Fran was overjoyed by her friend's visit, but when she told her that her savings were frozen, her bonds were depreciating so much that she could barely cash out, and she had to survive on some of the money she had left, Fran's joy slowly turned to unease.

This worry accumulates more and more after Mary utters the ominous words "Sooner or later we have to make those people look good......

"My friend, I'm really worried about you. Now the world is so chaotic......"

"It's okay, of course I know what to do." Mary still smiled reluctantly, "Forget it if you continue to live a hard life, there will always be a day when you will get better, and besides, I am not the only one who suffers from this sin, and now everyone is not like this." ”

She was right. At this time, it was not only Mademoiselle de léoland who was alone, but rentiers all over France were facing the same property crisis. The revolution of 1848 thus brought a gift to the propertied people of France and began a tragic year.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention.

Mademoiselle Marquise's words, "Not everyone is like this now," suddenly provoked a strange thought in Fran's mind.

"Wouldn't it be that my family is like this now, and they are also troubled by these things?"

The bad news she received from her friend corroborated the information she had heard by chance on a daily basis, and Fran couldn't be optimistic at all, so naturally, her mood became more nervous.

After suppressing the uneasiness that welled up in her heart, she cheered up again and carefully recalled the recent life at home. Then I didn't feel that the family's standard of living had recently declined, and the expenses seemed to be the same as usual, and even the original servants did not fire anyone. Even. At dinner yesterday, my brother seriously proposed to my grandfather that he should hire a maid for Fran.

Judging by the expression and tone of his voice when he spoke at the time, it seemed to be serious.

As soon as she thought of this, Fran was even more puzzled.

Because of her doubts, she wanted to know the real situation in the Dao. However, because she is not responsible for the family's finances, there is no way to know the general situation of the family's finances. On the surface, though, there should be no difference.

Could it be that the family's property has been damaged in the storm recently, but my grandfather and brother are just holding on to it without me? Such a thought suddenly flashed through her mind. And then I couldn't calm down.

"Fran? What's wrong? Looking at Fran, who was already distracted, Mary asked in surprise.

Fran was abruptly awakened by her friend's questioning, and then she smiled apologetically. I buried all these things in my heart.

"I'm sorry. I just thought of something else. ”

"I really envy you, I can still think about 'other things'." After hearing her answer, Mary sighed again, a little interested, "I've been so annoyed by these things lately, and I'm finally busy today, so I rushed over to see you...... It's great to see that you're all in trouble. "Speaking of which. A hint of gloom suddenly crossed her eyebrows, "Hey." What a capricious time this is! Yesterday we thought it was as eternal as the truth, but the next day we found that it had been abandoned...... What else can we believe? ”

When she said this, Fran couldn't help but feel a little sentimental.

"It's a shame we can't stay in that classroom for the rest of our lives." She sighed faintly.

"Of course we can't, we always have to grow up, and we have to face some boring stuff all day long, sooner or later." Miss Marquis shook her head sadly, "You still don't know what to do, do you?" Not even the teacher himself......"

"Teacher? What happened to him?! Fran was shocked again, and quickly asked, "Did something happen to him?" ”

"He didn't do anything in that revolution, but it's not a good situation now. I just got the news too...... Teacher...... Their family, now suffering the same calamity as ours, seems to have suffered heavy losses. As if she didn't want to face Fran's gaze, Mademoiselle Marquis looked away and lowered her voice, "Besides, he's so old, how can he have so much energy to face this big problem?" So you see, he's also anxious now, and he doesn't know what to do...... Now I don't know if we'll be able to go back to class, maybe never. ”

Like millions of other middle-class people with a modicum of savings, the old painter Durrenburg is now plagued by financial panics. Their deposits in the bank have been frozen, the bonds they have bought are falling, and they can only live every day in fear. To make matters worse, the painter's biggest source of income – the opening of classes – now had to be temporarily cut off.

Now that the situation is so chaotic outside, most of the wealthy families who used to send their daughters to class are reluctant to let their daughters go out easily – and the latest national economic crisis has made it really not many people interested in letting their children continue this expensive hobby.

Fran was chilled by the new bad news, and the old painter has always been grateful for her attention and support in her daily life, isn't it because of his careful teaching that Fran can fully develop her talent and make a name for herself in the world of painting? Moreover, wasn't it even the Adelaide lady who was recommended by him to get the opportunity to meet her?

She really didn't want this old man to be tortured like this.

"So teacher, what should he do now?" She asked in a trembling voice, "Is anyone helping him?" ”

"What else can I do?" Mary continued to smile wryly, "I can only hold on like this, if I can't do it, I just take those damn deposit certificates and sell them at a cheap price on the exchange...... At least you can get something, don't you? Although the price of goods has become extremely high now, I don't know what is going on, but it can still last for a while. In this situation, you don't know the way, everyone is too busy to take care of themselves, who can help whom? ”

Fran frowned slightly.

No, it can't be like this. I can't watch my friends and my beloved teachers berank such a catastrophe. She thought to herself.

But what should be done?

Needless to say?

"Mary, you wait for me, I have something to ......," she suddenly confessed to Mary.

She was going to tell her brother all about it and see what the solution was. By the way, she also wanted to confirm to see how much her family had been affected in the face of this frenzy and whether there were any difficulties.

The concern for her mentor, the worry about the situation at home, and the expectation of her brother coincided in her mind for a moment, boiling and tumbling, making her forget everything else.

Because her brother has been away from home a lot recently, she can't care about being rude and plans to go directly to him.

"Are you going to find your brother? He's also at home today? Seeing that Fran looked a little anxious, Mary asked in a low voice.

"Well, yes." Fran nodded honestly, "He's often away from home now, and it's rare that he's still here today, so I'll just go straight to him, maybe he can have some ideas about you and the teacher's affairs?" yes, he's going to have something to do......"

"Then you can tell Charles for me, and help me say hello to him." Mary didn't ask any more, just asked Fran.

"Well, that's good." Fran didn't say much, just turned around and was about to leave, full of action, "You go to the small reception room and wait for me, I'll come back to you later." ”

"Fran, thank you." Mary thanked her behind her.

"No, I don't know if Lu Dao can help you." Fran shook her head.

"If it's Mr. Treville, there must be a way......" replied Mademoiselle Marquis, meaningfully.

Fran stopped talking and walked quickly back up the stairs.

Little did she know that her brother was in his room, carefully studying how quickly and easily he could plunder the wealth of a family like her friend and her teacher, who had a little property.

It was her brother, a careerist who was actively involved in the revolution, who was eagerly waiting with his co-conspirators to enjoy the dividends of the revolution.

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At this time, Charles had just processed some paperwork and was sitting at his desk writing letters. A letter to be sent to the eastern border city of Strasbourg.

And the recipient of the letter was none other than the financial magnate Baron Beauwang.

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Sir, there is no doubt that our actions up to this point have been very successful, and the situation is as we anticipated, and it is easy to create financial panic on the basis of political panic. So, now that the price of Treasuries has been depressed to a level not seen in decades, enough to cause further panic in anyone, the selling frenzy will drown out the entire exchange without you and your colleagues trying to steer it......

However, I still have an obligation to remind you that while the current situation is good, it doesn't mean that we have done everything we have done, or even that everything is perfect – yes, I mean, we still have work to do and a lot of things to improve.

At the moment, there are two dilemmas that plague us.

First, how to persuade people to trade their deposit vouchers as soon as possible and buy them at the lowest possible price.

As you know, the government can't freeze the banking system forever, and it will have to reopen one day. Therefore, we must step up our efforts, and it is necessary and necessary to continue to sell and suppress, and I hope that after you receive this letter from me, you will continue to create financial panic and grind out those bonds little by little with the millstone of panic......

[Deposit certificates refer to bonds issued by the government in lieu of deposits after the government has passed a decree to freeze deposits between banks, which cannot be exchanged directly from banks for cash, and can only be traded on the exchange.] 】

Second, because the situation is changing rapidly, we need to be decisive and improvised, so as to eliminate as much influence as possible from our peers. Since you're at the border, you're going to lose the efficiency of your decisions, so I recommend giving your agents more authority......

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Pay C after reading. (To be continued......)