses to accept bad news." Disagreeing is used as an excuse to take other people's gold and do nothing.

Nie Rilang, who originally had this plan, pressed his body on the cushion: "This is not like you, Lascambe."

Lascambe was completely immune to such accusations: "Please think about the achievements of this Mademoiselle Eugenie. Just because she can successfully bring such a large sum of money out of Spain is not worth your caution. ?"

Nie Zhilang didn't speak anymore, and he couldn't figure out how Nucingen Bank did it. It took him a long time to ask, "Didn't Nucingen's manager in Madrid do it?"

"No," Lascambe assured him: "According to Nucingen, Mademoiselle Eugenie has been favored by Riego. But you and I both know that Mademoiselle Eugenie only went to Madrid for 20 days, of which Ten days were spent on the road. And during those 20 days, Riego joined the Spanish constitutional cabinet. And we all know that Countess La Saunière was favored by the king and spent a lot of money. Been there for almost a year.”

So why Riego favors Eugenie is simply a mystery.

No matter how to guess the relationship between Eugenie and Riego, the two cabinet members have to admit that Eugenie, who is not very beautiful, must have unusual means.Such a person is better off being his friend than his enemy.

Reaching such a consensus is enough for them to take a positive attitude towards Grandet's appointment to the Ministry of Finance and his promotion.Therefore, in the list of the nobility's promotion and promotion in the "French Journal", Grandet is impressively listed.In front of him was Count Nucingen, who had also been promoted.

Nucingen, who thought he had taken advantage of it, was not calm anymore. He couldn't figure out how Grandet was promoted with him in silence. You know, he told Eugenie that he reported to the cabinet that she was The contribution in this delivery of gold is really just a polite talk.

Now that the polite talk has become a reality, or it has become a reality for some unknown reason, how could Nucingen not ask the truth?

"Mr. Grandet, congratulations. We can be promoted at the same time, thanks to Miss Eugenie." Nucingen happily embraced Grandet, as if he was really happy for him.

Grandet pushed Nucingen away in disgust: "I am indeed grateful to Eugenie, and only to Eugenie. Of course, I am also grateful to myself. If it were not for my investment, this promotion would not have happened."

Nucingen thought that the investment Grandet mentioned was the matter of Eugenie's shareholding in Nucingen Bank, so he laughed even more happily: "Indeed, without Miss Eugenie, none of us would be able to get promoted."

Grandet directly gave him a look of contempt: "I'm investing in real gold, or the value..."

Eugenie interrupted him: "Father, no matter how much you have invested, it would not have been so smooth without the office of the Nucingen Bank in Madrid."

Well, that makes sense.Grandet thought about the income of this year, even if not all of it was handed over to him, it was dozens of times higher than his income from the manor and monastery in Saumur, and he didn't need to worry about it. Let his wine sell at a price that everyone in Saumer envied, so that he stopped bothering Nucingen.

"Miss Eugenie," Nucingen said with a flattering smile when he had a chance to breathe, "Mr. Grandet was only promoted to baron last year, but he was promoted to earl this year. I think it is really worth celebrating."

"You have also been promoted to Earl, shouldn't you be the first to celebrate?" Eugenie smiled.

Knowing that he could not take advantage of Eugenie, Nucingen did not make unnecessary temptations: "Then I will hold a banquet first, and you can prepare a dance. Everyone is interested in the minuet you performed last time." The dancing posture is still fresh in my memory."

It seems that her dance teacher was not hired for nothing, Eugenie smiled and nodded: "Of course, but we still have to wait until Mrs. Taigu recovers from her illness."

The old lady had been frightened when she accompanied Eugenie to Spain, and since her return to Paris she had been ill and ill.Eugenie felt a little guilty and was willing to accommodate her in small matters.

Nanon has always disliked Mrs. Taigou, and now she is a little unhappy to hear that the lady has postponed the ball because of her. She didn't know the meaning of the ball until she arrived in Paris. Similarly, she would like to experience the charm of the ball. .

"Mrs. Taigou just doesn't want to leave the room. I don't think she's sick at all," Nanon murmured to Eugenie after taking over the coffee delivery from Elemie.

Eugenie treated Mrs. Taigou with cooperation, and treated Nanon with kindness and connivance: "Nanon, don't say that, Mrs. Taigou is indeed frightened by her age."

"I was frightened by the reward of two thousand francs." Nanon felt that Mrs. Taigou was being hypocritical: "I'm going to Spain to find you, and my husband won't even pay a hundred francs."

"Shut up, you idiot." Grandet, who had been calculating how much a ball would cost, yelled at Nanon when he revealed his old ways, and then smiled at Eugenie as a gesture of gratitude. Justify yourself.

Eugenie knew the old cooper too well, so she didn't have any dissatisfaction with Grandet because of this--Grantet, who doesn't count money, is it still Grandet?

She was thinking about another question: "Dad, Mr. Te Pengfeng attended our banquet last time, did you gain anything?"

Only when Grandet needs people can he remember who Te Pomphon is, and when he is not needed, who cares about his life?It's true that he invited Te Pengfeng to the last banquet, but he gave Te Pengfeng a chance, so should he still pay for him to interact with people?

Grandet shrugged his shoulders: "Who knows, Te Ponfeng is a person who will seize opportunities."

"Then, let's continue to invite him to our ball this time." Eugenie suggested to Grandet.

Nucingen looked at Eugenie strangely. Could it be that Miss Eugenie had any different feelings for Mr. de Pomfret?In his opinion, Te Bonfon's familiarity with the legal provisions was not enough to make up for his temperament as a countryman from other provinces. Compared with the princes and friends in Paris, Mademoiselle Eugenie should make the right choice.

"Miss Eugenie, you will hurt the hearts of many young people when you look at M. de Bonfon differently." With a joking tone, Nucingen raised his own doubts.

Eugenie still had her usual smile on her face: "We are all from Saumur, so we should help each other. Moreover, Mr. Te Pomphon has used his professional knowledge several times to help my father and me, Isn't it?"

Nucingen was at a loss for words. The last time the shares of Nucingen Bank changed, Te Pomphon did carefully study the agreement from Eugenie's standpoint, and pointed out that in the agreement, Eugenie would be brought Due to the issue of restraint, Nucingen had to revise the agreement once under his suggestion.

Now that Eugenie mentioned the help of Te Pomphon, Nucingen was not sure if she was warning herself.Even Grandet remembered it, and snorted heavily at Nucingen: "Mr. Nucingen, I think you should be grateful to Te Bonfon instead of making him the target of others' attacks."

You father and daughter are all clear-eyed, right?Nucingen was hit again, and smiled at Eugenie: "I'm thinking, if you invite Mr. Te Pompon to your ball, you should also invite him to my banquet. We are partners, we should Advance and retreat together, don't you?"

Whether it was true or false, Eugenie did see the figure of Te Bonfon at the banquet held by Nucingen's house. At that time, he was surrounded by several ladies, and he was answering some questions in embarrassment.

Eugenie didn't listen to the questions that the ladies asked Te Pompon. Eugenie met those ladies several times at the banquet, and they all had an annual income of [-] to [-] francs, but one or two of them got married. A poor nobleman with a young daughter.

These aristocrats have a long reputation, and they barely maintain their decency with an annual income of [-] to [-] francs. They look forward to marrying off their daughters and grabbing a son-in-law who is capable of bringing them benefits.

If Te Pengfeng can choose one of these people's daughters to marry, these wives will be like the original Marquise Reid Aubrion, and they will be able to marry their daughters decently without preparing a dowry, so that it is more convenient for themselves Using the son-in-law's money, the reward is to help him become a nobleman.

At the same time that Teponfeng was planning to incorporate the wealth belonging to Eugenie Grandet into the Crochet family, someone was also calculating to incorporate his wealth into his own pocket.

The calculations in the world will never be fixed on one person, everyone is a part of the calculations.

"Eugenie, dear, now I'm going to call you the Countess." Countess Longer suddenly appeared in front of Eugenie, smiling kindly and wanting to give her a hug.Behind her is Laskaga's new wife, the former Miss Adolphus, and now the Viscountess Laskaga.

"Countess." Eugenie maintained the basic social etiquette, neither more nor less.A well-timed kneeling salute, just to avoid this awkward hug.

The Countess Longer seemed not to notice Eugenie's indifference, and leaned into her ear and said: "You must beware of the Countess de Nucingen and his wife, one of them takes advantage of you in banking affairs, and the other immediately To invade your mask factory."

Eugenie raised her eyebrows involuntarily. She couldn't figure out who sent the invitation to the Countess of Longuere. If it was Nucingen's intention, would he want to hear what the Countess of Longuere had just said?

"Thank you for your reminder." Eugenie couldn't hold on to the smile on her face, "If I don't trust my partners, I don't know who I should trust."

"Eugenie, why are you still here?" Annette who had just been mentioned walked over quickly, smiled at Countess Longuell, and took Eugenie's arm: "Marquis de Vascambe Madame must see you, come with me quickly."

It was also a person Eugenie did not want to see, but she must have wanted to see him even more than Eugenie.Even just to see the expression on the face of the Marchioness, Eugenie agreed to go to see her—before that, she had seen Countess Longuele's livid face.

To Eugenie's disappointment, the Marchioness of Lascambe smiled brightly at her, making everyone around her envious.Seeing Eugenie coming, she grabbed Eugenie's hand: "Honey, you are finally here, I thought I would have to wait a little longer."

Who did you switch heads with?Eugenie looked at the Countess Négerand next to the Marquise with some puzzlement, she still smiled thoughtfully: "The Marquise has become a loyal user of facial masks since she listened to my introduction."

Eugenie quickly made a look of sudden realization: "That's really my honor."

"No, dear, your gift that day was the best gift I've ever received in my life." The Marquise Lascambe looked at Eugenie meaningfully.

Really direct.Eugenie smiled, and glanced at Countess Niegeland again, and found that she was already introducing her mask to the people sitting beside her.Eugenie had to face the Marchioness by herself: "It's just a little thought, it's my honor to satisfy you."

"Miss Eugenie's mask, everyone who has used it feels the same as you." Annette, who didn't know the truth, flattered the Marquise, saying that she was not only a supporter of the mask, but also an agent of the mask factory. One of them, if the Marquise needs it, she can also give a detailed introduction to the Marquis: "After all, Miss Eugenie devotes most of her energy to the affairs of the Nucingen Bank."

It was Eugenie's affairs at the Nucingen Bank that interested the Marchioness.She just smiled perfunctorily at Annette, and refused to let go of Eugenie's hand.As an excellent Parisian communicator, Annette quickly discovered the difference in the Marquise's attitude towards Eugenie, and quietly left their circle, looking for Nucingen in the crowd.

Nucingen, who was circling among the cabinet members, saw the sign in Annette's eyes, clinked glasses with Lascambe and Niejlang respectively, took a sip of wine, and then withdrew from the conversation with them. Walking up to Annette, he asked in a low voice, "What's the matter, don't you see that I'm having an important conversation?"

Annette concealed the anger in her eyes, and said softly: "The Marchioness of Lascambes suddenly became intimate with Eugenie, and mentioned the gift Eugenie gave her."