Chapter 668 030 Wherever We Go, the People Welcome Us Wholeheartedly

Soloviev really missed his wife and children when he picked up Katya. He was a sentimental man, and there was nothing he could do about it.

While waiting for them in Thessaloniki, Solovyov arranged his schedule and sent Kunev and Uvarov to Lamia.

The Russian army simply turned on the simple mode in Thessaly. Although the Greeks had some opinions about the fact that Russia only signed a peace treaty in Iasi in the last war and finally withdrew its troops, when the Russian army really arrived in Thessaly, the Cossacks would not have to plunder along the way - the local Greek villagers had already sent all the supplies they needed.

That is, there are many big beards in the Russian army, which is really unattractive. Some girls heard that the generals coming from the Russian army this time are relatively young.

But really compared, Arkady is the youngest, and Solovyov is about to be 30 years old.

He waited until December, when Katya passed through a series of war zones and reunited with Mrs. Recamier in Sofia, and brought all the children with her. They would soon come to Thessaloniki. Solovyov finally relaxed a little. During this time, he also conducted inspections in Macedonia, just like he did in Stockholm and Sofia in the past, handling petitions and managing local administrative affairs.

In short, he was also busy. Although he needed his wife, he didn't need donkey meat yet, and he was not lame.

As for the local silt, he also went to the port of Thessaloniki with Euler to inspect.

"That's it, Alexander. Your grandfather was a great mathematician and also made some achievements in surveying and mapping. What I am worried about now is how much engineering work is needed here and how long it will take to dredge the port."

"The silt is too serious. If you want to build a port, it is better to find a new location, but the key is to dredge the river. If you frequently clear the silt, this port will not last long, unless the river network and waterway here are changed."

"This is not something we can control, but the Turks are really good. Such a good port is abandoned."

"Although the Turks control this place, you are familiar with history and should know that they rule a multi-ethnic country, and in many places, they are not dominant. . "

"Not only do they not have an advantage, but those who call themselves Turks are actually locals, right?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out. After all, if we see a Greek and a Turk standing together, if they wear the same clothes, I am afraid we can't tell them apart."

"That's right, so we still have a lot to do here, but I don't know how the emperor decided."

"It's hard to guess, and if you don't know, I, a colonel, may not know either."

"Yes, if I ask you, I might as well ask a few division commanders, they are all in this circle in Petersburg."

Then he used a horse whip to explore the depth of the silt here, but it was a pity that there was no Luoyang shovel, otherwise he would have a good idea of ​​the soil structure below.

"It's still too thick. This won't work. If we send engineers here, we probably won't need to complete the repair work from Thessaloniki to Lamia. Road traffic is more important than this port now."

"What are you going to do?"

"The majority of people here are Jews. Ask the merchants among them to come forward. The city will be autonomous for a while. Let them spend more money, otherwise they won't be able to do business in the future. They should know this."

When Soloviev said this, he also learned that the local Jews were more greedy for money than what they would see later. This is also their commonality.

But as a new general from a profiteer family, he knew the problems of the Jews too well. Now they have to decide whether to pay money or life, and whether they will be cleaned up by the nearby Greek fellows or the Cossacks under his command.

In the future, the Jews here were almost slaughtered by the kimchi, and only more than a thousand people were left. Even when they were expelled from Spain, their number was much smaller.

Finally, under the dual effects of carrots and sticks, the Russian army quickly asked Jewish merchants to start investing in the repair of the city.

Of course, there is also a reward. If they are willing to take a ship to the Russian port to do business in the future, they can still take the certificate to negotiate tariff concessions with the Duke of Richelieu. Some profiteers in other places do not have this treatment.

In this case, the locals are also very welcome.

When Solovyov announced in the square that local merchants would invest in the repair of the port, many locals, including those who paid, cheered.

Finally, a reliable master came. Although he is Russian, he is still more reliable than the Bai master.

And these orders were posted in Turkish and Greek as notices in the city.

It seemed that the Russian army would be stationed here for a long time. Solovyov had received a letter from Kamensky the Younger, not only transferring Langeron's column from Sofia to Thessaloniki, but also telling him a good news, that is, the policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs included the autonomy and even independence of Greece and Serbia, and because of his victories in Lom and Philippopolis, he would be awarded the First Class Order of St. Anna.

In this way, since Paul first awarded him the Order of Santa Anna, Level 3, he now has a complete set of medals.

If they were to fight the French, they would probably be able to defeat even the first-level Saint George.

The medal is great, but in comparison, what may be more important is how to solve the problem in Greece after Salonika.

The Greeks are not only in this part of Europe. There are also Pontic Greeks around Trabzon. There are also Greeks in Russia. There are Greeks in many places, including Asia Minor, which seems to be the core territory of Turkey. , which was originally a Hellenistic area in history.

Even speaking of it, the Turks always seem outrageous, but their hundreds of years of rule here have indeed made the locals no longer know who their ancestors are.

But after Solovyov arrived, because he was so reliable, even if he only served as the temporary governor of Salonika, his management was very orderly, and you could see new orders issued by him almost every day. Other than that, He has always done a good job in patrolling inside and outside Salonika.

He will not be stationed here for a long time, but he is very serious and responsible. He will also discuss matters in Thessaly in Larissa with Trubetskoi, who has already stationed troops in Larissa.

In this way, he solved many things quickly. As for the days when he was the master of solving cases, it might be more lively if he opened another yamen.

If he really wanted to say that, he entered the territory of the sick man of West Asia, which is really in line with Dai Qing, and he started to solve the case all day long.

But because he judged the case fairly and did not favor Christians blindly, and even hired military officers who knew the law to form a court trial, it was difficult for everyone to say anything. In other words, some local Muslim imams felt that he did not follow religious principles. Judgment of the case by law is the only issue.

But there is no place to talk about it. After all, many Orthodox Christians have benefited. If it were the Burke adults who were in charge, the money for the fortress would be indispensable.

But Solovyov, in the eyes of the locals, is a general and a count. Naturally, he is also a relatively noble person, and he also has soldiers.

This kind of people are generally greedy for money among Mr. Burke and Mr. Bai. However, Solovyov does not want this money, and he is not short of money. After all, his family has the industry run by his father and the money he earned. You don’t need this kind of money if you have a net worth.

The main thing to do is to smooth things out in Salonika. To put it bluntly, it is no different from Black Vine. It has to control the hearts of the locals. It’s just that when the Russian army entered the Ottoman Empire, it just imported the domestic stuff. , compared with the original rule of the Ottoman Empire, it was all justice.

They are Russian serfs. Although speaking of it, an American black slave who comes here and buys several serfs can be regarded as a master, but here in Turkey, compared with feudal serfdom, it may be worse.

After all, Russian serfdom also included the tradition that some masters wanted to protect the land under their own names. Although there was also serf trading, this was also a serfdom developed from the old village communities that collapsed after Ivan the Terrible and Godunov. Under the repeated edicts of Paul and Alexander, the family unit of serfs finally could not be split up and sold, but what about the slave trade in the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire?

It's those queen mothers. If you ask, you will know where they come from. There are many people who come from the slave trade of the Ottoman Empire.

Solovyov has now also considered that local slavery will probably be abolished soon as long as it breaks away from the Ottoman Empire. Moreover, the Turks' shortcomings are not only to harm the girls in the village, but also to trade conveniently. population.

The Russian army's performance is obviously much better. Although Solovyov can't restrain them from fetching water for widows and working for the elderly, there are some meddlesome Cossacks.

They could also carry water for the little widow for other purposes.

For the local fellows, this is not bad. After all, although these Russian soldiers don't have much money with them, they still pay. The officer is easier to talk to.

Please...you...collect 6...books...!

It's really a comparison. Compared with the Turks who burn down villages at every turn, even the French who like to rob may perform much better here.

That's it. Wherever the Russian army goes, the people wholeheartedly welcome it. This scene of vitality and all things competing is right in front of you. There are some guys with empty spaces. After seeing it, they will probably curse a few words. .

While waiting for his family, Solovyov has solved many of Salonika's long-standing problems, and has also elected a mayor and representatives of the citizens' assembly among the citizens. A more reliable way to solve the problem.

If you look carefully, you will know that Solovyov adopted the plan of his would-be brother-in-law Speransky. Although it would be opposed in Russia, if it is placed on the Greek side, the situation is obviously much better.

Even because of the former Master Bai's bad character, after issuing the order, there was obviously no obstruction.

Moreover, Solovyov, who hated the tax collector system, wanted to rebuild the tax system after all the local tax collectors ran away. To this end, he even wrote to Gauss.

Mathematicians are quite practical at the moment, especially since Gauss is an investment expert like Newton, and he always understands some economics.

Soloviev actually knew what was going on, but he had always wanted to find a reason. He couldn't just say everything himself. It would be better if there were some theoretical basis or an order from the commander-in-chief, so that it wouldn't be so abrupt.

In this environment, it was relatively smooth, and even when he went to pick up his family outside Thessaloniki, the carriage was welcomed.

Katya and Mrs. Recamier were also amazed after seeing it. They didn't expect Mishka/Michelle to be so popular here.

And the locals didn't seem to have any objections to him bringing his wife and mistress with him.

This should be considered that the Turks traditionally have several wives.

And the Greeks, historically, polygamy is also a daily practice.

So much so that there were some small episodes at the welcome banquet.

Mrs. Recamier likes to hold salons wherever she goes, and the room that Soloviev vacated for her in the local Governor's Mansion became the place where she held salons.

Since there is a salon, it is natural to hold banquets.

Solovyov discovered that they were a little surprised that the younger Katya was his wife and Madame Recamier was just a mistress.

But to be honest, Madame Recamier seemed to let Solovyov be her lover. After all, she was older and rich, not the kind of mistress who was kept.

Even at this point, some people could still say that they were wrong when paying tribute.

That is, the two of them brought Mihlima, who also changed into a white empire dress and was carefully dressed up by Madame Recamier.

Katya also liked her. After all, she was her husband's maid, so it was no problem for her to come. This dress was what she wore when she was a maid in the past.

Well, this girl is really good, but she was wrapped too tightly before. Look at such a white shoulder, it is really good.

And think about it, she is still growing, and it is worth looking forward to in the future.

Some people even mistakenly thought that Mihlima was actually Solovyov's sister, or daughter, because of the strange posture of this family.

It feels like it is completely off the track. (End of this chapter)