Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Chapter 489 001 The Solovyovs came to the Black Sea for the first time
Even if the estate in the prime location of Sparrow Hills was sold to Prince Yusupov, Prince Vasily still owned two huge estates around Moscow. The old couple would take their youngest daughter to St. Petersburg, so these places would be left to their eldest daughter and son-in-law to live in in the autumn.

Even if they change bedrooms every day, they can make a schedule.

But they can’t stay here forever, the newlyweds also have to travel to Crimea.

Their actions were relatively covert. Solovyov put his medals and uniforms in his luggage and put on a more ordinary gentleman's suit, but he still wore the medal of the Order of Malta awarded by Paul.

As for the young countess, she was also dressed rather casually, and looked like just a wealthy newlywed couple, but their identities could not be completely concealed.

After all, they would have to stay overnight at post stations and inns along the way, so the journey would not be fast.

On the way, they even had time to visit Luhansk and Kharkov, then go to Kiev to meet Kutuzov and Miloradovich, and investigate the situation in the south.

During the honeymoon trip, he had to take care of his young, beautiful and lovely wife, and he also could not forget his job as a soldier, so the travel speed was not that fast.

Even after arriving in Kiev, the couple needed to take a rest.

Solovyov was a little tired from the trip. The first stage of living in the manor was a sweet married life. This is the second stage.
And little Katya, a girl of this age, is at her most vital when she first gets married.
Miloradovich knew the truth well after seeing his fellow apprentice get married, come to visit him, and now stay in Kiev for a while.

Although he has always been a happy bachelor, he has been through many battles and has seen a lot.

Madame Recamier's case was rather special. Little Katya soon became pregnant, so she also had to stay in Kiev to rest for a while.

"You two are so happy. It's really enviable to see you like that."

"Then Governor, you should also find a wife. I am very happy with Mishka. He understands so much and it is so fun to be with him."

"General Katya Miloradovich is also very good at making girls happy. When we were in Italy, we always needed him to mediate when we wanted to introduce a girl to dance with us."

"That's actually the case. I think the Governor is indeed handsome."

However, little Katya also knew that Miloradovich had not yet decided to get married, so she did not say too many compliments to avoid stepping on a landmine.

"Misha, you are also a count now, right?"

"Yeah, it's just a little unexpected."

"Well, you are actually a relative of Bonaparte, but you, as a nephew, have caused your uncle a lot of trouble."

"But it is precisely because of this that we are recognized. If it were peacetime, we would have to go back to visit our relatives, but we are British."

The British were also blockading the Atlantic, and the French were blockading the continent, which was really hurting each other.

However, due to the limitation of productivity, the integration of resources would not be so fast. In addition, Napoleon's own ideas were always too big and beyond the times. It should be the science and technology, productivity, infrastructure and social conditions of the next era to satisfy his ideas.

"You can't cross the sea to the Caribbean now. You were lucky that time before, but how is the American territory now?"

"The situation is very good now. I heard that the managers of the Russian-American Company have already established a firm foothold there. I think they can also open up many settlements on the west coast of America."

"You guys should take a rest for a while. You are also going to Crimea, right?"

"Yes, if we weren't a little tired and Katya was pregnant, we wouldn't have stayed in Kiev for a few more days."

"It's actually okay for me, it's just that Mishka loves me too much."

"That's inevitable. I know Misha. He takes his love life very seriously."

Of course, Miloradovich knew what to say and stopped there.

"That's it. We'll stay for a few days and then we should go to Crimea. Although Katya is young, she should take care of her health. I rarely feel tired, but now I feel a little tired."

"I can help you. If you want to go to Crimea, you can live in Bakhchisarai, which was the Khanate of the Crimean Khanate in the past."

By the way, after this senior brother’s ancestors came to Russia from the Balkan stage, they first worked for the Zaporizhia Cossacks, so they should be quite familiar with the Crimean Khanate.

In addition, their estate is located in Little Russia, which is one of the core areas of Ukraine.

"The Khan's Court in Crimea? I think it's a good place to visit, but the palace there should be abandoned, right?"

"No, but it's just minimal maintenance."

"Before our wedding, I saw that Ivan the Terrible's palace had been abandoned. But the governor of the Crimean province of Tavrid should also pay attention to it, or at least maintain it. I am still very optimistic about it, as it will be an important base for managing the Black Sea in the future."

"You still can't get away from strategic planning, and you even brought your new wife to talk to me about this."

"It's okay, Mishka is here at night."

After all, she is still a little girl, and Katya blushes a little when she mentions her husband.

"This is unavoidable. You should get more rest. I will help you arrange the journey to Bakhchisaray and Sevastopol."

Miloradovich also understood well, so he also left without disturbing the newlyweds' rest, and sent someone to arrange the journey in Crimea.

"It looks like we will have to spend this winter in Crimea."

"Mishka, what will it be like there?" "I think it will be similar to the climate in Italy. You should have experienced it when you spent the winter in Naples."

"Is it like this?"

"Did you talk about this in geography class?"

"The tutor my family hired only taught this kind of course to my two older brothers. I was dancing at the time and didn't know much about it."

"Okay, I can give you a lesson, like orogeny."

God knows whether he was teaching his wife a geography lesson or a physiology lesson, but geography and climate are also important to understand.

Bakhchisarai was indeed the seat of the Khanate of Crimea, but the last Khan, even if he was related to the Ottoman Sultan, would not be able to keep his head.

Although the couple walked slowly along the way, they also got enough rest.

When they arrived in Crimea, the weather was very good, and Miloradovich also arranged a place for them to live in the manor of a nearby noble.

The earliest settlers here were actually the Celts, followed by the Scythians and Greeks. To be honest, there were probably more local Greeks, and the rest were the Crimean Tatars.

From the appearance point of view, the difference between them and Europeans is not that big. Tatar girls also look very beautiful, but they tend to get fatter as they get older, and they are more likely to pass their shelf life than Mao girls.
When she got here, little Katya was somewhat jealous of the spectacular figures of the local girls, but she was also very curious. Her husband, nicknamed "Flower General", had apparently had some romantic affairs with Madame Récamier before they got married, but he was not interested in these girls.

She didn't know that although the husband and the lady were very close, there also needed to be a sufficient emotional foundation before they could open their hearts to each other. First there was emotional communication, and then there was sexual pleasure.

"Katya, I noticed the way you looked at those girls, too."

When they settled down in Bakhchisaray, Solovyov first arranged for his wife to rest, and then took care of her at night. He couldn't help teasing her while massaging her feet.

"I don't have one."

"Don't worry about that. I'm not such a shallow person. There must be some emotional foundation. Besides, we are here just to visit the former Khan's Court of the Tatars. We will go to Yalta in a few days. I heard that the scenery there is nice. We can find a seaside cottage to live in and spend this happy winter. It's still a peaceful time now, but it's hard to say what will happen next year."

"I also know that when you come here, you always have to pay attention to the local military affairs, so that you can have some plans when you return to see His Majesty. I accompany you here so that you can work with peace of mind and be in a good mood."

Then she took Solovyov's hand and asked him to touch his conscience.

Solovyov also fell for this trick, but little Katya had not yet fully grown, and her "conscience" was obviously not as big as Louisa's, let alone the big white grapefruit like the maternal Queen Louise he had seen.

But thinking about having such a wife, he always feels very happy.

Bakhchisarai is actually very suitable to be used as the Khan's court of nomadic peoples, and it is very convenient to move in all directions of the peninsula.

However, in comparison, Sevastopol, Feodosia and Kerch are more suitable as military ports, and they each control several directions.

To conquer the Ottoman Empire is like being with your wife, you always have to find the key place to adjust the relationship, and naturally Crimea is very critical.

Therefore, when traveling with your honeymoon here, in addition to the many connections between your homes and these places, you should also pay attention to the local customs and characteristics.

By the way, if Solovyov's father had not been injured in the leg by the Turkish army during the Russo-Turkish War, he would not have retired many years earlier, returned home, married, had a pair of children, and started his ancestral career as a profiteer and manager.

The hinterland of Crimea has been a preferred area for nomadic peoples since ancient times, while some of the coastal towns still look like Mediterranean-style towns.

Under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, mainland Greece faced a sharp decline in population and abandoned towns, which provided ammunition and material for pseudo-history theories, to the point that some people said that the Parthenon was a fake. Then why did Elgin steal those reliefs and be scolded by Byron?

On the other hand, in the marginal areas of Mediterranean civilization like Crimea, even with the free-range policy of the Crimean Khanate, the Greeks here still have a relatively stable social settlement, and are not exploited to the fullest.

The Ottoman Empire's rule was so strong that it even caused the Russians and Austria to fight each other, which was considered to be justice.

Many of the Greeks here still wear Greek-style clothing, and it seems that the clothes some girls wear are very similar in style to the traditional Slavic costumes that little Katya changed into when she got married.

Speaking of which, this is still a cultural influence, and in Crimea, the Tatar Khan here did not force everyone to convert to religion, so the Greeks still maintain their Greek Orthodox beliefs, which is the same school as Eastern Orthodoxy.

If you go to Ruthenia and some places where there are Eastern Catholics and Westernized Orthodox Christians, these people will be even more troublesome. Many of them are nails planted by Austria, or they are historical issues.

From the steppes of southern Ukraine and Crimea to the Balkan stage and Constantinople, this place has been bustling for more than a thousand years since Constantine moved the capital. Even the Bulgarian Tsar of the Golden Family and all kinds of strange characters have appeared here.

In the past, when he was in contact with the Dolgorukov family, Solovyov had heard that there was a man who pretended to be Peter III and became the king of Montenegro. Before he was assassinated, he tried to form an alliance with Russia.
People say that the East Slavic region is abstract, but in comparison, there is much more happening on the Balkan stage, with all kinds of nomadic and settled peoples passing through here.

The starting point of the nomadic people was generally in this grassland and the Crimean Peninsula. They could even obtain some much-needed important materials through trade with coastal areas. During the Crimean Khanate period, they could even go deep into inland areas to rob various Rurik princes.

When the Crimean Khanate existed, it was a huge talent market, and girls were also sold there. Even the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire said the goods were good after inspecting them, and a queen mother even came from there.

After they arrived in Bakhchisaray and settled down there to adapt to the climate, they continued their journey, especially to Sevastopol and Yalta, which were the key places of this journey.

Moreover, there is one thing that Solovyov cannot say. He is not a great prophet. As his status rises, he appears as Nicholas' teacher.

If I didn't live long enough, I would be able to change a lot of things. If I lived long enough, I would make some changes to the Crimea area.

You know, the fact that the British and French forces were able to succeed in the Crimean War was largely due to the disrepair of coastal armaments.

Even when he was in St. Petersburg, he knew that such a key naval and military hub was actually almost undefended. Even if the Ottoman Empire had no ability to fight back, it should not be so lax.

(End of this chapter)