Chapter 15 015 Solovyov was troubled by seeing a pile of Russian weights and measures

Chapter 15 015 Solovyov was troubled by seeing a pile of Russian weights and measures

Chapter 15 015 Solovyov is troubled by seeing a bunch of Russian weights and measures
In St. Petersburg, Madame Le Brun went to speak and was able to open the issue from a female perspective. After all, these products were mainly targeted at women. Madame Le Brun was a well-known portrait painter and the most admired female painter by the Queen of France. Her fame, appreciation level and makeup skills were there, which was always a gimmick. In addition, this lady's approach was always more convincing.

No wonder she also had a prosperous business in St. Petersburg and successfully took out "gifts" to give to several grand duchesses.

Solovyov came to Count Bobulinsky's Upper Palen Castle and saw the designated plots of land. He was very satisfied. He also had hundreds of local serfs and some people at his disposal.

But when drawing the blueprint, you also need to consider what units of measurement Russia uses, and what units of measurement France and Britain use. What if you want to use the metric system at this time?

May I ask, do you have relatives in France, or are you a French spy?
If there was any, Solovyov had a stepmother, and they had just completed their wedding in the church. As for Mademoiselle de Riviera, she seemed to be a fertile girl. In the summer, the old baron wrote to say that his wife was going to give him and Julia a brother or sister.

Doesn't this dad feel guilty?

But think about what Potemkin did for his nieces. That was another matter. It was not as good as the performance of the old baron of the Solovyov family. It should also be noted that Potemkin left a large dowry for each of his nieces, allowing them to marry in style and into good families.

It sounds strange, but the French no longer find some strange things in Russia strange, because they play more colorfully over there, but they say in the correspondence that Russia
However, Mademoiselle de Rivery was still deeply curious about the simple folk customs of the Russian countryside. After all, some of the Russian serfs were extremely poor, and they were not as cunning as those she had seen during her trip to France. Moreover, the horses and vehicles were well taken care of in every manor and village they passed through.

She also liked to write letters to her stepson, talking about her life in Moscow and her socializing in salons with some aristocrats such as Count Rostov and Count Tolstoy.

This stepmother was not idle either. She actually thought of looking for a wife for Mikhail, but after looking around, there were no suitable girls of the right age - perhaps this is the case from the French perspective. There are many lords whose families have suitable girls, but their property is not impressive enough, or in the case of the Solovyov family, serious aristocratic lords still look down on a baron family that has only been passed down for three generations. What's more, their family's patron, Prince Menshikov, has just regained some power, and Lieutenant General Grushetsky will most likely only come out to help when it comes to promoting the position of his adjutant's family, and he can't be counted on for the rest.

As for some nobles who were more enthusiastic about the Solovyov family, such as Count Ilya Rostov, he was kind and enthusiastic to everyone. When it came to marriage, he was actually worried. After all, marrying a daughter also required a dowry. Although he had some money, he still had to consider carefully to choose a suitable son-in-law.

When Mikhail read this, he was actually curious about what kind of family the Count married his eldest daughter Vera to. Although Natasha was not bad, her fiancé Andrei, Anatoly who almost eloped, and Pierre were all widows or secretly married. The last one was even tormented by Helen. In fact, this also reflects a problem from the side, that is, although the Rostov family has the title, it is not easy to recruit a son-in-law.

"Uncle Sergey, look at what's going on at home. Our new mistress is still looking for a marriage for me. She's very kind to me. I want to find a girl with a good family background and decent character, but it's not easy in Moscow."

"What else does our master's new wife care about?"

"You don't know French, so I can't tell you, but everything here needs to be built. Leave a 3-inch gap. You need to build a buttress here, but don't make it too high, 1 foot, that's enough."

He turned around and spoke to the Earl's bricklayer, and the other party responded like this.

"Master, it's better to make it 2 feet, or 3 feet, so that it won't be easy for outsiders to climb in."

"Two and a half feet is my height. What do you need a 2-foot-2-inch wall for? We have an exterior wall here. Damn it. These lengths are really a headache. Your head is missing this."

1 Russian inch (Вершок) is 4.45 centimeters, 16 Russian inches are equivalent to 1 Russian foot (Аршин), about 71 centimeters, and 3 Russian feet are 1 Russian yard (Сажень). As for Solovyov's complaint to the bricklayer about his "pointy head", it was actually a pun, although he thought so himself.

It's only 1 verst. Although it's a bit far, it's only 1 meters more than 66.8 kilometer. That's about it. It's better than the previous ones which are not very friendly to decimal conversion.

Compared with units of length, area and weight are still relatively friendly. 1 Russian acre is slightly larger than 1 hectare. As for the putt and the like, in fact, some units have been used until the Soviet era and are still in use. They are no big deal now.

You have to know that when your Xunzong encouraged Uzbekistan to produce cotton, the unit he mentioned was still Pood. At that time, the metric system had been popularized for a long time, and some habitual usages were still difficult to change.

In this regard, let alone the British who stubbornly use British products.

The construction of a factory always requires an on-site survey. What Solovyov was most worried about was lack of money. After all, in Russia, you are a noble lord. If you spend too much, no matter how many manors you have, it will be difficult to support you. Moreover, if you want to make progress, you always need money.

At least, the old baron told his son, if he wanted to get a good job in Moscow or St. Petersburg in the future, it would be fine to make friends with connections, but if he wanted to move up, unless he was one of the top nobles, a job for a country baron like them would at least require more than their family's current annual income.

Roughly speaking, if you want to move up one step from lieutenant, you will become a captain or major as you gain seniority. Military merit will only speed up the process. From this point of view, officers in Louis XV's regime can only be selected from the nobility, and places like Britain and Russia, as well as Prussia and Austria are actually similar. You need money.

He was the winner of the Battle of Waterloo. When he debuted, his brother paid for him to become an officer and to be promoted to colonel at two critical moments.

The Wellesleys were wealthy, and had previously asked Madame Le Brun to paint a portrait of Arthur Wellesley's current sister-in-law, a French actress.

As for Solovyov himself, he may also have to spend some money when he gets promoted in the future. Running the estate will cost money, as will marrying a wife. Besides, he is still very young, so it is too early for him to find a wife now.

Therefore, his first priority is to make money. Being an officer is different from being a civil servant or a judge. In Russia, officers only have a chance to make some money when they go out to fight. As for where the money comes from, it is actually very clear.

But at this time, the Russian army would not fight for the time being, and Solovyov had the need to move up. To become a civil servant such as a provincial or ministerial secretary was not something that a family of high rank could do. Even a nouveau riche family had to have a rank of eight or above.

In Russia, there is a group of ninth-level civil servants who have been accumulating seniority for thousands of years. If they move up, they will enter the ranks of hereditary aristocrats, and becoming officers may be considered an exception.

A few days later, Count Bobulinsky returned from Petersburg to his Upper Palen Castle in great excitement.

Inside the manor, Count Bobulinsky was different from when he was in St. Petersburg. He sometimes spoke to the villagers in Russian with a strange but understandable Germanic accent. Plus, there were some Baltic Germans here, and his wife also came from such a family, so the way he spoke was actually still strange compared to other places.

"Lieutenant, I'm glad you're still here with me, fulfilling our agreement."

Solovyov was confused by what he said. After all, the other party's Russian level was definitely better than that of the Frenchman Langgeron. At least he could understand it.

"Why did you come back from St. Petersburg?" "I came here to take a look. Some time ago, I went to the Vorontsovo Manor and saw that they were building a 'Chinese Garden'. I was a little interested, so I brought back a set of blueprints. Come and see the pagodas on it. They are so great, with eight and ten floors."

At first glance, he didn't understand.

Solovyov actually knew what was going on, and he found it strange that when Count Bobulinsky's biological mother, Empress Catherine, was in power, she sent out many envoys, from Peter to the present, and some had entered Beijing. However, with regard to Chinese architectural culture, it was obvious that everyone had the same deviation in their understanding, and they might even be worse than French missionaries.

"Although Frederick the Great was fascinated by French culture, like Mr. Voltaire, he had never been to China and probably didn't know much about the real situation there." (Although Frederick the Great was fascinated by French culture, like Mr. Voltaire, he had never been to China and probably didn't know much about the real situation there.)
"Lieutenant, you'd better stop speaking German. You have to let the craftsmen know what's going on."

In fact, his land was in Livonia, which is today's Estonia, but serfs came from all over the place, so it was not surprising that they spoke Russian, especially since Count Bobulinsky had to go to Novgorod or some southern places if he wanted to buy serfs.

In this case, Solovyov could only express some opinions on the shape of the pagoda.

"According to Chinese tradition, as well as some Taoist and Buddhist ideas, odd numbers are yang and even numbers are yin. Yang and yin are definitely different. From the perspective of men and women, men are yang and women are yin."

Anyway, the right of interpretation lies with him here, and although this statement is a bit nonsense, it is generally correct.

"Wait, Lieutenant, I think there is still some confusion. What is Yin and what is Yang?"

I have to explain to this earl who seems to understand but not quite, what yang is and what yin is.

For Solovyov, it was quite difficult to explain these things in Russian. He found a wooden stick and gestured on the ground.

Although it may not be very respectful to the empress who had just passed away, it was the truth. Of course, if Paul heard this, it would be disrespectful on the one hand, but it also met his requirements for the reform of the Russian succession law. I really don't know whether to cry or laugh.

"In India, there are no specific rules for building pagodas, but in China, this is a worldview. If you want some good signs, you always have to have yang, so the number of pagodas is odd. If it is an even number, the yin energy is too heavy."

Although Russia was a feudal autocracy and the Lubyanka was open for business, people would not be sent to jail for these problems. After all, there were technical limitations. Even if they cursed the Tsar as an idiot in the Baltic Sea, his secret police would not be able to hear them. Solovyov also mentioned some problems at this time.

"Since the yin energy is too strong and the pagoda has an even number, the pagoda's original function of exorcising evil spirits is lost. That's basically it."

"No wonder my brother changed the inheritance law! Except for our great empress (his biological mother), this is the way it should be in Russia's current environment!"

His wild imagination made Solovyov laugh and cry, but this association could not be said to be completely wrong, because Count Bobulinsky also extracted some content from his not-so-rich knowledge.

"Misha, take a look. In ancient mythology, before Zeus and Hera, you should know that there were the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus. These were heaven and earth. This is how it was in Greek mythology, and it is very similar to the Chinese concept. And in the Bible..."

However, he realized a problem, that is, he was a master and should not talk nonsense on religious issues. Having said this, he realized some small problems and stopped talking.

"But you're right, aren't you, boys?"

Solovyov asked the bricklayers, carpenters, stonemasons and blacksmiths present, and they all nodded.

"Master is right!"

"As a blacksmith, I think what the masters said is right. The blacksmith's furnace is hot. Look at me. I have been sitting by the furnace for a long time, but I am not prone to illness. This is because this place is yang, which can eliminate those evil diseases."

The blacksmith's words made Bobulinsky and Solovyov laugh at the same time.

"My two lords, am I wrong?"

"You, the blacksmith, are right. Blacksmiths are not prone to illness because you are always in high temperatures, and many of the things that cause illness are killed."

Count Bobulinski also nodded. Although his knowledge was limited, he knew that blacksmiths were less likely to get sick during an epidemic.

"So, there is something wrong with the construction of this tower."

"That's right, Alexey Grigorievich, you should revise the construction drawings and present them to the Emperor."

"Presented to the Emperor?"

Count Bobulinsky did not understand Solovyov's idea, so he had to continue to state his opinion: "I think the emperor likes the Prussian style very much. King Frederick the Great is also interested in China. There are pagodas in his gardens, but they are not authentic. In our country, we should also avoid this problem in the gardens we build, at least in the newly built towers. Some people have not yet mastered Chinese culture."

The count suddenly understood Solovyov's idea and said, "That's right. Present it to the emperor. If a Chinese-style garden is to be built in Gatchina or any new palace in the future, it will also represent that it has surpassed that great king."

But this was in art rather than martial arts. In fact, Frederick himself was quite an artistic young man, but he became famous because he had fought so many battles.

(End of this chapter)