Chapter 215： Baku Petroleum (Part 2)

Tikov was annoyed all day by the Romanian oil merchant whose alias was Popo's husband, and he waited until he got off work and didn't think of a clue.

After get off work, Tikov returned to his home in the suburbs of Baku. His family is located in the wealthy Sabai district of Baku by the sea, where most of Azerbaijan’s wealthy people live, and Tikov’s house is very luxurious even here. His house is a three-story villa of 950 square meters, in the courtyard. There are marble statues carved by French artists, and many famous oil paintings are hung indoors. And next door to him is the Villa of the Mayor of Baku Petronovich.

After 　　 Tikov arrived home, he handed his jacket to the servant, and then saw that his wife, Millepova, was wearing a necklace with a huge diamond on her neck.

Tikov asked his wife curiously. "Miva, why haven't I seen this diamond necklace? Did you buy it?"

Wife Millepova is a little surprised at what her husband said. "Didn't your friend Popper asked you to bring me from France? And he also brought a gift to Mrs. Yederina."

Tikov asked quietly when he heard his wife's words. "I forgot before. These were all things from last year. I just mentioned to Popper's husband. I didn't expect him to bring it. By the way, besides you and the mayor's wife, he also gave it to several people. "

"Mrs. Klausti, Mrs. Mikki, Miss Sadmina..."

As his wife read more and more, Tikov discovered that these names included most of the powerful figures in the Caucasus. Moreover, the gifts are not light. He initially calculated the gifts worth nearly 500,000 U.S. dollars. It seems that the Romanian oil merchant is not small.

Wife Millepova asked curiously looking at Tikov's thinking. "What's the matter with Tikov?"

"It's nothing but I didn't expect that so many people would let Popo's husband bring gifts. It was a little surprised."

After answering his wife, Tikov suddenly told her. "We haven't visited our neighbors for almost a few days. Let's go and visit today."

After finishing talking, Tikov ordered the housekeeper. "Take out my bottle of 1876 Bordeaux Lafite Manor. I want to drink red wine with Mayor Peternovich. He thinks my bottle of red wine has been around for a long time."

"Good sir."

said it was a neighbor, but Tikov’s house and the mayor’s house were still 600 meters away. Tikov took his wife to visit Petronovich’s house with red wine.

"Tykov, you may not visit me for days."

After the Tikovs reported coming in, Mayor Petronovich smiled and greeted him.

Peternovich is a little fat in his forties, wearing a decent black dress and white shirt. He comes from the Tillisno family in St. Petersburg, and he is not very outstanding among the many nobles in St. Petersburg. But this is in St. Petersburg. In this frontier area, Petronovich was born noble, and he himself is more capable, giving him power in Baku. Many local powerful figures have been subdued by his control.

Tasting red wine among his few hobbies can be regarded as his interest, so after seeing the red wine in Tikov's hand, Petronovich smiled more brilliantly. "Tikoff, I think your bottle of Lafite has been around for quite a while, this time I have a good time."

Facing Petronovich’s warm welcome, Tikov also said with a smile. "Didn't you know that you like red wine? I brought the wine here. Today we will taste the charm of this bottle of Lafite."

"Yes, this year is the best period for Bordeaux grapes, and the quality of Lafite is also very famous in the world."

The Lafite they said was the wine rating created by Napoleon III in 1855 by the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce, and Lafite was also top in the assessment. The Lafite wines recognized as the best vintage during this period were 1847, 1848, 1858, 1864, In 1869 and 1870, especially the 1876 Lafite in the hands of Tikov, it is considered that Lafite Winery was hard to encounter among the fine products at that time. The grapes of Chateau Lafite this year received an exceptionally superior growth environment. With the quality of this year's grapes, Lafite produced a quality that could not be surpassed at the time. Therefore, in the eyes of red wine lovers in the world, the Lafite red wine of 1876 is regarded as the highest quality red wine.

The two big men who were waiting in Baku talked about this bottle of 1876 Lafite, while their wives were alone talking privately.

"Mr. Mayor, the current economic situation in Baku is not optimistic. Our company's workers now spend half of their time free."

Regarding Tikov's complaint, Petronovich didn't answer the conversation but talked about the current situation. "The situation of the empire on the Polish front is not very good, but the situation is still beneficial to us. We still have an absolute advantage in terms of human and material aspects."

Tikov knew that the mayor was talking about the battle of Mazurihu that had just ended. In this winter battle, the Eastern Front, under the leadership of Hindenburg and Ludendorff, spent more than ten days maiming the Russian Tenth Army, with losses of more than 200,000 people. This defeat made the Russian army's hopes of invading the Galician region of Germany slim. Many experienced people can see that it is now impossible for Russia to invade the German interior.

Two big men in Baku were drinking red wine and chatting about the current situation in Russia. Tikov never asked the question of the Romanian oil merchant named "Poppo". Because he was prompted by his wife when he entered the door, the huge shining diamond on the necklace hanging from the mayor’s neck was given by the oil merchant.

After drinking red wine with the mayor and chatting for a while, Tikov left with his wife. Mayor Petronovich, who was smiling and chatting with his neighbor before, put his smile away after Tikov left.

Wife Yedelina approached her husband and asked. "Will he agree to this transaction?"

Petnovich said, watching Tikov walking away. "He will. You have to know that basically everything you can get in the Caucasus has taken money. Of course he, as the head of an oil company, knows this, no problem, dear."

The mayor turned to his wife and continued. "What's more, you deliberately brought this string of necklaces from Romanian people. If you don't understand such obvious hints, then he would have been kicked out of the oil company a long time ago."

"If it wasn't for the 5% commission, I wouldn't want to wear this necklace, it's too heavy."

Hearing his wife's complaint, Petronovich added and said in surprise. "Then I will sell this necklace."

"you dare."

Not to mention the flirtation between the mayor and his wifeTikov has an answer when he comes home. When he returned to the company Tikov the next day, he brought in "Bobo's husband" and carefully negotiated the terms with him. The main reason is that Tikov thinks that as the main person in charge, if he is found to endanger his life, he needs to take more.

"Bobo Jiefu" and he emphasized that the joints here have been opened up, and he is actually very dangerous. In the Caucasus, almost high-level officials would cover him, but in the end, Tikov received a 6% rebate. However, the oil can only be settled at the price in Russia, and the "Popovich" can also help them. The money is exchanged for the currency they want and stored in any bank. Of course, this condition is also for the person in charge who can reach all aspects of oil transportation.

After opening up the various joints, the first oil tanker in April departed from the Black Sea port Batumi to Constanta carrying Baku oil. The tanker was the smuggling fleet previously organized by Hawke, and now it is also helping the country smuggle.

In fact, Romania smuggles not only oil in Russia, but raw materials such as grain and minerals are all within the scope of Romanian smuggling channels. However, Russia has not yet shown a tired face, so that these officials are still relatively restrained and not daring to go too far. Now they are only beating the drums to take part. These officials will not show their greedy side until two years after next year. Even the food supplied by the army can be sold by them. As for the raw materials such as minerals, they have smuggled into their pockets, regardless of domestic demand.

Ps Mantou is guilty. I have kept everyone waiting for so long. Now the update is resumed. I dare not ask for anything. Let’s take a look.