As mentioned earlier, Li Xiao’s cheap father, Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich, had many lovers, and these lovers actually left him several illegitimate children. At least two of them are clearly recorded in history.
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Obviously, the Viscount Prozolov who is walking in front of Li Xiao now is one of his cheaper brothers.
After figuring this out, Li Xiao was a little embarrassed to be honest, because he was completely unprepared, and he didn't know the purpose of this cheap old man's sudden visit to him. Anyway, he definitely wasn't here to talk about brotherhood. Because he wanted to
The relationship should have started long ago, and based on what this person just said, Li Xiao's cheap mother doesn't have a good relationship with Polakova, so it's unlikely that they will be as close as sisters.
Think about it, a high-quality king like Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich must be the favorite target of millions of socialites who want to climb high. The competition is not as fierce as usual. Maybe Polakova and
Li Xiao's old mother fought over and over again for countless rounds.
In the end, Li Xiao's old mother won the victory, and Polakova must have been full of resentment. It's surprising that the relationship between the two families has improved.
Naturally, Li Xiao was very wary of Viscount Prozolov's sudden visit, not knowing what this cheap guy wanted to do.
"Don't be nervous, my brother. I have no ill intentions. I am not like my mother who wants to strangle you and your mother to death..."
Well, this statement sounds so strange. Anyway, not only did it not make Li Xiao feel relaxed, but it made him more vigilant.
"I'm not interested in the grievances of my mother's generation. I'm not here to settle accounts with you." Viscount Prozolov glanced at Li Xiao and said with a smile: "Of course I'm not here to beg you for food. If
As you can see, I am doing well, so I don’t want to ask you to give me a part-time official job to make ends meet!”
Li Xiao didn't believe it, so he kept calm and asked: "So are you here to reminisce about old times?"
Viscount Prozolov laughed again: "I'm not that free to go all the way from St. Petersburg to Bucharest to reminisce about old times. And if you want to reminisce about old times, you can do it in St. Petersburg as early as possible. There's no need to postpone it until now!"
On this point, Viscount Prozolov was very frank and unabashed, unlike a hypocrite.
"Then what's your purpose of coming?"
Prozolov laughed again and said loudly: "I'm here to seek cooperation!"
Li Xiao was stunned. He couldn't understand what he and Viscount Prozolov could do to do business together.
Viscount Prozolov saw Li Xiao's doubts and laughed and said: "Sorry, I didn't make it clear. I work in the third department and was appointed as the director of the third department in Moldavia not long ago!"
Li Xiao was taken aback and looked this cheap guy up and down again, because the other party's background may be bigger than he thought, because the director of the third part has really great power, and basically it must be Nico.
Only those "loyal ministers" and "officials" recognized by King Ra I can serve.
Especially Viscount Prozolov's age is really a bit too young. To be able to become a senior leader in the third part at such a young age is to imagine how ruthless he is. Such a person is definitely not the person he showed before.
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Suddenly Li Xiao began to re-examine this cheap brother, but the latter was so calm and casual, with a completely indifferent attitude.
Li Xiao asked carefully: "What do you mean by cooperation?"
Prozolov did not answer this question directly, but introduced again: "Also, I would like to explain that I serve Grand Duke Constantine!"
Li Xiao was immediately surprised again and looked at the cheap man again. He really didn't expect that the other party was actually from Archduke Constantine. However, thinking that Archduke Constantine had just been appointed as the Governor of Moldavia,
If he, the governor, wanted to have a stable position, he must have several confidants, and it was really unexpected that Viscount Prozolov turned out to be a confidant of Grand Duke Constantine.
"You should be aware of my personal relationship with Grand Duke Constantine, right?" Li Xiao asked meaningfully.
These words made Viscount Prozolov burst into laughter, and it took him a while before he replied: "What's that? You should have heard that there are only eternal interests and no eternal enemies, right?"
These words made Li Xiao a little surprised, because understanding this truth shows that Viscount Prozolov is not simple. It seems that he is not that kind of foolish and loyal fool, and everything is based on interests.
However, Li Xiao did not fully believe this, because people in the officialdom are really deceitful. They have one attitude when they want to ask for help, but they may have another attitude when they turn their backs on others.
So Li Xiao just smiled and said, "Does Grand Duke Constantine think so too?"
Viscount Prozolov showed an unexpected expression for the first time, because Li Xiao's question showed that he knew the character of Grand Duke Constantine quite well, because this little fat man was really a very vengeful person.
"That's not important!" Viscount Prozolov replied lightly, as if he could be the head of Grand Duke Constantine.
Li Xiao shook his head and said: "It's easy to say it, but what do you do to make me believe it?"
Viscount Prozolov replied: "I don't need to convince you, it's decided by reality! You should know that the current situation of Grand Duke Constantine is not very good, right?"
Li Xiao smiled, and then Viscount Prozolov also laughed. The two seemed to have a tacit understanding.
After a while, Li Xiao asked: "How do you or His Highness Grand Duke Constantine plan to cooperate?"
Viscount Prozolov nodded with satisfaction. He seemed to be very satisfied with Li Xiao's question. He replied unhurriedly: "The relationship between Moldavia and Wallachia can be closer, and the two grand duchies can be economically integrated."
, carry out all-round cooperation in many aspects of military affairs..."
This answer dissatisfied Li Xiao, because what he wanted to know was not in which areas cooperation would be carried out, but in what manner. Only by clarifying this point could he judge whether cooperation was possible.
So he interrupted without hesitation: "What I want to know is how to cooperate and how to cooperate!"
Viscount Prozolov showed a true expression. He sighed slightly and said: "His Excellency the Grand Duke hopes that both parties can have a high degree of trust and cooperate with him as the main subject. It is best for Wallachia to cooperate..."
Li Xiao interrupted him mercilessly again and refused directly: "This is impossible! Moldavia is a mess, and with all due respect, at the level of your Grand Duke,
I’m not qualified to talk about him being the main one!”