"Prime Minister, this is the list of jewels brought into the country by the nobles of the Romanov Kingdom."

The next morning, a report was placed on Mavi's desk.

Everyone knew that the nobles of the Romanov kingdom were rich, but they did not expect them to be so rich.

Even if they were reduced to the point of fleeing, they still carried gold, silver and jewelry worth hundreds of thousands of gold pounds, you know, before the establishment of the Manstein Potions Company, the second prince's full net worth was only two or three hundred thousand gold pounds!

The refugees were so rich, if they were placed during the reign of Paul I.

How extravagant should they be?

Ma Wei has a rough guess in his heart, after all, the army of the Kingdom of Windsor ransacked the Winter Palace and looted the gold and silver treasures inside, part of which was divided up, and part of it was sent to the London Museum for exhibition, which has become the treasure of the Kingdom of Windsor.

It's all old traditions.

There was everything in the London Museum, from all over the world, even a mummy was shipped.

"Prime Minister, Duke Ivanovich also sent you a gift."

David placed a beautiful gift box on the table, and inside the box was a dazzling emerald necklace, the top of which was the size of a quail egg, green and incalculable.

"It's a good thing, take the time to send it back to him." Ma Wei only glanced at it and then withdrew his gaze, not much interested.

"Duke Ivanovich said it was a necklace worn by Queen Catherine during her lifetime"

"Whose necklace?"

"Queen Catherine, the wife of Peter the Great and the mother of the current Romanov king Katerina, Catherine Romanov Alexandrova." David picked up the box and said.

"Put the box down."

"Yes."

"Duke Ivanovich should have something to ask me." Ma Wei asked casually as he put the box into a drawer.

"He said, if you accept the necklace, I'll tell you, if you don't accept it, forget it."

"What's the matter?"

"He wants the prime minister to attend the birthday party for his son Alexei's twelfth birthday."

"When?"

"Tomorrow night."

"Okay." Ma Wei bowed his head and said, "Tell him that I will be there in person." ”

The small business banquet is insignificant, but what really matters is Ma Wei.

It would have been much easier to invite other nobles if they had known that the Prime Minister was there in person, and it was a cascading effect, and when Mavi went, the other Windsor nobles followed.

As long as they can take the opportunity of this banquet to solve the 'misunderstanding', they can live in London as exiled nobles who have fled.

The robbers waiting outside the villa were not street thugs, but the men of the London aristocracy, who did not kill people, but only robbed property, just to take revenge on Duke Ivanovich and others, so that they would live on the streets, and the women would become cheap prostitutes, and the men would be bullied.

Without money, it was difficult for those nobles who did not have skills to survive in London.

So Duke Ivanovich needs a medium to unravel the 'misunderstanding'.

Ma Wei originally didn't want to participate in the banquet, but since he received a gift, he would do things, and it was the principle to take money to do things.

Putting aside the matter of Duke Ivanovich, Mavi turned to deal with state affairs, and Dembala, who fled a few days ago, has completely escaped the control of the Apocalypse Divine System, and he seems to have been injured in the battle, and is currently hiding in Cairo, and has not made any further moves.

With the help of the Adams Chamber of Commerce, Edward and Alberts managed to transfer the sword and useful documents before Allah returned to Jerusalem, and sent them to the Romanov kingdom on the ships of the Manstein Shipping Company, where Edward would soon be able to return to London to join them.

In addition, the Holy Cross formed by the Apocalypse Divine Department has also officially entered the United States of Citi, which is an extraordinary army composed of various churches, the Witchers, the Templars, the Knights of the Holy Silver Cross, and the Holy Light Mithril Society have all elected elites, and at the same time, the churches have also sent archbishops, and the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate has sent Archbishop Livius, who has led the Holy Cross into Washington.

Against the monsters developed by the Doomsday, the Demon Hunters have the most experience, they have two encounters, and they know the weaknesses of monsters, so they must be able to help the northern army take back a city.

The Holy Crusade marched westward.

What really worried Ma Wei was not the Holy Crusade's westward crusade or the war in the United States of Citi, but the sudden rise of the Witch God Cult.

Dembala will definitely make a comeback, he will not give up the opportunity to be promoted to the main god, as long as he becomes the main god, he can form his own god system and overthrow the rule of the Apocalypse god system.

The agreement reached between the Church of Truth and the Witch God Cult is not sure if it can be continued, Ma Wei hopes that Dembhala will not tear up the covenant, and the Romanov Kingdom needs to open up the markets of the Southern and Eastern Continents.

The members of the Aurora Society, who had been sent to the Kingdom of Frederick to find William V to inquire about Princess Sophia, also returned, bringing back good news that Princess Sophia had loved fairy tales and legends since she was a child, and she knew that the existence of Avalon was not impossible.

This discovery also made Ma Wei breathe a sigh of relief.

He didn't want the mirror demon Minnie to take Princess Sophia's body, because that meant that the appearance of the fourth prince was not accidental.

Today, Yunia didn't run around, but stayed by Ma Wei's side as usual, the only difference was that she actually moved a stool to sit next to Ma Wei and watch him handle official business.

The official affairs of the Windsor Kingdom are all confidential, especially the secret information handled by the prime minister himself, and it is even more secret information that ordinary people cannot access, even David is not qualified to check it, but no one has trouble with Yunia.

After all

She is the daughter of the Prime Minister.

The next evening, the suburban villa.

Mavi arrived as promised, dressed in formal attire, and took Yunia to the villa where Duke Ivanovich lived.

Duke Ivanovich has changed into the banquet costume of the Romanov Kingdom, and even invited the famous song and dance troupe from London, which has really put a lot of effort, and when he saw Ma Wei, he hurried out: "Your Excellency Prime Minister! ”

The sound was loud and attracted the attention of the other guests, all of whom were London aristocrats, Conservatives and Liberals, and this was not a factional banquet.

When they found out that the Prime Minister had indeed come like an invitation, they relaxed a lot and were sure that Duke Ivanovich had not deceived them.

The Prime Minister's willingness to accept the invitation meant that these exiled aristocrats had given up enough leverage to prove their worth.

It is worth mentioning that the fourth princes, Arthur and Freya, also came.

They were in the crowd, held by the stars, surrounded by people.

The exiled nobles apparently did their homework, the Duke of Tbilisi spoke eloquently in front of the fourth prince with his glass, and the Count Shirkov went on the offensive around Freya, picking a delicately trimmed mustache from time to time, like

Is it secretly sending autumn waves?

Ma Wei didn't know, he didn't care, he came to the banquet today, purely for the sake of the face of the necklace, recently Katerina was going to have a birthday, and it happened to be sent as a birthday gift.

It is necessary to maintain relations with the king on a regular basis, just as prime ministers and prime ministers exchange gifts.

Noticing Mavi's gaze, Freya rolled her eyes, narrowed the distance with Count Shirkov, and talked with a smile, which made Count Shirkov excited, he heard that the extremely powerful Duke Shevali had no husband, so he had a bad idea, he was also a classical beauty among the nobles of the Romanov Kingdom, and wanted to conquer Freya with his personal charm, but Freya ignored him, making him think that he was not attractive enough.

Now that Freya has become enthusiastic, he also sees an opportunity.

"Duke Ivanovich, congratulations on your son Alexei's twelfth birthday, this is a gift."

Ma Wei snapped his fingers, and his assistant David immediately handed over a bottle of red wine with a red ribbon, produced in Bordeaux Château, which was taken at the second prince's house, not stealing, how could it be called stealing between the prime minister and the king?

Obviously, it looked good, so I took it away.

I just didn't say hello.

Everyone knew that Mavi's butler had died, so before Edward returned, David temporarily took on the position of butler.

Duke Ivanovich took the gift with his own hands, handed it to his subordinates, and then patted his son on the head and asked him to call Mavi 'Uncle Nicholas'.

A few simple polite words, and when the cake was cut, Mavi wanted to leave with Yunia, Duke Ivanovich hurriedly stopped them, and finally invited people to come, if they didn't do anything and left, wouldn't it be a big loss?

What's more, as soon as Ma Wei leaves, the other nobles will definitely follow suit!

"Duke Ivanovich, if you have anything to say, just say it, be cheerful, and be good to everyone."

"That's right, Your Excellency Prime Minister."

Duke Ivanovich let his son play, and said with some trepidation: "I want to ask the Kingdom of Windsor to help us retake Warsaw, Kiev, Helsinki and other regions." ”

"It's impossible." Ma Wei shook his head slowly: "If you don't lose your land, the Kingdom of Windsor can help you in the name of aid, but now that you have been driven out, if you want to go back, you need to send an army, and this is to start a war against the Romanov Kingdom!" ”

Now that the Kingdom of Windsor has provided military assistance to the United States of Citi and sent many elites, how can it open up the Eastern Front?

Even if the Kingdom of Windsor is strong, it can't hold up a two-front battle!

There is also Dambara in the south, and the goddess is seriously injured again, and at this time declares war with the Romanov Kingdom, isn't it looking for death?

The rejected Duke Ivanovich was not discouraged, but played the emotional card: "Prime Minister Nicholas, you are Germanic and from the Kingdom of Frederick, and I am a Slav from the Romanov Kingdom, our two countries were allies before!" ”

Mavi sneered: "If you want to count the ancestors, the Germans and Slavs have not started wars, and the allies are also temporary, not to mention that now you and I are neither in the Kingdom of Frederick nor in the Kingdom of Romanovs, this is Windsor." ”

"I just wanted to ask you to be accommodating."

"I can answer you very clearly, Duke Ivanovich, the Kingdom of Windsor will not declare war on the Kingdom of Romanovs, no matter how hard you try, it is useless."

"No, no, no, I understand this, I mean, for the sake of all of you, who were allies before, come forward to reconcile our relationship with the nobles of London." Duke Ivanovich said: "Of course, we will not let you help in vain, His Majesty Paul I once rewarded me with a Fabergé egg, a rare treasure, the craftsman who was able to make it, Fabergé has died, and there are only twenty-three left in the world, each of which is worth a fortune."

Mavi smiled, not satisfied with the gift, but laughing at Duke Ivanovich's obsession.

He still hasn't seen the situation clearly.

Still immersed in the fantasy that the Kingdom of Windsor will help them reclaim their place.

In fact, when they were defeated by Katerina, they were no longer the owners of that land, and even if the Kingdom of Windsor occupied Warsaw, Kiev and other regions in the future, they would not return it to nobles such as Duke Ivanovich.

As for coming forward to reconcile the relationship, Ma Wei will not do it.

He invited Duke Ivanovich and others to London, in large part to imprison them and give them over to Katerina in the future.

Duke Ivanovich and others betrayed their country, they are traitors, and such crimes must be punished!

What happened to them in London was acquiesced by Mavey, and he wanted to give these nobles a taste of the loss of state protection.

"Put away your gifts, Lord Duke." Ma Wei said in a flat tone: "If you want to live in London, you need your own efforts, and I can't help it." ”

"I have a secret treasure." Duke Ivanovich suddenly said: "I hid it, and as long as you agree to help, I will dedicate it to you." ”

"Can I understand it as reinstatement?"

“.”

"Your Excellency Duke, you can keep the money, if I guess correctly, the treasure should be in the territory of the Romanov Kingdom, and you can only dig it up if you go back."

Mavi glanced at Duke Ivanovich, whose face was not very good-looking: "Wealth that can be seen but cannot be touched is better than nothing." ”

"And what do you want?"

Duke Ivanovich realized that it was a very stupid decision to use his wealth to buy Mavi, Mavi ran the Manstein Potions Company, and he was already the richest man in London, and the entire net worth of the exiled nobles was probably not as good as the current Mavi!

Ma Wei is not short of money at all, money is just a number for him, and it seems like this to outsiders.

"How are you going to help us?" Duke Ivanovich was a little anxious: "As long as you say, I am willing to agree to anything!" ”

"Your Excellency, do you think that you are important to me, or is money important to me?"

"Money?"

Mavi shook his head.

Duke Ivanovich's face changed suddenly, it's not money, that's his people?

Who does Mavi want him?

This.

"It can't be me."

Ma Wei shook his head again, now Duke Ivanovich couldn't understand it even more, it wasn't money or him, so what was important to Ma Wei?

Mavi didn't give him an answer, and left the villa with Yunia, and as soon as he left, Freya's face froze, because from beginning to end, Mavi only glanced at her when she entered the door.

Or a glimpse of observation by the way, stayed for less than a second.

"Duke Chevaly, I would like to invite you to the Jockey Club next week." Count Shirkov groaned with a smile.

"Get out."

"What did you say?"

Freya's indifferent gaze swept over, as if looking at a corpse:

"Get out!"

(End of chapter)