Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

Paulina arrived at Napoleon's villa on the island and moved in directly with her luggage.

There were only four large guest rooms in total, and with both of her and Sylvia's litters of puppies coming over, it was actually a little too small to accommodate them all.

Although Demid lived in the adjutant's room downstairs, there were not enough beds for him.

When Solovyov arrived here, he found that Polina's bedroom was covered with his daughter's bed.
Lisa at home is a little black-hearted and doesn't seem to be getting any better. On the other hand, the daughters outside are all very well-behaved and clingy.

"When we were at home, we didn't have to squeeze into one bed like this, did we?"

Solovyov was curious about these girls, but he had no objection to the relatively crowded environment.

So he asked Octavia, the eldest daughter put her sisters to bed, while she herself leaned against the bed.

"Yes. Dad, will you come to Europe in the future? We are always far away from each other."

After all, this is his first child. He knows that he has a father, but they have never been able to meet due to distance.

As long as her father is around, she will be very attached to him and have some ideas of her own, which may not be convenient for her to tell her mother.

"If I applied to come to Europe, that would be fine, but I can't leave. If my father wasn't a promising officer, I don't think your mother would like me so much."

"Yes, Dad, you are like that. I will also take my sisters with me if Mom and Aunt Polina come back by then."

Come to think of it, she is old enough to understand such things.

"Ah, they went to the yard. This is a small place. We can't live here forever."

"My grandfather's estate in Milan was sold to a Frenchman. If we have a place to live, we will go to Pisa."

When talking about Pisa, the first thing that comes to mind is the Leaning Tower.

Solovyov felt a little sleepy after chatting with his daughter.

"Ah, Octavia, my dear daughter. I am a little sleepy. It seems that all the wars over the years will eventually come to an end. Even if there is another war, it will probably be over soon. Your mother and I first met during the Italian expedition. You were just a little girl in Rome, and now you are going to be a big girl. Fifteen years have passed."

"I'm fourteen. Dad, you must have included the time from when I met Mom until she got pregnant with me."

"Ah, that's it."

This girl?
Solovyov's biggest worry now is not his uncle Napoleon who is strolling around the island, but the premonition that this girl always gives him.

I will probably become a grandfather in my thirties.
After all, France also has a culture of early marriage and early childbearing, and many girls get married in their teens. Of course, because they have not fully grown up, this has also led to many tragedies.

When Paulina got married for the first time, she was not very old. However, for a family of this level, it was probably late to marry and have children, considering the old lady of the Bonaparte family.
The people in Corsica are really like pikas, they have litters of cubs. As long as they have the tools to commit crimes and the environment allows, the cubs in the family will not stop coming.

If Polina became a grandmother at this age, she would probably have to leave the child to the old lady, who is also the child's great-grandmother, and her own children would have to be taken care of by a housekeeper and a nanny.

Just this circle sounds messy.

Demid inherited all the property of his unfortunate father, and his mother and stepfather, Prince Borghese, have always provided him with living expenses.
It's really good if you only look at this, but you also have to consider the relationship between his mother and Solovyov.

This circle is indeed quite interesting.

At the same time, Napoleon was inspecting the iron mines on the island and met Mr. Pons, who was in charge of the mines.

Speaking of which, Mr. Pons was not friendly to Napoleon. He was a staunch Jacobin. When Napoleon first came to power, he was exiled by Napoleon because he distributed pamphlets and acted as a keyboard warrior.

It was just a small notebook, so he was not sent to a place like French Guiana, but he was sent to the Island of Elba.

He had some cultural and organizational skills, so he became the person in charge of the Rio Marina iron mine.

Compared with other French people on the island, he was the most prestigious one, except for the Governor who had just resigned and returned home.

Because he was really trying to improve the treatment of the miners and doing his best to maintain this small iron mine.

"It seems that the people on Elba Island are very friendly."

"Your Majesty, I just hope you won't increase taxes here like you did in France. This place is too poor. If you increase taxes, the lives of the residents will only get worse. We can't support many people here."

"What if we make use of all the iron ore and marble here?"

"It may be better, but it will take time. We need to add a channel above the ore vein. In addition, our place must also sign a trade agreement with Livorno to facilitate the entry of our products into Italy. Don't care whether it is marble, iron ore or seafood."

"Besides that, we need to plant mulberry trees, expand vineyards, green the island, and... before that, improve the local roads, at least from the mine to Portoferraio."

He also has to do greening. Fortunately, Solovyov went back to talk to his daughter, otherwise he would have complained here too.

With your level of talent, you are not fit to stay in Elba. You should go to Saint Domingo.

It turns out that not only Haiti in the west of the island is imitating Napoleon, but the eastern part of the island is also imitating Napoleon's behavior!

However, the trees Napoleon wants to plant now are all related to cash crops, and he is not just looking for greening.

As the head of state of the Principality of Elba, he enjoyed his life as an island tycoon and even made plans.

"Drouot, we need to find a way to establish a trade agreement with Livorno and the cities on Sardinia. In addition, our minerals will be exported to Tuscany."

When he talked about the plan, he even accidentally revealed a little bit.

He simply did not believe that his eldest sister Elisa's territory would be preserved, so he wanted to establish a trade agreement.

If Tuscany had its original ruler replaced, Napoleon could have used the new trade agreement to export smoothly.

Neither Bertrand nor Drouot noticed this, but Pons did.

Although he had always opposed the emperor, he had always admired the emperor's achievements and his personal abilities.

"Your Majesty, why do we have to do these things?" "Even on this small island, we must not forget to work hard to improve the lives of the people in the territory. Even if it means collecting more taxes now."

Napoleon had start-up capital. Although he spent all of the 5500 million francs from the Paris court on military expenses in order to fight the war, he still had 45 francs given by Pauline and a large sum of his own money.

However, there was still a lot of money that could not be moved. As soon as the Bourbon king returned, Napoleon's account in the Bank of France was frozen, but Mr. Lafayette was very smart. He still kept Napoleon's 200 million francs in the account liquidated at the Recamier Bank.

Therefore, the emperor could now spend his own accumulated treasury on the island of Elba and even had ambitious plans.

"But everything will be fine, Pons. If it weren't all mountains here, I would even lay railroad tracks. There is high-quality iron ore here, and there are records of mining even since the time of the Etruscans."

"Your Majesty, it seems that you also know a lot about iron ore."

"That's right. France will always need manufacturing. We cannot lose the iron ore in Alsace. As for the coal mines on the Rhine, it would be a waste to give them to the German princes."

"If you ask me, there is still too little iron ore here."

“But when there is no mining anywhere else, we can improve the lives of local people first. We also need to purchase a lot of things.”

But Napoleon was not unaware that Bourbon would most likely block his funding on the island of Elba. As for the money he left, how much would he have left?
Even if it’s Napoleon now, he still needs to rely on his parents.

The old lady was with her eldest daughter, who would come to the island soon.

In addition, Paulina was also willing to accompany him.

If he wanted to develop it, he would have considered other people.

I have to talk to this kid Solovyov in the evening. Although he doesn't have much money, his family is a "profiteer" who came from smuggling background, and he is actually knowledgeable in this area.

And when Paulina comes to the island, there is always a reception.

It seems that Napoleon was able to do something with the small island of Elba.

And Solovyov didn't think about these things at first.

He is now giving psychological counseling to his daughter. After all, a girl of this age, even if she is a noble lady raised at home, will also have the troubles of growing up, and he may not always be by her side.

But after he talked about it, it was only a superficial improvement, and it was unclear what would happen in the future.

Then, it was Napoleon who came to him with an ambitious plan on the island of Elba.

"Your Majesty, you mean to plant potatoes extensively here, and besides that, to plant mulberry trees, chestnut trees, and olive trees, and to develop silkworm breeding. And to open mines, iron ore and marble."

“Yes, to make this island prosperous.”

"You are also my uncle, and I have to say that you can't stay idle even if you are on an island. Even if you are allowed to live with the natives in the Pacific Ocean, you are very charismatic and can do a lot of things. However, all this requires money. At this point, I can only explain my views to you here."

"You can tell me, Michel. I know there are spies from all walks of life on the island, and they want to do a lot of things."

"I don't think Louis XVIII and the Count of Artois will necessarily give you 200 million francs a year as agreed with our emperor. They have no money at all now. Even in Paris, they have to rely on Mr. Lafayette to draw funds from the Bank of France and the bank he personally manages to fill the hole. A pair of hands, with nothing, want to lead someone else's camel away, that's it."

Solovyov believed that using such a metaphor could remind Napoleon that the Bourbon restoration government might be a case of getting something for nothing.

"They should give me this money. It was me who ended the chaos of the Revolution. Even many royalists were pardoned and were able to return to Paris."

"But many of these people are from the line of Prince Condé, or some of Louis XVI's old subordinates. Strictly speaking, if the Bourbon royal family had not settled down in our country, we don't know where they would be wandering at this time, and it is unlikely that they would have the opportunity to go to England and catch up with Talleyrand."

Solovyov was only willing to present the facts, but he could also confirm that Napoleon was able to guess some things.

"As for your investment in this island, I think it makes sense. After all, the iron ore on Elba is of good quality, and there are a lot of minerals on this island. It's just that the west and east of the island... I won't stay here for long, and I have to report to His Majesty."

"Michel, I know that some things are not convenient for you to do. After all, you are a Russian general, not a French general. But thank you, at least you are a sincere person."

Napoleon also knew that if he was willing to stay on the island, he would probably provide a lot of help.

But he seemed to know what he was going to do, so it was just a friendly reminder.

Over time, the British will probably relax their vigilance.

Only a few days after arriving on the island, Mr. Neil Campbell went to see his mistress. The special envoys from various countries who were responsible for supervision were not as high-ranking as Solovyov, so of course they could not control him.

But next door to Napoleon, what does Paulina do at night?
The emperor knew that his sister's bad habits had been innate ever since she married Leclerc.

In addition, when these girls slept in the same bed, his obsessive-compulsive disorder also kicked in.

In view of the situation of girls like Paulina and Silvia, Napoleon soon issued a decree on the island of Elba that no more than five children could sleep in one bed.

After hearing this, Solovyov also laughed.

After all, Octavia and her sisters slept in one bed, with four girls in total, which was not excessive.

But the emperor himself was somewhat teasing about what he was doing at night.

Paulina, she is indeed very charming, and she even brought Sylvia along with her.

Solovyov knew that if this continued, it could be fatal.

You have to know that although Victoria is no longer around, there is still Prince Albert and her affairs.

Although Prince Albert died of pneumonia after catching his son's mistress in the rain, Victoria
Grand Duke Constantine's brother-in-law Leopold was the uncle of Prince Albert who was not yet born at that time.

Maybe there will always be something happening in the UK.

But Solovyov didn't care about this now. He just thought that his time on Elba was limited. If Polina continued to drag Silvia to "serve" him, his health would be in jeopardy. (End of this chapter)