Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 236 003 It has been unfavorable to invest in the European continent recently.

Of course, when investing in British territory, one must always take into account that war on the European continent is not very safe for Russia's assets to be placed overseas.

If the British were allies, then these properties would still have value.

Of course, the British today are somewhat shameless and cannot do anything as open and underhanded as in the 21st century. They also confiscate the assets of other countries, completely based on "political correctness", which will only damage business credibility.

Moreover, the British invest more in Russia. If they eat each other like this, the British will lose in the end.

In the future, Little Golden Retriever, Lettuce Girl, Vegetarian Ah San, and the Cabinet will all be far behind in terms of ranking compared to the devilish Little Pete.

Just the factories run by the Scots in important industrial areas in Russia are already considerable assets. If all of these factories were owned by the Russian government, it would also be a considerable loss.

Therefore, the Tory party behind William Pitt the Younger is today’s Conservative Party. They are also inferior to each other from generation to generation. They need a 9-pound old lady to make sharp comments.

So Solovyov also considered this problem. If Russian gentlemen had industries in France, there would be problems in the future. Fortunately, after years of hard work, especially during the Great Revolution, there were no local gentlemen in France. Not to mention the property of foreign masters.

If these masters want to come back, they will at least have to wait until the Restoration and Orleans. However, it is hard to say whether this will be possible in the future. After all, the world will not follow your script.

At least Solovyov himself said a bunch of weird things in front of Paul and asked him to marry his eldest daughter to Württemberg. Now she has lived a few more years, is alive and well, and is pregnant with a child again. A terrifying "royal curse" was broken.

In fact, the conditions of the medical and health system are too poor, but it is indeed a bit scary for someone as superstitious as the Russian royal family.

Of course, among the four Alexandras of the Russian royal family, two suffered from dystocia, one had pleurisy, and the last empress had to eat the whole family. This is indeed evil enough. In addition, the one named Nicholas will be defeated this time, and The three "curses" of Olga, who was not raised well, were added up. According to the international situation at that time, it was a blessing to have a whole family after his death.

However, the situation at hand is that Solovyov wrote to Count Stroganov, who has a deep relationship with France, saying that it is okay to buy some luxury goods and industrial products in France recently, but he wants to invest in France, and It is not necessary to acquire some manor castles.

Count Pavel helped him a lot and worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This was a personal issue as well as a professional relationship.

Therefore, he wrote two letters, one to the count himself, and the other to the old count and countess at No. 17 Nevsky Prospekt.

As for the old lady, it was strange for this kind of scandal to appear in the family of the richest man in Russia, and it made the empress very angry.

After Petersburg arrived and Alexander came up, it was like this again. It was impossible to guard against it.

Of course, opening up the Russian environment and allowing nobles and civilians to go abroad has indeed brought prosperity in recent times.

Before Count Pavel received the letter, Solovyov had to return to Paris. During his time in Rome, he also became familiar with the attitude of the entire Apennine Peninsula towards the French.

Generally speaking, there is a lot of dissatisfaction. The Italians have always been like this. When any force comes, they will support it and then quickly change sides.

When we are not in the same camp as them, it is indeed safer. I don’t know what will happen to the Italians in the future.

In this era, small Italian countries and German princes often fall with the wind.

Württemberg and Baden are both relatives of Russia. However, they are both controlled by France, and their attitudes are naturally pro-French. Although the French do not take any measures north of the Alps out of "respect" between them and Austria. What kind of action, but the pressure exerted here can be imagined.

In the future, it would be great fun if the Duke of Enghien couldn't think of anything else and ran to Baden.

"Sylvia, I am going back to Paris. You and the children, please come with me."

"I will go to Paris in a while. You, a greedy guy, can only go on your own now. And I only belong to Michele. We are both a little willful, aren't we?"

"Okay. I'm going back to Paris now. You have to take good care of your daughter and yourself. We'll go back when we get to Paris. In addition, I still have to leave you something. You can open this box and take a look. knew."

Sylvia opened the jewelry box given by Solovyov. Inside was a necklace set with sapphires.

"Yesterday when you and the child were napping during the day, I saw it on the street. I thought it looked very good and it matches you very well."

"Michel, if you get married one day"

"I think it won't be too soon. After all, I have a lot of things to do. It's a bit early for me to get married. And I might run into some trouble."

"You always say something and then put yourself in it."

Sylvia knew that what Solovyov said might be fulfilled at some point. This was the case in the correspondence and during this reunion.

"I hope not. Goodbye. Octavia, would you like to give daddy a kiss?"

This child is not old enough to remember things yet, but she is very smart. Solovyov found that his daughters are very smart, which has a lot to do with their mother. Silvia is very cunning, while Luisa is always reading books. They may be different from those girls in social circles.

Octavia kissed her father's cheek, and then shrank back into her mother's arms.

"Arrevederci! Arrevederci!"

Silvia and her daughter cried and said goodbye to him, which made Solovyov shed tears.

He never shed tears easily, but he was reluctant to see his lover and daughter like this.

However, he was riding a horse now, and his condition was much better than when he was stabbed by Kadudar.

He could ride away on horseback, and there were still money, rations, and carbines hanging on his horse's back.

"I still have to leave you, ciao!"

Then he rode away, but when he rode away like this, he couldn't help but look at them.

After the horse under his crotch walked a little further away, he hardened his heart, turned his head forward, and never looked back.

However, Sylvia still hoped that he would leave.

"Michele, you will eventually achieve something, not just here for me."

She hugged Octavia and went back, her eyes full of tears.

"Mom."

The child's vocabulary must be limited now, and she was just kissing her mother's cheek to comfort her.

Although it is very likely that they will meet again and reunite in Paris, the world is so unstable now that it may be involved in a war at any time.

Solovyov's idea is to ride to Livorno and take a ship from there to France.

However, when he arrived here, he could also find that the competition between local British and French goods was extremely fierce.

Even such an inconspicuous port, which is not one of those famous commercial cities, is also so competitive.

He thought of the Scots he met in Rome, and became more and more uneasy.

In order to contain France, Britain is likely to take the initiative and take tough measures on a certain point, even if they themselves did not comply with the provisions of the Treaty of Amiens to give up Malta.

This new contradiction is likely to be in the Batavia Republic supported by France, that is, the Netherlands.

You must know that the Orange royal family before the Netherlands is still in exile in the UK, and the stupid son of the Duke of Brunswick married a Dutch princess of this line. Britain will definitely not give up.

Although the newspapers are calling for peace now, they don’t know what will happen in the future, and they will also express strong concerns about a war.

The Scottish businessman who met in Rome will return to London in a few days. I believe that the other party will receive a letter here.

In addition, he also needs to write a letter to Count Vorontsov. As a military attaché in Paris, he is an assistant, messenger and investigator of Count Morkov, and he also needs to report his work to the embassy in London and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in St. Petersburg.

I just don't know what Count Vorontsov's attitude is. He is a typical pro-Angloist. Even when his daughter was not used to living in Petersburg, he only let her be a maid next to the Queen Mother for a year, and then returned to London. In the future, she will marry a British nobleman. Count Vorontsov will shine in Russia in the future and be promoted to Prince Marshal of the Army - but this is also something that will happen in the relatively distant future.

However, Count Vorontsov is different from those "pro-Francoists" and pro-Angloists in the country. In addition to knowing that Paul might be assassinated and not informing the country, he was very responsible in the two dynasties of the Empress and Alexander. After all, he would not really do it for the interests of his own faction. You know, this is a real Anglo fanatic who admires British culture very much.

When Paul was assassinated, many people who advocated a coup were shocked, because the final result was not that Paul was forced to abdicate and be under house arrest, but became regicide. Count Panin was not implicated, but was only under house arrest at home. This was already a favor from Alexander.

As for Count Vorontsov, he was not involved because he was not in St. Petersburg. There was only a reply letter received by von Palen.

It may be that these old hands in the diplomatic world are very good at Mr. Talleyrand's tricks.

His letter was vague, so Alexander did not catch any handle on him, so he continued to serve as ambassador to the UK.

However, because Solovyov defeated friendly forces in Nantes and then went to Italy for a staff trip, the task of recruiting engineers in the UK fell on the mature and steady count.

"If I want to invite engineers from Scotland, it seems that I have to go there in person. Michael, you are going back to serve in your country. As a father, I can only say that you should work hard when you go back. Catherine is not used to the climate in St. Petersburg, so I let her come back to live. You must know that all my hopes are on you, my good son."

Even when he called his son Mikhail and daughter Catherine, he often used British names.

"Father, don't worry. After I returned home, I was assigned to the Caucasus Corps. I served in the Guards for more than a year, and it proved that I was not suitable for the environment there. You know, the current commander of the Putin Corps is not very good at leading troops. He is just a veteran with a lot of experience."

"Yes, you applied to go to the Caucasus yourself, and I was a little worried about you! But you have ambition, and as a father, I am also very happy. You must work hard for the emperor and for your godmother, the Queen." Count Mikhail Vorontsov is the godson of the Queen.

Although this group of old ministers always oppose Paul, they immediately become double-standard warriors when they mention the Queen and Alexander.

And Vorontsov's brilliant military career began with the dangerous Caucasus War and the Persian War.

A nobleman has a good future wherever he serves, but he chose to go to the Caucasus.

No matter how reluctant old Count Vorontsov is, he has to let his son go.

"You go, we fathers all hope that our sons will perform well and not disgrace the reputation of our family."

"Father, then I will leave now, please take good care of my sister."

The relationship between the father and son is relatively relaxed, not the kind of depressing atmosphere.

Young Count Mikhail kissed his father's hand again, then took a carriage to Portsmouth, from where he took a ship to the Russian garrison on the Black Sea coast.

As for the old count himself, he received a series of letters from Rome and Livorno within a few days, from Lieutenant Colonel Solovyov from the Putin Regiment.

This young man was sent to the Guards for his merits in the expedition to Italy and Switzerland, which was a rocket-like rise, but even if he had never seen his abilities, the old count still had some understanding of them.

"Catherine, it looks like this duelist is going back to Paris instead of London."

"Father, what about recruiting engineers?"

"That's easy. We can spread the word to friendly people in Britain during the salon we convene, saying that the emperor in Petersburg will reward those who can make new steam engines, and..."

"Father, this treatment is too generous."

"I think these profit-seeking John Bulls will come to London from all over Britain. Then, send them all to Petersburg."

He naturally has ideas in this regard. After all, British newspapers spread quickly. An engineer in Scotland made his steamship sail successfully, but then the young engineers who used the steam engine patent had to face the blow of James Watt.

English-speaking inventors are never good.

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