C3237 Thiers pressed on, step by step.

This secret meeting was destined to not leave too many clues in the history books, and in the whole meeting, other than these three politicians, there were only the three translators. They were all people who understood the rules and had undergone strict confidential training, so these translators definitely would not leak out a single word of it to the public.

The three of them ate a hot pot in Old Beijing and drank two porcelain bottles of Erguotou. In the end, Thiers even packed some hawthorn fruit tea and went back to enjoy it.

But they did not reach a consensus on the key issue, and Bismark had even left the arena early!

However, the bet that Xiao Letian and Thiers had made became the absolute secret that made history scouts extremely curious.

No one knew what the bet was about, but people were able to pry a little bit from the development of the situation.

When Thiers's carriage left the Versailles, he looked towards the direction of the northern city of Paris City and fiercely said, "Damn bastards, if it wasn't for you, how could the France have become like this?!"

Paris was indeed not what it looked like. The entire city, including its surroundings, had gone extinct. It was originally the richest place in France, and had the highest gross national product, perhaps even a fifth of it.

Not only that, this city was like a hungry Pi Xiu, greedily absorbing the wealth of the France. This was because if these millions of citizens wanted to live, any government would have to guarantee that they would live on.

Thiers really wanted to cut off all supplies in Paris. The value of food that he provided amounted to more than 2 million francs per day, these were all Real Gold and Silver s, the new government had just started and they carried such a huge burden.

Thiers and his cabinet team did not have the money to pay the various provinces, and could only owe them something. It could be said that all the peasants in this country had become creditors of the new government.

The various provinces would write promissory notes to the farmers and Factory Owner, buy food, cloth and other necessities, and then exchange them for IOUs from Thiers's Cabinet. Only then would they be able to transport them to Paris.

In the end, Thiers was the one who took care of all this money, and what did he get in return for all this money? It is not a peaceful Paris that can be economically rebuilt.

Rather, it was the Bottomless Pit, a daily, endless protest march and National Guard's training exercise!

He could not understand why these people were so fond of protesting. The streets and alleys never stopped for a day. When the weather was good, a hundred and eighty thousand people could gather, and even if it was snowing, there would still be a few hundred people braving the cold winds to vent their anger.

In the eyes of these people, how could the entire world not satisfy them?

What was even more laughable was that there were many people who ran to the side of the Prussian army's army camp to demonstrate, demanding that the invaders retreat to France immediately … Didn't they think that Paris, which was destroyed by the cannons, would have no benefit in relying on you to just open your mouth and retreat?

In other words, the German military was very strict, and would not have fired without an order. Otherwise, if a round of bullets went through, these people would all be well-behaved.

"The limited funds of the new government must not be given to these parasites, absolutely not!" Thiers swore an oath fiercely to the heavens, and the order of the second day was passed down by the President.

Thiers's new law was definitely a humiliation to the poor in Paris, especially the Paris Commune.

Firstly, Thiers abolished the payment order for the pawn!

No matter how many scissors, cloth, and torn cotton-padded jackets you poor people have pawned to the outside world, you have to strictly abide by the contract!

No one will give you money for nothing, and don't even think about getting it back for free. The new government doesn't want to be a big spendthrift anymore!

This was impressive, Xiao Letian knew how much Thiers hated this news the moment he heard it, and how much determination he had!

In the past, when Xiao Letian had just arrived at this era, he did not really understand how important the pawn industry was to this era.

However, as time went by, he became more and more knowledgeable about it. Only then did he realize that the pawnshop industry, to this era, was completely a country's livelihood.

It could be said that the poor relied on pawns to survive, because what was lacking in this era was stability!

No one had any guarantee in their lives. They might be able to eat sausages and milk today, or they might be completely destitute tomorrow.

The Great Qing was like this, the poor people would often take off their cotton-padded jackets and pawn them in the early spring, using money to save the Spring Desolate.

Pawning was actually a kind of small loan for the poor. It was a kind of food loan for the sake of survival!

Having seen through this essence, one could understand the crisis of pawning. When the people of France pawned even the most basic necessities, it meant that even the most basic food requirements had become a problem.

But why did the Interim Defence Government allow the people to redeem the pawns for free and extend the payment for the pawns by a large amount? This is really a kind of protection for the poor, a kind of compromise for the poor.

They knew that the poor had no food to eat, that they had no money to redeem their property, and that they were already preparing to rebel.

The only expedient thing to do was to sacrifice the interests of the pawn shop owners in order to ease the sharp social contradictions of the time!

This was actually a very important reason why the Interim Defence Government was abandoned by the capitalists!

Today, Thiers didn't want to make a compromise with these poor bastards anymore. He was determined to solve the chaos in Paris.

After the decree was issued, Paris was in an uproar. Even the reporter from the London daily newspaper wrote in the article with great regret.

"More than 2,500 people pawned their mattresses... and countless tailors pawned 1,500 scissors... The cook pawned their cutlery, the carpenter pawned their carving knife... "

"How many daily necessities are on the cold shelves... and every shelf tells us this cruel secret... That is hunger! "

From national pawnshops to private pawnshops... The economic butcher's knife had finally been swung!

Paris was in an uproar. Just as the upper echelons of the commune were preparing to protest, one after another, even more frightening things happened. The new government ordered that Imperial Bank and the other banks would have to pay back all the small loan promissory notes within the next four months.

My god, the war is not over yet. The invaders have not left the land of the France and the economic reconstruction has not begun … The new government was about to start chasing down the debts of the former empire!

This desperate scheme had made the Paris Commune completely numb!