"Andrew really offered very high conditions..."
In Villa No. 3, Prince Charles invited Mavey to the lounge next to the banquet hall. It was relatively quiet and suitable for talking about business.
In addition to the eldest prince Charles, Ma Wei and Yunia, there are two people in the lounge - Roxana and the Archbishop of Camberley.
Generally speaking, there are no outsiders in the room.
"The army purchase contract worth 20 million gold pounds is indeed very tempting, but I think since Mr. Nicholas told me this, it means that you have no intention of accepting the conditions offered by Andrew, right?" Charles smiled. Look at Mavi.
"Emma is my only daughter, and I regard her as more important than myself, so... yes." Ma Wei nodded: "I do not intend to accept the conditions of His Highness the Third Prince. If he does not mention the engagement, maybe I will also consider it."
In the eyes of the uninformed eldest prince and others, the allure of a royal marriage contract is very high. It is impossible for ordinary people to marry the royal family. Just like Baron Frederick and the Crowley family, they think that being able to marry the royal family is a good thing. A great honor.
As for Mavey, who refused to marry, it should be said that Nicholas von Manstein was extremely difficult to understand in the eyes of the eldest prince Charles, but if you think about it carefully...
It’s not surprising that there are always some people who don’t want to marry into the royal family.
"Andrew is right." Charles lit a cigar, "I can't guarantee that I can bring you higher benefit value, Mr. Nicholas. At least according to my estimate, the value I can provide is less than 20 million gold pounds. But..."
Charles exhaled a mouthful of white smoke: "In the future, the reward I can give you to Mr. Nicholas will be far more than 20 million pounds. Business must be done slowly and slowly to make more money. And as long as I become the king, Andrew can I can give it to you."
Ma Wei smiled: "Rather than talking about the future, I pay more attention to the present."
"My network of contacts is not a secret. In fact, Mr. Nicholas, you should have figured it out by now." Charles said calmly: "My contacts are mainly senior political officials. Shukri's side has more businessmen, and Andrew is Needless to say, a typical military pet..."
"In the political world, I can provide you with a lot of help, Mr. Nicholas. If you support me, I am willing to recommend you to become a member of the Gudik area, join the Conservative Party, and participate in political discussions."
As soon as Charles finished speaking, Roxanne said: "The Conservative Party supports my husband, and more than half of the nobles in the House of Lords support him."
Ma Wei understood.
The Kingdom of Windsor is also a parliamentary system, and Parliament consists of three parts: the House of Commons, the House of Lords and the monarch.
The members of the House of Commons are representatives elected by the residents of each constituency, with 650 seats. The House of Lords is composed of lifelong nobles and hereditary nobles, with 800 seats. In addition, the cabinet also belongs to the parliament and is composed of members of various political parties. Made up of leaders.
There are two main political parties in Congress, one is the Conservative Party with the landed aristocracy as its core, and the other is the Liberal Party that is keen on free trade and has factory owners as its core.
Behind Prince Charles is the Conservative Party, and behind Prince Shukri is the Liberal Party.
The third prince, Andrew, is far less influential in politics than his two brothers and has little say.
The conditions offered by the eldest prince Charles were not generous. After all, his power was concentrated in the political world, and the second prince Shukri, who had a deeper relationship with the business world, was incomparable. This also led to the fact that he could only provide Mavey with political asylum.
Can....
If Ma Wei joins the eldest prince's camp, it means that he will be pursued and intercepted by members of the second prince's camp in the business world, and business will be difficult to do.
more importantly....
The fourth prince Arthur is currently also a member of the eldest prince's camp, but he is only on the periphery and has not set foot in the core social circle.
"Your Highness, I already know the conditions you offered. Now I want to go to the second prince and listen to what he has to say." Ma Wei stood up and said.
"Mr. Nicholas."
Before Ma Wei went out, Charles stopped him, "No matter whether we can reach cooperation or not, I hope everyone will not hurt our friendship because of this matter. I will always keep the door open for you."
Nodding, Ma Wei took Yunia out of the lounge. He glanced at Lai Wen and Daniel who were sitting at the bar talking to Helena. Without disturbing him, he quietly left the banquet hall and came to Second Prince Shuke. villa in.
"You are finally back! My dear friend!"
The second prince Shukri seemed extremely happy to see Mawei again, and his words were full of kindness, as if Mawei was his brother he had not seen for many years.
In the same way as the eldest prince Charles, the second prince Shukri also took Mawei to a secret room, but there was no wife here, only an old man with a kind face and gray hair.
"Nicholas, this is Archbishop Brandon."
Ma Wei was about to take off his hat and salute, when he suddenly saw Archbishop Brandon extending his hand towards him, as if he wanted to shake hands rather than perform any church etiquette.
It seems like they want to test me...
Ma Wei smiled, stretched out his hand without any scruples, and shook hands with Archbishop Brandon.
The moment the two palms clasped together, a warm current of magic rushed into Ma Wei's body, circled around, and then returned along the original path.
Seeing this, Archbishop Brandon nodded vaguely to the second prince Shukri, released his palms, smiled even more, and the wrinkles on his face came together: "Mr. Nicholas, please sit down."
"Yes, yes, sit down quickly!"
The second prince Shukri was extremely happy that Ma Wei passed the test, and he was a little excited. In his opinion, Ma Wei was definitely not a spy sent by other churches. Even if he was, they could use other means to 'influence' Ma Wei. dimension.
However, Archbishop Brandon's test was not over yet. After he sat down, he lifted up the red cloth on the table. Under the red cloth was a crystal ball, which was filled with gray mist and looked mysterious and strange.
"This is a divination crystal left by the Apocalypse Cult. It can provide insight into a person's future fortune. Mr. Nicholas, do you want to try it?"
Before Ma Wei could answer, Archbishop Brandon pushed the crystal ball in front of Ma Wei, and Kang Yi gestured: "Just put your hand on it."
With an imperceptible frown on his brow, Mavey stared at Archbishop Brandon for a long time, raised his arm, and slowly placed his palm on the crystal ball: "Is that so?"
"right...."
Archbishop Brandon looked at the crystal ball. After Ma Wei put his palm on it, the gray fog in the crystal ball immediately began to surge, and there was a faint blue-white electric light flashing across it. Then, the gray fog quickly turned into deep black and transformed. It turned into a ferocious wolf head, with blood-red eyes that seemed to be shedding tears of blood.
Seeing this scene, Archbishop Brandon's face gradually became serious.
"What's the result of the divination?" Second Prince Shukri asked nervously.
"...Mr. Nicholas, you must have never joined the church." Archbishop Brandon asked.
"Yes, not at all."
"It's exactly what I thought." Archbishop Brandon nodded: "The blue and white electric light represents life, and the black mist represents death. When both appear at the same time, it means that the diviner is not protected by the gods, and the ones that appear later The wolf head is an ominous omen and corresponds to drastic changes.”
"Dramatic change? What do you mean?" Second Prince Shukri looked even more nervous than Ma Wei.
"It means..." Archbishop Brandon pondered: "Even the divination crystal doesn't know what Mr. Nicholas will encounter next. The black wolf represents the unknown, which is probably not a good thing."
The divination crystal ball is just an extraordinary prop, and its power is far inferior to Nelei Yinda, the God of Apocalypse. The prophecies that Nelei Yinda can divine does not mean that the divination crystal can also do it.
Ma Wei, who had obtained the disaster stele, already knew what he was going to encounter next. It should be said that he knew that the disaster was coming, but he didn't know what the disaster was.
Archbishop Brandon has been staring at the crystal ball with a solemn expression. He has not seen this kind of omen for a long time. If he wants to fully interpret it, he needs to further consult the classics.
"Is Nicholas in danger?" Second Prince Shukri asked.
"I don't know...Unknown has many meanings, such as dedication, sacrifice, death, disaster...Some unknowns will bring the threat of death, and some unknowns will help the soothsayer. How to fulfill it depends on the soothsayer. His own destiny." Archbishop Brandon said: "If you can get the protection of God, you may be able to avoid the unknown coming..."
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"Mr. Nicholas, you..."
"Have you ever considered joining the Church of the Goddess of Destiny and believing in Nander, the goddess of wealth?"
