Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Pierre finally let Petya go to the girls. The child had a very likable personality and was soon surrounded by chattering girls.

It seems that if he hadn't been willing to resist for some unknown reason, he would have been a very popular darling.

"That looks good. Petya is still young, and it will be time for him to find a wife in a few years."

"Don't talk about him. Nicholas is not married yet."

"Yes, it sounds like I made some gaffes. But Pierre, are you interested in investing in rail transit?"

"You mean the one that was shown at Tsarskoye Selo?"

"Yes, it's a steam locomotive. I've always hoped to connect St. Petersburg and Moscow. Although the workload is huge and the cost must be recovered, it depends on the situation. Currently, such a line is under construction from St. Petersburg to Novgorod."

"But this is a bit troublesome. We don't have the conditions to produce locomotives here."

"But we can use horse-drawn carriages. If you have been to the British, you should know that their earliest rail transportation was operated by horse-drawn carriages. If this is the case, using such carriages on rails can actually improve transportation capacity."

"But then we have to consider which direction to pave the way. You wouldn't think of Liangzan, would you?"

"If possible, we should go from Moscow to Ryazan, from Moscow to Vladimir, to Tver and Yaroslavl. But if someone goes to Tver, what will the drivers on Tver Street think?"

"They are all driving horses, but they are pulling guests."

"Then it has no impact, Pierre. I think it is very suitable for you to occupy a certain share in the private rail transit. When the term is up, you can have the monopoly on one hand, or you can submit a petition and ask the emperor to issue an edict to purchase it."

If we want to find a way, there are definitely many ways, and if Pierre gets involved, although I am not here for the purpose of getting a piece of the pie, my main consideration is still the transportation of materials, but it is still profitable.

After all, many military supply factories were located in Vladimir and Ryazan, especially the canning factory in Ryazan, which was useful for transporting supplies, transferring the wounded, and making adjustments.

Therefore, Solovyov did not think about anything else. It was now April 1811, and the war broke out in June 4. It would take 1812 days for the French army to reach Moscow, so time was actually quite tight.

Even if we want to submit a memorial, it will still take time.

Count Rostov's identity made it easier for him to make the proposal. Besides, the Freemasonry to which Pierre belonged had some connection with the Freemasonry to which Speransky belonged, so he had no choice but to take this route.

After all, this is Russia. In this feudal soil, building a house in St. Petersburg and waiting for the emperor to give the order or the cabinet to purchase it and turn it into a national asset is a way to take away the country's money, and it may not necessarily lead to any good results.

But when it comes to building roads and establishing schools, these are all encouraged at Alexander's level, especially for wealthy nobles like the Bezukhov family. Alexander will definitely be satisfied with any amount of money that can be spent on road construction.

It is easier for the Solovyov group in this bureau, mainly because these people have good status. Even if it really doesn't work out, when she returns to St. Petersburg, since no other positions are needed and the job of being Nicholas' teacher remains unchanged, there are still many things she can do.

After all, this boy Nicholas is very proactive. If he was born in a working-class family, he would have been a tall and strong stoker.

She just looks like a little girl, especially when she has long hair.
If the actor is a female role, she would have to have good legs if she is 1.80 meters tall. His head looks like it is almost 2 meters. If he were a girl, the Russian women's volleyball team might even be eager to recruit him. You can tell at first glance that he is a good secondary attacker.

Apart from this, Nicholas had one area where he was very good, and that was physical education. He was also good at the two sports introduced by his master. One of the tactics at the Royal Village School was to kick a high ball and smash it into the goal with the Archduke's head. As for basketball, he was invincible because of his height and arm span.

Maybe the brains of the Luo family are all about muscles. Plus, the Queen Mother's genes are so strong, Nicholas' uncle is a 200-kilogram Wurttemberg strongman. Obviously, this also needs to be added to the height and weight.
There is no other way. I probably need to save the situation myself. After all, I don’t know what Nikola’s attitude towards others is. As someone who became famous after fighting in several wars, I am very suitable to guide him.

Of course, Nicholas did not cause any problems when tinkering with steam ships, sailboats, and steam locomotives, and he sometimes had to play the role of fireman on the trains to Tsarskoye Selo.

Well, this is a restoration of history. He did work as a stoker.

If we could bring him back, it would probably be a huge victory in education.

Putting this aside, Pierre and I also have this plan, but the survey of this route does require some skills.

On the one hand, the survey of the route from Moscow to Ryazan always requires going in several directions. From Ryazan, it can also be connected to Tambov and Penza. If it goes to Simbirsk, it can probably be connected with the water transportation of the Volga River.

That’s right, the biggest competitor now is water transportation, but we also have to make use of it. At least if ships can’t reach places, we can send cars to the places. If cars can’t reach the places, the soldiers can probably only walk to the places.

After thinking it over, Solovyov also drew lines on a map with a pencil.

Anyway, most of the people attending the party today are Katya's relatives and friends, and there are not many who are very interested in this matter, except Pierre.

"From here, if we have surveying experts to help us survey the route, we can quickly build a good route by choosing some straight roads for field surveys. However, from Moscow to Ryazan, the distance between these two cities alone is 180 versts. Our route will definitely be longer, and there is still a lot of room for investment."

"Misha, this isn't that hard to do. If we take into account the labor costs and pay the workers, can't we just take over the route ourselves?"

Although Pierre is not a smart person at home, he is still a master after all. It is impossible for him to not have developed some abilities after so many years of experience if he can sponsor a regiment's personnel and equipment in one go.

If he were to take care of it himself, with assistance from all sides, and without middlemen and contractors making a profit from the difference, he should be able to do it.

Of course, Solovyov is probably on the map, but Zhukovsky is nowhere to be found. After all, the place is not called that name yet. He cannot use the map of Nanjing as a map of Germany, and his troops are not at Yuhuatai. As for surveying, it is not necessary to invite Gauss. In fact, people who are proficient in surveying are the most useful in the army.

When Solovyov was in the Macedonian Legion, he was still impressed by Alexander Ola, at least his abilities were up to standard.

With Euler and Gauss, Russia is a place that can still attract a lot of talents. It's just that it took some years for the local talents to explode, and it was not until modern times that they could give full play to their talents.

It was still the modern era, and the talents he employed were mainly foreigners. In fact, if the Russians looked carefully, they found that there were indeed quite a few Germans among them, and most of them might have been farming in the lower reaches of the Volga River.

The German population did not only go to the United States, many also came to Russia.

When Solovyov was building the road, he thought of the people in the army who were proficient in surveying. Surprisingly, many of them were native German speakers. If those Germans were allowed to come to Russia to open up new land, it should be able to solve many problems.

His skills are always reversed, and he probably wants to use these people to solve a problem, but whether the locals like it or not, will they turn him from a French spy to a Prussian spy or something like that?
There is always a bit of skepticism. His favorite solution is to introduce population. If these Germans can play a role in reclaiming wasteland, the next thing to do is probably to work with self-cultivating farmers and enlightened landlords to force the final collapse of serfdom. This is one solution.

But to achieve these goals, productivity must always improve, and we cannot cling to serfdom.

To be honest, everyone says that Russia is a serfdom country, but many people forget that Prussia was also a serfdom country, and it was only after being hurt that they thought of reform.

Russia did begin to understand the problem from the central level, but the pace of progress was too slow. Among the major countries, it was the one that got up early but arrived late.

This won’t work. Solovyov thought of many ways, but the final result depends on luck.

Fortunately, both Paul and Alexander supported reform, but one was assassinated and the other was a histrionic personality.
It seems that we have to start over with a small trumpet, no matter whether Nicholas will come up in the future or Louisa's belly suddenly gets better and she gives birth to a son, anyway, the hope is for the next generation.

In fact, even Nicholas, who was not very smart in history, finally realized this. He chose Speransky as his son's teacher. As for who raised Alexander II when he was a child?

Solovyov had not read the content about this. He did not know that Katya had been taking care of children in the palace for a long time. The meal ticket was renewed until Alexander II helped raise Prince Nicholas and Alexander III. The maids in the palace were all noble ladies. She was responsible for guiding etiquette. What if the etiquette was not in line with the norms?
In other words, Katya is now at home taking care of the children, and she is still young. If she returns to the palace, there will probably be some fun to watch.

If he thought of it, it would probably be him and his wife who were the ones who kept these weird trainers like Lao Luo's.

Now, he has also planned a rough route.

"From here, we will reach the border of Moscow, and then head south to the grain-producing areas. Ordinary horse-drawn carriages will still be used along the way, but we will also need to build a transportation network that radiates to the southeast of Moscow."

"But you didn't consider the north, Misha."

"It's too cold over there, and it doesn't seem to be important. If you want to develop it, the land south of Moscow is more suitable to improve the environment here. Tambov is originally a grain-producing area, and all we have to do is to further transform these places. Going further south, right here, I remember you have quite a few estates there."

"Yes, a lot of the property I inherited is here."

"It seems that the potential is unlimited. In the future, we can connect St. Petersburg and Moscow. There will also be a rail transit line next to Smolensk Road. But at that time, we will not only see horse-drawn carriages on it. There will be steam locomotives. This is the power of science."

"You look confident, Misha, but it's the forest and the swamp."

"That's the key point, Pierre. We should also transform the swamps and forests here, but as far as the swamp environment is concerned, it seems that we should go around it. We don't know what is there. Well, this is the general idea."

Solovyov was full of confidence, probably because he believed that steam locomotives would be the mainstream means of transportation for a long time and would have no problem being used for a hundred years.

Next, we need to get down to work.

Katya found it a little funny watching her husband concentrating on his work. This was obviously a party to celebrate his name day, but he and Pierre were talking loudly, and all the content they were going to do was to climb the technology tree.

Obviously, work is sometimes more important to him.

"Michelle met Mr. Pierre today, and he looked very energetic, unlike the previous two days. He looked like someone who needed to work."

"Julie, that's just how he is. Good sister, we should move on to the next project. I remember you also like playing cards."

"Yes, if you want to kill time, now is a good time to play cards. But Michelle..."

"You want Mishka to do his thing. I like this about him. Although he has many small flaws and is not very ambitious, he is very motivated. If he can accomplish something bigger, we will be happy for him."

Speaking of which, this girl is pretty good. Solovyov is also lucky, and Katya is willing to support his career.

As for Madame Recamier, she preferred Solovyov's talent rather than his ambition in his career.

The needs are different, but they all exist in the same person, which is indeed a bit subtle.

He is more focused now, and it is indeed more appropriate to show it to everyone, a good rail transit route.

Of course, the construction difficulty is not very high. It is not a series of constructions between several cities. Solovyov always pays attention to the impact of terrain and makes adjustments. (End of this chapter)