Chapter 31 Change Strategy (Part 2)

Li Xiao's words were somewhat reasonable. Count Vladimir's background was indeed very strong, and he was indeed scary, but the undeniable fact was that he was only the commander of the Bucharest city defense.

This so-called City Defense Commander is very important, but not so important that it makes people bow down. After all, he is not even the commander of the Wallachia garrison, and he is not qualified to make irresponsible remarks at all.

Let's put it this way, Alexei gave this guy some color, it was for Nicholas I's face. But it was normal for Alexei not to give him any face.

After being reminded by Li Xiao, Alexei only remembered this incident, and he felt a little more at ease. He asked with some doubts: "Can those guys below understand our intentions?"

Li Xiao replied with a smile: "Don't underestimate those bureaucrats, their ability to read their words and understand their superiors' intentions is beyond your imagination!"

Alexei was stunned, because he felt that there might be bureaucrats in Wallachia or Bucharest, but it was impossible to have so many officials. Or officials, but at least they won't be fooling around, right?

This made Li Xiao burst into laughter. After laughing for a long time, he stood up and put his arms around Alexei's shoulders and said, "This is the funniest joke I have ever heard. My friend, if you were Seriously, then all I can say is that it's dangerous, and you'd better drive around regularly, it will help you get to know the real Wallachia!"

Alexei was obviously in a daze, because he felt that he had done a good job in the past few years, and he knew everything about the ups and downs, at least he knew it well, but why did he feel like he was staying in an ivory tower when he listened to someone?

This made Alexei very insecure. He began to examine his past two years. Could it be that he was really overwhelmed by the praise and lost his sense of crisis.

It's just that he hasn't cleared his mind yet, so Li Xiao said directly: "It's not that complicated to understand the situation. Next time you go out, take a few people with you, take an ordinary carriage, and then go around. ! Now let's settle the matter of Count Vladimir first!"

In fact, there is nothing to solve, because the solutions are ready-made, at least Alexei’s secretary casually hinted at the heads of the various departments below, and then Alexei slapped Count Vladimir a few times in public. Everyone knows what to do.

And this opportunity came very soon. In the next day, the Governor's Mansion held a meeting to discuss how to implement Nicholas I's will to put pressure on Turkey. At this meeting, Count Vladimir was not generally active. From the very beginning, he He regards himself as the protagonist or the master, as if all around him are his followers who can be assigned at will.

"Your Majesty's will must be carried out, and more troops should be sent to the border, not only in the direction of Bulgaria, but also in the direction of Constanta!"

"The Turks can be overwhelmed by force if necessary,

Let them taste our power! "

Count Vladimir was talking endlessly while secretly observing the expressions of other people. Alexei was expressionless and couldn't see anything, while the others were all respectful and even trembling.

This undoubtedly made Count Vladimir very satisfied, and he felt like he had become the governor. He is convinced that after a while, this will not be a feeling, but a fact!

Immediately, he slandered Arkady in his heart, thinking that the other party was procrastinating, if the other party could be more agile, he might be the governor of Wallachia now.

Thinking about it, Count Vladimir looked at Alexei's face and licked his lips quietly. Now it is becoming more and more difficult for him to hide his greed.

"inappropriate!"

Just when Count Vladimir was dreaming, Alexey brought him back to reality with one sentence, and he ruthlessly rejected Count Vladimir's suggestion.

"Our troops are limited. We need to maintain the stability of Wallachia and put pressure on Bulgaria. Now it is our limit. There is absolutely no possibility of increasing our troops or even threatening Constanta!"

"Only idiots who know nothing about the military will make enemies on three sides. Our main task now is to ensure the stability of Wallachia, and actively cooperate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to put pressure on Turkey. Other redundant self-assessment things are not allowed!"

Alexei's words were very tough, almost completely negating Count Vladimir's opinion, making him unable to get off the stage.

Seeing this scene, everyone in the meeting was stunned and then exchanged glances secretly. Everyone is a well-informed old fox. How could they not know the gossip from the Governor's Mansion. They were not sure before, because Count Vladimir has a great background, and not just anyone dares to be stubborn.

But looking at the current situation, the relationship between Alexei and Count Vladimir is not on good terms or even in conflict. The rumors that the former wants to clean up the latter may be true!

For a while, everyone in the meeting felt a little bit on pins and needles. They felt that this meeting was not easy to hold. After all, one was the illegitimate son of Nicholas I and the other was their immediate boss. Don't dare to offend, what do you ask them to do between these two people!

The atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly dropped a few degrees, as if it were an icehouse. Count Vladimir, who was stunned, gave Alexei a gloomy look, his eyes were full of coldness, he was very annoyed at Alexei's provocation, and he wanted to let the other party immediately Know who's boss!

"What is this nonsense!"

Count Vladimir slapped the table and shouted: "This is equivalent to doing nothing. It is simply passive and lazy! We must take action immediately without delay. I request that action be taken immediately after the meeting is over. There must be no further delay!"

While talking about Count Vladimir, he glanced at Alexei provocatively, as if to say: "What can you do to me!"

But immediately he was overturned, because Alexey's reply was: "Your request will not be approved!"

Just this one sentence is more effective than thousands of words. Count Vladimir was dumbfounded. He never thought that Alexei's answer would be like this, because it was not what he expected at all.

He felt that Alexei was more likely to argue with him, in short, to have a big talk, but he never expected it to be like this, he felt like a monkey in a circus, being slipped around... …