Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

The Dragarevsky Monastery was founded in 1345 during the reign of Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Alexander.

It sounds like both Ivan and Alexander are powerful, but the good days of the Second Bulgarian Empire are coming to an end.

Then the Ottoman Empire entered Europe, causing a series of Balkan countries to stop dying and destroying many local towns.

The monastery was abandoned in the early 15th century and was not rebuilt until the end of the 15th century. The name of the monastery in its early years was "Our Lady of Vitosha Monastery", and the current name is still related to the river next to it.

Speaking of the scenery here, it is probably still close to Vitosha Mountain, where you can see the whole city of Sofia, and the other is the beech forest next to it.

The flowers planted nearby include cornflowers, acacias, carnations, peonies, tulips, and hyacinths.

What can be seen are mainly tulips and peonies, and it seems that the varieties are not so complete.

"It's nice and clean here. Thank you, we still have so many garrisons."

However, the ones Solovyov arranged to come in for the guard duty were still the Fanagorian Grenadiers.

Although the current commander of this regiment is Great Kamensky, it still has a close relationship with Suvorov. When the commander of the regiment was first appointed in 1790, it was Suvorov who held this position.

In the future, the list of this regiment has always included the Grand Marshal himself.

The reason why this regiment was arranged to come here is more or less because Arkady also wants to live here.

His wife is at home taking care of the one-year-old son. Otherwise, Suvorov asked these young generals to bring their wives, fiancées or mistresses here, which can be regarded as promoting relationships.

Except for Count Zukatto who stayed in Vidin due to illness, these are all acquaintances. If the women are brought here, it may be quite lively.

Solovyov did this because Katya gave him another son. If he wanted a child, he could only let Mrs. Recamier bring their daughter Clara over. Although the child was not yet one year old, she was very healthy. In addition, his wife really carried her to Bucharest, so it would not be good not to let her come.

So Christian also wanted to bring Yulia over. Uvarov's wife was in St. Petersburg, which was too far away. As for the other commanders, because many of their wives were in their hometowns, only a few older commanders brought their eldest sons who could follow the army.

Socializing is sometimes also a part, and the eldest son in the family also needs to go out for exercise.

To pick up family members, it is obvious that the Russian army is not going to set off in the short term.

Although Solovyov and Mrs. Recamier once performed a trick in Finland, he did not plan to do it again.

This time he just wanted to have his own child by his side. He was still a typical child slave, especially a daughter slave.

Even if he had hit a snag with his "black-hearted cotton princess" before, he was still like this.

He also knew that if he was sent out, he would not be able to return home until the war was over. If he went out to fight, he would definitely fight to the fullest, so he was not too worried about his time in the Balkans.

It would even be better if he could go to Greece next. Although it rains in winter, it is also a very suitable place to spend the winter.

This abacus is very loud, and even his wife is going to be brought over.

He didn't know at this moment that Katya was receiving Princess Maria Volkonsky at home, and the two of them were talking happily.

"Your husband has gone to the other side of the Danube, aren't you bored?"

"I am very happy to have children here. Masha, I heard that it was your father Nikolai Andreevich who recommended Misha to the grenadiers."

"Yes, my father mentioned him on the way from Yasnaya Polyana. At that time, he was just a smart boy, and now he is also a general who can stand on his own. It's just a pity for my fiancé."

Speaking of which, this princess has always been difficult to marry, and her fiancé died early, so she stayed single.

"Don't think about those unhappy things, Masha, you will definitely be very happy, like me, although Misha is a passionate person, but when he is at home, he is really good to me, unlike others."

"You seem to have very low requirements for happiness."

"No, Masha. Some husbands are not so suitable, like Kirill of the Naryshkin family. Or like Prince Sergei, I almost became his fiancée. If Grand Duke Nicholas hadn't gone to Prince Saltykov's house to play that day, I might have been a..."

"Sometimes you are really unfortunate. Your husband is really a talented and passionate man. But if he is like Prince Sergei, you may be so cute, but you will not get your own happiness, which is a pity."

"Masha, don't worry. If there are such promising young men, my husband has many around him. The marriages he arranged for his sisters are very good. We can also help you with your affairs. You are still a good sister to me. After all, we have known each other since childhood and have taken dance lessons together."

However, Katya's idea probably has to wait until Solovyov comes back.

In the Petersburg social scene, some people also gossip that Katya's husband is a passionate man, but he loves his wife and mistress very much, and he lets them do what they want. His wife takes care of the children at home, lives in the most fashionable official residence in Petersburg, and writes to him every week; and as for his mistress, he took her to the south because he couldn't persuade her, which was really in line with Mrs. Recamier's wishes.

But if it were someone else, like the wife that Sergei Saltykov recently married, his wife would be very unhappy at home.

"Thank you, but at this time, many people don't like soldiers."

"They are also not very knowledgeable. If their husbands are promising, they can't be those flowery and sweet-talking young men."

Although Katya's knowledge is still a little short because she positions herself as a housewife, she still knows what kind of man to look for, even at her age, because she has seen a lot at home.

And, this is more or less directed at her eldest brother.

She has always had a better relationship with her second brother Nikolai, but her second brother must find his own.

"Soloviev is far away from home now, and it's a long way to the Danube."

"Yes, I want to go too, but with Sasha here, it's not easy for me to go."

She actually hoped that Solovyov would not go to the front line to fight. If her husband stayed in the manor all day, he might not be so unfaithful, and they could also travel to the countryside and visit friends together, instead of being separated for a long time. Although Mishka wrote to her frequently, he was thousands of miles away after all.

From Petersburg to Sofia, it's 1996 kilometers in a straight line.

Katya chatted with Princess Maria at home, and the latter also wrote in her diary.

Solovyov was in the monastery at the moment, and he was indeed writing to his wife. As Katya gave birth to another son, he cared more about his wife, and the son had to be raised slowly. Even in their family, it was not necessarily guaranteed that every child could be raised.

Therefore, the relationship between husband and wife is more important.

"Why, you wrote to your wife again."

"Karl, you should also take your wife here, so that you will have a secretary."

"No, she may not be able to adapt to military life. If it is peaceful, she can also help. In addition, when you were in Paris, Mary was pregnant. Calculating the time, she should not be able to move around now."

"Look, only in a place like Russia, where you are bored in winter, can you focus on your wife."

While Solovyov was speaking, he also sealed the reply letter to Katya. He was also worried that his wife was not yet 20 years old, but was already the mother of three children. She always had to pay attention to her health and take good care of her body during his absence. If you like, you can go to Jelgava to escape the summer heat. The palace environment there is good. After the Bourbon royal family moved out, it was also managed by the Russian court.

As the youngest "state lady", Katya is qualified to live and escape the summer heat there.

6◇9◇Book◇Bar

"It feels weird when you say this."

"Don't worry about it. We all live in the monastery. Don't disturb the monks' meditation. In addition to the monks, there are also nuns here. Don't disturb them."

"Okay, but someone wants to see you."

"Who is it? After we arrived in Sofia, it seems that there have been no shortage of local petitions."

"Who told you to handle it so efficiently? You replied on the spot after seeing the documents. Isn't this asking for trouble? When you were the governor, you were on Russian land, which was fine. Now in Sofia, although we control this place now, you are too diligent."

"No way, I am just like this."

Then there are the local Orthodox Christians, those who wear turbans, and they also found that this Russian general who killed 60,000 troops, although he was a bit cruel in the war and could be regarded as another "Bulgarian butcher", was unusually diligent in handling local petitions.

The old Bayi masters had never seen such a quick response.

At first, they were just trying it out, but they didn't expect that they would get a reply.

Moreover, the way of judging the case was very fair, and it did not favor Christians. Instead, after each reply, the secretary was entrusted to add the customary law. Such a "man of the book" master was simply "Allah's pen" and "Allah's sword". Suleiman the Magnificent and his Grand Vizier came in person, which was probably at this level.

Therefore, more and more people came to submit petitions at the gate of the monastery. There were many masters, but such a responsible master was really rare.

The lawsuit was accompanied by the basis for the judgment, which always made people feel that the sky had come.

"The trouble I caused myself was also because we have to stay here for a long time and make everyone feel fair. And this is also a kind of war to attack the heart. If you say that war is the continuation of politics, I will tell you how to do it."

"How are you going to do it?"

"Attack the heart first, you have to remember this."

"What?"

"Fighting on the battlefield is tactics, or what King Frederick called 'grand tactics.' This should be regarded as a kind of battle science, but strategy is more important. It involves many aspects. If we occupy a place, we will Carrying out large-scale plunder will naturally lose people's hearts. Sooner or later, like the French, it will cause large-scale resistance. The Russian army has a bad reputation because it is always regarded as a barbarian. Let's talk about it later. , you have too much material there”

Now he had to receive a guest, who came from a long way away and claimed to be an old friend from Peloponnese, which made him a little suspicious.

Although he is the son-in-law of the Dolgorukov family, his father-in-law, Prince Vasily, and the father of his two late friends, Prince Peter Sr., are not from the same branch. Although they are also very close relatives, the young people often move among themselves.

It does not rule out the possibility that there is something strange here. After all, the speed of the spread of the matter means that even if he was delayed for half a month on the road and stayed in Sofia for such a long time, it would be difficult for a Greek from the Peloponnese to arrive. People ran so fast and arrived in Sofia.

He also calculated the distance from Athens to Sofia.

The Greeks who came here are tall and powerful guys. If you talk about it, they are more like the stereotyped Turks.

"Friend, where are you from?"

"I come from Sparta, Count Solovyov, are you a friend of Prince Michael?"

"It's so straightforward! Bearded, my name also happens to be Michael, and there is a Prince Dolgorukov who is also my friend, but he died in Finland two years ago. I am very sorry for what happened to him , will mourn him and avenge him by defeating the Swedes."

"That's right. I am Demetrius, the son of Alexios Phokas, a veteran of Prince Peter's army. We heard about the Russian army crossing the Danube and asked about it. It was from your subordinates. Some veterans know that you are here, I think you must be surprised, but I can speak Russian."

"That makes sense. Welcome, my first friend, Demetrius, you are really a tall and handsome man."

"Thank you for the compliment, but the Spartans of today are not the same as they were in the past."

"In the past, even an old man from Sparta would give up his seat to an old man of similar age. Does your coming here have anything to do with Greece?"

"We know that the time is not yet ripe, but we also have a request, that is, your army should be able to reach the edge of Greece in winter. I think there will be a lot of people to support your army by then. Here, we have not seen it for many years The Christian Army.”

Solovyov knew that there were many people looking forward to the king's master. (End of chapter)