Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Since the children were weaned and could be taken care of by the nanny, Solovyov also found that Katya was becoming more and more clingy.

"Why do you like to touch my hair and ears so much?"

"See if you have cat ears on your head, otherwise why do you stick to me all day long like a cat?"

"I am your kitten, Mishka."

Soloviev was speechless, but he married such a wife, and the two of them started to play in the carriage, in the speeding carriage.

Fortunately, nothing happened in the carriage, otherwise the gossipy coachman and servants would have to make up some stories.

After he separated himself from his family, although Solovyov's family treated the servants well, they also had to follow some rules and could not be like in the past.

But this gossip

As for Katya stretching her feet over and putting them on his shoulders, because the space in the carriage was small, she had to bear it.

That is, she would take a bath every day, clean herself up, and change into some. Well, that was really "unforgettable".

"Put it down, Katya. We are going to the city today to see what new products are on the shelves of the Russian American Company."

Soloviev also knew that the Russian American Company, although it said that its business was only in North America, could actually do trade between Eastern Siberia and China.

It was just that during the previous round-the-world voyage, because of Golovkin's big job in Uliastai, Jiaqing's impression of Russia became worse, which led to the failure of the expedition ship passing by Guangzhou to unload the goods, and only sold part of the goods, and failed to make a big profit.

You know, the British may be more cunning to add materials to the fur purchased from North America, and Guangdong merchants will expose it to counterfeiting.

When it comes to the Russians, the materials are more affordable, and no matter whether it is the Shanxi merchants or the Thirteen Factories, they all give good reviews.

If they encounter bad materials, they will throw them directly into the sea. Generally speaking, there is no chance to see defective products when they are delivered.

As for the "British barbarians", what they want is actually available in Russia now, that is, there are warehouses near Beijing, and there are complete caravan routes. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, there were drunken Russians who accidentally broke into the Forbidden City.

The Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia look like half-brothers, and they have a lot of things that look similar.

This time, the two of them went to the Russian American Company to see if there were any fresh goods from China.

Katya had a lot to see, and there were many things imported from China. In addition, she naturally had to pay attention to the styles of new furs that the Russian American Company got from North America.

Soloviev made an agreement with the company's board of directors that every time he would get some relevant news, it would be best if he could copy something back, so that he could use it as "reference news" and have some understanding of China's recent situation.

There are still people who can speak Manchu in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so there are Manchu documents that even Soloviev cannot solve. But they are relatively limited. What can be brought back are probably some copied notices and court reports, which are relatively secretive to prevent being discovered.

Solovyov put Katya on the first floor and came to the board of directors on the second floor.

"Count, you are finally here. We have been waiting for you all these days."

"Everyone has worked hard. Where is the latest information?"

Solovyov was also concerned about this. If the Russian American Company showed its importance, it could leave some files and information to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Anyway, this is also a kind of intelligence exchange, and from the Qing Dynasty's point of view, it is still public information, even if it is known by "foreigners", it doesn't matter.

"They are all here. We can't understand these words. The local translator is not here. If it is complicated, I am afraid we can't understand it."

"Let me take a look."

Solovyov's biggest advantage is probably that he has no pressure to read traditional Chinese characters. Even if he finds a fortune teller on the street to copy it, it is still very neat.

At first glance, the handwriting is that of a failed scholar in the Qing Dynasty. It looks good, but in the north, fennel beans are not necessarily needed.

Solovyov only knew three ways of writing, and Kong Yiji could write the last one, which was particularly rare. He would have to admit defeat.

"Well, I can still understand it. It says that in the 13th year of Jiaqing, there were some changes in local officials, including the governor and the governor. The governor managed a province, while the governor managed several provinces. It was also very clear. It also includes some educational officials and officials in charge of salt administration. That's about it."

"Then what about the following content?"

"This is simple. Don't make any deviations in understanding. The biggest problem of our general translation is that we are not familiar with Chinese allusions."

Well, this problem still exists 150 years later.

Solovyov looked at the following content, which is mainly related to the recent promotion of learning.

If it involves others, it may be a small matter. The article mentioned above is an article by Tang Jian, a Hunan Juren.

Well, now it seems that he may be just a Juren.

However, if we mention Woren, who was always the clown in the high school history textbook, and a certain "barber brother" who was also from Hunan, they both had contact with him. In fact, these two actually learned things from him. As for why the contrast is so great, it is hard to figure out.

Of course, the Russian merchants who went to get intelligence were also relatively amateur. Solovyov only knew that there was a person named Tang Jian, but he didn't know the details. After all, he was a Jinshi in the next year, and he was not so prominent among historical figures. He knew this person because he impeached those who went to sign the treaty during the Daoguang period, but that was just empty talk and had no nutrition at all. It would be better to look at the content of this article.

Probably, as a juren, he wrote an article about the content of promoting education since the Song Dynasty. Although it may be impossible to verify in the future, we can understand it now. Anyway, the people of the Qing Dynasty liked to do textual research, and they could dig out many books that were about to be lost from the Siku Quanshu and various books.

Tang Jian's father, Tang Zhongmian, was a Jinshi in the 58th year of Qianlong. At this time, he should have been an official in Jiangsu, because his job transfer was not involved in the 13th year of Jiaqing, so there was no content in the copied court report.

As for whether he passed the imperial examination next year, naturally no one would know it now.

But the more important information is what Jiaqing has done recently, which seems to have something to do with the British.

Although what I copied were all from last year, it didn't prevent me from knowing the Qing Dynasty's attitude towards the British.

Probably the "British barbarians" don't know much about the rules. They always want to follow the Dutch or Russian rules, or rent a place like the Portuguese to facilitate their storage of goods, and it would be best if they have a leased land.

This kind of thing, except for the Portuguese, is a fact that has been formed since the Ming Dynasty, and it is unlikely to be fulfilled through normal means.

Russia's warehouses in the Qing Dynasty must be managed by local officials, and they are not in the same position as diplomatic embassies.

Besides, I have my own national conditions here, and that's probably it.

As for the British, they have thought a lot. As for what they have done, the Qing Dynasty's official letter to George III last time, a few polite words, and that's probably it.

To be honest, it's also my own national conditions here. You can't take things that are not given to you.

The attitude of the Russian side has been known from the letter Alexander saw before.

As for these board members, they were quite interested after Soloviev finished reading it, so they asked: "Count, what do you think?"

"If it can be translated into Russian or French and presented to the emperor, it would be good. At least we can know the attitude of the Chinese emperor towards our country and some important situations. It's just a pity that they will definitely ask us to transit according to the agreement, and don't think about it in a few years. Unless the Ministry of Foreign Affairs specifically sends diplomatic documents to the Lifanyuan of the Chinese emperor, that is, they handle the affairs of "dependent countries", which is equivalent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Ministry of Colonies."

"The Ministry of Colonial Affairs?"

Some people will be a little indignant. Soloviev's explanation is based on the British method, but it is too advanced, so some of these board members can't accept it.

"You have to listen to me clearly. The emperor of China has no interest in foreign colonization. Therefore, this kind of diplomatic relationship will only be established with vassal states or some friendly countries when they want to meet the emperor. The situation in China is still very different from that in Europe."

I have to explain these people who don't understand, but it doesn't matter. After all, he is a member of the Russian-American Company. My father is also a small shareholder. Although he is not qualified to attend the core meeting of the board of directors, he also needs people like him who know the business to join.

They are still patient, and the interpretation is also improving. At least in the future, St. Petersburg and Moscow will have corresponding personnel, and several universities will have Oriental Studies Departments, which will also facilitate future economic exchanges.

If you ask about territorial issues?

Well, I have to say that there is a strange thing, that is, Russia's current foreign policy, although it is concerned about Siberia, but the line of the Greater Khingan Range, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has always advocated that the Greater Khingan Range and the Udi River are permanently demarcated, and there should be no ideas about the Heilongjiang River (Amur River).

Some time ago, Nesherrodi, who returned from Vienna to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, wrote a letter to Solovyov and told him about some diplomatic matters.

Well, if this friend gets along well, he will look like he has received 500,000 taels of silver in the future on the border issue between the Qing Dynasty and Tsarist Russia.

As for why it has become what it is now?

Solovyov himself doesn't know. If he knew that it was Nicholas who gave Muravyov the power to be arbitrary, or that when Alexander II was in power, he used the sword of the previous dynasty to behead officials of the current dynasty and signed the Treaty of Aihui.

He would definitely dress Nicholas in women's clothes and let him pass in front of his brother, sister-in-law and sisters!

As for spanking, Nicholas is taller than himself now, so he probably can't spank him. After all, he is still a grand duke. Although he is his student, he won't beat him up for no reason.

Moreover, Solovyov is more partial to Nicholas, and the way to show his preference is strict discipline.

Besides, Nicholas looks like a beautiful girl in women's clothes now, and is more feminine than when he was dressed at the coronation ceremony. He would not want to fight him if he saw him.

Solovyov did not accept 500,000 taels of silver. He just lamented that there was no Lord He in Daiqing.

If Lord He was here, it would be much more convenient, and the negotiation would be easier. At least there would be no weird operations such as practicing kneeling in front of the portrait.

He was still willing to talk to adults, but he just fell down.

As for the following content, Solovyov asked the board of directors of the Russian-American Company to make a copy for him so that he could go back to work on translation.

When I came down from the second floor, I saw that Katya had ordered the servants from Moika Causeway and Laundry Lane to buy a lot of small packages, so she had to think about how many silver rubles she had available.

Although this is a relatively rare situation for Katya, many of the things she bought this time were helped by her relatives in Moscow.

Although the goods shipped back by the Russian and American companies will definitely pass through Moscow, the best goods are always in Petersburg. No wonder this situation occurs.

This girl has probably been with her family of profiteers for a long time and has been captured by Ruble.

Solovyov looked at this situation and smiled, but not bitterly.

After all, although Katya is not an active member in the social circle, she is very lively. She can quickly build relationships with many people, especially the eldest girls and wives in the aristocratic circle.

In this way, it can be regarded as a cost-effective operation.

"Katya, you are so lucky now, you have to call a carriage from home to help you transport the goods."

"It doesn't matter. It's for mom and aunts too. Although I hate Aunt Praskovia, don't offend her. You have to have a good relationship with her first."

The two were walking arm in arm on the causeway, and Solovyov also found it strange.

"Hasn't that aunt always coveted my father's manor? If she thinks that we and Vasily Vasilyevich are weak, she directly submits a petition to the palace and wants to have a good talk about the manor in Moscow, that would be a big deal Trouble. You know, although I know a lot, what I fear most is the lengthy process in court."

"Then we must also consider that these manors will definitely be inherited by my brothers in the future. The manor left by grandpa, except for the few places sold, is all left to dad. I don't want problems to arise over the years. Dad's health has deteriorated recently. It’s starting to get worse.”

"The same goes for my father. Although he is still in good health, he has always been worried about who will run the family property in the future. He may find an uncle to help support it for a while. From now on, it will always be Anton and Vasily, and I will always have an official position. Won’t go there.”

"That's fine, we can figure things out."

Speaking of which, this girl is quite clever. (End of chapter)