During the conversation with Captain Yuri, Ma Wei learned that the Yin Lina freighter was going to stay in London Harbor for 3 days to rest, and life on board was boring, and almost every ship that had experienced an ocean voyage would stay at the shore for a few days, and Yin Lina was no exception.

Three days was no more than enough time for Ma Wei, and after making a note of the dock where the Yin Lina docked, he returned to the Havelin District with the first shipment.

With plenty of raw materials, the Potions Factory immediately began working overtime to produce potions, and after a night of thinking, Mavi finally decided to set the price of Hercules sticks at 4 shillings after the discount period.

4 The price of shillings was still high, and it was a huge amount of money that ordinary laborers could not come up with, so in order to solve this problem, Ma Wei went to the second prince, Shukri, and proposed to him the idea of opening a small loan with a joint bank and an insurance company.

"Open micro-loans to ordinary laborers.... Hmm...."The second prince with a cigar in his mouth didn't expect Ma Wei to suddenly talk to him about this matter, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while, and after thinking for a long time, he said: "Nicholas, you understand the operation mode of banks, banks generally do not open small loans of 4 shillings.... The first is that the interest rate is too low to be proportional to the risk, and the second is that the loan requires a commodity low potassium, can the average laborer come up with a collateral worth 4 shillings? Obviously not..."Ma Wei quickly said: "Your Highness, this is your political achievement. ”

"Political achievements?"

"That's right." On the way here, Ma Wei had already thought of a statement: "Hercules' stick will definitely set off a potions boom in London, if we can unite with the bank and provide loans for ordinary laborers, first of all, Manstein Potions Company can make a profit, and secondly, the stock price of Manstein Potions Company will also rise, which is very beneficial to our next bid." ”

"Third, and most importantly, if Your Highness can promote this small loan business and solve the difficulties of ordinary laborers, it will inevitably revitalize the increasingly sluggish labor market, once the market is revitalized, the economy will naturally rise, and your prestige in the eyes of the people will also increase, your support rate will naturally be high, and the king will be very satisfied, isn't this a political achievement?"

"As for the bank.... To tell the truth, all the workers need is a small loan business of 4 shillings, as long as the workers can prove their income, there is no problem in providing small loans, and in the whole of London, there are two or three hundred thousand ordinary workers! The banks that provide them with loans will also usher in a wave of savings boom...."The second prince was curious: "How can there be a savings boom? Isn't this a microloan? ”

"The bank lends money to the laborers, and the laborers use the money to buy the goods of the Manstein Potions Company, and when they earn money, they not only repay the loans, but also have a surplus, and if there is enough of the surplus funds, will they not be deposited in the bank?" Ma Wei said earnestly: "Depositors deposit their money in the bank, and the bank has funds, continue to lend, and then harvest more funds, thus forming a virtuous circle...."The second prince's eyes lit up, and he completely understood what Ma Wei meant.

With his connections, there is no problem at all in contacting the heads of the Thames Bank, the Central Bank of London, and the Royal Bank, and the heads of several banks are still members of his camp, especially the boss of the Thames Bank, who is a London parliamentarian and has a distinguished status, so everyone can cooperate....

"Banks are not for the meager interest on loans, but to attract more depositors to bank deposits and get a lot of liquid money.... Wonderful! The second prince slapped his thigh and said with some excitement: "As long as there is enough liquidity, is the bank still worried about making no money?" ”

"Nicholas, your proposal is good, I will contact the boss of Thames Bank and formally put forward your idea with him, and I also have someone on the insurance company's side." Seeing that the second prince agreed, Ma Wei quietly breathed a sigh of relief, got up and said, "It's troublesome for Your Highness to contact the bank, insurance, and trust companies, and I have to go to the company and send the list over." ”

"Okay." Picking up Yunia, Mavi hurried to the head office on Golden Silk Street, where he met Freya, the treasurer, who was busy making company statements, and the new company had a lot of things to do, and she couldn't keep busy at all.

Gina was also in the finance room, saw Ma Wei coming, and poured a cup of hot tea herself: "Mr. Nicholas, where has Felix gone?" ”

"He's got something important to do today...."Mavi handed the list to Freya, adding in passing, "It's not a date with Helena, it's something real." ”

"It's nothing about dating." Gina's eyes were slightly crooked, and she smiled and said, "That's his job too, right?" ”

"Of course, who but he can win Miss Helena's heart?" Ma Wei finished drinking the hot tea and didn't continue to waste time, although the head office has recruited a lot of employees, but with Freya and Gina, he doesn't need to worry too much, after sending the list of goods, he still has a very important matter.

Towards evening, a horse-drawn carriage crossed the Thames and drove through the streets into the Merton borough of South London, where the coachman deftly pulled the reins to avoid the pedestrians of the street and came to a residential area.

"No need to look for it." Popping up two silver shillings, Mavi got out of the car with Yunia in his arms, he changed into a black coat, wore white gloves, lowered the brim of his hat, and walked into Pavard Street amid the coachman's words of thanks, the main residential area of Merton, flanked by apartments, and the streets were paved with red stone bricks, much cleaner than in East London.

East London is the representative of dirty and messy, while West London, where the aristocracy lived, while South London and North London were mostly inhabited by ordinary residents, engaged in traders, handicrafts, winemaking and other work that was more advanced than labor.

Pavard Street is the most luxurious residential area in Merton in South London, with the district government to the north, Merton Park, business district, and grocery market to the east.... The rent of an apartment on Pavard Street, up to 10 shillings per week, is always praised by the landlord when he introduces it, advertising that the house here is the first choice of the elite, and living here not only increases the opportunity to contact the upper class, but also allows you to experience the life of the upper class, and the weather is good and you can see the River Thames.... Whether it is false propaganda or not, Ma Wei does not know, he only knows that the rent here is indeed not cheap, and the people who have the money to rent apartments on Pavard Street are either foreign students, or the so-called elite, government clerks.... The chosen target, the witcher Leon Ingres, rented at 33 Pavard Street.

33 Pavard Strasse is a small apartment, sandwiched between two houses, it looks a little narrow, like moss growing in the cracks of the stones, I don't know what the landlord tastes, there are a bunch of flowers and plants on the balcony, some branches and leaves have protruded from the guardrail.

Downstairs in apartment 33, there is a coffee shop, the owner is a Sardinian, the signature chocolate croissant is made, every morning and afternoon, the sweet and greasy aroma wafts through the street, and outside the open-air seating, Laiwen is leisurely reading the newspaper with a cup of coffee.

"Ahem...."The coughing sound attracted the attention of the communication, he put down the newspaper, and saw Ma Wei and Yunia sitting across the table, he was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Big brother, why are you here?" ”

"You won't come back for a long time, I'm worried that something will happen, come and check the situation." Ma Wei raised his hand and beckoned the waiter: "A cup of hot milk, a cup of espresso, and five chocolate croissants, freshly baked." ”

"Yes sir." The waitress jotted down the bill, turned around and walked into the store, where she came out with milk, coffee, croissants and crispy potato chips as a gift.

Of course, the croissants were ordered for Yunia, including the milk, and only a small sip of espresso was Mavi's favorite, and he drank the bitter coffee in one gulp, picked up a piece of crispy potato chips that came with it and threw it into his mouth, and then asked about the matter: "Is he at home?" ”

"Not at home." The source shook his head, moved a chair and sat down next to Mavi so that he could talk in a low voice: "I have been staring at it for a day, Leon Ingres has not come home, but his sister has just returned from school and has just returned from the market to buy groceries, and it seems that she is going to prepare dinner..."

"How many people will have dinner?"

"The portion was quite a lot, and I saw my sister buy a big piece of beef, which weighed 3 pounds, and bread, tomatoes, carrots and other vegetables, a basket full of them, and I could smell the curry as I walked past me."

"3 pounds of beef.... It should be a serving of 4-5 people, what day of the week is today? ”

"February 10, week 5."

"Friday's words...," Ma Wei muttered, "I think it's going to be a guest at home." "The elite of the Kingdom of Windsor had a habit of preparing a sumptuous meal on Monday, buying a large amount of beef and lamb enough to eat for a week, roasting it on Monday, cooking broth on the second day, making pies on the third day, and curry on the fourth day.... They rarely buy a lot of meat on Fridays unless there are special circumstances.

Mavi speculated that Leon Ingres's house was going to have guests tonight, so his sister bought a bunch of ingredients to prepare at home.

"Isn't Leon Unger without relatives in London?" Ma Wei asked, "Is the information wrong?" ”

"It's all written on the data, the information counted by the witcher, there shouldn't be a problem...."The communication was also a little depressed, if Leon Ingres's house was going to have a guest tonight, his action would have to be delayed.

Fortunately, Yin Lina will stay in the port for 3 days, and before departure, the communication has a chance to do it.

"Captain Yuri told me that the members of the Aurora Society he brought with him had disembarked before entering the harbor and hid near the town of Brookwood in advance to wait for news." Ma Wei said: "I plan to let them use the funeral train to sneak into London, before getting on the train, I need you to disguise them, so that they can become Windsor...."In the year since the establishment of the Aurora Society, Ma Wei has been secretly training them, following the freighter, infiltrating the first members of the Windsor Kingdom, after Dino's assessment, they can already speak fluent and authentic Windsor, as long as there is no problem with their appearance, their identity will not be revealed.

As for where they went, Ma Wei had already thought about it, some arranged to go to the Potions Factory, some arranged to work as security personnel in the head office, and the rest were broken into pieces, infiltrated all walks of life, and settled in London.

Secret contact with each other is only through the Cat Legion. With the support of the Aurora Society, Ma Wei and the others are no longer alone, and they don't have to do many things themselves, just give an order, and someone will naturally solve it.

"The matter of disguise, big brother, you go and do it!" Lai Wenman said indifferently: "You have the kung fu to find me, you have already done it!" ”

"You're got water in your head, aren't you? The Siren's Tears are in your hands, you have to disguise yourself as Leon Ingres, take him on the ship and send him to the Romanov Kingdom, you haven't run out of it, I'll go to Brookwood Town empty-handed? Give them a welcome ceremony? ”

"It's not impossible to hold a welcome ceremony, it's all your own people anyway...."The source scratched his head and reached out to pick up a croissant on a table, he had been sitting in the coffee shop all day, and he had drunk several cups of coffee, but his stomach was still hungry.

"It tastes so good, there's a lot of chocolate...."Just as the communication took a bite of bread and watched the rich chocolate sauce flowing out of it, suddenly, a carriage stopped under the building of apartment No. 33, a man and a woman got out of the carriage with suitcases, dressed like farmers on a farm, with wrinkles at the corners of their eyes, and their skin was sagging, not to mention about forty or fifty years old, judging from the distance of movement, it should be a couple.

The couple walked to the door of the apartment, rang the bell above the door, and soon, there was a sound of footsteps behind the door, and the next second the door opened, and a 14-year-old little girl with red hair and pigtails rushed out and threw herself into the couple's arms: "Father! Mother! ”

"Xia Li, you have grown taller again...."The kind-eyed couple hugged the little girl, looking very happy, but the communication widened his eyes and muttered, "It's broken! Leon Ingres' parents are here! "With parents present, the camouflage of the communication is easy to flaw, and it is not easy to deal with a younger sister, this time there are two more old people, and the difficulty of camouflage has skyrocketed....

"Don't panic, they don't have much luggage, it should just be a short stay." Mavi watched the Angles until they entered the apartment, then withdrew his gaze and snapped his fingers at the coachman, who was counting coins.

"Sir!" Picking up the coin, the coachman ran over quickly: "Do you want to take the car?" ”

"I don't take the car, I just ask you a few questions, and the answer is good, the money is yours." Under the shocked gaze of the coachman, a gold pound coin was slowly placed on the table, and Ma Wei invited the coachman to sit down and asked, "Do you know this couple?" ”

"I don't know.," the coachman bowed his head in frustration, feeling that he had no chance of the gold pound.

"Do you know where they came from?"

"I know this!" The coachman cheered up and said, "They're from Birmingham!" I can hear their accents! ”

"Very well, so do you know what they came to London for?"

"It seems that they have come to attend a friend's funeral...", "I didn't see that they were dressed like Londoners, so I asked as if an old friend had died, and they rushed to London to visit their son..."

"Funeral...."Ma Wei narrowed his eyes and nodded slowly: "Okay, you can take the money and leave." ”