Struggle in Russia

To put it bluntly, Kossuth actually wanted nothing. If he could get arms without spending money, that would be the best.

Kossuth's thinking is actually quite normal. Every self-made revolutionist will have this kind of "simple" thinking. After all, organizations like them are generally short on funds, and it is natural to be able to get things done without spending money. good.

But the question is what is Li Xiao? To put it bluntly, he is the ancestor of the white ticket. He has always been the only one who voted for others, so how can he let others vote for nothing. What's more, although he is bluffing and deceiving in the name of France, he has never received a salary from the French government, and he does not have so much capital to support Kossuth in vain.

Of course, even with so much capital, Li Xiao would not let Kossuth vote in vain. The Hungarian revolution was doomed to draw water from a bamboo basket, and he was stupid to throw money into the water.

So even after seeing Kossuth's disappointment, Li Xiao remained indifferent, and just replied indifferently: "Mr. Chairman, if these arms belong to me, I can give you the full amount to help you encircle Hungary...but you It should be clear that Russia, Hungary, and Turkey have announced the closure of their borders and a strict embargo on the entry of arms into Hungary. These arms do not belong to the French government, but to Wallachia..."

After a short pause, he continued to explain: "The provisional government of Wallachia doesn't intend to donate military ammunition to Hungary, they just want money...Let's put it this way, the only thing I can do with the French government is to help you Acquire valuable arms. The transaction is between you and the Wallachian Provisional Government, and we do not benefit from it... So if you cannot satisfy the Wallachians, we are helpless!"

Li Xiao was acting as if he was not a munitions manufacturer but a munitions carrier, which made Kossuth a little confused. He also knows how difficult it is for Hungary to get some arms nowadays. He originally hoped to blackmail France. Who would have thought that the French are better than monkeys, and they are not good at all.

Kossuth does not believe that France or anyone is really just a middleman in these deals. He could see that the Wallachians were in awe of someone, and they were almost obedient to him. Wasn't it just a matter of someone saying whether they wanted money here?

He thought someone who just wanted to make money was an unscrupulous vampire who was going to blackmail Hungary.

That's right, because Li Xiao really had this idea. Although he wanted Hungary to help drag Austria and Paskovich back, he didn't feel that it was necessary to coax the Hungarians. On the contrary, he was both To achieve the goal, we must scrape oil and water from the Hungarians.

"Mr. Diomede, you should be very clear that our current financial situation is very pessimistic, and the gap in funds is very large. I wish I could spend a penny in half... It is really embarrassing for us to spend a huge amount of money to buy arms. Don't be afraid. To tell you the truth, the last transaction has basically depleted our remaining funds, and now our government can't get rid of it!"

Kossuth decided to sell it badly. He felt that Li Xiao was also a representative of the French government. As long as he killed him and did not let go, the French would not just watch them being wiped out by Austria.

This judgment was really wrong, because although Li Xiao got the endorsement from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was really a ***, and the French government didn't give him a dime. So even if Kossuth said something terrible, he would not back down.

He replied very calmly: "Mr. Chairman, I sympathize with your difficulties, and I hope to do my best to help you, so we tried our best to give you a large number of weapons and ammunition. This is already the limit of what I can do." gone."

Without waiting for Kossuth to interrupt, Li Xiao said again: "If your finances are really tight, I think you can try to confiscate the Austrian property or launch a nationwide fundraising. Wallachia only recognizes money but not people. No money is I really can't get the ammunition!"

Kossuth stared blankly at Li Xiao, he really didn't expect the French to be so decisive, they turned out to be ignorant, especially the sentence that recognizes money but not people makes him extremely disgusted.

Indifferently, he felt that the French were so ugly, it was really disgusting!

But Kossuth can't turn his back on him yet. After all, Li Xiao is his only hope to get arms. If someone drives him away, all his political ambitions will be lost, at least most of them will be lost.

After thinking for a while, Kossuth begged again cheekily: "Even so, can you do the work of the Wallachians and ask them to give you more benefits!"

Li Xiao was a little annoyed, people are always greedy, he began to regret giving Kossuth arms and completing the deal so happily before. You should drag him to indulge his taste, let him know how difficult it is to obtain arms, and how much he should cherish it.

How is it like now, the transaction is too happy, making him think that the matter is very simple, but he bargains shamelessly, it is really greedy!

So Li Xiao replied very simply: "I'm sorry, Mr. Chairman. This is already the best price I can get for you, and it can't be lowered. The Wallachians even planned to raise the price before, but I paid for it." It took a lot of effort to dissuade them, if you think the price is still too high, then I can only tell you with regret that there is no way to complete the transaction!"

Kossuth's face was not very good-looking, because Li Xiao's refusal was too decisive, which made him think that the French were not sincere at all, and that the French were too greedy. He felt that some Wallachia's tattered weapons were sold so expensively, it was simply extortion!

It's just that he didn't think about it, even Li Xiao couldn't buy such a shabby Hungary, so he said, don't talk about feelings with politicians, because they never have feelings!

The atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while, Kossuth was so angry that he didn't want to talk, but Li Xiao had finished what he needed to say, and there was nothing to say, the two just looked at each other in silence, neither of them was willing to bow their heads first.

After a long time, seeing that Li Xiao remained unmoved, Kossuth had no choice but he was still unwilling to give in easily, so he replied indifferently: "Let's do it, Mr. Diomede. You can do it later on the price." How about we continue talking about the work of the Wallachians if they can offer a little discount?"

Li Xiao didn't scold his mother directly, he gave you a discount, and you are so poor if you don't have money, I'm really used to you.

He didn't bother to continue talking nonsense, so he stood up and replied decisively: "Mr. Chairman, the discount is unlikely. I can only say that today's price is already very favorable. There will be no such store after this village. If you can make a decision today , that is the price... But after today, the price is likely to increase. Please make a decision as soon as possible!"