After determining the cooperation, the eldest prince immediately decided to send his butler Nicks and the Marquis of Brecon to Edinburgh to contact the Benjamin family and contact the nobles in the north of the kingdom.

For such an important cooperation, Russell Benjamin of course also has to accompany him, for the eldest prince's request, Ma Wei seemed a little hesitant, the eldest prince thought that he was worried about the Metropolitan subway bidding, and immediately said:

"Benjamin, you don't have to worry about the bidding, now the second phase of the tender has just begun, the tender will last for a month, just submit the documents before then, there is still plenty of time, you can take advantage of the time to go home, prepare the bid, and then bring it back to London."

Drafting a tender is not a difficult task for Benjamin Construction, whose family has participated in many tenders and is familiar with this, but Mavey is not thinking about this.

"Your Highness, in addition to the north, you also plan to open up the market in the West Island, right?"

The eldest prince nodded and said: "That's right, although the West Island is not as prosperous as the East Island, but it is also a big help, this time to Edinburgh, I do plan to let the Marquis of Brecon and the nobles of Belfast contact Benjamin Construction Company has just finished developing the West Island Railway, I must have met a lot of acquaintances, right?" ”

"I do know many of the nobles of the West Island, but."

"Any questions?"

Ma Wei sighed: "To tell the truth, West Island and East Island have always been at odds, this is not a secret, although I know a few West Island nobles, but only acquaintance, everyone is not familiar with each other, if His Royal Highness wants to open up the West Island market, it is recommended to find someone who is familiar with the situation of West Island to help." ”

Hearing this, the eldest prince became hesitant, he did not know the West Island, the situation there was limited to hearsay, and he had never investigated it on the spot, and the circle of London, which was at the top of the chain of discrimination, even looked down on the north of the kingdom, let alone the West Island, which was later annexed.

If even Russell Benjamin, who has been in business in the West Island for two years, can't introduce them

Who else is up to the task?

In silence, the Marquis of Brecon broke the deadlock: "Your Highness, someone is familiar with the West Island!" ”

"Who?"

"Fourth Prince, Arthur!"

"Him?" The eldest prince was stunned for a moment, and then fell into deep thought.

For Arthur's half-brother, the eldest prince was always wary and did not dare to trust all of them.

But there seems to be no better candidate at the moment, Arthur has been in the West Island for many years, and the city of New Ross is thriving, and it is impossible not to know the nobles

Seeing that the goal was achieved, Ma Wei didn't say anything more, got up and said goodbye to the eldest prince, first followed the Marquis of Brecon to the bank, got back 1.5 million gold pounds in cash through the transaction, and then came to the villa of the fourth prince with the cash.

After leaving Clarence Palace, Yunia didn't need to disguise herself as a blue cat, reverted to her original body, launched mud shadow magic to sneak into the villa, met Gulhana in the study, and inquired and learned that the fourth prince was not at home, but went to an orphanage in the East End.

The first thing Arthur did when he returned to London was to open an orphanage in the East End and adopt dozens of homeless orphans.

The administrator of the orphanage is a dozen elderly mothers, there are no young people, the only male is the old man in charge of the vigil, he cannot be seen during the day, and only when it is close to dusk will he get up and inspect the orphanage.

"The fourth prince really has a soft spot for orphanages." Edward, who was following Ma Wei, suddenly said: "When he was in New Ross, he funded an orphanage, and when he returned to London, he funded another family, this kind of person is either kind or very ambitious. ”

Will the orphans who were sponsored remember Arthur's kindness?

Ma Wei believes that it will, the orphanage funded by Arthur is slightly different from other orphanages, he is very attentive to the orphanage, and the management is also very strict, the grandmothers in the courtyard are personally selected by him, plus he comes to visit at two ends in three days, there will be no wanton bullying, beating and scolding orphans, and the orphans who have experienced wandering have grown up in this environment, how can they not remember Arthur's good?

Whether Arthur wanted to do anything with these orphans or not, Mavi couldn't give a definitive conclusion, but the good deeds he did could not be ignored.

At least in the eyes of the general public, the fourth prince Arthur is the most down-to-earth prince and the most virtuous.

Using mud shadow magic to infiltrate the orphanage, in the backyard, Ma Wei found Arthur, who was discussing with a grandmother about cutting down several large trees in the yard to make way for a boiler room to heat the orphanage.

Winters in London are humid and cold, summer temperatures are only in the twenties, and it is no problem to wear coats all year round, and every household has a coal stove, and the orphanage is no exception.

Building a boiler room is a big project, just a boiler room is not enough, if you want to bring heating to the orphanage, you have to install pipes, which is equivalent to overhauling the orphanage, which is not something that can be done in three days.

In addition to the fourth prince Arthur, Ma Wei also met Gawain, who had been disguised as an ordinary person, and since borrowing Russell Benjamin's identity, Gawain stayed by Arthur's side as a butler.

After a moment of patience, Arthur finally ended his conversation about the boiler room, returned to the house, and began to check the orphanage's accounts for the last week, and on this occasion, Mavi dissolved the mud shadow magic and appeared in front of him.

"Priest?"

Arthur looked at Mavi, Yunia, and Edward, who suddenly came out of the shadows, and said in surprise, "Why are you here?" ”

"I wanted to go to the villa to find you, but you weren't at home, Gulhana told me you were here"

Ma Wei hugged Yunia and sat on the chair opposite the desk, took the hot tea brought by Gawain, tasted it, took out a bank check from his arms, and put it on the table: "Your Highness, this is the 3 million gold pounds you lent me, I deposited all of them in the Thames Bank, and exchanged them for large checks, which can be accessed at any time." ”

Arthur picked up the check, glanced at it casually, handed it to Gawain, and before he could speak, he saw Ma Wei take out a check: "This is 20,000 gold pounds, which is used to pay for a few gold bricks you sent by Your Highness, the gold is too heavy, and I can use it, so I won't give it to Your Highness, and it will be converted into cash for you." ”

"Okay." Arthur nodded slowly: "You came all the way to pay back, right?" ”

Ma Wei smiled: "Of course, the repayment is just incidental, I came this time to have something important to tell you, just now, I went to see the eldest prince as Russell Benjamin"

After talking about the meeting with the eldest prince and the eldest prince's proposal, Arthur suddenly understood Ma Wei's intentions.

"You want Gawain to accompany the Marquess of Brecon to Edinburgh?"

"Yes, I'm not familiar with the situation in Edinburgh, not to mention that London really can't leave, there are too many things, so I can only let the main owner go out and deal with the Marquis of Brecken."

"But Father, if you promised Charles to expand northward, and even let Gawain help him, wouldn't that affect Manstein's Potions?" Arthur was slightly puzzled: "Once Charles controls the northern market, Brecken Potions will have enough confidence to fight against Manstein Potions!" ”

"Greed is not enough to swallow elephants, Your Highness, the eldest prince wants the northern market, so let him expand it, why not give it all to him?" Ma Wei shook his head with a smile: "No matter how good the development of the Brecon Potions Company is, it is a private enterprise after all, and the upper limit is not high, on the other hand, the Manstein Potions Company, behind it is the church, and any good materials will pass through our hands as soon as possible, and the Brecon Potions Company can only pick up some soup and water, so there is no need to worry." ”

"The next development direction of Manstein Potions Company is by no means the North or the West Island, but the Southeast!"

"Southeast." Arthur narrowed his eyes: "It turns out that Father Priest is more ambitious, and you deliberately abandon the northern market in order to occupy the foreign market, which is the real fat, compared with the foreign market, the north and the West Island can indeed only be regarded as soup and water." ”

"There is a church, Manstein Potions Company is not short of potion materials, what we lack is a channel, once the channel is opened, making money is as easy as drinking water, I have sent a messenger from the United Church to negotiate with other kingdoms, and there will be news back within a month," Ma Wei said.

With the current size of the Manstein Potions Company, it is not wise to compete with the Grand Prince in the northern market, and in the case of insufficient manpower, it is necessary to implement an elitist policy to maximize the role of each employee, rather than internal friction with the Grand Prince.

This is also an advantage that Brecon Potions does not have, doesn't the eldest prince want to seize foreign markets?

He thought, he thought more than anyone else, but he was not the dealer appointed by Congress!

The only one who can cooperate with other churches and who is qualified is Manstein Potions!

There is a guarantee from the Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny behind it!

The stupid move of giving up the international market and grabbing the secondary market, Ma Wei will not do.

As long as you can sign orders with other churches, it will easily cost hundreds or tens of millions of gold pounds, isn't this more profitable than the northern market?

"The eldest prince, I'll leave it to Your Highness to deal with it." Ma Wei said: "The eldest prince wants to occupy the West Island market, he needs the help of His Royal Highness, as long as the cooperation is successfully reached, Your Highness's status in the eldest prince's camp will also be quickly raised, in short, this is an excellent opportunity to show loyalty, the eldest prince has always been wary of Your Highness, whether you can let him down his guard, it depends on what you do, Your Highness." ”

Hearing this, Arthur also laughed: "Charles is indeed in a hurry, he is trying to win over allies, obviously this bid has made him feel the crisis, I will arrange trustworthy people to contact him." ”

"There's one thing I've been holding on to for a long time." Ma Wei suddenly said: "Your Highness, how many people do you have in the Congress?" There are 55 members of the West Island National Party in the upper and lower houses, how many of them are your Highnesses? ”

"Father, are you curious?"

"I'm curious."

"Hmm"

Tapping his fingers lightly on the table, Arthur looked at Ma Wei calmly, and after a few seconds said, "Of the 55 members of the West Island National Party, 5 are members of the Knights of the Round Table, and they are loyal to me and completely obey my orders, as for the other councillors. I can also have an impact on them, directly or indirectly. ”

Ma Wei's expression eased slightly, and he sighed with emotion: "It seems that Your Highness, you have managed the West Island very well, and the 55 councilors are all willing to support you, what benefits do you promise them?" ”

"The Kingdom of Windsor has accumulated disadvantages for a long time, there are too many overseas colonies, and the political structure is not stable enough, especially the West Island, the people there, Father Priest, you know, they are like a handful of dry wood, they will ignite the flame of resistance at any time, they hate the East Island, and want to achieve national independence." Arthur said quietly: "The reason why they chose to support me is to use the opportunity of me to start a civil war to free the West Island from the rule of the Kingdom of Windsor, they are waiting for an opportunity, and I may promise them that after the deed is completed, they will be allowed to establish a national autonomous region, but they will still be under the control of the Kingdom of Windsor." ”

Ma Wei understood: "But the ambitions of the nobles of the West Island are far more than just the ethnic autonomous region, right?" ”

"Yes, their ultimate goal is to be completely independent, and there is no way I can allow them to be independent." Arthur smiled slightly: "During the reign of a wise monarch, the territory must be constantly expanding, the West Island and the East Island are only separated by a strait, which is a strategic location, whether from a political or military point of view, the West Island must be under the control of the Windsor Kingdom, only in this way can the Windsor Kingdom have no worries."

Arthur's ambition, his ambition, is not weaker than Catherine, Napoleon, Caesar and other monarchs, getting the throne is only the first step in his plan, an important reason why he chose Mavi is that the Church of Truth founded by Mavi is in the same situation as him, and it urgently needs to develop and grow, and everyone's interests are the same!

"I said that I want everyone to remember my name, and let everyone know what kind of monarch my mother has born, and she means more to the Kingdom of Windsor than all kings!"

As he spoke, Arthur suddenly paused, as if remembering something: "What do you think of my cousin, Katerina Romanov, whose ambition is the strongest of any woman I have ever seen?" ”

"She's a good king." Ma Wei said lightly: "Your Highness, what do you mean by asking?" ”

"Don't get me wrong, I don't want to annex the Romanov Kingdom, at least not yet." Arthur looked Mavi up and down: "I'm just afraid. Well, priest, have you thought about the question of the heir to the Romanov kingdom? ”

"It's too early to say the question of heirs."

"I just hope that the priest can level the bowl of water, and don't favor the Romanov kingdom because my cousin is a woman."

"I advocate equality between men and women."

"It's not a question of equality between men and women, but forget it, it's too early to say about it."

Arthur changed the subject: "Mr. Holmes may be in a little trouble lately. ”

"What's in trouble with him?"

"This morning, Prime Minister Winston invited Mr. Holmes to the royal palace, and according to the inside information I have obtained, it appears that the King of the United Kingdom of Winston has extended an invitation to Mr. Holmes in the name of the Olympic Games, and the Prime Minister wants Holmes to be the interim administrative ambassador of the Kingdom of Windsor to be invited to the United Kingdom of Winston."

(End of chapter)