Chapter 36

Earl Vladimir, who was eager to see through, didn't know that before he was completely subdued, he might not be able to receive those few life-saving letters, because all he could do every day was wait and avoid debts.

Yes, Count Vladimir, who was high-spirited before, was treated a bit miserably. When he, the commander of the city defense army, ordered his subordinates and could not punish those who did not show face, everyone knew that he was just a Toothless paper tiger.

Paper tigers can't bluff people, so when the walls fall, everyone pushes them down, drums are smashed by thousands of people, no matter whether it's a cat or a dog, they can rush up to give him some color.

Every day, countless creditors waved bills to ask him for an account, and no one would take his every order seriously. He became the center of jokes in Bucharest. Countless jokes are born every day around how he avoids debts.

This kind of situation made him feel devastated, not to mention continuing to flirt with girls, he is now deprived of tea and food, haggard like a depressed patient.

"Count, you should pay more attention to your body! Even if you are dedicated to serving the public, you must exercise restraint!"

"Haha, I think His Excellency the Earl is probably too busy with business affairs, but with love troubles. Tell me, which lady did you have a tryst with yesterday?"

Accompanied by jokes or sarcasm, Count Vladimir walked into the governor's mansion in embarrassment. It was completely different from the last time he came here for a meeting. The Wallachian nobles who could only look up to him and greet him carefully He completely changed his face with his colleagues.

Each of them became so hideous, each of them dared to make fun of him, and each of them became lawless!

Count Vladimir was very angry. He tried hard to put on the airs of the past and let them know that a lean camel is bigger than a horse. But this is meaningless, because he has no deterrent power after his details have been exposed, and no one will be afraid of him. And his face-saving attitude will only make people feel that he is even more ridiculous.

"Gentlemen, be quiet, the meeting is now!"

It wasn't until the appearance of Alexei that the joy in the conference room was settled. He just coughed and silenced the noisy conference room, and invisibly told Count Vladimir who was the boss.

"Except for some problems with the city defense army last month, the rest of the departments performed pretty well. I hope everyone will continue to work hard... As for the city defense army, Count Vladimir, I hope you can make adjustments as soon as possible and take good care of you." My subordinates, please don’t cause any trouble, if you give orders indiscriminately and instruct your subordinates to do some messy things, I will personally tell His Majesty to replace you! Do you understand?”

Count Vladimir wanted to cry, because he dared to confront Alexei on this occasion last month, but this month he could only be trained like a grandson by the other party. It was really humiliating!

Even if Alexei is governor,

Even if he has a little back recently, he can't be pinched like dough at will!

"Your Excellency, I..."

Count Vladimir was about to resist when he was interrupted by Alexei without hesitation. He continued to teach: "Your Excellency, I am asking if you understand. If you understand, say yes, and if you don't understand, say yes." I don’t understand. I’m not interested in listening to your sophistry, and I don’t want to listen to your nonsense! Also, solve your debt problem quickly, and don’t let your personal problems affect the overall image of the empire in Wallachia!”

Count Vladimir was speechless, but it could be seen that he was still unconvinced. After the meeting, Alexey asked, "Is he going to jump the wall?"

Li Xiao snorted contemptuously: "Then let him try dancing!"

Alexei saw that Li Xiao was so confident, so he didn't say anything, and changed the subject and said: "Our relationship with Turkey is becoming more and more tense, and it is said that even the Black Sea Fleet has dispatched to the strait! "

This situation makes Li Xiao also a little worried, because Russia's attitude recently is a bit strange, a bit unreasonable and unforgiving. He is becoming more and more rude to Turkey, as if Turkey has become a dish on his dinner plate.

Of course, this is not the case. Although Turkey is weak, its existence maintains the final balance in the Middle East and the Balkans. If this balance is broken, the entire European pattern will be rewritten.

Therefore, neither France nor the United Kingdom want the balance to disappear. They are very dissatisfied with Russia, which has repeatedly made troubles and put pressure on it. That is to say, Nicholas I is still only on the basis of talking. will be very serious.

Alexei continued: "I also heard that the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Fleet has arrived in the Aegean Sea, and the French Navy is also preparing to take action."

In fact, this is not a rumor, but has already happened. Hearing that the Black Sea Fleet was brazenly intimidating Turkey at the other end of the Bosporus Strait, the British responded immediately, and the elite Mediterranean Fleet was dispatched immediately. The Aegean held a head-to-head exercise.

As for the French fleet, it immediately set sail from Toulon and rushed to the relevant waters. All these news were publicly published in the newspapers to ensure that Russia could learn of them as soon as possible. This can explain the attitude of Britain and France.

"This is an obvious warning!" Li Xiao replied with a serious face, "Then how will the country respond?"

Alexei sighed and said: "Prepare to continue to be tough. The Black Sea Fleet may continue to operate near the strait. The Ministry of War also ordered us to take action on the Bulgarian border..."

Speaking of this, Alexei couldn't help but spit out: "Tell me what this is called. In the past, at least Nesselrode would stand up to persuade the fight, but now it's good. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is also shouting and shouting. The posture of the world is not chaotic, what is going on in this world? Do they really think that we have a chance of winning with Britain and France at the same time?"

Li Xiao was also lost in thought, because Nesselrode's recent behavior is really strange, completely different from his previous one, logically speaking, it shouldn't be like this, what's wrong?

For the first time, Li Xiao was a little eager to return to St. Petersburg, because only there could he find out what happened and then make the right decision. It's just that this is obviously impossible, so he can only sigh:

"Maybe they are all crazy? Forget it, let's ignore their bad things, let's do our own things first, quickly repair the railway, and further expand the army and prepare for war. Prepare for the worst first!"

Hearing this, Alexei also sighed, because these emergencies have greatly interfered with their governance in Wallachia. According to the original plan, Wallachia should focus on economic recovery for at least five years, but It's only been three years now, and we have to expand our armies and prepare for war. Tell me what this is called!