To Four Thousand Years Later

The butler greeted Leonardo politely, and then led them directly to the inner courtyard.

This should have been greeted by Duke Galeazzo in advance. but

Leonardo keenly noticed that the butler didn't seem to be in a good mood. His brows tightened, as if he was thinking about something.

"Your Excellency," Leonardo asked suddenly, "is the situation serious?"

"What about you. Yes, too.

He sighed: "The conflict between His Excellency the Duke and Lord Ludovico is getting more and more intense," they are arguing again today... This is not something that servants like us can interfere with. You are a distinguished guest of the Duke, so you can ask me. Excuse me, but I must persuade you to fight. There are so many conflicts between brothers.

"Arguing?"

Leonardo nodded thoughtfully: "I see.

It seems that the truth is a little different from the appearance.

start arguing

…if Leonardo guessed right. There should be no contradiction. But there are more real conflicts of interest in it.

As soon as he entered the restaurant, Leonardo heard Ludovico's roar.

"You want to embezzle your father's property!

"You're throwing money in the water

Galeazzo slammed the table hard.

At this moment, the butler knocked on the door. The quarrel inside suddenly stopped. After a while, Galeazzo whispered angrily.

Hearing this, the old housekeeper pushed open the door. Leonardo nodded to the musician and walked in.

I saw Galeazzo and the others having dinner at the table.

Galeazzo sat at the table, while Ludovico was four or five tables away from him. Opposite Ludovico, there are four children.

Leonardo glanced at them and saw their names: Carlo, Caterina, Alexandra, Ciara. It was Galeazzo who had told himself before, the four illegitimate children he had with his mistress Crezia. After he succeeded the Duke of Milan, he brought them all into the court. But watching their father and uncle quarreling, the four of them dare not say a word. The illegitimate child must learn to read words and expressions. Essentially, though, they are related to Galeazzo. But it's still a strange person.

Although not all illegitimate children are hated by their fathers, they still have no place to speak on matters of this level.

"What happened, my friend?

Leonardo asked Galeazzo with concern: "Did you quarrel?"

With that said, he sat down next to Galeazzo, and Lielagin sat next to him.

"I'm leaving first, brother. Ludovico got up suddenly, took off his napkin, and took another deep look at Leonardo: "I have other things to do. At this moment, Leonardo immediately saw his name turn red again. And it was different from the previous ones—this time it was bright red like blood. Galeazzo didn't call him back.

He just lowered his head, chewing the bacon without saying a word. The atmosphere at the dinner table was almost frozen, and his illegitimate children also lowered their heads, eating carefully and observing etiquette. I dare not make any sound, and chew very slowly, I am afraid that I will not be able to eat any taste.

"Have you finished eating?"

Galeazzo suddenly asked: "After eating, do your homework. After you finish your homework, you can play."

After he said this, there was a long silence before Carlo said cautiously, "I'm done eating.

"Don't sit around the table when you're done eating.

"Yes, father!"

Carlo immediately breathed a sigh of relief, saluted Galeazzo and Leonardo, then turned and left as if fleeing for his life.

"Dad, I'm done too.

"me too.

"I'm full too.

Seeing this, his other children immediately whispered. Galeazzo waved his hand, indicating that they could leave. When they all left, Galeazzo sighed.

"My brother

"what happens?"

Leonardo asked softly: "You guys don't look like a quarrel between brothers."

"Then what do you think it's like?

"Business. Wrangling. Bargaining.

Leonardo replied.

Hearing this, Galeazzo's expression froze, and he couldn't help laughing bitterly: "No...

Leonardo asked. Galeazzo sighed and said, "It's about the Bank of Turin.

"Sounds like a big bank.

"It's a **** big bank, Salomon, and it's a liar!"

Galeazzo gritted his teeth and said, "I asked someone about it. The Bank of Turin is a new bank opened a few years ago. They don't have much capital, so they recruited some small depositors.

"It started in the winter of the previous year. At that time, the Bank of Turin was almost out of deposits, claiming that the bank was at risk of bankruptcy, and temporarily stopped paying. Then they gave depositors some notes as collateral...that is, bad checks. Because they didn't There is no money that can be exchanged." After that, the depositors became anxious. But they were in a hurry for money, so they could only sell the empty notes on hand... You know, if the notes are to be discounted, they need to be sold at a discount.

Galeazzo said, looking at Leonardo. "What do you think happened after that?" he asked.

…Again, they say the risk is over and the blank cheque is ready to be cashed? "Leonardo raised his eyebrows and replied

Galeazzo was stunned.

He couldn't help sighing: "You really... But how do you know? Tell me quickly, are they liars?"

"No, you go ahead. I have a little guess.

Leonardo shook his head, signaling Galeazzo to continue. He suddenly saw a sense of déjà vu from here, "The back is the same as what you said.

Galeazzo shrugged: "The bad check can be cashed again. Not only can it be cashed, but it can also be paid dividends... There are a few big savers who are not in a hurry, but they made a lot of money with this." Then last year At this time, they said that they had no money. There are still a group of people panicking, but with the lessons from last time, more people decided to hold on this time.

"The result was as one would expect - the Bank of Turin has survived the 'winter crisis' again. Those who have not left him have made a fortune, and those who have not held back in the end regret it. Leonardo asked : "And then your younger brother decided to invest in them? "

"Almost. But this time they didn't cry out for bankruptcy.

Galeazzo sighed: "That guy claimed to build a railway center, so he circled a piece of land for this purpose, and opened a Turin railway transportation company. He also plans to invest in a canal, and use the underground railway in Sardinia I have picked up my plans, and there are many more. It seems that I have indeed made a lot of money in the past two years.

"Then is there any problem here?" He nodded: "That guy Ludovico invested in the railway center and the underground railway. I don't know where he got some inside information, saying that the underground railway is going to be put on hold. Because of the project There's a big mess by design, what's fatally flawed about the Underground Railroad plan...

"I told him that I knew this person was unreliable. Let's get our investment back. But Ludovico claimed that the person who gave him the information had a close relationship with the Bank of Turin, and if he had inside information, the railway would not be connected. The investment income of the railway center will be doubled.

"So not only does he not intend to withdraw his investment, but he also wants to exchange the shares of the subway at a discount for the shares of the railway center, and even buy all the deposits into the shares of the Turin Railway Transport Company. Galeazzo muttered: " I always feel that person is a liar. But I can't get any evidence... I can't let him use the family assets to invest in people who are not clean. But he also said that I was sitting on nothing, greedy for family assets and personal pleasure, and bought a bunch of useless things... Uh, well, I admit, I am indeed greedy for pleasure. But it didn't cost me much...

As he said that, he suddenly remembered something, and pulled out his head suddenly. Looking eagerly at Leonardo.

"Leonardo, my friend! Give me an idea—or tell me if he's a liar after all! Are my instincts correct!