Chapter 34

According to Count Vladimir's instructions, Arkady walked around the major banks with name cards, but he soon discovered that things were not as simple as Count Vladimir said. He received him warmly, but when he heard that the loan was for Count Vladimir, he suddenly changed his face.

Either they directly say that the working capital is not enough to get the money, or they say that they need to mortgage or they cannot borrow, and the most polite thing is to give an outrageously high interest rate, which is really scary.

"What, these bastards are so ignorant!"

Count Vladimir suddenly became furious, and jumped to his feet: "See how I will deal with them later, Arkady, you go..."

The sound stopped abruptly at this point, because Count Vladimir realized that he was not in St. Petersburg, and it was impossible to just say hello to any powerful department and make the other party feel miserable. This is Bucharest, and the boss is only Alexei, and he can't do anything without nodding his head.

"Bastard!"

Count Vladimir, who had figured this out, slapped the table fiercely. The pain caused his tears and nose to flow out. He was so angry. He had never been bullied like this when he grew up. It was unbearable!

It's just that even if Count Vladimir is not angry, there is nothing he can do. He definitely can't make the banker nod to save face, unless he is willing to take advantage of usury, but he is unwilling, so he can only be so deadlocked.

Count Vladimir asked: "Will there be any consequences if I delay paying the bill?"

Arkady had really understood this question before, and he replied cautiously: "The creditor may sue you, take you to court, and have the court force you to pay back the money."

court? Still forcing?

Count Vladimir immediately showed disdain. Who is he? Is there any court that dares to trouble the illegitimate son of Nicholas I? Are you tired of working?

It's just that his optimism had just emerged before Arkady rebuked him: "Count Speranski really dared, and I'm afraid he would be happy to do it..."

Count Vladimir immediately fell silent. If all of this was a bureau, then this bureau was definitely set up by Alexei. Once he is disobedient, what are those creditors afraid of with the support of the governor?

Even if the court settles with Mui in the end, his reputation as Count Vladimir will be completely ruined. You must know that reputation is too important to him. If his reputation is good, Nicholas I may be willing to take care of him for a while, but if he is notorious and rotten, then Nicholas I, who loves feathers, will definitely not want to admit that there is something wrong with him. Such a dishonorable son, maybe he will have to cut ties with him immediately!

At the thought of such dire consequences,

Count Vladimir shuddered. Although he wasn't sure that Alexei was so vicious, he couldn't bet against it. In desperation, on the one hand, he hurriedly wrote letters to his cronies in St. Petersburg for help. On the other hand, they also found a few lackeys who were taken in in Wallachia, and asked these dogs to help raise money.

Kristin Stilbey and Konstantin Gika were very happy when they were summoned by their master, but their faces drooped after they understood the reason, because they really have no money, okay?

Just imagine if Kristin Shtilbey and Konstantin Gika were living a happy life, counting money until their hands cramp, then would it be necessary for them to rebel with Count Vladimir?

The answer is very simple. These two people came up with ideas precisely because of their unsatisfactory lives, and they took the risk of cooperating with Count Vladimir in order to change their bicycles into motorcycles.

Now the bicycle has not changed into a motorcycle, but Count Vladimir will be the first to scratch it. These two poor people would like to say that we have no money, but that means the cooperation is out of the question. So they had no choice but to tell Count Vladimir: "We don't have that much money, and we can help you solve one-third of your problems at most."

This answer certainly did not satisfy Count Vladimir. He felt more and more that the people under him were useless, and they couldn't even solve such a simple problem.

However, only Count Vladimir felt that the debt of more than 200,000 rubles was a small problem. The money was basically his annual income from the farm and other fixed assets in addition to his salary.

But he squandered it all in just one month. Think about how extravagant he spends money.

Anyway, when Li Xiao saw this bill from a special channel, he was dumbfounded—is this the ability of the top nobles to spend money? According to this method of construction, even if there is a golden mountain in the house, it will not be able to withstand it, okay?

Even if the object of the extravagance was Count Vladimir, the enemy, Li Xiao still felt a little shocking. How did Louis XVI go to the guillotine? It was not because his family and those nobles and celebrities were so extravagant that they ran out of money.

Based on Count Vladimir's spending power, Li Xiao felt that the big nobles in St. Petersburg might have followed in the footsteps of the French nobles and embarked on a road of no return.

According to this way of squandering, it is no wonder that there is no problem. It is conceivable that if this is not Bucharest but St. Petersburg, Count Vladimir will definitely not have a headache for this small amount of money. He only needs to snap his fingers or send a word, and someone will help plug this big hole soon.

But the hole is blocked, but it is hard to say how many serfs will pay a heavy price for it. After all, the squandered money still comes from them in the final analysis. When they are overwhelmed and squeezed dry, it may be the death knell for nobles like Count Vladimir.

However, the focus of Li Xiao's attention is not on class conflicts for the time being. He deliberately let Count Vladimir develop a good habit of squandering, in order to restrain this bastard.

Li Xiao asked, "Did Kristin Shtilbey and Konstantin Gika get him all the money?"

"No, according to the insider's reaction, these two contributed about 50,000 rubles, which is still far from the amount Count Vladimir needs!"

Li Xiao nodded in satisfaction, and then ordered: "Send a message to the financial circles, if anyone dares to lend funds to Count Vladimir, then they will never get a foothold in Wallachia!"

In fact, if Li Xiao didn’t do this order, no one would lend money to Count Vladimir. Businessmen are all looking for profit, and only when you can bring them double returns, then you are their good friend.

And Earl Vladimir obviously didn't have this ability. On the contrary, he spent a lot of money and became extravagant. For those businessmen who started from the bottom, such a person is more like a prodigal, not a proud man.

"That's not good! Who was optimistic about Charles-Louis Napoleon Bonaparte before? Isn't that libertine also a spendthrift? Now he has become the uncompromising dictator of France. Can you say that he is not worth investing in?" ?”

"Tch, what is the comparison between Napoleon III and Count Vladimir? One is the president of France and the other is just the commander of the city defense of Bucharest. One is in the sky and the other is underground. Even if Count Vladimir has the potential to succeed, you Do you think he can be the Tsar of Russia?"

This topic is actually a bit sensitive, but all the businessmen here know the basics, and they know that no one has a big mouth and will gossip everywhere, and the big guys get together and open some salons without gossip. Is it just to be a quiet greasy uncle? ?

"I don't know if Count Vladimir can be the tsar, but I think he really wants to be the governor of Wallachia!"

No one dares to answer this sentence easily, because it is unlikely that the military police will drag you away if you gossip about Nicholas I here, but if you dare to speak ill of Governor Alexei, you will probably be invited The gendarmerie has had tea.

No one wants to go to the Gendarmerie Headquarters for tea, because none of the people who have been lucky enough to go in can come out in one piece, basically, the family is broken and the people are dead. The Wallachian nobles and wealthy businessmen who have been whipped by the bloody reality many times naturally dare not make a mistake.

"He wants to be the governor of Wallachia? Just like him? The governor of Wallachia who can't even solve the debt of 200,000 rubles? It's embarrassing to say it!"

These words immediately won a burst of echo. For these noble people, it doesn't matter who is the governor, as long as it can bring them benefits. To them, although Alexey has been a little stricter and more ruthless in recent years, he is not sloppy at all when it comes to money.

Wallachia's economic situation is much better than that of Moldavia next door, and people like them have also made a lot of money. Although such a governor is not pleasing, he is not annoying either.

Count Vladimir is completely different. Everyone here is actually observing his performance. Judging from his performance in the past three months, it is undoubtedly very disappointing. Apart from being able to pick up girls and squander, he can't see it in other aspects. any sparkle.

Is it really good to hand over Wallachia to such a man?

Anyway, if the people here were to choose someone to be the governor, they would definitely not choose Count Vladimir.

"So you all mean to do what the gendarmerie commander wants? Regardless of the libertine's request?"

Most of the people present nodded, even those who didn’t nod immediately looked thoughtful. In fact, everyone knows what this expression means. It’s just to take a step and see what other people do and see what the result is, and then Then decide on the next step.

That is to say, if Count Vladimir's request is rejected and he cannot give appropriate punishment to those who rejected him, then he is a red lacquered toilet embroidered pillow, and naturally no one will take him seriously. something happened...