In the mayor's office, Mayor Petronovi greeted Poponov warmly.
Petnovitch was also fed with money by Poponov, so he should say hello in advance to his sponsor.
Faced with Mayor Petnovitch's warm greeting, Poponov would of course suppress his impatience and respond with a smile. "Of course it's been a long time since I've seen the mayor. We haven't been together for half a month.
We're together. So this time I came uninvited, so don't blame me for being too imprudent."
After hearing what Poponov said, Petnovitch just listened. He knew that Poponov rarely came to his government department. This time he came to see him for something, but Petnovitch didn't want to
Worry, he knows a lot of information, it all depends on what Poponov wants.
As a mayor born in St. Petersburg, Petnovitch was of course better informed than others, which was what Poponov needed.
After the two chatted for a while, it was Poponov who spoke first. "Mayor Peternovitch, I came here this time to find out more. I heard that St. Petersburg sent a special envoy. I don't know what the news is.
not real."
"This is true." Mayor Petnovič secretly said that it was indeed true, and he continued, "And this special envoy and I know each other."
Seeing that Petnovitch was pretending to be secretive, Poponov also said very interestingly. "I wonder if the mayor can introduce a few things."
"This is simple."
Petnovitch started talking. It turned out that the new Finance Minister Mikhail Tereshchenko proposed to send special envoys to various local governments to supervise the financial collection situation when the interim government's funds were tight.
Because the interim government was established not long ago, local governments lack fear of the current central government. They have reservations when implementing new policies. However, the main reason is that local governments are delaying the payment of taxes for various reasons.
This is quite difficult for the provisional government, which bears most of the country's financial burden. And the further away from St. Peter, the more serious the delay is.
Therefore, after Finance Minister Mikhail Tereshchenko proposed, Lvov, as the head of the government, his eyes lit up, and he quickly agreed to the Finance Minister's proposal. However, he also added that every special envoy sent out would
Criminal incidents that can be punished, as long as they are no higher than the leaders at the municipal level, can be handled by the special envoys themselves, and the most important thing is that the special envoys can secretly mobilize the garrison to help themselves. Every special envoy has Alexander Guchi, the Minister of Navy and Army.
The transfer order written by Cove allows each special envoy to mobilize no more than one regiment of troops. This makes each special envoy a big shot who can move the country.
The special envoy sent to the Caucasus is an old acquaintance of Mayor Petnovitch, so the mayor can confidently keep things simple.
"The new envoy is called Serov. He and I used to be neighbors. We grew up together. Even the university we chose was St. Petersburg University. It wasn't until I went out to take up a post that we had less contact, but this time we didn't
If you know why Spolov became the special envoy, he is not a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party."
After hearing what Mayor Petnovitch introduced, Poponov stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "I don't know what Special Envoy Serov likes, so I can make preparations so that the special envoy can return satisfied."
After hearing Poponov's words, Petnovitch said casually, "Serov likes beautiful women, especially blonde beauties with outstanding figures. I know this kid very well, and he is just like this."
After getting the interest of Special Envoy Serov from Mayor Petnovitch, Poponov immediately activated his abilities and went around looking for blond beauties with outstanding figures. But let alone, he did find a few very outstanding blonds.
Among the great beauties, one of them, a blond beauty named Varya, satisfied Poponov the most.
This Varya has natural wavy blond hair, bright big eyes that seem to be able to talk, plump lips showing her charming nature, long snow-white legs and a small waist, which makes her S-shaped figure quite prominent. And she is from Kiev.
A student at the university, he only came to Baku last year for work reasons. Poponov spent a lot of money to get this beauty, because this Varya is still in perfect condition. If he hadn't planned to give it to Special Envoy Serov, he would have thought
Get some money yourself first.
Of course, in addition to beautiful women, famous wines of various flavors and banknotes were all prepared for the Serov envoy.
Thanks to the Russian road, the Serov envoy waited until Poponov was ready for a week before arriving in Baku. As the most important economic city in the Caucasus, Baku has its own unique status in the Russian government, so Serov
The envoy's second stop was Baku.
"Serov didn't expect you to be the special envoy now."
The mayor, His Excellency Peternovitch, along with officials and dignitaries, welcomed Special Envoy Serov. Envoy Serov was a small man with an easy-going smile, and did not look like he was looking for trouble. Poponov also mingled in the welcoming party.
The crowd was observing the Serov envoy.
"Petnovitch, don't say that. Don't you know me? It's all because my family fought for this position for me, otherwise I wouldn't be here."
Serov said to Mayor Petnovič with a shy smile.
After a brief conversation between the two, Mayor Petnovitch introduced the main officials and prominent figures in Baku to Serov. Poponov also met Serov as a prominent figure in Baku. However,
Poponov always felt that the way Special Envoy Serov looked at him was a bit playful, with an indescribable feeling.
After introducing other people to Serov, Mayor Petnovitch and Serov got into a carriage. In the car, he asked, "How are you getting along with the two Excellencies Nikolai?"
Serov tugged on his tie, smiled and said to Mayor Petnovič, "Don't you know that I can have any conversation with these two big shots? Even the main figures in the provisional government have nothing to do with these two."
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The two men were talking about the fact that the Governor of the Caucasus was Grand Duke Nikolay Nikolayevich and the military officer was General Nikolai Yudenich. Both of them were very influential figures in Russia.
Therefore, even Serov, as the imperial envoy, did not dare to make the slightest move in front of him.
Serov obviously didn't want to talk about this topic, so he changed his topic and said, "I heard that there is a businessman named Poponov in Baku who is very capable."
If Serov had something to say, Mayor Petnovich remained unmoved, as if he didn't recognize the Poponov he was talking about. "There is such a person, why do you want to meet him?"
Serov said generously, "I will definitely meet this interesting businessman when I have time another day."
Poponov, who was still following behind, didn't know that he was really being remembered this time.
