Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 261 028 Going to the Caribbean is not to be a pirate

Soloviev received the reply very quickly. After all, the main roads are still open now. The order issued from Petersburg soon arrived in Paris and was directly handed over to Count Morkov.

"Misha, you should prepare to leave in the next few days."

"But sir, you know that Sylvia is about to give birth. In the next two days, I will leave for Oldenburg when the child is born."

"Ah, there is still time. It's a pity. She is a good girl. If she hadn't used the excuse of not wanting to convert, you two would have lived a happy life."

"Maybe."

Soloviev didn't say it. Maybe Sylvia felt that being a lover was sweeter and more exciting.

Of course, his own burden was not light. Although Octavia was considered Polina's adopted daughter, he had to pay the dowry when she got married.

What's more, this time Sylvia gave birth to a girl again, and she was naturally named "Aurora". The baby cried loudly, and the baby was not small.

Sylvia was lying there sweating, and the pain of childbirth almost made her faint.

"Sylvia." Soloviev held her hand and sat at the head of the bed. "I can stay here with you for a few days. When you can sit up, I should leave."

"Michele, it's great to have you by my side. You always care about people in every possible way."

While saying this, Soloviev was still wiping her sweat.

"Don't talk too much, just rest now and take care of your body. Please forgive me, although I can accompany you this time, but I still..."

"Don't say anything, Michele, kiss me, I can understand you. But you are leaving France again, and we don't know when we will see each other again."

"I don't know"

"You bad guy, you always leave us mother and daughter cruelly, but when you are with us, you are so considerate."

"Don't say anything, let's kiss first."

For Sylvia, someone caring about her may be a good medicine, and it also relieved her pain a lot.

"Okay, I want to see the baby."

As for the daughter who was washed and wrapped, she is now placed on her belly.

"She can't open her eyes for the time being, and it's hard to say who the newborn baby looks more like."

"It doesn't matter if it looks like you or me."

Sylvia and Solovyov are both good-looking, it doesn't matter who the child looks like, and there is no need to worry about who will inherit the brain.

"I will stay with you for another week, and then I will leave. Forgive me, and I beg you to forgive me again."

"What do you need to blame yourself for? I still like you very much. When you come back, I will bring the children to see you."

"Okay. But I have to go to Santo Domingo and will not be back for a long time. I think Pauleta's brother knows best what the British are doing. I am still your lover when I leave, but what will my status be when I come back."

"It doesn't matter, just do what you have to do."

"Thank you, Sylvia."

Soloviev stayed with Sylvia and the children for another eight days. He decided to leave only after Sylvia could sit up and confirmed that she was fine.

When he left, he did not say goodbye to Paulina. Prince Borghese was at home at the moment, and going there would really confirm his green hat.

This was not polite, and he also slept with the prince's housekeeper, and the other party knew about it.

But with the openness of Paris, the other party didn't care much.

Before that, Solovyov had to go to Baden to meet an old friend.

"Ah, it's Misha, what brings you here from Paris?"

Duke Enghien's home in Edenheim is quite grand, and he is living happily here now.

But the strange thing is that he has had many lovers, but he has never married.

"I'm here to invite you to do something, and are you interested in becoming a governor?"

"Which country? Russia? Or any other country?"

"I'm a Russian officer. Can I invite you to become a French governor? For example, Saint-Domingue?"

"There's a war going on there, and it doesn't seem to be very friendly to the French army. Although they are the army of the usurper, I don't want France to lose its precious colonies. The wealth that Saint-Domingue can bring, the cotton, coffee and sugar there, are all inestimable wealth."

As a Bourbon, you can't say that the Duke of Enghien is unpatriotic, but he loves the country of his bed sheet.

"I'm here to invite you with a formal appointment. You can serve as the governor of Rossburg, just like the Duke of Richelieu in Odessa."

"Rosburg? This place sounds very far and remote, Misha."

"It's really far away, on the west coast of North America. I think with your status, the Governor of New Spain will also show respect when he sees the Bourbon royal family, or the descendants of the Prince of Condé, right? And it's safe there, far away from France, and your personal safety will be guaranteed."

"Thank you, but I don't want to leave here, and my fiancée. Although she..."

"But your fiancée, I got news from Paris that someone is going to arrest you. And we can arrange for you to go to Rossburg now. The French fleet will not appear there. You can rule the people there at will. Many French people in Saint-Domingue are royalists, and they will love and support you."

It is actually difficult to explain what the Duke of Enghien's purpose is at the Baden border.

After all, among the royalists, those who actively plan are active in the UK, not in Baden on the German side, and the Elector of Baden has always had a good relationship with France, regardless of the king, the Public Security Committee or the Directory, and the current First Consul is the same. Baden and France have always had a good relationship.

"But."

"This is life-threatening. If you get a small beating, you should take it. If you get a big one, you should leave."

"Misha, why are you still talking about getting beaten?"

"This is the motto of a Chinese saint. Your Highness, you are the emperor's friend and my friend. I can't just sit here and wait for someone to chop off your head."

"This"

"It doesn't matter. I still have a way. Outsiders only know that you are here. There are very few visitors here. We just need to arrange someone with a similar appearance to keep moving around here and pretend that you are still in the manor of Edenheim."

"Okay, I have always believed in you. If Tsar Paul can keep you by his side, he will not encounter any accidents. You are a loyal guard and a true friend. I will go with you and treat this as an adventure."

Compared with other Bourbon nobles, the Duke of Enghien is more or less a descendant of the Prince of Condé. This branch is also more courageous and dares to pull a team to directly fight. Compared with Louis XVIII and the Count of Artois, the level is obviously higher.

He also asked his butler to arrange for a person who looked like him to stay at home until he returned to Baden.

"Master, do you really believe what the baron said?"

"Of course I believe it. He was the former guard of Tsar Paul and came from Paris. He is more or less credible. Charles, my old friend, take care of everything here before I come back. As for my fiancée, the marriage contract should also make it very clear that if she is willing to follow me to America, you can tell her my whereabouts after a year. If she is unwilling to go such a long way, let her find another husband who loves her."

If this trip goes out, it will be a long way, especially since the colonies in America are rich, but there are often deadly diseases.

Of course, Napoleon, who was far away in Paris, did not doubt the Duke of Enghien at this time. Although Fouché had uncovered part of the conspiracy, it was actually closely related to Louis XVIII.

After all, the real claimants to the throne are only the direct Bourbon royal family and the line of the Duke of Orleans. The line of the Prince of Condé is the one that has been dealt with the most and gained the least among the royalists.

"I'll take a last look at Edenheim"

This duke may also be the first French Bourbon royal family to travel to America. This trip is a long way to go.

At the same time, Archduke Karl went to Dresden and was preparing to meet his dear cousin, but the announcement of the marriage has not been finalized.

Because everyone is watching Napoleon's attitude in France, what tricks he is going to play.

After a few days of travel, Solovyov also came to Oldenburg, where he took a schooner to the flagship of Rear Admiral Senyavin.

Rear Admiral Dmitry Senyavin, one of the famous generals of the Russian Navy in the future, also has a warship named after him, but now he is just the commander of the squadron.

He didn't expect that he would have to wait for Lieutenant Colonel Solovyov to board the ship, who also brought the exiled French noble Duke of Enghien.

"Your Highness, it is our honor that you can come to my flagship."

"Thank you, General. Your fleet will go directly to Santo Domingo. How long will it take us to sail on the way?"

"About one and a half months, Your Highness."

This should be taken into account. The clippers of the Admiralty shipyard are very fast, but lack protection. The battleships of the escort fleet are fully equipped sailing ships, but their speed will be slower. On the way to the West Indies, they arrive faster along the ocean currents and wind direction, but on the return voyage, because the ships are generally heavier, they will be slower on the way back, and this also takes into account the missions to be performed on the way.

"Is this enough time?"

"I think based on the situation in Santo Domingo, Your Highness. It is only a matter of time before the French army is defeated in the western part of the island."

When they said this, the French expeditionary force had already failed in the Battle of Vittiers and was completely driven out of the western part of Santo Domingo. Although the reason was that yellow fever was more lethal to white people, causing the entire army's organization to collapse, the emergence of the country of Haiti was just a matter of time.

"We should hold a meeting to determine what to do in the West Indies this time."

The main thing to be confirmed is to protect the safety of expatriates from various countries, take away a group of whites and mixed-race people, and negotiate with the possible Haitian government or Jean Jacques Dessalines, who now claims to be the governor.

"If it is a negotiation, Lieutenant Hannibal can be sent as an envoy to deliver the message. He is the grandson of General Hannibal. I think the black people in Haiti should also have a good impression of him. As for Mr. Yakov Hannibal, you play the same role in the negotiation. We may not only have to negotiate with the governor of Port-au-Prince, but also with the commander of their garrison in Cape France. That Christopher is a real bandit."

Soloviev still got the relevant information about Dessalines. He has a wife. But unlike this self-proclaimed governor who will proclaim himself emperor in the future, she is a kind-hearted person who is willing to protect all orphans and widows of white, mixed-race and black people, and she does so to the best of her ability.

This sounds like Zhu Wen and his wife. Speaking of Haiti, such a small place, the script is quite complicated, and even the script of the late Tang Dynasty is connected.

I just thought this place was a garbage country, but I didn't expect there would be some unexpected gains.

And the idea of ​​Duke Enghien is to solve the problem through negotiation and bribery, and not to use force unless necessary.

Moreover, he was the cousin of the Headless King, and he had some credibility among the various ethnic groups in the colonies, especially among the white and mixed-race royalists.

The battleship "Elizabeth" also issued orders to all ships on the edge of the North Sea. These clippers carrying supplies were to set out with six warships, first passing through the English Channel, and then heading south directly from the Spanish waters along the ocean currents and winds.

When arriving near Boulogne-sur-Mer, the Duke of Enghien also saw the French camp, and he observed the French coastal defenses with interest.

"Napoleon, the usurper, is really good. Such a strict military camp and formation, even training on the seashore, is stronger than the royal army in the past. He may really be able to establish some achievements, but can he keep his achievements?"

"Your Highness, why do you say that?"

"What I think is that the British must want to unite European countries to oppose France, so that they can reap the benefits. This is the old British method."

No wonder he didn't go to Britain. He said this, and it is unlikely that he would believe the British.

"Moreover, Britain will definitely win over Russia. Without Russia and Austria, their tricks will not succeed."

Speaking of which, when Solovyov was chatting with Langgeron, he praised the Duke of Enghien, saying that he had chivalry, courage and wisdom, which were all excellent qualities as a commander.

However, his historical ending was not very friendly. He was captured by Napoleon across the border and was finally shot.

There are also rumors that when he went to Paris secretly to have a tryst with Miss George, he ran into Napoleon who was also there, but the First Consul had withdrawn and the Duke did not take advantage of the situation. This sounds like a work of The Sun, and he himself denied it. After all, for a Bourbon noble to go to Paris at this time was not only reckless, but also ridiculous.