Eugenie with money [Grandet]

Regarding the King of France asking Grandet if he had discovered the problem, Earl Nergeland had nothing to hide: "Some people in the Ministry of Finance do have the problem of repeated expenditures. It's just that in order to maintain balance, the Minister has to deal with some small problems lightly." Take it lightly. If Grandet can really find out some problems, maybe he can really save a lot of money. It's just, just..."

"Let's talk, I'm not surprised what this Grandet does now."

"It's just that Grandet asked the Minister of Finance that every problem he found out should be 5.00%, 5.00% of the funds recovered..." I couldn't continue, the attendant couldn't put this vulgar man out Vocabulary, passed into the king's ears.

The king of France felt that Grandet's actions confirmed the fact that Eugenie had no money. As a benevolent monarch, someone made a knife for him and recovered the embezzled money, which successfully made him realize Count Nigeran's Meaning: "5.00%?"

Earl Niegelang nodded reluctantly, wishing that he was not the one who reported the news to the king.

Unexpectedly, the King nodded: "Yes, as long as he can really find the problem, then give him the 5.00%. But," said the King of Fa, gritted his teeth: "If someone finds out that he borrows this right, he will pay military expenses like everyone else. If he stretches out his hand, all his property will be confiscated."

Grandet was stunned when he got the reply. He asked the King of France to find out 5.00% of the funds in question, but he never discussed it with Eugenie. Grandet still felt very guilty about the answer.

"Eugenie..." He called out to his daughter, and found that her expression was quite calm.It was this tranquility that made Grandet feel guilty—the king was already eyeing Eugenie's property, and he even asked him for 5.00% of the funds, not giving the money to the king. delivery?

Eugenie said calmly to Count Niegeland: "Your servant, please pay your respects to the king. In order to preserve the reputation of the king's benevolence, my father made the greatest sacrifice that a subject can make."

He even dared to ask the king for a twitch, but he even said that he was a sacrifice?Earl Niegeland, who was used to a gentle expression, also cooled down.But Eugenie was not affected by the change of her complexion in the slightest, and continued in a small mouth:

"The king has always been kind and forgiving to his subjects. Although he knows that some people are using their power for personal gain, he is unwilling to warn them. Even if the empire is surrounded by dangers, the king is doing his best for military expenses. In order not to lose his benevolent heart, he still treats those people laissez-faire."

"But in order to make the king no longer worry about military expenses, my father is willing to supervise the military pay for the king. He is not even afraid of offending others. In order to preserve the king's reputation, he only proposed 5.00%. Compared with the recovered military pay, it is mere What is 5.00%? It’s just to let others put the reputation of greed on the father alone and attack him. But the king is still a benevolent king.”

It makes sense!Grandet cried out excitedly: "Eugenie, you have spoken my heart."

Count Niegeland looked at the upright Eugenie who had turned black and white in disbelief: "Count Grandet really thinks so?"

Grandet nodded heavily: "Isn't that the case? The king got 90.00% five, and I only got 5.00%. Could it be that the king got the big head?"

As soon as such rude words were uttered, the atmosphere that Eugenie had created with great difficulty just now and was only devoted to the royal family disappeared completely.Eugenie had to force a smile to confess to Earl Niegeland: "Father is such a straightforward person."

Just a little too fast.

Earl Niejran just shook his head, and Mrs. Taigu just brought in coffee with Elemi, making him unable to shake his head. He took a silent sip of coffee and left.

As soon as he went out, Eugenie looked at Grandet with dissatisfaction, which made the old cooper even more guilty and did not dare to look at him.Eugenie didn't want to just let him go: "Father, no matter how much money you can get from it, it will be at my disposal."

"What?" Grandet jumped up suddenly, and the guilt disappeared without a trace: "You were assimilated by Nucingen and turned into the same robber. Hard-earned money is taken away."

"If it hadn't been for what I just said to Count Niegeland, do you think you could keep the money you got in the end?"

"Why not!" Grandet said confidently, "This is the tap that the king gave me."

"But before you get your lottery, he will try to get people to report you, create evidence, and prove to everyone that the money you got was not a lottery, but corruption. Not only will you not be able to keep your 5.00%, Even all the money in our house will go to the king. Just like my public debts were taken by the queen."

Such rebellious words showed no respect to the king and queen, so Mrs. Taigu went out silently and closed the door for them from the outside.

Grandet knew that Eugenie was telling the truth.It was just because he knew that his eyes were bloodshot, and he wished he could go directly to the palace and ask the king. Wouldn't his conscience be disturbed by robbing his subjects' private property like this?

Soon, he sank down on the sofa - if he had a conscience, there would be no summons after the palace banquet, and the queen would not directly take away Eugenie's [-] shares of public debt.If you don't even have a conscience, how can you have a disturbed conscience?

Eugenie sat beside him: "So father, you must give me the money, and let me use it where it should be used."

"Where should it be used?" Grandet repeated what Eugenie said, but he didn't know what it meant.

"Where it should be used." Eugenie also repeated what she had just said, her big gray eyes were full of seriousness: "We have to spend this money until it can protect our property, and it will never be used again." Go to the place where people are robbing casually."

"Niegelang is the king's attendant, and he represents the king in the eyes of the Parisians. Haven't you already given him so much gold? He has treated us well these few times, isn't it enough? "Grandet felt that Count Niegeland's appetite should not be too big.

Eugenie shook her head: "I have to apologize to you, Dad. At that time, I only thought of you entering the circle of power, which was enough to make those nobles or people in power dare not think about our property. But I forgot, the country's largest If those in power covet our property, it doesn’t matter how much power you enter.”

Grandet didn't speak, but was silently calculating in his heart.He has always been a character who does not hear the last word and does not make his own judgment. Eugenie knows this: "So, this time, we are no longer giving money to powerful figures like Count Niegeland, but To run people who can protect us."

Grandet raised his head abruptly: "The person who can protect us? The king is supreme. He is moved by our property. Who else can protect us?"

"The man with the gun." Eugenie spat out a few words coldly, causing Grandet's blood to freeze, and he pointed at Eugenie speechless.

"Private property is sacred and inviolable." Eugenie gently pressed Grandet's hand pointing at her, and said word by word: "But now the king himself wants to violate this sacred value, then he is not worthy to continue Be the supreme king."

"But, but..." Grandet felt that what Eugenie said was wrong, but he could not refute it.Because in Grandet's heart, whoever moved his gold coins, he also wanted to fight with that person.

He endured the exploitation of the French King and Queen, but because if they disagree, those two people can easily take away the life that Grandet cares more about than money.

"But where are you going to find someone who will protect us?" Grandet finally found his tongue and asked Eugenie.

Eugenie was very calm: "Don't worry, as long as you have money, it's not difficult to find people with guns and make them willing to protect us instead of waiting for an opportunity to rob us of our property when we are weak."

Seeing that Grandet didn't believe it, Eugenie smiled, her face was not as cold as before: "Father, do you think that the peasants who lost their land in England were able to fight against the British royal family for so long because of their large numbers?"

No matter how many landless peasants faced the British army's butcher knife, they would have been killed long ago.How can it be like now, not only the team is getting bigger and bigger, but also approaching London step by step?

Grandet was naturally puzzled, and Eugenie smiled mysteriously: "In the past two years, you haven't found out about my control line at the Nucingen Bank, although I will return it in time at the end of the year, have the profits disappeared? "

The discovery was a discovery, but Grandet did not dare to treat Eugenie like he did in Saumur, let alone counting her private money. If Eugenie did not take the initiative to speak up, Grandet had already learned not to ask what her income was. How much or where.After all, Eugenie did not default on his annual 30.00% profit.

Now hearing Eugenie asking himself this question, Grandet had a bad idea in his heart, and looked at Eugenie suspiciously: "Don't tell me..."

"That's what you think." Since Eugenie wasn't going to hide anything from Grandet, she made it clear at once what she had done: "I don't like the British, I never have. That's why I saw that the British enacted laws to recognize Enclosure, and landless farmers have to be displaced, I sympathize."

"You just said that you don't like the British." Grandet said in a daze.

Eugenie quickly said: "Correct me, I don't like those Englishmen who rob other people's property by force, just like the king wants to rob us. So I sympathize with those peasants who lost their land. You own your own vineyard, and You don’t want others to fence it up just to raise sheep?”

"Of course not."

"So, in order to prevent those farmers who lost their land from losing their land silently, and to prevent our king from learning the British way, I think it is better for them to solve the British affairs themselves. As for how to solve it, of course. It is to let the British king know the voice of the people. In this way, the landless peasants cannot be suppressed by the nobles or those who occupy their land."

"They have to speak up and let the King of England see their strength." Eugenie described the status quo of the island country far away from Paris: "And I am the one who allows them to get equipment so that landless peasants are not suppressed. "

Grandet lost his voice completely. He stood up straight for a moment, then his waist collapsed, and he left the small reception room silently without saying a word.

Eugenie poured herself a glass of wine, and her heart was at peace never felt since she came to this world.She originally only wanted to make a lot of money and enjoy the luxury of Paris in the [-]th century, but others thought that she was a provincial girl and was not worthy of wealth.

In the beginning, some young people like flies gathered around, trying to get Eugenie's wealth by means of marriage, but when they found out that she was not interested in the so-called marriage, they began to use power to oppress her.

In order not to be robbed of property by others, it's not that Eugenie didn't want to spend money to avoid disaster. She sent a lot of money, and Grandet seemed to be on the rise.Who knows that his property will still be lost, because the person who cares about it has changed and become more powerful.

Do you still want to grovel and offer the wealth you have earned with your mind, just to save your life?

The previous life that Eugenie hadn't thought of for a long time was not such a life.At that time, although she was born as an orphan, no one deliberately tried to take away the money, the house and the car she bought with her own hands.

In this life, no one else can take it away!

When she couldn't make up her mind, she was still flustered, but once she made up her mind, Eugenie's heart was at peace.

Just plan ahead.

After calculating that her investment in the UK was only 300 million francs, Eugenie felt that it was worthwhile to do it at the beginning just because she wanted to block the English king. Ni's investment is not much, and their equipment is not excellent.Now that the Holy Alliance has not intervened, it is difficult for the British royal family to parry.

Once the interests of the Holy Alliance are divided and they directly intervene in British affairs, the peasant uprising will not be far from failure.At that time, in order to save their lives, those peasants who lost their land should not mind leaving the British Isles to continue their revolution in the wider European continent.

Now, if Eugenie speaks to call, some people will directly leave the uprising team and land in France.The peasants who have been baptized by the uprising are not bumpkins who have just put down their hoes. They have been baptized by blood and fire, and they are no different from soldiers. They should have the strength to fight the French army.

And the pay supervisor of the French army is still in the hands of Grandet.Eugenie took a sip of her wine, feeling that Grandet had left too hastily just now, otherwise she would have admired him for a while - she even came up with the idea of ​​nodding to the King of France.

Each sum of money does not seem like much, but it is not a small sum when it comes together.The money scraped from the King of France is used to arm the team against the King of France. It makes people happy to think about it.

Even though it was not a happy time yet, Eugenie let herself drink half a bottle of wine and passed out all of a sudden, which made Nucingen, who came to discuss the operation of joint funds with her, come to nothing.

"Is Mademoiselle Eugenie drunk?" Nucingen couldn't believe the answer he heard, even though it was the serious Mrs. Taigou standing in front of him.

The old lady nodded solemnly: "Miss has nothing and is unhappy, so she drank a little more. Mr. Earl should come to visit tomorrow."

Not long after Nucingen left, the palace heard the news that Eugenie used wine to drown her sorrows, and the King of France couldn't help but sneered at Count Niegeland: "It seems that Miss Eugenie still cares about her impending bankruptcy."

Even as an attendant military officer of the king of France, Earl Niegeland felt that the king said this to an inexperienced girl too much: "I'm afraid Miss Eugenie's treasury has really been emptied. Otherwise, I won't give it to you." Nucingen came up with the idea of ​​a joint fund." The queen emptied the family's treasury.

His Holiness was noncommittal about this, and only asked, "Where is Grandet?"

"He went to work on time." Earl Niegeland answered the king's question truthfully.Seeing that there were no other orders, he slowly gave up the space to the king.

Even if he hadn't seen Eugenie, Nucingen knew that rescue was urgent, so before pooling all the bankers' funds in Paris, he advanced 1000 million francs from Nucingen Bank and invested them in the railway bond market.

Buyers appeared, and sellers flocked to them. Everyone was afraid that the price of government bonds would fall, and the bond certificates would rot in their own hands. Therefore, the 1000 million francs invested by Nucingen did not prevent the price of government bonds from continuing to fall. Fortunately, the trend finally eased, closing at twelve francs per share that day.

"Count Nucingen, I don't think I need to remind you again, the fund expenditure of the Nucingen Bank should be decided by the two of us through discussion." Eugenie felt a little worried when she heard the bad things that Nucingen said that night. You're welcome.

The hangover hurts, the headache is severe, and Nucingen is doing something she doesn't want to do. It's normal for Eugenie to have a bad attitude.

Nucingen, who wanted to understand the truth, had a surprisingly good attitude: "Miss Eugenie, your request is reasonable. It's just an order from the king, so I have to..."

Now can anyone use the King of France to suppress themselves? Regarding the king’s last sentence, why do you think it is more acceptable to throw your own money? Please remember, of the 1000 million francs you threw away, 400 million of them belonged to me!”

"Miss Eugenie." Earl Nergerand, who accompanied Nucingen, had to stand up and speak for Nucingen: "The king really hopes that the public bond market will stabilize immediately, otherwise it will cause a chain reaction, and the entire capital market It will be turbulent. Today, the price of gold has already started to rise."

Those who have funds can't see it being idle and can't invest in the public bond market, so they will naturally invest in other things.Eugenie looked at Grandet, who was always concerned about the price of gold, and found that he nodded. Knowing that what Count Niegeland said was true, she couldn't help but squinted her eyes, then snorted bitterly, and didn't answer Count Niegeland's words.

"Miss Eugenie," Nucingen, who knew he was wrong, had to say to her in a low voice because he had to transfer funds tomorrow: "I can understand your feelings, but we all have the same feeling of being loyal to the king. You know, although the railway bond is still falling today, it has eased and closed at twelve francs. As long as we keep up with the funds tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the price will stabilize."

"To what price?" Eugenie's tone was very bad: "Even if the price stabilizes, Nucingen Bank only holds railway bonds, can it meet this year's earnings expectations? If it wants to meet expectations, Nucingen Bank We can only release railway bonds again, and the market will be turbulent again, will Mr. Nucingen continue to rescue the market at that time?"

Nucingen was speechless, and Eugenie had already turned the conversation to Count Negeran: "My lord, I think the king should understand the fact that the Bank of Nucingen is only a private bank, and it is also in pursuit of profit. It is impossible for us to hold public bonds all the time. If all the public bonds are concentrated in the hands of the Nucingen Bank this time, the king will not be at ease, right?" I am not afraid that when the Nucingen Bank suddenly releases a large number of public bonds, the market will be turbulent again ? !

Earl Niejlang nodded: "Your Majesty has already adopted your suggestion. Tomorrow, the funds in the public bond market will be advanced by the Nucingen Bank first, but the joint funds of the bankers will be in place soon. At that time, according to the amount of funds raised , distribute public debt.”

This is the appearance of wanting to solve the problem, Eugenie acquiesced to the words of Count Negeran, making him think that Nucingen was acting together with Eugenie just now.However, considering that the amount of funds that the Bank of Nucingen contributed this time is indeed not a small amount, and Eugenie seems to have only the shares of the Bank of Nucingen left, she did not point out this point.

Eugenie didn't care what he thought, and gave Grandet 100 million francs directly after the people left: "Father, Mr. Grassin's people can directly eat the railway bond when the market opens tomorrow."

Grandet was amazed that Eugenie still had money, "Why do you still have money?"

Eugenie smiled: "Have you forgotten that the Queen did not take away my 500 public bond certificates empty-handed, she also asked the chief lady to send 500 million francs." The [-] million francs, Eugenie had already given People quietly took it out from the Nucingen Bank.

Grandet's mood, which had been clouded for the past few days, finally cleared up: "I told you that you would not trade at a loss. You sold 150 shares of government bonds to the queen for 100 million francs, and now you can directly buy back [-] shares with [-] million."

Eugenie didn't think there was anything wrong with her doing so: "Of course. The queen asked me to use her 500 million francs to invest, and I can't just pay her the proceeds with my own money." Although she did so on the surface .

"What about the remaining 400 million?" Grandet's eyes lit up.

"Speaking of which, you have found several unreasonable expenditures in the Ministry of Finance these days, have they all been withdrawn from the treasury, how much have you received in total?" Eugenie was also calculating Grandet's possible income.