Struggle in Russia

Of course Li Xiao would hand over the task to Valenov, otherwise what would he do with so much nonsense with this guy?

The reason why I talked to this guy for so long was actually to beat him and make him be more honest. Now that the goal has been achieved, it will naturally follow the trend.

"Okay, since you are so insistent, then this task will be handed over to you, but I will also send someone to supervise and assist you. Once I find that you messed up the task, you will know the consequences. Do you understand?"

In the past, Valenov would not have been willing to be taught a lesson by Li Xiao. After this lesson, he finally became a lot more honest.

Of course, Li Xiao was not completely at ease with him, so he sent people to follow him.

What, didn’t you say that Spantelevich had already agreed to help? Why bother?

This is where Li Xiao is cautious, he will not put all his eggs in the same basket.

After sending Varenov away, Li Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was already dawn, a busy day was about to begin, and he felt deeply tired.

Li Xiao has never had a good night's sleep since Alexey took charge of Wallachia. It is common to be woken up temporarily like last night. He used to think that it was a heavenly life for a superior to eat meat and live in pampering all day long.

But after he truly became the so-called superior, he discovered that things were not that simple: there were endless worries and endless unexpected situations. Even if you worked hard all day and slept well at night, things would not necessarily decrease.

Even sometimes, the harder you work, the more things and troubles you will have, and it is impossible to find time to relax or take a break.

What's worse is that once you enter this circle, you have no possibility of quitting. You can only go all the way to the bottom of the circle and grit your teeth. You really can't help yourself in the world.

Li Xiao rubbed his temples and brewed another cup of strong black tea. After drinking it, he felt a little more energetic.

He still has a heavy task ahead, and Matvey Semyonovich and Maria Davydovna still need to pay attention. One thing Valenov is right about is that others don’t know who the commissioner is and what his mission is, but they definitely know.

After all, no matter how powerful and powerful the commissioner is, he or she only has one head and two hands, and cannot achieve anything by relying on his or her own strength alone. Whatever the commissioner's mission was, carrying out his mission in Wallachia would certainly require the cooperation of the local government.

As Alexei and Li Xiao did not receive such a notice, it could only be that Nicholas I did not trust them, or that the commissioner was simply here for them. Apart from this, there was no third possibility.

Li Xiao temporarily believes that the second possibility is unlikely, so Nicholas I is likely to order Matvey Semyonovich to cooperate with my mysterious commissioner.

If Matvey Semyonovich's mouth could be pried open, it would really be possible to figure out the identity and purpose of the commissioner.

What, are you saying this isn’t Valenov’s idea? You just taught Valenov a lesson just now, so how come you mistook your words for farts in the blink of an eye?

It cannot be said that there is actually no problem with Valenov's ideas, but the problem is the method. It's really funny that he wants to blackmail Matvey Semyonovich and Maria Davydovna with that trivial so-called incriminating evidence.

People are not afraid of this at all!

But Li Xiao is not Valenov. In the past two years, he has been keeping a close eye on Matvey Semyonovich and has mastered more exciting information. If the little thing Valenov found was only enough to scratch his itch, what Li Xiao had in hand was enough to scratch Matvey Semenovich's bones.

What Li Xiao needs to consider more is how to deal with Matvey Semyonovich, how to get the truth out of his mouth without letting things get out of hand.

This speed is not easy to control, and he needs to weigh it carefully.

"A showdown with Matvey in person?"

Alexey was startled by Li Xiao's suggestion. He naturally knew what Matvey did. Unless there was no other way, he really didn't want to break up with this person.

And for the past two or three years, although Matvey Semyonovich didn't pay much attention to the Governor's Palace, he didn't deliberately oppose it. Everyone was in peace and harmony.

According to Li Xiao's approach, there will definitely be a conflict with Matvey Semyonovich. What should I do if this guy deliberately snitches and goes against them in the future?

Alexey thought it was better to be cautious, lest the commissioner be proven to be groundless and offend such a deadly warlord in vain. Wouldn't that be worth the loss?

But Li Xiao didn’t think so: “The reason why we didn’t have conflicts with Matvey Semyonovich before was that he was quite honest and didn’t stir up trouble. But this doesn’t mean that I like to have such people around me. A spy, he's always a threat!"

Seeing that Alexei disagreed, Li Xiao continued to explain: "I didn't mean that any threat needs to be eliminated, so I acquiesced to his existence before, but the situation is different now!"

Alexei was a little confused and didn't understand what was different. In his opinion, there was no difference from before. And didn't stability be more needed in this war situation?

"We do need stability," Li Xiao nodded and replied: "But the current situation exceeds the need for stability. If the commissioner really comes to us and we let it go, the results will probably be very bad! And I The reason for having a showdown with him is not entirely because of the commissioner’s problem, but because we have reached the point where we need to have a showdown with him!”

Alexey became more and more confused and didn’t understand why he had to have a showdown with Matvey Semyonovich. Li Xiao slowly explained: “You have been the governor of Wallachia for three years, and This Matvey Semyonovich has also been in charge of the third part of Wallachia for three years!"

"Such a long time is enough for him to understand us. It can be said that every move and every policy we make cannot be hidden from him. He knows too much! Once he is attracted by certain people, it can be destroyed in an instant. All our previous efforts!”

"So! We can either scare him and make him stay honest and stop making trouble, or we can only try to corrupt him so that he can't make trouble with us. No matter which method we take, we must take action!"

Alexei fully understood that Matvey Semyonovich had become a bomb around them. Once he was bribed and used by some people, he could immediately become a secret weapon to destroy them, but he was still very Worried, because he doesn't think he has the trump card that can deter Matvey. Does he have to spend a lot of money to bribe him?