"Cabbage is the best thing in the world!"

In the spacious and bright living room, Duke Hawke expressed his opinion, and he talked eloquently, constantly telling about the benefits of cabbage, and his exuberant expression was like a preacher from afar, who hated to pull everyone into his 'cabbage cult'.

Ma Wei has been looking for an opportunity to interject, but unfortunately, Duke Hawke's cabbage theory seems to be inexhaustible, and it is like a chatter that has been held for a long time, and he can't stop as soon as he speaks.

Katerina sat on the side, calm on the surface, smiling from time to time, but in fact her fists were already clenched, if it weren't for the court etiquette she received since she was a child to teach her to be calm no matter what happened, I am afraid she would have exploded long ago.

In the squeak, the housekeeper Lu Jin walked in from the side door with a set of tea sets, and his vain footsteps swayed left and right, obviously diarrhea until his legs were weak, but he still had to serve tea.

"It's just right, try it, this is the cabbage tea I invented two days ago!" Duke Hawke personally picked up the teapot and poured amber tea for Ma Wei and the others: "I found that as long as you stir the cabbage into a pulp and add it to the juice made of licorice, rock sugar, and black pepper, you can get a new experience!" Lukin: They all said it was good after drinking! ”

Lu Jin, the housekeeper standing next to him, shook his body and quickly held on to the sofa, which stabilized his toppled figure.

Looking at the spoonful of cabbage pulp that Duke Hawke scooped up from the tin can, Ma Wei and the others looked at each other and quickly made eye contact.

Katerina shook her head without a trace, and motioned to Ma Wei and the others not to drink, let alone have the idea of trying it, as a person who came over, she...

Have an absolute voice.

But Duke Hawke didn't intend to let go of the test that finally appeared, he added two large spoons of cabbage pulp to the teacup in front of Ma Wei according to his own taste, and after stirring evenly, there were a lot of suspicious white particles in the amber tea.

"Father Mavi, Katerina, what are you doing in a daze? Drink it! You're welcome! ”

"Duke Hawke..."

Ma Wei didn't move the teacup in front of him, and by the way, he took Yunia's little hand to carry the teacup, and said with a smile: "Actually, we came this time to ask you to borrow the baking oven in the village." ”

"Oh."

When it came to things that had nothing to do with cabbage, Duke Hawke suddenly became uninterested: "You can use that thing as you like, you don't need to greet me, just go and discuss it with the villagers yourself." ”

"Also, we're buying some food." Mavi came up with the next purpose: "If you're willing to sell us at the price you had before the skyrocket, that's the best." ”

"Cabbage?"

"No, wheat flour."

"Wheat flour..."Hawke thought for a moment and looked at the housekeeper Lu Jin: "How much wheat flour has you collected this year?" ”

"If you count the whole territory, there are almost 10 tons of wheat flour, and in addition to some crops such as oats, barley, potatoes, etc." The housekeeper Lu Jin remembers very clearly: "This year's harvest is good, it is a good year. ”

Katerina frowned: "Why is it only 10 tons?" I remember that Uncle Hawke's territory had thousands of acres of farmland, all of which were very fertile, and according to the general taxes of the nobility, there should be at least 50 tons or more! ”

"The lord is different from those nobles." The housekeeper Lu Jin straightened his waist, and his pale face was more proud: "The lord never expropriates violently, the farmers in the territory only need to pay 1 achievement according to the harvest, and there are no other excess taxes, the baking oven, the mill and everything are free to use, the lord only needs cabbage, and now there are hundreds of tons of cabbage stored in the cellar of the manor!" ”

"If you are short of food, you can go to the village and ask the farmers to buy it."

Duke Hawke said: "They should have food in their hands, but compared to those big nobles, it is only a drop in the bucket, and it cannot solve the problem of food rations for the refugees." ”

At this time, Ma Wei realized that although Duke Hawke was ridiculed as the Duke of Cabbage, he was not stupid at all, and he actually saw many things very clearly, and he already knew the purpose of their trip.

"My niece hasn't come to see me for 17 years, and she suddenly came to the house, or in wartime, what could be the reason?" Duke Hawke took a sip of cabbage tea and said faintly.

"Uncle... Actually, I..."

"Needless to say, my uncle understands everything, you're busy, you don't have time to come back to visit your uncle, right? I've finally come here today, and I'll have to stay overnight to say anything, I've developed a lot of cabbage dishes over the years, and I have to show you a hand. ”

"No, no, no, we have something, let's go, let's go..."

Katerina got up suddenly, turned her head and wanted to leave, it is hard to imagine what a princess who dared to fight the enemy went through when she was 6 years old to leave such a big psychological shadow, just when she held the doorknob and was about to leave the manor...

Duke Hawke suddenly said: "Half a month ago, a young man from the United States of Citi suddenly found me. ”

After a pause, Katerina turned her head and asked suspiciously, "United States of Citi?" ”

"That's right, his name is Finn Drost, he's from New York, and he's the head of Citibank Commonwealth Bank."

Eyelids twitched slightly, and Katerina narrowed her eyes: "What is he looking for you for?" ”

"He's not looking for me, he's looking for you, Katerina Romanov."

Duke Hawke said in a deep voice: "On behalf of the Citibank Federal Bank and the Drost family, he wanted to contact you through me, and I was very strange at first, why did he want to ask me to be an intermediary, but later I learned that you were not in the Romanov Kingdom at that time." ”

Glancing at Mavi, who was frowning, Katerina sat back on the sofa: "What does this Finn Droist want to do?" ”

"He said Citibank was willing to make an exception for Katerina Romanoff's war loans, with no cap." Duke Hawke said word by word: "Katerina, he is in the village, if necessary, I can introduce you, but you have to remember... There is no such thing as pie in the sky. ”

Katerina fell into deep thought, and after a moment looked at Mavi, who was sitting next to her, and asked, "Father, what is your opinion?" ”

"Wolf ambition, let him get out."

"But we are short of money and food."

"There are some things that cannot be done, Your Highness."

Ma Wei picked up the cabbage tea on the table, and was about to drink it when he suddenly remembered that something was wrong, and immediately put it down: "The United States of Citi came to the door at this time, it seems that it is a charcoal in the snow, but in fact it is seeking greater benefits, and we must not cooperate with him." ”

"Father, you seem to have a strong hostility towards the United States of Citi..."

"Hostility?" Ma Wei smiled: "Let's just say that, because from the beginning, I regarded them as my biggest opponent. ”

"Why?"

"Because..."

Ma Wei didn't know how to explain to Katerina, sighed, and said, "Since Your Highness, you think you can discuss, then meet with them, and you will understand the specific situation when the time comes." ”