Before Eugenie left Paris, Bono also asked her whether it was appropriate to compromise with the old aristocracy.Eugenie directly refused with a clear attitude. She believed that no matter how many problems the new government was facing, it could not compromise with the old nobles.

As long as there is one, it will bring countless compromises. If there are too many compromises, it will only bring about temporary stability.When the old nobles find an opportunity to take advantage of, they will bite the new government quickly like a waiting poisonous snake, so that it can't breathe.

So Eugenie would rather take out her own gold and support the issuance of new currency than the government to make concessions to the old aristocracy.Her firmness influenced Bono, and made the new government's attitude towards the old nobles tougher. Even if some people still felt that the nobles were superior to others in their bones, and felt that the old nobles could be given some preferential treatment, they would never back down.

The benefits of doing so are obvious. Most people find that the new government really realizes equality for everyone, cancels all the privileges of the old nobles, and supports the government's decisions even more. Even if there are some inconveniences in life, they understand and do their best. Do your best to overcome it.

After calculating the gains and losses, Grandet finally agreed to take out the gold he brought back from Paris in the past few years, together with Eugenie's gold, to become the gold reserve for the currency issued by the new government.

The new currency issued by the government was compared with the franc issued by the overthrown royal family at a ratio of one to one, which minimized the loss of the people and won the support of most civilians and the petty and middle bourgeoisie. Eugenie got three Thousands of 200 million francs in central bank bonds.

With these bonds, Eugenie's annual income can reach a considerable 490 million francs, and she can live a very luxurious life without any investment.Grandet also received 600 million francs of central bank bonds, but Grandet was not as easy to satisfy as Eugenie, and he only wanted to wait until the gold fell below twenty francs again to fill his secret room again.

For Grandet's innocuous hobby, Eugenie is still happy to be satisfied-the new French government led the new wave of European revolution, and the British landless peasants followed up with the uprising. The guillotine sent by the British royal family changed the direction of British history. There is no longer any empire in the world on which the sun never sets, only a democratic government that has to rack its brains for the livelihood of the people.

The uprisings of Portugal and Spain followed closely. Portugal just advanced the historical time a little bit, and Spain deterred the United Kingdom, and there was no royal family anymore.

Eugenie calculated with her fingers, and found that there were still nine royal families that could be passed down in Europe in the future.But these nine were either far away from France, or had no actual conflict of interest with Eugenie, so she put them aside for the time being.

She is not a royal killer, and the goal of traveling once has never been to subvert the entire European continent.

It doesn't seem right to say that. In fact, she has already overturned part of the European continent. She just upholds the idea that no one will offend me, and I will not offend others. There is no interest that makes her heart-warming, so she no longer makes casual moves.

It seems that he is not a kind person.

Eugenie put down the newspaper in her hand, sighed indifferently, and knew in her heart that if there was another profitable event like Portugal or Spain, she would still intervene.

It's just that now that she has enough capital in her hands, what Eugenie wants is to enjoy life, instead of treating everyone as an imaginary enemy.

To enjoy life, Eugenie would not stay in Saumur all the time. Since then, she began to live in Paris in winter and return to Saumur in summer when Paris began to be quiet.As for the business of the Nucingen Bank, Eugenie still would not intervene too much, and only collected her own dividends every year.

This made Nucingen grateful to the bone - Bono, the new president, could not consult Eugenie all the time, so he had no choice but to take care of the Nucingen Bank as Eugenie's property, and even let Nucingen Root Bank led the establishment of the Central Bank, and made Nucingen a member of the Central Bank Committee, which made him stand out among the old nobles who fell into the dust due to the success of the revolution.

Therefore, the financial statements of the Bank of Nucingen have not been touched at all every year, and the profits that should be distributed to Eugenie are also increasing year by year. To Eugenie, money has really become a few things. numbers.

However, this increasing number cannot delay Grandet's aging, nor can it stop the attack of illness on him.

In [-], the time of Grandet's death in the original book is still coming slowly with the footsteps of the god of time.Eugenie did not return to Paris this winter, and she watched Grandet grow older and older every day.

As if overnight, Grandet's memory faded. He only remembered his daughter, and what he missed most was his secret room. He was only willing to let Eugenie push him into the secret room every day. Even Nanon couldn't do it for him. .

Eugenie, with the utmost tenderness, accompanied Grandet to watch the handfuls of gold taken out of the box, and then put them back into the box bit by bit after counting. Grandet always complained regretfully: "I I haven’t saved enough cash for you yet.”

What responded to him was Eugenie's wry smile: "Father, didn't you already know that I don't need money from the suitcase?"

"But I promised you." Grandet was extremely stubborn: "I am a businessman, and a businessman should keep his word."

This made Eugenie really laugh out loud, a person who has counted others into his bones all his life must keep his word, is it true that a person who is about to die is good at his words?

It is obvious that in this life, Grandet has more wealth than in the original book, and there is no barrier between him and his daughter in the original book, and Eugenie has transformed the food into the best ones. How could he refuse to do it for one more day? How about with her?

Eugenie had to admit that she was lonely, but she enjoyed the solitude that she could do whatever she wanted, even if Grandet made such a subtle temptation, Eugenie didn't want to change the status quo: "Father, we haven't counted you three today. How much did you buy back the gold you sold years ago?"

As expected, Grandet diverted his attention and signaled Eugenie to put as much gold as possible on his lap, and he poked his head into the box to see if Eugenie had missed anything.

"No, there's more." Grandet remembered something, and pointed to a small box under his dressing table with trembling hands: "There's more in there, I keep it all the time."

Eugenie opened the small box with some curiosity, and casually asked: "What is this?" The inside was golden, which proved that Grandet's memory of gold did not fade like other functions.

However, the things inside are a bit old. It looks like it has been around for some years, and the surface of the gold has been oxidized.

"You don't remember?" Grandet raised his head with difficulty, and his hands were still separating out the gold ornaments one by one.Seeing Eugenie shaking her head, with blank eyes, Grandet had to believe that she was telling the truth, and didn't know whether to be happy or disappointed:

"Have you forgotten? These were sold to me by your cousin Charles when he left France for the East Indies." Grandet was still struggling to open his eyes wide, trying to see Eugenie's expression clearly. .

Eugenie's only expression was dazed, without surprise or surprise: "It turned out to be something from my cousin. Dad, you are so nostalgic that you still keep it."

This is nostalgia. If these gold ornaments were not too fragmentary, Grandet would have exchanged them for central bank bonds three years ago.Thinking about the bonds that have almost doubled in price now, Grandet's old heart that has been numb, hurts a bit.

He asked Eugenie: "Need me to inquire about Charles for you?"

What?Eugenie looked at Grandet puzzled: "After finding out, do you want to leave your inheritance to him?" The old cooper was really confused.

Grandet coughed angrily, calmed down after a while, and said angrily, "I'm going to heaven to find your mother. It's so lonely to be left alone. If you come back with your cousins, I can take care of you." ..."

"No, Dad, I don't think I need someone to take care of me, especially someone who has been away for more than seven years and has not sent back any news, let alone a good person to take care of me." Eugenie denied Grandet Then, he changed the subject with a smile: "But my uncle's debts from that year, I don't know if they have already been dealt with. Those creditors are waiting for my cousin to take care of them."

Grandet, who was already confused, was still very shrewd about his property: "Yes, you are right, if Charles comes back, those creditors will also rush over, and you have to pay for him. This is not good, hurry up, Take these, take them, I don't want to see them. No, let them stay, they are all made of gold, and gold is always right."

It is the former owner of the gold who is wrong.Eugenie understood Grandet's intention, put the gold ornaments back into the box for him, put them on Grandet's knee, and let him caress the gold ornaments, and soon the gold ornaments were gone. Renewed radiance.

Grandet's life, however, failed to rejuvenate like these gold ornaments. He was always afraid of the cold, and he was always afraid that his gold would be stolen in places where he could not see it.Even though Eugenie had been guarding the door of the secret room with him all the time, he still touched his key over and over again, and refused to hand it over to Eugenie in advance.

Until Father Crochet invited the priests from the district for Grandet, his eyes only complied with the request and glanced at the gilded cross.Grandet in this life has seen more gold, so he didn't make a move to snatch the cross, just looked at it and shook his head: "I don't regret it, so priest, take it away, I have nothing to regret."

Father Crochet was terrified: "Grandet, you will go to hell."

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