Struggle in Russia - Vol 3 Chapter 722

“Struggle in Tsarist Russia (

What can Matvey say but nod? Could it be that they don’t cooperate? Besides, their requirements are not high, and they are stuck at the point that he can accept.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Alexei eagerly, and the meaning was very clear: Is it time to fulfill the promise and let people pay back the money.

Of course, Alexei will not continue to set up obstacles. After all, Matvey is still useful, and it will be a trouble in the future if he is really guilty. So he issued a release order without hesitation, letting Matvey go happily.

“Looks like we’re going to check on that Viscount Cordo.” Alexei said relaxedly.

Li Xiao, on the other hand, didn’t speak up, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while, he replied, “I definitely have to check, but I have to check it carefully!”

Alexey was surprised, because in his mind the Viscount Cordo was not a big man. Without a prominent background, the position held in Wallachia was nothing more than a senior adviser to the Wallachia Treasury.

And he has not heard that this person has any serious social relations. In this case, why must he carefully check it?

Li Xiao heaved a sigh of relief and said, “You haven’t noticed that Viscount Cordo is normal. As you said, he has no background and no authority, and he is not the white glove of a big man, but this person is definitely not simple! People have paid attention to him!”

Alexei was taken aback. The targets that Li Xiao’s people had paid attention to were not very important, at least they needed to be treated with care. Anyway, his gendarmerie will never pay attention to a little consultant who is not visible for no reason.

He hurriedly asked, “Why should you pay attention to him?”

“Several reasons,” Li Xiao thought for a while and replied, “When Archduke Constantine asked us for trouble, he contacted this Viscount Cordo privately, and my cousin’s secret emissary entered him more than once. The mansion, obviously he has a connection with the Archduke Constantine.”

Alexei nodded, someone connected to Archduke Constantine and also serving in Wallachia’s important Treasury Department, which really needs to be watched closely.

“I think the reason why the Archduke Constantine opened his mouth is probably that Viscount Cordo leaked our financial situation.”

Alexei’s face suddenly looked a little ugly. Although the revenue and expenditure of the Ministry of Finance was not an absolute secret, the open sale to the Archduke Constantine also explained the problem, at least the goods were definitely not his own.

Li Xiao continued: “Since then, he has been on my key watch list. It’s just that although he has been in contact with the people of Archduke Constantine and betrayed some of our information, most of them are irrelevant. , and he didn’t directly sabotage, so I just stared at him and didn’t take action.”

Alexei nodded, because he also knew what it was like to take action, such a trivial crime was to drive him away. But you can guarantee that the Archduke Constantine will not go to the second Viscount Cordo, which is not difficult to do with his power and financial resources.

It’s better to keep Viscount Cordo still, because keeping an eye on him is equivalent to keeping an eye on the spy of Archduke Constantine, but it’s safer.

“That’s not all of his problems,” Li Xiao glanced at Alexei and added: “After observing him for a few months, my people discovered that this viscount not only had an affair with Archduke Constantine, but also with Serbia. , Bulgaria and Hungary have close ties. He has dealt with businessmen from these three countries for a long time, and most of them have a spy background!”

Alexei was taken aback and said, “You think he’s a spy?!”

Li Xiao shook his head and said, “No, I don’t think Viscount Cordo is a spy. He is probably a high-level spy in the third part, and his main task is to collect intelligence in the Balkans.”

“It can also be seen from the fact that he can receive the mysterious commissioner, otherwise this task should be handed over to Matvey, not to a **** like him!”

Alexey thought for a while and thought Li Xiao’s analysis was reasonable. From this point of view, Viscount Cordo might have done this. But this was enough to surprise him, after all, he had thought that Viscount Cordo was just a mediocre passerby. Who would have thought that such a seemingly mediocre guy was behind such a secret mission?

Thinking of this, Alexei felt more and more terrified of Nicholas I. Look at his arrangements for the Balkans and Wallachia. There are not only obvious watchers like Matvi Semenovich, but also hidden spies like Viscount Cordo. If you are not merciful, you will be caught, and it is not so difficult to make a name for yourself in front of him!

Li Xiao guessed what Alexei was thinking, and comforted: “You don’t have to be too nervous, most of the spies like Viscount Cordo are not coming for us, their main task is still Monitor the movements of the Turks and the Balkans, don’t you think that my uncle is determined to fight this war without any investigation?”

Alexey sighed and said: “I know, but it’s still worrying! God knows how many Viscounts of Cordo are hidden around us, God knows how many eyes are watching us… When I think of this, I feel uncomfortable. It’s comfortable, I feel uncomfortable all over!”

Li Xiao also sighed and said, “This is the effect that my uncle wants. He just wants all his subjects to be uncomfortable, thinking that he is monitoring everything!”

Alexey spat angrily: “What a pervert, a complete control freak!”

Li Xiao agreed with this: “Who said no! But it doesn’t matter, soon he will find that he can’t control anything, he is so powerless!”

Alexey probably knew why Li Xiao said this. In a sense, it really made him happy. He really wanted to see what Nicholas I looked helpless in the face of the mess.

But soon he thought again that if Nicholas I was so helpless, then the situation in Russia would definitely not be much better. As a patriot, watching the motherland fall into the quagmire and unable to extricate himself, what do you think he was feeling?

“Stop talking about this!” Alexei shook his head, this was not the first time he had this kind of entanglement, he knew it was useless to think about it, it was better to do his own thing, he asked: “What are you going to do? To deal with Viscount Cordo?”

“There’s no way to deal with it!” Li Xiao sighed faintly and said, “His identity is too sensitive, and now he is involved with that commissioner. Apart from staring at him to see what he intends to do, we pretend to have nothing to do with it. It’s irritating to notice, just thinking about it!”