After confirming the cooperation, the eldest prince immediately decided to send the butler Nix and the Marquis of Bracken to Edinburgh to contact the Benjamin family and contact the nobles in the northern part of the kingdom.
Russell Benjamin of course had to accompany such an important cooperation. Ma Wei seemed a little hesitant about the eldest prince's request. The eldest prince thought he was worried about the metropolitan subway bidding, and immediately said:
"Benjamin, you don't have to worry about bidding. The second phase of bidding has just started. The bidding will last for a month. You can just submit the documents before then. There is still plenty of time. You can prepare the bid while you are home. , and then brought back to London.”
Drafting tender documents is not a difficult task for Benjamin Construction Company. The Benjamin family has participated in many tenders and is very familiar with it, but that is not what Mavey is thinking about.
"Your Highness, in addition to the north, you also plan to open up the market in the West Island, right?"
The eldest prince nodded and said: "Yes, although the West Island is not as prosperous as the East Island, it is still a big help. This time when I go to Edinburgh, I really plan to let the Marquis of Brecon and the nobles of Belfast contact Benjamin Construction Company, which has just completed the development You must have made a lot of acquaintances on the West Island Railway, right?”
"I do know many nobles from the West Island, but..."
"Any questions?"
Ma Wei sighed: "To be honest, the West Island and the East Island have always been at odds with each other. This is no secret. Although I know a few West Island nobles, they are just acquaintances. They are not familiar with them. If His Highness wants to open up the West Island market, It is recommended to ask someone who is familiar with the situation in the West Island to help.”
Hearing these words, the eldest prince became hesitant. He didn't know the West Island. He only heard about the situation there and had never investigated it on the spot. As the top of the discrimination chain, the London circle even looked down on the northern part of the kingdom, let alone later surrendered. What about the West Island?
If even Russell Benjamin, who has been doing business in the West Island for two years, can't introduce them to
Who else is up to the task?
In the silence, Marquis Bracken broke the deadlock: "Your Highness, someone is familiar with West Island!"
"who?"
"Fourth Prince, Arthur!"
"Him?" The eldest prince was stunned for a moment, then fell into deep thought.
The eldest prince was always wary of Arthur, his half-brother, and did not dare to trust him completely.
But there seems to be no better candidate at the moment. Arthur has been in the West Island for many years and has made New Ross City prosperous. It is impossible not to know the nobles.
Seeing that his goal was achieved, Ma Wei said no more. He stood up and said goodbye to the eldest prince. He first followed the Marquis of Bracken to the bank and got back 1.5 million gold pounds in cash through the transaction. Then he took the cash to the villa of the fourth prince.
After leaving Clarence House, Yunia no longer needed to disguise herself as a blue cat. She returned to her original body, activated her shadow magic and sneaked into the villa. She met Gurihana in the study and asked about the fact that the fourth prince was not at home. Instead, he went to an orphanage in the East End.
The first thing Arthur did when he returned to London was to open an orphanage in the East End and adopted dozens of homeless orphans. Yunia had some psychological shadow about the orphanage. After getting off the carriage, she kept grabbing her with her little hands. Holding the hem of Ma Wei's suit, he followed closely behind him.
The orphanage is managed by more than a dozen elderly nuns. There are no young people. The only male is the old man who is responsible for keeping vigil. He is not seen during the day and only gets up near dusk to inspect the orphanage.
"The fourth prince really has a soft spot for orphanages." Edward, who was following Ma Wei, suddenly said: "When he was in New Ross City, he funded an orphanage, and when he returned to London, he funded another one. This kind of person is either Either be kind or be very ambitious.”
Will the sponsored orphans remember Arthur's kindness?
Ma Wei believed it would be the case. The orphanage funded by Arthur was slightly different from other orphanages. He was very concerned about the orphanage and managed it very strictly. The nuns in the orphanage were all selected by him. Visits come every three days, and there will be no wanton bullying, beating or scolding of the orphans. Orphans who have experienced wandering and grown up in this environment, how can they not remember the goodness of Arthur?
Whether Arthur wanted to use these orphans for something, Mawei couldn't give a conclusion, but the good deeds he did cannot be ignored.
At least in the eyes of ordinary people, the fourth prince Arthur is the most down-to-earth prince and the wisest.
Using mud shadow magic to sneak into the orphanage, Ma Wei found Arthur in the backyard. At this moment, Arthur was discussing with a nun about cutting down several big trees in the yard to make room for a new building. Boiler room, delivering heating to the orphanage.
London's winters are damp and cold, and the summer temperatures are no more than 20 degrees Celsius. It's no problem to wear a coat year-round. Every household has a coal stove, and the orphanage is certainly no exception.
Building a boiler room is a big project. Just having a boiler room is not enough. If you want to bring heating to the orphanage, you have to install additional pipes, which is equivalent to overhauling the orphanage. This cannot be done in a few days.
In addition to the fourth prince Arthur, Ma Wei also met Gawain, who disguised himself as an ordinary person. Since he borrowed the identity of Russell Benjamin, Gawain stayed with Arthur and became a housekeeper.
After waiting patiently for a moment, Arthur finally ended the conversation about the boiler room, returned to the house, and began to check the orphanage's accounts for the past week. Taking this opportunity, Ma Wei lifted the mud shadow magic and appeared in front of him.
"Father?"
Arthur looked at Ma Wei, Yunia and Edward who suddenly walked out of the shadows, and asked in surprise: "Why are you here?"
"I wanted to go to the villa to find you, but you were not at home. Gulihana told me you were here."
Ma Wei held Yunia and sat on the chair opposite the desk. He took the hot tea brought by Gawain, took a sip, took out a bank check from his arms and put it on the table: "Your Highness, this is what you lent me." I deposited all my three million gold pounds in Thames Bank and exchanged them for large checks, which can be withdrawn at any time."
Arthur picked up the check, glanced at it casually, and handed it to Gawain. Before he could speak, he saw Ma Wei take out a check: "This is 20,000 gold pounds, used to pay for the few pieces of gold you sent, your highness." Gold bricks, gold is too heavy and I have no need, so I won’t give it to Your Highness. I will convert it into cash and give it to you.”
"Okay." Arthur nodded slowly: "You came here specially to pay back the money, right?"
Ma Wei smiled: "Of course, paying back the money is just incidental. I came here this time to tell you something important. Just now, I went to see the eldest prince as Russell Benjamin."
After talking about the meeting with the eldest prince and the eldest prince's proposal, Arthur suddenly understood Ma Wei's intention.
"Do you want Gawain to accompany the Marquis of Bracon to Edinburgh?"
"Yes, I am not familiar with the situation in Edinburgh, not to mention that London is really hard to get away from. There are too many things going on, so we have to let the real owner take action to deal with the Marquis of Bracon and the others."
"But Father, you promised Charles to expand northward and even asked Gawain to help him. Won't this affect the Manstein Potion Company?" Arthur was a little confused: "Once Charles controls the northern market, Bray Ken’s Potion Company will have enough confidence to fight against Manstein’s Potion Company!”
"Greed is enough to swallow the elephant, Your Highness, if the eldest prince wants to expand the northern market, let him expand it. Why not give it all to him?" Ma Wei shook his head with a smile: "No matter how well Bracken Potion Company develops, After all, it is a private enterprise, and the upper limit is not high. On the other hand, Manstein's Potion Company is backed by the church. Any good materials must pass through our hands at the first time. Bracken's Potion Company can only pick up some soupy water. , nothing to worry about.”
"The next development direction of Manstein Potion Company is definitely not the north or the West Island, but the southeast!"
"Southeast." Arthur narrowed his eyes: "It turns out that Father, you have greater ambitions. You deliberately abandoned the northern market in order to occupy the foreign market. This is the real fat. Compared with foreign markets, the north and the West Island are really only It can be regarded as soup and water."
"With the church here, Manstein's Potion Company has no shortage of potion materials. What we lack is channels. Once the channels are opened, making money will be as easy as drinking water. I have sent envoys from the United Church to negotiate with other kingdoms. There will be news back within a month," Mawei said.
With the current size of the Manstein Potion Company, it is unwise to compete with the big prince for the northern market. When there is a shortage of manpower, an elite policy should be implemented to maximize the role of each employee instead of competing with the big prince. The princes were at odds with each other.
This is also an advantage that Bracken Potion Company does not have. Doesn’t the eldest prince want to seize the foreign market?
He thought, he thought more than anyone else, but the dealer appointed by Congress was not him!
The only one qualified to cooperate with other churches is the Manstein Potion Company!
There is a guarantee from the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny behind it!
Ma Wei would not do the foolish move of giving up the international market and grabbing the secondary market.
As long as you can sign orders with other churches, you can easily earn hundreds or tens of millions of gold pounds. Isn't this much more profitable than the northern market?
"The eldest prince's side is left to your highness to deal with." Ma Wei said: "The eldest prince wants to occupy the West Island market and needs your help. As long as the cooperation is successfully reached, your highness's position in the great prince's camp will be It will also rise quickly. In short, this is an excellent opportunity to show loyalty. The eldest prince has always been wary of you, Your Highness. Whether you can make him let down his guard depends on what you do, Your Highness."
Hearing this, Arthur also laughed: "Charles is indeed anxious. He is trying to win over allies. It is obvious that this bidding has made him feel the crisis. I will arrange for trustworthy people to contact him."
"There is one thing that I have been holding back in my heart for a long time." Ma Wei suddenly said: "Your Highness, how many people do you have in the Congress? There are 55 people from the West Island National Party in the Upper and Lower Houses. How many of them are your Highness? ?”
"Father, are you curious?"
"I'm curious."
"Um"
Tapping his fingers lightly on the table, Arthur looked at Ma Wei calmly and said after a few seconds: "Among the 55 people in the West Island National Party, 5 are members of the Knights of the Round Table. They are loyal to me and obey my orders completely. As for other MPs, I can also influence them directly or indirectly."
Ma Wei's expression softened slightly and he said with emotion: "Your Highness, it seems that you have managed the West Island very well. All 55 members are willing to support you. What benefits do you promise them?"
"The Kingdom of Windsor has been suffering for a long time. There are too many overseas colonies and the political structure is not stable enough. Especially in the West Island, you know the people there. Father, they are like a stick of firewood, and they will ignite the flame of resistance at any time. They hate it. The East Island wants to achieve national independence." Arthur said quietly: "The reason why they chose to support me is to take advantage of my opportunity to launch a civil war to separate the West Island from the rule of the Kingdom of Windsor. They are waiting for an opportunity. And I promise them that after the completion of the matter, they will be allowed to establish autonomous regions, but they will still be under the control of the Kingdom of Windsor."
Ma Wei understood: "But the ambitions of the West Island nobles go far beyond the ethnic autonomous regions, right?"
"Yes, their ultimate goal is to be completely independent, and it is impossible for me to allow them to be independent." Arthur smiled slightly: "During the reign of a wise monarch, the territory must be constantly expanding. The West Island and the East Island are only Separated by a strait, it is a strategic location. Whether analyzed from a political or military perspective, the West Island must be brought under the control of the Kingdom of Windsor. Only in this way can the Kingdom of Windsor have no worries."
Arthur's ambition and ambition are no weaker than those of monarchs such as Katerina, Napoleon, and Caesar. Obtaining the throne is only the first step in his plan. An important reason why he chose Mavi is that Mavi established The Church of Truth is in the same situation as him and urgently needs to develop and grow. Everyone’s interests are the same!
"I said, I want everyone to remember my name, and I want everyone to know what kind of monarch my mother gave birth to. She means more to the Kingdom of Windsor than any king!"
As he spoke, Arthur suddenly paused and seemed to remember something: "My cousin, Katerina Romanov, has the strongest ambition among the women I have ever seen. For her, Father, What do you think?"
"She is a good king." Ma Wei said calmly: "Your Highness, what do you mean by this?"
"Don't get me wrong, I don't want to annex the Romanov Kingdom, at least not now." Arthur looked Ma Wei up and down: "I'm just afraid. Well, Father, have you considered the issue of the Romanov Kingdom's heir?"
"It's too early to talk about the heir."
"I just hope that, Father, you can keep a bowl of water straight and don't favor the Romanov Kingdom just because my cousin is a woman."
"I stand for equality between men and women."
"It's not about gender equality, it's about forget it, it's too early to talk about it now."
Arthur changed the subject: "I'm afraid Mr. Holmes will encounter a little trouble recently."
"What trouble is he in?"
"This morning, Prime Minister Winston invited Mr. Holmes to the palace. According to the inside information I obtained, it seems that the King of the United Kingdom of Ruiwe extended an invitation to Mr. Holmes in the name of the Olympic Games. Prime Minister Winston It is hoped that Holmes will serve as the temporary administrative ambassador of the Kingdom of Windsor and be invited to the United Kingdom of Riviera."
(End of chapter)
