Anton was dumbfounded, because he never expected that Count Rostovtsev would say such a thing. Admittedly, the count was right, and he also overthrew Peter Barak, and then removed the governor of Ukraine.
To win the position, this is definitely the most advantageous plan.
But is it that easy?
This is the Governor of Ukraine, the top border official in Russia. Can you take such an important position if you want?
From Anton's point of view, even if you are Count Rostovtsev and you are a great person, it may not be that easy to get a hold of the position of Governor of Ukraine. What's more, this time you have to seize the opportunity, and you have to defeat Uvarov.
Isn't it even more difficult to prevent Grand Duke Constantine from causing trouble?
"You find it difficult?" Count Rostovtsev asked with a smile.
Anton nodded subconsciously, thinking that Count Rostovtsev might tell him that this was just a piece of cake, and then give him a plan with a wave of his hand, and then he would just follow the plan.
But what Count Rostovtsev said next surprised Anton: "It is indeed quite difficult, but it is more interesting if it is more difficult, isn't it?"
Anton is probably greeting the female relatives of Count Rostovtsev's family. You are making the relationship more difficult just to make it interesting! Isn't this sick? It's simply crazy!
Now Anton's feeling towards this count suddenly became very bad. He felt that this count was a bit unreliable no matter how he looked at him, and he also expressed his disapproval of his boss for asking him to deal with such a lunatic.
As if Count Rostovtsev was unaware of Anton's dissatisfaction, he calmly ordered: "Your task is to do what was assigned to you before. You don't have to worry too much about the rest. There are new ones."
I will send someone to find you according to your instructions. If you find something, please contact my personal secretary Sergey. Don’t come to me directly unless it is extremely urgent. I estimate that flies in Kiev will be circling around me during this period.
, my relationship with your Grand Duke cannot be exposed, you should understand!"
Anton had no objection to this, anyway, Count Rostovtsev gave him a bad feeling, and having less to do with him was exactly what he wanted. He walked away happily, as if he had escaped from a tiger's mouth.
"Sir, this Major Anton doesn't seem to like you very much!"
Sergei, Count Rostovtsev’s secretary, smiled and joked, to which the Count just shrugged his shoulders and said calmly: "Obviously he feels that I am not reliable and thinks that I am incompetent!"
Sergey was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "He probably doesn't know that you have been planning all this for a long time. He thinks you just made it up on the spur of the moment, right?"
Having said this, Sergey suddenly asked: "How do you plan to start? I think you took down Count Shuvalov so forcefully just to point your sword at Peter Balak!"
Count Rostovtsev smiled slightly and did not answer Sergey's question directly. Probably in his opinion, this question was too simple for his personal secretary who followed him every day. If he couldn't even figure out this,
That would really be a waste of all his years of training.
"What do you think Peter Balak will do without Shuvalov's restriction?"
Sergei replied without hesitation: "I think the governor will not continue to tolerate being subordinated to others, and will definitely try to take over everything."
Count Rostovtsev smiled again. It was obvious that he thought so too. From what he observed today, it was basically certain that the relationship between Peter Balak and Shuvalov was very tense. It was obvious that the governor had a strong interest in Shuvalov.
Love is full of resentment when he is superior to him. If the contradiction between them is exploited, the conservative power in Ukraine can be disintegrated in minutes.
"You send me people to monitor Shuvalov closely around the clock. You must ensure that no one can pass on information to him. I want him to become deaf, blind and mute! By the way, it is best to use our own people, Ukraine and these
People, even those sent by Duke Ordorff to assist us, are unreliable, and key matters cannot be entrusted to them!"
Sergey was stunned and asked: "Even Duke Ordorf's people are unreliable?"
Count Rostovtsev glanced at him. He knew that his secretary was good at everything and had top-notch mental experience. The only problem was that he lacked experience at the grassroots level and had no clear understanding of the evil nature of the human heart.
So he made a special explanation: "Do you think Duke Ordorff is reliable?"
Sergey thought for a while and replied: "At least for the time being, Count Uvarov should be reliable and he is unlikely to cause any obstacles for us!"
Count Rostovtsev chuckled and said: "In general, it is reliable, but in fact it is no different from unreliable. If you cannot be 100% sure about a question, then it is best not to put all your chips on it, otherwise you will lose.
Not worth a penny!"
Without waiting for Sergey to speak, he continued on his own: "It is true that Duke Ordov may not have a conflict of interest with us on the issue of dealing with Count Uvarov. But you must consider that the interests are touching, Ukraine
It's a big fat piece of meat. We can bite it, but Duke Ordorff can't bite it, right?"
Sergey was stunned again and hesitated: "You mean, he also has thoughts about Ukraine?"
"I don't know if he has any thoughts, but I know that greed in human nature must not be underestimated. What if Duke Ordorff becomes greedy? Don't be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of the worst. Be more careful in such a big matter.
Not a bad thing!”
Sergei nodded honestly, but Count Rostovtsev could see that he did not have a particularly deep understanding of this. It was obvious that he felt that Duke Ordov was still reliable, or that he had something in mind.
It was a bit of a fluke, so I don't think it's a big problem.
This is the difference between greenhouse flowers that have not experienced wind and rain and wild grass outside. Count Rostovtsev knew that if he asked Anton or Li Xiao the same question, they would definitely not choose to trust Ordorf completely.
The Duke will more or less take some precautions, and even with that guy Li Xiao, it is possible to defend him with both hands.
In contrast, Sergey seemed a little immature. Count Rostovtsev frowned immediately. Although he believed that Sergey would execute his orders 100%, what he wanted was not just execution.
Simple, because there are levels of execution, there are particularly attentive executions, there are also perfunctory executions...