In the potion factory, workers were bottling and cartoning the potions they had made. Jacob, the manager in charge of counting the goods, was recording while looking at Ma Wei who came to inspect: "Is there any danger?"
"There are definitely dangers, but risks and benefits coexist."
Picking up a bottle of mercury blood for random inspection, and after confirming that the quality passed the standard, Ma Wei said: "This batch of goods is of good quality. Take out 10 bottles and I will take them to Paris as samples."
"yes."
Jacob recorded Mavi's request on the cargo list and asked: "Apart from mercury blood, is there anything else you need?"
"Well, the ingredients for the sleeping toast, three bottles of the magic potion Asante, ten bottles of Hercules' stick, and other magic potions, prepare as many as you can."
This trip to Paris is not only for negotiation, but Ma Wei also takes the opportunity to promote the magic potion products of Manstein Company. The blood of mercury is not found in other churches. The potion that can attract the attention of the Church of the Three Goddess of Destiny will definitely have extraordinary effects.
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"But we have signed a supply contract with the church. Except for the Church of the Three Destinies, our company cannot provide mercury blood to other churches and private individuals."
"Mercury blood is a strategic potion and should be strictly controlled. We don't need to supply other churches. We only need to bring mercury blood to them. As for what to do next, it depends on the church's wishes.
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Jacob understood somewhat. Ma Wei wanted to seduce other churches with mercury blood, and rely on the mercury blood order to obtain more favorable conditions for Manstein Company at the negotiation table!
The Church of the Three Goddess of Destiny can realize the importance of mercury blood, and so can the Church of Wisdom and Abundance. If there is demand, there will be a market, and if there is a market, there will be profits.
"During my time away from London, all company affairs will be handed over to the manager of the financial department. If you have any questions, you can discuss it with her, but don't let Stuart and the others discover it."
Ma Wei warned: "If you encounter trouble and need support, go and ask the church for help. If you are in trouble and you can't ask the church for help, go to Canary Wharf and find Fat Orange, and he will help you."
"Fat Orange?" Jacob asked doubtfully, "Won't he go to Paris with you?"
"It wants to stay. Felix and Jonas will follow me to Paris. It must leave a presence in London that can preside over the overall situation."
Fat Orange really wants to go to Paris with Ma Wei. It can't wait to further expand the Cat Legion, but the time is not ripe right now. The Cat Legion doesn't even control the Kingdom of Windsor, so how can it expand outward?
The meal must be eaten one bite at a time, and the road must be walked step by step. The best policy is to work steadily and steadily.
After dealing with the problem of carrying the goods, Ma Wei took a carriage to Eton College in the suburbs, found the principal in person, and asked Daniel for a month's leave, saying that he would take him out to broaden his horizons.
The principal agreed readily. There was no reason for him to disagree when the guardian came to ask for leave in person, not to mention that Ma Wei asked him to bring a small gift - half an antler that exudes a charming fragrance.
Deer antlers are cut from the top of the deer's head and have extremely high medicinal value. Cutting a small piece and holding it in your mouth has the effect of aphrodisiac, refreshing and replenishing energy. It is a rare treasure, as long as the forearm.
The market price of a deer antler is 300 gold pounds, which is equivalent to a year's income of the middle class.
Ma Wei, who had just dissected three thousand corpses of extraordinary creatures not long ago, has the power to mobilize the church's potion warehouse. Of course he would not do anything to enrich himself. He bought these and the antlers with his own money and paid for them.
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The reason why he wanted to give a gift to the principal was because Ma Wei knew that Daniel was selling sleepy toast privately in the school. This incident had happened once before, but then nothing happened. The principal always turned a blind eye to what Daniel was doing.
Everyone has met Jiyan several times at banquets, and everyone has to express his feelings and reasons.
Hearing Ma Wei give gifts to the principal, Daniel snorted: "Brother, you kept saying before that you should put an end to the unhealthy trend of flattery and asking for bribes. Why are you giving gifts yourself now?"
"The key to eliminating unhealthy tendencies lies in the environment." Ma Wei said calmly while packing Daniel's luggage: "If the social environment has gone down an evil path, then people will naturally flatter officials and rush to give gifts. If you want to cure it,
, we need to take strong medicine, but the Kingdom of Windsor is not our territory, we don’t care what we say, I can only go with the flow."
After saying that, Ma Wei suddenly remembered something: "I'll go visit Sarah later. She's not bullied at school, right?"
"Who dares to bully her! She is the adopted daughter of the Crowley family. General Toure often comes to visit her. Last time, the second son of the Baron family wanted to confess his love to Sarah, but General Toure found out and kicked him in.
It’s in the lake!”
Hearing this, Ma Wei was completely relieved. With the strength of the Crowley family, no one would dare to bully even the adopted daughter. Moreover, Sara was a child who grew up in an old street. She had a quiet personality but was not weak.
In a fight, the noble children may not necessarily be her opponents.
After visiting Sarah, Mavey took Daniel back to London. When they passed St. Paul's Cathedral, they met Archbishop Brandon who was about to go out.
"Nicholas! You came just in time, I was just going to Flower Street to find you!"
Seeing Ma Wei, Archbishop Brandon spoke quickly: "The Church of Wisdom has used the Hall of Gods to send a message back. They agreed to your request and launched a multi-church negotiation in Paris. The Cult of Plenty, Judgment
The Cult of God will send out representatives in the next two days, so we must hurry up and the king has arranged for a warship to escort us."
"By water?"
Ma Wei raised his eyebrows. He was familiar with waterways, but he also knew in his heart that sea navigation was unpredictable and not as safe as land. Besides, Bonaparte's First Empire and the Kingdom of Windsor were only separated by a strait. They faced each other across the sea, so it was necessary to go
Waterway?
"If we take the water route, we will be escorted by the Royal Navy, which can take us directly to Paris. If we take the land route, we will not be escorted by the Royal Navy, but by the army of Bonaparte's First Empire." Archbishop Brandon said: "
The Royal Navy is the most elite navy in the world. Rather than leaving safety to others, it is better to rely on yourself, what do you think?"
"That's fine." Ma Wei nodded: "Just follow the Pope's arrangements."
"Then it's settled, we'll leave at noon the day after tomorrow, and I'll pick you up then."
"good."
After Archbishop Brandon left, Daniel said: "Safety is not protected by the Royal Navy. They are just a group of ordinary people, and their combined combat effectiveness is not as good as that of a saint. These are all excuses!"
Ma Wei smiled: "There are records about the Sirens in the "Album of Alien Beasts". They have appeared in the waters near Bonaparte's First Empire before. In my opinion, the Church of the Three Goddess of Destiny wants to take advantage of the opportunity to participate in the negotiations.
If you have the opportunity, go to someone else’s territory to catch mermaids.”
Mermaids may not be the most powerful extraordinary creatures, but they are definitely one of the most precious extraordinary creatures. Many advanced potions use the tears of mermaids. Mermaids whose bodies are full of treasures are frighteningly expensive, and the waters of the Kingdom of Windsor
There is no trace of mermaid activity inside, so we can only look for it elsewhere.
In addition to mermaids, maybe the Church of the Three Destinies has other ideas. Only then will we know what they are.
Returning to the grocery store, Ma Wei was not idle and immediately began to make preparations before leaving London. This time he went to Paris. Including the time spent on the road, it could be as little as half a month or as long as a month. There were a lot of things that needed to be prepared.
Grocery store goods also have to be hidden
Halfway through cleaning up, the second prince came.
"What did you say?"
In the living room, Ma Wei placed a cup of hot tea in front of the second prince, with a look of astonishment on his face: "Your Highness, are you also going to Paris with us?"
"That's right!" The second prince nodded heavily: "I've thought about it clearly, how can I be absent from such an important matter? I can't let Nicholas take the risk alone!"
"Your Highness, I think it's better for you to stay in London." Ma Wei advised: "You may encounter danger when you go to Paris this time. Even the Pope has sent a saint to accompany you. If something happens, I'm afraid that
I won’t fuck you.”
The second prince smashed his mouth and sighed: "Actually, I also know that there is a danger. I went there just to hold you back. But Baron Frederic told me that if I follow you to Paris to facilitate this negotiation,
It can improve my status in the church.”
"Indeed." Ma Wei did not refute Baron Frederick's statement: "But I still suggest that your highness you stay in London."
"It goes without saying, Nicholas, I've made up my mind."
The second prince said firmly: "When we go to London this time, we have the protection of a saint and Archbishop Brandon. Even the Wisdom Cult wants to protect our safety. With such a powerful defense force, there is no need to worry about safety issues!"
That being said, don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the unexpected. The delegation is in the open, who knows what dangers may arise secretly?
"By the way, Freya also wants to come." The second prince suddenly said: "She asked me to ask your opinion."
"Your Highness."
Ma Wei felt a little headache and patted his forehead and said: "We are going to negotiate, not travel. What are we going to do with Freya? If this continues, the delegation will be too bloated."
In fact, Dofreya alone doesn't matter, as long as she poses no threat.
Taking a big demon with you and embarking on a journey that is already full of unknowns, isn't this asking for trouble for yourself?
"Then I won't take her with me!" The second prince waved his hand and said, "I'll just take Stuart and Smith with me."
".Why take them?"
"Stull was requested by Baron Frederick. He is my father-in-law. I must agree to this request, right? Smith is my economic adviser. How can I miss him when I go to Paris for negotiations this time?"
"Okay, anyway, the warship doesn't lack these two rooms."
Although he was somewhat reluctant, Ma Wei still agreed to the second prince. After all, in the eyes of others, he also brought along his family members Felix, Jonas and Emma.
"Where is Yannick?" The second prince looked around: "He seems to have not appeared for two days."
Seeing that the second prince asked about Edward's whereabouts, Ma Wei gave out the reason he had already thought of: "Yannick went out with the cargo ship. He needs to contact the distributor regularly."
"Oh, it's okay. You can continue to clean up. I have to go back and prepare. See you the day after tomorrow, Nicholas."
"See you the day after tomorrow, Your Highness."
After seeing off the second prince, Ma Wei spent two hours packing his luggage and took out the spy contact information Katerina gave him.
Before leaving London, of course, the spy problem must be solved. Whether the assassination at the birthday party was directed and performed by Freya depends on the performance of the spy.
The intelligence organization established by Katerina has a unique set of code words for communication. If you want to contact the spies, you only need to place a rental advertisement in the newspaper. The spies who see the rental advertisement will naturally visit the house in the name of renting. This
Then information can be exchanged without anyone noticing.
This method is very subtle and very clever, but it cannot be used too many times, otherwise the anti-investigation department will immediately seize the clues and monitor and arrest frequently contacted targets.
The rental advertisement in the newspaper is just one of the secret codes for hooking up. The other is to go to a fixed bar on a Saturday night, order a Molotov cocktail, and then pay with a shilling. At this time, the bartender will give you 3p.
There is a message that needs to be conveyed hidden inside one of the coins, and the coins used by spies and bartenders are specially imitated. They can be taken apart by pinching the two sides, and there is a gap enough to accommodate a small note.
The weight, format, specifications and appearance of counterfeit coins are the same as normal coins. Since they will not be circulated to the outside world, the coins in question will only be circulated in the hands of spies and intelligence personnel, making them very safe.
In addition, spies also have various ways of making connections, including those who make connections through prostitution, some who make connections while placing bets at racetracks, and even worse, they will deliberately block their own sewers and follow the door to clear the sewers.
Skilled worker joint.
Ma Wei was dazzled by the miscellaneous contact methods. He increasingly felt that the intelligence organization established by Katerina was not simple. Just from the contact methods, it can be seen that these spies are spread across all walks of life. They may be your neighbor or your lover.
He was one of the intelligence officers.
Many spies do not need to communicate at all to transmit messages. As a result, the Cat Legion's surveillance has encountered difficulties. For example, how to pass coins to the bartender at checkout, can the cats notice such details?
Katerina gave all the spies' contact information to herself. Mavey knew that this was an act of trust. Katerina wanted to show her loyalty to the church and dispel her doubts and concerns.
"Brother, how do we lure the spies out of Freya's house?" Levin asked, "Should we place a rental advertisement in the newspaper?"
"Advertising for rentals is too slow to take effect. You have to wait until tomorrow to attract the other party. You should choose a faster method."
While hesitating, Ma Wei decided to use emergency contact. Emergency contact is usually used when the identity is exposed. He ordered the spies to evacuate immediately. The method was also very simple.
Just set a fire in front of the spy and burn the token.