"Brother."
As evening approached, Daniel opened the door and saw Mavie and Yunia sitting on the sofa drinking tea.
"You're back? How's it going?"
"The students at Yinton College were all sent home and gathered in downtown Westminster. I just said goodbye to a few classmates. As for London..."
Daniel considered it carefully and said: "On the way back, I didn't see extraordinary creatures attacking ordinary residents. Only demon hunters were constantly searching and patrolling."
The Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny said that the escaped prisoners wanted to take revenge on the church and the kingdom. Attacking ordinary civilians was obviously not the best way to retaliate. Most of the targets of the prisoners were nobles and officials who had a gap with them.
According to the church's thinking, as long as the nobles and officials are protected, the prisoners' revenge actions can be destroyed. If the prisoners cannot find the nobles and attack ordinary civilians, their traces will be exposed instantly.
In the Kingdom of Windsor, the nobles still have privileges, especially in times of crisis. Only the upper class are protected, while the lower class are abandoned.
Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny wants to gather all the revenge targets of the prisoners so as to attract the prisoners and then catch them all in one fell swoop.
In that case, the gathered nobles would actually become bait.
The urban area of Westminster will also become a chaotic battlefield.
"How have you been at school these days?"
Ma Wei looked at Daniel sitting on the sofa opposite and asked, "Have any classmates bullied you?"
"Bullying me?" Daniel sneered: "They are almost going to give me up now! Sleepy Toast is now the most popular product at Yinton College! All the goods I have are sold out in a few days! You guys look...."
Daniel opened the suitcase he brought back from school. It was filled with densely packed gold pound coins and general coupons. A rough count showed that it was at least several hundred gold pounds.
"One pound of sleepy toast sells for 10 gold pounds. Some students can't afford that much money at once, so I divide the 1 pound of toast into 10 portions and only charge 1 gold pound for each portion. Since doing this, the business has improved. It’s even better! In less than a week since I went to school, I’ve covered the entire fourth grade with sleepy toast. Many people come to my dormitory to buy it every day. I haven’t had enough sleep these days!” Daniel said plausibly.
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The wave caused by Sleepy Toast at Yinton College was not beyond Mavey's expectation. He combined the hallucinogenic potion Assanti with toast in order to open up the upper class market as quickly as possible. In fact, this is also true. The best-selling item in Manstein's Potion Grocery Store right now is potion toast.
In comparison, ordinary magic potions such as Itchy Chocolate and Hercules' Stick are not well-known, and not many people buy them.
"You did a good job." Ma Wei nodded and encouraged: "When this crisis is over, you can try to expand your business scope and find a few classmates who you can trust and whose fathers are members of the Second Prince's camp, and let them become second-level dealers. , reduce your pressure, stabilize the fourth-grade market as quickly as possible, and then consider things in other grades.”
"In this way, you will quickly establish a high enough prestige among your classmates. It is not an exaggeration to say that you are the school bully. If you can really get to this point, I am afraid you can collect a lot of gossip."
Children in the rebellious stage mostly have different attitudes towards the opinions of teachers and parents, and are not convinced at all. If Daniel has a sufficient status in the minds of his classmates, he can win over them with benefits. At that time, even if the parents reprimand him, it will be very difficult. It's hard for them to turn back.
However, Ma Wei does not intend to use these students for anything. He just wants to get some ideas from the parents of these students through Daniel. When the family gathers for dinner, the parents will always talk about some topics, and the children who go home on weekends will more or less hear it. Some.
Even if there is only a little bit, just a few words, it is enough.
"Although the Sleeping Toast is very popular, there are still many nobles who have not tasted it. We took advantage of the gathering of many nobles to sell the Sleeping Toast to them for free. I will be in charge of the second prince's side, and the eldest prince's side... ..”
Ma Wei turned to look at Lai Wen, who understood and said: "When I went to find Helena, I brought some sleepy toast, but I don't know if the eldest prince will stop me."
"The eldest prince will not stop you." Ma Wei said calmly: "Sleep Toast has gained quite a reputation. I heard that even King Rhodes IV is eating it, and many nobles in the eldest prince's camp are eating it. , have also tasted Sleeping Toast, and the remaining ones who have not tasted it are also willing to taste it. This is called the general trend, the general trend, and the eldest prince alone cannot stop it."
Sleepy Toast is currently an after-dinner snack for the upper class. After dinner, male nobles will take off their evening clothes, put on a looser ordinary suit, and enter the cigar room to smoke and drink. Of course, there will be Some ways to have fun, in the past everyone would get together and inject a 3% concentration of cocaine solution, now...
Turned into eating sleepy toast.
At 7 o'clock in the evening, the second prince invited Ma Wei and his family to have dinner together. Ma Wei readily agreed. After arriving at the restaurant, he found that there were no other nobles and they were the only guests.
"Your Highness, didn't you say there was a banquet tonight?"
"Oh, yes." The second prince looked at the clock on the wall and said, "I have already sent them an invitation letter. The agreed time is 8:30 pm. Let's have dinner first. After dinner, it will be almost done. It's time."
If the actual situation supports it, the second prince also wants to hold a large banquet and invite the guests to his home early. But the problem is that the church suddenly issued an order this morning for everyone to gather in downtown Westminster. In a hurry, the second prince It was too late to prepare a large amount of high-quality ingredients, and it would be too rude to serve the shrewd nobles with low-grade ingredients.
After weighing the matter, the second prince decided not to prepare too much meat for the banquet, but settled for second best and focused on desserts. He held a dessert banquet. The ingredients required for desserts were much simpler than serious meat dishes.
Although there was no time to prepare a large amount of high-quality ingredients, the second prince still brought out the two-month-old lamb, just like he always claimed to be a gourmet, and would never wrong himself when eating.
While enjoying dinner, the butler suddenly walked into the restaurant and whispered a few words in the ear of the second prince. After listening, the second prince nodded slightly, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and said to the letter: "Mr. Felix, Charles invites you to attend. The banquet he held also emphasized that Miss Helena has passed, you see..."
Lai Wen was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was doing, and looked at Ma Wei. Under Ma Wei's eyes, he stood up and said, "Your Highness, Miss Helena and I have an appointment in advance, so..."
The second prince smiled and raised his hand, and said generously: "Please, say hello to Miss Helena and Charles for me."
"Definitely bring it."
Lai Wen hurriedly left the restaurant with the butler. As soon as he left, the second prince said: "Nicholas, your brother has a different personality from you... You don't even look down on Freya, Felic." But Si fell in love with a dancing girl..."
Ma Wei smiled and said: "Your Highness, I don't look down on Freya, it's just that her status is too noble for me to reach. And Felix stayed in the village a few years ago and has never seen anyone big." In the world, it was me who managed things well outside, and then I came home to pick them up."
"No wonder..." The second prince nodded as if he understood: "If that's the case, I can understand it. It's the same thing. Anyone who has experienced the world, who will be fascinated by a dancing girl? Please don’t mind Nicholas, I’m not talking about Felix.”
Of course, these words were not directed at Lai Wen. Even if the second prince was dissatisfied with Lai Wen's approach to getting close to Helena and wanted to complain, he would never say it in front of Ma Wei. The meaning behind his words was all mockery. The eldest prince, Charles, said that he was a clown who had no place on the stage and had disgraced the royal family.
Privately, the second prince must have ridiculed Charles a lot, and Charles probably also ridiculed the second prince. But the fact that the second prince said these words to Ma Wei is enough to prove that Ma Wei already has a high status in his mind, at least He's the kind of character you can trust.
The relationship heated up rapidly, probably because of the potion formula during the day.
After getting closer, the second prince spoke more straightforwardly: "Nicholas, Miss Helena is beautiful, but she is a rose with thorns. You must remind Felix not to hold it too hard, otherwise she will be Stabbed.”
"I have told him many times, Your Highness." Mawei cut off a piece of tender lamb, dipped it in some sauce and put it in his mouth. After swallowing it, he said: "Felix also knows the importance, and understands better. His Royal Highness the Prince’s true thoughts, my advice to him is to take advantage of the situation..."
The second prince suddenly understood, and the smile on his face became brighter. He picked up the red wine glass and said, "Then I'm relieved. I look forward to the day when Charles shoots himself in the foot."
At 8 o'clock in the evening, guests began to arrive at the villa one after another. The second prince and his wife personally greeted them at the door. Ma Wei, Yunia and Daniel arrived at the banquet hall in advance, looking at the long table covered with white tablecloths. For snacks, Yunia’s eyes were shining. She only ate a little bit of lamb for dinner, saying she wanted to save some for the snacks later.
"Nicholas!"
The first person to arrive at the villa was the jewelry merchant Smith. He had a plump figure, wearing a flannel-embellished Flack dress, with a round belly. He smiled so much that his eyes narrowed into slits: "I heard from His Highness, you will be here tonight." Prepared a lot of sleepy toast?”
"Yes." Ma Wei said with a smile: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If I don't take this opportunity to sell products, I, the boss, would be extremely incompetent."
"Okay, okay..." Smith nodded repeatedly, very happy: "As long as we can open up the upper class market, our company's stock will definitely continue to rise! Oh, you have a guest, I won't disturb you anymore. "
While talking, the door of the banquet hall opened again. This time, Freya, wearing a red evening dress, walked in. Seeing her, Smith left wisely. Before leaving, he showed an ambiguous expression, as if he knew everything. Same.
"Why does he laugh so disgustingly?"
Freya stepped forward, glanced at Smith who was cutting a cake and eating it not far away, and couldn't help but frown: "What did you tell him?"
"What can I say? He just got it wrong."
They didn't know each other for a day or two. Ma Wei had already become familiar with the second prince, Freya, Smith and others. There was no false politeness, and they only talked about daily topics.
"This is the factory's goods storage list. The other one has been sent to the company headquarters. You can keep this one." Freya took out a folded letter and said: "When the quarantine is over, remember to go to the factory to inventory the goods. , if anyone dares to steal materials, they must be severely punished!"
"With Steven and the others in the factory watching over us, there won't be any problems unless there is an invasion from outside forces."
"Are you afraid that the eldest prince and the third prince will use this incident to secretly harm the potion factory?" Freya took a glass of red wine from the passing waiter's plate, took a sip and said, "I have already warned Brother Corey. In recent days, their gang members will be patrolling near the factory day and night, as well as police and demon hunters. With Archbishop Brandon’s relationship, they will definitely take notice..."
As she spoke, Freya asked pointedly: "You seem to trust Steven Thomas very much. Isn't he your new worker?"
"I can tell whether a person is trustworthy or not," Mawei said. "I offered him a high salary and promised to help him regain the fishing company. He has no reason to betray me."
"The potion business is different from other businesses. You'd better be careful." Freya shook her head: "Why don't you let me go to the factory and help you take care of it."
"you?"
Mavey looked Freya up and down and laughed out loud: "If you, the Duke, are allowed to work in a dirty place like a potion factory, even if you don't mind, His Majesty will make trouble for me. Do you believe it?"
"No matter what he does..."
"He is His Majesty the King of the Kingdom of Windsor. Who can ignore him?"
"Okay." Freya drank red wine: "I know you don't want me to go to the potion factory, but you still don't trust me, Nicholas."
"Trust is mutual, Freya." Ma Wei said quietly: "Do you trust me?"
"Of course I trust you."
Freya didn't hesitate. She thought that after she said these words, Ma Wei would say that she also trusted her, but she didn't expect...
"Since you trust me, just carry on as you are now." Ma Wei said, "This will be good for everyone... What time is it now?"
"Don't you have a pocket watch?"
Women's evening gowns had no inner pockets, but Freya had a trick up her sleeve. She reached into her chest, took out a silver pocket watch, took a look at it and said, "There are still five minutes to go until half past eight...what do you want to do?" ?”
"about there...."
Ma Wei said to Daniel who was following him: "Go and give the sleepy toast we brought to the kitchen, let them cut it into small pieces and deliver it to the banquet hall. Remember not to give too much, 1 pound is enough. "
"good."
"One pound is enough for who?" Freya was a little puzzled: "Let's talk about twenty or thirty guests tonight. If you ask the kitchen to send one pound of sleepy toast, can you share it?"
"It's better if you can't tell them apart."
Ma Wei smiled and said:
“The less something is available, the more it arouses people’s desire, right?”
