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Chapter 73 Great Changes in Russia in One Year

Time flies, and a year has passed. In a sensation, Johanna became the Queen of Sweden. With the help of Russia, this queen was much more important than Frederick I.

The Swedish Parliament no longer dares to treat the Queen as a decoration.

But Johanna’s political abilities are hard to describe.

Big and small mistakes continue, leaving the Swedish Parliament in a state of confusion. The first thing the Swedish people do when they wake up every day is to find out what weird things the Queen has done or what whimsical ideas she has come up with.

Sweden became Johanna's playground.

Prince Christian and Johanna's two children stayed in Russia, ostensibly receiving Russia's hospitality, but in reality they were hostages.

In the past six months, the world's political landscape has not undergone major changes, and the Austrian Succession War continues.

Under the auspices of Bestudev, as in history, Russia's outstanding general, Rumyantsev, participated in the Rhine expedition.

As for the God of War Suvorov, who had never been defeated in his life, Repnin, who participated in the partition of Poland, did not participate, and Peter did not force them to increase their experience, fearing that they would not come back alive if they left.

After all, he is also very young and has enough time for these generals to grow up, so it is prudent.

But he asked one person to go, Orlov. Although he was only ten years old, he could still do odd jobs.

This man is not afraid of being used to death. Anyway, Orlov's unwillingness in his previous life was to watch his brothers win successively in naval and land battles, but he could only stay in St. Petersburg.

Frederick expressed strong dissatisfaction with the Russian army's participation in the Rhine expedition. Peter also broke into the Privy Council in full view and had a quarrel with Bestudev, which almost overturned the table.

Because of this, Bestudev became a thorn in the side of Frederick and Madefield, and they wanted to get rid of him quickly.

But as long as Bestudev died unexpectedly, the biggest suspect was Prussia, and Frederick was very depressed.

In the past six months, Peter and Catherine had completed their wedding, and the princesses had all gone back. Adelaide reluctantly took away Peter's little whip, saying that it was taken back as a souvenir.

, and by the way, I also took away many of Peter’s fashion items.

To the other princesses, Peter was also generous in giving him travel expenses and fashionable clothes, so that these princesses could return to the country in splendor.

As expected, top-down fashion from Russia caused a sensation.

Although reluctant, thanks to Peter's "Peter Eyre" and "A Study in Scarlet" making a name for themselves in the international market, the impression of Russia as a barbaric country has become much weaker. Moreover, with the appearance of Voltaire

In order to support Peter's intellectual property rights in the common interest, Diderot was grateful to Peter for helping him marry off his daughter, and even worked harder. Russia was quite famous for its literary prosperity.

Because of this, some royal families, congressmen, dukes and dignitaries who had secretly placed orders with Russia began to no longer hide it and placed fashion orders with Russia openly.

Merchant ships shipped from the Baltic Sea to various countries from the port of Riga. Russian fashion completely defeated France and established its reputation as the world's number one.

The rare and diverse tulle laces, also known as sexy underwear, make ladies from all over the world fall in love with them, and they do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy them.

The invention of sexy underwear has been highly praised by all the regions where it has appeared, from princes and ministers to common people.

Le Figaro, a famous French tabloid, went so far as to publish a series of reports and brag about the situation, turning it into a pornographic newspaper.

In Russia, the number of people engaged in tailoring in this area has reached 100,000 state-owned serfs.

Under the promotion of Russia, the dressing style and fashion culture of the entire world are developing steadily and orderly.

It's not rushed or slow, but it always controls a rhythm. At every node, new products are released, which makes the royal families and people of various countries unable to stop. I don't know where these fresh ideas come from in Russia, but they are eye-catching.

Every respectable person is proud and bragging rights to have access to first-hand fashion.

In addition to the number of exquisite carriages and servants, new fashions have become a significant symbol of identifying a person's social status and wealth.

And Vivian also became famous.

Russia has now decided to hold two fashion festivals a year, where women with outstanding figures from all over Russia are selected to wear fashion shows.

These women could be noble girls or serfs.

When the serfs showed up on stage, they represented the face of their masters.

When the second fashion ceremony was held, Russian fashion had already swept across Europe, and princesses and aristocratic women from all over the world came to visit the Yusupov Manor.

Vivian, a figure on the surface, has become the object of communication and favor among princesses and ladies from all over the world.

And everything is to get first-hand fashion, after all, this is their face.

But secretly, the source of everything is in the Gulf of Finland.

Because the weather was starting to get hot, Peter cooled off at the resort here.

In terms of funds, the funds of the Russian treasury were stagnant this year, which made the parliamentarians who knew Peter's wealth well, including the important ministers of the Privy Council, very depressed.

The funds of the state treasury were collected entirely in accordance with the previous tax laws and were used for normal purposes, but they never reached eight million rubles, and sometimes they even fell below the shocking two million rubles.

But how much money does Peter have?

No one knows.

But in Moscow, people around the emperor could always see clues. Some were real gold and silver transported in wooden barrels, and some were large-scale orders. The amounts on the orders made their eyelids jump.

With just a little guesswork, Peter's wealth would make their legs weak.

But all this, like the income from His Majesty's literary career, does not go into the national treasury.

Bestudev and Vorontsov are very depressed now. His Majesty's intention is already obvious. They are playing with theirs and Your Majesty is playing with His Majesty's. Don't even think about reaching out to His Majesty.

But they really dare not let go of the funds from the treasury.

Peter, who is in the Gulf of Finland, is in a happy mood every day. His financial income currently mainly comes from two parts:

One is fashion, which is divided into domestic and international revenue.

In the past, domestic income brought him huge capital, but compared with the current international income, domestic income is already drizzle.

The second is literature.

Literature brings benefits in many aspects.

The tangible thing is the ruble, but the intangible thing is the impression of leading Russia out of barbarism.

In some places, this aspect is even more important.

In short, Peter truly experienced what it was like to be super rich in the 18th century.

In other matters, there has also been significant progress.

Lomonosov's revision of Russian grammar has been completed, later than expected.

But Peter took a look and was very satisfied as he was now proficient in Russian.

He personally named this work that would play a major role "Dictionary of Peter III".

On the first page, the names of four people appeared, Empress Elizabeth, appointed by Peter III, editor-in-chief Lomonosov, and deputy editor-in-chief Andnov.

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