Romanian Eagle

Tikov was troubled all day because of the Romanian oil merchant whose pseudonym was Popovov, and he didn't come up with a clue until he got off work.

After get off work, Tikov returned to his home on the outskirts of Baku. His home is in the wealthy area of ​​Sabai, near the sea in Baku, where most of Azerbaijan's powerful people live, and Tikov's home is very luxurious even here. His home is a 950-square-meter three-story villa in the courtyard. There are marble statues carved by French artists, and there are many famous oil paintings hanging in the interior. And next to him is the villa of Baku Mayor Petronovich.

When Tikov got home, he handed his coat to the servant, and saw that his wife, Minepova, had a necklace with a huge diamond around her neck.

Tikov asked his wife curiously. "Miwa, why haven't I seen this diamond necklace? Did you just buy it?"

Wife Milepova a little strange to her husband's words. "Didn't your friend Popovow ask you to bring me from France? And a present for Madame Edelina."

When Tikov heard his wife's words, he asked calmly. "I forgot before, this was all from last year, I just mentioned it to Popov, I didn't expect him to bring it here. By the way, besides you and the mayor's wife, he also gave it to a few people. "

"Mrs. Closty, Mrs. Mickey, Miss Sademina..."

As his wife read more and more, Tikov found that these names included most of the powerful people in the Caucasus. And the gifts are not light. He initially calculated the gifts worth nearly 500,000 US dollars. It seems that the Romanian oil businessman has a big plan.

His wife, Milepova, looked at Tikov with a thoughtful look and asked curiously. "What's wrong with Tikov?"

"It's nothing but I didn't expect that so many people would ask Popovich to bring gifts, it was just a little surprised."

After answering his wife, Tikov suddenly spoke to her. "We haven't visited our neighbors for a few days. Let's go visit today."

After speaking, Tikov told the housekeeper. "Bring out my bottle of 1876 Bordeaux-Lafite wine, I'm going to drink red wine with the mayor Petronovich, he's been thinking about my bottle of wine for a long time."

"Okay sir."

Said to be neighbors, but the Tikov's house and the mayor's house were still 600 meters apart. Tikov took his wife with red wine to visit Petronovich's house.

"Tikov, you can't visit me for several days."

After the Tikovs came in, Mayor Petronovich smiled and greeted him.

Petronovich was a little plump in his forties, dressed in a modest black dress and white shirt. He is from the Tilisno family in St. Petersburg, and he is not too outstanding among the many nobles in St. Petersburg. But this was in St. Petersburg, in this frontier region Petronovich was still of noble birth, and he himself was more capable, giving him the power in Baku. Many local powerful figures have been submissive under his control.

Among his few hobbies, tasting red wine can be regarded as a hobby, so after seeing the red wine in Tikov's hand, Petronovich smiled even more brilliantly. "Tikov, I think you have had a lot of time with this bottle of Lafite. This time you have a good time."

In the face of Petronovich's warm welcome, Tikov also said with a smile. "Don't you know that you like red wine? I brought the wine here. Today we will taste the charm of this bottle of Lafite."

"yes,

This year is the best period for Bordeaux grapes, and the quality of Lafite is also very famous in the world. "

The Lafite they said was the red wine rating established by Napoleon III in 1855 by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce, and Lafite was also the top in the evaluation. The Lafite red wines that were identified as the best years in this period were 1847, 1848, 1858, 1864, 1869, 1870, especially the 1876 Lafite in the hands of Tikov, were considered to be the finest among the fine wines that Lafite wineries rarely encountered at that time. In this year, the grapes of Chateau Lafite received an exceptionally favorable growing environment. With the quality of the grapes in this year, Lafite produced a quality that could not be surpassed at that time. Therefore, in the eyes of red wine lovers around the world, the 1876 Lafite red wine is considered to be the most high-quality red wine.

The two first-class people in Baku chatted over this bottle of 1876 Lafite, while their wives talked privately by themselves.

"Mr. Mayor, the economic situation in Baku is very bad now, and our company's workers are now idle half the time."

For Tikov's complaints, Petronovich did not answer, but instead talked about the current situation. "The situation of the Empire on the Polish front line is not very good now, but the situation is still favorable to us. We still have an absolute advantage in terms of human resources and materials."

Tikov knew that the mayor was talking about the just-concluded Battle of Mazurihu. In this winter battle, under the leadership of Hindenburg and Ludendorff, the Germans on the Eastern Front spent more than ten days crippling the Russian Tenth Army, with a loss of more than 200,000 people. The defeat dwarfed the chances of Russian troops entering Galicia in Germany. Many experienced people can see that it is now impossible for Russia to invade the German interior.

The two big men in Baku were drinking red wine and chatting about the current situation in Russia. Tikov never opened his mouth to ask the Romanian oil businessman named "Popowov". Because he was reminded by his wife when he entered the door, the large shining diamond on the necklace hanging on the mayor's wife's neck was given by the oil merchant.

Tikov left with his wife after drinking wine with the mayor and chatting for a while. Mayor Petronovich, who was smiling and chatting with his neighbor before, put away his smile after Tikov left.

His wife Yedelina approached her husband and asked. "Will he agree to the deal?"

Petronovich looked at Tikov who was walking away and said. "He will. You must know that basically everything you can get in the Caucasus has been paid for. Of course, as the head of an oil company, he knows this, there is no problem dear."

The mayor turned to his wife and continued. "What's more, you are deliberately carrying this necklace from the Romanian. If you don't understand such obvious hints, then he will be kicked out of the oil company long ago."

"If it wasn't for the 5% commission, I wouldn't be willing to wear this necklace, it's too heavy."

Hearing his wife's complaints, Petronovich said in surprise. "Then let me sell this necklace."

"you dare."

Not to mention the flirting between the mayor and his wife, Tikov already had the answer when he got home. The next day, when he returned to the company, Tikov recruited "Pobo Noff" and carefully discussed the terms with him. Mainly because Tikov thought he, as the main person in charge, would endanger his own life if found out, so he needed to take a little more.

"Pobo Nurfu" and the joints he emphasized here have been opened up, and he is actually very dangerous. In the Caucasus, almost high-level officials will cover for him, but in the end, Tikov got a 6% rebate, but the oil can only be settled at the price in Russia, and "Popowov" can also help them. The money is deposited in any bank in whatever currency they want. Of course, this condition is also for the person in charge of all aspects of oil transportation who can reach out.

After opening up all the joints, in April the first oil tanker set off from the Black Sea port of Batumi with Baku oil to Constanta. The tanker was the smuggling fleet organized by Hawke before, and now it is also helping the country smuggle.

In fact, Romania is not only smuggling oil in Russia, but raw materials such as grains and minerals are all within the scope of Romania's smuggling channels. However, Russia has not yet shown a tired face, so these officials are more restrained and dare not go too far. Now they are just beating the drums to take part. Only in the next two years will these officials show their greedy side. They can even sell the food supplied by the army. As for minerals and other raw materials, they have no regard for domestic demand, and they are smuggled into their own pockets.

ps steamed bread is guilty, everyone has been waiting for so long, and now the update is resumed, I dare not ask for anything, everyone should be happy.