Flowers, Swords and France

After finishing laughing, Baron Bowen's expression returned to seriousness. .

"How much do you plan to ask for this time?"

"The more, the better." Charles replied in a low voice, "Didn't you say you would give me a large sum last time?"

"Now is not the time for that sum." Baron Bowen shook his head, "Besides, it is a loan I gave you, not a sponsorship money I gave you. This must be clearly distinguished."

Of course Ciel could tell clearly about this obvious overture.

"Thank you." He smiled again, "Then how much do you plan to sponsor us now?"

The banker didn't answer immediately, and then put his eyes back on his desk, as if he was thinking about something, and finally he spoke.

"Eight hundred thousand, how about that?"

It's already much better than expected. It seems that the other party is really planning to make a big bet here.

"Okay." Charles nodded quickly in agreement.

"However, you have to wait for two days." Baron Beauvain continued to explain his plan. "I want to set up several accounts in the bank and try to get these hundreds of thousands of funds out of the vault without leaving any trace. Although the risk should not be great, we should be cautious at all times..."

"Very good, that's how we should be." Ciel didn't have any entanglement.

"...In addition, I ask you to put some thought into the matter just now," Baron Beauvain returned his gaze to Charles, "Time waits for no one, and this is related to how many more pieces of cake we can cut. , but don’t do it half-heartedly, Mr. Treville.”

"Of course, I understand."

Charles knew very well that the big banker wanted Charles to help, not just because "he thought Charles had some literary talent." If he just wanted to find someone who could write, he could find a hundred thousand of them. . He wanted to make Charles his ally, and make this young man who would definitely have a future (if nothing unexpected happened) become his assistant.

Of course, when Ciel agreed to help, it was not because the other party praised him, but because he had other considerations of his own.

If the Jews bear more of the infamy and hatred that will inevitably follow, then he - and Baron Beauvain and others - will bear less of it. The more the people denounce the Jews, the less they will notice the same actions. The self who has done bad things (perhaps even worse).

Presumably, Baron Beauvain thought so too.

Charles also sighed in his heart at this moment.

In the original history, the Jewish financiers who made huge fortunes during France's previous financial turmoil did arouse special hatred among the French. Anti-Semitism is not just based on Catholic ideology. The Dreyfus case during the Third Republic era is a continuation of this mentality.

[In 1894, the French intelligence agency identified Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer, as a German spy, and forcibly sentenced him to life-long hard labor without sufficient evidence. This was very controversial in the intellectual and public opinion circles. Due to the conflict, the case was finally vindicated in 1906. 】

When this kind of hatred reached its peak, it was in the 1940s when Vichy France actively cooperated with the Nazis in hunting down Jews in the country and actively participated in the Nazi massacre of the Jewish nation.

But are the Jews really that guilty?

Although it is true that there were many Jewish financiers in this era, and many Jewish financiers made a fortune while taking advantage of the people, the more people think that the Jews are bad, the more they will blur the idea that "financiers who exploit the people's bones and marrow are bad" In fact, under the guidance of unconsciousness or some deliberate, class hatred It would eventually be led into racial hatred, and finally led to the tragedy of the Nazi Holocaust - however, those Jewish financiers had long fled Europe after the Nazis came to power, and most of the Jews who were sent to concentration camps and crematoria were just They are just middle class or poor civilians who have not committed many crimes.

Now, for their own benefit, Charles and the great banker Baron Beauvin decided to incite anti-Semitic sentiment in order to do their best to divert the attention of the people. , from this point of view, the two of them hit it off just because they were fighting each other.

After this kind of thought lingered in Charles' mind for a while, it disappeared like smoke, leaving no trace.

Maybe it is indeed a bad thing, but if you do too many bad things, you will no longer feel much guilt.

After Charles nodded, Baron Beauvain directly shook the bell on the table and called one of his secretaries to come in. He whispered a few words to the secretary and pointed at Charles. , obviously talking to him about sponsorship money. .

The secretary quickly backed away.

"Mr. Treville, the day after tomorrow you will go to our branch in Brady Gallery to collect the funds. The person will hand the money to you then," Baron Beauvain said to Charles with a smile, "Pay attention, it must be Be careful. It's up to you how you spend it. I believe you can make the most of it."

"Thanks."

The two shook hands to celebrate the reaching of this consensus.

Just when Charles was about to leave, Baron Beauvain suddenly seemed to remember something and spoke again.

"Do you remember M. du Taai?"

After hearing this name, Charles couldn't help but feel tight in his heart.

"Of course I remember. What's wrong? Is he okay now?"

"Of course it's good," the Baron smiled again, but his eyes were a little more cunning, and there was obviously some ominous atmosphere in them.

"How is he? What do you want to tell me?" Charles asked again calmly.

Baron Beauvain subconsciously glanced at the room again. It was obvious that what he wanted to say was a real secret.

"He is my assistant and partner. In addition to contacting you and transferring my sponsorship to you, he was responsible for another important mission." He lowered his voice.

"What mission?"

"He is also responsible for transferring my sponsorship money to those republican radical organizations." The baron said this sentence word by word.

Charles' eyes suddenly widened, and then his brows frowned slightly, but he refrained from asking questions and waited for the baron to continue.

"Overall, I am very satisfied with the work he has done. Now, he has initially helped those people establish a network, and also allowed them to stockpile a large number of weapons..."

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"Why?" Charles asked after a long time, but his tone was still very calm. "You support them so hard, what are your plans?"

"What's the plan? Don't you understand?" Baron Bowen asked with interest.

Ciel quickly figured it out.

It's nothing more than borrowing a knife to kill someone. If he is willing to reveal this to himself, it means that he mainly wants to keep the treasure on his side, so there is no need to worry too much.

"Sir, you are playing with fire," he remarked curtly.

"Yes, I am indeed playing with fire. You don't need to tell me that it is dangerous." Baron Beauvain replied with surprising frankness, "But sometimes we have to be bolder."

Ciel lowered his head and thought carefully about the big news he suddenly revealed.

"Can you tell me more?" After thinking for a while, he asked.

"Of course. Isn't this exactly what I planned?" The banker smiled again, and his plain smile contained infinite cunning. "Let me explain it to you."

"please."

"Undoubtedly, I support those mobs who are indeed playing with fire, but you must also admit that the bigger the fire, the more likely they are to burn the poor dynasty to pieces. Your family alone can definitely do it. I don’t think so. But there is also no doubt that I must be careful not to be ignited by this fire, so when I light this fire, I have to think about how to put it out. …”

After a pause, the banker continued, "So, while I was helping them, I also closely monitored these radical organizations, and some of the leaders inside were our people. And Mr. Du Taai, he He is the main person in charge of this cause, don’t underestimate him, he is very knowledgeable about the capital flows and political trends of several republican organizations!”

"Then what do you want me to do?" Charles asked calmly.

"I think you and Mr. Du Taai should put aside the old grudges and let that little unpleasantness quickly become history. Can't a golden mountain make you forget these unpleasantnesses?" The banker smiled again, "Next. , I will let him keep in close contact with you and tell you everything about what’s going on over there. One day, we will have to make it difficult for those mobs to get their way.”

After talking about the latter part, his tone became lower and lower, and became more and more solemn.

Ciel suppressed the chill and unhappiness in his heart and answered with unchanging calmness.

"It's not just up to me to repair the relationship, I'm certainly willing to work with Mr. Du Taai."

"As long as you have this opinion, there will be no problem." His answer made Baron Beauvain obviously relieved, "I will let him cooperate with you without reservation. After all, haven't you two been just Is this related, haha..." He gave a fake smile.

"Not only do you have these arrangements, but if you have anything else to say, just tell me all at once." Charles looked at the Baron and asked in a low voice.

"Let me tell you, you are indeed a smart man!" Baron Beauvain sighed again, as if he really admired Charles' sensitivity, "I asked you to repair the relationship with Mr. Du Taai, and indeed there is still Another purpose..."

"You also know that I am playing with fire, so for safety reasons I cannot play with fire with my own hands. When the scheduled days come, I will leave Paris for Strasbourg. Paris Of course, we must let those who are trustworthy and wise Someone comes to help with the cooking... Obviously, you and Mr. Du Taai are both this kind of people. As long as you two can cooperate sincerely, there will not be much problem. Mr. Treville, just stay for dinner tonight. Let’s have dinner, M. Du Taai will come too.”

"Okay..." Charles coldly agreed to the Baron's invitation. (To be continued.)