Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 127 027 The new target is the white whale

The glass curtain wall of the aquarium is unlikely, after all, organic glass cannot be made in this era.

The strength problem must also be taken into consideration, so Solovyov did not mention this in his suggestions for aquarium facilities.

He is mainly interested in the animals that come in, especially the large area of ​​water allocated by the Royal Aquarium. Although the exhibition hall is only fixed for the display of several whales, great auks and seals, this design is actually very unreasonable.

But for the captured animals, it is very scientific. Compared with the aquarium in the 21st century, the range of activities of various animals is indeed very large. If the famous Ocean Street Killer Whale comes, they may be depressed very slowly, but for other animals with such a large number in this range, it will be a huge disaster.

However, the director of the Royal Aquarium is not so stupid as to bring large predators here, and he does not have the weight to raise them.

Before Alexandra and Elena were about to give birth, Tsar Paul asked his two daughters to come here to relax, probably because Louisa's "recuperation" here was quite effective.

After two years, the dolphins here, even if there are subsequent members captured to join, are passing "dirty words" between dolphins, and they also know that people here usually feed them fish, and sometimes some squid, so the "two-legged beasts" are not that scary.

Especially when the "two-legged beasts" with round bellies and detected fetuses in their bellies come, the number of fish released will be more than before.

There are more than ten dolphins who came to join in the fun today, and they all want to come up and cuddle.

Alexandra still can't go to Württemberg. The negotiations with France continue to be postponed, and Austria has lost the war. In this way, Württemberg is still occupied by the French, and she can "stay" at home and spend more time with Elena.

"Look at these dolphins, they are always so friendly. When Lisa was pregnant with little Masha, she often came here."

"But now. We can't go into the water. When we were pregnant with the baby, this place was still frozen."

When they each returned to their husband's home, there would be no unique aquarium. If they wanted to come back, it would take quite a while.

That is, the Russian Tsar and the Crown Prince, who had great power, could issue an order to build such a large aquarium in their capital.

They only looked for a while, and because it was inconvenient to exercise, they returned to Peterhof Palace. This was also the last time they came to the aquarium before "unloading".

In the palace, Louisa was checking Linnaeus's classification table. This was a new stock in the aquarium, which was the white whale she had always wanted.

"Soloviev, I'm sorry to ask you to be the tutor today, but there is no other way. The girls around me don't know these animals, and you are an expert in this area."

Alexander was also there, which was embarrassing, but the couple brought their children here today to give them "early education".

At this moment, Alexander's three younger brothers and sisters were also here. Little Maria and Grand Duke Mikhail might not understand what these were, but Anna and Tonya could already understand them.

"I am also willing to serve Your Highness."

Soloviev was not afraid, and Alexander had to thank him! After all, he was the officer on duty that night. While strengthening the protection, he also shot and killed the intruder, ensuring the safety of his wife and daughter.

Of course, Alexander could not detect Soloviev's eyes. After all, as soon as this guy entered the palace, he often adopted Mr. Talleyrand's method and bowed his head down, so that the crown prince who was good at observing words and expressions could not see clearly.

"Then, let's start with the appearance of the white whale."

He took out the picture and several large white whale toys and distributed them to several children, but for little Maria, this thing was still a bit big, and she was lying on the back of the white whale.

This child was purely "focusing on participation". He was picked up by his mother and hugged by her while holding the white whale doll, and then fell asleep again.

"We need to touch the white whale first, Anya, what do you think is the difference between the white whale and the dolphins and whales we saw before?"

"It's white!" Anna also tugged at her clothes. She was wearing a white skirt.

"That's right, Your Highness. Indeed, the whales we have seen are all this color, and there are also such, all kinds of colors. It is rare to see white whales like this, all white."

"There should be some difference in this way, right?"

Alexander interrupted at this time to mobilize his younger brother Nicholas, who had just passed his 4th birthday. In fact, children are very smart and have some expressive ability.

However, Nicholas was always in a daze, and Anna was more active.

The crown prince himself was thinking in his heart that it would be better to call Maria and Catherine, the two girls, to play with only a few children, which was beyond his tolerance.

After all, he lacks patience. If it weren't for the fact that he had neglected his wife recently, he wouldn't have chosen to follow Louisa to participate in this parent-child activity.

His father and mother each had official duties, and when Constantine was not at home, they usually would not let Juliana out.

But Solovyov over there is even more embarrassed. He is now playing with Anna as a child. It seems that Nikolai was "very smart" when he was a child, and he may not be able to improve until later.

Mikhail and Tonya were both having fun holding their dolls. It would be nice to find more children of this age group to play with, but it would always take some time to gather them together.

The director of this "kindergarten" is obviously Louisa. She also found that Anna can be enlightened now. The remaining children are too young. It would have been better if the governess Madame de Sible was also called before. At least Nicholas relied on her very much and often looked to the lady for support when speaking.

But she also hopes that Alexander can participate. After all, this afternoon, she has to visit the real thing.

Although this husband is very interested in novel things, he will not persist for that long. After buying those encyclopedias, he had only seen him briefly flip through a few of them, and he would not have to read them many times like he did.

"Your Highness, what do you want to say?"

"Let's get involved too, otherwise if this continues, Anna will be the only one answering your questions, Major."

"Ah, Your Highness, what do you think?"

"I think this is fine, Solovyov, please give me the information card and I will take a look at the classification. It's not like Lisa. I still have time to pay attention to these while taking care of the children. content."

What he said made Solovyov want to laugh in his heart. If you had been with Louisa all the time, you wouldn't have made her so depressed now.

But it’s exactly like this that it looks best!

Luisa will not join in the question and answer session, after all, she knows the answer.

After reading the information card, Alexander was determined to enlighten Anna. He was only good as a husband when he was by his wife's side, and his usual performance was not necessarily better than Constantine's.

"Ania, come and see, this is a dolphin and this is a beluga, are they different?"

"Brother, this is missing from the beluga's back."

"Which one is missing?"

"Yeah." Anna rolled her eyes and pointed out the dolphin's dorsal fin.

"That's it!"

The last time she mentioned "baby", she knew that the child was very smart, but still needed more inspiration, and now she really found the difference.

"That's the dorsal fin, Your Highness. The beluga's back is very smooth."

"But, but this toy."

"This is a stuffed toy after all, Your Highness. We want to go to the aquarium to see live animals."

When it comes to the aquarium, the younger Nikolai and Mikhail become energetic. This kind of stimulation signal

There is no Pavlov now, but the scope of this gentleman's future activities is indeed in Petersburg.

Running away from these two princes is like leading a dog, you can't say this.

Since we were about to set off, we needed to call the nanny and servants.

Peterhof is very close to the aquarium, and it only takes a short drive to get there in the afternoon.

The statue of Beluga has been placed at the entrance of the Beluga Pavilion by a sculptor hired by the palace.

"Look there, it's the white whale!"

Luisa also shook her eldest daughter, which made the children excited.

But little Maria was still sleeping and couldn't be woken up for a while.

Solovyov was leading the way on horseback. This was not the first time that he had been a "tour guide", but because he was on duty, he didn't do much of this job.

It's not a big deal in this area of ​​water. After all, beluga whales are soft and slow. Among whales, it is currently considered that they are not good at swimming, and their activity range is not that large, mainly concentrated in the Arctic Ocean.

These beluga whales can be captured in Norwegian waters and captured alive, which is a gift from the Danish royal family.

"It's a pity, Your Highness, that there is no glass wall with sufficient strength. Otherwise, it would be more interesting to see such slow whales."

"oh?"

This aroused Alexander's curiosity, while Anna and Nicholas were very interested and ran to the viewing platform like a joy. The guardrail of the viewing platform here was very low.

When a "Twoleg" calf approaches, as is the habit of a sociable whale, it will come close and stick its head out.

A few bald heads with white heads emerged from the sea, and their foreheads were still shining. They were indeed very cute.

Especially when it repeatedly comes out to probe, and at such times, it opens its mouth and circles around the shore.

"Beluga whales are better than dolphins, Solovyov, they just look 'polite'."

Alexander was probably "jealous" of his wife being licked by those dolphins. He also had cats and dogs in his palace!

And Anna also had the courage to carry small fish to feed the beluga.

"Your Highness, this animal is very docile and extremely intelligent. After all, it is also a mammal."

As for poking the white, soft fleshy ball on the head, Louisa also held Tonya and Nicholas to try it one after another.

"It feels so good, it looks so bouncy."

Louisa still hasn't forgotten the way the "little goblin" was poked by Ekaterina last time, but no matter how human flesh is, it will never be so silky and elastic.

She wanted to try it herself, but unfortunately, a beluga whale swam over and suddenly jumped up towards the dazed Mikhail.

This startled him and he ran into the nanny's arms, but he was not scared enough to cry.

After all, this white fat guy is not annoying in the water, and is a little naughty and willing to interact with people.

"It's really interesting. This kind of animal can make more commemorative medals, and it is the new star of the Royal Aquarium."

As for observing the beluga whale up close, it helps to improve the parent-child relationship. Louisa is in a good mood today. She is with her two daughters and holds them to play on the carousel.

It's not surprising. In Russia, even without the influence of Solovyov, carousels have already appeared. No matter whether they are water-powered or steam-powered, they are also fun.

Especially in order to give those nobles who lack parent-child interaction in social occasions the opportunity to spend time with children, the carousels here are all rotating carriages.

Louisa is in a good mood today, and she can smile in front of Alexander. This does give the crown prince some ideas and wants to return to his family.

However, the children were all here, so there was no way to continue being intimate. This was what he thought. In fact, there were always more solutions than problems. This was because he was always by Maria Naryshkina's side and was a little distant from Louisa.

In this situation where the queen could not fight the mistress, Alexander's own problems might be more.

He personally had too many requirements in terms of "spiritual compatibility". When he was able to accompany Louisa out for fun, he did not do enough to live a normal family life.

Alexander's main purpose was to crush some rumors from the outside world, the typical example of which was the Crown Prince's neglect of the Crown Princess. It's not that they can't give birth. As long as the couple is willing to be together, the next generation of heirs to the empire will soon appear.

It's just that in his case, it's unlikely to progress too quickly, and to have a child, he always needs to work hard.

In the next few days, Alexandra and Elena were pushed into the delivery room together.

This pair of sisters is really weird. They got married together in St. Petersburg and even gave birth on one day.

It was just that Elena had already given birth naturally, but Alexandra was not done yet. After taking out a baby girl from her belly, she needed cooperation in addition to her own strength.

Elena turned sideways and grabbed her sister's hand, which made Alexandra relax. Finally, she followed the Queen's instructions and used the remaining strength to "squeeze" the baby out.

We also have to thank the hospital for having delivered twins before, so we have more experience in handling the situation.