Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

The Russian army won here, and Solovyov only captured two villages, giving the army a place to stay.

As for other things, he didn't have time to think about it yet.

But when passing the Astrakhan Tatar Cavalry Regiment, he suddenly decided to stop here.

These Tatars all saluted him on horseback.

Logically speaking, the recruitment of cavalry regiments has been rarely used in Russia since the era of Queen Elizabeth. It was also the last large-scale recruitment during the Seven Years' War. The Kalmyk horse archers returned eastward due to the return of the Turgut tribe during the Queen's period. , and will rarely be recruited in the future.

Crimean Tatars, they may have been drafted more often, although it seems they were not as loyal as the Tatars elsewhere.

"Sir, it's an honor for you to come to us. Please try our triangular pie."

"It looks really good. Is it freshly made?"

"Yes, my lord."

"Can the conscripted brothers also eat?"

"You can't eat it often. This is for the leaders."

Solovyov thought for a while, but there were some things he couldn't change.

"Your robe is well made, who made it?"

"It's Nikolai Urianin, a tailor of ours who is with the army. He is a famous craftsman in Astrakhan."

If he were called like this, Solovyov wouldn't realize who this person was. Even if he called the tailor, it would be the same. Except for his bald head, you couldn't associate him with his mentor.

Although Solovyov has been here for a long time and is even familiar with various forms of transliteration and changes, he does not have such rich imagination, and it is impossible for him to think that the surname can also be transliterated.

"Are you Urianin?"

"Yes, sir."

"Were you always in Astrakhan?"

"No, sir, I used to live in Nizhny Novgorod, where I gained freedom from the landowner Brekhov. I rented a house there at first, and then I came to Astrakhan."

"It's always good to have skills. Are you literate?"

"It's still a bit difficult to read, sir. Moreover, the masters of the government there are always coming and going. Sometimes they can't speak Russian well, and I don't know any foreign languages."

In his understanding, no matter how Kalmyks and Tatars speak, it is not considered a foreign language.

When Solovyov saw him, he felt that this man was honest, a little clever, and just a small craftsman who relied on his skills to make a living. Naturally, he sympathized with this kind of person.

When he thought about this, he also knew that he had been with Paul for a long time, so he would naturally be affected by some of the habits of his former boss. In addition, he had sympathy for the common people and serfs, but he did not have the kind of aloof compassion.

"That's fine, but if the officials don't speak Russian, they won't be able to understand the sentiments of the people. They can only sit in the government offices."

"Sir, you are right about this. The petitions we have there must be shown to the civil servants."

"Ah, this is inevitable. Soldiers and officials are different. Urianin, who are the people in your family?"

When asked about this, the Tatar leader on the side said: "This honest man is about to be forty years old and has not yet married a wife. According to his ability, even if he makes a little money, he should have married a long time ago." Wife."

"But there will always be a wife. I think you are a good person at work, and I want to ask you a favor."

"Master, you are too polite to speak like this."

"After all, you are older than me, Nikolai. Besides, I am not a landlord from Nizhny Novgorod. My family comes from Ryazan. The landlords there are generally very generous to others. The servants around me, as long as they are Elderly, we will have some respect, not to mention that you are a free man who lives by his own ability. If you are a Tatar, you will be a 'talahan'. "

At this point, the Tatars on the side nodded somewhat when they heard "talahan", which means a free man.

It would be a good thing if you could be a free craftsman.

"Urianin, come with me."

Since the young general was so polite, Urianin followed him and found a mule for him to ride on.

As for the place where he lived, Solovyov also motioned to the tailor to come in.

Although Urianin didn't know the specific meaning of the master, he probably still needed to use his own skills, so he also began to think about some questions.

As for after entering the room and seeing the fabric, he probably understood.

"Sit down, Nicholas."

Solovyov didn't know the patronym of the other party, so he called him more casually. If he were to use the honorific title directly, for ordinary civilians and serfs, this young master would think too highly of them.

"Master, I wonder what your orders are?"

"I harvested some good materials in Stockholm before and wanted to make a beautiful cloak for my wife. It was only when I saw Noyan's robe that I thought of asking the tailor. Nicholas, I think you are a He is honest and reliable, and his craftsmanship is not bad. Naturally, I want to invite you to see how I should do it. "

"Master, these are all good materials, I'm afraid your craftsmanship is poor."

But he is not a chameleon. Solovyov also knows that young craftsmen are sometimes frightened. If they don't do things well for the master, they will be in trouble.

If we insist on belonging to Chekhov's system, he is probably the "little civil servant" type.

"It doesn't matter. I'm very rich. Just do what you want. Leading troops in war or serving as an official is a matter for us masters, but many people can't do it well. But with a craft like yours People, if you have skills, don’t be humble.”

As for the deposit, although Solovyov has never been too happy to spend money on himself, he is still willing to pay for his wife and lover.

However, his wife and lover often do not need him to contribute money just for dowry and their own property. This situation is quite outrageous.

This time, when he made a move, it was at the check level, not with a money bag.

"On the way back, you can go to a bank in Petersburg or Moscow and exchange it for silver rubles. The paper rubles have depreciated too much recently, and silver coins are inconvenient to carry. I just want you to give me a picture first, and I'll see what happens. ”

"Sir, I haven't seen Madam before. Fortunately, it's a cloak. I wish I could make it into something that fits me."

"Yes, but Katya is so tall that her chin reaches about my shoulder. When I hug her, her hair is always in this position. Although we are married, she is still young. If..."

"Sir, you should go by the size. I can always read and count."

"That'll be easy!"

Solovyov then told the story again, this time based on Katya's figure. After all, he was more familiar with his wife.

"That's it, Nikolai, what do you think?"

"These materials are enough. We can even modify the young master's clothes for him to wear in the future."

There are even more materials, and it is indeed more pleasant to do things with honest people.

"Okay then, just do it your way. Once the pattern is made, you can follow me for a while."

He doesn't even know that he can be quite destructive sometimes, especially after he gains a little power.

However, Nikolai Urianin will generally return to Astrakhan to continue working as a tailor after this expedition with the Tatar Noyan. Because of his honest character, he did not find a wife until he was in his fifties.

As for his youngest son, he will study at Kazan University in the future and become a senior civil servant based on his own ability.

Solovyov is not aware of this yet. He seems to always start from some strange angles and is very close to some famous figures.

Even speaking of it, his destructive power, if Urianin was not so honest and could only find a wife ten years later, he would have been outshone in the world.

Now, what he needs to consider is how to deal with the British.

Just from the perspective of tailor Urianin, this young man is quite strange sometimes. He is very polite to himself. When it comes to others, he is also very gentle in his dealings with others. He is very similar to the local man in Astrakhan. , that’s a huge difference.

He even had a strange impression. Probably the gentlemen in Petersburg and Moscow were good people, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense about these gentlemen who came down below.

If Solovyov had stood in his position, he might have even cursed "dog officer" to feel happy.

In Russia, the generals are fine. As long as they are not old and dim, the current era is definitely not the time in a few decades when insects will be everywhere and there will be more bastards than the bastards in the Yongding River.

Those civil servants, if you think about it, there are quite a lot of corrupt officials. They can be compared with the tax collectors in the past.

He chatted with Urianin about the situation of civil servants in Astrakhan. He knew a little about it before, but if he talked about it in detail, he could only shake his head.

If I continue to talk about it, I'm afraid it will enter the script of "The Imperial Envoy". In short, this is what the place is like.

When he was in Riazan, because he was a local, when he returned to his hometown, the local governor did not dare to hide anything.

It would be a lot of fun if a gentleman went to Kazan or became governor somewhere else.

The master who came down from above is afraid that he will be tricked by the low-level master below.

"It's really interesting to talk to you, but if you are so honest, even if you really become a master, I'm afraid you will still be a Sancho."

"Who is Sancho?"

"Don Quixote, a novel written by a Spanish gentleman, is a follower of the knight knight. You, an upright, honest and somewhat clever person, are very much like Sancho. You gave him a place and became a gentleman, but in the end you couldn't do anything. ”

"Master, I don't expect to be a master. If I marry a wife and have a son in the future, it would be best if he can be promising and do a decent job. Being a master will be entangled with many things."

"If we were all like you, there might not be so much trouble in Russia, especially those who are officials. It's really a pleasure to chat with you, Nikolai. It's hard for those of us who are high up to hear the voices below. . As a general, you can still be with soldiers, listen. Listen to what they say. If you want to be a governor, you will only be fooled by the people below. However, most of them are illiterate. To write a petition, you can only find someone who can read and write. Either the man is the priest of the church, or if the priest is a bad man."

It seems that this has formed a closed loop. However, in the era of Alexander I, Russia had not yet developed to the outrageous level of the future, but there were signs. At least when he wrote to Moscow before, he often heard about some strange cases.

With his current status, he should be a garrison governor in the future, or be sent to a province to be a governor, and he will inevitably have to deal with the people below.

Speaking of which, it is more comfortable to deal with civilians without so many conflicts of interest.

At night, he asked his adjutant to arrange a room for Uryanin, and he sat in a chair to think. With a rocking chair, he was naturally thinking about the future while rocking.

However, there were always things to interrupt him, and soon an urgent letter came, which was the instruction of Grand Duke Constantine.

For this matter, he naturally had to hold a military meeting.

Von Essen in Jönköping sent a messenger to take the initiative to ask the Swedish army and the Russian army to cease fire.

This is a good thing. Normally, after the Russian army defeated the Swedish army in succession, they should have realized that there was only one way, which was negotiation.

As for von Essen's letter, it mentioned that the Swedish side had different opinions. The king himself did not want to cease fire at this time. He received new instructions through Count von Fersen and Queen Frederica.

Once von Essen opened the road to Jönköping, the Russian army could quickly send light cavalry to Gothenburg, so that they could control it and end the war.

However, considering the command of the British army and the Swedish army in the south, this would allow the Swedish court to make a 180° turn, and the war could end quickly.

But the British are still here. In the near future, they will quickly solve the British army led by Sir Moore, control the Kalmar Province and the Swedish Navy base, so that Gustav can accept the reality, and Count von Fersen can complete a series of extreme operations to make Gustav IV abdicate and let the crown prince become the new monarch of Sweden.

Grand Duke Constantine's secret letter was only for Soloviev to see, not even his few confidants in the Guards.

To hold a military meeting, we still need to go further south. As long as the British suffer a decisive defeat, this matter will be considered a success.

However, it is not easy. Sir Moore's squatting skills are not bad. In the first battle, he relied on charging the Swedish army, which won the victory.

If we find a narrower battlefield later, the Russian army may not be able to play its advantages. (End of this chapter)