"Your Highness, why do you want Dino?"
In the living room, Ma Wei showed a blank look after hearing that Katerina wanted to exchange Dino Pluto with him for 'Adam Star'.
"His abilities are very outstanding, and I need such talents." Katerina replied: "If you agree, Father, I want to train him to be the Minister of Finance of the Kingdom."
His lips moved slightly, but Ma Wei stopped talking.
In his heart, he didn't want Dino to leave. The Church of Truth needed Dino, but such an important official as the Kingdom's Finance Minister was the highest honor for every businessman...
Katerina recognized Dino's ability, and so did Ma Wei. He handed over almost all the financial matters of the Church of Truth to Dino. Facts also proved that Dino handled it very well and he didn't need to worry about it at all.
If Dino wants to leave the Church of Truth and become the finance minister of the Romanov Kingdom, should he stop him?
No....
If this was Dino's choice, Mawei couldn't find any reason to stop him.
"Does Dino know about this?"
"I haven't told him yet, but I want to seek your opinion first, Father. Only if you agree can I formally extend the invitation."
Ma Wei took a deep breath: "Your Highness, to be honest, I don't want to hand Dino over to you, but if he wants to leave on his own, I won't stop him."
"I feel relieved with your words." Katerina nodded: "I am in urgent need of manpower. If the coup succeeds, the original bureaucracy will be overthrown, so I must find someone who can take on the important task. .”
"I understand, you don't need to explain."
"Then I'll go find him."
Putting on her hood, Katerina left the 'Adam Star' behind and left the church alone.
"Dad, why don't you keep Uncle Dino?" Yunia was very confused with a melon seed in her mouth.
"Dino is not a formal member of the church. He is qualified to choose his future path." Ma Wei rubbed his daughter's head: "Life is like this. You don't know when one day, someone important will suddenly leave you. Dino has paid too much for the Church of Truth, and we must respect his choice."
"But, dad, if you don't want Uncle Dino to leave, you should tell him!" Yunia shouted: "How will the other party know if you don't tell me?"
"When a person has the idea of leaving you, it is only a matter of time before he leaves... I know Dino very well. He is a very independent person. If he does not want to leave the Church of Truth, then he will definitely I told Katerina clearly."
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Mosk, Volga Street, a newly established newspaper office.
"what did you say?"
In the printing room with noisy machinery and the smell of ink, Dino, who was wearing silver-rimmed glasses and checking the layout and printing of the newspaper, raised his head and looked at Katerina who suddenly arrived with a shocked face: "Your Highness, do you want me to Serve as the future minister of finance of the kingdom?”
"Yes." Katerina said straight to the point without beating around the bush: "This is my formal invitation to you, Dino Pluto."
"I dont go."
Dino put down the newspaper, took off his silver-rimmed glasses, wiped the lenses with the lower corners of his shirt, and answered very simply: "For such an important position as finance minister, your highness, you'd better find someone else, I can't do it."
"Don't you think about it?"
"There's nothing to consider. Anyone can be the Minister of Finance, but the Church of Truth is not something that ordinary people can be responsible for. I'm afraid not many people can stand the priest's character of turning his back on the boss and leaving things to you." Dino shrugged. He shrugged and put on his silver-rimmed glasses again: "He needs help more than you, Your Highness."
"Does Father Mavey, with such a strong temper, really need help from others?" Katerina was a little curious.
"That's because, Your Highness, you don't know him well enough. Father, he is actually a very lonely person... I don't know why, but I can see the shadow of loneliness in him. He needs help more than anyone else, just like a A drowning person is holding on to a rope tightly, and at the other end of the rope is the truth and those of us who support him. If one day we leave and leave him, he may sink completely."
"I see." Katerina nodded lightly: "But there are still many people who support him, why don't you think about your future?"
“Where would I be today without him?”
Waving his hand, Dino said nonchalantly: "If I were thinking about my future, I shouldn't return to the Romanov Kingdom and help the priest. If I had stayed in the Windsor Kingdom to develop and make a lot of money, I would have been the richest man in the kingdom by now. , although it’s a bit exaggerated, at least it’s not much different.”
"Don't you always consider yourself a businessman?"
"Your Highness...Businessmen are divided into good and bad, with conscience and without conscience. If you really don't understand, just think of my behavior as an investment in the Church of Truth. Who would leave the company when the company is about to go public? This makes no sense at all!”
Chewing on Dino's words, Katerina silently returned to the Kremlin. She had never been able to understand Dino's 'loyalty' to Mavey, let alone why Mavey was able to gather a group of companions who followed him, even Philippe Daniel, the crown prince of the Territory Kingdom, has recently put aside his aristocratic mentality and become much more approachable.
Not just because of the truth, but because Ma Wei has a charm and aura that she has not been able to discover so far.
Or...
She and Ma Wei are two extremes. Ma Wei can understand her approach, but she cannot fully understand Ma Wei.
Standing in the garden of the Kremlin, Katerina touched her chest, raised her head, looked at the branches where light and shadow were intertwined, and stared at the blue sky through the gaps there.
Suddenly, she seemed to know why.
If Ma Wei is a pile of burning firewood, burning herself to shine, then she is a piece of ice without temperature. Even if she has countless followers, she cannot feel the temperature of the outside world, and those who follow her , for the Romanov Kingdom, for Peter the Great, who left a trace in their hearts.
"Father, why can you unite people's hearts?" Katerina murmured: "Even after you die, there are countless people who want to realize your wishes during your lifetime... Is the sun greater than the moon?"
In the murmur, Katerina walked towards the palace. She seemed to need more time to think about this problem.
Saint Basil's Cathedral.
Mawei carefully closed the box, put away the 'Adam's Star', and returned to the preaching hall to continue teaching the monks.
Regarding the 'Adam's Star', Ma Wei does not plan to study it in depth for the time being. At the moment, he must concentrate on dealing with the Wisdom Religion and solving the problems encountered by the Truth Church.
Tomorrow is the day when the Senate Conference is convened. Archbishop Henry will definitely propose a bill to abolish serfdom at the conference. Once he succeeds...
Then the Church of Truth will face the most critical situation since its founding.
Once the core teachings of the Church of Truth lose their competitiveness, defeat will be a matter of time.
For this reason, Ma Wei had to go all out and plan the next move based on the results of tomorrow's conference.
