"So, you're not going to accept my terms of settlement?"

The Duke's question, which was full of Zuihou ultimatum, made Charles feel terrified.

To be honest, before coming to visit, Charles was originally worried that the other party would fight with martial arts instead of civil fighting, and replace persuasion education with physical education, but after thinking about it carefully, he still felt that he should not tear his face and move for this matter.

Moreover, during the conversation, the distance between Charles and the Duke was extremely short, and even if there were any walls or secret passages with hundreds of musketeers, Charles could rush forward to capture the thief and capture the king as soon as possible.

In that case, even if the worst happens, Charles thinks that it should be no problem for him to preemptively deal with his cousin, who is already in his last years.

Thinking of this, Charles relaxed slightly,

"You're right." Then Charles chose a direct showdown, "I have come to visit you to-day to discuss a solution with you - provided that Miss Léoland must be welcomed back at once and live as herself. ”

"Yes."

"If you don't agree, I'll ......," Charles continued, as he thought in his heart, before finally coming back to his senses, "Huh? You ......"

"Yes, I don't care about the fate of Miss Leolan, she comes back when she likes, I don't care." The Duke's old face was full of indifference, as if he were wearing a delicate mask.

"But aren't you the one who is trying to deprive her of her property rights?" Charles questioned.

The Duke did not answer, but continued to look at Charles with an indifferent expression.

After a moment, it dawned on Charles. "You mean that as long as you get the terms you deserve, you won't stop me from letting Mademoiselle Léoland return to Paris?"

"It's none of my business in the first place. I just need to reach an agreement on the marriage and get the money that is set to be mine. The duke looked right.

"But if you don't get the inheritance, will the Leolan family still marry you?" Charles is still questioning.

After a moment, he understood the unspoken subtext of the Duke.

"As long as Mademoiselle Léoland agrees to transfer her inherited property to her brother......"

The Duke did not answer, which seemed to be a tacit acquiescence.

Charles groaned. It seems that this is the bottom line of negotiation thrown out by the duke.

"Generally speaking, no matter how gentle and kind the temper is, a person will not easily give up the millions of fortunes that have reached his pocket, right?" Charles seemed to be talking to himself.

"It seems so." The Duke nodded in agreement.

Didn't you say nothing?

A flash of anger flashed through Charles' heart. He doesn't talk nonsense with the other party anymore.

"Then we have nothing to talk about, and it looks like I'm going to have to take my leave. By the way, starting tomorrow the press will shake you out about your affair with the Leolan family, and I'd like to see what else you can do to deprive her of her rightful property!! ”

Charles began to threaten, then turned and walked away.

When he reached the door, the Duke finally spoke as he had hoped. "Too anxious, young man."

"Is there anything else you want to say?" Charles walked back again.

"Sir, you've got our hands on it—I don't know how you managed to get there, but you did. You can indeed make us a big ugly. And, it seems, you do have the potential to destroy my jihua......" the Duke analyzed quietly. "So what do you mean, that you want me to bear this loss quietly?"

"Of course I didn't mean that."

"But that's what you're talking about."

Charles suddenly laughed.

"After all, do you have to marry Sister Charlotte to the Count of Léorang? I know that he is a person who has no talent and no good looks, and he is not a reliable marriage partner at all. ”

"But he at least has a good surname, and he doesn't want a dowry." The Duke did not refute Charles' comments about the Count of Léoland.

"You just said the wrong thing." Charles abruptly changed the subject.

"What?" The Duke raised an eyebrow.

"You say that poor Mademoiselle Léolan does not know to this day that she is the heir to a large inheritance. This statement is wrong. Charles said unhurriedly.

The Duke looked at Charles.

"That's right, it's me who let her know." Charles smiled, "This young lady is quite scheming, although she was sent to the convent in a hurry, she still used the private money she brought with her to buy the old nun inside to deliver information for her. That's why my sister received her letter for help......"

"You went to her?" The Duke asked with interest, the taste was no longer as bland as it had been.

"The young lady has promised me that she will pay three hundred thousand francs if anyone can save her from the terrible tragedy of fate."

"Just a promise?"

"She wrote the IOU."

"She wrote you an IOU directly?"

"Yes, she's in this situation, she's not afraid that I'll break my word, right? She couldn't have been worse anyway. Charles explained with a chuckle. I told her that now her parents were on the verge of depriving her of her rightful rights, and that if she did nothing she would continue to live in the convent for the rest of her life; If I do what I say, I can get her back to Paris and live as a millionaire. A girl with a bit of a brain knows how to choose, especially after suffering so much...... So she wrote this IOU as I said, and used it as funding for my activities - of course, I never mentioned your name......"

"Three hundred thousand?" The Duke repeated, as if thinking about something.

"You just have to sit here and make three hundred thousand francs for nothing, what is there to hesitate about? It's not like Charlotte doesn't have any other marriage partners to find, and there's still a chance, isn't it? ”

"What about you? You don't want anything? ”

"Yes, I don't want anything, I just need to complete the task given to me by the client." Charles looked directly at the Duke. "I don't know what this estate will be made up of, so I can't give you an exact means of payment and a date of payment - after all, real estate is a bit of a hassle to realize. However, since there is already an undoubted IOU, presumably the young lady can't deny it, right? ”

"This inheritance is mainly bank deposits and long-term treasury bonds, bonds and bank notes, and it is quite convenient to pay or transfer...... the Duke muttered.

[French long-term treasury bonds are bearer and can be easily transferred. 】

This old guy has already finished investigating!

Charles stopped talking, leaving it to the other to consider.

It didn't take long for the Duke to smile, and the old man's face showed the kind smile that the elder had when he saw his nephew.

"Charles, well done."

It was the first time he had addressed Charles as such.

"I hope I can help you, Grandpa." Charles replied with the smile that his nephew had on his elders.

"Now that the big thing has been decided, let's hurry!" The duke's smile quickly faded. "I will contact the court immediately to confirm the inheritance of Miss Leolan as soon as possible......"

Charles took a piece of paper from his coat pocket and placed it on the duke's desk.

For the sake of this piece of paper, he would be more active than Charles in carrying out the inheritance of Mademoiselle Léolang's property.

"Good." The Duke put the note in his drawer, and then looked up at the tall, thin, slightly sven nephew in front of him. "Charles, you deserve Treville's last name."

Charles bowed. “xiexie。”

"Do you want to stay for dinner tonight?" The Duke suddenly asked, "Actually, Charlotte is good-looking......

This guy has turned his attention to me?

"I've got an appointment tonight, I'll talk about it next time......" Charles smiled and excused himself, "Well, I'll take my leave first." ”

"Be careful on the road."

In this way, in the faint moonlight, Charles left the Duke of Treville's mansion.

Charles didn't want any reward, or his sister's thanks, which was already the best reward for him.

Moreover...... There is also a reason to hide deeply.

Relying on this relationship, Charles felt that the realization of the plan of "wooing the Duke of Trevil and others" agreed in the secret talks was no longer out of reach. Using someone else's 300,000 to buy himself a big favor, Charles suddenly felt that his recent luck was extremely good, could it have begun to be transferred?

If France could be used as a reward, the risk taken this time was actually insignificant, right?

In the future, in order to realize your dreams, there will definitely be many life-and-death situations that need to be walked, and more risky difficulties and obstacles must also be overcome.

However, the realization of the dream of leading the French nation through the fateful catastrophe of 1870 is getting closer and more promising.

May God bless France!

Charles looked up at the hazy night sky.

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After reading the book review, I found that some readers thought that the protagonist was too reckless to go to the duke for a showdown. thinks that the two have different positions, they are enemies, and if this happens again, I am afraid that my life will be in danger.

It's good to have discussions, but reject abusive talk.

Actually, the problem is not that serious.

First of all, as already explained in the book, the Duke has largely retired from politics and is now equivalent to the role of a state adviser - no longer with decision-making power, far from the political core leadership, and not to the point of killing whoever he wants because of money (even without considering kinship).

As for what assassination or the like, I can only say that this is a gangster movie that I have watched too much, and if you really have no party or friends when you are the protagonist? If the Bonapartist faction is all soft persimmons that can be killed if they want to, then how can they rebel? Isn't the heart of man scattered......

In addition, it is true that the protagonist and the duke have opposing political positions, but it is not to the point of life and death.

The bloody events of the French Revolution gave the upper classes too terrible memories, so that later on, the upper classes had a natural wariness of the rebellion of the poor.

Later, the French upper class formed a fighting and unbreakable situation in the political struggle (there were those in the aristocracy who supported the Bonaparte, and those in the bourgeoisie who supported the king, as is the case with the Trévilles in the book). The struggle for power within the upper echelons has become much more restrained and less bloody than it was during the Great Revolution.

In the Revolution of 1830, the Orleanists who seized power did not exterminate the Bourbons, but only declared their expulsion from France; In the revolution of 1848, the seizures did not exterminate the Orleans, but only banished the Orleans royal family from France, and let their important figures lose their power and scatter, such as several leaders of the Orleans faction (Thiers, Guizot, etc.), all of whom survived the era of the Second Empire; In the new revolution of 1870, the Bonaparte royal family simply left France.

However, please do not misunderstand that the internal compromise of the upper classes does not mean that the upper classes have given up the sword, but that the lower classes are more willing to raise their butcher's knives and unite more to suppress them.

The French Second and Third Republics were both oligarchic republics established after the massacre of the poor. Especially in 1871, they bloodied Paris street by street and district by district, slaughtering tens of thousands of people. In order to get 100,000 soldiers to suppress the massacre of the proletariat, they did not hesitate to surrender to Prussia and pay an indemnity of 5 billion francs, which is about 650 million taels of silver (because the value of silver fluctuated violently in the 19th century, this is the lowest value, in fact, it can be much higher than the figure of 650 million taels), which is even higher than the "Treaty of Xincho" - the French also have their own political logic of "prefer to be friends rather than domestic slaves".

Therefore, in the eyes of the current duke, although the protagonist is a hated Bonaparte, he is still a "contradiction among the people" of the upper class, and will not rise to the height of life and death struggle.

If the protagonist says "Labor and capital are hardcore revolutionary parties, long live the great proletarian union!" Then his cousin, who has a deep blood feud with the revolutionary party, will really be desperate to get rid of it as soon as possible, because this is "a class struggle to the death".

Hawkers,Success in cheating the word count =。 =