Struggle in Russia

Li Xiao's questioning went straight to the core of the problem. What is the purpose of this inquiry meeting? Or what exactly did Ye Luofei want to achieve through questioning?

If according to Ye Luofei's statement, Li Xiao's remarks had a bad influence and interfered with the construction of the navy, then it is indeed necessary to hold a meeting to eliminate the bad influence.

But the problem is that Li Xiao's remarks about breaking the sky are just discussions and discussions. He is not the chief designer of the navy and cannot decide how to build the ship. That was the work of Ye Luofei and others.

If Ye Luofei and the others always stick to their own ideas and remain unmoved, what bad consequences can Li Xiao cause?

In short, Yerofei's "accusation" is untenable and unsupported by facts. To put it bluntly, he just didn't want to hear Li Xiao's voice, and wanted to gag him. To put it in a deeper way, you can exaggerate the facts to gain attention and seek your own personal gain.

And when these were stripped away by Li Xiao in public, Ye Luofei was speechless. He couldn't say that Li Xiao's gossiping in the newspaper disturbed his sleep, making him unable to make a good design, right?

That's really funny, and Yerofei will become the laughing stock of the shipbuilding industry if it's true. Immediately, the old man was speechless.

In the first round, Ye Luofei suffered a KO. This made Grand Duke Constantine so angry that he was speechless. Before, he also thought about the problem simply. He only wanted to make Li Xiao bad, but he didn't think too much about the reasonable and unreasonable issues.

Now that Li Xiao caught the loophole, he overturned the original intention of the questioning meeting from the very beginning—what the hell do you want to question? Can you speak clearly, please don't be funny!

However, Grand Duke Konstantin reacted fairly quickly, knowing that the tactic of discrediting someone was not going to work, so he quickly interjected: "Andrei, Lieutenant Colonel Fezinov is not questioning your right to express opinions. I question your frequent expression of some unverified opinions, which may have a bad impact on naval shipbuilding and development!"

In fact, it was unreasonable for Grand Duke Constantine to speak at this time. After all, he was attending as a bystander in order to clear the relationship.

But Li Xiao didn't care too much. He knew all these things were done by Grand Duke Constantine, and it was only normal for the other party to intervene. Moreover, the opponent is just a pig teammate, so it doesn't matter much whether he intervenes or not.

Li Xiao smiled slightly, and asked back: "Is that so? Then I'm terrified. Excuse me, what kind of bad influence did my remarks have on the Navy?"

Grand Duke Constantine was also speechless, because there was no bad influence at all, and a stubborn old man like Ye Luofei didn't read Li Xiao's papers and articles at all, and didn't pay attention at all. If it wasn't for Grand Duke Constantine's request, they probably wouldn't even know what Li Xiao had done. Anyway, they are working step by step as usual, without any influence.

But in order to beat Li Xiao and accuse Li Xiao of crimes, it must be said that there will be bad influence! Otherwise, the play would not be sung.

But once Li Xiao has asked the truth, whether there is any bad influence has to be cleared up.

Grand Duke Constantine hesitated for a long time before saying: "I mean that it may cause bad effects, we must prevent it from happening!"

Li Xiao said with a smile: "Oh, so it is possible! That is to say, there is no bad influence yet?"

Grand Duke Constantine was immediately embarrassed, and there was even a slight burst of laughter in the venue. It was obvious that everyone was not blind, and this trick was really clumsy.

Of course, those who dare to laugh are foreign friends. Russians are very honest. Even if they feel extremely funny in their hearts, they can only hold it back.

"Not for now..."

It took a while for Grand Duke Constantine to hold back such a response, but it was more like a dead duck's mouth, and it had no lethality to Li Xiao.

This made Ye Luofei a little anxious, and the start was not good. According to the original plan, Li Xiao should have been labeled and criticized at this time, and the next shipbuilding battle was just to cover the opponent's coffin.

But now, Li Xiao has completely thrown away all the forced hats, without any excuses. Later, even if the shipbuilding battle is won, it will be useless, because they did not cause any bad influence, and naturally they will not be responsible if there is no influence, and they cannot be convicted!

Ye Luofei panicked for a while, not knowing whether to continue to hold the label, or to enter the debate on shipbuilding technology. Because it was completely different from what was expected!

The poor old man could only look at Grand Duke Constantine and blink frequently, hoping that the other party would give him a clear indication. And all of this was naturally seen by Li Xiao, and he couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Colonel Feizinov, is there something wrong with your eyes? Why do you keep blinking at Grand Duke Konstantin? Do you need to call a doctor for you?" ? If you are really uncomfortable, I can wait for you to recover before answering your doubts, don't delay the illness!"

There was another burst of laughter in the venue, and even Lazarev and Bellingshausen, who had been serious before, laughed and shook their heads, because this play was too unsightly and clumsy.

Grand Duke Constantine was naturally so angry that he wished he could go up and kick Ye Luofei to death: 【Your brain is sick! Why are you always blinking at me? I'm afraid that others won't see it! Go straight to that bastard! 】

"Silence! Silence!"

Little Rumyantsev slapped the table hard, and ordered Yerofei without explanation: "Colonel Fedinov, please get to the point as soon as possible!"

Then he reprimanded Li Xiao: "His Excellency, Grand Duke Andrei Konstantinovich, please pay attention to your words and deeds! Don't mention anything unrelated to this inquiry!"

Li Xiao shrugged, but the disdain clearly showed on his face. Tolstoy was also a little dissatisfied with Rumyantsev Jr., and murmured in Alexei's ear: "This Second Minister of the Navy is just pulling the strings! It's obvious that Yerofei is too clumsy..."

Alexei also felt that Rumyantsev's attitude was a bit strange. According to his understanding, the Second Minister of the Navy should be a member of Crown Prince Alexander. Recently, he frequently went to the crown prince's salons and balls, and was often received by the crown prince. From time to time, he made some remarks about being loyal to the emperor, patriotic and supporting the crown prince.

It stands to reason that this guy should not be biased towards Grand Duke Constantine, but his attitude just now was clearly towards Grand Duke Constantine. How could this be the case?

Alexey couldn't figure it out, but he had an intuition that there must be something wrong with the little Rumyantsev's strange attitude. Could there be a conspiracy?

Thinking about it, Alexei immediately turned to little Adlerberg. If there is a conspiracy, it must be related to this guy!