With several priests, Ma Wei took the second prince's carriage and rushed to the factory in Havering District.
Here they met an acquaintance.
"Freya? Why are you here?" The second prince looked at Freya in surprise, who had just stepped off the carriage in a red dress, and asked in confusion.
"Didn't His Majesty the Pope want us to go to downtown Westminster?" Freya explained calmly: "Before heading to downtown Westminster, I plan to come here to give instructions to the workers in charge of the warehouse. Beat them, and count the quantity of goods at the same time, so as to avoid domestic thieves." If it is an old employee, there may be no need to count the inventory, but Manstein Potion Company has just been established, and all the recruits are new people, who are not very familiar with each other. We are familiar with it, and the price of potion materials is very high. While the boss is away, what if someone steals the materials and sells them privately?
It is difficult to guard against house thieves day and night, and this is no small matter. The second prince nodded and agreed: "It is indeed necessary to beat the workers. Potion materials are not trivial. They are strictly controlled commodities and must be handled with caution...Nicholas, time is tight. Let's start quickly. One minute later, we will be done." A little more dangerous.”
"Okay." Ma Wei walked into the factory and asked several workers to unload the raw materials from the carriage. Boxes of raw materials for potions were transported into the factory, which quickly attracted a crowd of workers.
The matter of beating the workers was left to Freya. Nobles had their own unique experience in managing their subordinates. This was what they were best at.
After unloading the goods, Mavey found Jacob and introduced to the second prince: "Your Highness, this is the factory manager I appointed, named Steven Thomas."
"Hello, Your Highness." Jacob took off the black nylon soft hat on his head, put it on his chest, and nodded: "I am Steven Thomas."
"From your accent, it sounds like you are from the West Island." The second prince asked.
"Yes, my hometown is Dunmore City in the West Island."
"What did you do before?"
"I worked as a brewer and a mason, and later opened a fishing company in Dunmore City..." Jacob said truthfully.
"You know a lot of skills..." The second prince squinted his eyes and said, "Since you opened a fishing company, why did you come to London?"
"Due to some business problems, I was kicked out of the company. I was desperate and wanted to come to London to try my luck."
"Oh..." The second prince did not continue to ask, but looked at Ma Wei: "Nicholas, start making the potion quickly!"
"No problem." Ma Wei agreed immediately and said to Jacob: "Find a few workers and follow me into the inner factory."
"Yes, Mr. Nicholas." Jacob turned and left. After a while, he brought back five people, plainly dressed and of different ages. Some had gray hair, and some were still teenagers.
It seems that apart from the fact that they both work at Manstein Potion Company, they have no connection at all, but in fact, these people are all old people from New Ross City.
The eldest is Raymond's father, Mr. Ronan Wood of the furniture store. Ever since Raymond changed his mind and stopped being a street gangster, his gratitude to Mavey can no longer be described in words. In order to ensure that he He was among the church members who left New Ross City.
Several others were also loyal believers that Ma Wei had cultivated over the years. They left New Ross City a year ago and fled to various parts of the West Island. Not long ago, Ma Wei wrote a letter to recall them one by one and gathered them together again.
After selecting the workers, Ma Wei took them into the internal factory. The external factory was responsible for the simple assembly of the finished potions. The internal factory was the core of the Manstein Potion Company and was responsible for the blending and production of the potions.
The second prince, who came here for the first time, looked at the empty factory building curiously. Although the machine had not arrived yet, the basic area had been set up with wooden frames, and production could officially start as soon as the machine arrived.
Before that, the preparation of potions still needed to be done manually.
"Take out all the materials in the box and prepare a few crucibles and masks..." Under Mawei's command, Jacob and the others took action and quickly prepared all the equipment and materials. , six crucibles are placed in mid-air, keeping a distance from each other. There is no need to worry about ventilation in an empty factory building. The wind flowing through the gaps alone is enough to disperse dangerous substances.
To be cautious, Ma Wei still asked Jacob and others to cover their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs. After all, the raw material of mercury blood is mercury, and the mercury vapor emitted is highly toxic, and you will be poisoned if you are not careful.
"I told you before that this plant is called Hearttail Grass. The bud core is highly poisonous. When taking it out, you must wear leather gloves. It is corrosive to metal. It is best to use a glass knife..." Ma Wei picked up a dark green curly plant that was only as long as a finger and had many buds. He carefully cut the rhizome with a glass knife, took out the golden bud core inside, threw it into a glass jar for preservation, and then removed the rhizome. Put the cordata on the scale and weigh it.
There was a 1-ounce weight on one side of the scale. As a few cordials were put down, the scale gradually tilted. When it was absolutely balanced, Ma Wei threw the cordials into the mercury and slowly stirred it with a glass rod. .
During the process of making mercury blood, the second prince stood aside and watched carefully, staring at Ma Wei's movements, his eyes almost popped out of his head, and he wished he could just memorize the formula on the spot.
Noticing the second prince's attentive look, Ma Wei coughed lightly: "Your Highness..."
"Ah?" The second prince was startled, then came back to his senses and said, "What's wrong?"
"If you get too close, the mercury will emit highly toxic mercury vapor, which is harmful to the body. Although there are priests outside who believe in Wilder, the goddess of health, so there is no need to worry about safety issues, but you should stay away a little to avoid poisoning."
"No, no, no!" The second prince said quickly, "I'm fine! You don't have to worry about me!"
"Your Highness, the formula of mercury blood is top secret and is the foundation of Manstein Potion Company, so..."
"Oh..." The second prince retreated to a distance, knowing what Ma Wei meant: "Call me when you've finished it." Seeing that the second prince was more 'conscious', Ma Wei didn't say much and continued to lead Jacob for a few seconds. People were making mercury blood. After a pot of potion was completed, Ma Wei walked towards the second prince who was standing by the window smoking a cigar and whispered: "Your Highness." The second prince turned back and glanced at Ma Wei: "Is it finished?"
"Please don't take what happened just now to your heart."
"I understand." The second prince took a puff of his cigar and said: "Looking at the whole of London, only our Manstein Potion Company can produce mercury blood, and its formula is unique and must not be leaked. That's why Nicholas. Teach Steven them orally instead of writing the formula directly on paper...."
"Your Highness, do you think that the blood of mercury is really the foundation of the Manstein Potion Company?"
"Isn't this what you just said?"
"I'm telling Steven and the others." Ma Wei smiled, took out the notepad in his arms, scrawled on the blank page with a pen, and said while writing: "The potion formula, of course, is from a family. The company's top priority is that if the formula is leaked, it means that our competitors can also produce the same products to compete, so we must keep the formula strictly confidential, but..." Sting!
Ma Wei tore off the paper and handed it to the second prince: "Your Highness, this is the formula for mercury blood."
"This..." The second prince looked at Ma Wei in surprise and hesitated, not sure whether he should accept it or not.
"As a shareholder of Manstein's Potion Company and an investor in Manstein's Potion Grocery Store, Your Highness, you are qualified to know the formula of mercury blood." Ma Wei said: "Let's take a look." The second prince Then he took the formula and read it carefully. After reading it silently several times, he took out a lighter, lit the paper, and burned it in front of Ma Wei.
"I promise you, Nicholas, I will not tell anyone else the secret of the formula." The second prince said sincerely.
"After the relevant laws on potions are promulgated, I will apply for various potion patents including mercury blood. As long as the Kingdom of Windsor protects the patent, no other potion company can produce mercury blood, otherwise it will be an infringement. ." Ma Wei looked at the gray sky outside the window and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, a good partner is sometimes more important than the company's products. If there is a gap between partners and they have different intentions, the future of the company will definitely be ruined. It’s dark.”
"I understand." The second prince nodded and said, "Nicholas, don't worry, we are on the same boat. No matter what happens, as long as you don't betray me, I will definitely support you with all my strength!"
"Then I'm relieved." Ma Wei smiled slightly and returned to Jacob and others, watching them make the potion. This time, the second prince who had already seen the formula also came back, but his interest was obviously not as high as before. , not that concerned anymore.
One crucible can produce 1 pint of mercury blood each time. With the simultaneous efforts of six Jacobs, they produced 1 gallon of mercury blood in two batches. It took less than an hour. The next step was to bottle and seal it. .
The tightly sealed glass bottle was put into a wooden box lined with hay and sealed with rivets. Then, Jacob and the others replaced the crucible with a new one to prepare the magic potion needed to make sleepy toast - Asanti.
"What is Asanti?" the second prince asked.
"Your Highness, didn't you hear what I said?" Ma Wei said briefly: "The reason why sleep toast has miraculous effects is because it is mixed with the hallucinogenic potion Asanti. The toast is normal toast, which makes people imagine. It's diluted Asante." As he said that, Mavey asked Jacob to bring a small glass bottle. The bottle was filled with a transparent liquid. When it was shaken slightly, dense bubbles would appear.
The second prince took the glass bottle, opened it and was about to smell it, when he was suddenly stopped by Ma Wei: "Your Highness, Assanti is very volatile, and the smell it emits can also make people hallucinate, and the concentration of undiluted Assanti If it’s too high, the effect will be more powerful than sleepy toast.”
"How violent is it?" the second prince asked, covering the glass bottle.
"Dozens of times better than sleepy toast."
"In other words... you diluted a bottle of Asante dozens of times?"
"Absolutely. A 1-ounce bottle of Assanti can make 28 servings of Sleepy Toast. However, 1 ounce of Assanti costs only 1 gold pound, but can be sold for 10 times or even 20 times the price. In conversion, Sleeping Toast Even more profitable than mercury blood." The second prince marveled: "Sleep Toast does sell better than mercury blood, mainly because mercury blood is useless for ordinary people to buy home!"
"It's not clear whether undiluted Asante is highly addictive, but diluted Asante Toast is not addictive, as long as you don't eat the toast as a meal." As he said, Ma Wei suddenly remembered something: "Archbishop Brandon buys a lot of sleepy toast every day. Why does he buy so much?"
"..." The second prince recalled that the last time he saw Archbishop Brandon, it happened to be lunch time. He was holding a one-pound toast and gnawing on it like a leg of lamb... .
"Nicholas, I think undiluted Asante should be addictive." The second prince wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Archbishop Brandon... I guess he is addicted to Sleepy Toast. He has been If I don’t have anything to eat, I’ll just eat bread..."
"?" Ma Wei never thought that a majestic red archbishop would be addicted to sleep toast. Is his willpower so weak?
Drinking too much water is poisonous, not to mention the hallucinogenic potion Asanti?
"What is the formula of Asante?" the second prince asked.
"The blood of the water demon, the apple juice on the heads of the tree people, the purified water distilled from the left, the red bead powder and the extracted hearttail rhizome toxin..." Ma Wei said slowly: "Put these materials together Add pure water without impurities and boil until the liquid becomes transparent, and it is the hallucinogenic potion Asante.”
"Although Asanti is a medium potion, its production difficulty can only be considered low. It can be ranked at the medium level. One is because its raw materials are difficult to obtain, and the other is because it can also have an effect on extraordinary beings."
"The water demon...is it the Siren tribe?" The second prince thought for a while: "I seem to have seen it in the classics."
"The Sirens are sea monsters, and the water monsters refer to the Sirans. They are extraordinary creatures that live in the water and can be found in waters everywhere." Dongdong!
Suddenly there was a knock on the door of the inner factory. Freya opened the door and walked in. She looked at Ma Wei and the second prince who were talking and asked, "Have you finished it?"
"You can set off at any time." Ma Wei said: "Leave the sleeping toast to Steven and the others to make. After the production is completed, just send it to the orderer."
"Then let's go." Freya turned around and said, "Just now, the church sent someone to urge them." Taking the prepared mercury blood, Ma Wei and others rushed to downtown Westminster and passed by When visiting St. Paul's Cathedral, the blood of mercury was handed over to the bishop staying inside, officially delivering it.
The church will not default on funds. After confirming that it was correct, the bishop settled the payment on the spot, totaling 7,400 gold pounds. Because the order volume was large, Mawei also gave the church a 10% discount.
After delivering the goods, Ma Wei once again came to the Regent's Park villa area where the second prince lived, and met up with Lai Wen and Edward who had arrived first.
"Brother, what should we do with Jonas?"
"Don't worry, Felix." The second prince waved his hand and said: "The order to suspend classes has been passed on. At the latest tonight, all students will return to London to reunite with their families. The Archbishop of Cambury and others will be responsible for escorting them. There will be absolutely no question!"
"Nicholas, it's rare for everyone to get together. There is a banquet tonight. You must attend!"
