Those who steal the country will be martyred, and those who steal the hook will be punished! The ancestors of the Chinese people have understood this truth thousands of years ago, but it took Eugene and Andrew half their lives to get a glimpse of it.
Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country! All over the world, this is a sin of decapitation, which can be said to be intolerable to any nation!
But today, with solid evidence, the two were released unscathed. The only loss was that 60% of future profits would be taxed!
Paying taxes is not scary, the scary thing is that no one wants your taxes!
Because as long as you pay taxes, it means that your business is under invisible protection. At least that group will recognize your underground business.
Eugene and Andrew couldn't figure out what happened, but they could guess that they must be involved in a very subtle relationship.
This relationship is very dangerous but very balanced. The multiple forces are hostile to each other but maintain a certain harmony of non-aggression.
Eugene and Andrew walked back and forth in this system, conducting transactions for commercial interests, thus benefiting many parties. Although this benefit cannot be known to the whole people, benefits are benefits and no one can do without them.
After understanding this, the two men suddenly became emboldened. Not only did they begin to buy up pawnshops that were about to go bankrupt, they even began to hire local gangsters.
On the night of September 23, a group of unidentified robbers suddenly broke into the Tuileries Palace. They seemed to be very familiar with the palace's details. They went straight to the important treasure warehouse. Within half an hour, three wooden boxes contained a total of 160 precious items. cultural relics were stolen.
By the time the soldiers guarding the Tuileries Palace discovered the destroyed warehouse, the robbers had long gone.
At this time of war, all the people in Paris were focused on the war outside the city. The palace guards, who originally had 1,500 people, now only had 300 people.
The Tuileries Palace and the Louvre were so large that three hundred people were simply not enough. The theft shocked Trochu, and the old general quickly dispatched a thousand regular troops to strengthen the defense of the palace.
But unexpectedly, just 24 hours later, the Oriental Museum in Paris was robbed, and more than 230 Chinese cultural relics in the collection were lost. At that time, the Oriental Museum only had six old gatekeepers waiting.
If the cultural relics bought in pawnshops are third-rate goods, then those stolen directly from palaces and museums are first-rate and top-notch cultural relics.
Eugene and Andrew looked at these treasures with joy, thinking that they would make a lot of money. However, they never expected that after these treasures were delivered to the Chinese, they encountered an accident.
Sima Yun withheld these treasures but only gave a deposit of 500,000 francs, while Eugene and Andrew's asking price at that time was a full 1.5 million francs!
"Sir...you can't...you can't steal it openly...these are good things obtained from the Tuileries Palace and the Oriental Museum..."
"One and a half million is already the lowest price. Your money is not enough. It's really not enough!"
Sima Yun was holding a piece of jade seal in his hand. His hands were trembling. He just tried it with ink pad, and the four seal characters printed turned out to be 'Old Summer Palace Treasure'.
In other words, this seal represents the highest level of defense of the Old Summer Palace, that is, the highest level of seal example... Everyone knows that the Old Summer Palace was burned down by the British and French, and no one can remember how many cultural relics were lost.
If this jade seal is genuine, it is a supreme national treasure that cannot be measured by money!
Of course such a treasure is worth a thousand dollars, but no one here is an expert in cultural relics, and no one knows whether this seal is authentic or fake!
Even if they know the authenticity, no one knows how to price it!
This was different from the previous cultural relics transactions. The total amount of one cart was only one hundred and two hundred thousand francs. Sima Yun still looked down upon such a small amount of money. Even if there were fakes and losses, he could still hold on.
But now the amount of cultural relics trading is getting larger and larger, and the level is getting higher and higher. Today, the total transaction volume of this cart of more than 100 cultural relics has reached 1.5 million francs, which makes Sima Yunke's decision a bit difficult. .
"Two gentlemen, I'm not saying that I won't give you money, but I'm saying that I need a certain amount of time to verify the authenticity... Five hundred thousand francs is the deposit. If our experts identify it as genuine, we will have the remaining balance. There will be no shortage of coins..."
"Then we will take away two-thirds first. If you pay one-third of the money, you can only keep one-third..." Andrew said angrily.
Luo Huo, who was watching the excitement, suddenly stood up and said, "What are you talking about? Take it back? These are our Chinese cultural relics. Once they catch our eyes, we can't take them away..."
"Come here! Protect everything and take it away..."
"Hey, hey, hey... You can't rob openly, otherwise we won't be able to cooperate in the future... You can't do this..."
Sima Yun sneered and said, "Sorry, this is a buyer's market right now. Your buyers are only us. You have no choice..."
"You have no choice but to accept our conditions... But you can rest assured that we, the Chinese, don't look down on such a small sum of millions of francs. As long as the authenticity is verified, we will definitely not be without your..."
Eugene and Andrew were so anxious that their mouths were full of bitterness. They begged bitterly, "If it doesn't work, can you give us 60%? I won't hide it from you, Montmartre has levied 60% of our heavy tax! We Taxes have to be paid to them every three days..."
"You should give us the tax money first, otherwise we won't be able to turn around..."
After all, Sima Yun finally relented and gave them a 60% deposit. Eugene and Andrew had no choice but to shake their heads and go back to the city with a sigh.
As soon as Sima Yun and Luo Huo returned to the small town of Bobigny, they immediately sent a telegram to Bavaria in the north to report the latest situation to the head of state.
At this time, Xiao Letian reversed trains four times and changed horses three times. He had just arrived in Munich, the capital of Bavaria. Xiao Letian was so tired from the journey that he almost vomited blood.
When I arrived in Munich, I didn't even go to meet the politicians. I went straight to Princess Sissi's villa and took a hot bath without even caring about Wen Cun.
Xiao Letian, who was extremely tired, was already snoring like thunder in the bathtub, which made Princess Sissi extremely distressed!
He slept until ten o'clock in the morning the next day. When Xiao Letian opened his eyes and saw the sleeping Aries beside him, he could no longer restrain his impulse and actually got on his horse and committed adultery in the daytime!
This torment ended at 12 noon. When the luncheon started, Princess Sissi's face was like a peach blossom, her energy was like a gossamer, and she could hardly walk with cotton feet on her feet.
Wang Bureau, Wang Junlan and others looked at their noses, noses and hearts, and kept their minds calm... It was as if they didn't know anything, and they handed over a telegram without any embarrassment.
"Paris has finally fished out the big fish, and good things have surfaced..."
