As Neserrode officially announced that he had lost control of the Turkish negotiations, the leaders within Russian official circles almost tacitly realized that a new era was coming.
After realizing this, these brains and brains began to take some small actions behind their backs. Whether it was preparing for the future or preparing for a rainy day, or adjusting strategies in a timely manner to achieve strategic contraction, these must be done in advance.
This trend soon swept across the entire Russian land. Officials in the empire were more or less aware of some gossip, but for the grassroots bureaucrats, these were a bit far away and did not need to be paid too much attention to.
On the other hand, in Wallachia, the outermost part of the empire, Li Xiao and Alexei looked very unhappy when they learned that Neserrode had withdrawn from negotiations with Turkey "due to illness."
They all understood that if Neserrodie had not been holding back or holding back Menshikov, he would not have been so entangled, let alone dragging out the negotiations for such a long time.
Now that Neserrodie, the biggest stumbling block, is gone, it can be said that there is no longer any force that can stop Nicholas I from "acting recklessly".
"The only good news is that winter is coming soon!" Alexei sighed quietly.
Indeed, if it were not for the inconvenience of using troops in winter, and given Nicholas I's temperament, as long as the Turks' reaction did not meet his wishes, war would have broken out immediately.
The problem for Li Xiao is that this winter is not long enough. This is also the first time he hopes that the winter will be longer to buy them more time.
"We will be extremely busy this winter!" Li Xiao also sighed and replied.
Yes, they have to prepare too much this winter, training troops, continuing to repair fortifications and fortresses, and stocking up on supplies for a brutal war that is likely to last two years.
None of this is easy, and it requires a lot of money.
To be honest, Wallachia's finances are very tight, almost stretched. Even Alexey has considered borrowing money from everywhere for emergency!
"Is there anyone else willing to lend us money?" Li Xiao was a little surprised.
Alexey asked strangely: "Why is no one willing to lend us money? Judging from our performance in the past few years, we are quite popular with capital, okay?"
Li Xiao was a bit dumbfounded and said: "Capital is willing to lend us money to fight the war?"
Alexey suddenly stopped talking. Although he didn't know much about capitalism, he also knew the urinary nature of those capitalists. They were very happy to help them make money, but they didn't care about anything else.
No interest anymore.
For example, when Wallachia was preparing to raise funds to improve infrastructure such as traffic conditions, it had approached these vampires before, but each of them either came with a series of expensive other conditions, or simply avoided them.
Obviously, these capitals are very realistic, and they will not use feelings at all, let alone do charity for free.
So expecting to get war reserves from these vampires is simply a fantasy. Even when these guys heard that Wallachia might fall into the quagmire of war, and that Russia might have a direct conflict with Britain and France, they would probably run faster.
The rabbit is even faster.
In fact, this kind of gossip has affected some projects in Wallachia. A group of international capitals who were previously interested in investing in Wallachia immediately stopped project planning as soon as they heard about the risk of war.
Even some projects that have already been carried out are facing the dilemma of being forced to stop work.
"The situation will only get worse in the future," Li Xiao said with some seriousness, "We'd better think about how to deal with the extremely bad financial situation in the next two years!"
"Should we issue some public bonds for emergencies?" Alexey asked.
Issuing war bonds is a common practice for European countries when they have no money to fight a war, but Li Xiao doesn't really want to do it. Although it can indeed bring in money, looking at Wallachia's current situation, if it wants to issue enough public bonds,
Then high interest rates must be given. After all, anyone who is not a fool knows how risky it is. Without high interest rates, the market will not take over.
However, high interest rates will inevitably lead to a series of problems, especially considering that Wallachia, as a front line on the battlefield, will suffer huge losses and destruction in future wars. Wallachia's financial situation will be very tight in the future.
Maintaining war expenditures and stabilizing the internal situation in Wallachia, which one of these is not a gold-eating beast!
Even considering the issue of post-war reconstruction, choosing to issue war bonds at this time is just drinking poison to quench thirst, and it is very likely that the gain will outweigh the loss.
"Tighten your belt first and live a hard life!" Li Xiao sighed, "You have to cry to that uncle about your poverty. Only children who can cry can be fed. We have spent all the trouble he has done.
After spending so much time and energy on settling matters, we can’t let him get away with it!”
Alexei couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this. Indeed, they had done so much to deal with the war, far exceeding the workload of an ordinary governor. Without mentioning praise and awards, people like him who are immersed in doing practical work cannot suffer.
Bar?
For example, if Wallachia could be exempted from paying tribute to the central government in the future, that would give them a breath of relief.
But Alexey also knew that this was difficult, because Nicholas I didn't like him, and it was unprecedented for him to be the governor of Wallachia because he could make money. Now if he can't make money
, then Nicholas I could change his face in a matter of minutes.
"No matter what, you have to go and cry for poverty first. You have to make a few noises and let the higher-ups know about our difficulties. Otherwise, those bastards might think that we are having an easy time and they might even come to us to ask for money!"
Although Li Xiao's words may not sound good, the truth is real. There are indeed a large number of bastards in Russia who think that Wallachia is a mountain of gold and silver. They are all salivating and wishing for more money.
If they were allowed to continue to cause trouble, Li Xiao and Alexey wouldn't have to live their lives anymore.
Li Xiao said angrily: "I will also write to Count Rostovtsev and ask him to think of a way for us. Even if he doesn't give us money, he will at least help us get rid of those jealous wolves!
"
Alexey nodded, knowing that Li Xiao was serious about it, and he would fully cooperate with him. Wasn't he just crying and complaining? He would do the same!
Of course, just crying about poverty is not enough. They have to solve the specific troubles on their own. But what they didn't expect was that before they could shout loudly, Wallachia had already become a new focus in St. Petersburg, with a large number of pyramids.
The big guys at the top all turned their attention...