In the afternoon, Fat Orange brought back a reply from Blackie - Jack was no longer in the new experimental base.

After receiving the order to assassinate Mavey, Jack left the base with the extraordinary weapon given by Mr. Butler, only to know that he had come to London, but not where he had gone.

After receiving this news, Ma Wei also dismissed the idea of attacking the base, discussed with Holmes, and decided to strengthen the security in the Whitechapel area and capture Jack.

The news of the presence of murderers in the Whitechapel area spread, and soon appeared in the newspapers, causing a lot of turmoil, and for a while, everyone was in danger, afraid that the murderers were around.

Ma Wei also had to pay attention to the election, so he went out after breakfast, and when he arrived at the company, there were already many businessmen gathered in the lobby.

Since the small town of Beckensfield had a bumper harvest and earned its first pot of gold, the Manstein Potions Company has attracted the attention of all parties, and the merchants who came early were also in order to sign a potions purchase contract with the Manstein Potions Company.

Verbal agreements are far from sufficient, only contracts have legal effect, and the businessman's idea is in Ma Wei's arms, what is a contract?

It's a legally binding contract!

With this contract, it means that Manstein Potions is bound to countless retail investors!

Once the cooperative relationship is established, a community of interests is formed, as long as there is a community of interests.

Are you still afraid that no one will support you?

However, there were too many merchants willing to sign a purchase contract with Manstein Potions, and it was impossible to accept them all, so after careful selection, Ma Wei selected the first batch of 10 suppliers, who were the most powerful and most qualified among all the merchants.

Two of the 10 businessmen were from Lambeth and immediately expressed their willingness to support Mavi, who learned about a major event from them.

"Mr. Nicholas, this morning, the Brecon Potions Company also announced the start of purchasing potion raw materials, and I heard that they are offering a higher price than yours, and many merchants have gone to their side"

It was Barney Renzo, a London merchant who used to trade crops, who had switched careers to the world of potions, and was the first businessman to come to Manstein's Potions Company, and was also very well-informed.

Commercial competition is a very normal phenomenon, and raising prices to seize the market is a common means, Brecon Potions will come forward to stop it, and it is also expected by Ma Wei, what he didn't expect is that Brecon Potions Company actually adopted a hard-hitting method and fought with Manstein Potions Company head-on!

Brecon Potions had money, at least in its early days, and the Grand Prince had raised no less money than Manstein Potions, but that was two months ago.

Now, two months later, Manstein Potions has occupied the London market and taken root in big cities such as Paris, Berlin, and Rome, and the Paris Potions Agreement has allowed the company to obtain a large number of trade contracts, and is currently in the stocking stage, and there is no shortage of money at all.

Again

Behind the Manstein Potions Company is the Church, as long as the Church makes a move, two more Brecon Potions Companies are not enough, why does the eldest prince dare to fight with the Manstein Company for financial resources?

Could it be that they were financially supported by the northern aristocracy?

Yes, it should be. I'm afraid that from the very beginning, the eldest prince wanted to borrow the power of the northern nobles and compete in London, and it seems that he was not so stupid

Although London is the economic center of gravity of the Kingdom of Windsor, the economy of the north should not be underestimated, and the intervention of the northern aristocracy in London can indeed pose a threat to the Manstein Potions Company.

"They don't have enough sources of shipments, and with the size of Brecken Potions, it's hard to digest so many potions raw materials, and it's self-defeating to fight a price war."

Ma Wei did not take the price war initiated by the Brecon Potions Company to heart, and the Brecon Potions Company lacked sales channels, and the raw materials purchased at a high price could not be sold after being made into potion products, and could only be smashed in his hands.

It is not so much that Bracken Potions is starting a price war to limit the development of Manstein Potions, but that the Great Prince is burning money to stabilize the fundamentals.

After all

It's election time, and Manstein's Potions Company represents the Liberal Party, an emerging force, and if you ignore it, I don't know how many businessmen, elites and aristocrats will fall to the Freedom Party for the sake of profit, and if the Liberal Party is allowed to win too many seats, the Conservative Party may not have a bright future!

Now is not the time to worry about money at all, the eldest prince has taken the right plan, burning money to stabilize businessmen, aristocrats and social elites, so that they can continue to support the Conservative Party.

As long as we can get through this election safely and stabilize the Conservative Party's base, the next general election will be five years away, and there will be plenty of time to find a solution in those five years.

"The eldest prince is also desperate."

I have to say that the eldest prince's plan did have a lot of impact on Manstein Potions, the original purchase price offered by Manstein Potions was high enough, and some people turned out to be higher than them, which is undoubtedly an act that undermines the stability of the market, but people's behavior is reasonable and legal, and Ma Wei has no good way, so he can only fight a price war.

Fortunately, Manstein's Potions Company is thick enough to afford it.

"Big brother, if the businessmen and elites of Lambeth all support the Conservative Party, won't you lose the election?"

After sending off Barney Renzo and other partners, Levine asked, "The eldest prince is coming for you, should we raise the price with you?" We are getting closer and closer to the delivery date of the next quarter, if there are not enough raw materials, we will not be able to deliver the goods, once the contract is breached, but we will have to pay huge liquidated damages! ”

When the "Paris Potions Agreement" was signed, the countries also signed several contracts for the purchase of potions, such as Sleeping Toast and Hercules' Stick, these two potions alone sold hundreds of thousands of copies, requiring a large amount of raw materials to make, if there is no price war with the Great Prince, causing him to buy all the raw materials on the market at a high price, the result can only be the loss of Manstein Potions.

The Romanov Kingdom can provide many kinds of raw materials, but due to geographical factors, there are several materials that the Romanov Kingdom cannot provide, and can only be found from the territory of the Windsor Kingdom.

Ma Wei thought for a while and said: "Only raise the price of a few materials unique to the Windsor Kingdom, and have a price war with the eldest prince, and the other raw materials will be at the original price. No! I raise the price too! ”

Levin was confused and said: "Other raw materials can be purchased from the Romanov Kingdom, why do you have to fight a price war with the eldest prince?" ”

"First of all, in order to hide people's eyes, if we only raise the price of a few materials that are missing, it is easy to be discovered." Ma Wei said: "Secondly, it seems that we have increased the price of all the potion raw materials, in fact, we only use the price of the few materials we need to exceed the price of the eldest prince, and the other unneeded ones are slightly lower than the price of the Brecon Potions Company, so that we can not only buy the materials we want to buy, but also make the eldest prince suffer a dumb loss!" ”

"That's right! How I didn't expect that! Levin's eyes lit up: "With so many materials smashed in his hands, I'm afraid the eldest prince will go bankrupt!" ”

"It's not enough to go bankrupt, you can still sell it at a loss, but pain is inevitable."

"What about the election?" Levin asked: "Being so intervened by the eldest prince, the businessmen who were originally waiting and watching will fall to the camp of the Conservative Party!" ”

"What are you afraid of, cultivating potion raw materials is only one part of making potions, and there are still many important links that have not been carried out."

Ma Wei said lightly: "Sales, publicity, transportation, storage. Every link has huge benefits, and it is far from enough to just grow potion raw materials, I see how long the eldest prince can compete with us."

In the evening, after finishing the company's affairs, it was already dark, and I took the carriage back to Flower Street, where there were no witchers in sight, and only a few policemen were still patrolling.

Everything seemed to have passed, and the neighborhood of Whitechapel was calm, because the deceased was a prostitute, alone, and no one came to collect the body, and the church assumed the identity of the mourner, bought a thin coffin, and sent the body to the small town of Brookwood for burial.

It was only then that Mavi finally learned the name of the deceased - Jessica Leonis.

The loss of a life is insignificant, and after dark, prostitutes dressed in fancy clothes still wear heavy makeup to pick up customers, taverns are still brightly lit and lively, and people occasionally talk about the disembowelmented Leonise after dinner, and no one cares who she is, and some are only interested in the mystery of the murderer.

"The murderer must be a teacher, and when he saw that the students he once taught had become prostitutes, he was really angry and killed people!"

"How did I hear it was a love killing? The deceased received the murderer's token of affection, and as a result, he came out to pick up customers, only to be disemboweled."

"You're not right! This is clearly a vendetta! If there is no grudge, why cut the corpse into that shape? The intestines are all exposed! ”

In the Dirty Duck Tavern, Ma Wei and Sherlock Holmes sat in the corner, listening to the heated discussions around them, most of the people who came to the Dirty Duck Tavern to drink were neighbors from Flower Street, and Ma Wei was not uncommon on weekdays, even if Ma Wei came to the tavern in person, it did not cause much of a sensation.

"Mr. Holmes, you are a great detective, you must know the murderer's motives!"

Hearing the inquiry, Sherlock Holmes, who was holding his pipe, put the pot under the oil lamp and lit it, and after taking two puffs, he said, "I am still looking for the murderer's motive, and he will continue to commit crimes." ”

Hearing that the murderer would continue to commit crimes, the drunkards' faces changed slightly, and they smiled dryly: "No one is stupid enough to commit crimes in the same place in a row, right?" ”

"I can't say for sure."

Sherlock Holmes exhaled a puff of smoke and said with a smile: "I suggest you go home immediately, close the doors and windows, and save yourself to be the next target."

This is half joking and half serious, and Holmes hopes that everyone will take it seriously and avoid danger, but the people sitting in the tavern are all stinky men, and Jack is afraid that he will not take them as a target

Several frightened drunkards staggered to their feet, dropped a few coins and left, and after walking some distance without screaming, Ma Wei took a sip of the soda in front of him:

"Will Jack show up tonight?"

"I don't know." Sherlock Holmes shook his head: "You said he came to London, but I don't know the exact location, I think he is in the Whitechapel area, but whether he will make a move, it's not certain." ”

"The police on the street, have they been replaced by witchers?"

"Well, all replaced, at my suggestion, the witcher has strengthened the vigilance on the Whitechapel area, just waiting for Jack to show up"

Holmes glanced at the time: "It's midnight in two hours, and then you can go out for a walk and see if you can lure Jack out." ”

"Okay."

As the night deepened, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street, and as it approached midnight, a faint fog rose on the street, and a dog barking could be faintly heard in the distance, and the gas lamps on the side of the road glowed quietly in the fog.

Jingle Bell –

The door panel of the Dirty Duck Tavern was pushed open, and a drunken figure walked out, the door swaying behind him.

Ma Wei stumbled down the street, not going home, but heading in the direction of the Whitechapel, muttering something as he went.

At the door of the tavern, Holmes looked at Mavey's distant figure and looked up at the roof, there

A team of witchers quietly followed.

Edward and Unia were not around, and it seemed like Mavi's weakest moment - if not a bat flew in the sky.

Mavi didn't think Holmes's ploy would succeed, and the only ones who could catch such an obvious bait were stupid fish, and Jack was not stupid.

Suddenly, Ma Wei stopped, and under the street lamp in front of him, an irregular shadow appeared, squirming, staring at him like a person.

The shadow disappeared in an instant, as if it had never existed, Ma Wei walked straight to the street lamp, walked to the place where the shadow had just appeared, stood quietly for a while, raised his feet and continued to move forward.

He was sure that he was not mistaken, he had not drunk tonight, he was very conscious, and there was definitely an irregular shadow under the street lamp just now, but the other party was now gone.

Is it Jack?

Ma Wei wasn't sure, he didn't see the other person's face clearly.

"Ah!!h

The woman's scream came from the front right, and it was in the direction of the Whitechapel, and Ma Wei was stunned for a moment, and then ran wildly in the direction of the church.

The moonlight pierced the faint mist, casting a bright silver glow, the church door was open, and the ground was left with dazzling bloodstains, Ma Wei walked into the church, followed the bloodstains and looked up, and saw the corpse of a woman hanging on the palms of the statue, and the blood stained the holy statue red

The corpse was also disemboweled, the organs were scattered to the ground, and the air was filled with a fishy stench, at this moment, the church seemed to be no longer sacred, and the pious expression of the idol also became strange against the background of blood, Ma Wei didn't know why Jack did this, but judging from the words and deeds of the other party.

Jack must have hated the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate.

When Father Michel of Whitechapel saw this, his whole body trembled with anger and he yelled at Jack, but no matter what he said, Jack did not appear.

"Ah!!h

The woman's scream rang out again, this time closer, as if it was right outside the door!