C2978 Paris in a state of disarray

The fact that the Versailles was captured proved that the Paris Siege had officially entered its final phase. The entire France was restless.

In the southern Orleans Battle Zone, the troops of the French Southern Regiment and the Prince Karl fought side by side.

Both sides continued to increase their troops. In the beginning, the Prussian army only had twenty-eight thousand people attacking the Orleans, and even captured the city in a short period of time. However, the retreating Southern Regiment s, under Gan Bida's strict orders, gathered at the Loire River.

In just three days, the total number of recruits had expanded to 70,000 troops, which then officially turned into the south's Louvre Regiment.

After gaining the support of the strong army, the Louvre group counterattacked and successfully chased the Prussian out of the Orleans!

The furious Prince Karl increased his troops once again, and even ordered the new reinforcements of the Bavaria army to join the battle, preparing for the attack on the Orleans.

The Ba Zan Army of the north was locked up in the Mace City, with over a hundred thousand of them fighting hard under the heavy encirclement of the enemy. Even the mice in the city were almost all eaten, but they were still fighting relentlessly.

As for the resistance of the local guerrillas, it was coming wave after wave. They destroyed the railways, attacked the transport fleet, ambushed the small groups of Prussian army, and the entire north was thrown into chaos.

But at the very moment when all France was fighting desperately against the invaders, Paris was in serious internal strife!

The royalist party was crazy, they were desperately attacking the Provisional Defence Council and also attacking the left wing of the Montmartre plateau. They fiercely criticized for not resisting the policy and forcing these people to go out of the city to fight with the Prussian!

Trochu and the rest were also crazy, they had actually forgotten what freedom of speech was.

It could be seen that Trochu and the others were also afraid. They were mainly unable to explain their strategy and tactics to the people, because they knew that the ordinary citizens had all gone mad. At this moment, they did not even need to think about it.

However, he did not expect that these royalist party people would be so well-informed. They took advantage of the night to escape from Paris and entered the arms of the Prussian.

The citizens were divided into two factions. One faction believed that the royalist party's words were reasonable and that they should start a war with the enemy. Right now, there were only over a hundred thousand Prussian army surrounding Paris.

However, the other side denounced the royalist party's actions, believing that these boneless cowards were not worthy to represent the France!

The people were only clamoring to see the liveliness, but Trochu, Blanqui and the rest of them felt a chill from the bottom of their hearts!

They had finally realized that Bismark accepting the royalist party was to use the Empire's restoration to put pressure on the new government! In other words, the Prussian was already prepared to support another empire!

How could this be allowed? Was the Republic so short-lived?

The committee ignored the conflict between them and the left side and hastily started the discussion, but this time Thiers became silent. On the surface, he looked serious but on the bottom of his heart, he was overjoyed.

All of this was a conspiracy between him and Xiao Letian, and Bismark was even a support!

The country's situation was already in their hands!

"Haha, continue being noisy! On the road to hell, I'll let you all have a good time first … "

Thiers had already given up on all kinds of conferences and meetings, so how could a country be solved by just having a meeting? If he had the time, he might as well do some scheming!

The facts were as expected. Even after two days of debating, there was still no consensus between the Provisional Defence Council and the leftists!

The Parisians had gone crazy as they marched through the streets, demanding to take the initiative, demanding to teach the invaders a lesson.

But Trochu, Blanqui and the rest knew that it was possible, to go out of the city and fight? That was an egg hitting a rock!

However, it was not to no avail. After a series of arguments, the National Defense Council had ordered a three-month extension of the rent for all Paris tenants, which meant that the current tenants could go to their houses on the east side of the city until April next year!

In addition, for the pawn of the people, anything under 15 francs can be redeemed for free!

This could be said to be a major compromise of the National Defence Council for the citizens, who were, of course, cheering, but the capitalists and the middle classes were wailing all over Paris.

Under the protection of his bodyguards, Thiers inspected the streets of Paris. He realised that practically all the pawnshops no longer opened their doors, instead, countless citizens surrounded the doors.

They were carrying small tickets to take away their pawns, but there was nothing valuable. It was just winter clothes, the bedding at home, and even daily necessities such as kitchen knives, plates, and ovens.

From this, one could tell the gap between the rich and the poor in Paris. Pawnshops could even be used to buy scissors, kitchen knives, and other daily necessities for the common people.

"Where's Eugene? Remember to remind him to be careful... Ask him if he has any friends in this business... "If you really can't do it, then run. What about the chaos in the future …"

Eugene's brother-in-law was a small businessman in Paris. He opened two pawnshops and a few buildings to rent.

And all the policies in the Interim Government were aimed at punishing a small merchant like him!

Eugene's brother-in-law, Andrew, was already on the verge of tears. The three buildings were filled to the brim with people, but he couldn't get a single cent to pay for them. The two pawnshops didn't even dare to open their doors.

A ticket of 15 francs will be returned to these peasants for nothing, and a ticket of 30 francs will be redeemed at half price... How could he be reasonable!?

He really wanted to leave, but all the properties were in Paris. He really couldn't bear to leave!

At the most fatal moment, his brother-in-law Eugene found him, "Brother-in-law …" I have a huge business to take care of you. Once we finish this business, I think we can squeeze into the ranks of the top merchants of France … "

"Look at what this is?" Standard Chartered's promissory note, a total of 80,000 francs... "

"Jesus, where did you get it? Didn't the exchange operations at BNP Paribas and London have been closed for some time now? "

Eugene and his brother-in-law Andrew were hiding in a small attic, whispering to each other like rats!

"I didn't exchange it from the UK. It was given to me by the Chinese..."

"My God! How did you get in touch with the Chinese... "Are you crazy? Do you want to die?"

"What do you know? "I've discovered a huge business opportunity. A business opportunity that can make a fortune …"

"Go take a look at all your pawns and see if there are any works of art or artifacts... Give me all of them, give them all to me, and I'll sell them to the Chinese for you! "

"Go and collect as much as you can …" Especially the cultural relics that we stole from China back in the day, when Paris surrounded the city, these items would no longer be worth much! "

"We can just buy it with a little money and sell it to the Chinese at a high price... Don't worry about anything else, as long as you can get your hands on and sell them to the Chinese! "