If Count Rostovtsev knew that Li Xiao was orchestrating him behind his back, someone would probably know why the flowers were so red.
Fortunately, no one in Bucharest dared to gossip, but Alexei always felt strange when he heard the name Count Rostovtsev, because he had thought that someone was a Decembrist since he was a child.
The traitor is a despicable traitor.
When he learned from Li Xiao the true identity and purpose of Count Rostovtsev, his jaw dropped of course. He never thought that a person could be so forbearing.
However, it was only after knowing the true face of Count Rostovtsev that Alexey felt that there was hope for reform in Russia. After all, even such a big boss actually supported the reform secretly. Doesn’t that mean that the reform is
Is it a general trend?
However, Li Xiao didn't take it seriously. He always said not to count too much on Count Rostovtsev. That man would never reveal his true political orientation until he met him. Count him to help solve the problem.
The problems and troubles are just a pipe dream.
Anyway, Li Xiao never expected Count Rostovtsev to save them. It was more likely that the count would abandon them for the sake of the overall situation.
"Is that count really so ruthless?" Alexey asked with interest.
Li Xiao raised his eyelids and glanced at him, and asked slowly: "It's not like you didn't know what happened back then. Think about it, how could a person as forbearing as him ignore the overall situation because of a few of us pawns?
In a sense, that count is indeed the most ruthless person in the world, because all his emotions are devoted to the only major thing he cares about, and other things cannot make him emotional at all.
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Alexey can't imagine what a person like Count Rostovtsev would look like. Isn't it uncomfortable? Anyway, it's impossible for him to become like that, and give up all feelings just for that purpose? What's the point of living like that?
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Li Xiao chuckled in his heart. He naturally knew that Alexey could not become Count Rostovtsev. Compared with the latter, Alexey was simply a young man. He had never suffered setbacks or lost friends or relatives.
I have never experienced a heart-wrenching past.
Naturally, he cannot understand Count Rostovtsev's lofty purpose. Of course, Li Xiao cannot become Count Rostovtsev, even if he can understand Count Rostovtsev's choice and admire his lofty nature.
, but he is just a common man and cannot do the same noble things.
"Are you ready? The old witch is coming soon!"
Alexey snorted, knowing that someone was deliberately changing the topic, but he was actually not interested in continuing to talk about Count Rostovtsev, because he knew that he could not be such a person.
"Don't worry, I will make this arrogant and domineering young man come to life with a bit of color!" Alexei replied with a smile.
Li Xiao didn't say anything, because he still had this little trust. Alexey had grown rapidly over the years and was no longer the childish boy he used to be. This fight with Yelizavita could be considered an assessment of his growth.
If you can deal with that old witch easily in the past, it won't be too difficult to deal with those difficult characters in the future.
Before the ball officially started, Li Xiao left the venue and went to Alexei's study. He had no interest in this kind of aristocratic social occasion, and the people who came today were quite sensitive, so he was not suitable to be with Alexei.
Keshe appears together, otherwise it will be easy to reveal the secret.
"The scene is quite big!" After entering the venue, Yelizaveta said to the local snake who came with her next to her: "It seems that the Governor is very respectable!"
The local coward just laughed twice and didn't make any trouble, because what could he say? If Alexei didn't have a good face, how could he have had such a difficult life in the past few years? Who doesn't know what Vlach is nowadays?
Who is the real master? Even if you offend His Excellency the Grand Duke of Wallachia, don't offend the Governor-General, otherwise you will be punished to the point of death.
Over the years, he has experienced the governor's methods more than once, and saw with his own eyes how the big shots in Wallachia who once said that one step more than one step can cause an earthquake were treated like lapdogs.
If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't get on the Governor's car, and the interests of the two parties were so different and conflicting that it was impossible to reconcile them, do you think he would be willing to join Count Uvarov?
However, he would never dare to say these inner thoughts in front of Yelizaveta, so he could only laugh in embarrassment and quickly change the embarrassing topic.
But Yelizaveta still just wanted to talk about this topic. She looked at the elegantly dressed noble men and women around her, and then asked: "Have these people made enough money over the years? Otherwise, they would come here to curry favor with them in such a lowly manner.
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At this point, the local snake could really tell Lizaveta that this was not the case. He replied in a low voice: "Madam, you definitely can't make money, at least not as openly as before! The count is very strict about this and strictly prohibits taking bribes.
And corrupt behaviors will be dealt with one by one if discovered!"
Yelizaveta was stunned, because she really didn't expect a local snake to say that. Who doesn't know that being an official in Qianli is only for money. If being an official doesn't allow you to make money, what's the appeal?
The local snake replied in a low voice: "Nowadays, in all walks of life in Wallachia, nothing can be done without the acquiescence of the Governor's Palace. If you don't cooperate honestly with the Governor's Palace, no business can be done!"
Doing business?
Yelizaveta's mind was full of questions. How much money could she make from doing business and what was the attraction?
But the local snake replied: "Of course you can make money! Wallachia's business has been booming in recent years, and the money you can make is much better than digging for food in the fields. Working hard for a year to cultivate the land is really not as good as running a business and setting up a factory.
Nowadays, only people with no connections at all will live their lives stupidly guarding those shabby plots of land!"
Elizaveta was shocked again, because this explanation completely overturned her understanding. She had always believed that land was the most important wealth. To measure the prosperity of a family in Russia, it depends on how much land and how many serfs it has.
.The more of these two, the richer you will be!
But that doesn't seem to be the case in Wallachia. Are the nobles here being deceived or not realizing the importance of land?
"How much money can you make from doing business?" Yelizaveta suddenly asked, "And set up a factory? What kind of factory?"
The local snake reported a set of numbers to Lizaveta with envy, and the woman was immediately shocked, because it was indeed too much!