"Let's do it again, Nicholas."

At 10 o'clock in the morning, in the living room of the Lord of Kensington Palace, the second prince sat with Smith, Baron Frederick and others, and said to Ma Wei, who was standing in the middle of the carpet: "The bidding will start at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and the bidders need to submit qualification certificates, bids, and plans in advance, you don't have to worry about this matter, we have already submitted it...."

"This time the Pope will be present in person, so at the beginning, it is necessary to hold down the doctrinal book and swear to the three goddesses.... Nicholas, are you sure which goddess you believe in? ”

The teachings of the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate, the full name of the Apocalypse of Fate, are doctrinal texts separated from the Apocalypse Divine System without much alteration.

And holding the doctrinal book to swear to the goddess is also an old tradition of the Apocalypse Divine Department, whether it is the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny, or the Cult of the Judgment God, the Fertility Cult, and the Wisdom Cult, they all have similar requirements.

Whoever breaks the oath or lies to the goddess will be immediately removed from the country and expelled from the country, and in serious cases, it will be treated as heresy.

This is also the reason why Archbishop Brandon has been asking Mavi to pick a goddess to worship before the bidding begins.

"I will worship Naneld, the goddess of wealth." Ma Wei said.

"Good, good..."

The second prince was not surprised at all, after all, Ma Wei had revealed similar thoughts before, this time it was just confirmed, and besides....

Archbishop Brandon believes in Nande, the goddess of wealth, and the second prince is the same, as a supporter, how could Ma Wei choose the other two goddesses?

Inquiries are just a formality.

"When the bidding begins, the Holy Maiden, who is responsible for presiding over the bidding, will open the bids we submitted in public and sing the bids, in this process, we can understand Charles and Andrew's plan, and come up with a plan to deal with it in the next bright capital link."

The second prince said: "I have raised another 3 million gold pounds for you, Nicholas, and with the funds prepared before, the Manstein Potions Company can come up with a capital of 15 million gold pounds...."

15 million, in terms of funds, these money cannot compete with the eldest prince and the third prince.

The people who support the eldest prince are all old aristocrats, who started earlier and have a stronger background, plus their status as the crown prince, they also have more supporters.

Not to mention the third prince, behind it is the military, and it can directly embezzle army funds, which alone is too much more than the eldest prince and the second prince, and there is no need to compare at all.

But the competition in the bright capital link is not only about funds, but also about funds, and it is impossible for the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny to award the quota to whoever raises more money....

Real capital refers to strength.

The strength of the production and sale of potions!

There are still a few months to go, and it has been 2 years since the gods arrived, and during this time, the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate has collected many precious potion materials and piled them up in the treasury.

There are too many potions to digest in the church, and it can only be wasted in the warehouse, so why not exchange the excess potion materials for other materials you need?

Shortly after the end of the war, the relations between the countries were tense, the god of the apocalypse, Neilei Yinda, never came, the main god was not there, and several churches were missing the backbone like headless flies, and it was already a great thing that there were no contradictions.

Under these circumstances, none of the churches were willing to take the initiative to negotiate the development of the potions market.

How potion materials are priced is a very annoying thing, there is no template to refer to, everyone does not know what is the most valuable, only the value is determined by quantity.

The rarer it is, the more precious it is, and there is nothing wrong with it, but this is a potion material, so you can't generalize it in one word.

For example, the Obsidian Stone needed to refine the blood of mercury needs to be obtained from the dead undead, and its quality is different, the difficulty of obtaining it is also different, and the price is definitely not the same.

Besides, there are as many ordinary herbs as sand and gravel, because of the different processing methods, the sand and gravel can be ground into sand, and the herbs can also be treated, and the price of the treated herbs will naturally rise....

A combination of factors has created the current awkward situation.

If you want to break the deadlock and open up the potions market between countries, you need a super businessman with connections and channels, the eldest prince finally chose the Marquis of Brecken, and the third prince also has his own candidates, but their candidates are obviously not as influential as Ma Wei, a grocer who suddenly arrived.

It is to be expected that the potions merchant who wins the bid for the church will be one of the most influential beings in the church in the next ten or twenty years.

The profits of all countries in the joint business practice are unimaginable.

And the future competition for the throne will also be affected by the results of this bidding!

Mavi's appearance was greatly valued by the church, especially when he took out the blood of mercury.

As one of the most powerful kingdoms in the world, citizenship of the Kingdom of Windsor is not easy to obtain, if you are a foreigner, you need to meet a number of conditions to get a free entry pass, on top of the pass, is a proper citizenship, enjoy all the rights of the people of the Kingdom of Windsor, such as running for parliament, citizenship benefits, permanent residency and so on.

The rules are all set by people, and in Mavi's view, obtaining citizenship is a trivial matter, even in the eyes of the second prince, King Rhodes IV, and even Pope Ubrey I.

Mavi proved himself to be a full-fledged citizen of the Kingdom of Windsor, even if he didn't mention it, the church or the kingdom would invite him to become a full citizen of the kingdom of Windsor.

With citizenship, many things are much more convenient.

For example, to become the designated potion dealer of the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate, one of the prerequisites is that the dealer must be a native of the Kingdom of Windsor and a member of the Church.

These little things have been settled, the real key is tomorrow's bidding, the eldest prince and the third prince have already obtained several potion recipes by virtue of their status, and Manstein Potions needs to come up with a finished potion to compete with them.

"Your Highness, do you think the blood of mercury can win the bid?" Smith said, "Now that the church has such a great demand for mercury blood, there shouldn't be much of a problem with it." ”

"No, it's not enough to have mercury blood." The second prince shook his head and muttered, "The Manstein Potions Company has signed a long-term contract with the Church, whether Nicholas wins the bid or not, it will not affect the Church's access to the blood of mercury, and we need to come up with another powerful potion." ”

After speaking, Steven and Baron Frederick glanced at each other, and turned their heads to look at Ma Wei, who was sitting back on the sofa drinking tea: "Nicholas, in addition to the blood of mercury, can the Manstein Potions Company come up with other high-grade potions?" ”

There are many formulas in Ma Wei's hands, and there is more than one high-grade potion of mercury blood.

But....

These are his hole cards, and they can't be easily taken out.

"I still have a few ordinary potion recipes in my hand, but they are a little different from the blood of mercury, and I am afraid that they will not achieve the desired effect." Ma Wei said.

"It's okay, I've got you covered."

The second prince took out a note from his arms and handed it over: "This is the recipe for the high-grade potion that Archbishop Brandon got - the infatuation flower, you can take a look." ”

Obsessed with flowers?

Ma Wei took the note, read it carefully, and found that the so-called obsession flower is actually a flower fed with magic potions and blood, and the effect is very powerful.

In "The Potion Recipe", there is an introduction to the obsession with flowers, and not long ago when he watched Miss Helena perform "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the Covent Royal Opera House, Ma Wei remembered the obsession with flowers through the flower juice inside.

He had always thought that obsessed with flowers was a naturally grown herb, and now it seems....

The so-called obsession with flowers is artificially made!

The effect is also very terrifying, as long as the feeder pours the infatuation potion on any flower every day, squeezes out a drop of his own blood, and waits for the flower to bloom after a month, he can get a terrible potion that makes the user fall in love with himself!

More critically....

The duration of the obsession with flowers is very terrifying, feeding for a year can make the person who takes the flower juice fall in love with themselves for 1 hour, and as the feeding time increases, the duration of the drug will increase geometrically!

"It's a terrible potion."

After jotting down the recipe, Ma Wei picked up the jeweler Smith's lighter, lit the note, and watched the note turn into gray and black in the flames: "Obsessed with flowers, it is indeed a high-grade potion.... This potion must be strictly regulated. ”

"Strictly regulated?" The second prince raised his eyebrows and laughed: "Just raise the price!" Why regulate! Those who can afford this potion are not ordinary people! ”

"But Your Highness, have you ever thought about what would happen if someone used the infatuation flower to do terrible things?"

"How terrible?"

"For example...."Ma Wei said expressionlessly: "Someone wants to frame you, drip flower juice into the tea you drink, conceive your child, etc., I think many people are willing to use this way to make the family cross classes, on the other hand, the aristocratic gentry, even if they don't have to be obsessed with flowers, they can often get what they want by virtue of their power." ”

“.......”

The second prince glanced at the teacup he had just picked up, put it down silently, and said after thinking for a long time: "It makes sense, this potion should really be controlled, and it can't be allowed to flow into the market..."

"Anyway, the formula for the infatuated flower is in the hands of the church, and it will not be mass-produced in the short term, so our top priority is to win the bid, and ignore these." Baron Frederick proposed: "I think the obsession flowers are very good, and they should be taken seriously by the church, Nicholas, can you make them in one night?" ”

"If you have the raw materials, you can." Ma Wei nodded: "But I don't have the raw materials to produce obsessive flowers." ”

"Most of the materials can be found in the storehouses of the church."

The second prince frowned and said, "There is only one main material, which we haven't found until now. ”

"What material?"

"Mermaid tears!" The second prince sighed: "The Royal Navy knows which sea area the Sirens like to appear in, but the recent war has caused the Royal Navy to suffer heavy losses, and the remaining troops are busy blocking the shipping lanes, and the church has not had the heart to find the Sirens, after all, the infatuation with flowers is not just needed, and whether it has little impact on the church." ”

The Royal Navy was hit hard, of course, it had nothing to do with the Romanov Kingdom, Katerina repelled the army, and the navy never fought at all.

With the naval strength of the Romanov kingdom, it was also impossible to defeat the powerful Royal Navy.

The Kingdom of Windsor is an island country, and it can have today's prosperity by relying on the navy, and the Royal Navy has so far found no opponent, except for....

During the invasion of the Romanov kingdom, two behemoths encountered in the East China Sea.

Up to now, the Kingdom of Windsor doesn't know who attacked the Royal Navy, but Ma Wei knows in his heart that it is definitely Cecida the Whale and the Kraken, the giant monster of the North Sea, and only they can appear in the East China Sea during that time period.

The battered Royal Navy has suffered a pure and unwarranted disaster, and two ancient giants are fighting, how can they care about the ships on the water?

As for the main ingredient needed for the obsession flower - the tears of the mermaid....

Mavi really didn't, he hadn't met a Siren, but he had a substitute for mermaid tears..... Tears of the Water Demon!

According to the introduction on the "Encyclopedia of Potions Recipes", the water demon Sairan clan and the mermaid, that is, the Siren clan in the perception of ordinary people, belong to the same ancestry, and they are also divided together in the "Catalogue of Alien Beasts".

The tears of the Seran tribe are not much different from the tears of the Siren in terms of medicinal effect, and they can be said to be almost identical.

Maybe....

Can you replace the mermaid tears in the recipe with the tears of the Seran clan?

The tears of the Seran tribe Ma Wei have ready-made ones in his hands, not much, only 10 drops, which are still traded by the Seran tribe in exchange for money.

"Nicholas, why don't you speak?"

Seeing Ma Wei bowing his head and pondering, the second prince couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that you have mermaid tears?" ”

"Hmm.... Sort of. ”

"Huh?" The second prince opened his mouth wide and said in shock: "I just said it casually.... Do you really have one? ”

"I'm not sure if it's..."Ma Wei was a little puzzled: "It was sold to me by someone else, they said it was the tears of a mermaid, and I didn't have time to check the authenticity..."

"How much did you spend?"

"1,000 gold pounds, 1 drop." Mavi said the price set by Dino.

"Great!" The second prince slapped his thigh and said excitedly: "It doesn't matter if it's real or not, there's no other way anyway, just use it!" ”

The materials for making the obsessive flower, excluding the mermaid tears, all the materials add up to no more than 200 gold pounds, and for the second prince and others, the trial and error cost of 200 gold pounds is completely acceptable!

The loss is a loss of 1,200 gold pounds, what if it happens?

With the attitude that theory is not as good as practice, Ma Wei left Kensington Palace, first went to the street flower shop to buy a pot of roses, and then took the carriage back to Flower Street, and not long after, the other materials that the second prince said were also delivered.

The communication is not at home, Daniel is not at home, and Edward is left to watch the store, and Unia volunteers to help Mavi....

Let the goddess do it, it is estimated that it is something that believers dare not think of, but it is common here in Ma Wei, prepare the tools, put on gloves and masks, and Ma Wei is ready to start making the potion needed for the obsession flower.

"Emma, Knife!"

"Here we go!"