Chapter 1489 Give It a Try?

Vladimir Uvarov and Nikolay Uvarov did not think they were very courageous, let alone how arrogant their behavior was.

In fact, the two young men had completely different perceptions and judgments of themselves from Li Xiao. They felt that they were excellent representatives of noble young men and were rare white lotuses in the aristocratic circle of St. Petersburg.

Let me ask you, if the father of other people was a great god like Count Uvarov, would they not find a particularly good position for their children? It would be reasonable to be the director or deputy director of the Ministry of Finance or the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

But what about in reality? They were only minor officials under the Minister of Agriculture and Education, with neither much power nor much money, which was really useless.

How much they suffered from this alone!

Not to mention that Count Uvarov did not allow them to make money openly under his banner. At most, they could only indirectly use the old man's name to do some trivial things, which was really boring!

If they knew that Li Xiao actually thought they were arrogant and would drown someone with his saliva, if this was considered arrogant, then what were the other sons of powerful families called? Arrogant puss version?

So are these two brothers really as pitiful as they say?

Objectively speaking, Count Uvarov did impose certain restrictions and limitations on them, but it was not just as simple as letting them make a little money.

Small money and big money are different people's views from different perspectives. The small money in the eyes of the two brothers may be a mountain of gold and silver in the eyes of others.

Those two guys are used to spending lavishly and naturally think that everything is small money. But if there is no Count Uvarov as a backer, can they earn this money with their ability and level?

Then I can only say haha, these two brothers are both people who are high-minded but incompetent. They really know their mother when they go to bed and their shoes when they go down to bed. There is nothing to say.

Let's put it this way, it is precisely because Count Uvarov knows the nature of these two sons too well that he deliberately restricts their actions. Otherwise, with the power of these two guys, they might cause him trouble.

However, Count Uvarov had too many things to pay attention to and take care of. He was so busy that he could only take time to pay attention to these two sons who were not doing well. Naturally, they had many opportunities to take advantage of them.

"One embezzled funds to support a mistress? The other was heavily in debt and gambled every day?"

Well, Li Xiao found out that these brothers were playing like a spendthrift after a little investigation. Vladimir actually embezzled a large amount of funds from the agricultural department to support a French girl. It is said that he has spent millions of rubles. What else can't he do with so much money? He can buy more than one life-size figure made of pure gold, right? Why are French women so precious?

Compared with the playboy, Nikolai, the casino tycoon, was even more outrageous. Li Xiao just checked and found that he owed no less than 1.5 million rubles in foreign debt. This is still relatively obvious and can be easily found. God knows if he has other more hidden debts. Anyway, with this guy's income, it will take a hundred years to pay it off.

A huge debt of more than two million and close to three million is not a small number. Even if Count Uvarov is able to make money, he may not have made so much money in all these years. He must go bankrupt to fill these two holes.

"I want him to have a taste of this!" Vishniak said viciously.

However, Li Xiao did not want to do it so simply and crudely. It might not be as simple as imagined to burst the debt. The reason why the two brothers were so bold is probably because they knew that their father could fill these two holes.

Not to mention the embezzlement of public funds, just the fact that Nikolai can continue to spend a lot of money in the casino and continue to borrow money to continue gambling when he is in debt can explain a problem.

That is, Count Uvarov's face is still useful. If it weren't for his face, would the moneylender give money so happily?

Those guys who eat people without spitting bones are not charity halls. They are more cruel than anything else when forcing debts. If they wanted to do this, they would have burst Nikolai long ago.

In other words, they were not in a hurry at all, and they did not even think about collecting debts. They were even afraid that Nicholas would not be satisfied, so they kept stuffing money into his hands.

In this case, how much damage would it cause even if Li Xiao exposed the matter? The creditors were not in a hurry, so why should you? Isn't this a dog chasing a rat?

"Check the brothers carefully again. I don't believe that they only have this little problem!"

Vishniak wanted to say that this was really not a small problem, but who said this? Who made him promise to follow the other party's instructions in all actions?

At the moment, he could only continue to check the brothers reluctantly. As for Li Xiao, he was not idle either. He once found the information given by Count Rostovtsev and read it again.

It's not that there are clues about the brothers' crimes, but Li Xiao felt that a smart person like Count Uvarov could not fail to realize that the pair of idiot sons were his biggest handle.

How could a man as shrewd and cunning as him not make any preparations for this and just expose his weaknesses right under the enemy's noses?

This is totally irrational, and it is not in line with the character of a veteran who has been in the officialdom for decades.

Li Xiao felt that the two brothers were a bit like bait or traps, which were deliberately placed outside by Count Uvarov to attract fire.

He could react immediately to anyone who attacked the two brothers, thereby identifying where the enemy came from and what background they had, and predicting his next actions.

Is this the legendary "you can't catch a wolf without sacrificing your child"?

Li Xiao was a little shocked. Is there such a cruel father?

But thinking about the lifestyle and style of the two brothers Vladimir and Nikolay, if it were him, Count Uvarov would probably want to shoot these two bastards on the wall.

It is reasonable to simply use waste, at least to make the waste play a key value. It can also be regarded as turning waste into treasure.

What's more, as long as Count Uvarov survives the attack, there will be plenty of ways to make up for those two bastards in the future.

From this perspective, Count Uvarov's digging this pit is really a good trick.

Should we do something to these two dudes?

Li Xiao once fell into deep thought. According to common sense, Vishniak's actions might have set off an alarm bell. Count Uvarov might have noticed his actions. If he continued to act, he might fall into a trap.

But Li Xiao thought that throwing a stone to test the water was also a good way. After all, Count Uvarov had built himself into an iron wall. A strong attack would definitely not work. Why not test his reaction and see what he would do?