Struggle in Russia

At this moment, Thomas Edwards felt as if his heart was beeping a dog.

At this time, he finally came to his senses, why Li Xiao came out and confronted him. Because Li Xiao was just a French businessman and a commoner, it would not be a big problem for him to do anything, even shouting at Russia to fuck Nicholas I's wife.

Because he does not represent an official position, no matter what he supports Wallachia, it is only a personal act. It has nothing to do with the French government. Even if you know that the French government is behind him, you can at most condemn him personally, and at most say that the French government has not managed its citizens well.

But Thomas Edwards is different. Even if he said that I only represent myself and not the British government, his status as a British diplomat is still very prominent, and some words and things really cannot be said.

Once you say it, you will be caught, and it will be considered to be authorized by the British government, and it will be easy to give facts. So Li Xiao can have no scruples, but he really can't. Naturally, in this war of words, they can't take advantage of it at all.

Immediately, Thomas Edwards withered, the previous arrogance was completely gone, replaced by a deep pain. I really regret coming this trip, who would have thought that the soft persimmon was kicked on the iron plate instead of holding it, that hurt!

What's worse, he doesn't even know how the scene will end right now, because he talked too much just now and his attitude was too arrogant, and he was slapped in the face by Jan Gika and Jan Constantine, which will I counted on these two people to go down the stairs and they couldn't do it.

Of course, Thomas Edwards was not particularly nervous, and the reason was very simple. He knew that the Wallachians could not do anything to him, and it was impossible to really offend him. After all, the British government was behind him. If it really makes him unable to step down, that is to openly slap the British government in the face. Do you still want to hug the big thick legs of the British in the future?

So Thomas Edwards felt that as long as he survived Li Xiao's series of questioning, he would naturally be able to go down the stairs after a while. It doesn't matter if he vents his anger!

How can you be a diplomat without a thick skin? This thing has been trained a long time ago. Anyway, Thomas Edwards has been trained a long time ago. The big deal is to remember today’s shame and return it to the French double in the future.

It's just that his thinking was a little naive, because Li Xiao and the French would never let go of a good opportunity to humiliate him. Yes, the French also don't like the Brits. It's really a hatred that started in the Hundred Years' War. It's been hundreds of years. Napoleon added another one at that time. He was eager to see the jokes of the British.

Although David Leboeuf and Perrier were not comfortable confronting Thomas Edwards just now, because it could easily cause diplomatic disputes,

Only Li Xiao, a folk person, can come forward to fight back. But this doesn't mean that these two people don't know the purpose and purpose of Thomas Edwards' visit. Now someone wants to go down the stairs decently, you are so beautiful!

Of course, they wouldn't confront Thomas Edwards head-on, as that would easily lead to a confrontation. After all, they also have an official background, and their personal behavior would be deliberately distorted and interpreted. So you can only play dirty and disgusting people.

"Okay, gentlemen, let's go back to the topic and celebrate the demonstration project of the great friendship between France and Wallachia. The first phase of the Wallachia Petroleum Company's business has been successfully launched...I believe that this project will be of great importance. Strengthen the friendship between the two countries and the two peoples, consolidate the two countries..."

David Leboeuf and Perrier took turns to give consecutive speeches, neither taking advantage of the victory to hit Thomas Edwards in the face, nor giving him a chance to step down, but directly drawing the attention of the crowd away, deliberately He hangs there.

Even if the Wallachian bureaucrats wanted to go up and comfort Thomas Edwards, it was not good to interrupt the speech of these two French friends, otherwise, wasn’t that deliberately trying to find trouble with the French friends?

And these two deliberately repeated some nonsense over and over again, anyway, they were so eloquent, they just let Thomas Edwards leave it there to embarrass him.

Anyway, in the end, Thomas Edwards was so angry that he could only grit his teeth, stomp his feet and walk away. It was really embarrassing.

"Thomas Edwards just left, won't there be any trouble?" Jan Gika poked Jan Constantine and asked in a low voice.

"There will definitely be," Jan Constantine said with a sigh, "but it won't be particularly loud. At most, it's just some yin and yang voices coming from behind."

"That's okay, but we still can't be careless. After this is over, we'd better go to the British Consulate General..."

Well, in fact, this is still a face-to-face door. To be honest, it is a bit disgusting. But Jan Constantine is not a child, he knows the law of the jungle, they have to bow their heads under the eaves, and they cannot completely offend the British because of a trivial matter. I have to let the uncle calm down and vent his anger.

"By the way, this Mr. Diomede really donated 100,000 francs to support us? He also donated our weapons and ammunition?" Jan Gica suddenly asked again.

Well, Jan Constantine can only criticize in his heart, because can the nonsense of foreigners be believed? Anyway, whether it was a hundred thousand francs or weapons and ammunition, he never saw it.

But he couldn't say yes or no in front of Jan Jika, and he had to help the French to hold the scene for himself no matter what. Anyway, the big deal is to find a way to scrape the land and make up for the money and things. What a big deal!

So he bit the bullet and replied: "Yes, Mr. Diomede has always been keen to support our just cause and is willing to donate generously for this. He has promised to donate 100,000 francs and a large number of weapons and ammunition to support us!"

This made Jan Gika very happy, and said without doubt: "Very well, we must pay special attention to generous foreign friends like Mr. Diomede, and we will help the Wallachia Petroleum Company to solve any difficulties. , I will especially commend your outstanding contributions to the Revolutionary Committee and the Provisional Government Cabinet, and we must maintain the friendly relationship with Mr. Diomede! This is very important!"

What else can Jan Constantine say, he can only agree with his head. Anyway, he also wants to hug the Frenchman's thigh tightly, and there are still many things to rely on the Frenchman's help in the future. It's not just fancy licking, but it's not like he didn't lick it Yes, keep working hard!

On the other side, Li Xiao was also stopped by David Lebouf and Perrier, they were also very happy to let Thomas Edwards go away in a panic, especially Perrier, this guy was in Walla Ya is always overwhelmed by the British, so it's cool to be able to vent a bad breath today!