May 28, 5pm, Lambeth District, general election polling station.
Ballots are free, and every citizen with the right to vote can get them for free at the polling station. For convenience, there are only three names on the ballot, the names of three candidates.
Voters only need to take a ballot, check the name of the candidate they support, and then sign or press their thumbprint to cast the ballot into the ballot box.
The general election is transparent and the information is open to the public. Each voter has only one chance to vote. Registration is required to enter the polling station. The final counting stage will be reviewed again. Bettors can withdraw or check their votes at any time.
In addition, there are dedicated personnel to conduct public opinion statistics and give a rough probability range. When the results are far from the public opinion statistics, the government will intervene and recount the votes.
If you are illiterate, there will be someone at the betting station to help you fill it out. Mavey is not worried about cheating. In highly competitive constituencies like Lambeth, both the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party have arranged manpower. If there is any tampering with the ballot, they will
Report immediately.
Of course, this does not mean that cheating is completely impossible, but judging from the current situation...
Donal Pat, cheating doesn't mean much.
When the last voter walked out of the gate, the bell rang at 5 p.m. At dusk, the staff at the voting station removed the ballot boxes and returned to the backstage for counting. With the efforts of more than a dozen people, the vote was completed within an hour.
The result was obtained.
The teller walked out of the backstage, wrote the results on the bulletin board, and shouted loudly:
"Gus Mendy, 3112 votes..."
"Donal Pat, 14917 votes...."
"Nicholas von Manstein....83,255 votes!"
"The 27th Member of Parliament for Lambeth is Nicholas von Manstein!"
Applause broke out loudly, and when the people gathered outside the door heard the name of the elected candidate, most of them clapped excitedly. One of the votes Ma Wei received included one of them.
Donal Pat also came to the scene. Although he had already guessed the result, when he heard that the votes were so disparate, he couldn't help but lower his head in despair.
He was still a powerful figure in the last general election, but in just the past five years, things have changed and he has tasted the taste of failure.
"Go, Nicholas." The second prince said, "Go and accept the enthusiasm of the voters. This is what you have won back."
Taking Yunia's little hand, Ma Wei walked up to the high platform, and the applause became even more enthusiastic. Just when he was about to express his gratitude...
In the crowd, a man wearing an octagonal hat and a black coat suddenly appeared. He raised his arm and pointed his gun at Ma Wei.
"Brother! Be careful!"
boom!
boom!
Sparks burst out, and two projectiles came out of the gun, accurately hitting Ma Wei's chest. The phantom of the armor suddenly appeared, blocking the two projectiles.
At the same time, the assassin's body fell heavily, and Levin knocked him unconscious with one hand.
Screams rang out from the crowd, and the scene suddenly became chaotic. Ma Wei bent down to pick up the bullets that fell to the ground, and spoke to calm the panicked crowd. After calming everything down, he expressed his gratitude to the voters, and then led the assassins
Got on the carriage.
As soon as they got in the car, the second prince hurriedly asked: "Nicholas, are you not injured?"
"I'm fine. The extraordinary item Archbishop Brandon gave me stopped the bullet."
Ma Wei looked at the projectiles and found that they were very ordinary and nothing out of the ordinary. He couldn't help but wonder: "It's no secret that I have a demon hunter protecting me. It's impossible for ordinary people to kill me. So who ordered this assassin?"
"
The second prince opened his mouth to say something about the eldest prince, Charles, but when the words reached his lips, he swallowed them back.
Thinking about it carefully, no matter how stupid Prince Charles is, he should not send an ordinary person to assassinate him. The team of demon hunters responsible for protecting Mavey include followers of the health goddess Wilder. The immortal field has been open for a long time, even without the protection of armor.
, bullets cannot kill Ma Wei.
Could the eldest prince be so stupid?
With his power, even if he sends assassins, they should be extraordinary ones!
"We'll find out if we take him back and interrogate him properly!" The second prince said viciously: "If you dare to assassinate government officials in the street, he is impatient!"
Ma Wei did not feel panic when he was assassinated. He had been mentally prepared for a long time. He was not assassinated once or twice. What was there to be afraid of?
"Could it be Donal Pat who did it?" Levine said: "He lost the election and he had a grudge, so he hired an assassin to kill his eldest brother. That would make sense!"
"Not very likely."
Ma Wei shook his head and said: "If Donal Pat was a hot-blooded and reckless person, then he wouldn't be able to become a member of Parliament. I don't think he is."
After thinking about it for a while, Ma Wei did not expect that anyone would send an assassin to kill him at this juncture. The key point is that this assassin is not a transcendent, but an ordinary person. Who would let ordinary people assassinate him if he is suspected?
The news of the assassination spread like wildfire, and soon spread throughout Lambeth. Even St. Paul's Cathedral received the news, and even alerted the Pope.
Ubli I personally interrogated the prisoner. He thought that the prisoner would be a tough opponent, but he didn't expect...
As soon as he saw Ubli I, the middle-aged man who assassinated Ma Wei confessed tremblingly.
"What? The reason he assassinated Nicholas was because his wife ran away?"
The second prince looked at the assassin's confession with disbelief: "What does Nicholas have to do with his wife running away?"
"He and his wife had a big fight because Nicholas said that women should enjoy equal rights as men." Ubli I answered the second prince's doubts: "It happened that the Women's Rights and Interests Act was passed not long ago, and his wife
Filed for divorce and he thought it was all Nicholas' fault."
"In other words, there is no one else behind him?!"
"According to the results of the witcher's visit and investigation..."
Ubli I took a deep breath: "It should be the truth."
"...."
The second prince glanced at Ma Wei and didn't know what to say.
Ma Wei was very calm, because reality is not logical, everyone has different ideas, and even outrageous things can happen.
"In the final analysis, he just wants to continue to drive his wife as he did before. The fault is placed on me because he didn't realize where the mistake was at all." Ma Wei said calmly: "There are still people like him.
There are many, and there are many who want me to die."
"Who told you to interfere with other people's interests?" Archbishop Camberley sneered and gloated: "You should have had some awareness before doing this."
"I just did the right thing and let them enjoy the freedom that should belong to them. Doesn't the Archbishop of Cambury think so?" Ma Wei narrowed his eyes: "Even if he believes in a goddess?"
"You...I didn't say that!"
"Does that mean we think women's rights should be improved?" Ma Wei nodded and said to Archbishop Brandon: "It seems that we need to publicize the Archbishop of Cambury. He is so loyal to the goddess. He deserves to be an archbishop. He is willing to
Publicly support women.”
Archbishop Brandon smiled and said: "Yes, it's time to publicize it."
"snort!"
The Archbishop of Camberley snorted coldly and walked away. He knew that this was Ma Wei's trap. Instead of continuing to defend and get deeper into trouble, it was better to keep silent.
Seeing that the Archbishop of Cambury was embarrassed, Archbishop Liviu, who had a sinister look in his eyes, laughed strangely a few times, and his laughter was mixed with sarcasm. It was obvious that he didn't like the Archbishop of Cambury very much.
"Well, since there is no mastermind behind the scenes, let's settle this matter. Because the assassin is not a church member, I will hand him over to Scotland Yard and handle him for murder."
Ubli I said: "Are you satisfied with this, Nicholas?"
"Listen to the Pope's arrangements."
"very good."
After leaving St. Paul's Cathedral, Mavey followed the second prince to Kensington Palace. At this moment, many people gathered here.
The huge conference hall was full of people, many of whom were familiar faces. Ma Wei recognized them. Most of them were members of the Liberal Party in the previous term, and they were successfully re-elected this term.
"Everyone, I want to introduce you to a new friend."
Taking the top position, the second prince invited Ma Wei to stand next to him: "Nicholas von Manstein, he has been elected as a member of the Lambeth District. From today on, he will participate in regular meetings like us.
"
Thin applause rang out. All the congressmen here knew that Ma Wei was elected as a congressman and it was reasonable for him to become the confidant of the second prince.
Rather, with the addition of Ma Wei, everyone's confidence has greatly increased.
After sitting down, the party leader Baron Frederick handed over a statistical report: "Your Highness, in this election, the Conservative Party won 363 seats and the Liberal Party won 319 seats."
"319?" The second prince's eyes widened: "How could this be? We still had 327 seats in the last general election. How come there are 8 fewer seats in this election? Obviously the number of seats for the Conservative Party has also decreased!"
"Because of women's unions, we and the Conservative Party lost in many remote constituencies..."
Baron Frederick said solemnly: "In this election, the Democratic Party won 89 seats, 57 more than the last election. It is due to Duke Chevalier that the Democratic Party is now the third largest party in the House of Commons.
"
There are 1,150 seats in the entire Congress, 500 in the House of Lords, and 650 in the House of Commons. The total seats include the upper and lower houses.
Both the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party seem to have more than 300 seats, but in fact at least half of them come from the House of Lords, the House of Commons that really controls the real power. The competition between the two parties is extremely fierce.
In this general election, the Conservative Party has 259 seats in the House of Commons, making it the largest party, while the Liberal Party only won 216 seats, ranking second.
In addition to the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party, in third place is the Democratic Party led by Freya, with 65 seats in the House of Commons, followed by the West Island National Party led by Arthur with 51 seats, the Welsh Party with 22 seats, the Center Party with 24 seats, and the Fine Gael Party
10 seats, 3 seats for the Independent Party.
The party with the largest number of people will become the ruling party, and the remaining opposition parties will be collectively called the opposition parties. The ruling party in the last Congress was the Conservative Party, and this is also the case.
The winner of this election is undoubtedly Freya. The Democratic Party, which she originally served as leader, only had 23 seats in the House of Commons. Now it has 65 seats, becoming the third largest party.
"The ruling party this time is still the Conservative Party..."
The second prince breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was unhappy in his heart, there was nothing he could do about it. Even with Ma Wei joining, he could not change the outcome of the election. At most, he would have more say in the church.
"His Majesty also re-elected the cabinet. The prime minister is still Winston Churchill, and the members of the cabinet remain unchanged from the previous term."
"Yes." The second prince nodded and glanced at the dozens of MPs sitting in the conference hall. They all came from the constituencies around London. The MPs from other constituencies were too far away from London to be on call at any time.
"Everyone, the new general election is over. First of all, I want to congratulate you on your election as members. Secondly, I would like to express my gratitude to you for your loyalty."
Clapping their hands, the maids brought champagne to celebrate. The second prince raised a glass and said: "Although there are 8 fewer seats than the previous session, this time we have Nicholas joining us. I believe that a bright future is waiting.
Follow us! Praise freedom!”
After that, everyone drank the champagne in one gulp, Ma Wei just touched his lips.
After removing the cup, someone asked: "Your Highness, what is the next step for our party?"
"Expand the trade circle and give full play to our advantages!" The second prince said without thinking: "The potion market has been opened up, and the women's market is about to open up. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! A huge cake is waiting for us!"
"Nicholas is in charge of the potion market. We don't need to worry. We can only assist in the acquisition of raw materials and sales. What is really worth noting is the upcoming opening of the women's market. The promulgation of the Women's Rights and Interests Act has enabled women to own property.
And everyone knows that women need to spend money in many places...Girard, your lover, you have to customize more than a dozen dresses and countless perfumes and cosmetics every week, right?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! A faint whisper sounded in the room, and the congressman named Girard said calmly: "Who is not like this? I spend money on her every week
It’s dozens of gold pounds, and it’s even more expensive if you buy jewelry.”
"That's it!"
The second prince snapped his fingers: "Giving gifts to your partner is a common thing, even for poor people at the bottom! There is an article in the "Women's Rights and Interests Act" about property inheritance. Now women have the right to property inheritance. This
The bill is bound to make many women gain a lot of wealth. If we put their money into our own pockets, that is what we will do next!”
“What should we do specifically?” someone asked.
"For unmarried women, we use their beauty to seduce them and let them spend a lot of money on dressing up. At the same time, we encourage them to invest and buy stocks just like men..."
The second prince became more and more excited as he talked, and in the end he spat: "Married women, we can start with children, such as promoting baby food, clothing, medicines, marketing in newspapers, and housing, to make them give up renting.
The idea turned to buying a house..."
"Buy a house?" Councilor Girard questioned: "The price of an ordinary 30-square-meter apartment in London is at least 50 gold pounds. This price is not something ordinary families can afford..."
The second prince smiled and said: "I have already discussed this with Baron Frederick."
"If they don't have money, we will lend them money and pay them back a little regularly. Of course, there will be interest on the loan, which will make us earn more."
"What if they don't have the money to repay the debt?"
"Then we will take back the house and sell it for a second time. In the end, we will make money and own the house. As long as we cooperate with the bank, we will not lose money no matter what."