Struggle in Russia - Vol 3 Chapter 716

“Struggle in Tsarist Russia (

Matvi Semenovich is a little embarrassed, because he is neither here to catch spies nor to catch chaos, but in a sense he is here to open the back door to release the prisoners.

However, Li Xiao’s enthusiastic attitude reassured him a little, at least on the surface, the Grand Duke did not mean to target him.

Of course, he was not careless. The most important thing in the officialdom is the smiling tiger with two faces and three swords. It is very common to have a face-to-face and a back-to-back set. Even he himself is like this. It is a fool to pin his hopes on others.

“Your Excellency the Grand Duke, you are joking. Your gendarmerie controls everything in Bucharest, leaving spies and chaos parties with nowhere to hide. Our third division has almost nothing to do. Where are we going to arrest people!”

Matvey patted Li Xiao’s **** without leaving a trace, although it was somewhat against his will, because Matvey didn’t think Li Xiao was good at all. In his opinion, Wallachia was a real place. It is the simple folk customs, and there is no espionage and disorderly party activities at all, which makes it seem that they are well governed.

He even thinks that Li Xiao’s position is just as competent even as a dog, and even if he is an expert like him, Wallachia will be better governed.

“You’re too good,” Li Xiao would also say in the flattering scene in the officialdom, since Matvey wants to talk to him, he will accompany him, “Who doesn’t know that the third part is the cornerstone of maintaining the stability of the empire, if not You and your subordinates maintain the stability of the empire on various occasions that are invisible to ordinary people, and it may be impossible for us to live in peace.

The flattery was sent back intact, although it made Matvey a little comfortable, but his original intention was to test Li Xiao’s attitude, but in this round, except for the high hat that must be meaningless, there is no gain at all, okay? Okay.

He was a little confused, not sure if he should explain his intentions directly. He always felt that it was definitely not easy for Maria to be arrested. If the relationship between them was revealed too quickly, he might fall into a passive state.

But let’s not talk about it, the big duke on the opposite side is more slippery than a gas guzzling. It is a waste of time to continue talking like this. What should I do?

After thinking for a while, Matvey couldn’t hold back and asked, “Your Excellency the Grand Duke, I heard that you and the Wallachia Internal Affairs Department launched a joint operation to arrest a group of criminals. Is this the case?”

Li Xiao’s face was calm, but his heart was full of joy. Sure enough, Matvey couldn’t help it. This is good news, indicating that his arrangement worked.

“Yes, we have arrested a group of robbers and thieves who are secretly digging the corner of the country. These despicable scumbags are taking advantage of the empire to not pay attention and carry out smuggling activities. The amount of money involved is staggering!”

Matvey is naturally more and more embarrassed, because he is also the despicable scum in Li Xiao’s mouth, but fortunately, he is thick-skinned and has not shown his legs.

“Really?” Matvey asked, pretending to be very curious, “What is the specific situation!”

Of course Li Xiao knew what he really cared about, and replied calmly: “A group of smugglers were arrested, the leader seems to be Maria Davidovna… and their treasuries and warehouses were confiscated, It’s a lot of harvest! I’m going to let them continue to dig deeper into the case, and I must completely destroy all the smugglers in Bucharest!”

Li Xiao’s words surprised Matvey. Before, he thought that Maria’s arrest might be an accidental incident, but listening to Li Xiao’s meaning, this is ready to kill the smuggling crime!

This can’t help but make his mood even heavier. If it’s just an accident, it shouldn’t be a problem for him to come forward to solve it, but if cracking down on smuggling is a policy to be widely implemented by the Governor’s Office, then he is both embarrassed and embarrassed. .

After traveling all the way to the Wallachia officials, he was naturally trying to make money, but this ghost place has its own owners, and with his physique, he definitely couldn’t compete with those giants for food. He had to think twice about even sneaking a tip to Nicholas I. After all, none of Duke Mikhail, Duke Vorontsov, or Prince William of Prussia could offend him.

As for the trouble with Alexei, it’s not impossible, but the governor’s methods are also very clever. He knows that the giants and crocodiles above are not generally satisfied with him. Lexie can also let him go through those giants.

Fortunately, although Alexei’s control of Wallachia is tight, he still saves him face, and he doesn’t care if he does whatever he wants. Therefore, his previous smuggling activities were able to flourish.

But now the wind has changed, and the Governor’s Office has to strictly investigate smuggling, which is equivalent to cutting off his only fortune~www.mtlnovel.com~ He must not be able to accept it, but for this, he will challenge Alexei, He also felt a little unworthy.

After all, Alexei did nothing wrong, no matter where the government could watch the rampant activities of smugglers and turn a blind eye, cracking down on smuggling is a legitimate and legitimate act. If he made irresponsible remarks about it directly, Alexei could make him half paralyzed.

What’s more, Maria Davydovna and his main subordinates were all arrested. Even if Li Xiao’s military police were not as good at extorting confessions by torture, it was only a matter of time before they opened their mouths.

Once they confessed that he was the boss of the third hall, the fun would be even greater. It was equivalent to Alexei holding his braids firmly, even if he couldn’t kill him and let him get out of the way. It’s entirely possible.

Thinking of this, Matvey gave me a headache. It was really a dilemma. No matter if the strong man broke his wrist or his flesh hurt, he had the will and the lack of strength. After struggling for a long time, he slowly said: “Your Excellency, the Governor-General’s order to combat smuggling crimes, I fully support, There is a real need to punish those **** rats… thieves…”

He was actually going to talk about mice, but when he thought about it, wasn’t he scolding himself? So it was temporarily changed.

After saying that, he laughed twice, and then said: “But your Excellency the Grand Duke, you know that in order to fight against the spies and disorderly parties lurking in the country, we sometimes have to pretend…pretend to be a fellow traveler with them.”

Having said that, he looked up at Li Xiao, and seeing that Li Xiao’s expression was normal, he continued: “So as a last resort, we can only pretend to be criminals, and even in order to catch their key people lurking behind the scenes, we have to go against our hearts. carry out some unseemly activities that violate the law, such as…such as smuggling…”