Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 495 007 Yutang Bureau needs to find an old man as the coach

"On the way back to Petersburg from Sevastopol, you have to keep warm. Katya, it's better for you to spend the winter in a warmer climate. Don't accompany me back like this."

Before getting in the car, Solovyov was still saying this, but Katya was determined to follow him, so she was still willing to go back with him.

"I'd better go back to Petersburg with you. You won't be able to bear to leave me here. The same goes for sending me to someone else to take care of me."

"Well, we should dress warmer on the train. It would be great if we could get the steam locomotive out, so we could be in a warm carriage."

"You have unrealistic fantasies again. I thought that your fantastic ideas may not be realized so quickly, and not everything can be done by you yourself."

"Yes, the affairs in the army alone are enough. You poor little thing, wrap yourself up a little thicker."

Seeing this, Bao Hong felt that Solovyov took too much care of his daughter-in-law. If it were another couple, they wouldn't be so meticulous.

Starting from Sevastopol, they followed the road along the Sea of ​​Azov to Taganrog and Rostov-on-Don. Then they chose the route of Voronezh, Lipetsk, Mtsensk, Kas. Luga and Smolensk, so that you will reach Bald Mountain first. Rest here for a few days and then continue on your way back to Petersburg.

Here, Solovyov also wanted to meet Andrei first.

Solovyov's views never changed, but Andrei's attitude changed. He left active service and began to devote himself to the management of the estate and return to family life.

Lisa was also very happy to see Katya. She was still so lively and social. In Smolensk, although the old prince took good care of her and Maria was here, guests were still relatively rare.

"Misha, you and your wife didn't have a good wedding trip in Crimea. Why did you suddenly come back?"

"I have an urgent mission and I have to go back to fulfill my duties. How is life in Tongshan? Lisa is going to give birth again, right?"

"You know, but you also want to say that the due date is in the next few days, and the weather is not very good these days, so you can stay here for a few more days."

"It's really unexpected that you won't be spending the winter in Moscow. Besides, this hall is too empty."

"Otherwise, what can I do? My father's schedule is unchangeable, and so are the arrangements at home. Only Lisa and my son are more tolerant."

"Yes, but if Nicholas grows up in the future, grandpa's discipline will be stricter."

"Misha, don't say this to Andrei. I have already ordered the servants to arrange a room for you. Why don't you leave Katya here so that she can be my companion? If you order an escort, I will send her there next spring. Please come over." When Lisa saw a guest coming, even someone like Katya, who was a few years older than her, wanted to stay here as a companion.

"That's what I thought, but Katya."

As he spoke, he stroked Katya's hair and shoulders.

"I told her several times on the road, but she was unwilling. This cannot be forced, not to mention that my father also wants to see his grandchildren."

"The family atmosphere of your family is really enviable. Andrei, when will we go to Moscow or Petersburg?"

Obviously, Lisa still prefers the lively scenes, but in terms of personal views, she and Katya are probably similar.

"In the summer we can go to Petersburg, just the two of us."

"I really envy you. I still have a post. I am even the head general of the Selenge Regiment. I may be even busier in official duties."

"But you are also close to home. When the time comes, I will go to you every day with my child in my arms."

Katya, this girl is actually a clingy kitten, the kind that won't let go once she grabs his arm, which means she's more sensible and won't disturb him while he's working.

"But you have to be careful. When the weather is bad, you can't go out casually. Besides, while the baby is still in your belly, you have already arranged things after the baby is born."

"Then what are you going to name your child?"

As a mother, Lisa is quite concerned about this.

You know, the name of the eldest son of Bolkonsky from Tongshan has always switched back and forth between Nikolai and Andrei, which is like a cycle of baldness and non-baldness.

For families like Solovyov's who are from low-level nobles or even civilians, there are not so many restrictions on naming.

However, due to popular reasons, the name should be based on the monarch's side. Normally, Alexander is now the emperor of all Russia, so the name should be based on his name, Alexander.

"I, Solovyov, am today only because of His Majesty Paul's care and promotion. If I were a boy, he would naturally be named Pavel."

"What if you were a girl?"

"If you choose a name, it will be based on Katya. How do you plan to name it?"

"Then let's call her Elizabeth after Her Royal Highness the Queen."

"But before Her Royal Highness married and came to Russia, she still had her real name."

Lisa must have said it unintentionally, but it also reminded the young couple.

"If that were the case, Maria would probably be everywhere."

Katya has a lively personality, even when speaking, she is a little out of touch.

"You can give them names, but you can't give them all new names like Her Highness Svetlana."

Well, Lisa said that, and Solovyov couldn't say anything, after all, he was the father of the younger twin.

In Russia, there are still certain rules for naming.

"That can't be the case. My mother and I both have the same name as Her Majesty the Queen. That's not good. It's better to give them a less common name."

"That's not impossible. There are some names that are not very common, but they are more commonly used. When you went to Crimea, it was always related to the story of Iphigenia. How about Diana?"

The Romanization of Artemis' name is not a problem. If it is the name Iphigenia, Solovyov will not sacrifice his daughter, and Agamemnon's end is not good.

"That's good, what if it's twins?"

Lisa and Katya's ideas are more out of line, forcing Solovyov to think of a plan.

But he also had to ask first: "Lisa, what about you? Our child needs to be named, and you are about to give birth, so your child should be named first."

"We should indeed consider it, but the name."

The Bolkonsky family has a strange habit, that is, when naming the next generation, in addition to the eldest son Nikolai-Andrei cycle, they also name the next generation, always using the names of the deceased family members.

It's like reincarnation, and Solovyov laughed when he heard it.

It turns out that Andrei and Maria also have a sister Varvara who died young, or the old duke's still alive cousin Alexei, and they named it from here.

"This is your family's custom. My family names children casually. The flower girl at the wedding was my nephew Veniamin. This name is rare. You haven't seen it in St. Petersburg, right?"

"That's true. It's rare in Moscow. If it's used to name a boy, it's also very suitable."

After all, a name is also a person's name and code name in the world. If others don't have this name, he can stand out.

The Russian name structure is like a combination of Greek and Roman name habits. The Romans always give their eldest sons names similar to their fathers and grandfathers, and the Greeks always indicate who their fathers are.

While chatting here, the old prince came in wearing a nightgown.

"Are you talking about names here?"

"Nikola Andreevich, I'm visiting you again."

"Mishka, you are very promising, but it's unexpected that you are related to Bonaparte."

"Yes, but..."

He was about to say, but the old prince interrupted.

"It's rare for you to bully your uncle like this."

"If he had been diligent in beating the Germans, we wouldn't have had to go abroad to fight him."

After he finished speaking, the old duke also laughed.

He had said this before, but he didn't expect to use it here.

"So how did the trip to Sweden go?"

"That's why I came back with Katya. Nikolai Andreevich, but when we return to St. Petersburg, we don't know how the emperor will assign tasks."

"You will probably be with Betya and serve as his deputy, right?"

"That's what the appointment said. You've been retired for so many years, and you're still so familiar with St. Petersburg."

"Our family and the Volkonsky family are from the same school. His uncle even wrote to me! He mentioned the situation of Betya, a kid. He only went to the battlefield once in Austerlitz, and his strengths are in planning. You've actually worked in both the front and the rear. It's different."

"When I return to St. Petersburg, it's unlikely that I'll go directly to the front line. I'll probably still be in the War Department of the Menshikov Palace."

"But Buckholden. How can someone like him be the commander-in-chief just because he's a general?"

It's obvious that the old duke has always had opinions about German officers, but when he mentioned Buckholden, his tone was sarcastic.

"It shouldn't be, after all, he is the governor of Vyborg."

"Let my grandson be the governor of Vyborg, he will be better than him."

Just little Nicholas was still sucking his thumb.

"What you said..."

The old duke has a bit of a bad temper, but you have to think about it, his strange words can explain something.

If he thought Andre was dead, he would just cry and curse.

The curse is not wrong, Buchholden did a mess in Austerlitz, but now he can still be a commander of a field, commanding three divisions of the secondary direction army.

Although his skills are enough to fight the Swedes, he is also disliked, otherwise he would not be driven away by Langeron and Wittgenstein.

But it is not so easy to win this battle. Going to Finland will inevitably face guerrilla warfare. With Bukhoden's previous style of leading troops, although his subordinates are Bagration, Gorchakov and Tuchkov, and Barclay and Laevsky are in the reserve, and there are Denisov, Kunev and Platov in the cavalry, but he does not have the command ability.

"But Bukhoden, he doesn't have that ability. He has two rookies who can lead a few troops alone. Can he do it?"

Moreover, Nikolai Tuchkov was somewhat involved in the original assassination of Paul. Although the old Duke was completely driven home by Paul, he was still somewhat dissatisfied with those who participated in the regicide.

The tone of his speech was naturally more sinister.

"So, if the Swedish army and the locals disperse, it will still be a great threat to our communication lines, and a large number of troops will be dispersed. Then the Swedes will attack from the rear and mobilize troops from the Åland Islands, both sides Strike and find a way to defeat us in battle."

"Some ideas, if done this way, would be really troublesome."

"Barclays has proposed an idea before, and I estimate that the Finns will probably do the same."

However, if the old Duke mentioned doing this in Russia, he might still be the one who took the initiative to fight the French army.

But he is not confused now. Even after many years of retirement, he still knows what the Swedes might do.

"In this case, we still have to lure the Swedes to take the initiative to fight. If possible, we can do it before the next spring, and the war can be ended by winter."

The old Duke just snorted and said nothing.

After all, before Alexander forced Kutuzov to fight at Austerlitz, Gustav IV was even more incompetent, and he must be eager for success ahead.

But even at home, you can't talk nonsense about your dissatisfaction with the monarch, not to mention that the old Duke still has a good impression of Alexander, let alone say it like this.

But what Solovyov said is indeed a solution.

"Nikolai Andreevich, this is probably the idea, but it also requires the enemy to cooperate well, but there should be no war until all diplomatic means are exhausted."

"Yes, Andre, you want the family to prepare dinner, and we will leave the count and his wife to stay here."

Of course, Lisa's situation is more delicate. Katya is just pregnant, but she is about to give birth.

Solovyov looked at her and suddenly said: "Since Lisa is going to give birth in the next few days, we will leave a few days later, so we can help you to some extent."

"How can you help?"

Andre knew that, he was worried and wanted to suppress a laugh at the same time.

After all, he knew that this guy delivered his brother's baby at home, but he couldn't tell anyone about it.

But when Solovyov continued, he said this again: "If you and your wife want to have a child, no matter if it is a boy or a girl, if you open your eyes, the first outsider you see will always be of some benefit." She is pretty, which is easy to say, but if she is not so pretty, like Langeron’s wife, it would be bad.”

Putting aside whether Russia has this custom, it is not unreasonable.

The couple were guests, and they were good-looking. Although little Katya was not the prettiest, she was young, lively, and in good health. The old Duke also agreed.