Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Time passed very slowly, and apart from preparing a ceremonial train for the Tsarskoye Selo for Queen Maria, Solovyov had nothing else to do.

Katya is very happy that the children are one year old. After weaning the children recently, she also takes care of what they eat.

"These are the 'supplementary foods', Katya. I don't know if the children will like them. The taste may be a little bland, but children still need a sense of taste."

He and Katya were both leaning on the chaise longue, a popular style recommended by Madame Recamier - in fact, if they followed this method and promoted fashionable furniture among the aristocrats, they might make a lot of money.

Solovyov's focus now is still on the children and Katya, but Katya is still a little young for him, only eighteen years old now.

The new earl himself always felt it was very subtle.

Well, Katya mentioned to him a few days ago that Pasha and little Lisa were weaned, which was a clear indication that he could take some action.

"Is it really like this?"

"Yes, we all develop slowly. This is a simple philosophical view, and it also conforms to objective laws."

"Mishka, don't always talk about your philosophy. Among women, only Her Majesty the Queen can understand it. I remember when I was pregnant with my children, I participated in a reading club in the palace, and Her Majesty the Queen talked about it in this way."

"Well, Katya. I can only say that when a person grows, he or she must have no feeling at first. When the baby was in your belly, it was right under your heart. Have you tried to listen to the heartbeat?"

"Yes, I heard it when I was taking a bath with Julie. It felt like that. It turns out that it was always like this when the baby was in my belly."

"And there is no environmental barrier, just right."

After all, she is his wife. The children are now asleep and the servants have been sent away. Even Adela is not here - she has recently gone to help the old count, after all, she has a younger brother to take care of.

Speaking of which, Solovyov also felt that his younger brothers Anton and Vasily were also little perverts. At home, they would first choose to get close to Adela, then his sister-in-law, and finally his eldest sister.

That is why Adela always stayed at her home on the Moika Canal and did not live with them.

Now, he sat up, put his hands on Katya's shoulders, and drew a line from her chest to her belly.

My wife is still the best. She is young, beautiful, gentle, lively and lovely in social situations. She is really great.

As he thought about this, he was talking about the structure of the human body: "Here is the heart, and here is where the baby is when you are pregnant. In fact, from a structural point of view, there is very little space between the internal organs of the human body. That's it. The baby can feel the beating of the heart, but the feeling needs to be formed. However, it is forbidden by the church to verify it, and I don't recommend doing so, but this is also a fact."

"Then we should have another child, right?"

"Aren't two enough for you to play with? What's more, if these two children start crying at the same time, you will be in a mess."

Even if Solovyov loved his wife and enjoyed being intimate with her, giving birth according to the cycle would cause considerable damage to her body.

If there wasn't a throne to inherit in the family, Alexander would not have had the heart to let Louisa continue giving birth, and slowly he began to accept the fact that all the cubs were cute little princesses.

Of course, there is always a bit of luck.

Solovyov asked this question because he was worried about his wife's health. Although her body was very flexible, she could jump very high and ride a horse, which was not comparable to that of an ordinary lady. However, given the current medical conditions,

It’s no wonder that some couples are always afraid when they want to have children.

But Katya was in a good mood. It was summer now and she was wearing very thin clothes. It seemed that her purpose was very clear when the couple chatted today.

"It doesn't matter, just do it."

With that being said, Solovyov could only sigh twice how amazing his wife was.

But when Katya undressed, it was discovered that her figure was still in good shape and was not affected by the birth of the heavy twins last time.

"Katya, your figure is just like when you first married me, only a little fuller."

"If you're talking about her figure, when I accompanied Her Majesty the Queen and helped her change clothes, she always said that she was starting to gain weight."

Solovyov had to nod in agreement and pretend that he knew nothing.

Of course, he hadn't been to Louisa's place recently, but he knew what was going on.

Although Louisa's current body shape, if she took off her clothes to look at it, is what the sculptors like best, it is in the right position between slim and plump, but her abdomen is still a little "deformed" and looks "fat".

In fact, Solovyov felt that it was caused by Louisa's sitting posture, but because she was so sentimental, she didn't say anything. After she straightened her body, her belly was not so obvious, which relieved her troubles.

Katya relaxed a little when she saw that he agreed, but she didn't even pretend to faint and just fell into her husband's arms, still trying hard.

Even someone as young and strong as Solovyov would have fallen into the soft sofa if the pressure had been resolved.

"Girl, you were so well behaved before you married me, why are you like this now?"

"Mishka, I heard from Julie that you like this very much and you like it."

In other words, the current way of dressing is still relatively conservative. If Katya's legs were in St. Petersburg, they would be among the most beautiful legs in the group.

It seems that Madame Recamier often teaches Katya tips on how to be intimate with men or maintain ambiguity when interacting with her.

The most important thing is what Solovyov, as a husband, is most susceptible to.

Katya tolerates this lady probably because of this relationship.

As for the effect, it is naturally very good. You have to untie the skirt. The silk clothes inside are very thin.
Well, the effect is very good. Although Katya's back is very strong, her shoulders are still a little bit off. The roundest ones are still those of the "little fairy", but they are also very beautiful.

"Oh, oh, it's even harder than fighting in a war. I marched from Stockholm to Karlskrona, and I rode on horseback all the way. I walked such a long distance, marching 25 to 30 versts a day, but I didn't feel tired at all."

Looking at her shoulders and back, it was a daytime night and there was no moonlight shining down. Katya looked so beautiful, like a little goddess.

"Mishka, you don't know how to take care of others. You've been gone for such a long time. Although there are people taking care of me at home, I feel worried when you're away."

As for her, she came closer and pressed her chest against her husband's chest, and leaned her head over as well. She smelled very fragrant, and it was obvious that she had sprayed perfume.

"Promise me that we won't be apart for the next one or two years, no matter where we go."

"That's fine, but we are going to Paris, and there will be a reception there. After that, although His Majesty has not appointed me, I may also have to go to Odessa because of the war with the Turks. The climate there is warmer, which is suitable for wintering, and I can take the children there too."

"You didn't tell me anything."

"What I'm worried about is, Katya, even though the climate there is warm, there are always plagues, it's not like at home."

"Since I am your wife, I am willing to accompany you there. Moreover, we can also buy a manor there and build our own home. Mishka, although the manor you designed is not in the city, it looks very popular. This is our home. We will live here after we get married, and our children will be born here."

"How are you going to arrange it?"

"I've thought about it. Wherever you're going to take up a post, you can build a manor like this there. The land you buy may not seem valuable at the time, but where we live, we always have to make the facilities better. When we leave there, we can sell it to the local nobles."

This girl, Solovyov had to hold his forehead with his hand. Although she was a daughter-in-law who married into the family, she looked more like his father's biological daughter than himself and Yulia, and even had some of the family's unique "profiteer" traits.

It's even a category that they shouldn't have, a real estate developer who looks sweet and cute but is extremely sinister.

The Solovyov family's ancestral skills include logistics related to smuggling, property appraisal, and balancing accounts, but he himself had never seen or thought about land speculation.

Although this was done in St. Petersburg, the mansion was eventually complained about and was later confiscated and turned into a barracks.

When they get to the local place, considering the couple's status, there will definitely be people who try to curry favor with them.

But with Solovyov's strange way of thinking, if he were to sell it, he would sell it to those rich and unkind nobles who were willing to pay a high price. Even if he came back to carry out directional blasting in the future, it would be much easier.

The level of abstraction of this kind of thinking may be difficult for ordinary people to understand. Think about the imperial envoy, Solovyov probably has this kind of identity.

But I can't tell Katya. She probably just wants to run the manor and provide comfortable living conditions without major renovations. She can control costs and ensure quality and wait until she leaves office to take action.

"But if we leave, will we come back to live here? Not everyone is like those in Petersburg who build illegally on the streets and wait for the government to purchase their property. Some people also say that the training grounds of the Guards and Grenadiers are close to them, which affects the value of their properties."

In short, Solovyov wanted to change his wife's mind, she really liked to have wild ideas, and he also wanted to pinch the soft flesh on her waist.

"what are you doing?"

"Katya, this may not be so reliable, but Dad doesn't like this way of managing real estate. He still prefers stable management. To be honest, didn't Julie tell you?"

Madame Recamier only knew how to spend money, and it would probably be difficult to spend the money her husband left her as long as it was not confiscated. In addition, Napoleon knew that this beautiful widow was the mistress of his cheap nephew, so he probably would not continue to confiscate the property left in France.

Napoleon returned Madame Le Brun's villa to her, and even the emperor's sister Carolina invited the lady to paint there.

People like Madame Récamier, who went from being an enemy of the emperor to being his relative, could naturally get back a lot.

But Katya was still thinking about managing the family property well.

In this way, when the two people were intimate with each other, they did not learn foreign languages, but instead studied economics, including knowledge of industry classification.

Katya was still a little confused when she heard this, because she had only heard from "Sister Julie" how to dress up carefully and how to please men.

If it weren't for the good relationship between Solovyov and Katya, Madame Recamier might have to teach her how to seduce men and maintain that ambiguous state of being close yet distant so that the other party can't stop. This distance can also ensure her own safety.

As for Solovyov, the lady also felt that this bad boy only chatted with her when she was rich and powerful, but he intervened when she was most helpless and lonely. Otherwise, he would not have succeeded so easily. By September and October, the children of both of them would be born.

As for economics, it is actually also under the guise of the headless Mr. Recamier.

"Katya, the most profitable industry is not agriculture. The property provided by our manor is limited. If we talk about where the products are more valuable, it is still industry. But there is a faster one, that is the financial industry. Specifically, banks can make profits, and those who lend money, if they are less ethical, are the Venetian merchants."

Well, even people like Solovyov who are relatively neutral don’t like squid, but they like to eat grilled squid.

"Are you saying that lending money to others is the most profitable way?"

"And they are the most evil-hearted. Although everyone says that the Solovyov family is a 'swindler', but..."

He did not forget to touch Katya's conscience and talk to her. Of course, Katya did not resist and still lay in his arms.

"But what?"

"But our family, in addition to doing smuggling in the past, it was also done for Prince Menshikov. Although smuggling is profitable, it is also easy to lose your head. Bankers can naturally suck blood from merchants and factory owners, including loans to farmers. Many people do things against their conscience, otherwise Julie's deceased husband would not have allowed her to appear in social occasions but not let her participate."

Another theory is that the reason why Mr. Recamier married was simple. Julie was his only confirmed illegitimate daughter. Otherwise, he would not have never touched his wife's body after marriage, and she would probably be given to other boys in the end.

As for the future, Solovyov will explain these economic contents to Katya in depth, and finally dispel her strange thoughts temporarily. (End of this chapter)