"Chloe, how much money is left?"

On the way back to Petrograd from Tsarschaskaya, Hersmann sat in a rather luxuriously decorated train car and suddenly asked a question about a question that made Chloe. Feng. Heinsberg was very surprised by the question.

"Money?" Chloe didn't react for a moment, and looked at Hersman who was sipping coffee, he was still wearing a yellow-green Russian ** suit, looking very spirited, as if he was a general who had just won a battle. No, not as if, but necessarily to become a general! He was a hero of the Empire, and his achievements in Russia were enough to guarantee him a general in ten years. If you're lucky, for example, if you marry a very wealthy wife with a title (in the Second Empire, where you are not as good as a man, you can marry a wife with a title), then he is likely to become Chief of the General Staff or First Quartermaster! Or even become the noble Marquis of Hersman or something......

"You mean money......" Chloe looked to the right and left, and saw that there was no one in the carriage - Ettel and Stockhausen and the others had gone to the other carriage with amusement - and replied with a red face, "I have a lot of money, I have a lot of land in Heinsberg (her surname is a place name), and a castle, and I have houses in Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, and Switzerland." In addition, I have shares of Krupp and Benz, worth more than 300,000 gold marks......"

What a rich woman! Hearsman was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and suddenly blushed: "Chloe, what are you talking about?" I'm asking how much money we have left for our activities? You're in charge of this, aren't you? ”

"Funding for the event?" Chloe's face turned red, and she bit her lip and hung her head—what was the matter? Is the wealthy Lady Heinsberg discussing the dowry with a man?

"And thirty-two thousand gold marks...... Chloe replied in a rare whirring voice.

"Only eight thousand?" Hersmann did not know how much Kimmark was worth in Petrograd, and of course he did not know that his secret service actually had little to spend—housing and transportation were provided by the Bolsheviks, and when he arrived in Tsarsko, he saved a lot of money on food. For a single mark, you can buy a wagon of food from a farmer's house near Tsars' Village.

"The main expense is the allowance for foreign service activities," Chloe said coldly, "and you still have 600 gold marks to receive." ”

"Can I borrow some money?"

"Borrow...... Borrow? Chloe was stunned and stunned, and looked at Hersmann in disbelief, "Ludwig, are you having any difficulties?" Can you tell me...... I can lend you some and pay it back whenever you want. ”

If there is enough "sincerity", it doesn't matter if you don't pay it back......

What a caring woman...... Hersmann thought to himself: "It seems that she doesn't care that I don't have a house in Berlin and I don't have any money, which is better than the **** girls of later generations (this is undoubtedly a prejudice, if he is not a hero of Germany, the future general, His Excellency, Chloe will not admire him). When the matter in Russia is over, let's officially associate with her. ”

"It's not that there are difficulties, but there is an opportunity to get rich, right here in Petrograd." Hersmann's answer surprised Chloe even more.

"Rich? In Petrograd? ”

"Yes, in Petrograd!"

"But the merchants here in Petrograd want to escape!"

"Because they weren't friends with Lenin, and Lenin didn't need them, they had to flee, but we weren't the same."

Hersmann's business acumen is, of course, oriental—who you know is more important than what you can do! And in Russia in 1917, the man he knew was called Lenin! And Lenin still begged him. This relationship is also invalid if it is not used!

"Okay...... But what business can we do? ”

"There are a lot of them!" Hersmann had long planned to use his relationship with Lenin to make a fortune...... It's not something to be ashamed of. "For now, it is possible to resell antiques and works of art, which are not worth anything at all in Petrograd!"

Buy gold in troubled times! Antique calligraphy, painting, porcelain or something, at the moment Petrograd is certainly not worth much. If you can ship them to Switzerland, you can make a profit margin several times more than a problem, even if you buy a certain number of fakes......

"But...... Ludwig, do you know about antiques and works of art? If you buy a fake...... Chloe frowned, she knew some antiques and art, but she wasn't too proficient.

"I don't know, but I can go to the most reputable antique and art stores in Petrograd and buy large items...... Those things that are inconvenient to transport, such as antique furniture or something, must be the cheapest, and there must not be many fakes. ”

Fake antique furniture is of course very rare in today's Petersburg, because no one really wants it. If Hersmann hadn't thought about his image, he could have taken something directly from Alexandria and Catherine's palaces.

Hessman paused for a moment, then lowered his voice and said: "Actually, the news that I bought art in Petrograd cannot be hidden from Lenin, so my chances of buying a fake are very low!" ”

Yes, Comrade Lenin still needs Hersmann! Before the reopening of the later generations, would the old friends of the Chinese people buy fakes in the friendship store? This is not allowed!

"That seems to make sense," Chloe said, shaking her head, apologetically. "But I can't lend you money...... Because it's not up to the rules! ”

"Chloe......" Hersman looked at Chloe's face with pleading eyes. In fact, his request will not cause Chloe any trouble, because they are now engaged in spy activities and do not have a strict financial system. Hersman only had to make a blank slip and take the money away - to buy someone, and the amount was not too large to be receiving.

If he was in Italy, Spain or old China, he could even put the money in his pocket.

"Ludwig......" Chloe shook her head stubbornly, "No, this will not work, the rules must be followed!" ”

The brains of the Germans! Hersman thought weakly that he shouldn't have made it clear to Chloe...... The woman was a German, after all, and a countess with a sense of honor.

"But ......," Chloe was slightly smug at the sight of Hersmann's depressed look, "I can lend you money personally," she smiled, "in Petrograd, I can lend you 2,000 gold marks right now." Plus, you can advance a few months' allowance. If it's not enough, I can send a telegram to the bank manager. ”

"Thank you so much!" Hersman nodded in gratitude. "That's more than three thousand gold marks...... In Petrograd today, that's a lot of money! ”

"Then help to the end," Chloe smiled. She did like Hersman, and she had a vague sense that the other person felt the same way. "I know some Swiss antiques dealers...... Although the price of the goods is very low, it is certainly several times more expensive than here in Petrograd. And, you can get the money right away. ”

"That's great!" Hersman liked the woman in front of him more, "Let's do it together, we'll get rich soon." ”

Chloe frowned slightly, was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "Ludwig, you are a promising emperor, is it a bit ...... to always think about getting rich?"

"No, I'm not enriching myself." Hersman explained with a smile, "It's for the Empire!" ”

"For the Empire?"

Hersman nodded, his tone already solemn: "Our work in Russia may not save the empire!" Because the decisive battlefield is on the Western Front, and the decisive force is the United States...... If the Reich were to be defeated, a treaty of shackles would fall on Germany. At that time, it will be necessary to carry out in-depth and all-round cooperation with Russia in order to save the country. These collaborations are not necessarily official and sometimes take place in the name of individuals or companies. So I need capital, a start-up capital! ”

This is not a beautiful word used to fool Chloe, Hirschman does have the intention of "saving the country through industry". He knew that Germany had a long and difficult period after the First World War, and that many important industrial projects, such as aviation, shipbuilding, tanks, etc., were restricted by the Treaty of Versailles, and that in order to break this limit, it was necessary to unite with the Soviet Union - which was done historically! If you want the project to not die, the team to not disperse, and the results not to be lost, there must be a market, and someone must pay for it. The Soviet Union, which was blocked by Western technology, was the market on which German workers relied for their survival and development.

And Hirschmann believed that he should be able to fully participate in and even lead the post-war Soviet-German cooperation, because these cooperation was not all official, which required Hirschmann to have his own company and a certain amount of financial resources.

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