Struggle in Russia

Igor liked to listen to words praising Li Xiao, especially if the words were spoken by Count Rostovtsev, then he would like to listen more.

If Igor's face was still clouded a second ago, it is now sunny and beaming.

Such a remarkable performance is naturally not hidden from Count Rostovtsev, who could not help but shook his head secretly. This old friend could not have the cunning of the Arctic fox back then, but now he is a hen protecting the young. .

"But don’t be too happy too early. Even if your little master’s contribution is great, Nikolai Pavlovich will not be rewarded by his merits. At most, three melons and two dates will destroy your little master. The master sent it!"

This basin of cold water really made Igor very angry, and this was what made him most dissatisfied with Nicholas I. Since childhood, his little master has not touched the Romanov family. Living in the worst house, receiving the most general education, even promotion is more difficult than ordinary nobles.

I would like to ask, which grand prince enlisted in the army would only be given the rank of lieutenant. Look at what rank Nicholas I gave to Prince Alexander and Grand Duke Constantine. Are these two little kids really capable?

Favoring one another is what Igor is most dissatisfied with Nicholas I. The more he is, the more Igor wants to knock him to the ground, and then slam a foot on his proud head to make him Also taste the taste of being trampled on!

"I'm not surprised at all!" Igor said angrily. "But even if he wants to suppress any more, he must be promoted to Major this time, right? At least one of the Saint Georgi Medals must be given. Right!"

Count Rostovtsev was taken aback, but he didn’t expect Igor to be really accurate, because according to his estimation, Li Xiao would probably get the rank of major and a fourth or third-class Saint Georgi medal. . Of course, Nicholas I’s stinginess with his nephew is more likely to be the fourth-class Saint Georgi Medal.

Just listening to Igor's tone, he didn't seem to attach much importance to these. On the contrary, there was a strange pleasure in his tone, which made him a bit inexplicable. What makes him so happy?

The tempers of Igor and Count Rostovtsev were completely opposite. They didn't mean to hide their temptation at all, and quickly explained the reason openly:

"Another year has passed, and it's not a few months before the Grand Duke's adulthood. What Nikolai Pavlovich has occupied for more than ten years should be returned to the Grand Duke... That is a huge amount of wealth. With this wealth, the little master wants to do things even easier. Then I will see how Nikolai Pavlovich suppresses it!"

Count Rostovtsev immediately came to his senses. Indeed, it has been only a few months since Li Xiao became an adult. As long as he is a grown man after 1848, he will be able to inherit the family business in a decent way. At that time, the family property that had been occupied by Nicholas I for a long time would also return to his hands. With this money, Li Xiao could indeed do more things.

It's just that Count Rostovtsev didn't particularly care about this. Although money is indeed a good thing, and it is indeed difficult without money, it is not that things cannot be done without money. At least Li Xiao has performed very well in the past few months without money.

Thinking of this, Count Rostovtsev suddenly smiled and said: "I am afraid that your little master does not particularly care about the inheritance. The money he now makes in Wallachia is no less than what his father left him. Up!"

This time it was Igor’s turn to be surprised. Although Li Xiao mentioned in his letter that he had made a lot of money in Wallachia, the many things that Li Xiao said were obviously huge compared to many in his understanding. difference. Listening to Count Rostovtsev's tone, is this a lot of money?

"A lot of land and other real estate, the cash is about 30,000 to 50,000 pounds. By the way, this is the income after he and a few friends evenly divided!"

This answer stunned Igor directly, because if all the inheritance left by Grand Duke Konstantin Pavlovich was discounted, it would be about one million to one and a half million rubles, equivalent to about pounds. That is about 100,000 to 150,000.

And his little master just went to Wallachia and made almost half of the inheritance? What kind of profitability is this?

"Is that surprised?" Count Rostovtsev smiled again. "In fact, your little master's money-making plan is still in development. At this moment, the poor worms of Wallachia are trying to give him money. Give money! If my estimate is not bad, when Mikhail Gorchakov's army regains Bucharest, his fortune will be increased by two to thirty thousand pounds!"

Igor's little heart was pounding and pounding. The speed of making money is no longer slower than grabbing money. Why doesn't he know that the ghost place in Wallachia is so thick!

"Indeed, many people didn't think of it!" Count Rostovtsev was a little bit amazed. "What's more terrifying is that your little master didn't take it by accident. His method of making money is completely legal. Wallachia is rushing to give him money, which is even more powerful!"

And this is where Count Rostovtsev admires someone most, who can't scrape the land! But someone bulged up without scraping the ground, just like the God of Wealth.

Igor suddenly began to worry: "I made so much money~www.ltnovel.com~ no one would be jealous!"

Hearing Count Rostovtsev laughed loudly here, he patted Igor on the shoulder and said, "You can rest assured, your little master is more cunning than a fox. He used a foreign fake. His identity makes money, he himself is still an infamous prince, no one will be jealous of him!"

When Eagleton was happy again, he became more and more happy for Li Xiao. At this level, he was not a hundred times better than those big dukes who ate and waited to die in St. Petersburg. The thought of those guys who had inherited a huge inheritance but were all in debt. You despise it.

"But don't be too happy too early!" Count Rostovtsev poured cold water on again. "Although your little master can just ask for an inheritance at the age of eighteen, but I have to La Pavlovich understands that he won't hand over such a piece of fat so easily!"

"Humph!"

Igor also snorted coldly, and replied contemptuously: "You don't need to say that I also know that that greedy villain will definitely play tricks, but we have not given it for nothing these years! We even wish he did tricks. That just taught him a profound lesson!"