Chapter 641 003 Do You Want to Be the Restorer of the Roman World?

"But now it's hard for us to march to Salonika. Although I defeated the Turks, I don't have enough troops. If we really need to take action, we still have to wait for the opportunity."

Solovyov was very cautious when he said this.

Demetrius came to him because of his friends and his family, so he couldn't refuse. Moreover, his personal strategic goal was to enter Greece.

But for outsiders who are meeting for the first time, there are some things that cannot be said. They can only release smoke bombs with insufficient strength. Although this is considered a fact, this judgment still needs to be judged by the people who hear it.

"We understand your difficulties, but are you interested in becoming the restorer of the Roman world?"

The place where this is said is quite coincidental. Aurelian, the "Restorer of the World" with this title, is said to be a local.

But Solovyov just shook his head. He was a man who lacked ambition but was very capable of action. He was obviously not very interested in the so-called great cause.

"If you say this to a general who is ambitious and has the right capabilities, it may be very appropriate. I will only serve the existing strategic arrangement goals. Victory and defeating the Turks are certain. The key lies in how much we can win."

But it is impossible not to be touched. The goal of the Russian army has always been to enter Constantinople. It is obvious that the Queen named her grandson. Russian armies of all generations have been moving in this direction, and they are getting closer and closer to their goal. Coming closer.

"Demetrius, I also know that you are eager for us to go to Greece. But this also needs to be done when the time is right. We have just gone through the war and we need to rest, and we must ensure that other directions can cover our flanks. This way before setting off.”

I can't talk about specific things. Solovyov knows that the terrain of the Balkan battlefield is not like that of Italy. The Po River plain is always a closed battlefield and the terrain is flat.

If it's the Balkans, this place is full of mountains. As long as the Turks hide in the fortress, it will still be very troublesome for the Russian army.

The enemies who escaped from Sofia should be squatting in the next fortress. With this intensity, Solovyov might as well let his personnel rest for a while.

He let Demetrius stay in the monastery, and then he would rest for a while. He was not in a hurry to let him go back, but also wanted to understand the situation in Greece.

The Greeks actually fought many wars of independence. Rulers of the Ottoman Empire's level were often provoked by various forces in the country, but the final results were sometimes unsatisfactory.

What was finally found was always the suppression of the Ottoman Empire, especially the looting of towns and the massacre of the countryside. This theme will become oil paintings many times. There were suppressions in the past, there will be them now, and there will be them in the future.

As for local people being sold in large numbers as slaves, it is also a model of income generation in Türkiye.

If this country wasn't located right between the two important straits of the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, and was always supported by Britain or France, it might have been dead long ago. Either it was transformed into a prison wall by Austria, or the Russians came to plant their flags.

However, such a country is now in a state where a centipede is dead but not stiff, because there are people behind it.

If there is another Russo-Turkish war, it is rare for European powers to come together and beat this empire. However, in the final result, due to their respective political interests, no fatal blow was struck.

This time Solovyov knew very well that Britain and France were actually supporting the Ottoman Empire behind their backs, but France did not show it publicly.

If Napoleon wanted to go to war with Russia, he would most likely take advantage of the current favorable conditions and let part of the Russian army continue to fight on the Danube River and the Caucasus Mountains.

Napoleon probably wouldn't come in 1811, and now he was counting on Catherine's belly to give him a son, and the time wasn't ripe yet.

But nearby forces do also want to see Türkiye contain Russia's power.

This can also be seen in the trade on the Mediterranean. The "continental blockade" was aimed at the British side. However, the volume of French trade reaching the Ottoman Empire from land and sea was still increasing, and Turkish ships were also able to move from areas relatively unaffected by the British. Port on the Adriatic Sea into eastern Italy.

There are too many problems involved, and Britain used its maritime advantages to provide weapons to the Ottoman Empire.

In fact, the British themselves are schizophrenic, and they don't like this country, but they can let the Turks contain Russia's power, which is a way to vent their anger.

You must know that the Russian army had previously defeated the British Army and Royal Navy in the Baltic Sea. The warships and flags captured had seriously irritated the British.

The only one who is really active in fighting the Turks is the relatively naive Russia.

Although it was a gross interference in the internal affairs of the Ottoman Empire, when facing this country, it is obvious that imperialism has progressive meaning.

Solovyov naturally didn't care about this, and soon Mrs. Rekamir took Clara to Sofia and lived in the monastery.

After all, she is a French girl. After arriving here, she began to prepare to open her own literary salon.

But in Bulgaria, where local educated women are a rare resource, she could only discuss music here.

Of course, Mihelima was asked to leave because she knew French.

This woman just likes to compete with others, and she even wants to "borrow" the people around her lover.

"Master's woman is very kind to Mihrimah, Master, don't worry."

Well, she put on a beautiful imperial dress and a beautiful headdress on her hair, which made Mihelima a little embarrassed. Even when he spoke, he used a very old way of referring to himself in the third person.

It would be better if the owner saw his thin shoulders in the bathroom, but it would be better if he was in the reception room.

She was still blushing a little, and it obviously took some time to adapt to the way girls in other parts of Europe dressed up.

"You're quite a pretty girl. Don't always find a place for yourself to sleep on the carpet. I'll find you a shawl so you can cover your shoulders so you don't have to be embarrassed."

"Master's woman, why did you take off my clothes and put on this kind of skirt?"

"If you have met my family, you will probably know that Yulia should be arriving in these days. She is my sister and Christian's wife."

"Mihelima heard from the prince that the master's sister is shorter than the master, and she heard that"

"There is a saying that our brothers and sisters look alike, but there are some differences. You will know it when you meet her. Also, go and accompany Mrs. Recamier well. If you are in Sudan, a widow like her She is probably my equal wife, but Christians are only allowed to marry one. Basilius in Greece could still marry several wives when he believed in polytheistic idolatry."

While saying this, he also took out the shawl for Mihelima, hugged her waist from behind, and after gesturing for a while, put the silk shawl on her.

However, this child's makeup, after being carefully dressed up by Madame Recamier, makes her a somewhat alluring girl. If she were taken back to Petersburg, those young Guards officers would probably go crazy for this little girl. .

There is even a possibility that someone will try to kidnap her and make her his wife.

Everyone knows that the Solovyov family's personal maid has the status of half a young lady. She is raised by the owner of the family as a sister or daughter. If she gets married, she will also come with a large dowry.

Count Sergei and his son are both decent people. Even if something like this happens, as long as they can avoid the duel, they should try to cook the rice as soon as possible.

Although the members of the Guards are said to be a bit unfavorable, looking at the dangerous elements Solovyov was in the Guards, this possibility cannot be ruled out.

Moreover, his brother-in-law, Prince Vasily Jr., is here, and Solovyov also knows that his brother-in-law is also very romantic, and may even be more exaggerated than him in this regard.

Solovyov was always cautious before confirming his relationship with his lover, unlike Prince Vasily.

"It's a good thing that you come to me, Vasya. I'm short of manpower here, but if you want to find a lover, you have to get married and retire after this war."

"Misha, what should I say? The little Turkish maid you got from Serbia is really beautiful. I just want to know."

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Seeing his brother-in-law like this, Solovyov could only change the topic.

"It would be great if you were like Kolya. He would never seek such trouble. Even if Prince Bagration and his wife fell in love with him, he did not go any further and kept a smart distance."

"Well, I'm just asking. In the blink of an eye, Adelaide is about to get married, but for such a beauty, she actually married Speransky. It seems that you are the only one in your family."

"You look like my brother, Vasya. But how is Vasily Vasilyevich doing lately? I have been in the army and have not had time to visit him in Moscow."

"My father is not in good health. He is over 50 years old, has some edema, and has a bad heart. It is because of this that he also hopes that I will marry a wife as soon as possible after Katya gets married."

"Then which girl do you like?"

"Varvara, the daughter of Prince Sergei Gagarin, is still a student at Catherine Girls' School."

This girls' school and the Smolny Girls' School are parallel aristocratic girls' schools, but the former is also open to commoners.

"Varvara. That's what it looks like."

Does Solovyov think of his brother-in-law's taste? She is indeed a well-behaved girl, but both her parents are dead, and there is only one younger brother in the family who works at the Imperial Theater.

In this case, it is

It seems like there is always an undercover old lady in this family, right?

Both my father-in-law and mother-in-law are kind-hearted people with good manners. Apart from religious issues, they don’t have any gossip.

Nikolai and Katya are also doing well, and the relationship between the second brother-in-law and his family is better.

This brother-in-law, Solovyov can't say much about him. Varvara will definitely bring a lot of dowry. Even if her parents are dead, she is still the princess of the Gagarin family.

Katya's old aunt is very good at caring about her daughter-in-law's family property. In addition, she also wants a share of what her brother inherited from his father.

But this is not very convenient. No matter who the old Prince Vasily's uncle is, it seems that he is not easy to mess with.

Solovyov is not only promising, he is also a soldier, and he is a soldier who often leads troops to fight. In addition, his brothers-in-law are of high status.

But Prince Vasily is his brother-in-law after all, so there are some things that cannot be said too much. Besides, a good girl like Varvara, except for her slightly inferior eyebrows and eyes, is also a pretty beauty in Petersburg.

"But if you want to get married, you have to choose to retire. Where are you going to go then?"

"I think the judicial department is better, and being a civil servant is a very good choice. Misha, I am not as talented as you. My grandfather was the commander-in-chief of Moscow and fought against the Turks for a lifetime. He may not have achieved as brilliant results as you have in a few months. If there is someone in our family in the army, it has to be you."

The pressure came to Solovyov. After his brother-in-law said that, he also noticed that he was indeed unconsciously building his own power, and it was even somewhat formed.

Because his relationship has always been in the Guards, and he has been Nicholas's teacher for a long time, so the people who are closely related to him are more or less a circle.

However, he did not like to be the core figure. In politics, Speransky was probably the highest-ranking person. He had been the Secretary of State for a long time, and now he simply became the Prime Minister of the Russian Empire, called the Secretary of State. Although it was a concurrent position for a second-class civil servant, his position was very high.

If it was in the army, Solovyov still felt that Bagration was the leader of their group. After all, he was also a disciple of Suvorov for a long time. Excluding Arkady, he was just a junior brother who had accompanied his master for two years.

But he himself was indeed a person who could serve as a hub.

Thinking of this, perhaps what Demetrius said to him was not without a touching effect.

It was just that becoming Valerian was somewhat unlucky. After all, the death of this Roman emperor was very similar to the death of Paul, and even more abstract.

As the emperor who reunified Rome in the third century, the final result was that his secretary forged a list and instigated a group of officers to murder him. This was a very dramatic result.

He didn't care about this. What he was more concerned about now was the local rest and the situation in Serbia.

The good news was that the Turkish troops in Niš and Belgrade were finally disarmed and sent to Sarajevo, and the Serbian army could finally be used to fill the gap in his rear. (End of this chapter)