Eugenie with money [Grandet]

As if all the bones had been taken out, Grandet moved back to the Ministry of Finance step by step, and directly handed over the account books since his work to the minister who came to the office with him:

"My lord minister, I was just too angry. My horse was broken. It was a fine horse bought for twelve thousand francs. There is no such fine horse in Paris. Its leg was broken. , It hurts more than my broken leg."

Sitting on the sofa, the minister looked through the account book that Grandet had written down, and found that he remembered every sum of money withdrawn clearly, and clearly distinguished between those that were directly taken away by the king and those that were returned to the treasury. With emotion: "Count Grandet, you are too impulsive."

The profit shared by the accountant Grandet is enough for him to buy hundreds of horses.And why offend the king's most trusted attendant just because of a horse.

"I didn't expect that, I think the Earl of Niegeland should treat me differently, after all, I gave it to the Earl of Niegeland..." Grandet realized that he had said something wrong, and quickly shut up.

The minister's eyes just darkened for a moment, and he continued to flip through the ledger.Everyone in Paris knew that Grandet, who had just been promoted to baron the year before, did not have any special achievements, but he was suddenly promoted to earl. He must have found a great person to speak to the king.

Why did this great person speak to the king for Grandet?It's impossible without enough interest.

It's one thing to know it all, but a smart person is one who doesn't say it.

Grandet, who didn't make a sound anymore, was secretly glad that the minister didn't get to the bottom of it, and answered his questions on the account book very carefully, making the handover very smooth.

"Count Grandet," the minister looked at the not-so-thick account book and asked, "If you haven't resigned, who do you want to investigate next?" It is impossible for the king to let go of such a famous and profitable business In this way, Grandet handed over the books, and the Ministry of Finance will continue this work.

Grandet shook his head: "I don't know either."

It was obvious that he was perfunctory, but the minister knew that Grandet really wouldn't tell him.This reminded him of when Grandet was in the palace, he asked the king if he could get the medal at the end of the year, the king answered coldly, felt that his attitude was justifiable, and asked him to go back to the mansion to have a good rest.

It's still a long time, when Grandet has had enough rest and is not so angry, I'll ask him again.

The deputy minister was waiting for him under the building of the Ministry of Finance: "Count Grandet, don't you really want to say goodbye to your colleagues? Some of us who sympathize with you have arranged a farewell banquet. Please..."

The listless Grandet directly refused: "My lord, I am so sad. No matter what I eat now, I find it hard to swallow. Pity my good horse of 1 francs. It was discounted for nothing." Legs. Now my legs are also being discounted."

The deputy chief looked at Grandet sympathetically: "But my colleagues sympathize with you very much. If you don't participate, they will be very sad."

Grandet glanced at the deputy chief: "I am already very sad in my heart."

The deputy chief had no choice but to look around and see that no one was paying attention to them, so he moved closer to Grandet: "The queen is sorry for you. It's just that the king is turning right and wrong for Countess La Saunière. The queen Your Majesty refuses to agree with my suggestion."

"Miss La Saunière?" Grandet looked at the deputy chief suspiciously: "I have never offended her, even if I found out the clues of Count La Saunière's involvement in military expenditures, I did not investigate him..."

The deputy chief's eyes lit up: "What clues did you find?"

Grandet repeated the actions of the deputy chief just now, and then approached the deputy chief with his huge head: "That's how it is..."

As he spoke, the well-informed deputy chief's mouth opened wider and wider: "It's simply insatiable, despicable, the scum of the empire" and other words came out of the deputy chief's mouth from time to time.

Compared with the staggering Grandet, the deputy chief walked in a hurry, and soon he arrived at the gate of the palace, asking the chief lady to give him 5 minutes.Grandet didn't care what he said to the chief lady, and now he had returned to Bertin Street on his newly bought horse.

"Father, why did you come back so early today?" Eugenie was continuing her dance class. When she heard that Grandet was coming back at this time, she hurriedly asked the teacher to go back first and take care of Grandet herself.

Only after entering the door did he find that Grandet was holding his wine glass triumphantly, admiring the sunlight pouring into the room, and turning a blind eye to her arrival.

"You have already resigned, haven't you, father?" Eugenie had a guess in her heart, and she confirmed it to Grandet with a smile.

Grandet put down his wine glass boredly: "You already know?"

Eugenie kept smiling: "You don't look as depressed as you appear to be. I can't think of a reason to make you so happy other than resigning."

Grandet picked up the glass he had just put down and drank it down: "Yes, I have already resigned. No, it's not that I resigned myself, but that I tried to coerce the King and the Earl of Niegeland without success, and was spotted by the King. My trick was directly swept away."

"That's really great." Eugenie slapped her hands lightly: "How did you find this opportunity?"

Grandet's expression was still so heavy: "Count Niegeland ran to the Ministry of Finance to threaten me in order to fill up the king's small treasury as soon as possible. I am an upright person and will not bow to anyone who threatens me. I am also a person who believes that the king's eyes are as bright as a torch, and I want to ask the king to uphold justice for me. Unexpectedly, the king was deceived by that despicable guy Nie Rilang, so he listened to his words and took back my position as financial supervisor. "

Is it really okay to count yourself as innocent as others say?Eugenie was a little uncertain, so she could only ask: "Then when will you return to Saumur?"

Grandet smiled: "Of course I will leave today. I am very sad. I am very sad to be misunderstood by the king. I can no longer stay in this sad place of Paris."

"Oh, Dad." Eugenie cried out helplessly: "I know you are very sad, so I can't say goodbye to my friends in Paris. Then, please recover from your illness after returning to Saumur, and don't worry about Paris anymore. gone."

"Don't think about it." Grandet interrupted Eugenie's fantasy without hesitation: "Miss, you must know that even though you have obtained all my authorization, I still want to know where my gold has gone. "

It was Grandet who was talking about the old man, and Eugenie, who was caught by the talk, was also very depressed.

Ever since Grandet's horse broke its leg in the stable of the Ministry of Finance, Eugenie and him realized that Grandet could no longer supervise like this-this time it was the horse's leg that was broken. One point, what if Grandet's leg was broken?

Therefore, Grandet's efforts to investigate people have been reduced, and the goal is no longer to find out some big shots at once.Because the number of embezzlement by the big men is greater, in addition to increasing income for the King of France's small coffers, it will also add powerful enemies to Grandet himself.

How to let Grandet leave the position of financial supervisor also made the father and daughter feel very worried. In the end, they unanimously decided that it is better for the king to directly hate Grandet, and it is safest to erase his official position:

The King of France is undoubtedly a stingy and greedy person. If Grandet resigned voluntarily, it would make him think that Grandet was dissatisfied with not getting 5.00% of the taps and was unwilling to contribute to his small coffers.He will bear a grudge against Grandet, and may directly attack the property of the father and daughter.

And the king of France felt that Grandet was frightened by the discounted horse legs, and he did not dare to investigate high-ranking people, which would affect the income of the king's small treasury, and then kicked Grandet away.Grandet, who was kicked away, of course had to leave Paris quickly before the King of France repented, so that he could not directly find someone, and the safest way was to send his anger to others.

As for how to make the French king feel that Grandet has no use value, he has to show Grandet's true nature as a miser.

I feel sorry for my horse whose leg was broken, and found a suspicious person, even if this suspicious person can even influence the judgment of the king, Grandet, regardless of the noise, everyone knows that it is not just a miser who will make thing?

"Why the Earl of Niegeland?" Eugenie sympathized with the attendant who always maintained a gentle expression for a second.

"He is the most trusted person of the king, and he always comes to trouble me for the king, why not him?" Grandet didn't feel guilty at all for framing Earl Niegeland: "I tell you Ou Ye Ni, I believe [-]% that it was that despicable villain who gave the king the idea of ​​not giving me a twitch."

Eugenie knew that what Grandet was most unhappy about was that the Earl of Niegeland accepted the gold he gave, but revealed his family background to the King of France, making the King of France covet their property.In her heart, she also thought that people who took bribes were not worthy of respect, so she put this topic away directly, with a serious look on her face.

Grandet also stopped shaking the crystal glass that was refilled with wine, glanced at Eugenie, and sighed: "Aren't you really going back to Saumur with me? Your Majesty is a narrow-minded person. He will be rude to you."

Eugenie also sighed softly. Although the King of France has accepted that all his funds have been invested in the Nucingen Bank and all the railway bonds have been looted by the queen, new railway bonds will not be issued for a day. The King of France will not let himself leave Paris for a day.

Grandet, who already knew Eugenie's decision, asked in a worried tone: "Can those people really guarantee the safety of you and Jin Jin?"

Eugenie wished very much that Grandet had already boarded the carriage back to Saumur before saying this.The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Grandet is still sitting beside her.

He shook his head even more helplessly: "Dad, can't you simply care about me?" Always destroying the atmosphere when you want to be moved, it will really make people sad.

Grandet just looked at her, and answered with a stingy word.Eugenie could only say: "Don't worry, there will be more gold brought back to Saumur. But please promise me that if someone comes to you with my letter, you can't hide all the gold. Our lives matter."

"Come on, come on." Grandet was a little annoyed: "I know what is the most important, and I don't need you to direct me. I'm going to change my clothes, you get the carriage ready."

When he stood up to leave, Eugenie also stood up and gave the old cooper a hug: "Please be careful along the way. Those who escort you are trustworthy people. If you are really in danger, You must follow their orders."

Grandet met Eugenie and said that those who escorted him were the Spaniards who rushed to Paris from England after being informed.Those people swore allegiance to Eugenie in front of him, and Grandet could only choose to believe them.

In front of the mansion, an unmarked carriage stopped at some point. The driver was a very stout farmer. He sniffed snuff impatiently, wiped his nose loudly, and waited for his client to arrive.

Soon, a man thicker than the coachman came out of the gate, dressed in the decent clothes that people from other provinces wear when visiting relatives, and got into the carriage without even looking at him.The coachman turned to the closed door and asked, "Where are you going, sir?"

The carriage did not know what to answer, the coachman spit on the ground, raised his whip, and drove the carriage to a run.Nanon, who was looking down from behind the curtain on the second floor, turned and whispered to Eugenie: "Monsieur has gone, madam."

"Yes, I hope he is safe." Eugenie made a sign of the cross on her chest just like the Romans did.Nanon followed suit and asked, "Shall we go to Mass tomorrow?"

"Of course." Eugenie felt that she could confess to God, after all, what she was going to do next was very unforgivable in the eyes of the nobles.

Originally, she only wanted to be a rich person who spends money like water, and she earned the money herself, and she didn't rob others or hurt others.But others wanted to take away her hard-earned money just because Biougenie was powerful. Even if God would not forgive, Eugenie would use the most effective method to protect her property.

Private property is sacred and inviolable, but it is not only the right of the King of France alone.

It's a pity that Nanon, who wanted to see the splendor of Notre Dame, did not attend Mass with Eugenie the next day—a tabloid called "Holy France" published the story of Grandet's death before the "Journal de France". News of the dismissal of the Fiscal Supervisor.

As a qualified tabloid, "Holy France" made various bold speculations about why Grandet was removed from his post.After all kinds of analysis, Grandet found out that too many people were involved in corruption in order to ensure that military expenses would not be embezzled. He offended people he shouldn't have offended. Under the pressure of those people, the king had no choice but to remove him from his position. .

In the end, the tabloid reporters conscientiously sorted out the known people who were found out by Grandet and the amount of money they embezzled, and asked the question on behalf of the public: Who did Grandet offend for recovering so much military expenditure for the imperial soldiers?

Mrs. Taigou came to Eugenie with this newspaper: "Miss, I don't know who got the news from this tabloid, and it published the news that Mr. Earl was dismissed from office."

Eugenie's complexion changed: "How could such news spread? Will Dad be thought to have offended the King, will someone take the opportunity to slander Dad because he is dissatisfied with the King, and release the news himself? You know Mrs. Taigu, obviously the king felt that Dad was getting old and asked him to rest more. Dad followed the king's instructions and returned to Saumur yesterday. He, he didn't see anyone before he left. "

Seeing Eugenie's rare panic, Mrs. Taigou comforted her when she heard her describe the King of France's dismissal of Grandet in such a high-sounding way: "Your Majesty should investigate clearly who released the news, otherwise Monsieur the Earl would not Only to be removed from office, but to be investigated."

Eugenie was not comforted, her face was pale: "Madame Taicourt, can you help me again, please ask Count Negeran to express his love to the king on behalf of father, is it true that father did not release this news? ?”

There was some hesitation on Mrs. Taigu's face: "Miss, the Earl said yesterday that he had some unpleasantness with Earl Niejran." Seeking help from someone who has fallen out may not get real help.

Crystal tears flowed down Eugenie's face: "Father just loves his horse so much that he treats everyone as an object of suspicion. He said that he resigned because he was just angry. The king has already made the decision for Count Negeran." , relieved of father's duties, Count Niegeland still can't forgive him?"

Eugenie faltered: "Papa cares so much about medals. If he didn't see no hope at all, he wouldn't go back to Saumur sadly."

Mrs. Taigou looked at Eugenie sympathetically: "Okay, miss, I will go to see the Earl of Niegeland right away. But you also know that it is not convenient for me to go to his mansion, I can only go to the palace..." Can I enter? The royal palace, Mrs. Teigou is not sure.

Her worries were not superfluous. On this day, the Earl of Niegeland left Paris early in the morning to serve the King and the Countess La Saunière to inspect the Countess's new castle on the outskirts of Paris. Mrs. Taigou was unable to see him.

The next day, because the royal family did not respond to the question of "Holy France", various newspapers joined the army of speculation, and more and more people who were investigated and dealt with were picked up, and the people cursed while watching the news-they paid high Taxes, one of which is the national defense tax.Now they find that the national defense tax is not used by the army, but has been embezzled by large and small handlers.

They're angry, they're resentful, they feel cheated.As a result, more news about military spending and financial supervision was discovered, and more people joined the ranks of mining news.

Everyone is very grateful to the deposed Earl Grandet. If he hadn't lifted the fig leaf from the public, the public would continue to be deceived by those people.

No one wants to be blindfolded forever, and "Holy France" published another article, in-depth analysis of the reasons why Grandet became the financial supervisor, and even analyzed the whereabouts of funds that should be directly withdrawn from the national treasury.

The person who wrote the article obviously knew something about the inside story, and even mentioned that Grandet would divide every sum of money back into 5.00% of the bad behavior.However, he also mentioned that several huge expenditures that were questionable in Grandet's review were finally ignored and no further investigation was carried out.

However, although the person under investigation is still in his original position, he frequently goes in and out of various banks in Paris and withdraws a large amount of cash. The amount withdrawn is very consistent with the amount of money that may have been embezzled.

According to the analysis of the article, the reason why Grandet had to stop the investigation was not because these people were wronged, but because they embezzled the money that should have been directly withdrawn from the treasury, but was taken away by a mysterious hand.So, who is the mysterious big hand who can prevent the financial supervisor from working and collect funds from the national treasury?

No one can answer this question.

While scolding Grandet for daring to charge a 5.00% share, the public cast more curses on corruption and the owner of the mysterious big hand. Everyone is not a fool. It was all caused by the mysterious big master.

Compared with the mere 5.00% taken away by Grandet, the 90.00% five of the huge amount of corruption is what everyone is more willing to see the recovery of the national treasury.If the 90.00% five can be withdrawn from the national treasury, the people can pay a little less defense tax.

"Bastard!" The king, who had enjoyed a pleasant vacation, did not expect that the people who welcomed him back to the capital turned out to be scolded by the people: "Who leaked the news, and where is Grandet, let him hurry up!" Get over here and tell me if he sent the news."

"Your Majesty," Count Niegeland said bitterly, "Grandet handed over the position of financial supervisor and returned to Saumur. I heard that he fell ill as soon as he returned to Saumur. The maid brought by Saumer has already rushed back to Saumer today."

As for why the Earl of Niegeland was so clear about the movements of the Grandet family, the king of the same way still understood in his heart: "That is to say, Grandet did not release this news? Go and get that "Holy France" Block it and let its editor-in-chief go to prison to write news."

"But your majesty," advised the Count Négerand, "the Dauphin seems to be very interested in the Le Sainte-France."

The king's face was very ugly: "How did he know? Did he refuse to wait even for a short time?"

Nie Rilang shook his head.Since the re-election of the parliament, the liberals have gained the upper hand. The crown prince has always been displeased with the liberals. He believes that they ignore the dignity of the royal family and should be severely suppressed. He leads the extreme royal faction and opposes the king who advocates freedom everywhere.

The friendship between the Queen and the Dauphin is no secret in Paris.The Queen disagreed with the King, and had a close relationship with the Crown Prince.Nie Rilang had reason to believe that the Queen's eagerness to take away all the public debts from Eugenie was to support the Crown Prince.

Now some tabloids have analyzed that the last person Grandet wants to investigate is the father of Countess La Saunière, who has a super friendship with the king.

Because he was the one who was going to be investigated, the loyal aide to the king would directly threaten Ge Lang in the office of the Ministry of Finance regardless of right and wrong.

This kind of speculation is not suitable to mention to the king who has just had a pleasant vacation, because the king's health is not as good as he himself hoped, and this vacation may be the last vacation of the king.

It's not that Earl Niegelang didn't mention it, so the king couldn't see the overwhelming voices of questioning in the newspapers.The Marquis of Lascambe, who hadn't appeared in front of the king for a long time, was so scolded by the king that he couldn't lift his head: "Other newspapers publish such fake news, why should the French Journal follow along?"

Lascambe was not wronged—Bono has always been very careful about his opponents. As soon as the news about the sudden resignation of the financial supervisor in "Holy France" was published, he saw it and thought it was a good subject worth digging into. The Marquis of Lascambe suggested that the "Journal de France" could follow up.

He gave the Marquis the example of a steam locomotive, proving that only by digging deep into the truth behind the news can a valuable thing that is not very clear at first be revealed to the world.

Marquis Lascambe, who had also benefited from steam locomotives, felt that what Bono said was very reasonable and agreed to his request.It's just that the Marquis of Lascambe forgot that Bono hadn't consulted him before excavating the steam locomotive.

Maybe he also thought of it, but at that time Bono was only a small director of the news department, and he was not qualified to have a direct dialogue with the Marquis of Lascambe. The editor-in-chief can directly knock on the door of his office.

Bono was still very analytical, and he discovered something very beneficial to the royal family, that is, Grandet had a fierce quarrel with the king's attendant at the Ministry of Finance before resigning from the position of financial controller.

This made Bono think of Grandet's stingy character. He analyzed that Grandet would not dare to offend the king's attendants if a lot of money was not involved.

Interesting?

Bono did not give up on continuing to search for the root of this interesting incident. He must know why the always gentle aide had quarreled with Grandet, whom he single-handedly picked up.There are some small employees in the Ministry of Finance who can provide Mr. Bono with first-hand information, that is, Grandet shouted angrily, and the aide-de-camp threatened him.

The people in Paris were waiting for Bono to continue to analyze what the aide had threatened Grandet and why he threatened him. The Marquis Lascambe was called into the palace by the king, and he scolded the "Journal de France" for losing the royal family. The function of the mouthpiece.

The Marquis of Lascambe, who had been scolded and left the palace, of course wanted to return the scolding to the culprit. After listening to him, Bono saluted him: "Master Marquis, because I made you lose I feel extremely guilty for the favor of the king. Please accept my resignation."

Is it popular now to slap your ass and leave if you disagree?

The Marquis of Lascambe was stunned: "Bono, you know that I have always admired you, even my wife and daughter are full of praise for you."

Bono frowned slightly, thinking of the Marquis whom he had met at the Marquis of Lascambe's banquet, he strengthened his determination to resign: "But because of my inappropriate remarks, the King is disappointed in you, I have no face left to stay at the Journal de France."

If a person wants to resign, no one can stop him.This is true for Grandet, and it is also true for Bono.That night, he relaxed to see Miss Eugenie, and first asked her whether Mr. Grandet, who was "ill" in Saumur, had recovered.After receiving the answer that Mr. Earl's condition had not improved, Bono said to Eugenie with a regretful face:

"It is also a good thing that the Earl has returned to Saumur. If he had stayed in Paris, seeing these discussions in the newspapers, his condition might be even worse..."

Eugenie nodded, worried.She was unwilling to continue this unpleasant topic, and asked Bono: "Have you really thought about it, are you willing to go to Anjou to run a newspaper?"

Some people invest a large amount of money and promise to continue to invest without fear of loss. Why is Bono unwilling?He nodded solemnly to Eugenie: "Don't worry, Miss Eugenie, I will make your investment generate value."

Anjou is very close to Saumur, not only is it convenient to visit Mr. Grandet, but also because it is far away from Paris, no matter how you analyze it in the newspaper, people who want to stop it will have to wait for a while.By the time those voices of restraint had reached Anjou from Paris, Bono's in-depth analysis would have been completed.

"Then when are you going to leave Paris?" Eugenie was still very concerned about the newspaper publisher she supported.

Bono spread his hands: "I'm alone in Paris, and I don't have anyone to say goodbye to. I can go to Anjou tomorrow."

Eugenie picked up an envelope on the table and handed it to Bono: "I think these should be able to support the operation of your newspaper for the time being."

Own newspaper!Hearing this title, Bo Nuo was very excited—a person who is engaged in the news industry owns his own newspaper, which means he has his own position. This has always been Bo Nuo's dream.Even if this position makes him have to leave bustling Paris, he is willing.

With this excitement, Bono didn't even look at what was in the envelope that Eugenie gave him—since Eugenie started buying his paid news, he no longer dared to think that Eugenie would give him money. He fantasized about writing letters.

When he opened it, Bono was not disappointed. Inside the envelope was a stack of railway bond certificates, a total of 34 shares.The Bank of Nucingen joined forces with all the banks in Paris to rescue the market. The price of railway bonds had already stabilized and is now slowly recovering. The price of the previous trading day closed at [-] francs a share.These [-] bonds were worth [-] francs in full.The money is enough to buy a tabloid in another province.

Bono silently sent his most sincere blessings to Countess Eugenie at Rue Bertin.This blessing was not enough for Bono to take the bond certificate as a souvenir, and he threw it out at the opening of the market the next day.

The price was a little higher than yesterday, seventeen francs and fifty centimes a share, which satisfied Bono, who pocketed ten thousand francs more than expected.

But the speculators who re-owned the railway bond market were not satisfied-as the deputy editor of the "Journal de France", a rising journalistic leader, there are still many people who know Bono.Now he sold [-] shares of railway bonds as soon as the market opened?

The sensitive speculators felt that they had discovered something extraordinary. They were glad that the weather was fine today, and they went out early, just in time to see the scene of Mr. Bono selling public bonds.

Would anyone have sold railroad bonds that had bottomed out and were recovering if they hadn't gotten inside information?

As soon as Bono left the exchange, some people quietly sold their own railway bonds. The price of railway bonds quickly dropped, reaching yesterday's closing price, causing more people to start selling bonds.At close, the railroad bonds, which had managed to rise a little, fell again, at fifteen francs.

Nucingen, who was already frightened by the railway bond, immediately received the news that the bond had fallen again, and dropped the coffee cup in his hand: "Why did it fall again?"

He hurriedly stood up, wanting to go to the market to see what happened, but after being reminded by the driver, he realized that the market was closed.It was impossible to go home, Nucingen thought for a while, and decided to go to Miss Eugenie's insurance company who was very familiar with the public bond market.

The palace also got the news that the bond market had fallen again, and Wang Shang slapped the table angrily: "What's going on, hasn't it stabilized?" Can he be allowed to issue new railway bonds? !

Earl Niejran shook his head: "The price of government bonds was still rising yesterday, and the number of people willing to re-purchase has increased a lot. Who knows that after the opening of the market today, it unexpectedly fell for no reason."

"What about Nucingen, doesn't he have joint funds, why don't he save the market quickly?"

This is also the question Eugenie asked Nucingen: "When you find that the price has dropped, why don't you take action to stabilize the price immediately? Isn't the joint fund still deposited in the Nucingen Bank?"

Nucingen looked pained: "Although the joint funds are stored in the Nucingen Bank, they cannot be used casually without the consent of all bankers who contributed."

Eugenie looked shocked: "When the joint fund was established, didn't the king clearly order it to be used by you?"

"Although the king has issued such an order," Nucingen rubbed his hands, and glanced at Eugenie anxiously, "but behind the Lead Bank is the crown prince's support."

Eugenie had heard of Leeds Bank, the second largest bank in Paris.If Nucingen hadn't acted quickly, Eugenie's funds would probably have been invested there. It is still unknown who could successfully become the largest bank in Paris or even in France with the Bank of Nucingen.

Therefore, Eugenie understood very well that the crown prince supported Lead Bank behind his back and made the boss of Lead Bank dare to disobey the king's order.What she couldn't understand was Nucingen's next message: "The joint fund raised only 2000 million francs to support the first slump in public debt. Now, now..." There is no money to save the market again.

Eugenie's expression changed: "Are you kidding me, Count Nucingen? I remember that the Bank of Nucingen alone offered 2000 million francs."

"Therefore, there are not many funds that Nucingen Bank can use now." Nucingen was about to cry. Who would have thought that as the largest banker in France, he would have a headache for money one day. He was just the largest banker in Paris. When I was young, I never had such a headache for money.

Eugenie's face was beyond description: "Are you trying to tell me that the Bank of Nucingen now has nothing in its vaults except the falling railway bond certificates?"

"There is still some gold." Nucingen looked at Eugenie with a guilty conscience: "Don't misunderstand, Miss Eugenie, these golds are not brought back from Spain. It was I who saw the emergence of the gold market some time ago." Short-term decline, bought."

"Don't get me wrong? Sir, you really know how to joke. I have been kept in the dark about the operation of Nucingen Bank. You still want me not to misunderstand?" Eugenie stood up, gritted her teeth and looked at Nucingen : "I think I can consider the safety of my investment in the Nucingen Bank, Mr. Earl."

Buying gold behind Eugenie's back was not Nucingen's own wish, but an order from the king through the Marquis of Lascambe.The final ownership of these purchased gold is not the Nucingen Bank, but the king's small treasury, which has not been transported yet.

"Earl Niegelang is going to visit Miss." Elemie cautiously announced outside the reception room.

Eugenie glanced at Nucingen, who was obviously relieved because the topic was interrupted, and said bitterly: "The Nucingen Bank is also the most valuable of all your property, isn't it, Mr. Earl? I I don't think you can give up your most valuable property to others just because the attendant came forward."

After finishing speaking, she impatiently ordered to Elemi at the door: "Please come to the reception room, Mr. Attendant."

Eugenie did not greet her in person as before, and Earl Niegeland knew the reason—the in-depth analysis of various newspapers in the past four days was full of false speculations, but everyone agreed on one point, that That is, when Grandet left Paris, he was threatened by the king's attendants and had to leave Paris sadly at the most beautiful time.

As the daughter of Grandet who fell from the altar, isn't it normal for her to be the culprit?

Count Niegeland believed that if he was not the king's attendant now, this luxurious mansion on Bertin Street would never open the door to him again.

If possible, Nie Rilang would not take a step further.

There is no such thing as if in the world, so Earl Niegeland still smiled gently, and after returning to Eugenie who bowed his knees expressionlessly to him, he opened his mouth to care about Grandet's condition: "Hello, Earl Grandet. Have you some, Mademoiselle Eugenie?"

"Thanks to you, my lord, my father is bedridden at Saumur." Eugenie gave Earl Négerand a cold look, as if she was studying how to make him put away his kind smile more quickly.

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