In the quiet of the little house, candles were lit on the dining table, and Charles sat quietly in his seat, silent.

"You're worried about Weishenme, Mr. Treville?" Mr. Carrion, who sat across from him, asked softly, then cut off a piece of meat and put it into his mouth.

"Oh, there's so much to worry about, sir." Charles replied softly, then fed himself a glass of wine.

Yes, there's so much to worry about.

Just yesterday, Charles was taken by his friend Albert to Lucien-Leflaire's house for dinner, which was nothing, and then Lucien suddenly mentioned that he had joined a small group of army officers—although it was not known his motives for telling him, but since he was willing to tell himself such a thing, it would not be just talking.

Charles certainly couldn't explain everything directly, but he was quite happy in his heart - if he could take this opportunity to connect with the army, it would be extremely useful not only for the present, but also for the future.

And this is not without the possibility of being realized - in this era, Napoleon's name is still very loud in the army, and the martial arts of the empire are still very nostalgic for soldiers and officers. Moreover, the Army has always been the main area of penetration by the Bonapartists. It was precisely because of the support of a large number of officers in the army that Louis Bonaparte was able to instigate rebellion several times, and was able to restore his uncle's lost empire in the future.

Even if it is not for the sake of rebellion, but only for the sake of future glory and wealth, it is very necessary to maintain a good relationship with the people of the army. So it's no surprise that Charles wants to seize this opportunity.

So what should be done exactly?

In Charles's personal opinion, Lucien was a relatively honest one. Traditional officers who do not pay much attention to politics and do not have any political acumen, although they are diligent and eager to make meritorious contributions, do not follow others at the slightest agitation. So the key is what his wife says - maybe it was his wife who instructed him to tell him about it?

That's interesting. The eldest daughter of the Dilieon family is indeed not a simple person.

So now the situation is obvious.

The Dillieon family pinched their noses and agreed to the marriage of the eldest lady and Lucien, and also brought this eldest grandson-in-law back to the army, for what?

And their second Miss Matilda twice found herself talking about cooperation, weishenme?

I'm afraid they've been planning a way out for themselves a long time ago.

After much deliberation and the authorization of Joseph Bonaparte, Charles finally decided that the focus of his recent work would be to find a way to get close to the family of the Keeper of the Seals of the dynasty, and everyone should try to talk about cooperation.

"Young people. What is there to be so sorrowful? Carrion seemed to jokingly say, "Lost in love?" ”

"It's much worse than falling out of love," Charles sighed softly. "There's no money."

There's really not much money left.

Although his recent job and career have been relatively smooth, Charles finds himself facing an extremely serious problem - it is likely that he will run out of money in the near future.

This is also to blame others, a big financier in the upstream just sponsored a sum, and then he was beaten by himself. Now I still have to lie in the hospital bed. Maybe there will be no more patronage from him in the future; And the people downstream are not reliable out of the big basket, and now a large amount of money is still being withheld, and the two sides are attacked, and it is strange that there is no shortage of money.

Because of this, Charles is very worried now.

If only Baron Beauvang were our patron behind the scenes! He sighed in his heart. But it was just a matter of talking, and he certainly wouldn't risk asking the big banker again.

Since this is the case, then we have to find other ways to deal with the emergency.

It's easy to say, but Charles still hasn't thought of a good way to quietly squeeze a lot of money out of a short period of time. Because of this. He approached the head of the current organization in Paris, under the pseudonym Carrion, to discuss.

Hearing the word money, Carrion also put away his smile. Get serious.

"That's a big problem. Did you run out of it so quickly? ”

Charles heard some of the reproaches implicit in it, and replied, "If it weren't for the fact that I had recently pulled a large sum, it would have been used up sooner." ”

Noticing Charles' tone, Carrion quickly smiled apologetically, "Please don't mind, I'm not accusing you of anything, it's just that this question is really troublesome." You also know that the money from above is not much every time, and then you all come to me, where can I directly give you money......"

Charles also knew the difficulties in the other party's heart, so he didn't plan to force him in the first place.

"You can watch and give some points, and I'll figure out how to make up the rest."

Pleased with Charles's modesty attitude, Carrion nodded slightly, then fell into thought before he spoke.

"Well, Charles, I'll squeeze here lately, and I'll send you a sum of money later."

"Do you have to wait until the nearest day?" Charles was still a little unhappy, "Can you find a way to hurry up?" ”

"Hurry up?" Carrion sighed slightly, "I want to be faster, too, but how can there be so many Haode ways to make money?" Mr. Treville, our first consideration is safety, and then fundraising! ”

"But if we only have safety, we can't accomplish our goals, can we?" The Shire are-for-tat.

Carrion looked at Charles, but he was unwavering, and Zuihou Carrion had to sigh.

"Alright, alright, I'll find something for you."

"I knew you had a solution." Charles breathed a sigh of relief.

Carrion walked to a nearby room, and returned a few moments later, holding a small object in his hand, and walked up to Charles and handed it to him. "My friend, what do you look here?"

Charles took it, a piece of porcelain?

He looked at it carefully, then asked tentatively. "A piece of Sèvres porcelain? Looking at the design, it should be almost a century ago......"

Sèvres is a famous ceramic production area in France, and since the beginning of the eighteenth century, Europeans have cracked the secrets of ceramic production. The monarchs of various countries immediately competed with each other in the manufacture of porcelain. Everyone is digging up opponents of porcelain connoisseurs, and the ceramics of Zuihou European countries have been greatly developed, and soon reached the point where the quality is comparable to that of China, the place of origin. 】

"Yes, your vision is accurate, it is the porcelain fired by Sèvres, and it is the royal goods fired for the king at that time." Carrion nodded, then retrieved the disk. "All masterpieces from well-known provenances have a mark, and the base of Frankenthal porcelain is marked with a C and a T (an abbreviation of Charles-Théodore)." The two letters are crossed together and are marked by a crown of the Elector. Saxon porcelain is marked with two swords, numbered in gold. Vincena ceramics are marked with a horn pattern. The base of Viennese porcelain is marked with a V, a horizontal in the middle. It is closed. Berlin porcelain is two horizontal reds. Mainz porcelain is marked with wheels. The one I give you is Sèvres porcelain. You see, there are two LLs at the bottom, and the one that was burned for Queen Louis XVI at the time was marked with an A, representing her name Antoinette, and there was a crown on it......"

"It's an antique, and it's worth a little bit of money, but it's a drop in the bucket. What are you doing with this? Charles was a little strange, and then looked at Carrion until the other man smiled strangely. Charles suddenly realized, "What do you mean...... What do you mean. This ......"

"That's right! Although it was fired in the magnetic kiln of Sèvres, it was not an antique at all, and it had nothing to do with the poor decapitated king......" Carrion smiled merrily, with the kind of accomplishment that is common to antiquities lovers and fraudsters, "You can be careful with me, this is a good thing that we have worked so hard to make, and it is not cheap!" ”

Cultural relics scam! Boy! That's what happened.

Charles immediately understood.

In this era, it can be said that France is the leader of European fashion, and the cultural influence of France is extremely high. Therefore, it is only natural that its works of art are also very famous, not only in the country but also by wealthy people from all over Europe. Especially those local tyrants in Russia like to buy some "French antiques" and take them home to fill the façade.

But how can there be so many antiques to sell? Moreover, isn't counterfeiting antiques more hassle-free and more profitable?

In view of the profiteering and concealment of the antiques, the Bonapartist naturally unceremoniously used it as a way to generate income, with special people responsible for counterfeiting antiques and another special person responsible for selling, realizing the one-stop service of manufacturing, distribution and transportation.

Charles took the disk and looked at it carefully, and found that it ...... It's really done quite realistically.

"Good stuff!"

At this moment, Charles even felt that if the rebellion was not successful, the organization could also make a small fortune in this way.

"Xiexie, your compliment!" Carrion nodded, "Look, that's worth a little bit, right?" ”

His intention was obvious, he intended to give a batch of such forged porcelain antiques to Charles to sell as a fund for the event.

All right...... It's better than nothing......

Charles nodded and reluctantly agreed, but he wasn't completely satisfied.

He stood up and glanced around, then found something good.

A fan.

A Louis XV-style fan, with a gorgeous landscape painting on the surface, smooth and beautiful, as if it were the hand of Watteau. The wooden fan bones are silky and shiny, as if they had been touched by Madame de Pompadour.

It's definitely fake, but it's beautiful enough that Fran will love it.

"Hey! Put it down! It's an imitation I made myself, and I spent a lot of money to buy materials, not to sell them! Carrion's voice was a little angry.

"That's my reward." Charles turned and looked at Carrion firmly, "She's mine." (To be continued......)

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