Chapter 699 Lack of Money Is a Big Problem

Li Xiao sighed again, a little speechless about Alexei's uprightness. It seemed that this man had been hanging out with Leonid for too long, and he was led to be a little too upright and old-fashioned. If you look at Vishnyak, you also saw his performance just now, but he was not as excited as Alexei. It was obvious that he had realized that there was something in it.

"My friend, do you think I am really a fool?" Li Xiao asked.

Alexey was stunned and replied: "Of course not, you are the smartest person I have ever met."

Li Xiao said dumbfounded: "Then why do you think I let that woman go because of face issues or because I didn't realize the seriousness of the problem?"

Alexey was stunned: "Then why did you do this?"

Li Xiao smiled and said: "It's simple, because it is more beneficial to us!"

Alexey was immediately confused because he couldn't figure out why it would be more beneficial to let Julian go. In his opinion, that woman was a beauty and a complete disaster. Keeping her was like placing a time bomb next to Frederick I. How could he keep her?

But Li Xiao calmly replied: "Is it a bad thing for Emperor Friedrich I to leave a bomb next to him? Why don't I think so?"

Alexey immediately summoned him and said anxiously: "How can that be done? After all, he is Prince William's prospective son-in-law and our ally. If there are unstable factors around him, he can easily be exploited by the enemy! How can you be so confused? What’s up?!”

Before Li Xiao could answer, Vishniak was ahead of him. He sighed and persuaded: "I understand what Andre meant. People like Friedrich I are actually not friendly to us." It is indeed necessary to place bombs around him as a so-called ally. If he wants to be detrimental to us in the future, we can just detonate the bomb directly."

Alexey was stunned, because he had never thought about it in this direction at all. He always felt that it was very important to maintain friendly relations with Prussia, so he must help his allies avoid potential dangers around him.

Vishniak's words did not easily open the door to a new world for him, but doing so was really a bit awkward. It felt too immodest. Besides, even if it was just in case, it was a bit too much. After all, the relationship between Prussia and Russia Not bad, right?

Before he could speak, Li Xiao further explained: "It's not to destroy the crown prince. To be precise, it's to better control him and prevent him from continuing to cause us trouble. My friends, think about it, like A woman like Julianne does things for money. The Austrians can use it, why can't we use it. If necessary, spend a small amount of money to let her blow the pillow, so that the crown prince will cause us less trouble, or guide the crown prince to speak for us. , isn’t this better?”

Alexey was stunned. He really didn't think in this direction. After Li Xiao broke the window paper, he couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

This is indeed feasible. A woman with no moral integrity like Julianne must do things for a fee. At least judging from her work for Austria, she did not do a bad job and almost caused big trouble for them.

But it is precisely because of this that Alexei becomes even more nervous, because who can guarantee that they can control this woman? Judging from the fact that she is willing to do anything for money, what if the enemy offers a higher price?

"It's easy to handle," Li Xiao replied easily, "So this time we have to give her a good beating to let her know how good we are. I will entertain her well during this trip to the United States!"

Alexey and Vishnyak were stunned again. It turned out that this was what happened. Someone dared to send Julianne to leave Europe for refuge, but took the opportunity to strike. If it came like this, it was not impossible.

Vishniak even laughed happily and said: "It's good to do this. Not only does it offend the crown prince, but it also makes him owe us a favor. In the end, he also dealt with the woman, leaving the Austrians in vain." !”

Alexei was not as excited as he was. He still believed that it was too risky, so he might as well blackmail Frederick I directly and make him be more honest for a long time in the future.

"The last thing we need now is one more enemy," Li Xiao looked at him and sighed, and said slowly: "The situation on the front line is very bad. I'm afraid Ineada's side will suffer heavy losses. At this time, being tough will offend Baden. The Grand Duchy is too... to stabilize them and Prussia, not to mention letting them support us, at least let them maintain the status quo."

Alexey was surprised, because Li Xiao's mood had not been so low since the war broke out. Even he was like this. How bad was the front line?

Alexey asked hurriedly: "Is the situation on the front line very bad?"

Li Xiao nodded silently and sighed: "The losses on Ineada's side will be greater, and Britain and France are concentrating all their manpower and material resources to try to break through the mine blockade. I think with their financial resources, it is only a matter of time. Guys, the future situation It will get worse rapidly, and we’d better be mentally prepared for the worst!”

Alexei and Vishniak were shocked, because although they were mentally prepared and knew that the future situation would be very serious, they had never imagined that it would be so serious. According to Li Xiao, the future might be It would be terrible!

Alexey finally calmed down. Looking at it this way, it is very important to try to maintain relations with Prussia and related neutral countries. This was really not the right time to offend Frederick I because of a woman, that would be too stupid.

"Okay," Alexey sighed, "who makes the situation better than the people? But now, in addition to the big trouble in the future, we have a more serious problem. Financially, we are going bankrupt. If we can't If we obtain new financing from the Union Bank of Prussia, we will only issue bonds..."

At this point, he whispered: "It's hard to say whether anyone will buy our bonds now..."

Vishniak was shocked. He knew that Wallachia had financial problems, but he did not expect that the problem was so serious. It was going to bankruptcy. No wonder Alexei was so decisive and kind when facing Frederick I. Be merciless.

It's just that making money is really not what he is good at. He can only look at Li Xiao helplessly, hoping that Li Xiao can find a way to solve this difficult problem.

"Let's do it step by step," Li Xiao pinched his forehead and sighed: "I will try to do Prince William's work, and I will also ask Friedrich I to speak for us, but considering the overall international situation, I am afraid it will be a bit difficult. So on the one hand, we have to carry out a conservation campaign and suspend some non-essential projects, and on the other hand, we have to try to continue open source..."