Alexey once again started the nodding mode. Moldavia and Wallachia were actually firmly controlled by Austria, Russia and Turkey. Among them, Russia has the strongest control, followed by Austria.
Turkey again.
After the last Russo-Turkish War, the biggest resistance that prevented Russia from forcibly annexing Wallachia and Moldavia was actually from Austria and Turkey. Of course, the latter's opposition was not that effective. The main reason was that Russia was worried about causing
Austria was unhappy as an ally, so she did not swallow it hard.
But now the situation is different. Turkey is still a sick man for thousands of years, so there is nothing to worry about. Austria has fallen into turmoil because of the revolution, its strength has been greatly reduced, and it is still waiting for Russian soldiers to come to rescue. Therefore, in the face of survival and Balkan interests,
He must give priority to survival, and in order to survive he can only give up some of the interests of Wallachia and Moldavia.
Although Nicholas I had previously promised that Russia was going to restore and rebuild order and would not fundamentally change the status of Wallachia and Moldavia. In short, it was the international relationship between Wallachia and Moldavia.
The form is still the same as before - a grand duchy with a high degree of autonomy under the territory of Turkey.
However, the current Grand Duchy is still different from the previous Grand Duchy. In order to ensure that there will no longer be anti-Russian rebellions in the two Grand Duchys, Russia must strengthen its presence in these two Grand Duchys.
How to strengthen the sense of presence? You must send people and troops to supervise and manage! And the person who goes to supervise and manage is naturally the emperor and actual controller of Wallachia and Moldavia. In other words, he is actually the governor.
!
Of course, it may not be called the Governor in the end, but the actual power of the Governor will definitely be there.
Li Xiao said very rudely: "So our next goal is to help you, 2nd Earl of Sperance, get the position of Governor of Wallachia!"
Alexei subconsciously wanted to say that he was not qualified, but he was really interested in this position. If he could take this position and make some achievements, he would be gold-plated and wait for promotion when he returned to his country.
Thinking of this, Alexei couldn't say any more modest words of rejection. Instead, there was a touch of enthusiasm in his eyes, and he was ready to make a move.
"Then what should I do?" Alexey asked directly.
Li Xiao smiled, as long as Alexei was tempted, it would be easy to handle. After all, among them, only Alexei had the possibility of ascending to the throne of governor. The others, neither he nor Leonid, could
of.
"It's very simple, you have to show a more dazzling performance! Let everyone think that you are the most suitable candidate for the Governor of Wallachia!"
Alexei asked eagerly: "What should I do?"
Yes, Alexey really has no confidence in this. Before meeting Li Xiao, he was in a state of despair in Wallachia and had no achievements worth mentioning. Now he still feels that he has no one to rely on.
If you don't have money, you can't accomplish anything.
But someone is different. He came here with bare hands and casually succeeded with nothing. Then he made trouble within the National Party, and also defrauded the British. He was simply a little expert in making trouble. There was someone
Guidance, is it difficult to make meritorious deeds?
"It's very simple!" Li Xiao replied with a smile, "If you can capture Bucharest before Duke Mikhail Gorchakov, wouldn't it be a great achievement?"
"Well???"
Alexey gasped because someone's ambitions were too great. How easy was it to seize Bucharest before Duke Mikhail? After all, Bucharest now has hundreds of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of militiamen stationed in it.
Extremely powerful.
And how many pro-Russian leading parties Alexei has won over after being active for so long? The total number may not be more than 10,000 people. Even if these leading parties can equal one to ten, it is impossible for them to succeed, right?
"Hey, why do you always want to fight head-on?" Li Xiao sighed faintly, "Your dog-legged leaders are no match for the excited National Guards and militia, let alone one against ten.
Those guys are just a flag-waving function at best!"
Alexei smiled bitterly and said: "You know it too! Then you still let me occupy Bucharest. Isn't this just killing me by striking an egg against a stone?"
"How can you risk death!" Li Xiao felt a little resentful: "I told you, we must not fight forcefully! We have to outsmart him!"
"Outwit? How to outwit?"
"It's very simple! First of all, we must disintegrate the unity of Wallachia from within, let them fight each other or even kill each other, and consume their strength through internal fighting!"
Alexey nodded thoughtfully and asked: "So you have been instigating and intensifying their conflicts, right?"
Li Xiao smiled proudly and said: "Of course, otherwise why would I let Yang Constantine seize the arsenal? You have seen it, right? The effect is not bad, right?"
Alexey felt that the effect was not only good, but also immediate. The radicals of Jan Constantine and the conservatives of George Strieb were directly at odds with each other, and they immediately started a land grab mode with other dividends.
Internal fighting began.
Alexey believes that this is only the first step, and someone may incite Yang. Constantine will continue to ignite the situation, and he believes that there will be a direct conflict between radicals and conservatives soon.
"But isn't that enough?" Alexei asked with a frown.
"Don't worry!" Li Xiao said with a smile, "We have now controlled three-quarters of the arms in Bucharest, which is equivalent to strangling the life of the defenders. How can they fight without arms?"
"This is only the first step. Next, I will attack their food! Let the defenders have neither arms nor food rations. How long can they hold on?"
Alexey was shocked and blurted out: "Grain? This is impossible, right? The Wallachians are not fools, how could they give away grain to others?"
Li Xiao replied with a smile: "I'm not going to let them give it away! I plan to buy it from them!"
"Buy?" Alexei's eyes widened, and then he immediately frowned: "I remember that they have quite a lot of food in stock. Do you have the financial resources?"
Li Xiao replied with a smile: "Of course I don't have the financial resources, but we do!"
Alexei became increasingly puzzled and asked: "We, we don't have one either, right?"
Li Xiao explained: "We are referring to His Majesty and Duke Mikhail Gorchakov! Vishniak wrote to me that it was because the Mikheyevich brothers had embezzled the grain reserves of the Black Sea Fleet.
, In order to ensure the smooth development of the military operation, His Majesty ordered Duke Mikhail to allocate a huge sum of money to purchase food, hehe..."