But what annoys Li Xiao the most is not the trouble caused by the Bulgarian noble monkeys, because these guys have been doing their best to cause trouble, and no matter what they do, it is reasonable for Li Xiao. On the contrary, if they are honest,
Li Xiao would be more surprised if he kept to himself.
What made Li Xiao even more irritated was Grand Duke Constantine. This Grand Duke also started to stir up troubles after returning to Chisinau. First, he established a so-called volunteer army with great fanfare and appointed himself the commander.
The major road repair movement.
Li Xiao could tell at a glance what this guy wanted to do, which was to try to seize military power and completely control Moldavia, and then build roads to sell well in front of his father and get praise.
For Li Xiao, if Grand Duke Constantine just did these things honestly, then not only would he not be annoyed, but he would also applaud: "You finally started to do human things!"
But it was obvious that Grand Duke Constantine had to make some mistakes even if he was doing things seriously, otherwise he would not be happy.
Soon there was a conflict with Wallachia over the issue of road construction, which is strange! Generally speaking, road construction is a good thing, and both families are preparing for future wars, so they should work together.
But that was not the case when it came to Archduke Constantine. Moldavia was building roads and Wallachia was building roads, which inevitably required material resources, such as labor, steel, cement, asphalt and other materials.
However, these supplies are limited, and some even rely on imports. Wallachia may be better. After all, Li Xiao has an oil field and a small refinery in Ploiesti. As we all know, asphalt is oil.
The residue of industrial oil refining, so there is still no shortage of asphalt in Wallachia.
But Moldavia was very lacking. Grand Duke Constantine had no intention of repairing the road with asphalt, but when he went to inspect it, he found that the road built in Wallachia next door was much more beautiful and more beautiful than his side.
It's sturdy and durable. In comparison, the one he built here is just like an adobe house.
And what was the purpose of Archduke Constantine in building roads? Basically, it was just to please his father. Naturally, it is as beautiful as it is. Comparing the two houses, the roads on Wallachia's side seemed to be in the sky, while the roads on his side looked like they were in the sky.
It's in a mud pit.
It is conceivable that if the war really breaks out, those Russian officers, soldiers and generals who have traveled the road between the two countries will definitely report the relevant situation to me. At that time, he worked hard and spent countless energy and money to repair the road.
All in vain?
Speaking of which, Grand Duke Constantine is indeed a bit sad. The most fearful thing in this world is comparison. If someone has an annual salary of one million, and you have a monthly salary of 3,000, there is no comparison.
If Moldavia didn't have such a tall neighbor as Wallachia to set it off, Archduke Constantine's road renovation measures would definitely win a lot of applause.
But in comparison, Moldavia turned into a muddy land, and all the efforts of Archduke Constantine were naturally in vain.
Naturally, Grand Duke Constantine could not accept this result, and this shameless guy immediately shamelessly spoke to Alexei. He demanded that either Wallachia lower the standards of road construction, or it must be like him.
Provide materials such as asphalt.
It is naturally impossible for Li Xiao and Alexei to lower the standards of road construction. Who do you think you are? You can’t make irresponsible remarks on my road construction wheel!
As for the provision of asphalt and other materials to Moldavia, this is not a big problem. Anyway, the roads repaired by Grand Duke Constantine are not that many. Basically, they are just around a few main roads, which does not use too much.
asphalt.
But what's more annoying about Grand Duke Constantine is that he asked for asphalt for free. He didn't have the money for the time being, so he asked for credit first. But everyone knows that if Li Xiao and the others accepted such a white note, they would never even think about it.
Got the money back.
Therefore, Li Xiao and the others definitely won't do it. They made it clear directly that if you want asphalt, you can either buy it with real money or barter, otherwise there is no need to discuss it!
According to what he said, it has been made clear that Grand Duke Constantine must either spend money to buy or exchange for things, but where does this man have money and things? The money for repairing roads was all made up of demolishing the east wall to pay for the west wall, and even if he had
He didn't want to give him any money, so he asked him to spend it to buy things with Li Xiao and the others - grandma, he wouldn't do it!
As a result, the two parties fell out, but it was nothing to do with the falling out, at least that's what Li Xiao and Alexei thought. However, they still underestimated Grand Duke Constantine's shamelessness and lack of limits, and soon the guy
So he wrote to his father and complained:
To say that Alexey did not provide Moldavia with the necessary material resources for road repair is a despicable and selfish act!
Nicholas I was naturally oriented towards his son, and immediately rebuked Alexei and demanded that Alexei provide asphalt.
Look at what nonsense this is. You know that you have no sense at all, but you still blame it. And Nicholas I's family almost all had this temper, and Grand Duke Constantine was just a representative of it.
Alexey naturally couldn't swallow this tone, and he was not polite. He directly wrote back to Nicholas I, saying that Grand Duke Constantine was prostituted for free without paying, and Wallachia's finances were extremely tight, so there was no need to
So much money was paid for him, and since he was the governor of Wallachia, not Moldavia, there was no reason to pay this amount of money for a neighboring country.
Alexei even bluntly said that Grand Duke Constantine was just doing face-saving projects. He refused to let Wallachia repair the roads that he was unable to repair. He even asked Wallachia to lower the road construction standards to take care of him for the sake of asphalt.
To save face, he simply acted recklessly regardless of national interests!
Well, Alexei was happy to vent his anger, but it was of no use. When his reply arrived in St. Petersburg, it was just like nothing. There was no response at all. Anyway, Nicholas I neither said how to solve the asphalt problem nor how to solve it.
If you say you retract your previous order, you are just pretending to be deaf and dumb.
Li Xiao was very familiar with this routine. It was done on purpose by his shameless uncle, who made it clear that he did not want to uphold justice, save face for Grand Duke Constantine, and allow his son to take advantage.
Why do you say that?
Because Nicholas I did not respond to this, and he had previously ordered that asphalt must be provided to Moldavia, it was obvious that he was siding with Archduke Constantine and preparing for free prostitution.
So the situation is very unfavorable for Li Xiao and the others. After all, Nicholas I's orders are there, you have to obey them!