Chapter 158

For the time being, Li Xiao didn't have the time to complain about Menshikov, because the news spread slowly these days. What happened in London took half a month to reach Bucharest, so it was impossible to complain about what happened.

In addition, even if Li Xiao knew about it, he probably wouldn't be in the mood to complain about the old eunuch. Because the impact of this incident is not small, because it almost means that someone's plan to delay the outbreak of the Crimean War has failed.

Even because of what Kornilov did, the Crimean War may break out early. Anyway, Li Xiao knew that he was the only one who was battered, and he was in no mood to care about Menshikov anymore.

To say that the impact of this incident is indeed not small, for example, Kornilov, who was ready to be dismissed from office, was shocked, because not only was he not dismissed from office, but he was also commended by the Ministry of the Navy. Needless to say, Nicholas I was very happy, and felt that Kornilov was a good courtier who knew how to share his worries.

It's just that Nicholas I's commendation is really nothing fancy, it's just dry verbal praise, and each medal doesn't reward a few cents, which really has limited benefits.

Of course, this is Li Xiao's opinion. Kornilov himself is quite happy. After all, nobles in this era still attach great importance to the sense of honor. It is an honor to be praised by the emperor. What about philistines?

But Kornilov was happy, he hadn't forgotten the starting point for doing this, but now it seemed that he was a little uncertain, whether this thing was done or not?

Maybe he has to go to Bucharest to talk to Li Xiao and see what someone thinks, because he is really uncertain about the current situation!

Kornilov made another trip to Bucharest, but this trip was missed because Li Xiao was not in Bucharest at all. Not only was he absent, but Alexei was also absent from the Governor's Palace.

Li Xiao accompanied Muraviyov and Ilya to Izmail for inspection, and then went to Odessa and Nikolayev. As the most important ports in Russia along the Black Sea, these Cities mean so much to Russia.

Especially considering the possibility of using troops against Turkey, it is natural to take a good look at these cities and make sure that the preparations are done.

As for Alexei, he did not go to Odessa and Nikolayev, but returned directly from Izmail to Jurgiu. Not as good as before, there was another moth on the border. He, the governor Must go to preside over the overall situation.

So what happened? In fact, to put it bluntly, it is still the contradiction and conflict between Orthodox Christians and Christians. Bulgaria is also an Orthodox country, where the majority of people believe in the Orthodox Church.

But because of historical reasons, Bulgaria is now owned by Türkiye.

Naturally, although the Orthodox Christians are able to preach, there are still many restrictions. In short, the Bulgarians who believe in the Orthodox Church are in a dominant position.

It's just that, with the visible weakness of Turkey in the past 100 years, especially in the past 20 years, Turkey has been oppressed by Russia, so the dominance of the Bulgarians is the same.

Almost all Bulgarians know that Turkey is a veritable paper tiger and the sick man of the Near East, so they can only rely on the prestige of their ancestors to frighten them, and they will have to admit defeat in minutes when they meet robbers like Russia.

Naturally, for the Bulgarians who pursue national and national independence, the big brother Russia is still very kind. There is a feeling that my elder brother is so awesome that your chicken can do nothing to me.

This feeling has recently been greatly amplified by the dispute between Russia and Turkey over the future of Bulgaria.

In short, some Bulgarians are starting to move around and start cooperating with Russia to do things. Just across the river from Giurgiu in Ruse, a group of local Bulgarians were killed by Ismet Pasha of Turkey in Ruse under the banner of national self-determination!

This Ismailt is not an ordinary unknown person, but a confidant of the Sultan. He was just appointed Pashaluk of Ruse. The purpose is naturally to monitor the dynamics of Wallachia and the Russian army. Respond immediately.

This Ismet Pasha could be regarded as a border official, but such a border official was killed by a group of Bulgarian angry youths on the way back to his official residence. It was the kind where a burst of gunfire shot the poor guy in the head on the spot, and he couldn't even be saved.

If the matter is only like this, it’s fine. The problem is that the new Turkish army is too weak. It’s shameful enough for Pasha to kill someone. What’s even more embarrassing is that there are only a few three-legged cat assassins they haven’t caught yet. live.

Under the cover of the local Orthodox Church in Ruse, these assassins fled to Giurgiu in a grand manner! This time the matter was really big, because the Turks were really angry, and immediately furiously proposed to Wallachia to extradite the criminals, demanding that Wallachia hand them over immediately.

Of course, it would be fine if they just asked for the handover. What's more serious, the angry Turks also arrested the priest who helped the assassin escape, and planned to punish him.

As the governor of Wallachia, Alexei naturally had to deal with this mess immediately. Although he himself didn't want to wipe this ass at all, who made him the governor!

"Once this matter is not handled properly, it will trigger a chain reaction, and if it is not handled properly, it will trigger a war! We must handle it carefully!"

This is what Alexei said to Leonid. From his words, we can see that he is actually very dissatisfied with what the Bulgarian assassins did. He felt that this was adding fuel to the already tense Russia-Turkey relationship, and it was a crazy temptation on the verge of death.

But what made Alexei very speechless was that he still had no way to deal with those assassins forcefully, because this would arouse Nicholas I's high dissatisfaction, because the Tsar would never like his governor to be so "counseling", He is eager to make things bigger and better.

Even for Leonid, the garrison commander, he did not agree with Alexei's attitude. As a devout believer, Leonid was very sympathetic to the Bulgarian Orthodox brothers and was eager to rescue them from the clutches of Turkey.

So he fully understood and admired the actions of the Bulgarian assassins. He felt that if the Turks hadn't pushed the Bulgarian brothers into a hurry, how could these people take the risk to assassinate a Pasha?

Naturally, after the incident happened, he immediately accepted and protected these Bulgarian assassins, and even sent a report to Governor Alexei, requesting that the military mobilization be strengthened to give Turkey a look and deter them. The chicken makes the chicken dare not revenge the innocent Bulgarian brother across the river...