The turning point was not that Saradov suddenly stopped asking for so much money, nor was it that Count Vladimir suddenly got the million rubles, but it came from a trivial matter, when Count Vladimir and Alka
While Ji was scratching his head, his adjutant suddenly came to report:
"Your Excellency, the cost of repairing and building new barracks and training grounds has been approved by the Governor's Office. Also approved is the daily living expenses for this quarter. Will the funds be allocated immediately?"
Although there are only a few thousand people in the city defense army, the salary is actually quite high. When Leonid was the commander of the city defense army, he felt that the barracks and training facilities were too old, so he applied for a fund from Alexey.
He was going to repair the existing barracks and build a new training ground that would meet his requirements. At that time, he asked for half a million rubles, but Alexey did not agree immediately. After all, Wallachia had many places to spend money. Half a million rubles
Although it wasn't too much, he was still a little reluctant to vote for the city defense army.
So this matter was postponed until Leonid left and Count Vladimir took office. The matter was still undecided. Who would have thought that the money was suddenly allocated at this time. Although it was not as much as half a million, but three
One hundred and fifty thousand is not too small.
If you add in the salary of the city defense army and daily living expenses for this quarter, adding one yuan, seven thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight yuan turns out to be as much as one million rubles. This makes Count Vladimir and Arkady feel like they are dozing off.
The feel of the pillow.
"Sir, what do you think of this money?"
Count Vladimir actually noticed the figure of one million rubles without Arkady reminding him. Doesn't this just agree with his needs?
But although Count Vladimir was very moved, he was not completely crazy, because the money was public funds, and public funds were not so easy to move. Of course, embezzlement of public funds is normal in Russia, and in other places or other armies
It is almost an unwritten secret that officials embezzle public funds, and everyone knows it tacitly.
But it's different in Wallachia. The risk of embezzling public funds here is too great. Once Alexey discovers it, even a big shot with a background like Count Vladimir may not be able to stop it.
If we take into account the bad relationship between Alexei and him, once discovered by the Governor's Palace, the other party will definitely kill him in a big way!
Therefore, although Count Vladimir was a little tempted, his reason told him that it was better to be cautious, otherwise he might not be able to afford it.
"I will first write to my friends in St. Petersburg and ask them to help find a solution. The money cannot be touched for the time being!"
Count Vladimir restrained his greed, but Arkady reminded him: "Your Excellency, it is a good idea to go to St. Petersburg to ask for help, but you have to pay attention to the fact that it takes time to go back and forth, and Saradov may not have the patience to wait for this.
old!"
Count Vladimir sighed. In fact, he didn't need Arkady to remind him. He also knew that going to St. Petersburg to ask for help was not a good idea. In other words, this was just an excuse for him to convince himself to maintain his last sanity.
Once this excuse was ruthlessly exposed by Arkady, he would only feel endless irritability and impulsiveness.
What kind of impulse?
Naturally, it was the impulse to embezzle public funds. After all, the one million was right in front of him, like a naked beauty waiting for him. As a normal man, how could he restrain this impulse?
However, as a veteran of flowers, Count Vladimir still has some skills. He once again restrained his impulse and tried hard to persuade himself to stay rational: "What should we do? This is our only way!"
Arkady looked around, and when he saw no one was present, he whispered in Count Vladimir's ear: "Your Excellency, wasn't there a million just now? Let's use this money to deal with Saradov first...
"
Count Vladimir immediately stopped him: "How is that possible? What if the Governor's Palace discovers..."
"The Governor's Palace can't find it. As long as we get the evidence, Count Speransky will soon no longer be the Governor. Who can hold you accountable at that time?"
Count Vladimir was stunned for a moment. This reminder really moved him. He felt that Arkady was right. As long as Alexey was no longer the governor, who could hold him accountable for misappropriating public funds?
Maybe he will be the governor by then. Let alone the trivial matter of embezzlement of public funds, if Wallachia has been wiped out by three feet, who would dare to say anything wrong with him?
But he was still a little worried: "What if? After all, the Governor's Palace has been watching us..."
Arkady smiled and said: "So what? As long as you have a reasonable excuse to delay the funding and survive this period, wouldn't it be fine?"
Seeing that Count Vladimir was still confused, Arkady told him: "The money for repairing the barracks and building a new training ground can not be allocated in a hurry. You can use the excuse that the project needs to be improved and do some free preliminary work first."
Just make up the numbers, the 350,000 can be moved away first... As for wages and living expenses, didn’t we still have a balance before? It’s absolutely no problem to have enough money to last for half a month!”
Half a month?
Count Vladimir calculated on his fingers that it was almost the same time as a round trip from St. Petersburg. He could risk his face and borrow money from his friends over there. If it was impossible, he could just mortgage the farm or something like that to a loan shark.
Once you get the money, everything will be fine!
Suddenly his eyes lit up, and he felt that this matter could be done. As long as he got the evidence, he could drive Alexei out of office and gain victory. The risk was worth it!
Suddenly he slapped his hands and made up his mind: "Just do it, you contact Saladov immediately, tell him that I agree, and let him make the transaction immediately..."
Now Arkady is also happy. As long as the deal is reached and Count Vladimir succeeds in taking office, he, the dog-headed military advisor and personal secretary, can follow the chickens and dogs to heaven. The gold he lost at that time can be earned back very quickly.
Can't wait!
"Slower!"
Count Vladimir suddenly stopped the excited Arkady and warned: "As I said before, make preparations. If Saladov is not prepared, just take it. You can save some money or you should."
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Arkady naturally agreed wholeheartedly, but that was not what he thought in his heart. Not only did he not think that Saradov would be that stupid, but more importantly, even if Saradov was really that stupid, he would not
Return the million to Count Vladimir.
Arkady could have told this stupid master that Saradov was smart and had to spend the money, but in fact he would embezzle most of it, and the remaining half would be used to bribe those who knew better and helped him do things.