Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796.

"Your Majesty, but Belgium."

"Karl, when Field Marshal Suvorov went to Italy, we had no influence on Italy, and the Austrians were able to come up with that idea."

Then Alexander looked at Solovyov again and went back to help Ekaterina take care of the children.

Why does this kid like to sit at the table with the kids so much? You've been taking care of kids since you became an aide-de-camp, so you shouldn't be a lieutenant general and still be carrying things around with Xiaoying.

That’s right, Napoleon’s son was only 3 years old at this time, and he had a lot of fun playing with Solovyov.

"Soloviev, don't be with the children all the time. Do you remember what happened in Italy?"

Grand Duke Constantine also understood what this meant, so he brought Solovyov back.

"Misha, what did the Austrians do when they were in Italy?"

"Your Majesty, you said Austria."

"Yes."

"What good things did they do in the beginning?"

"Yes."

"Ah, I think Emperor Franz probably wanted us to go to Switzerland so he could send Archduke Karl's army to the Rhine, so that all the benefits would go to Austria, and we would have to go to the mountains to fight Massena. But that old soldier acted too quickly, and we were stopped on the road by Lecourbe, and that's what happened."

"Okay, that's clear enough."

Konstantin patted Solovyov on the shoulder and said to him with a smile: "Don't always take care of the children. You have a lot of good ideas."

In fact, Solovyov still hopes to be a parenting general. Being with children is always better than engaging in intrigue with adults.

Even now Alexander is considering which noble lady Nicholas should marry and which one to look for to help take care of the children.

This boy Solovyov is actually very suitable.

But it would be a waste if he continued to take care of the child.

If he were to be sent to serve as governor-general, he might not be old enough, and he might even have to be promoted to general of infantry. Some of the senior lieutenant generals would probably come out to complain again.

Although Alexander also has a way, Solovyov is the son-in-law of the Dolgorukov family after all, and his military achievements can make others shut up.

It’s just that the Tsar habitually doesn’t want to get into trouble, so let him play a role in other areas.

"What do you think of the Belgian problem?"

"I think this place is a crossroads. It's not good for any party to control it, including the Netherlands. It may be more troublesome for the Dutch. After all, something happened when the Spanish Habsburgs came to collect taxes."

"Yeah, so I think there should be someone who is acceptable to all parties to rule there."

"It must be the Duke of Brunswick. He is the cousin and brother-in-law of the Prince Regent. The old Duke saved the life of the Prince of Orange and his family. The Bourbon people will not have any objections. It's not like they put Eugene there. As for Prussia, they are also relatives. The old Duke sacrificed his life for Prussia, and the territory was incorporated into the Confederation of the Rhine by France. This is a kind of compensation."

Even when making compensation, Prussia and Austria could exchange Brunswick's original territory and each gain some benefits.

"Okay, Misha, it's a pity that you have always been a soldier, unlike Karl who took the initiative to transfer to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, otherwise I would like to make you the ambassador to London. You really have a way."

Although Alexander's words contained some hints of official titles and promises, he was only speaking half-jokingly.

Solovyov didn't want to go. If he had dinner with Lord Liverpool, the diplomatic achievements between Britain and Russia would probably be lost.

"Your Majesty, I think it would be better for me to go to a position where I am good at."

"It's a peaceful time now, don't even think about becoming a legion commander. If you don't want to be a diplomat, do you want to take your children with you?"

Now that things have been said, Solovyov can only come to help Nesherrode with diplomatic work.

Who made him the one who came up with all the recent tricks?

"But Your Majesty, if it involves some territorial division issues, when we ask the British to make concessions, we must always give them some benefits."

Alexander nodded, and Nesselrode added.

"I will resolve this through negotiation. You just need to help His Majesty analyze the characteristics of the British."

"Then I have a pamphlet that I wrote for the Prince Regent. At that time, he was just the Crown Prince, not the Regent. But judging from the current situation in Britain, what I wrote is of little use. Perhaps it would be useful for us to study the British way of doing things ourselves."

Count Vorontsov, who has lived in England for many years, has the most say on this.

Solovyov's style of doing things sometimes makes people understand why the British did this.

But it was rare to see him do this in the army. He did these strange things only when he was doing things in his daily life.

For example, once I made an appointment with someone to meet on Nevsky Prospekt, but I had to tell him where I was standing under the streetlight in front of No. XX on Nevsky Prospekt, what clothes I was wearing, and what I was holding.
The biggest victim was his beloved stepsister Adela. Whenever she met with other people's housekeepers and servants, she had to go through such a complicated set of procedures.

Of course, the British ambassador to Russia was also tricked, but it was not very obvious at the time.

When Adela takes care of household affairs in the future, you will see how torturous it is.

This girl was relatively relieved by marrying Speranski, but she was actually still her husband's assistant, and the person being tortured had already emerged.

If it were the current maid, Mihrima, she would be much more obedient and wouldn't complain.

Even if she is asked to sleep with her master and give birth to children for him, she will be very obedient.

Solovyov and Katya were unable to find a suitable family for her to marry.
Moreover, Solovyov was away on the battlefield most of the time, so he didn't pay much attention to how the girl looked like, especially after she left Warsaw.
If he had used all these tricks to torture the British, it would probably have been a great use of his talents.

"So what will the British do?"

"I think we should take them out first and let Lord Castlereagh know our attitude. If we want some islands and trading posts that are too important, the British probably won't give them to us, like the Azores or Cape Verde, but it's different for other places."

"Like where?"

"Your Majesty, if it were a place like Bioko Island, the British probably wouldn't have any objections, not to mention that it doesn't belong to them anyway."

"What is that place?"

Nesherrode didn't know where Solovyov was talking about, and the ship was about to dock, so Solovyov just pointed on the map.

The place he was referring to was Equatorial Guinea.

Although this place will be a place with many talented people in the future, it is still relatively unknown now, although it is not very famous.

Just imagine a place that later produced a real madman like Massier who burned books and buried scholars. There is probably nothing good about it except oil.

In addition, Solovyov also considered another place, and Russia might even have some claims through Courland. That is Gambia!

The country of Courland is probably the smallest country among the European countries that were able to independently send people to develop colonies. It once had colonies in Trinidad and Tobago, and Gambia.

The former was once destroyed by pirates and had to be abandoned later. The second colonization was also fruitless, and finally it had to be transferred.

As for the latter, we must remember the great shortcomings and virtues of the British Empire, as this colony was directly taken away.

Then, even when it fell into the hands of the British, it did not show any value.

In fact, the British also had many colonial outposts in Africa, but in the end, Gambia was just a long strip. From the time they took control of this place, most of the time they were only at the mouth of the Gambia River. It would have to wait until the future division of Africa before the British would be able to go deep into the interior from here to get something.

Even Africa may not be so barbaric. West Africa and Congo have both had independent regimes, and their influence was considerable.

What’s more, that place in Ghana is also known as the Gold Coast.

There is also the Ivory Coast, which can award the Order of the Elephant, the Slave Coast, Dahomey, which has strong combat power and will produce paratroopers in the future, and the Pepper Coast.
Except for the Pepper Coast, these places are all in the Gulf of Guinea. Even the Pepper Coast, which will produce blood diamonds and rubber in the future, and a few of Africa's humanoid tyrants.

Oh, this place is really outrageous.

In fact, Solovyov himself didn't care much about what happened in Gambia. After landing, the Tsar and his entourage began to stay in Portsmouth. The people responsible for receiving them were the British Foreign Secretary and the First Sea Lord, who were representatives sent by the Cabinet and the Navy.

There were also people from the royal family, including the Duke of Sussex.

It was unexpected that the Duke of York did not come, but it was also a normal event.

Because the Duke of Sussex has a good relationship with Princess Charlotte, and the Duke of York has some other official duties
"Your Majesty, our itinerary will also take us to Salisbury, where we will see Stonehenge. We will then pass through a series of cities and stay at the Regent's villa."

"Where is that villa?"

"At Wimbledon, your majesty."

"Soloviev, I remember you went there when you came to London?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Solovyov was also able to recall the past, when he was only an aide-de-camp and had just returned from America.

At that time, we also saw some children playing football, and the plan to help the current regent regain his popularity by using a football was also proposed at that time.

In the end, because Crown Prince George was so lazy, he was only able to partially save his image.

Although the British may think that the royal family is very friendly to fathers and daughters, it is mainly due to their daughter Charlotte.

Although the regent was a good man and understood the people's feelings, he was too lazy.

It was like Solovyov gave him a strategy guide, and ended up turning Princess Charlotte, who should have been the cute queen, into a big devil. The contrast was quite big.

Even after reading the booklet, Princess Charlotte was still trying to figure out how to deal with those people in the cabinet and parliament.

If she could succeed in putting it into practice, she would probably have to be driven away from the card table by overturning the table.

After all, she really didn't like the Tories, or the future Conservatives.

Of course, Solovyov thought it would be better to entertain the Tsar in a traditional spa resort like Bath.

After all, he thought that taking more baths would help relieve the fatigue of the journey, and they would talk about it later when they arrived in London.

But he has only sat at the table now, and leaving the children's table does not mean that he has much decision-making power.

As for Nikolai, Solovyov also found it a little funny to see him eager to try.

"What are you going to do, your highness? Are you going to show off your athletic ability?"

"Nothing, I just heard that the British also like ball games."

Of course, with Nikola's physique, if he really played basketball, he could probably dunk.

If the silly Prussian girl Lotte were here, she would definitely scream and blow a kiss to her fiancé.

This one in London is a bit too smart.

Even after signing the engagement, she was always somewhat dissatisfied. After all, as a member of the royal family, she didn't want to live in Amsterdam.

There is also a superstitious belief that when King William and Queen Anne returned, they all inherited from abroad.

As a result, William III and Queen Mary II had no children, and the latter died young from smallpox.

None of Queen Anne's cubs survived to adulthood, and the only one who lived past the age of 10, the Duke of Gloucester, only lived to the age of 11.

If it were the Russian royal family, they would definitely believe this.

However, this routine was actually spread secretly by Princess Charlotte herself who hired servants.

It's a pity that the Sun at this time rarely publishes gossip, let alone the girls on Page 3.

The first page contains front-page headlines and advertisements, the second and third pages contain current affairs news, and the fourth page probably also contains advertisements and may even contain information on horse racing.

It's just that the Duke of Wellington may like this newspaper and subscribe to it regularly, and his personal stance also tends to be Tory.

If you want to send a strange message, you probably have to start from another direction.

But there is no such newspaper now, not even in LSE.

The version is still relatively early, and even Princess Charlotte, who is so smart, couldn't figure out why there were some strange arrangements.

Of course, she was planning to arrange a group of permanent under-secretaries.

The girl even took it upon herself to write it down in her diary.

Although serious people generally don't keep diaries, Princess Charlotte still has some ideas in this regard.

She is a princess, and there are some things that outsiders cannot see. Moreover, the Regent said that he has a strong desire to control his daughter, but Charlotte still does what she should do.

There are even some girls who want to run away from home and run away to some quiet place with their trusted servants.

But before that, since the Russian Tsar was coming to London, she still had to attend.

And she also wanted to use this guide book given to her father to try to explore Loviyov. (End of this chapter)