Potemkin suddenly tore off the hot towel covering his head, immediately starting to cough violently.
He had contracted a severe fever in Iasi and had recently stopped dealing nearly in person with official duties, but now he forced himself to the table and picked up a quill with trembling hands.
As the de facto Chancellor and Minister of Defense of Russia, he instantly recognized what Stanislaw II intended to do.
For the last two years, Poland had been consolidating its state, gradually sorting out previous ethnic conflicts and political factions. A few months ago, they had enacted a constitution, further strengthening their national power.
If Poland were allowed to continue developing, in no more than five years, Russia would find it very difficult to subdue Poland.
Therefore, starting from half a year ago, he had been assembling troops, preparing to wage war on Poland.
