Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

However, if Vasily wanted to fight for it, he, as the eldest brother, still had to support him.

In this family, it's actually my own style that seems a bit abnormal, even though all these connections originated from him.

Life in Tsarskoye Selo was obviously rather boring, consisting of nothing but receptions.

Moreover, according to Russian tradition, when entertaining guests, the dishes must be plentiful.

As a result, Parisian cooking methods and the way dishes are served in high-end London restaurants were inevitably influenced by Russia.

In the region of D'India, French chefs were employed, but the dishes were served in the Russian style. Two potential enemies were simultaneously carrying out cultural invasions.

Add to that the king they brought from Germany, the Scottish engineers and Irish laborers who traveled everywhere, and England had practically nothing left.

Once the noble lords have all changed, the Kingdom of England has essentially been transformed. The newly rich and powerful figures in Parliament can take advantage of His Majesty's relative weakness to seize as much power as possible.

That is to say, because the anniversary of George III has long passed, and the current King of Great Britain is George IV.

Charlotte became Princess of Wales, but she then gave birth to two more children. Solovyov was speechless. Of George, William, and little Charlotte, only George III had to give multiple names due to the large number of his children. However, children with unusual names are more prone to early death and illness.
Do you, the British royal family, only use these few names?

Russia is also a major competitor of Britain. Bellingshausen's expedition performed exceptionally well last year. After his circumnavigation of the globe and his mission to the Far East, he recently achieved another accomplishment: an expedition to Antarctica.

Along the way, he not only discovered that Antarctica was a continent, but also that after passing through the Roaring Forties, he discovered that it was a world of ice and snow, and found penguins just like those he had found in South Africa and Madagascar.

Although they look similar to the Great Auk of the North Atlantic, they are not from the same family. They diverged very early, and even convergent evolution occurred at the North and South Poles.

If Darwin were to take the lead later, he would likely be able to perfect this theory.

Solovyov was very interested in Bellingshausen's trip, but he was also quite surprised that the last island was not named after him.

"You don't need to be surprised by this. I originally planned to name an area after you when I landed on the Antarctic continent."

"So where have you arrived? Could you tell me your latitude and longitude?"

"that is."

When Bellinshausen deliberately pointed out these locations on the map, Solovyov's jaw nearly dropped.

Good heavens, the Antarctic nautical charts were not yet complete at this time, and the location that Bellingshausen mapped was exactly the Antarctic Peninsula.

If he were to land on such a large piece of land, his name would be thrown onto the Antarctic continent just like a group of royalty.

Bellingshausen ultimately only named two islands after Peter the Great and Alexander the Great, respectively. Even the sea that was named after him was named after him in his honor.

Unfortunately, Antarctica is a land of ice and snow, where only wingless Antarctic flies that nibble on moss and debris exist, making them purely terrestrial animals.

Yes, apart from penguins and seals, tiny insects are the main inhabitants of Antarctica. Even the Russian expedition did not bring back many specimens this time; they only accidentally discovered insects in a pile of debris on Peter the Great Island.

Despite the desolation of the place, Bellingshausen attempted to venture further south, but the terrifying ice floes there ultimately forced him to abandon the plan, as his flagship was damaged this time.

Upon returning to Russia, he received an unprecedented welcome, but this mission was tinged with regret.

"We're just one step away. If we can get around that huge ice floe, we might be able to land."

"But you can't be sure that's land; it could be some islands, like in the Northwest Passage and the Arctic Ocean."

Solovyov's definition is rather cautious. He was also quite interested in exploration, but unfortunately, because he was an army soldier and not a navy soldier, only the Far East voyage and the Santo Domingo expedition were explorations in which he was deeply involved.

"You're absolutely right, we still lack the means."

"But you are very close to a new continent. If there is another opportunity in the future, I wish those who come after you will be able to land successfully."

Bellingshausen was a highly respected explorer in the navy, and he would likely have more opportunities to sail warships than to explore Antarctica.

In addition, he explored New Zealand's North Island and nearly clashed with the Maori people there.

"We also went to New Zealand, where the British seem to be doing something."

"They probably want to take over the island, but the Maori are Polynesians, warlike and fierce. If we provide them with some weapons, I think the British will suffer a lot."

"Earl, why are you always trying to set traps for the British?"

Bellingshausen was somewhat puzzled. Solovyov had always sympathized with the weak, and the conquered tribes were always the objects of his sympathy.

Only in North America and New Zealand, when faced with the morally bankrupt British and the not-so-bright Americans, did he always try to set traps for them.

"Because wherever they went, they brought disaster. Have you heard this assessment? It's that the Spanish went to the New World only to preach, explore, and mine, and incidentally destroyed the local indigenous regimes, only to be cursed by the conscientious missionaries who arrived later; the French went to explore Fur Island, but ended up having affairs with the indigenous girls and forming an alliance with them; the Dutch went there, but because there was no money to be made, they ran away."

“You haven’t mentioned the Englishman yet, Mikhail Sergeyevich.”

At this point, Lazarev casually chimed in.

"Ah, the British are capable of ruining everything. It's best not to be on their side. As an army general, I've had trouble more than once. The Austrian defeats have caused enough trouble, and the British will only urge us to send troops for their own benefit."

It was harsh, but it was the truth.

"By the way, Misha, where's your brother?"

The three Lazarev brothers, along with their younger sister, were quite familiar with the Solovyov family.

“My brother went cruising in the Pacific, who knows when he’ll be back. I’m also going to command a fast sailboat on an expedition this summer; there are still many places to go.” “Well, best of luck in advance.”

Lazarev was not only an explorer and a future naval commander, but he was also very skilled in designing exploration vessels. During the Antarctic expedition, their ship withstood high sea states. If it weren't for the damage to the "Vostok", they might have gone even further, just as Bellingshausen himself said.

However, it was also fraught with danger.

During this voyage, Lazarev encountered extremely severe typhoon weather. While most ships would have been destroyed, he managed to escape the typhoon thanks to his excellent steering skills and the superior design of his expedition ship.

Incidentally, his journey also passed through territories controlled by Russia.

Solovyov was naturally concerned about his operation and paid particular attention to three locations.

New Zealand, Russian North America, and Hawaii—Russian activities in Hawaii were previously thwarted by the Americans. Hawaii is isolated in the heart of the North Pacific, but it is very important.

If Russia could establish a cooperative relationship with the native Hawaiian king Kamehameha, it would be very meaningful for Russia's future strategy in the Pacific.

If the British had gotten there first, it wouldn't have been too much of a problem, because the British weren't actually that unethical in the Pacific. They even invited the King of Hawaii to London to form an alliance, and note that this wasn't just about trade or discussing colonization right off the bat.

Unfortunately, because they had no antibodies against measles and influenza, King Kamalmeha II and Queen Kamalmeha II passed away one after the other.

If Americans were to go to the east coast of the Pacific, they would definitely cause trouble, and they would be very unfriendly to the Native Americans.

This is the famous joke: when Americans come, everyone is doomed.

Besides setting traps for these English-speaking guys, Solovyov also has many other plans.

Given that the British currently colonize New Zealand's North Island, and there are pirate ships, whaling ships, and other vessels operating there, it wouldn't be surprising if Russia were to eventually go to the South Island and establish some connections with the locals.

Moreover, Britain, France, and the United States were all interested in this place, and after 1830, it wouldn't be so easy to establish colonies there.

The British attitude towards the Maori there ultimately turned them into subjects of the British, which was far less immoral than what the Americans did in North America and Australia.

But this was mainly because the Maori people themselves were full of martial spirit, and the place was so remote that it could be described as a poor and remote area with unruly people, and even relatively lacking in resources. Naturally, the British could not do anything to the Maori people in the interior.

In order to compete with the British, Solovyov drew inspiration from the methods used by the Governor of Roseburg in North America.

Due to food shortages, the governors of the North American colonies had frequent dealings with merchants from the Spanish colonies and local indigenous tribes.

Even the local corn-growing tribes were able to be provided with some food when there weren't so many Russians.

With so many people, it naturally became unsustainable, especially after several thousand French people from Santo Domingo moved to Rosberg with their families.

However, the Poles who were later exiled here, along with the Russian serfs brought by their master and the French who had arrived earlier, gathered here and quickly began to cultivate farmland and raise livestock by purchasing land from the natives. They even managed to provide food for the Native Americans.

Therefore, the Russian governor-general adopted a similar approach to the French in forming alliances.

The French there went from tribe to tribe looking for mothers-in-law, and the situation in Russia wasn't like the fighting and killing of the Siberian Cossacks.

For those Native American tribes, they recognized the boundaries of their territory, and even awarded them medals. They would often invite these chiefs, tribal elders, and even young people to the colony for food and drink.

This trick really worked. Solovyov sent Prince Engian to Rosberg, where he married the daughter of a Chinook chieftain and they even registered their marriage.

Therefore, those Native American tribes became relatives of the French dukes, and later, Russian nobles who went there, if single, also followed this method.

After all, the Orthodox Church doesn't have dietary restrictions, and when local tribes change their faith, the shamans just complain verbally. As long as the married daughter still knows about shamanism, it's not a big deal.

In addition, the Russians brought a lot of arms to Roseburg and the western coastline, so the chiefs were more willing to ally with Russia, and the British could only rank third.

There was no other way; the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River area used to be full of French fur trading posts, with dozens of locations of all sizes, but very few cities.

This is why France was always defeated by Britain in these areas.

In the end, even New Orleans was no longer theirs, and France was left with only a small island in southeastern Canada in North America.

The Russians came this time, but they sent hundreds of people in batches to the mainland. After forming alliances with the local tribes and buying land, they didn't act like the Americans, who always crossed the border.
When they arrived in North America, the Russians, who were generally simple-minded and not particularly powerful, were also swayed by the fact that the tribes had changed their attitudes because they provided them with weapons and drinks.

As for Chief Sears, also known as Chief Seattle, he was generally friendly to white people. When Russians bought land, they kept the land deeds, and the price they offered was much higher than that offered to English speakers.

(When Chief Seattle sold the land to the colonists, the local whites initially lived together with the tribal people, but later the city government drove the tribal people to reservations. At that time, Chief Seattle was still alive, and some of the early colonists who arrived here protested, but it had no effect.)
Even after registering, the tribal members discovered that they had inadvertently become Russian lords.

Considering that the Chinooks and their neighbors already had a rudimentary form of slavery, it was not impossible for them to directly transition to the Russian serf system and become masters above a group of Russian serfs.

Solovyov was also concerned about these matters, and he gave Lazarev, who was about to embark on this long voyage, many instructions, just in case something went wrong.

Lazarev agreed after hearing this.

Solovyov's level is clearly much higher than that of the colonial minister.

The idea of ​​directly adopting the Russian system and acknowledging the Native Americans as masters—this approach was actually copied from the Spanish.

Because the unfortunate Inca royal family suffered heavy casualties in the resistance, those with titles were all from collateral branches.

However, the descendants of Montezuma II did indeed go to Spain and become marquises, while many of the colonists' descendants went to Mexico.

This European version of "Two Kings and Three Respects" is something the Spanish could pull off.

Transform the Native Americans into both lords and commoners, and allow them to develop serfdom before its abolition.
It sounds outrageous, but considering that Native Americans have always treated their tribal members as family, even captured white children have status within the tribe, their use of serfdom was far more progressive than that of the plantation owners in the South. (End of Chapter)