There were no candles in the room, and the three of them sat around a small table, each with a frighteningly pale face in the moonlight.

Baron Beauwang was the most confident of them all, and therefore the most laid-back, and he smiled and nodded at the two young men.

"Both, I'm very happy. The thought that I was in the company of two rare young people in France, Kahiko, made me feel as if I was a lot younger......"

"Even now, you're not old." Joseph Bonaparte seemed to be complimenting him, "France is exactly what you need and your experience and skill to get on the right track." ”

"No, no, no, I'm old, and I can only help in the back, and it's young people like you and Mr. Treville who really need to work hard." Baron Beauwan smiled and waved his hand as a sign of modesty.

He is indeed happy now, because Jihua has completed another crucial step.

Yes, he needs to set up a regime that will ensure that he will be able to enjoy the spoils of plunder after all that has passed, and that he will not be liquidated; And the Bonaparte family also needs to use his money and influence to come to power, and finally realize the long-cherished desire to regain the empire, and obviously do not refuse to get their own share of the benefits from this big deal, so the two sides can be said to hit it off, and it doesn't take much effort to reach all intentions.

Joseph Bonaparte glanced at the ruined surroundings and frowned slightly.

"Considering what we're going to decide today, this place is a little too chilly."

"It doesn't matter, the more decisive the place. The more ordinary and simple it is, people always pay attention to those glorious and magnificent scenes, but it is difficult to look at those corners behind the scenes. Baron Beauwan replied. In my opinion, this is a good thing. ”

"Sounds like you're going to tell me something big." Charles looked at the two men in front of him suspiciously.

"Yes, big things, very important things." Joseph Bonaparte nodded, "This is a great thing that will make you a hero." ”

"What? Hero? Charles frowned slightly.

"Or rather, the villain." The banker turned his head and looked straight at Charles. "Mr. Treville, on this shijie, hero. Or the villains - which seems to me to be more or less the same thing - are divided into two kinds, one that creates the age and the other that is created by the age. There are few of the former and many of the latter. Many people rely on luck and current times to climb to high positions. He thinks he can do anything, but when the tide goes down, he realizes that he is nothing more than a poor man who has been misplaced by God......"

"So which one are we?" Charles asked sarcastically.

"We are still the latter," Baron Beauwan replied with astonishing frankness, "but we will have a chance to become the former, and it will be up to us to see if we can do well enough in the coming time." ”

"We?" Charles grabbed the word and repeated it.

"Yes, we do." The banker calmly replied, "The times have given some smart people a chance." It just depends on whether they are smart enough to seize the opportunity. ”

Looking at Charles, who still seemed a little confused. Baron Beauwan smiled kindly, but with a hint of cunning.

"That's right, Monsieur Treville, I intend to take advantage of the panic of the people after the success of the revolution and the fall of the dynastic government, and then let the government, which has suffered from the calamity of the financial crisis, freeze the deposits of the various banks, and then we will sweep their property......" Then, as if he was afraid that Charles would not understand, he explained very slowly and in great detail, although he knew that Charles could understand without such detail, but a chef did not explain to the gourmand in detail the dishes he had carefully cooked, How can you satisfy the sense of accomplishment in your heart?

The banker's explanation is leisurely and calm, and Zuihou ends with this sentence. The tone is as bland as "I had a cup of tea in the afternoon".

Shudder.

Creeps.

Yes, even as a time-traveler, who boasts that he can handle any novelty after experiencing the information bombardment of the 21st century, after listening to the banker's Jihua full picture, Charles still gasped.

In his previous life, he was only a young man who had not long graduated from university, and he was not very interested in history in the first place, especially in French history. So after crossing over, he only knew that in 1848 there was a revolution in France, the fall of the July dynasty and the establishment of a new republic, and then Louis Bonaparte returned to France and became president of the republic, and Zuihou was crowned emperor a few years later and rebuilt the French Empire, but he did not know much about the process.

His impression of the so-called revolution was only that the people had taken up the guns - shot at the government - and that the revolution had succeeded, and it was not until he had traversed and relived for ten or twenty years, and had come into deep contact with the political and social depths of the French of this era, that he realized that the situation was so complicated.

However, no matter how much he had learned before, the grandeur of the great banker, the astonishing scale, and the viciousness of his methods, still made him jaw-dropping and beyond his imagination. In comparison, the previous mine jihua was nothing more than a joke.

"Insignificant little obstacles", yes, that's all, how can a million, two million francs not be an insignificant obstacle compared to such a big plan?

Seeing the surprised Charles, Baron Beauwan smiled happily, and for a moment he looked a little like a child who had received a toy that he was satisfied with. "How's it going, Mr. Treville?"

"You're going to ruin a lot of people," Charles replied after a long time, with a somewhat shaky voice, "very, very many. ”

"Yes, if all goes well, Zuihou we will let hundreds of thousands of French people willingly come over and suffer this knife." Baron Beauwan replied very simply, "But so what? ”

"It's a crime!" Charles almost couldn't understand his blandness.

"Crime? Strange, isn't it a crime to plot to overthrow a dynastic government? Since it is also a crime, weishenme the latter can't do it? Besides, a crime can only be called a crime if someone can punish it, right? If your crime succeeds and the Bonapartes return to power in France, can you call it a crime? Obviously, no. The baron's expression remained calm, "In the same way, if countless people have been stabbed by this sword, and we are still living well, enjoying the glory and riches of our intellect and ability, it cannot be called a crime at all. ”

"We? Do you see me as an accomplice?! Charles let out an angry roar.

"What? Am I mistaken about you? Are you not as decisive and ruthless as you appear? That would be a terrible thing, and I thought you would have gladly accepted this opportunity to make a fortune, and I would not have been so glad to have let you come if it had not been for Monsieur Bonaparte's recommendation. Seeing Charles, who was a little hesitant, some mockery suddenly appeared on the baron's face. Kindness is our worst enemy, you don't even think about it, do you? ”

"Charles, yes, I have specially recommended you to Baron Beauvan, and this is a good opportunity to make a fortune, in order to reward you for your years of service to the Bonapartes." Joseph Bonaparte interjected abruptly, his tone as calm as before, but now it sounded a little gloomy.

Charles hung his head slightly, as if shocked by the information he had just learned.

Looking at Charles, who was clearly hesitant, the banker smiled again.

"Mr. Treville, if I read you correctly, you are such a man - ambitious and want to go to the top and taste the sweetness of power. He also has a brain, but he is also a little bold, and he is able not to be bound by ridiculous moral concepts...... Are you such a person? Am I not mistaken? Before Charles could reply, the banker spoke again.

If you really are such a person, you will know this very well - in this age, we people have to fight against the mundane opinions of the whole age, no one appreciates us, no one likes us, and few people even really understand what we are thinking. But everybody will fear us and respect us, if we are ruthless enough. Yes, ruthless, a person, a talented person has to be ruthless if he wants to go to the top, a person can only really become a strong person after abandoning boring morality and compassion, the more you treat men and women as stagecoaches in this world, the more successful you can be, as long as you hold all the ordinary people under your feet, beat them with a whip mercilessly, run to the next station and throw them away like broken gloves, they will worship you and follow you, praise you as a successful person, a mentor and a role model, they will transmit your success, Envy your brilliance. That's right, as long as success is justice, the winner cannot be blamed, and people have always been like this since ancient times. It is these ordinary people who call the people who kill the most people Mingjun, the people who deceive the most people prophets, and the people who harm the most people sages, and you want to save them? Did you ask them if they wanted to be saved before they were saved? Don't ask shijie on weishenme it's always the villains in power, because these villains are the ones chosen by these laymen themselves. ”

As if touching something in his heart, the seemingly mediocre and vulgar banker suddenly gushed endlessly, and his expression actually brought out the temperament of a certain philosopher.

In a one-stop speech, Zuihou ended with a question, simple, clear and profound.

"Now, then, Mr. Treville, if you answer me now, you will answer me with one word. Would you rather be a fool or a villain? Just say one word, answer me now. (To be continued......)