Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 187 044 Swedish furniture is of good quality

After this meal, Solovyov's report was actually simple. His mind was still clear, and he could probably remember what the Swedish king and queen said.

If we analyze it, the relationship between the Swedish royal family and the government is not harmonious. In 1800, Sweden held a four-level conference, and many government affairs were not implemented.

Unlike the French three-level conference, the Swedish conference system has its own characteristics. Farmers can join the nobles, church and citizens in the three-level conference. Taxpaying farmers with their own land and farmers on royal land can send representatives to participate in the conference.

However, although there are many classes participating in the parliament, the situation of land annexation in Sweden is not optimistic. Many nobles still oppose the king, and the same is true in the army. Gustav IV's position is not stable, but he still likes to toss.

Not long ago, the second armed neutrality just ended because Nelson raided Copenhagen and wiped out the Danish fleet, which made them determined to start planting trees, but the harvest would take a long time.

Gustav IV is a little panicked now. Although Sweden has always had a good relationship with Britain and has never been attacked by Britain in history, the Danes have been beaten and Alexander is negotiating with Britain. Sweden naturally can't stand the pressure, not to mention that the country's financial difficulties are getting worse.

It is precisely because of this that when Frederica was pregnant with Crown Prince Gustav, her sister Louisa wrote to tell her sister what she used in St. Petersburg, and it was really effective. Her weak body has improved.

She knew that her unreliable husband was very expensive, and at least she couldn't bring him a bigger burden, so she suggested introducing Count Bobulinsky's chain stores from St. Petersburg, and even moved the donkey meat restaurant and the stores selling various goods here. Since the royal family had invested in the stores, the two sums of money from taxes and direct money into the royal family's pockets could now be considered as allowing the royal family to reduce some expenses and spend them in necessary places. At least Sweden was not like Russia, where more than 70% of the expenses were military expenses, and the expenses could finally ease some of the financial tension.

However, the Swedish market was still a little smaller, and Queen Frederica's idea could only see a little return on the Swedish land.

She didn't go with the king at night, but refused on the pretext of feeding the child. There have always been rumors that this king was not the son of Gustav III, but from his absurd behavior, he did look a bit like the other side of the enlightened king, and this problem was the same as Paul's.

However, he had too many problems, and Solovyov didn't want to go to the palace again. Instead, he accompanied Carl to visit Stockholm.

When the Baden family came to St. Petersburg and Stockholm, the two sons-in-law did their best to entertain them. Therefore, if they wanted to travel, the Swedish royal family would send a tour guide to accompany them.

However, Carl Ludwig's interest was to play with his grandson. The old couple were in the palace, and Wilhelmina also went to play with Sofia. Only Mary and Carl came to the street to play.

"Stockholm is also a city built on an island, a bit like St. Petersburg, it's really beautiful."

"Karl, compared to St. Petersburg, this place has a longer history, at least more than 500 years."

"St. Petersburg has only a hundred years of history since Peter the Great founded the city, and it looks much newer than here. I also prefer the city where Sister Louisa lives, it's more fresh and comfortable. Mikhail, I remember you have a share in this chain store?"

Soloviev hasn't reacted yet. After all, he just came to Stockholm and is not familiar with it. Moreover, his understanding of Sweden is mainly Saab, Volvo, Ericsson, Sven Hedin. Electrolux and IKEA. None of these things are available at the moment, and the infamous canned pickled herring was also fortunately not seen.

I did see Bobulinski's chain store, which is called "Queen's Store" here. After all, it was the correspondence between Louisa and Frederica that finally decided to open Bobulinski's store here. There are goods imported from Russia. In addition, there is the donkey meat restaurant next to it, which is still very popular locally.

"Karl, do you want to eat? I don't have many Swedish kronor in my hand, but I have silver coins."

"Mr. Persson, if we want to eat, how should we pay? Mr. Major brought Swedish kronor, and I only have thalers here."

"It doesn't matter, your highnesses, and Mr. Major, you are all guests, and you can keep accounts when you eat here."

It sounds a bit awkward to put it on the account of His Majesty the King, but it is also more fun.

What's more, Solovyov privately called the King of Sweden "stupid donkey", which is somewhat black humor. He is also a shareholder, but it is more in Russia. In Stockholm, he just has a little reputation.

"This isn't a good idea, Mr. Persson?"

"No problem, the palace has already given instructions before I left."

It seems that the king and queen have given an explanation, so Mary and Karl are relieved. However, the two siblings have a good appetite, Karl is growing, and many of the men of the German princes are tall. Their daily taste There must be pork knuckles and sauerkraut, so it’s not surprising to eat so much.

But Princess Mary, it is indeed unexpected that she can eat like this. Although the eating posture is the standard posture of their sisters, with a bit of princess's reserve and elegance, but this appetite is not enough.

Solovyov thought to himself that if Louisa had half as much food as she did, she might not be so delicate. Her stomach and intestines have been uncomfortable recently, and she needs to be prescribed some laxatives such as senna to adjust. Ichiban.

Mary's face shape is also that girly and cute look, and seeing her makes me miss Louisa a little bit.

Although I didn't leave for a long time, when I couldn't see her, I really thought that Mary was just her sister after all.

If you want to look at it, you have to secretly open the pocket watch in a place where no one is around and take a look. Solovyov has two such pocket watches. One has a bust in a red dress that has been shrunk inside, and the other is from Louisa when she was 16 years old. The "Girl with a Garland" painted by Mrs. Brun was secretly made with the help of Julie.

If he had not come to take over the task of Stockholm, Solovyov would probably have escorted Mrs. Lebrun's family of five to Berlin, and then to Mecklenburg to deliver a message to Elena.

He recalled that he had a lot of friends. But there seemed to be more girls of similar age, whether they were girls waiting for marriage or young ladies getting married, and he actually knew a lot of soldiers. However, .Probably because you have been in the palace for too long. The advantage of being a Guards officer is that when you are on duty in the palace, the number of girls you can know is at least three digits.

When his attention returned to the table, he noticed something. The tables in the Stockholm branch were of good quality.

"Waiter, this table is of good quality. Where was it made?"

The materials used feel average, but the processing skills are still good.

"Sir, are you from Russia?"

"Yeah, speaking of which, I still give it to the owner of this store."

"The owner of our store is Her Royal Highness Queen Frederica"

"You need to know that Her Royal Highness the Queen and Her Royal Highness the Queen Elizabeth are biological sisters. They have been raised together from the same mother since they were young. They have the most affectionate relationship. In addition, our restaurant was imported from Petersburg with the permission of Her Royal Highness the Queen. This sauce is The recipe for donkey meat was thought up by me, one of the little bosses in Petersburg. You can ask the store manager about what I said.”

Among chain stores, the shopkeeper knows the most.

This can indeed be confirmed, after all, the recipe comes from Petersburg.

Of course, what Solovyov is concerned about is the ordinary tables and chairs made of pine wood, which feel good.

Swedes are indeed good at carpentry, although this is also a stereotype.

"This was made by a carpenter somewhere. With this craftsmanship, if we replace it with high-quality wood, we might be able to make even better furniture!"

After all, he comes from a family of profiteers. What Solovyov thinks of now is the "Chinese style" of European courts, but he can't quite grasp the essence. If he can find a carpenter with online skills and explain to them what Chinese furniture is, maybe he can Make a nice complete set of furniture.

The only palace building in the Queen's period that was not completely killed by Paul was probably the "Chinese Courtyard" that had been planned but never started. The Chinese Courtyard that Solovyov told Count Bobulinsky did have this. factors.

As for where to find a carpenter, I actually found this furniture workshop near Eker Island.

"Your pine furniture is very good. I am a diplomat from Russia. In addition to my diplomatic mission, I also want to look for some business opportunities with you and provide wooden furniture to nobles in Petersburg and other places. In addition..."

Compared to a venue as big as tennis, it might be more interesting to play on a table.

Not to mention, Sweden is the country that has created the biggest psychological shadow on China in table tennis.

"Gentlemen, I wonder if this can be done?"

Fortunately for Solovyov, many of these carpenters understand German, and at least they can communicate easily. He does not speak Swedish.

"For a sport like this, I want to order twenty tables from you. If the promotion is good, I will place additional orders in the future."

These carpenters still can't refuse orders. They also know that at this time, only pre-orders are enough. If successful, there will be a steady stream of processing orders in the future.

As for the construction of a "Chinese style" garden palace near Tsarskoye Selo, Solovyov was somewhat outrageous. He directly recalled some gardens he knew in his mind, and then came up with a strange idea.

He wanted to create a replica of the "Grand View Garden". On the garden plot that Alexander had only designated but not started construction on, if he came up with a plan, it would naturally be usable.

Although there is a disadvantage, it is that it is easy to make a prophecy in one sentence, and there are some things that can be seen in the content that can be seen in Cao Xueqin's eighty chapters.

Moreover, he really had no confidence in his own translation of Stone Records. Considering that the French translation even failed to capture the original artistic conception, his literary level was sometimes not perfect. When he looked back at the previous books, he still had some flaws.

But the plan has been decided. As for signing the check, he still needs to write to his father. The family can still take out the money. Moreover, Baron Sergei, a more powerful profiteer, will definitely understand him when it comes to business.

Gustav is also a good person. Although he is famous for being stingy, he is still very concerned about where he can make money.

The private money Frederica gave him can already make up a small part of the royal expenses. If he can make money by assembling furniture, it is naturally a good thing. Moreover, he thinks that it is really boring not to play when the weather is bad or when the tennis court is cleaned.

This kind of king is indeed hard to describe.

Of course, he agreed to Louisa's visit to Sweden next year. They will come to Finland and Stockholm. There are many places to travel.

Gustav IV himself did not realize, and the Swedish generals did not notice that the military attaché of the Russian embassy planned to use this trip to familiarize himself with the routes of many places in Sweden.

In the future, Louisa will go from St. Petersburg to Vyborg, where she will be escorted by the guards and entourage to cross the whole of Finland to Turku, and from the Aland Islands to Stockholm, and then there will be a grand celebration there.

If Gustav IV thinks that he and Alexander are brothers-in-law, and there are other relatives involved, and does not commit suicide, Russia will not touch him.

But if he does not recognize the situation and takes risks, taking Finland is a light matter. If it is serious, his base in Stockholm will be directly destroyed.

After the matter was settled, Gustav IV also wrote to Badberg to notify the Russian royal family and finally confirm the Russian queen's visit to her relatives.

He even promised that if he had time in the future, he would visit Karlsruhe in Baden instead of Louisa, who was too far away from home, although this person was incompetent and always did things poorly.

But there was one thing he was good about, that is, he attached great importance to family relationships.

Alexander still laughed after seeing this. Gustav was indeed a frivolous guy. He let the Russians enter Sweden and even went further. He saw the nearest route very clearly.

At the same time, Solovyov had to accompany Baden's family and send them to Malmö to embark on the road home.