The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

The results of the first election quickly spread to every corner of Xie Qi.

Baohong got 13 votes, Vigowski got 12 votes, Shirko got 7 votes, and Yuri Khmelnitsky got only 2 votes.

"In fact, such a result is not surprising. Wigowski had long expected that the final competitor would be decided between him and Bao Hong."

Stanislaw Potocki was sitting on the newly laid bed and he said to Chechen, Henrik and the Duke of Konitzki.

"Then what will happen next?" Cheerchen asked.

"Of course it was elected between Baohong and Wigowski."

The old man explained that according to the rules set by Bogdan Khmelnitsky during his lifetime, if no one gets more than half of the votes, then the top two candidates with the most votes will enter the second round of elections. In this round of elections, no one will be allowed to abstain, which means that everyone must support a candidate.

Speaking of this, Stanislaw Potocki suddenly asked the Duke of Konitzki to see Vygowski, saying that he was going to visit him later. The Duke of Konitzki was taken aback for a moment, and then he bowed his head and obeyed his orders and left. Obviously he also realized that he had lost the trust of Stanislaw Potocki because of his drunkenness.

After leaving the Duke of Konitzki, the old man said to Henrik and Chechen: "Okay, now let's discuss what we should do next."

What the three people want to discuss is how to make Wigowski sit on the throne of the warchief.

According to the information obtained by Stanislaw Potocki and the details in the chamber sent by Vygowski, Stanislaw Potocki knows roughly that there is support from Vygowski. Colonel Peter Doroshenko, Colonel Fyodor Loboda, Colonel Timofi Nosac and Colonel Martin Pushkarenko, etc.; supporters of Kirko were Colonel Lukyan Merzila, Filipino Colonel Ron Yalari, Company Commander Laughlin Sinonos, Company Commander Lesh Gritsenko, etc.; Supporters of Baohong are Colonel Vasily Zolotarenko and Maxim Nes Colonel Terenko, Colonel Prokop Sumeko, Colonel Anton Zidanovic and others. Colonel Pavlo Gomon and Colonel Ivan Fedolenko remained neutral.

In the next round of voting, the variable will be Shirko's seven votes and Yuri's vote.

If Wigowski is to be elected, then he has to get at least 5 votes.

"According to Vigowski, Shirko and Lukyan owe him a favor, and he will let them use the two votes to pay him back. And what we have to do is to find ways to get Pavlo Gomon and At least three of the other six, including Lesh Gritsenko, support Vygowski." Stanislaw Potocki said.

"Is this Lesh Gritsenko the same Cossack who offended you at Vygowski's that day?" Henrik asked.

Henrik listened to his uncle's emphasis on Pavlo and Lash, and understood that these two were the main targets of persuasion.

"Yes, that's him. But Vygowski said that Lesh Gritsenko is a greedy man, as long as he is given enough money, he will be shaken." Stanislaw Potocki said.

"Then, this Lesh Gritsenko should be the easiest to win. As long as we give him enough money, he will stand on Vygowski's side, right?" Chechen confirmed.

"To be precise, it is on the side of the Republic."

Henrik and Cheechen nodded, indicating that they understood.

Stanislaw Potocki asked Henrik again: "Henrik, how much money we have left."

"Thirty-six thousand talers, uncle." Henrik replied.

The original more than 46,000 talers, after Stanislaw Potocki and Vygowski reached a cooperation agreement, Stanislaw Potocki handed over 10,000 talers to Wygowski used it to build momentum and buy people in need.

"You take three thousand, no. Take five thousand and go to Lesh Gritsenko. Remember to go secretly so that no one can see." The old man asked.

Henrik nodded and said yes.

Then Stanislaw Potocki talked about Pavlo Gomon and Ivan Fedolenko, who also abstained from voting.

"I know Pavlo Gomon. This is an old-school Cossack who sticks to traditions and lives in peace. As one of the initiators of the Cossack riots in Zaporozhye, he has been free from the core of power in the Cossack emirate for several years. In addition, this gave him the reputation of not being greedy for authority. This man is not something that money can move, because he regards money as dung, and we have to think of other ways. And Colonel Ivan Fedolenko, His life is a mystery, and even Wigowski, who is in charge of all the information on the Cossack Emirate, does not know his origin. He only vaguely knows that he is not a pure Cossack origin."

"This is even more difficult." Henrik blurted out.

In Cossacks, this kind of ignorance of a person’s origin is not uncommon. The life of the famous Cossack magnate "Crooked Nose" Maxim before the uprising is full of mysteries. The Ukrainians said that this person was born as a Ukrainian peasant, while the Cossacks believed that he was a pure Cossack. Poles believe that Maxim’s full name Maxim? Krivonos in "Krivonos" is similar to the transliteration of a curved nose in Scots, so it is speculated that this Cossack might be of Scottish origin. Mercenary origin. In addition, Maxim remained silent about his origin. Until he died of the Black Death, no one knew his exact origin.

Stanislaw Potocki looked at Cheerchen. He wanted to hear Cheerchen's opinion.

"What do you think?"

"There is too little useful information, at least we have to know why he abstained." Chechen said.

"Then put Ivan Fedolenko out first, and I will meet the other four people who support Shirko." Stanislaw Potocki said.

Unsurprisingly, Stanislaw Potocki gave Chechen the task of contacting Pavlo Gomon.

"Chechen, you go and contact Pavlo Gomon, and try to find out how he will vote for Wigowski. As long as it is not too much, you can satisfy him without asking me for instructions."

"Yes." Cheer Chen led the way.

Then, Cheerchen's face showed a hesitant expression.

This expression was seen by Stanislaw Potocki. He asked Cheerchen if there was anything else.

"Yes," Cheerchen said, "My lord, I think you missed someone."

"Who?"

When Cheer Chen said that his uncle had missed someone, Henrik also asked with a puzzled expression on his face.

"Yuri Khmelnitsky." Chechen said.

Although two people abstained in the election, in fact, there is one other person who abstained, and that is Yuri who voted for himself. Stanislaw Potocki only mentioned Pavlo Gomen and others, but ignored Yuri Khmelnitsky, who still has one vote in the next election.

"You can think that Yuri is very good," Stanislaw Potocki smiled and praised Chechen, and then he said: "But Yuri doesn't need us to worry about it. Talked about."