Struggle in Russia

Alexey once again turned on the nodding mode. Moldavia and Wallachia were actually firmly controlled by Austria, Russia and Turkey before. Among them, Russia has the strongest control, followed by Austria, and Turkey again.

After the last Russo-Turkish war, the biggest resistance to Russia not forcibly annexing Wallachia and Moldavia actually came from Austria and Turkey. Of course, the strength of the latter's opposition was not so effective. The main reason was that Russia was worried about causing displeasure to Austria, its ally, so it did not force it.

But the situation is different now. Turkey is still a sick man for thousands of years, so there is nothing to worry about. Austria fell into turmoil due to the revolution, its strength was greatly reduced, and it was still waiting for Russian soldiers to come to save its life. Therefore, in the face of survival and Balkan interests, he must give priority to survival. In order to survive, he can only give up part of the interests of Wallachia and Moldavia.

Although Nicholas I had previously assured that Russia was going to restore and rebuild order, it would not fundamentally change the status of Wallachia and Moldavia. In short, the international form of Wallachia and Moldavia is still the same as before-belonging to the Grand Duchy with a high degree of autonomy under the territory of Turkey.

However, the current grand duchy is still different from the previous grand duchy. In order to ensure that there will no longer be anti-Russian rebellions in the two grand duchies, Russia must strengthen its presence in these two grand duchies.

How to enhance the sense of presence? It must be to send people to send troops to supervise and manage it! And the person who went to supervise and manage is naturally the overlord and actual controller of Wallachia and Moldavia, in other words, he is actually the governor!

Of course, it may not be called the governor in the end, but the actual power of the governor will definitely not be less.

Li Xiao said very bluntly: "So our next goal is to help you, the Second Earl of Sperance, get the position of Governor of Wallachia!"

Alexei subconsciously wanted to say that he was not qualified, but he was indeed more interested in this position. If he could sit in this position and make some achievements, he would be gold-plated and just wait for promotion when he returned to China in the future.

Thinking of this, Alexei couldn't say any more modest refusal. Instead, there was a look of eagerness in his eyes, and he was about to move.

"Then what should I do?" Alexei asked directly.

Li Xiao smiled, as long as Alexei is tempted, it will be easy, after all, among them, only Alexei has the possibility of ascending the throne of governor. The others were impossible neither for himself nor for Leonid.

"It's very simple, you have to show a more dazzling performance! Let everyone think that you are the most suitable candidate for the governor of Wallachia!"

Alexey asked eagerly: "Then what should I do?"

Yes,

Alexey really had no confidence in this. Before meeting Li Xiao, he was in a state of desperation in Wallachia, and he had no achievements worth mentioning at all. Now he still feels that he wants people, no one wants money, no money, and he can't do anything.

But someone is different, ran over with bare hands and casually succeeded in white wolf with empty hands, and then made chicken feathers and duck blood inside the National Party, and by the way, pissed off the British. He is simply a small expert in making troubles. Is it difficult to make meritorious deeds with someone's guidance?

"It's very simple!" Li Xiao replied with a smile, "If you can take Bucharest before Duke Mikhail Gorchakov, wouldn't it be a great achievement?"

"Well???"

Alexey gasped because someone was too ambitious. How easy is it to take Bucharest before Duke Mikhail? After all, there are hundreds of thousands of troops and tens of thousands of militiamen stationed in Bucharest, and the defense force is extremely strong.

And how many pro-Russian leading parties did Alexei win over after being active for so long? There may not be 10,000 people in total. Even if these leading parties can count as ten, it is impossible to succeed, right?

"Hey, why do you always want to fight recklessly?" Li Xiao sighed quietly, "Let's say you dog-legged leaders are against ten, one-on-one is no match for those passionate National Guards and militiamen. Those guys are at most just a flag-waving role!"

Alexey smiled wryly: "You know it too! Then you still let me occupy Bucharest. Isn't this killing me by hitting a pebble with a stone!"

"How can it be sent to death!" Li Xiao hated iron for steel: "I told you, never fight recklessly! We have to outsmart!"

"Outsmart? How to outsmart?"

"It's very simple! First of all, we must disintegrate the unity of Wallachia from within, let them fight on their own or even kill each other, and consume their strength through internal fighting!"

Alexei nodded thoughtfully, and asked, "So you've been inciting and intensifying their conflicts, haven't you?"

Li Xiao smiled triumphantly and said, "Of course, otherwise, why would I let Jan Constantine seize the arsenal? You've seen it, the effect is pretty good, right?"

Alexei felt that the effect was not only good, it was immediate. The radicals of Jan Constantine and the conservatives of George Stribe were directly at odds with each other, and even other dividend payouts immediately started the mode of scrambling for territory, and they immediately started fighting among themselves.

Alexei believes that this is only the first step, and someone will probably push Yang Constantine to continue fighting. He believes that there will be a direct conflict between the radicals and the conservatives soon.

"But isn't that enough?" Alexei asked with a frown.

"Don't worry!" Li Xiao said with a smile, "We have now controlled three-quarters of Bucharest's ammunition, which is equivalent to choking the life of the defenders. How can they fight without ammunition?"

"This is just the first step. Next, I have to deal with their food! Let the defenders have neither ammunition nor rations. How long can they last?"

Alexei was shocked, and blurted out: "Food? This is impossible, right? The Wallachians are not fools, how could they give away the food?"

Li Xiao replied with a smile: "I'm not going to ask them to give it away! I'm going to ask them to buy it!"

"Buy?" Alexei's eyes widened, and then he frowned immediately: "I remember that they have quite a lot of grain in storage. Do you have the financial resources?"

Li Xiao replied with a smile: "Of course I don't have the financial resources, but we do!"

Alexei became more and more puzzled, and asked, "We, don't we?"

Li Xiao explained: "We are referring to His Majesty and Duke Mikhail Gorchakov! Vishniak wrote to me because the Mikheevich brothers corrupted the Black Sea Fleet's food reserves , In order to ensure the smooth development of military operations, His Majesty ordered a huge sum of money to be allocated to Duke Mikhail for the purchase of food, hehe..."