Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Chapter 228 040 Follow-up of the Nantes Incident

Because of the serious wound, Solovyov ended his journey in Nantes and returned to Paris after making sure that he was not seriously injured.

However, the shooting of Georges Cadoudal was described by the general public as a street brawl, which fits the Parisian stereotype of some bellicosity outsiders.

As for other things that happened during this period, all we can say is that the royalists are still unpopular in many places.

As for the spies sent by Fouché, their investigations in Brittany and surrounding areas also found that the royalists were still very active and were still planning attacks since the assassination in 1800.

If a war breaks out with the British, the Royalists will wait for an opportunity in these places along the Atlantic coast of France and will be very difficult to deal with.

Yet he could get little rest back in the Rue Montmartre.

The fact that The Phantom of the Louvre was to be officially released at the French Theatre really shocked even himself.

The citizens of Paris still have some interest in the mysterious Egypt, and the reviews of the drama in Parisian newspapers are very much in line with the French taste. The drama is full of mystery but has no political meaning, which is in line with the current reign of the First Consul. Now the citizens of Paris are a little tired of the movements in Paris, and the Revolutionary War did end with the Treaty of Amiens, so a new life seems to be just around the corner.

This includes Londoners, who think so too, and now they are appearing in large numbers in Paris.

By the way, there are quite a few Irish people in London. Solovyov has never had a good impression of the British government, but he has always been thinking that the Luddite workers' movement is about to come.

Can he go over and do something?
Although he had a good relationship with the Russian royal family, was a loyal and reliable confidant to Paul, had also made contributions to Alexander, had a close relationship with Louisa, and the aunts treated him as a good sister, but when it came to his inner inclinations.

He was a person who did not advocate the use of equal platforms. Some people said that he was somewhat similar to the group of people in the Jacobins led by Danton. However, based on his background and educational level, he was the person standing on the rostrum in the Soviet joke.

There was no way. He was born in a poor place and had to adapt to the surrounding environment first. Although the serfs and servants in his family were no different from free people, he did not leave because he was reluctant to leave the kind-hearted master and young master. Also, it was not easy to survive outside, so it was safer to live in his own village and manor.

If it had been the Tsar, the situation might have been even worse. Alexander, who had been clamoring to give the people a constitution and then lived in seclusion on the banks of the Rhine, now had a taste of power. He had become keen on acting and ruling, and as time went on, he became more and more inclined towards autocracy. The result can be imagined.

However, we still have to support the workers' movement of the British. However, destroying machines is not a feasible method, and there are always other ways.

In Britain, there were religious problems with Catholics, which led to instability in the cabinet in the early 19th century. Even if you read more foreign language newspapers in St. Petersburg, you could know the announcements from the British.

In addition, there are the oppressed Irish, the newly emerging working class, the contradiction between the royal family and the cabinet, and the botanical garden composed of gentlemen and the zoo in the House of Commons. The relationships here are very complicated, and there are actually many points that can be leveraged.

However, these things are only useful when dealing with the British. When we are at peace with them, using them will only backfire.

Now he is sitting at home in Paris, reading the newspaper.

Adela worked as a maid at home. Although she was young and frail, she was extremely hardworking, probably because she had suffered a lot at the hands of her aunt in the past.

Because of this, Solovyov sometimes felt embarrassed to ask her to do something, especially to clean the carpets and curtains so carefully and wipe the floors and windows so clean.

"Okay, Adela, it's clean now. No need to work any more."

"Sir, I think it's better to keep it clean. Your desk should be tidy as well."

“It’s already good here”

Fortunately, Adela is obedient. She is now sitting on the sofa waiting for orders.

"I will teach you how to read and write, but I can only use my left hand. My right hand has not recovered yet."

With her diligence, she might be able to become a housekeeper in the future.

And given her current condition, she can only stay with Solovyov and cannot go anywhere else.

She still needs to be trained. Now that I have nothing to do, I can teach her some knowledge, at least she should know more words.

At the same time, in the French Theater, Napoleon himself was watching the play and invited Count Morkov, whom he had always disliked, to demonstrate the current friendly situation between France and Russia.

Anyway, there are now many Russian nobles coming to Paris to buy luxury goods, and many people are traveling here, which can bring a lot of income to all walks of life in France.

Russians all yearn for Paris very much, this is also because there are so many French people. There were almost no people coming to work, live, study, and travel in Paul's time. When Alexander succeeded to the throne, many Russians came to Western Europe. Although the silver rubles in their hands were of lower value, the quantity was really large.

"But the First Consul himself seemed to have no interest in the content of the play itself."

"That's because the plots that His Excellency prefers are all related to battles."

"Ah, that's a pity, but I can see that the First Consul's wife and her daughter seem to be very interested in the play."

"Maybe it's just his interest. As long as it's not related to Egypt, he won't turn his attention back."

Indeed, Josephine and Hortense were more interested in the play, at least the part of the plot related to emotions, in which they were very interested.

Solovyov has been recuperating in his apartment recently and sometimes receives friends. If he knew about Josephine's attitude, he would be curious.

After all, when he first came up with this script, he was still at home in St. Petersburg, before he set out on his journey to Western Europe.

The stepmother said at home that this was a great thing and that they were really a family, but Solovyov didn't know that, and he missed the opportunity to meet the First Consul or get news from others.

Hortense also lived in the West Indies when she was a child. When riots broke out there, Josephine brought her to France. She has some Creole personality traits and is a bit lazy, but not as weird as her mother Josephine.

"The playwright's plot is so clever. I never thought it was designed by a Russian."

"Hortans, after all, the Russians also like French culture." "What if I want to meet the playwright?"

"Not now, Hortans, he is injured."

Although Hortense had a firm political stance and always supported her stepfather, and even when her brother finally voted for her, she still firmly supported Napoleon. However, she was only 18 years old and had just become a mother, so she was somewhat naive, but it was still possible to guess.

"Yes, because of that person."

"Yes, he was the mastermind who used the 'Infernal Device' to attack us on Saint-Nicaise Street. We had a fight in Nantes, but it's kept secret from the outside world, so don't tell anyone."

Hortans was still a little scared about what happened that day. The fragments from the explosion injured her arm and left a scar, but it was not serious.

However, this incident on Christmas Eve has more or less made known to all parties that someone would take action on a sacred holiday, and that Cadoudal was the mastermind behind it. The Paris newspapers only recently made it public, but only after attacking the Jacobins and continuing to attack the royalists.

Of course, her idea of ​​meeting the playwright would also be dashed.

You know, Solovyov is a man who can't sit still, and now that he's injured, he can go to the south of France.

For this purpose he had to travel with the Dolgorukov family, and they came to Paris again, but the next journey was to Italy.

The prince's two sons, Vasily and Nicholas, also came from Strasbourg, but their family was just reunited, and then the two had to return to the University of Strasbourg to complete their studies.

After that, we'll head south, first to Saint-Tropez, and from there through northern Italy, visiting several cities, and finally to Rome.

"Misha, do you want to go to Rome with us? After that, we are going to Naples and staying there for a while. It's a good time to travel and recuperate. It's not suitable for you to stay in Paris. It's safer to go out."

"Very well, Vasily Vasilyevich. I also want to visit southern France. During the war, I didn't have the chance to visit many places."

It just so happens that he also wants to avoid the limelight in Paris. He also hopes to go to Rome, perhaps to have a chance to meet Silvia who is at Prince Borghese's house, where she seems to be working as a housekeeper.

In this case, they would have to take Adela with them. Although this journey would most likely not involve future wars, the trip, especially to Rome, was still very attractive.

They set out at a time when The Phantom of the Louvre had been performed many times and received rave reviews, while the subsequent Aristocrat was mainly presented in the form of a farce.

"We need to be more prepared. Also, we need someone to accompany us on this journey."

Madame Recamier was going back to her home in Lyon to visit her parents, and the wind in Paris was a little bit wrong, so Mr. Jacques Recamier asked his wife to leave Paris.

This is also the reason why, after the Cadoudal incident, people in Paris who had connections with the Vendée royalists remained highly vigilant, even Moreau and others who had no contact with Cadoudal for ten years.

This banker actually has connections with many parties and uses his wife's salon to establish connections with various parties.

Danger did exist, so it was indeed a wonder to see two carriages heading towards Lyon together.

And Madame Recamier seems to be very interested in Solovyov as well, I don't know what's going on.

He was still somewhat cautious in Paris. This was unlike when he was in St. Petersburg, where he was familiar with many places. But now the map of Paris was not complete, and the place was bigger and more complicated.

In addition, he will remain rational when he is abroad.

The next very important thing is to figure out the itinerary and how to get to the UK.

His own plan was quite clear. After visiting many places in Italy, he would return to France from Rome, then return to Paris, and then go to England via Calais, and he had to do it before the war broke out.

If this road is blocked, then the only option is to take a detour through the territories of the German princes, which is still a long way around.

At least when he goes to England, the two sides won't fight.

Afterwards, he would go to Scotland to recruit talents that would be useful to Russia.

From the latest Paris newspapers we learn that Russian steamboats are operating very successfully on the rivers and that there are many more.

This means that Baron Sergei can obtain the operating rights of a section of the river, which is a monopoly in nature.

Compared to managing the money himself, having such a father is really useful. However, as the Baron grows older, he does need to arrange for someone to manage his growing fortune.

Even Solovyov himself might not realize that his family had now achieved a relatively small goal and possessed a fortune of 100 million silver rubles. Moreover, the family was harmonious, and even though his stepmother had given birth to two more children, it did not affect the close relationship among the family members.

Before leaving Paris, Solovyov wrote to his family in St. Petersburg, describing his current situation and saying that the situation in Nantes was completely different from when the Baroness left in 1788, and it was difficult to find any results.

He also said that his plays were a great success in Paris, but his journey abroad would continue.

This journey would be a long one, and he might not return to Russia for several years. He would miss Louisa, and when he wrote to Alexander from abroad, he always wrote a separate letter to the Queen.

Of course, the introductions are all about Paris, which doesn't seem to have any flaws and can prove her loyalty, at least for now.

He didn't know that Louisa's situation in Petersburg was not good. The environment she was in was getting worse and worse because of the Queen Mother's interference in the court. The young queen now often lived in the Tauride Palace instead of attending various activities in the court.

But even if he knew, he couldn't change anything in his current position. If he was around, maybe he could think of some solutions.

(End of this chapter)