Dmitry Milyutin is not the kind of person who is particularly troubled and likes to stir up trouble. He is not particularly interested in the grudge between Grand Duke Constantine and Crown Prince Alexander. Even if His Highness the Grand Duke really has some freedoms in St. Petersburg,
Pai preached to be so wise, and he didn't mind helping him secretly.
But no matter what he saw and heard in St. Petersburg or what he saw after arriving in Chisinau, he felt that Grand Duke Constantine had a reputation, and it was not as good as being famous in person.
So he really didn't want to listen to a word of the nonsense this person said, and his attitude became business-like. Even when he returned to the hotel where he was staying tonight, he would immediately report the matter to Crown Prince Alexander and remind the Crown Prince to take a good beating.
For a moment, Grand Duke Constantine - after all, the military is a major national issue, and we must not allow anyone to mess around in it!
Grand Duke Constantine was not surprised that Dmitri was so cold. It would have been a big surprise if he was very enthusiastic. For him, as long as Dmitri was doing business and not causing trouble, he would just let him be, so he handed over the official duties.
After a few casual greetings, he served tea to see the guests off.
As soon as Dmitri left, he immediately said to Viscount Prozolov: "The food this time is still not enough, so a little bit won't do the trick at all. We have to think of another way!"
The food problem has made Grand Duke Constantine very worried. Ever since he misappropriated the damn food, he has been unable to do anything smoothly. First, the outbreak of war became inevitable, and then Li Xiao secretly arranged a trick to make him pay attention to the food problem.
, I have already sent a letter to severely question what is going on.
It’s hard to answer this letter, because if he dares to hold his neck and say it’s not the case, I will definitely not be able to forgive him if something goes wrong afterwards. But if he tells the truth, it will be tantamount to exposing his own shortcomings, and he will not get any benefits.
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In desperation, Grand Duke Constantine could only think of ways to fill the hole. On the one hand, he ordered those guys who had dealt with the food problem to work with him to bribe the Russian commanders who came from afar. On the other hand, he also searched for food everywhere.
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Grand Duke Constantine was ruthless and tried his best to plunder all the food on the market, forcibly "requisitioned" and "confiscated" a large amount of civilian food, and barely scraped together enough food to continue to be given to the public.
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But as soon as this happened, the market was in trouble. First, the Moldavia landowners and nobles who had their grain confiscated were in trouble. They cried and demanded that Grand Duke Constantine give an explanation, otherwise they would go to St. Petersburg to file a complaint.
Before Grand Duke Constantine could appease these guys, the profiteers who got wind of the situation started to raise prices again. The price of food tripled in less than a week, three days a day.
Even if you have money, you can't buy food, because in this trend, anyone who is not stupid knows the importance of hoarding food. It has tripled in just a few days. If you hoard it for a month, how many times can it double?
As a result, the market in Moldavia immediately became chaotic. The people did not have much food in stock, and the price of food changed three times a day, which made them complain. But there is no food to buy here, and that is even more scary.
For a time, there were all kinds of rumors in the market. Some said that a war was about to begin, some said that food was monopolized by the Russian army and private transactions were not allowed, and some simply said that the Russian army was attacking Moldavia.
They want to seize the territory, suck the blood of the Moldavia people, and call on the majority of Moldavia compatriots to fight against the Russian army!
These messy rumors are getting worse and worse. Even if the police and spies of the Third Department and Moldavia arrest and kill a group of people who spread the rumors, it will not help. As long as the people are hungry, these rumors will not be quelled.
What's more, there is also some truth in these rumors. For example, it is true that there is land scraping. When profiteers began to hoard, the group of people around Grand Duke Constantine, such as the leaders headed by Viscount Prozolov, immediately realized how to make a fortune.
The opportunity has arrived.
They colluded with the Moldavia dignitaries and monopolized almost 80% of the grain stocks. They were waiting to double their profits several times and make a lot of money!
Doesn’t Viscount Prozolov realize the risks involved?
Of course he knows that people who don't have enough to eat will definitely cause trouble. If they are instigated by someone with intentions, it is not uncommon for them to cause great changes. So why does someone as smart as him have such a big dog to act recklessly?
The reason is simple, he is confident!
Viscount Prozolov didn’t care about the Moldavians at all. Let’s not mention that those who were colluding with him were all the powerful local gangsters in Moldavia. Let’s talk about the Russian garrison stationed in Moldavia. These Russian troops were
It's enough to beat up the unarmed hungry people. As long as these hungry people dare to make trouble, use guns and bayonets to keep them honest!
This is what Viscount Prozolov thinks. In his opinion, the power of the people is not worth mentioning. They are just inexhaustible leeks that can be harvested. How can you miss such a good opportunity to harvest leeks now?
What's more, Viscount Prozolov was not living alone, and a considerable part of his profits were used to bribe Grand Duke Constantine and the cronies and servants around Grand Duke Constantine.
It can be said that they are integrated from top to bottom, and they really want to make money and get rich together, and they are having fun together!
But it’s hard to say whether this kind of enjoyment is really appropriate, whether it’s good for Russia, and whether it’s pleasing to others.
Dmitry, who stopped in Chisinau, was very dissatisfied. He walked around the market several times in the past few days. What he saw and heard was shocking. He saw Moldavia, where people were in chaos and people's livelihood was in decline.
There is a volcano about to erupt.
If the situation continues to deteriorate, if Grand Duke Constantine and his gang continue to mess around like this, then when more severe cold weather comes later, the Moldavians will break out.
Maybe Russia would have to put down the rebellion in Moldavia before it started a war with Turkey. Anyone who doesn't have cerebral palsy would know the consequences of that. Anyway, he was really worried.
At this moment, his adjutant reported an even more incredible piece of information to him: "General, according to my observation and understanding, there are huge problems with our army's combat readiness warehouse in Moldavia. Many officers said
, the food we just handed over and delivered quickly disappeared!"
Dmitri was surprised and said in surprise: "Disappeared? Why did he disappear?"
The adjutant replied awkwardly: "It is said that the grain was just delivered to the warehouse and then transported directly."
Dmitri was startled again and said in astonishment: "Transported away? Where did it go?"