With a few priests, Ma Wei took the second prince's carriage and hurried to the factory in the Heveling district.

Here, they meet an acquaintance.

"Freya? Why are you here? The second prince looked at Freya in a red dress who had just stepped out of the carriage in surprise, and asked suspiciously.

"Didn't His Majesty the Pope want us to go to the city of Westminster?" Freya explained in a calm tone: "Before going to the city of Westminster, I plan to come here and tell the workers in charge of the warehouse, knock them out, and count the number of goods by the way, and the thieves in the province will appear." "If it's an old employee, there may not be a need to take inventory, but the Manstein Potions Company has just been established, and the recruits are all newcomers, who are not very familiar with each other, and the price of potion materials is very high, what if someone steals the materials and sells them privately during the boss's absence?

Day and night prevention, home thieves are difficult to prevent, this is not a trivial matter. The second prince nodded and agreed: "It is indeed necessary to knock the workers, the potion material is not trivial, it is a strictly controlled commodity, and it must be done carefully.... Nicholas, time is pressing, let's start quickly, one minute late, one more danger. ”

"Okay." Ma Wei walked into the factory and beckoned several workers to unload the raw materials on the wagon, and boxes of potion raw materials were transported into the factory, which soon attracted onlookers from the workers.

The matter of knocking out the workers was handed over to Freya, and the nobles had their own unique experience in managing their subordinates, which was what they were best at.

After unloading the goods, Ma Wei 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, pressed it to his chest, and bowed his head: "I'm Steven Thomas." ”

"Listen to your accent, it seems to be from the West Island." The second prince asked.

"Yes, my hometown is Dunmore on the West Island."

"What did you do before?"

"I worked as a winemaker, a mason, and then a fishing company in Dunmore.....," says Jacob.

"You know a lot of skills...."The second prince squinted his eyes and said, "Since you have opened a fishing company, why did you come to London?" ”

"I was kicked out of the company because of some business problems, and I was desperate and wanted to try my luck in London."

"Oh...."The second prince didn't continue to ask, but looked at Ma Wei: "Nicholas, hurry up and start making potions!" ”

"No problem." Ma Wei agreed, and said to Jacob: "Find a few workers and follow me into the inner factory." ”

"Yes, Mr. Nicholas." Jacob turned to leave, and in a few moments, he brought back five men, dressed plainly and of various ages, some with gray hair, some still teenagers.

It seems that they have nothing to do with each other except that they all work at the Manstein Potions Company, but in reality, these people are all old men from New Ross.

The eldest is Raymond's father, Ronan Wood, a furniture store, since Raymond changed his mind and stopped being a street gangster, his gratitude to Mavi can no longer be described in words, in order to ensure his safety, he was among the members of the church who left New Ross City.

Several other believers have also been cultivated by Mavi over the years, and a year ago they had left New Ross and fled to various parts of the Western Island, and not long ago Mavi had written a letter to recall them one by one and reassemble them again.

After selecting the workers, Mavi took them into the inner factory, which was responsible for the simple assembly of the finished potion, and the inner factory, which was the heart of the Manstein Potions Company, responsible for the preparation and production of potions.

The second prince who came here for the first time looked at the empty factory building curiously, although the machine has not yet arrived, but the basic area has been built with a wooden frame, and as soon as the machine arrives, it can officially start production.

Until then, potions had to be made manually.

"Take out all the materials in the box, and then prepare a few crucibles, as well as masks..."Under the command of Ma Wei, Jacob and several people took action, and soon prepared all the utensils and materials, and the six crucibles were set up in mid-air, keeping a distance from each other, and the empty factory did not have to worry about ventilation, just the wind flowing through the gaps was enough to disperse dangerous substances.

For the sake of prudence, Ma Wei still asked Jacob and the 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 the slightest carelessness will poison it.

"I told you before, 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 to ....." Ma Wei picked up a dark green, only finger long, curly plant with many young shoots, carefully cut the rhizome with a knife made of glass, took out the golden bud core inside, threw it into a glass jar for preservation, and then put the hearttail grass with the rhizome removed on the balance to weigh.

There was a 1-ounce weight on one side of the scale, and as a few of the hearttail grass were lowered, the balance gradually tilted, until it was absolutely balanced, and then Ma Wei threw the hearttail into the mercury and slowly stirred it with a glass rod.

In the process of making the blood of mercury, the second prince stood aside and watched, staring carefully at Ma Wei's movements, his eyes were about to pop out, and he couldn't wait to memorize the recipe directly on the spot.

Noticing the second prince's attentive appearance, Ma Wei coughed lightly: "Your Highness...."

"Huh?" The second prince was startled, came back to his senses and said, "What's the matter?" ”

"If you get too close, mercury will emit highly toxic mercury vapor, which is harmful to the body, although there is a priest outside who believes in Wild, the goddess of health, and you don't have to worry about safety, but you better stay away a little bit to avoid poisoning."

"No, no, no!" The second prince hurriedly said, "I'm fine!" You don't have to worry about me! ”

"Your Highness, the recipe for the blood of mercury is top secret, and it is also the foundation of the Manstein Potions Company, so..."

"Oh," the second prince retreated into the distance, knowing what Ma Wei meant: "You guys have it and call me." Seeing that the second prince was more 'self-conscious', Ma Wei didn't say much, and continued to lead Jacob and a few people to make mercury blood, and when a pot of potions was completed, Ma Wei walked to the second prince who was standing by the window and smoked a cigar, and whispered: "Your Highness." The second prince turned his head and glanced at Ma Wei: "Done?" ”

"Please don't take it to heart what happened just now."

"I understand." The second prince took a puff of his cigar and said: "Throughout London, the blood of mercury can only be made by us in Manstein Potions, and its formula is unique and must not be leaked, so Nicholas, you taught Steven them orally, instead of directly writing the recipe on paper...."

"Your Highness, do you think that the blood of mercury is really the foundation of Manstein's Potions Company?"

"Isn't that what you just said?"

"I'm saying that to Steven." Ma Wei smiled, took out the notepad in his arms, and wrote on the blank page with a pen, saying as he wrote: "Potion formula, of course, is the top priority of a company, if the formula is leaked, it means that our competitors can also produce the same goods to compete, so we have to keep the formula strictly secret, but..."

Ma Wei tore off the paper and handed it to the second prince: "Your Highness, this is the recipe for the blood of mercury. ”

"This...."The second prince looked at Ma Wei in surprise, hesitated, and didn't know whether to take it.

"As a shareholder of the Manstein Potions Company, and as an investor in the Manstein Potions Grocery Store, Your Highness is entitled to know the recipe for the blood of mercury." Mavi said, "Take a look. The second prince took the recipe, read it carefully, and after reading it silently a few times, he took out the lighter, lit the paper, and burned it in front of Ma Wei.

"I assure you, Nicholas, the secret of the recipe, I won't tell anyone else." The second prince said sincerely.

"When the relevant laws on potions are introduced, I will apply for patents for various potions, including mercury blood, as long as the Windsor Kingdom protects the patents, then no other potions company can produce mercury blood, otherwise it will be 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 each has different intentions, the future of the company is definitely dark." ”

"I understand." The second prince bowed his head and said: "Nicholas, you can rest assured, we are people in the same boat, no matter what happens, as long as you don't betray me, I will definitely fully support you!" ”

"Then I'll be relieved." Ma Wei smiled slightly, returned to Jacob and the others, and watched them make potions, this time, the second prince who had already read the recipe also returned, but the interest was obviously not as high as before, and he was not so attentive.

A crucible can make 1 pint of mercury blood each time, and with the simultaneous efforts of Jacob's six people, two batches of 1 gallon of mercury blood were produced, which took less than an hour, and the next step was to bottle and seal.

The tightly fitting glass bottles were placed in the hay-covered wooden crates, with rivet seals inserted, and then Jacob and the others replaced the cauldron with a new one, preparing the potion needed to make the sleeping toast, Asanti.

"What is Asanti?" The second prince asked.

"Your Highness, haven't you heard me say that?" Ma Wei said briefly: "Sleeping toast can have a miraculous effect, because it is mixed with the hallucinogenic potion Asanti, the toast is normal toast, and what makes people think of it is the diluted Asanti." As he spoke, Mavi asked Jacob to bring a small glass bottle, which contained a transparent liquid, and when it shook slightly, dense bubbles would appear.

The second prince took the glass bottle, opened it and was about to sniff it, when he was suddenly stopped by Ma Wei: "Your Highness, Asanti is very volatile, and the smell it emits can also make people hallucinate, and the undiluted Asanti is too concentrated, and the effect is more intense than that of sleeping toast." ”

"How fierce?" The second prince asked, closing the glass bottle.

"Dozens of times stronger than lethargic toast."

"That is, .... You put a bottle of Asanti, diluted dozens of times? ”

"Almost, a 1-ounce bottle of Asanti can make 28 servings of Sleepy Toast, and 1 ounce of Asanti costs only 1 gold pound, but it can be sold for 10 times or even 20 times the price, and in other words, Sleepy Toast is even more profitable than Mercury Blood." The second prince was amazed: "Sleepy toast is indeed better than the blood of mercury, mainly because the blood of mercury is useless for ordinary people to buy home!" ”

"It's still inconclusive whether undiluted Asanti is highly addictive, but diluted lethargic toast is not addictive, as long as you don't eat it as a meal." As he spoke, Ma Wei suddenly remembered something: "Archbishop Brandon, he has to buy a lot of sleeping toast every day, why does he buy so much?" ”

"......." The second prince recalled that the last time he saw Archbishop Brandon was lunchtime, and the other party was holding a pound of lethargic toast and nibbling on it, like gnawing on a leg of lamb....

"Nicholas, I think undiluted Asanti is supposed to be addictive." The second prince wiped the cold sweat from his forehead: "Archbishop Brandon.... I guess he was addicted to lethargic toast, and he didn't eat all day, so he nibbled on bread...."

“？” Ma Wei never thought that a dignified cardinal archbishop would be addicted to lethargic toast, and his willpower was so poor?

Drinking too much water is still poisonous, not to mention the hallucinogenic potion Asanti?

"What's Asanti's recipe?" The second prince asked.

"The blood of the water demon, the apple juice on the head of the treants, the distilled pure water, red bead powder, and the extracted rhizome toxin of the hearttail grass....." Ma Wei said slowly, "Add these ingredients to pure water without impurities and boil until the liquid becomes transparent, and it is the hallucinogenic potion Asanti." ”

"Although Asanti is a medium potion, the difficulty of crafting it can only be considered low, and it can be ranked at a medium level, firstly because it is difficult to obtain raw materials, and secondly, because it can also have an effect on transcendent beings."

"The water monster.... Is it a Siren? The second prince thought for a while: "I seem to have seen it in the classics." ”

"The Sirens are the Sirens, and the Water Monsters refer to the Seran Tribe, extraordinary creatures that live in the waters, and exist in the waters of all places." Dongdong!

There was a sudden knock on the door of the inner factory, Freya pushed the door and walked in, looked at Ma Wei and the second prince who were talking, and asked, "Have you done it?" ”

"You can go at any time." "Sleep toast is handed over to Steven to make it, and when it's done, it's ready to be delivered to the orderer," Marvi said. ”

"Let's go, then." Freya turned around and said, "Just now the church sent someone to urge me again. "Bringing the prepared mercury blood, Ma Wei and his people rushed to the city of Westminster, and when they passed by St. Paul's Cathedral, they handed the mercury blood to the bishop who stayed behind and officially delivered it.

The church will not default on the funds, and after confirming that it is correct, the bishop settled the payment on the spot, a total of 7,400 gold pounds, because of the large order, Ma Wei also gave the church a 9% discount.

After handing over the goods, Ma Wei came to the Regent's Park villa where the second prince lived again, and joined the communication and Edward who came first.

"Big brother, what about Jonas?"

"Felix, don't worry." The second prince waved his hand and said, "The order to suspend classes has been conveyed, and by tonight at the latest, all the students will return to London to reunite with their families, and the Archbishop of Cambury is in charge of escorting, absolutely no problem!" ”

"Nicholas, it's rare for everyone to get together, there's a banquet tonight, you must attend!"