Struggle in Russia

Petrovna actually didn't understand why Li Xiao asked her to give the check to Viscount Prozolov.

In her opinion, the money was not well spent. They had the endorsement of Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna. Even with this relationship, Viscount Prozolov would not dare to do anything, right?

So even if you don't give money, does that person dare to cause trouble?

She thought it was impossible, but Li Xiao told her: "The king of hell is better than the devil. Don't underestimate Viscount Prozolov, he is not a simple character. Maybe he is not capable of accomplishing things around Grand Duke Constantine." , but the ability to do bad things is second to none!"

Petrovna was surprised because she did not expect that Li Xiao would give such high praise to Viscount Prozolov. You must know that Li Xiao is a god-like powerful person in her eyes. His ability is beyond words. Last time in Kiev, he lost all his money on the powerful person. Such a powerful person dare not underestimate Viscount Prozolov. , is this Viscount really that dangerous?

"It is particularly dangerous. Anyone who underestimates him will pay a heavy price!" Li Xiao replied calmly, but he added in his heart: "The premise is that this Viscount will not ignore the benefits and make small mistakes. big."

In his opinion, this is the biggest shortcoming of Viscount Prozolov. He may be very shrewd and have a big picture view at certain times, but once he is blinded by money or other short-term interests, he will make all kinds of mistakes. out.

Just like the last time the food was stolen and sold, didn't this guy know there might be a trap in it? Don't you know that this may put Grand Duke Constantine in an extremely disadvantageous passive position?

Of course he knew it, but he couldn't help it when money moved people's hearts.

This is his biggest shortcoming. He cannot control his own desires and is always dominated by them. As long as he masters this shortcoming and takes targeted measures, it is actually not difficult to deal with him.

As for Li Xiao asking Petrovna to give money, it was to prevent this woman from being jealous of other colleagues when she was doing grain business, and deliberately used money from Viscount Prozolov to make him do evil.

Viscount Prozolov has never lacked this kind of ability. Considering his relationship with Grand Duke Constantine, it should not be too easy to fill Petrovna's shoes.

For Li Xiao, the purpose of letting Petrovna come over is to let her return to Grand Duke Constantine and monitor her nearby. It can only bring the relationship closer but not alienate it. A small amount of money can be used to prevent Viscount Prozolov from causing harm, but the cost is small. .

"This is the first step. Next, you should do a good job in the grain business. With the resources we have given you, you should be very prosperous soon. At that time, Archduke Constantine and the Viscount will not even notice you. impossible!"

Petrovna actually didn't like this job. If possible, she would have preferred to stay in St. Petersburg. After having Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna as her protector, she was very successful there. So enjoyable.

But Li Xiao asked her to come to Moldavia and continue to lurk around Grand Duke Constantine. The place was in chaos, even the local nobles had fled, and they couldn't even hold a decent dance. How angry are you? stuffy!

However, she did not dare to disobey Li Xiao's order. She knew very well who gave her a new life and who gave her a foothold in St. Petersburg. If she offends someone, the other person can bring her back to her original form with just one sentence.

What's more, it's a very honorable thing to do grain business here, and not everyone in St. Petersburg is qualified to do this business. Only the top predators and giants are eligible to leave. It is already a great honor for a little shrimp like her to be eligible to enter.

Anyway, the new little sisters she met in St. Petersburg were extremely envious when they heard that she went to Moldavia to do the grain business, and they looked at her with a lot of respect.

Who doesn't want to be respected?

So although the environment in Chisinau was a bit unsatisfactory, and Viscount Prozolov and Grand Duke Konstantin were a bit annoying, Petrovna still obeyed the order obediently.

"What's the second step?"

"Continue to close the relationship with Kostya, strive to become his most important economic partner, and try to expand our influence in Chisinau."

She knew how to get Petrovna closer, but she didn't quite understand how to become the Grand Duke's most important economic partner. As a social butterfly, her main skill is in charm, and she knows nothing about how to do business.

When she was in Kiev, the money she got from her benefactors was basically either left to grow moldy at the bottom of the box, or she was used to buy some land and serfs. She never thought about going into business.

"If you don't understand, you can learn slowly," Li Xiao ordered without any doubt. "With your intelligence, it is not difficult to learn how to do business. What's more, we will guide you in the early stage and tell you what to do."

Petrovna felt a little more relieved, and then asked carefully: "But what about money? Doing business requires money..."

Li Xiao was secretly amused, and was even more impressed by this woman's thief. You actually want to get money from him with nothing, you are really capable!

He glared at Petrovna and said: "It is not convenient for us to transfer the funds to you directly. With Viscount Prozolov's sophistication and Kostya's suspicion, he will definitely investigate your relationship with Aunt Elena. We will check all aspects of you. If we find that we have financial contacts, your identity will be revealed!"

Petrovna curled her lips. Although this reason was very realistic and powerful, she always felt that Li Xiao was just a loser. However, considering that the other party was very powerful, she had indeed benefited from him a lot. Strictly speaking, these relationships were not useful. Money can buy it.

Now she is responsible for her own profits and losses. Although she feels that someone is a bit stingy, she still accepts it honestly. She feels that since she has a background in the grain business, even if she loses, how can she lose?

After thinking for a while she asked: "What about the third step?"

"...When you really become an indispensable and important person around Kostya, I will tell you what to do in the third step... It's too early to say this now, you'd better do the first two steps first!"

Petrovna was not surprised at all that Li Xiao didn't tell her the ultimate goal. Obviously these people were very concerned about Grand Duke Constantine, so they went to such great lengths to place chess pieces around him. As for the ultimate goal, she felt that it was definitely not a good thing. She had already experienced how insidious, cunning and dirty the high-ranking nobles were. Maybe there was some conspiracy being secretly implemented!