Charles had just finished writing his letter when there was a knock at the door. He hurriedly put the letter in the envelope and put it away, and then beckoned the knocker to come in.

As he expected, it was his precious sister. Because it was a family relationship, she was still wearing a plain white dress today, and her blonde hair was only combed casually and pinned to the side by the hairpin.

Fran's expression seemed to be a little nervous, and that timid look made Charles, who was now in a good mood, couldn't help but smile.

"What's wrong, Miss Treville? Is there anything you need your friend to help with? ”

And his sister was not in a good mood.

"Mary has just arrived...... I talked to her for a while. ”

"Mademoiselle de léorent?" Charles reacted immediately, and then asked with some confusion, "What's wrong with her?" Did she say anything? ”

"She told me a little bit about the latest and a few other things." Fran replied slightly, and then leaned close to his brother, "Brother, there is something I want to ask you, can you tell me the truth?" ”

Her expression made Charles even more confused, and under her infection, Charles also straightened his face, "If necessary, I will tell you, ask." ”

"Our family is not ...... Isn't it ......" Fran kept her head down, looking at the small purple leather shoes with floral ornaments on her feet, but peeked at Charles from time to time, "Is something wrong?" ”

"Something went wrong?" Charles was even more curious, "What the hell do you mean?" ”

"I mean...... "Fran said his question before he finished his question, "our family. Has it been damaged recently? I've heard Mary say that she's been in a lot of trouble lately, and that many other people are ......."

Oh. I see. Charles understood.

It turned out that she had heard Mary say that many people were hit hard by the trend, and they were worried about their own family......

"Our family is doing better now, better than ever." He replied calmly, with unmistakable conviction in his tone. "You don't have to worry, just live happily, and my grandfather and I will solve all the problems for you."

His words, though sounding like casual comfort. But it is true that after everything was running smoothly according to plan, the Marquis de Treville family was in a better time than ever—even if that "good" was built on the "bad" of countless people.

"Really?" Fran nervously pressed again.

"Really." Charles reconfirmed. Then he changed the subject without a trace, "Do you have any other questions?" Looks like you want to ask more than just this......"

"It would be nice if our house wasn't hit......" Fran muttered to herself, then looked up. He looked at Charles expectantly. "Brother, then I want to ask you to help me with something......"

"I know you're always going to want to trouble me." Charles couldn't help but smile bitterly, then nodded again, "What's the matter?" ”

Fran hesitated for a moment, then finally spoke her mind.

"Because of the tide and the decree of the government, Mary told me that she would lose a lot of money; And my teacher, the old painter, you've seen. He's also in a pretty bad situation right now...... Brother, is there any way you can help them? I can't bear to look at them......"

"You want me to take care of them?" Charles understood what Fran meant. "Let them not suffer too much?"

"Yes...... That's what I want you to do. Fran looked at Charles expectantly.

"Do you know what that means? That's not a small amount. Charles lowered his gaze. Noncommittal, just reminded his sister. "It's not something that can be agreed to casually in a sentence or two."

"I know," Fran nodded abruptly, "but I can't bear to see Mary and the teacher suffer like this...... If you have the means, please help them! They are all good people, even if they borrow money, they will definitely pay you back in the future......"

After saying that, she continued to look at her brother earnestly.

Charles was silent.

It's not that he refuses to agree, he doesn't want to refuse his sister's earnest request (which he almost never refuses), and besides, this is just a gesture of favor for him now.

However, before that, Charles decided to beat the other party first, so as not to add unnecessary trouble to herself in the future.

"What do you think of me, dear miss? Is it a demon or a lamp god locked in a bottle? Even the god of lights can only fulfill the three wishes of mortals, right? He kept a straight face and pretended to be very dissatisfied, "There are some things that can be done separately, and if everyone wants to help, then your brother will have to lie in the coffin either as a saint - this is the same ......horizontal and vertical."

"I just need you to help them, I don't care about the others!" Fran hurriedly explained, "Brother, don't worry, I only ask you this time." ”

After hearing her repeated assurances, Charles finally shrugged his shoulders, "Well, where is Miss Leolan?" I'll find a way to help her with this, and I can ...... now."

After hearing his words, Fran was overjoyed, and a long-lost smile bloomed on her face. With a cheer, she desperately threw herself into the arms of her brother who was sitting in the chair, and then gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"I just know it! Thank you! ”

Then she quickly retreated and ran out the door.

"Mary is waiting for you in the little reception room. Hurry up! ”

Charles was so upset by Fran's attack that he got up and closed the door again, then sat back in his seat and reworked the remaining papers.

After processing all the papers, Charles did not rush downstairs, but continued to sit, lost in thought.

It seems that Baron Beauwon's plan is even more effective than expected.

Mademoiselle de la Marquis de léoland was a typical rentier, sitting on a large fortune waiting to live on interest; The old painter Durenburg, who has been famous for a long time, has a high-level painting class, which can be regarded as a lot of income. They were all propertied people, or bourgeois, as they are often called.

And now, both of them are in a very bad situation.

From the current dilemma faced by these two people, it can be seen how big the impact of these two classes of people has been under this artificial frenzy!

Their main means of savings is government bonds and bank deposits. And both are now being hit hard. Needless to say, government bonds have already fallen to the point of collapse, and now dividend payments have become a big problem. And bank deposits ...... Now they have been turned into deposit vouchers by government decree.

If we insist on not selling, then we may have to wait until the day when the government reopens, but who can hold on for a long time in the face of rising prices and a deteriorating business environment? The situation is even worse if there is still debt – the government does not freeze bank loans, and it still collects what should be collected.

Eventually, sooner or later, these propertied people will have to succumb to reality and go to the exchange to sell their deposit certificates at a discount, exchanging their savings for cash that has shrunk from face value.

And where do the bankers on the exchange who buy bonds go on a cash spree? Isn't it the original propertied who kept it in the bank?

In essence, this method is to use the deposits of these propertied people to buy their deposit bonds at a low price on the exchange. In other words, the bankers who led the way (such as Baron de Beauvang) had to pay nothing but take someone else's money and spin it around, and they could easily take advantage of the current trend and easily pick up the difference in the middle – a large part of the French people's national savings.

A revolution, the result of which is astronomical wealth falling from bank accounts into the hands of these big bankers, is effortless. All it takes is the panic of a revolution and a decree of the provisional government to freeze deposits.

And, amazingly, the responsibility for the looting is not "to blame" for the bankers: wasn't it the revolution that brought chaos and caused panic in everyone? Isn't it this panic that has brought about a run on the bank and bankrupted a number of banks?

The kidnapped government, in such a dire situation, had to enforce such a decree (not to mention that some of them were also participants in the scheme) to prevent France's already fragile financial system from falling into the most irreversible total collapse.

So at the end of the day, who can blame the people who were damaged in the trend?

I am afraid that it can only be revolutionized, and I can only blame those who overthrew the old dynasty in the barricades and brought "terror and chaos" to the whole country......

Shocked and frightened by the full extent of this genius design and conception, Charles could only pay his heartfelt respect to the courage, courage and resourcefulness of Baron Beauwan and others.

Even in the 21st century, when there are many talented and elites, how many people can play this method of making a lot of money by looting a country! No matter what era, a person who can climb to the position of a superior person by his own ability is definitely a hero for a while, and he once again felt this painfully to the end.

This is an era of heroes.

Fortunately, with the knowledge and vision of the next century and a half, he also had the courage to fight these heroes head-on, and after twenty years of good cultivation, he never thought that he would be inferior to any of them.

At least that's how confident he is.

And this kind of self-confidence needs to start from cooperating with them in the first place, and fate is such a treacherous thing. (To be continued......)