The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Chapter 647



The mission is staying in the northwest corner of Kiev City, where there are three sets of three storey buildings. The Polish mission was arranged in the middle, and the residence of the Czar Russian ambassador was in a building next to it on the right. Needless to say, the one on the left must be the governor from Sweden.

After arriving at the door of his residence, tubulin said goodbye to Stanislaw pototsky. He warmly invited the old man to talk again after he had relieved his fatigue and had enough to drink and eat.

This time, Stanislaw pototsky accepted the invitation.

Then Stanislaw pototsky got out of the carriage. Henrik, Chechen and Duke konitsky got off their horses immediately.

The old man looked at the building in front of him, his eyes full of nostalgia and memories. The same look appeared in Henrik pototsky\'s eyes.

"Who arranged for me to stay here?" Stanislaw pototsky asked.

Blair thought for a while. He replied, "of course it\'s the chief. Who else?"

Stanislaw pototsky sighed. He pushed open the iron fence outside and walked along the gravel road to the gate. Hearing what Blair said, Henrik pototsky\'s face flashed an imperceptible look of anger.

Stanislaw pototsky took five steps forward. He suddenly turned his head and said to his nephew, "Henrik, please walk with me."

Then the old man looked at Cherchen and Duke konitsky.

"I\'ll leave the rest to you two. I\'m sure you\'ll do well."

"Of course, please rest assured," replied Duke konitsky impatiently.

Immediately, he began to direct the other members of the mission to carry the goods on the cart.

Henrik pototsky helped his uncle along.

Chechen and Duke konitsky did not know that the house in front of them, together with the buildings around them, had once been the property of the pototsky family. These three houses are the largest private residence of the pototsky family in Kiev, with a total of 200 guest rooms. Henrik pototsky lived here when he was a child. Once he and his sister were idle and bored and counted the windows of the house. Henrik pototsky remembered that the number he counted was 523.

The house was built by Stanislaw pototsky\'s father, and the three-story design arrangement is very pleasing. The windows on the first floor are high and large, allowing sufficient light to shine into the large reception hall. There are dozens of guest rooms upstairs, and countless narrow bedrooms of servants in the attic. Their positions are revealed by a long sliding skylight on the inclined roof. More than 300 mu garden is a happy place for boys and girls of the pototsky family. Henrik pototsky personally supervised gardeners, planting, pruning and moving cans in the garden.

But now, these are not the pototsky family. The gardens were deserted, the beautiful flowers were replaced by wheat and potatoes with no ornamental value, and the tall trees were cut down as fuel.

Two pototsky entered the General Assembly living room. It\'s obvious that someone has come to clean it up. It looks clean and tidy. Valuable crystal lamps and other ornaments inlaid with gold and silver have long disappeared.

Henrik pototsky knew that the assets of these families had already fallen into the hands of the cheap Cossack captain, company captain and mud legs. It is said that they took everything, even the urinal - because the urinal was made of brass, and the cheap Cossacks thought it was gold.

Henrik pototsky looked more and more, thought more and more, and was more sad and angry.

Compared with his nephew, Stanislaw pototsky did not look excited at all. His hand stroked the back of the sofa, and there was a nostalgic smile on his face.

"Henrik, don\'t be sad, don\'t be angry. Our family once had nothing. It was the motherland that gave the family ancestors the opportunity to explore. I believe that when the Republic goes through the crisis, everything we lost will be back," Stanislaw pototsky said.

"Yes, uncle."

Uncle and nephew walked around again and looked. Suddenly, Stanislaw pototsky said to his nephew, "Henrik, I remember there is a wine cellar on the second floor. When you were a child, you loved to hide below and cry after being scolded by your father. Let\'s go down and have a look."

The wine cellar is on the second floor underground. Henrik pototsky opened the door and said, "uncle, please allow me to lead the way ahead." Henrik pototsky nodded. Henrik pototsky found a torch to light. He tried to light the candle lamp on the wall, but there was no candle on the lampstand.

This wine cellar is not a big one in the pototsky family\'s collection. There are only about 12000 bottles of wine in it, most of which were put in by Stanislaw pototsky\'s generation. Henrik Potocki remembered that champagne, red wine and white wine accounted for a large proportion, and of course, a small amount of honey wine and baijiu. All the wine was neatly stacked.

"A wine cellar needs order, foresight and taste, just like an aristocrat," Henrik pototsky\'s father often said to him.

But now, there is no bottle of wine in the cellar. The ground of the wine cellar is full of broken glass, and the sour smell of the evaporated wine can even be smelled in the air. And the wine rack is full of dust and cobwebs. Obviously, the servant who came to clean didn\'t know there was a wine cellar, so he didn\'t clean it.

Seeing all this in the light of the fire, Stanislaw pototsky was discouraged. He sighed and said, "forget it, let\'s go up."

Outside the building, Blair, who was about to leave, shouted to Cherchen, "Cherchen, I\'ll go back to Bao Hong first and have a drink with the three of us in the evening."

Blair spoke in a loud voice, as if he was afraid that Cherchen would not hear it. However, Cossacks are so careless and informal.

Cherchen said "yes" and waved goodbye to Blair.

Henrik pototsky, who helped his uncle up, remembered Duke konitsky\'s words. As he walked, he told his uncle exactly what Duke konitsky suspected of Cherchen. Henrik\'s original intention is to ask his uncle to be vigilant. The so-called heart of harming others must be, and the heart of preventing others must be.

When Henrik pototsky finished, they were walking up the exit of the basement. Stanislaw pototsky stopped suddenly, which caught Henrik pototsky off guard and almost hit his uncle.

"Stay away from konitsky later," said Stanislaw pototsky. At this time, the old man regretted that he let Duke konitsky be the Deputy envoy of the mission because he avoided suspicion.

The Duke of noble blood doesn\'t seem to do anything but make trouble.

After saying this, the old man thought it was not enough. He added: "don\'t doubt others for no reason. Cherchen\'s achievements for the Republic are obvious to all. The king and I know that his acquaintance with Bao Hong was just an accident. Don\'t make a fuss. As for bojiangjin..."

Speaking of this, the old man joked with his nephew, "look, tubulin and I hugged each other. Am I also a Russian spy?"

Henrik said he didn\'t dare.

Stanislaw pototsky said, "Cherchen and his uncle have a deep blood feud with Yakov cherkaski, the general of Czar Russia. Most of the reason why they join the army of the Republic is for revenge. Such people will not know Russia."

With that, Stanislaw pototsky looked to the right of the meeting room.

"When Sweden and Ukraine are over, Cherchen will have the opportunity and ability to revenge."