Xiang Ying hasn't eaten any food since noon, relying on his anger to hold on. Just now, a dinner table was set up in the French consul's house, but Xiang Ying didn't eat anything just to keep the atmosphere tense.
He was already crazy with hunger. The moment he got the apology, he felt like he could eat a cow. Xiang Ying actually felt dizzy for a while while riding a sampan on the sea.
This is not seasickness. It would be too embarrassing if the captain of the dignified Zhiyuan got seasick. He knew very well that he was hungry.
Now, even though the food on the table was cold, he didn't care. With two sips of wine and three sips of food, Xilihulu ate happily.
Hyōtaro anxiously scratched his head and asked, "What did you see? Come on, I also went into the vault, but nothing was found. Isn't it just an iron door and a metal cabinet with cash?"
"Still eating! A starving ghost is reincarnated..."
After urging several times, Xiang Ying was finally three-thirds full. He touched his mouth with a napkin and turned to the guard and said, "Let the big kitchen make me a soup. I'm so hungry, and I've eaten so much cold food." , I need to warm my stomach..."
"What did you see? I saw the equity catalog of the Canal Company!"
As soon as these words came out, Xiao Letian's eyes suddenly lit up, "Have you written them all down?"
"I have recorded more than 60% of the catalogs that I can see, but I really can't see the rest clearly..."
When Xiang Ying handed the notebook in his pocket to Yuan's hand, Xiao Letian was stunned when he saw it. He was very familiar with the string of words on it.
"Somerset, Churchill, Edward, Feng, Mountbatten, Windsor...Howard, Charles, Canterbury..." One name after another jumped out of Xiao Letian's mouth.
Wang Huaiyuan's expression next to him also became complicated: "So that's it, that's it. No wonder you don't allow us to attack the Canal Company. This is simply a hornet's nest!"
Xiao Letian closed the notebook and handed it to Wang Huaiyuan, "The CIA keeps a file... Xiang Ying did a good job this time. I will give you a big credit!"
Hyōtaro couldn't understand what kind of routine this was. He stamped his feet angrily, "What's going on? What on earth is going on? What's the use of these words? Tell me..."
Xiao Letian waved his hand and suppressed him, "Don't worry, there is actually no secret in these words. These are very ancient aristocratic surnames spread in Europe!"
"Europeans' names are actually similar to those of Fuso people. They value first names but not surnames. Even in Fuso, civilians are not allowed to have surnames. In Europe, it's relatively better and civilians can also have surnames, but they are not the most noble..."
"I haven't done any research in this area, but I heard from friends that European surnames are actually very random. Some of them are surnames based on their ancestors' occupations. For example, Baker is a baker, Hunter is a hunter..."
"There are also surnames based on geography and place names. For example, Mir means mill, and Green means grass or lawn... These are common people's surnames. On top of these surnames, there is also a surname of aristocrats!"
"For example, Queen Victoria, her surname is Windsor. Of course, due to inheritance issues in Europe, many monarchs have multiple surnames. One person inherits many surnames. This is a way to compete for inheritance rights..."
"Hyotaro! Xiang Ying's unexpected appearance this time directly confirms my guess. The water in this canal is really unfathomable, and we cannot mess with it at all!"
"If we besiege the consulate, Napoleon III, the French emperor, will be remembered. But if you attack the canal company, then you may offend the aristocracy of the entire Europe and the big plutocrats and capitalists who are their allies!"
"We are not afraid of offending France. This time we came to Europe to start a war with France, but offending the entire European aristocracy and big capitalists? I don't have the strength!"
"Xiang Ying, what are your thoughts..."
Xiang Ying took a sip of wine to moisten his throat. "After entering the Canal Company, I felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere. The furnishings inside the company were very simple and gorgeous. It was a low-key luxury. It did not have the aura of a nouveau riche... "
"After I entered the vault, while they were celebrating cash, I actually found a corner of paper exposed among the chaotic pile of documents on the table. It should be a financial statement..."
"But the text exposed in the corner was actually in German! I was a little puzzled at the time, why would the French-controlled canal company use German to make reports? Isn't this weird?"
"We all know that the Canal Company claims that its shareholdings are mainly composed of France first, Egypt second, and the United Kingdom third... It is composed of these three companies in total. Have you ever heard of the German Federal State participating in the shareholding?"
"In order to solve this puzzle, I tried to ask for directions. I asked them to use a certain amount of stocks as collateral. In fact, I just wanted to see what secrets were in the filing cabinet..."
"As soon as I opened the cabinet, I saw folders densely packed inside. There was a directory on the outside side with these last names on it..."
Then Hyōtaro suddenly realized, "Cunning and cunning! You are so cunning! But what if there is nothing in the cabinet?"
Xiang Ying shrugged and said nonchalantly, "Anyway, if there are jujubes but there are no jujubes, you can make three poles. This kind of thing is gambling. Who knows what is in the cabinet before it is opened? Fortunately, we are very lucky. I really made the right bet this time." !”
Xiao Letian looked through the paper stocks used as collateral, and his thoughts fell into deep memories. In his previous life, stocks had long become a string of codes in the electronic network. Only those who traded stocks before the computer age Only old investors will own paper stocks.
Of course, the internal equity of each company still exists in paper form, but those are the privileges of the original major shareholders, and ordinary shareholders have no chance to see them.
"This is the first batch of Canal Company stock. It is the most original. If it is kept for more than a hundred years, it will become an antique!"
Xiao Letian suddenly raised his head and saw Bingtaro looking at him in confusion. He knew that this guy still hadn't understood the secrets inside. Xiao Letian looked at his chest and said that it was just one o'clock in the morning. It was still early and he was not sleepy at all. Lotte decided that it still had to have a good chat about this topic with the senior executives around it.
"In fact, wars in human history have always been divided into two types: light and dark. My darkness is not the secret war of intelligence by Wang Ju and others, because intelligence warfare is also a part of research by military scientists, and it is an indispensable component of hot war. part……"
"My two kinds of wars, one is the struggle between people, and the other is the war between capital and capital. To put it bluntly, it is the war of money!"
