The establishment of charitable foundations is of great benefit to elections.

The second prince used the Liberal Party's election funds to increase his popularity, and Ma Wei felt that this was proof that he had entered the core of the second prince's power.

The heads of the Manstein Charitable Foundation are Stewart and jeweler Smith, but now that Mavi is here, Stewart plans to give up the position of director, which is not a good errand in the first place.

"Nicholas, since you're here, I'll leave the chairman's position to you."

"Stuart, I'm not here to steal your chairmanship."

"I know." "It's just the president of a foundation, and it will be dissolved after the election, and if you want to keep it in business for a long time, you should run it yourself or appoint a dedicated person in charge," Stewart said.

Dedicated person in charge?

This sentence reminded Ma Wei that although Manstein Potions did not have any extra manpower to take care of the Foundation, they could look for foreign help!

Now there are more and more members of the Aurora Society who have infiltrated London, in order to arrange a place for them, Ma Wei has no less to worry about, plus a large amount of money has to be transferred back to China, and it is too easy to find out if he goes directly to the accounts of the Potions Company, and the shareholders of the second prince are staring at it, and the financial statements must be announced at the regular meeting.

It's simple to ship the money back, but it's rare to exchange the money for the supplies you need.

Now several countries in the Central Continent have issued blockade orders to the Romanov Kingdom, no longer exporting goods to the Romanov Kingdom, and the goods of the Romanov Kingdom cannot be sold, only some small countries in the Eastern Continent and the Southern Continent are willing to continue to do business with the Romanov Kingdom, but in view of the current situation, many small countries have asked the Romanov Kingdom to reduce the price of goods, wanting to take the opportunity to suck blood.

The economy and people's livelihood are the lifeblood of a country, all of them are indispensable, once the trade base is shaken, it will make the entire country's economy in trouble, and the situation faced by the Romanov Kingdom is very grim, but fortunately, the Manstein Potions Company has become the leader of the potions market.

Although there is money, but if you don't exchange the money for materials, it is meaningless, in the case of countries restricting transactions with the Romanov Kingdom, the Manstein Charitable Foundation can just assume the identity of buying a house, come forward to buy materials, and hand them over to the company established by Dino in the southern continent to transport them back to the Romanov Kingdom, so that the behavior of the small countries in the Eastern Continent can be perfectly avoided.

At the same time, by taking advantage of the status of the Manstein Charitable Foundation, it can also reasonably avoid taxes, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

Thinking of this, Ma Wei felt that it was not a bad thing to hold the charitable foundation in his hands, but.

He glanced at Stewart and hesitated, "Stuart, I don't want you to think I'm going to compete with you for a foundation."

"Nicholas, you're thinking too much." Stewart smiled: "Although the current charitable foundation is marked with the name of Manstein, the actual funder is the election funds of the Liberal Party, and it will be controlled by the Liberal Party during the election, and after the election, there is no need for the foundation to exist, even if you are not the president, I will leave." ”

"I'm relieved that you can think like that." Mavi nodded.

Stuart picked up a cigar and said, "It's just a small Foundation, nothing compared to your Potions Company, and we'll handle the handover when the election is over." ”

"Okay."

"By the way, there is news from the Election Commission that your approval rating has increased significantly in the past two days." Stewarter opened the drawer, took out a document and handed it to Ma Wei: "There are people from us in the committee, and we can know the approximate support rate, in fact, the second prince wants to do something inside, as long as the votes are obtained, the support rate will naturally not be a problem, but unfortunately there are also people from the eldest prince in the committee, so. Don't dare to act rashly, for fear of being caught. ”

"It's nice to know the approval rating." Ma Wei is not greedy at all, he feels that since he is running for parliament, he must rely on his real skills to gain the support of the people and manipulate the votes behind his back

It's disgusting.

Looking through the documents, Mavi found that his approval rating in Lambeth had risen to 15 percent, a terrible low compared to Donald Pat's 61 percent, but it was already on the single-digit back of the previous days.

You know, in the last general election, Donal Pat won the seat of parliament with 58,000 votes and 73% support!

This time, Ma Wei is going to participate in the general election, which has already had a great impact on Donal, and the election will continue for a while, and it is not impossible to turn the tables.

"The second prince suggested that you take the time to go to Lambeth District to give a few public speeches and tell the people what they will do after the election, Donald Pat has been busy giving speeches in recent days" Stewart waved his hand and said: "In fact, it is to draw a big pie for the people, whoever paints it beautifully will have a high approval rating." ”

Levin interjected at this time: "If the elected legislators do not do what they promised during the election, will they not be abandoned by the people in the next general election?" ”

"Theoretically, this is the case, but in practice, the people are very forgetful, you draw a big pie for them, even if they don't do it, they will quickly forget, of course, there is no shortage of people with strong memory, and it is very simple to deal with, conduct a poll before the term of office comes, and if you are dissatisfied with you, you will personally come to apologize and show your attitude, so that the vast majority of dissent can be eliminated."

Stewart said eloquently: "You are a member of parliament, a big man in the eyes of the people, there is a natural psychological gap, just imagine, if you are an ordinary citizen, running around for three meals a day, and suddenly one day the king comes to visit you and tells you that he will make up for his previous shortcomings, hoping that you can give him a chance to continue to support him, will you disagree?" ”

Levin and Unia looked at each other and were speechless for a moment.

"Even if you win the second election, what about the third time? If you can't fulfill your promise, the people will definitely not eat this set! ”

"It's easy!"

Stewart spread his hands and said confidently: "You all know that failing to fulfill the promise will reduce the approval rating, why not exercise the right to do some superficial engineering during the term of office?" In this way, you can not only block the mouths of the people, but also give a gorgeous report in a grand manner, so that the people think that you are a good parliamentarian who does practical things, and then vote for you! ”

"As for accidents, for example, when the people's complaints about you are too big and irretrievable, you can change them! Six-legged dogs are hard to find, two-legged people are everywhere! Donald is not a member of parliament, and there are Dinar and Runal! Wouldn't it be okay to remake the previous operation? ”

A general election is five years, two terms are ten years, it is not easy to be elected as a member of the parliament, and there are too many things to do in five years, there are those who really do practical things, but the parliament is a voting system, and the personal strength is too weak, no matter how hard you work, you can't touch the core interests of capital, and give some small favors, you can make the people grateful to Dade.

This is the biggest difference between the Kingdom of Windsor and the Kingdom of Romanov, not only in terms of ideology, but also in the way the government is formed, the two countries are already destined to develop diametrically opposite directions.

"I brought back the newspaper."

"Oh."

Picking up the first draft of the newspaper on the table that had not yet been released, Ma Wei planned to go home and read it slowly, so that it would be a good thing to know the news earlier.

On the way home, I went to the market to buy the ingredients needed for dinner, and tonight Ma Wei planned to cook fish soup and wash the dust for Xiao Hei.

The identity has been exposed, and Xiao Hei doesn't need to stay with Mr. Butler, although it is still needed to continue to be in charge of the affairs of the experimental base, but it is much more free than before, and it is no problem to go home for dinner once in a while.

Hearing that he was going to boil fish soup, Xiao Hei's tail immediately cocked, and he walked above the eaves with a fart, far behind Ma Wei and the others.

When he got home, Ma Wei took off his coat, even in summer, the temperature in London was still cold, and there was no summer warmth, which was also related to the smog that shrouded London.

Rolling up his sleeves and putting on an apron, Ma Wei moved a small stool and sat at the back door to scrape the fish scales, and by the way, he cut open the belly of the fish and took out the internal organs, he bought the tall eye flounder, a kind of flounder, which was used for steaming, in addition, there were trout and sea bass that were removed, and the trout was used for pan-frying, and the sea bass was boiled in soup.

The most abundant in the Kingdom of Windsor is probably seafood, fresh fish is everywhere in the market, and the prices are very cheap, and ordinary people can afford to consume it. The premise is that you can cook.

According to the time-honored recipe of the Kingdom of Windsor, the best way to cook fish is probably to fry it.

Although Xiao Hei did not refuse, considering its taste, Ma Wei still bought sea bass for it to stew in soup, the meat is delicious and less thorny sea bass is fried in the pan until golden brown on both sides, and then boiled with boiling water and green onion and ginger to make a white soup

"Dad, if it's a soup, why do you want to fry it first?"

Smelling the fragrance, Yunia stood on tiptoe by the stove, curiously watching Ma Wei cook, she grew a little taller than the height of the stove before.

"Because the soup can only be boiled white by frying it in advance, and the fried fish has to be boiled with boiling water and boiled over high heat."

Ma Wei covered the pot, washed his hands, and poured himself a cup of tea: "The soup stewed like this looks better and tastes more delicious, you will know it after a while." ”

"Hmm!"

Picking up the newspaper on the table, Ma Wei read it while drinking tea, and in addition to the report on the Manstein Charitable Foundation, there were several news items that interested him.

[Julius Caesar repaired the Colosseum, reopened the gladiator duel, and famously said - 'Great Rome cannot live without the Colosseum!' ’】

[The conflict in the United States of Citi escalates! The northern battlefield is retreating! Suspected mercenaries appear! 】

[Frederick's Northwest Front has captured the capital of the Duchy of Biligi!] The Principality of Billigi is destroyed! The Rhine Union has largely collapsed! 】

Caesar's reopening of the Colosseum is probably to awaken the blood of the people of the Roman Republic, whether it is a fighting beast or a gladiatorial fight, it is an activity that can make the audience adrenaline soar, and if used correctly, it may really activate the declining 'flesh' of the Sardinians.

The idea is good, but the specific effect depends on the reality, after all, the current Roman Republic is different from before, slavery has long been abolished, and the so-called beast fighting and gladiatorial fighting can only develop in the direction of transcendent creatures.

Could it be that Caesar wanted to be like the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate, throwing captured transcendent beings into the gladiatorial arena and letting them kill each other?

If so

Ma Wei did not comment on the good or bad of this matter, and it was indeed a shortcut to what Caesar wanted to achieve.

The war in the United States of Citi has entered a white-hot stage, all kinds of new weapons are emerging one after another, and the speed of updating and iteration is very amazing, often the newly invented weapons have not had time to equip the army on a large scale, and more advanced weapons have appeared, and the course of history is faster than Ma Wei realizes, changing with each passing day.

Whether the emergence of new weapons has anything to do with the gods or not, Ma Wei does not know, and it may not be related to the ancient gods' concealment of history.

Judging from the war report, the war of the United States of Citi will not end in the short term, but the unification war of the Kingdom of Frederick is in full swing, and the fall of the Duchy of Billy means that the Kingdom of Frederick officially took the northwest territory of the Rhine League, bordering the First Bonaparte Empire.

Without the buffer zone, the Kingdom of Frederick and Bonaparte I were bound to increase friction, but Wilhelm V and Prime Minister Bismarck still ordered their troops to invade the capital of the Duchy of Billigi and annex all the lands in the north of the Rhine League, so that the Rhine League was reduced to a few small principalities in the south.

Unification seems to have become the general trend, and it is strange that Napoleon has no intention of intervening to stop it, no matter how much the small principalities ask for help, they are indifferent, not to mention the Roman Republic in the south, Caesar has no time to manage Frederick's kingdom, and he still has a bunch of broken things in his hands that have not been solved!

Ma Wei turned the page back, and a line of large characters came into view:

[That man is back!] 】

[On May 11, Sultan Zambu IX of the Kingdom of Voodoo announced his abdication! 】

[On May 12th, Dembala, the god of voodoo of the Witch God Cult, recalled Amaric Nasser Saladin!] 】

[On May 13, Saladin ascended the throne in Cairo and became the new Sultan of the Kingdom of Voodoo!] 】

Looking at the news in the newspaper, Ma Wei's face gradually became solemn.

First there was Napoleon Bonaparte, Caesar, and now there is Saladin

Although Saladin was summoned by the Witch God Cult of the Southern Continent and could not affect the Central Continent for the time being, this was not a good sign.

Who was Saladin?

The ruthless man who established the Ayyubid dynasty and resisted the attack of the Apocalypse God 700 years ago!

In that era, Saladin was the brightest star and left a strong mark in history.

This time, his opponents were Napoleon, Caesar!

The merits of these two emperors are not inferior to him at all, and even more dazzling than him!

Mavi felt that it was probably the Witch God Cult that saw the benefits of Napoleon and Caesar's rebirth, so he chose to resurrect Saladin

The third resurrected monarch has appeared, will the fourth be far away?