Struggle in Russia

Another week has passed, and this week Bucharest was really lively. It didn't stop because Li Xiao followed Dimitri to Brasov for a tour, even if Li Xiao left the "legend" left by the Wallachia Petroleum Company It also made Bucharest a mess.

All kinds of gossip about the Bretianu brothers are circulating in the market. Some say that they hand over the land of Wallachia to the French as veritable "Village traitors", and there are conspiracy theories that the Prahova Valley There was no oil, and the whole thing was a scam planned by their brothers, who used the name of the Wallachian Oil Company to get land under the guise of getting a lot of good land for nothing.

Anyway, all kinds of miraculous statements made the Bretianu brothers stand on the cusp of the storm, and all the enemies they had offended before began to make trouble and beat the dog in the water.

"Haha, those two guys never thought that I would make them burn out with a little trick!"

Fontana let out a pleasant laugh like silver bells, this kind of situation is really rare, more often she always frowns in thought, looking unhappy.

Smiles like this were almost only seen in front of Alexei, and only Alexey could make her come alive like a normal woman.

Alexei finally returned to Bucharest. It took nearly half a month to go, and the journey was not smooth. Coupled with a lot of worries, he was obviously more haggard than before he left.

The reason is also very simple. The international situation is really treacherous, and it is not friendly to Russia. Revolutions broke out in almost all of Europe, France has changed into a republic again, Prussia was also forced to hold a constitutional assembly to prepare for a constitutional monarchy, and Austria, needless to say, was showing signs of falling apart.

The only ones who can temporarily maintain stability are the United Kingdom and Russia. But the stability of the UK and the stability of Russia are completely different things. The British sit firmly on the Diaoyutai platform and basically do not worry that the riots will spread to the British Isles, while Russia is tense and nervous, ready to deal with crises at any time.

There are already signs of riots in Poland, the foot wipers may rise up at any time, and the liberals in the hinterland of Russia are also ready to move, the whole is a scene of a rainy day.

Although Alexey sympathizes with the revolution and tends to reform, patriotism always comes first in his heart. He wants Russia to solve those ills through reforms, not reshape everything through a stormy revolution.

The latter is likely to cause Russia's national power to plummet and tear the entire country apart. And now that the Holy Alliance has become a mess, this worry has become more and more likely.

It's a pity that Alexey can do very little about it,

He could neither persuade Nicholas I to relax his iron fist to let his subjects take a breather, nor could he persuade the people with lofty ideals who could not bear Nicholas I's brutal rule to give up the opportunity in front of them and continue to be slaughtered. Even if he just vaguely put forward a similar suggestion, he became a dilemma.

"This is really good news," Alexey squeezed out a smile, and praised reluctantly, "Fortunately, you are still here, otherwise I would really be devastated!"

It is true that Alexei's trip was not smooth, and he could not fully restore contact with the country, because the Austrian side was in a mess, the whole country was down, and the Russian embassy and consulate in Austria were busy dealing with the situation there. The troubles are all incapable, and I really can't help Alexei solve the problems in Wallachia.

Alexei also tried to go to Turkey to contact the country, but the position of the Turks was very delicate. On the surface, they seemed to be very honest, but in fact they secretly caused troubles and kept doing bad things to sabotage Alexei's efforts.

Anyway, he made a lot of trouble, that is, he wrote two letters to Leonid and Li Xiao through the Russian Consulate in Constanta, asking them about their situation and contact information.

"Is the situation bad?" Fontana asked with concern.

Alexey smiled wryly: "I can't say how bad it is. Generally speaking, it's not particularly ideal but it's not bad at all. It's just that I can't do anything and hit walls everywhere!"

As he spoke, Alexei asked about Fontana's situation: "I heard that the provisional government is looking for trouble for you? Confiscated a lot of your property?"

Fontana smiled nonchalantly and said, "It's just a few shops and mansions, it's nothing. And it's not the provisional government looking for trouble for me, but a few villains who want to flatter the French. , if the provisional government wants to deal with me, how can it be so gentle and polite, and only confiscate some properties, they will definitely put me in prison, or even send me to the gallows, which is normal!"

This made Alexei fall into silence. He knew how much risk Fontana would take in working for him, but this woman hardly mentioned the risk, and always accepted all his demands without complaint, no matter what. Reasonable or unreasonable will go all out to complete.

This is definitely not like the outside world thinks that Fontana is a Russian traitor and a traitor, because real traitors will not do such stupid things where the risk is far greater than the benefit, they will be more concerned about pennies and pennies, not the current situation The look of wanting nothing.

What's more, most of Fontana's "benefits" were forced by him. If he didn't give it to others, he wouldn't ask for it. Are there such stupid traitors?

Of course, Alexei could vaguely guess why, and was very moved by Fontana's contribution, but he didn't like Fontana's way of gratitude, and he hoped that Fontana could live a better life. Be yourself and be selfish.

"You still have to pay attention to safety. The Bretianu brothers are not just cats and dogs. As far as I know, the brothers made great contributions to the overthrow of Prince Bibescu this time, and they made a lot of effort behind the scenes. The status is far higher than their current position!"

Alexei thought for a while and asked, "By the way, why did these two brothers suddenly trouble you? They shouldn't be so patriotic and want to beat and kill you, a weak woman, right?"

Fontana said contemptuously: "They are trying to curry favor with the French boy, and they are going to send me there..." Speaking of which, she showed a trace of worry and shyness, and then said: "But I didn't expect that Frenchman to have no interest in me at all. , may think that I have spoiled their good deeds, so you should teach me a lesson!"

Alexei naturally knew what it meant to send him there, which made him heartbroken and embarrassed him. He felt sorry for Fontana more and more, and when he was about to try to persuade Fontana to give up these normal lives, Fontan Na suddenly said:

"Also! There is something wrong with that French boy. I suspect that his identity is not that simple, and he may have a secret mission!"