Welcome to 19th-century Europe, where strength reigns supreme

The vendor knew the woman in front of him. She was very beautiful, and her manners revealed the atmosphere of a scholar, like an aristocrat. She lived in the cheapest apartment in the area, had three daughters at home, and a husband who was often away from home.

She can only support the three children by herself. Her family is very poor and she doesn't buy many things every day. In fact, the hawkers are not much better than her.

"I want to buy some vegetables..." she said. To be honest, the vendor sympathized with her, but he knew that he had no ability to sympathize with others. He could only give her some minimal discounts when selling.

"Madam, haven't you been feeling a little uncomfortable recently? Are you always going out to buy things by yourself? Where is your husband?"

"He has his career, and all I can do is give him the greatest support."

"I really don't know how your husband can bear to leave you alone at home."

The vendor didn't have any idea, he just complained. To him, those messy businesses were just flashy things. He could live well without them, but it couldn't be said that he put his family after his career. It's a manly move.

"I know Karl, so I know what he thinks. He is undoubtedly accomplishing a big thing. I support him very much. What's the point of having to suffer a little for this?"

This sentence attracted the attention of a woman. She looked at that woman and felt as if she had seen her face before.

"What's wrong?" Tina asked.

"Tina, please wait here. I just saw a very familiar person..." August looked towards a vendor, and Tina also looked over there.

"Is this the Karl you were talking about?"

"Not sure, just ask."

When she was talking about Karl just now, August happened to pass by her and heard her words. August quickly pulled her hand.

As a result, the woman thought he was a pervert and immediately threw August away.

"Please wait, young lady, do you know Mr. Marx?"

"Max?" She turned around, and in front of her was a girl who looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old. Her peculiar dress highlighted her unusual temperament.

"Do you know Carl?"

"Well, if I guess correctly, you should be Jenny von Westphalen, right?"

"You also know my name. I'm really a friend of Karl. It's the first time we meet. I'm Yanni. Let's talk as we walk. I'll take you to where we live."

August was a little excited. He didn't expect to find the target so quickly. Tina and Valentina also came over. Yanni was a little strange. The clothes of both of them were very strange, but the strangest one was definitely August. St.'s.

"Are you all friends of Marx?"

Valentina smiled and said, "This is the first time we meet Miss Yanni. I am Valentina, this lady is August, and this is Tina. The purpose of our trip is to meet Mr. Karl."

Tina didn't speak. Originally, she was just here to accompany August, but as she got closer, she became more and more interested in this so-called Karl. The main reason was August's publicity.

In this timeline, Bismarck was born at least ten years later, and Marx had not yet founded the Neue Rheinische Zeitung. The current situation is during the period when Marx was expelled from Brussels by the Belgian government and then returned to Paris.

But one thing is very important. The famous "Communist Manifesto" has not been officially published because the Communist League in Brussels was found by the Belgian authorities.

The reason was that during a railway strike, news was leaked, the Communist League was exposed, its members were forced into exile, and Marx and Engels were forced to return to Paris.

Auguste needed an iron-blooded prime minister, and of course she also needed a political advisor who could remind her at critical moments. Marx was her number one choice.

The three of them followed Yanni. She told August something about Marx, "Miss August, when did you meet Karl?"

"I have begun to pay attention to Mr. Marx's works as early as the "German and French Yearbook" period. His progressive articles have also changed many of my views. I would like to meet him and see what kind of information I can provide. help."

Just as the two were chatting happily, Tina patted Valentina and said, "When did August start to understand these things?"

Tina leaned into Valentina's ear and whispered, "As far as I know, Miss once bought newspapers and periodicals of the German and French Yearbooks, and other newspapers such as "The Debate on the Forest Theft Law". Miss also bought it."

"She never told me this..."

"I'm afraid you'll be unhappy. The lady told me the above content. I think you might not like it, Miss Tina, but it's quite inflammatory for someone like me."

"Tell me about it, while August isn't looking."

Valentina revealed a little bit of content to Tina, and it already changed Tina's world view three times.

"How dare he?"

It directly criticized the policies of the Prussian government, and also directly put on the table class contradictions and economic specific details that government officials avoided talking about.

"This is what Miss appreciates about Mr. Karl."

"What is August trying to do...does she want to take her own life?" Tina was not being alarmist. The angry crowd was difficult to control.

August is playing with fire. She is the princess of the entire Prussia, a symbol of the nobility, and the opposite of the so-called proletariat. From a standpoint, she cannot allow the dictatorship of the proletariat, let alone support the proletarian revolution. .

Or... did she want Max to stop talking?

A single spark will burn brighter and stronger, gradually starting a prairie fire, so wouldn't it be better to extinguish it from the beginning?

Although this will treat the symptoms but not the root cause, it can at least continue the rule of the royal power, and the people will wake up a little slower.

August's ideas are actually quite different, but she wants to use Marx's perspective to help herself solve some problems and ease class conflicts, so that capitalism still has vitality.

August knew that it was impossible for a wise man like Marx not to know, so August could come up with a mutual compromise plan that would satisfy both Marx and himself.

This was just what she thought. In fact, she couldn't guess what Marx was thinking.

After returning home, in addition to the three daughters, there was also a good friend of Yanni and the consul of the entire family, Helen Demut Linheng, waiting at home.

Helen said, "Madam, you are back. Who are these?"

"They are friends of Karl. This is August, Tina, and Miss Valentina."

Yanni briefly introduced a few people to Helen. When Tina looked at this house, she was a little disgusted. It was too narrow and too small. Although her house was small, it was huge compared to this house. .

Not only that, wherever Tina looked, there was poverty and hunger.

"Oh my god, I didn't know there were people living in such an environment."

The people Tina has always been in contact with are those from well-off families. In addition, she is also from the landlord class, so she is actually somewhat disconnected from the people.

I didn't expect that behind the bustling Paris, there was such a miserable situation.