Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A wannan lokacin, ya tsara ra'ayi na ƙauye da na kasa game da rayuwa, yana watsi da abin da ya ɗauka "duniyar birni mai haɗari" don "duniya na gaskiyarmu na ƙasa". A cikin binciken Călinescu, wannan yana nuna cewa, kamar wanda ya gabace shi, mai ra'ayin mazan jiya Eminescu, Sadoveanu ya yi imanin cewa biranen sun kasance waɗanda aka azabtar da "tsarin da aka ɗora" na baƙi, musamman waɗanda ke gudanar da gidajen haya. Bayan Tawayen Manoma na 1907
, Sadoveanu ya aika da rahoto ga Ministan Ilimi na Spiru Haret, yana sanar da shi game da yanayin ilimin karkara, kuma, bayan wannan, matsalolin da mazauna kauyuka ke fuskanta a Moldavia. Ya ce: "Masu haya da masu ƙasa, ko daga wace ƙasa ce suka fito, suna ba'a da aikin 'yan Romania. Kowane "surtucar" [wato, halayyar birane] a ƙauyen, magajin gari, notaries, masu tura takarda, ba tare da kunya ba [kuma] ba tare da tausayi ba, suna shayar da wannan saniya. Firist ɗin ya haɗa kai da su, wanda... bai yarda da abin da malamin ya ce ba". Tare da "Neamul Șoimăreștilor", nauyin al'umma na mulkin mallaka da kasuwanci, mafi yawanci ƙuntatawa na haƙƙin tattalin arziki, sun zama jigon bango a cikin almara, wanda daga baya ya nuna Stephen Mai Girma a matsayin zakara na asali na adalci na zamantakewa ("Frații Jderi"). A lokacin mafi yawan ayyukansa na Yaƙin Duniya na I, Sadoveanu ya kuma bi Russofobia na Poporanists da ƙiyayya ga bangaren Entente, yana bayyana manufofin ƙasa na Daular Rasha a Bessarabia a matsayin mafi banƙyama fiye da mulkin Austria-Hungary akan Transylvania. A shekara ta 1916, ba zato ba tsammani ya koma sansanin Entente: himmarsa a matsayin jami'in farfaganda ta sami rikici da zarar Romania ta sami babbar nasara; Sadoveanu da kansa ya watsar da dalilin Entente a shekarar 1918, lokacin da aka cire shi daga aiki, kuma ya ci gaba da yin kwarkwasa da kungiyar Constantin Stere ta Jamus.