Chapter 49: The Potions Merchant (Subscription Requested!! )
In the candlelit restaurant, the waiter in white served dishes served on silver plates, and there were many dishes served on the airship, Ma Wei chose the whole goose feast, and the appetizer was foie gras with pan-fried butter bread, which was very small and could be eaten in one bite.
The appetizer was followed by onion and clam soup, followed by the main course, the whole roast goose, which Mavi couldn't eat, of course, and would cut up the roast goose and share it with the others.
"It seems that Nicholas .... I beg your pardon for the offense of calling you by your first name, but all three of you brothers have the surname Manstein, and for the sake of distinction I would like to call you by a more intimate name. ”
In Mavi's kind smile, Stuart Frederick, a young man with a shiny back, took a sip of red wine and continued: "Nicholas, you speak Windsor very well, and you know our situation very well, have you ever been to the Windsor Kingdom before?" ”
"I know a few friends from the Kingdom of Windsor, Stull." Mavi abbreviated the young man's name, which was more affectionate: "They told me a lot about the Kingdom of Windsor, which I longed for when I was a student at the Technical University of Friberg. ”
After the conversation just now, Ma Wei has figured out the details of the young man sitting on his left, Stuart Frederick, from the city of Highwickcombe next to London, his father is the current Baron of Highwickcombe, can also be called Baron Frederick, one is a title, the other is an honorific suffix, you can call it whatever you want.
Stewart was a typical child of an aristocratic family, studying at Oxford University, and took advantage of the year-end vacation to travel to Frederick's kingdom with a female companion he met at university, and the blue badge of the sword on his chest was the symbol of the Frederick family.
Ma Wei, who has served in the Royal Navy for many years, knows a little about the nobility of London, Baron Frederick is barely in the middle and upper class among the nobles of Windsor, but Baron Frederick has a very powerful place....
He gave birth to a good daughter, Yin Lizabeth, and married the Prince of Oxford, Shukry Windsor, also known as His Royal Highness the Second Prince.
Strictly speaking, this was not a family marriage, but a choice made by Shukri, Prince of Oxford.
If it was a marriage, Prince Shoukry would definitely choose a more prominent and top-level aristocratic family, rather than the middle- and upper-class Frederick family.
As for Stewart's father, the current Baron Frederick, who serves in the House of Lords, has two sons and a daughter, the daughter is naturally married to Prince Shukry's Yin Lizabeth, the eldest son Kirarney is 35 years old this year and inherits the family business, and the second son is Stewart, who is 21 years old this year, is still in school and does not interfere in the family business.
The blonde woman sitting next to Stewart was his classmate at Oxford University, studying finance, named Abigail, from a merchant family, and her father was in the jewelry industry and was very wealthy.
Stewart and Abigail were already engaged, and as the second son in the family, Baron Frederick did not need to let his son marry the daughter of a noble family, on the contrary, a merchant with a lot of wealth was what the Frederick family needed at the moment.
And Abigail's father, James, needed to marry the nobles to get into the upper class, and the two hit it off, and the marriage contract was finalized after only one meeting.
At the end of Stuart and Abigail's trip, on their way back to the Kingdom of Windsor, they happened to meet the Marveys.
The status of the merchant is certainly not as good as that of the nobles, but Stewart did not despise the identity of the Mavi family, but kept asking about the Manstein family's 'financial resources', wanting to find out the details of Mavi.
But after communicating for a long time, he only knew that Ma Wei was a grocery merchant, and he didn't know anything about his strength, but his family's information was almost tricked.
This can't be blamed on him, Stewart has been very restrained from confiding information, but coincidentally, he met Ma Wei, who served in the Royal Navy for many years, and his former boss Toure Crowley told him a lot about the nobility, when Stewart said his family name....
A lot of information has been exposed in front of Ma Wei.
"Nicholas, are you going to London this time to settle down and do business there?" Stuart picked up a piece of goose meat, dipped it in applesauce, and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Yes." Ma Wei nodded: "In the past few years, our three brothers have accumulated some contacts and funds, and plan to go to London, which we have always longed for. ”
"The water in London is deep." Stewart patted the back of his fiancée Abigail's white hand: "Her father is a very famous jeweler in London, if you don't mind Nicholas, when you get to London, I will introduce you to you, you can exchange experiences, and you can get familiar with the situation in London in advance, and avoid many detours." ”
"That's great!" Marvey raised the wine glass in his hand, touched it with Stewart, and left as soon as his lips touched the wine.
With the help of Stewart's relationship, Ma Wei can get in touch with the business circles of London and the Frederick family, as long as he shows strong enough, the second prince, Prince Shukry, will also notice him, and then....
Didn't the Manstein family smoothly come into contact with the upper class of the Windsor Kingdom?
For 50 gold pounds a ticket, it's great value for money!
"By the way, Nicholas, what is your main business?"
After finishing the main meal, Stewart asked the waiter to remove the plate, bring the dessert, and asked while waiting, "There are many kinds of grocers, some sell everything, and some specialize in one commodity.... What about you? ”
"Oh, we sell everything, too, but with a focus on herbs."
"Herbs?" Stewart raised an eyebrow, "Is it related to the pharmacy industry?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Ma Wei knew that Stewart had misunderstood, the pharmacy industry in Stewart's mouth refers to the pharmacy grocers who sell opium, cocaine, marijuana and other goods, in the laws of the Kingdom of Windsor, smoking cocaine is not illegal, and the concept of drugs has not appeared, just like cigarettes, as long as there is money, any pharmacy can buy it.
This is a lucrative industry, the trading houses and companies that can sell drugs have the support of the top nobles behind them, and the overseas planting land is their private property, and they can plant whatever they want, and the behavior of the United States of Citigroup to seize the market of the Romanov Kingdom caused a boycott of the Kingdom of Windsor, and there were conflicts of interest among the aristocratic groups.
Dino did not dare to touch the interests of these top nobles at first, until Pluto Trading House became famous and met many nobles, and then he took a share of the pie from them.
Drug trafficking, of course Ma Wei will not do it, what he wants to do is to make herbal medicines.... The potions business is fundamentally different from drug trafficking.
"Stuhl, have you read the newspapers of the Romanov Kingdom?"
"Nope." Stewart shook his head: "I don't know Slavic. ”
Ma Wei beckoned, and the source on the side immediately took out the newspaper prepared in advance and handed it over.
"The latest issue of Pravda in the Romanov Kingdom has published a lot of information about transcendent herbs, and I thought it was a big business opportunity, so I wanted to open a shop that peddled transcendent herbs." Ma Wei said.
Hearing this, Stewart Tongkong shrank slightly, and said in surprise: "The Romanov Kingdom will actually make the information of extraordinary herbs public?" What the hell do they think? ”
"Who knows?" Ma Wei shrugged his shoulders and looked like he didn't care about himself: "Anyway, if they do this, I plan to take the opportunity to make a profit." ”
"Do you have a channel?"
The white-clothed waiter brought dessert, but Stewart was not in the mood to enjoy it at the moment, and kept asking: "As far as I know, transcendent herbs all have side effects that are difficult for humans to resist, and only transcendents can obtain them, and there are not many people who can do this..."
Ma Wei smiled and said with a smile: "Our three brothers have been working hard outside for many years and have accumulated some contacts.... Dessert is here, so let's eat it. ”
"Oh...."
Stewart ate the triangle cake without a bite, absent-minded, his eyes flickering, as if thinking about something.
Noticing his expression, Ma Wei knew that the fish had bitten the hook, and the next thing was to loosen the line and pull hard....
After eating the cake on the plate in three or two bites, Ma Wei grabbed a napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth, got up and said, "Stuhl, I'm a little tired, go back to the room to rest first, you can enjoy it slowly." ”
"How about sitting a little longer?" Coming back to his senses, Stewart suggested, "I have a bottle of good old wine from the Bordeaux region in my box, how about you come to my room for a drink?" ”
The communication was a little moved, but fortunately, Ma Wei understood his temperament, and said first: "Thank you for the invitation, but I'm too tired today, so let's do it tomorrow." ”
“..... Okay, then tomorrow. Stewart nodded hard.
Picking up Yunia, who was holding the cake plate and not letting go, Ma Wei glanced at Incoming and Daniel, and the three of them turned their heads and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Before returning to the room, Ma Wei and the others went to the kitchen by the way, and brought a whole plate of cakes and a few bottles of expensive red wine - the cake was Yunia's, and the red wine was from the source, and this kid drank a whole bottle at the table, which made the other tables of guests repeatedly cast strange glances, thinking that he was an alcoholic....
Back in the guest room on the fourth floor, the communication and Daniel came to Mavi's room first, closed the door, and asked loudly: "Big brother, that kid at Stuart has good wine, why did you refuse his invitation?" ”
"What kind of distance is the most itchy?" Ma Wei took off his coat, slowly hung it on the hanger, and said in a calm tone: "The distance between distance and proximity is the most unbearable. ”
"What we want to do is to make Stewart aware of the huge gap and profits in the potions industry, and as long as you are not a fool, you can understand the importance of potions in the future."
The source nodded: "So big brother, you're trying to seduce Stewart to take the bait, right?" What's in it for us? ”
"Behind Stewart is the Frederick family, and behind the Frederick family is the second prince Shukri, and befriending Stuart is befriending the second prince Shukri."
"But we're not supporting...."Daniel stopped talking, looked around, and said in a low voice, "Aren't we supporting the fourth prince Arthur?" ”
"It's him, indeed, but have you ever thought that we should dismantle the enemy from within?"
Ma Wei sat on the sofa behind the tea table, supported his cheek with one hand, and said with a deep gaze:
"If we want to stir up the big fish pond in London, a small wooden stick is not enough, we should use several other forces to help the situation fall into complete chaos."
"As long as we can control the potions market in the Kingdom of Windsor, then no matter which prince or archbishop has to rely on us, then we will have the power to shake London, on the surface, we are Arthur's enemies, but in reality..."
"Is that really the case?"