Struggle in Russia

Obviously, neither Nicola Ionescu nor Constantinescu really listened to Kuza's suggestion, or they had no interest in the national liberation of Wallachia. The only real concern is the struggle for power.

Or how to say that the more critical the moment, the more able to see through people's hearts! But Kuza also has an intuition in this regard, or he has always known that those two people are unreliable, and the reason why he has been cooperating with them is because Kuza has no other way to go for the time being.

And once Kuza has the strength to go his own way, he will definitely not continue to make false claims with these two people. These are just expedient measures for Kuza.

After negotiating with Constantinescu and Ionescu, Kuza couldn't say how disappointed he was, and even felt more at ease in his heart, as if something had settled.

Perhaps it was at this time that he realized that it was time to part ways with these two so-called friends, so instead of returning to the station, he rode directly to find Mikhail Kogalniceanu.

"Mikhail, I went to Constantinescu and Ionescu just now, and they are still dawdling and procrastinating. They are not willing to mobilize the masses at all, and they still want to take advantage of Constantine and George. When Stribe confronts each other, both ends gain."

"It's impossible for these two people to fight with us. At best, they'll just help make things better after the event is over!"

This result hit Mikhail Kogalniceanu a bit harder. For him, he still hopes to gain more allies in politics, because of the influence of Jan Constantine and George Stribe It's too big, and there are not many friends who help wave the flag and shout, so it is really lack of confidence to rush up to the hard bar!

"What do you think we should do next?" Kogalniceanu asked worriedly.

"Continue to mobilize the masses and do everything possible to collect weapons, ammunition and food. This is the key to our next battle!" Kuza thought for a while and added: "We must try our best to contact those militia organizations that have been mobilized. Try to reach an agreement with them and form an alliance to make our strength stronger!"

Kogalnicianu nodded slowly, and then said with some hesitation: "It is relatively easy to win more militia allies, but collecting weapons, ammunition and food is very problematic!"

Speaking of this, Kogalnicianu sighed: "Our country does not have an arsenal, and we cannot manufacture guns by ourselves. Most of the guns of the National Guard were imported from foreign countries during the Bibescu period. The quantity is not large, and After the last turmoil, a considerable part of it was lost and scattered..."

"Now relying on some small workshops and weapon shops, I barely made some weapons,

It's really a drop in the bucket, it's not worth it at all! "

Kuza naturally knew about this situation, and this was the most important reason why he went to Constantinescu and Ionescu, but unfortunately, those two would not be of much help.

"Why?" Kogalniceanu was a little puzzled, and asked in confusion: "Even if they don't have the courage to mobilize the masses, they don't know the importance of weapons and ammunition, right?"

Kuza also sighed: "I'm afraid they never thought of fighting Russia with real swords and guns... and even if they could think of it, they couldn't do it, because they have no money!"

Is it true that the hero is right about a penny, no matter what you do, you need money, you need money to buy weapons and ammunition, you need money to buy food, and you don’t need money to expand the National Guard and armed militia!

The problem is that both Constantinescu and Ionescu have limited economic strength and simply cannot spend that much money.

Kogalnicianu sighed, "It counts as much as you can collect! You go and ask for it, and they still have to give something..."

But Kuza shook his head, and said decisively: "We can't put all our hopes on those two people, they are absolutely unreliable... We have to figure out a way by ourselves, I'm afraid the day lily will be cold when they have nothing to do! "

Kogalnicianu wondered: "Then how can we think of a solution? Food is okay, if you have money, you can buy some, but weapons and ammunition are really useless!"

Kuza didn't know that what Kogalnicianu said was true. Weapons and ammunition were the dead end. For a small country like Wallachia, which was completely incapable of self-sufficiency, most of the weapons and ammunition had to be bought from abroad.

When I was enslaved by Russia, I was able to buy arms from Russia under the pretext of guarding against Turkey. Now this way is definitely not feasible.

Kuza thought for a while and replied: "Can you find a way from Turkey? Although they seem to have reached an agreement with Russia, I think the two of them are feuds. This agreement is more the result of Russia's coercion. The Turks may not be true." They are of the same mind with Russia, and if you go through the door, you should be able to get arms from Turkey!"

Kogalnicianu sighed: "It's possible, I can go to find a relationship, but don't have too much hope. Although the Turks may not have the same heart with Russia, they may not like us too... ..."

Kuza also smiled bitterly. Wallachia has been wandering among the great powers for decades, always playing around the edge, always thinking about using the contradictions of the great powers to find room for survival. This is not to say that there is a problem with this strategy. A pragmatic foreign policy as the weak side is the first choice.

But being pragmatic doesn’t mean that you don’t work hard. Wallachia’s current problem is that it is too dependent on the outside world, and it is completely incapable of standing up on its own. It's completely stunted, and the correct approach is to maintain a pragmatic foreign policy while doing your own thing well.

It is a pity that Wallachia is obsessed with the former, but does not care about the latter, which has caused the current passivity.

"It's too late to talk about this now..." Kuza spread his hands helplessly, and sighed: "I can only see the tricks. I can get as much as I can from Turkey, and get as much as possible..."

Kogalnicianu nodded, and when he was about to order to handle it, Kuza stopped him: "Is there no other way than to get it from the Turks? Can you get some from the country?"

Kogalnicianu was completely stunned, unable to keep up with Kuza's thinking, and asked in confusion, "Do it from China? How?"

Kuza touched his chin and thought about it for a long time before whispering in a very tangled voice: "Can you... can you get some from the arsenal of the National Guard..."

Kogalnicianu suddenly turned pale with fright, looked left and right to see that there were no outsiders, and then lowered his voice and said: "You are crazy! If you do this, it will be easy to be targeted by all parties, and then we will be the target of everyone!"