Flowers, Swords and France

"Charles, have you seen that Albert has been making a lot of noise recently? I seem to have heard that he has committed many murders." Under the bright chandelier, Count Dilion, who was sitting at the dining table, looked at him with a little hesitation. Charles, "Although no one cares about the death of some gang members, after all, the lives of citizens cannot be disturbed. How about letting him keep a low profile in the future?"

"I think he's doing a good job like this. It doesn't matter if he makes a little trouble, but it proves that he has been working seriously recently." Charles concentrated on cutting the steak in front of him with a knife and fork, and replied seemingly casually, "The president wants to see What is important is the actual results. As long as the results are ideal, even if there are some twists and turns, he can tolerate it. You don’t have to worry, I think everything is under control at the moment.”

"Oh, is that so?" After hearing Charles's answer, the well-maintained middle-aged man nodded slightly, "As long as the president is satisfied, this is the best, then... come, Charles, let's Let’s drink to Albert’s achievements.”

"cheers."

Ever since he received the task of cleaning up the gangs in Paris, Albert was very concerned about it. Almost from the beginning, he and Kong Ze started working excitedly, gathering the gang members everywhere. Naturally, many murders occurred in the process. Because Albert is now an official affiliated with the railway department, Count Dillion feels that he has some leadership responsibilities, which is why he made the proposal. It's just to clear myself of future responsibilities in case something happens. Now, since Ciel has taken care of his friend, he doesn't have to worry about anything anymore.

Of course, his former boss specially called him to Earl Diliion's mansion for dinner tonight, and of course he wouldn't just talk about these things.

But Ciel was not in a hurry. He continued to eat his dinner, and then when the count was not paying attention, he suddenly raised his head secretly and looked at Matilda opposite. As if sensing something, Matilda suddenly raised her head at this moment and glanced at Charles secretly. The two people's eyes suddenly met.

Ciel smiled and nodded slightly, then blinked deliberately.

Matilda blushed, then suddenly lowered her head, not daring to look at him again. Although it sounds a bit excessive to flirt with his daughter in front of a father. But Charles got an unusual sense of excitement from it.

"Your Excellency, Minister, has the ministry's work been going well recently?" He finally suppressed the excitement and asked Count Dilion calmly, "I have been away recently, can I still suppress the people below?"

"It's okay, okay, we've been quite obedient recently, and no one has jumped out to oppose us. Compared to previous years, although everyone is a little tired and lazy. But this is human nature..." the earl replied with a smile. , "Speaking of which, this is also your credit. You sharpened your sword so hard back then, and cut it so hard that they don't dare to say anything now."

"It doesn't matter if it's laziness. After all, it's a newly established department and there are still so many things to do. How could it fall into the procrastination and lethargy so quickly? How can we get things done like this?" Unexpectedly, Charles After hearing what he said, she didn't feel happy at all. Instead, he looked at him solemnly and said, "Sir, there are so many things that are pressing on us, how can we allow them to become overwhelmed so quickly? You must kill this kind of trend recently. These people." No matter what, it just won’t work…”…

Perhaps because he talked about matters that he really cared about, Ciel's attitude became a little serious, almost like a condescending lecture tone.

"Okay...oh, okay...I will..." Charles's sudden reaction made the Earl slightly at a loss. While he responded vaguely, he turned his gaze and glanced at his little daughter.

Ever since Matilda helped him with the idea and allowed him to keep his hard-won ministerial position, Count Dillion has become more and more dependent on his daughter. Not only does he often have to discuss various important matters with her, let her To help make up his mind, he called Charles over for dinner today, and he also asked Matilda to accompany him.

"The strings will break if they are stretched too tight, sir. We can't always drive them away with whips, we have to let them have some time to rest... For the plans you left behind, Dad will supervise them to complete them as scheduled." Ma Tilda lived up to his expectations and spoke, "Besides, let's not talk about such boring things during dinner..."

As Matilda spoke, she looked at Charles with slight dissatisfaction, her eyes seeming to reproach, "How could you do this to my father."

Isn't it exactly the same when you talk about your father in private? Besides, if it weren't for you, I would have knocked him down a long time ago, how can he be respected... Ciel laughed in his heart.

However, on the surface, he still regained his previous calmness.

"Sorry, Your Excellency, I was just a little excited... After all, as you know, I have some bad relations with those officials." Charles smiled sheepishly, "I hope you won't take it to heart."

"Oh, of course, why would I mind such a thing!" The middle-aged man waved his hand indifferently, exposing the little unpleasantness just now, "But, Charles, speaking of this, I still have Is there something I want to tell you?"

"What's the matter? Just say it." Charles nodded.

"Well...actually, it's nothing important." The Earl still showed his extremely charming smile, "I just want to tell you about the bonds in the ministry..."

"Hmm?" Almost subconsciously, Charles slightly widened his eyes.

What do they mean?

Before, almost all the bonds issued by the Ministry of Railways were planned and handled by Charles himself - even now that he has left the office, the department responsible for the bonds is still firmly in the hands of the people he promoted and appointed.

If he wants to snatch it away. It is almost clear that he wants to break with Charles - the current Dillion family will undoubtedly not make such a choice.

Then... thinking about it, Charles felt that he had figured something out.

"Well, you have worked hard on the issuance of bonds before, and you have suffered a lot for this. I have always kept it in mind." The Earl sighed softly, obviously thinking of the previous turmoil that almost swallowed them up, "However, the past is over, and we don't need to mention it again. Now, the ministry is about to carry out a new round of financing... I want to ask for your opinion. So that everyone can be satisfied and not cause new troubles."

Haha, this is also the pit I dug before. Charles smiled bitterly in his heart.

Before, Charles acted on his own initiative and raised three rounds of financing in a short period of time for his own selfish desires, which caused an uproar in the market. It also became a major inducement for him to leave office. The person who tied the bell must untie it. Naturally, the minister wanted him to solve the new problem now - if he didn't want to fall out with him.

"You are the minister, and this matter should of course be led by you. As an outsider now, I can only give some suggestions..." After complimenting him insincerely, Charles immediately turned to the main topic, "But. Of course, this issue is still very complicated. I will think about it carefully later. I will talk to you about this matter again."...

Speaking of which, now is almost a good time. The market has digested the excessive financing of the previous three rounds, and there is a lot of room for the new round of financing. After all, the national credit is the bottom line. As long as the time is right, the market will still happily absorb the bonds of the Ministry of Railways.

"Since you are willing to work hard for this. That's great." The minister's face was full of smiles, and it was hard to tell whether he was really happy or mocking. "However, Matilda told me before that she thought the financing would go very smoothly this time, so she also advised me to buy some first... What do you think?"

Charles understood immediately.

This family obviously doesn't lack this little money. Rather than wanting to make some money from it, it's better to say that the Dillion family wants to stand with him...

He turned his eyes away, but there was no expression on Matilda's face, which made him unpredictable.

Did she persuade her? As a proof of consolidating friendship?

"Of course it's up to you, after all, you are the minister." After figuring this out, Charles bowed his head respectfully to the earl. "I will arrange it right away and will never let you down."

"Oh, that's great! Charles, you are always so capable..." After getting this answer, the earl nodded with satisfaction.

Then, he added meaningfully, "Remember what I said before? In this dangerous political arena, it is best for all of us to stick together so that we can keep what we have worked so hard for. I still think so now... Charles, de Treville and de Dillion, shouldn't we do this?"

"Of course I still think so, sir." Charles still smiled, "I have always respected you and supported you, just as I have in the past."

The original text is available at # 9 @Book/Bar!

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After the dinner, Count Dillion, who had achieved a satisfactory result, happily left the table and returned to his bedroom, but Charles did not say goodbye immediately.

Matilda also left her seat silently and walked out of the restaurant, as if she didn't know Charles was following behind her.

When she opened the door, Charles suddenly flashed in like a ghost and came to the room full of bookshelves where he had been twice before.

"Can you please stop doing this?" After closing the door, Matilda turned around and looked at Charles with some dissatisfaction, "Someone saw us!"

"So what if they saw us? Anyway, I've been here before, so I'll just say I want to talk to you about some literary topics..." Charles smiled nonchalantly.

"Even so, I can't..." Matilda wanted to say something else.

"Well..."

She was suddenly hugged by Charles and then kissed.

After a long time, the two slowly separated their lips.

"Isn't that too much, sir?" Matilda was really dissatisfied. Although her face was still red, there was already some anger in her eyes.

"Matilda?" Charles was a little surprised.

"Do you think it's fun to act so recklessly in someone else's house? Or do you think you can do whatever you want as long as you are happy, without caring about others? Or do you think you can manipulate me as you want?"

"Of course I didn't mean that, I just couldn't help it, sorry, Matilda." Charles apologized quickly and reached out to touch her shoulder, "Don't be angry, I was just joking."

"Forget it, you understand." After he apologized for a long time, Matilda finally calmed down.

"Was it your idea to do what happened today?" Charles asked.

"Yes." Matilda nodded. "If everyone is connected, there is no need to be suspicious."

"Of course, of course, this is the best." Charles nodded.

"In addition, I also want to thank you," Matilda smiled and pointed to the pile of letters on her desk, "Thanks to you, Miss de Perriette and I can communicate, she is such an interesting person!"

So, you called me here just to talk about this?

Charles sighed in disappointment.