The situation in Kiev is very bad. There is a huge problem with the food supply. A week ago, when the last bakery announced that it would cease operations, the entire city fell into a food crisis.
For most ordinary citizens, eating has become a big problem. At first they could still eat potatoes, but soon all the potatoes on the market were sold out, and the price of a pound of potatoes on the black market was as high as a ruble.
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This means that the vast majority of people will go hungry. If it is just this, Governor Ulanov also made matters worse by announcing a new food tax, on the grounds that the poor who are living in difficulty can receive relief.
It's just that most of the food taxes collected went into his private pocket. Anyway, no official agency or official has ever seen the hungry people on the streets of Kiev helping them.
Resentments were rising rapidly, and ordinary citizens almost secretly despised and cursed Ulanov, hoping that God would send him to hell as soon as possible.
However, they did not wait for the news that Ulanov was going to hell. Instead, they waited for even worse conscription and mandatory orders to recruit civilian husbands.
According to Ulanov's order, all men in Kiev who are over 16 years old but not over 45 years old must join the volunteer army and the migrant construction team.
There are no conditions for this. Anyway, those who are soldiers will come to arrest people directly. Those who dare to resist will be beaten severely, and those who dare to resist will be punished by being hanged as a conspiracy to rebel against the party.
For a time, there was a lot of public dissatisfaction in Kiev, and a large number of people fled the city with their families.
But Ulanov's magical operation was not over yet. He was only responsible for providing one lunch to the soldiers he recruited, and the civilian laborers he recruited did not even have a lunch as simple as water. They had to do the heaviest physical work and then still be able to
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It is conceivable what the consequences of such oppression will be. So does Kiev really not even have this little food?
Of course not, this was just a means of corruption by Ulanov. On the books, three meals a day for the newly recruited soldiers and civilians were paid for by him as the governor, but in fact the food went into his personal pocket.
He even paid wages to the soldiers and civilians on the books, and of course the money was kept by him personally as a matter of course.
Just by relying on this hand, he earned hundreds of thousands of rubles without saying a word, which made him feel cramps counting money every day.
Even Kassinen lamented: "The greed of this bastard is simply beyond imagination. He is simply more hateful than a Jewish vampire!"
Anton's face was also ugly. What Ulanov did was completely digging his own grave. If this rhythm continues, something will happen in Kiev, whether it's a month or a quarter, and then this idiot will have to drag the elders with him.
One hundred thousand people were buried together!
"Where are Count Dmitry Milyutin's troops?" Kashinin was also worried!
His judgment is similar to Anton's. If he continues at this pace, Kiev really won't be able to survive for long. He is really scared!
Anton shook his head with a livid face: "I don't know, Chernihiv was occupied by the rebels, and the news couldn't spread at all..."
In fact, there was something Anton didn't say, and that was that based on his military knowledge, even if Dmitry's troops arrived in Chernihiv, it would not be possible to reach Kiev in a month or two.
, after all, there are too many rebels!
And according to Ulanov's tossing method, the number of rebels may increase sharply in a short period of time!
This situation was not at all what Anton expected. According to his original plan, he only needed to keep an eye on Ulanov, secretly collect evidence of his crime, wait for Dmitri to report him immediately after arriving in Kiev, and take him down in one fell swoop.
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But now that Dmitri has been delayed in arriving in Kiev, the situation is getting worse day by day. If this pace continues, Kiev may be over before Dmitri arrives!
This situation left him in a dilemma. On the one hand, he was worried about the situation in Kiev and worried about the worst-case scenario, but on the other hand, he had no good solution to the problem.
After all, he is only the commander of the Kiev Gendarmerie. According to his authority, he still needs to take orders from the governor Ulanov. He can be dismissed from his post with a single order from Ulanov. What can he use against Ulanov?
When Cassining saw that Anton was silent, he immediately urged: "Hurry up and think of a solution! If this continues, we will all be doomed!"
Anton smiled bitterly and said: "Then what do you want me to do? I only have a few military police in my hands, and Ulanov is the governor. If forced to do so, I am not his opponent at all. What's more, even if I can control him in this way,
How to explain to St. Petersburg?"
Cassinin said nothing because he knew the seriousness of this problem!
The most taboo thing in officialdom is for subordinates to restrain superiors. No matter which country it is, whoever is in power will not allow subordinates to take over or overtake superiors to do their own thing. Even if there is a legitimate reason to do so, it is taboo!
Especially in a country with deep-rooted conservatism like Russia, doing this is simply ruining the future!
Anton needs to make a trade-off between his personal future and the future of the country. Should he protect himself and continue to endure and watch the situation continue to worsen? Or should he go out and fight hard to sacrifice his own future and save thousands of people in Kiev? Where to go is entirely up to him.
in a moment!
Anyone will hesitate when faced with this kind of problem, and Anton is no exception. The only difference between him and others is that he thought about it for a long time and finally decided to give it a try. The peace of conscience is more important than the so-called future!
"Are you really determined? How about we wait a little longer?"
Anton shook his head decisively and said: "We can't wait any longer. The dissatisfaction with Ulanov in the streets and alleys of Kiev has reached its extreme, and soon the people can't bear it anymore. But do you think Ulanov has any intention of stopping?
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Cassinin immediately stopped talking, because not only did Ulanov have no intention of stopping, but he was already fascinated by the sudden increase in wealth in a short period of time. At this moment, he was discussing the next way to make money with a group of confidants.
, if nothing else happens, they will come up with new ways to make money in three to five days at most!
Kassinen was silent for a moment and then asked: "Is there anything I can do for you?"
Anton shook his head and said: "You don't want to get involved, and we don't want to meet in the near future. Leave Ulanov's problem to me..." He said with a bitter smile: "If I fail, remember, what
Don't do anything, wait patiently, protect the collected criminal evidence, and try to hand it over to Count Dmitry Milyutin, or simply go to St. Petersburg and hand it over to Grand Duke Andrei Konstantinovich, they will help me
Revenge!"
Cassinen couldn't bear it and wanted to give some advice, but Anton stopped him and said seriously: "Don't worry about me, I'm doing what I really want to do!"