Struggle in Russia

Of course, Li Xiao is not cold-blooded and numb and doesn't want to care about anything, but thinks that people are valuable because they have self-knowledge, and they can only do what they can do at any time. One step ahead is a genius and three steps ahead is a fool. Obviously your little arms and legs only have two catties of strength, but you overestimate your strength to use a sledgehammer weighing ten catties, that's not courting death.

Now, no matter whether it is Leonid, or he, Vishniak and others, they are powerless to change the status quo in Russia. Think of any way to solve or improve these problems. Then it is to work hard to accumulate strength and strive to change the day as soon as possible. This is the correct approach.

Putting aside Leonid's letter, Li Xiao didn't reply to Leonid's letter for the time being, because the sage made it very clear that the worst thing about Russia is not only the logistics, but also the postal system, which makes people speechless unless their troops stop Rest up, otherwise the letters will never catch up.

And they have just gone through a period of rest, and they will spend at least 20 days in a hurry, so Xin will definitely not be able to keep up.

The second and third letters also had something to do with Leonid, since they were written by his uncle, Prince Mikhail, and his father, Prince Alexander. Mikhail's letter did not have any special content. It mainly told him that the machine tools and equipment bought from abroad and the technicians invited were already in place, and the Andrei-Leonid rifle could be put into production soon.

This is indeed good news, but what makes Li Xiao a little speechless is that the Russians are planning to buy at least 300,000 of such a backward gadget in the first batch. My God, how many troops is there in the whole of Russia, is there a million? Might be choking enough.

In other words, at least one-third of the Russian army is ready to switch to this not-so-advanced rifle. To be honest, this is really a waste. Because in a few years, this crap will be completely obsolete, not much different from a fire stick.

After all, the French and the British have begun to popularize edge-fired bullets loaded with paper shells and metal bottoms in the breech. Even if they are still "single one", the loading speed of the full-loaded bullets will definitely beat the Andre-Leonid rifle. .

Even real all-metal bullets will come out soon. At that time, the advantage will be even greater. What is the point of Russia equipping a large number of weapons that will be completely obsolete in a few years?

The only thing that makes Li Xiao happy is that he can get a royalties of one ruble for each Andrei Leonid rifle produced, 300,000 is a small income of 300,000. This is really getting rich overnight!

Of course, it would be an exaggeration to say overnight, because with the production capacity of the Russian state-run Tula gun factory and the small joint venture between Li Xiao and Duke Mikhail, it would take several years to produce 300,000 rifles. It was here that Prince Mikhail complained that the gun factory should not be opened, at least all the profits from the first 100,000 rifles were thrown into it.

Naturally, Li Xiao couldn't tell him his long-term plans,

I can only tell him that the Andrei-Leonid rifle will soon become obsolete. Once Russia plans to switch to a more advanced breech-loading rifle, they will soon be eliminated without qualified machine tools and technicians. earn.

Of course, Li Xiao can more or less guess what Duke Mikhail is thinking. He doesn't think that the Andrei Leonid rifle will be obsolete anytime soon, and even if it does become obsolete soon, he still has a way to make the Russian army Continue to purchase. After all, as an army leader, in order to take care of his own business, he doesn't mind having his comrades and subordinates unanimously recommend the Andrei-Leonid rifle, and opposes the use of more expensive and more complicated advanced rifles.

And that's the beauty of bureaucracy. They have a million ways to ruin your business, and it's child's play to turn black and white into falsehoods. Especially in a backward country like Russia, the power of the bureaucracy is so great that it makes you doubt your life.

Therefore, Li Xiao could only comfort Duke Mikhail with gentle words, telling the veteran to replace the Russian army with newer rifles is actually a more lucrative business. He wrote in the letter:

"Duke, you see, we have purchased the latest machine tools and foreign skilled technicians, which are necessary for the production of newer rifles in the future. But now the Tula gun factory does not have the same equipment as ours, so it produces No newer rifles... Once you can persuade the army to purchase newer rifles, then only our gun factory can produce this order for the time being. "

Li Xiao knew that the old fox would definitely be able to settle the account, so he didn't say anything more. Instead, he replied to Duke Alexander very seriously. Compared with Duke Mikhail, this Duke's letter is more Meaning also helped him even more.

Duke Alexander carefully inquired about his situation in Wallachia, and told Li Xiao that if he had any difficulties, he could contact his friends in Wallachia. Although it might not be of great help, it is trivial to turn over some funds. .

Even Duke Alexander told him that if the situation is particularly bad, if he cannot escape to Turkey, he can go to Serbia. He has many friends in the Grand Duchy of Serbia, and there is no problem in sheltering them.

Although Li Xiao is not needed for the time being, the favor is still worth it, not to mention that Duke Alexander also praised Li Xiao's vision in a letter, expressing his appreciation for his analysis of the situation in Austria and agreeing with his idea of ​​dismembering Austria. The only pity is that this is almost impossible to actually operate.

Of course, these are not the most important. The most important thing is that Duke Alexander asked him his views on the current international situation in the letter, hoping that he can speak freely.

This made Li Xiao very happy, because for the first time, he had the possibility to directly influence the level of Duke Alexander. This means that he has the possibility to influence the highest levels of Russia. If he can persuade and guide Duke Alexander to accept his opinion, he will not be completely passive and beaten when facing Nicholas I's family.

So Li Xiao immediately combined history and wrote a long letter to Duke Alexander analyzing the political situation in Austria. In the letter, he boldly predicted: "The Austrian army may not be able to do anything to those rebels, that is to say, the Habsburg family may not be able Put down the rebellion by relying on your own strength..."

"Then the only person they can ask for help is our country. This is a good opportunity. I suggest you play a role, resist the negative influence of Count Nesselrode, and strive for better conditions for our country as much as possible. At least let Our country is gaining in the direction of Wallachia and Moldavia..."