Father Mavie

Chapter 214 War Loan (Please Subscribe!!!)
"Cabbage is the best food in this world!"

In the spacious and bright living room, Duke Hawke expressed his opinion. He talked eloquently, constantly talking about the benefits of cabbage, with an excited expression like a preacher who came from afar, wishing to draw everyone into his The Cabbage God'.

Ma Wei has been looking for opportunities to interject, but unfortunately, Duke Hawke's cabbage theory seems to be inexhaustible, and it seems like he has been holding back his words for a long time, and he can't stop once he starts talking.

Katerina sat on the side, seemingly calm and composed, nodding her head and smiling from time to time, but her fists had already been clenched. If it wasn't for the court etiquette she received since childhood that taught her to stay calm no matter what happened, she might have exploded long ago.

Amidst the squeaks, the butler Lu Jin walked in through the side door carrying a set of tea sets. He swayed from side to side with fluffy footsteps. It was obvious that his legs were weak due to diarrhea, but he still had to serve tea.

"It's just in time, try it quickly, this is the cabbage tea I invented two days ago!" Duke Hawke personally picked up the teapot, and filled the amber tea for Ma Wei and the others: "I found out, as long as you put Stir the cabbage into a slurry, add licorice, rock sugar, and black pepper to the juice, and you will have a new experience! Lu Jin and the others all agreed to drink it!"

The housekeeper Lu Jin who was standing next to him swayed, and quickly supported the sofa to stabilize his fallen body.

Looking at the spoonful of cabbage pulp that Duke Hawk scooped up from the tin can, Mavi and the others looked at each other and quickly communicated with each other with their eyes.

Katerina shook her head indistinctly, and signaled Ma Wei and the others not to drink, let alone try new things. As someone who has experienced it, she...
Have an absolute right to speak.

But Duke Hawke didn't intend to let go of the test product that finally appeared. According to his own taste, he added two tablespoons of cabbage pulp to the teacup in front of Mavi. After stirring evenly, the amber tea suddenly became more Few very suspicious white particles.

"Father Mavi, Katerina, what are you still doing? Drink! You're welcome!"

"Duke Hawke."

Ma Wei didn't move the teacup in front of him, and took Junia's little hand to hold the teacup by the way, and said with a smile: "Actually, we came this time to ask you to borrow the baking oven in the village."

"Oh."

When it came to things that had nothing to do with cabbage, Duke Hawk suddenly became uninterested: "You can use that thing as you like, you don't need to say hello to me, just go and discuss it with the villagers yourself."

"Also, we want to buy some grain." Ma Wei proposed another goal: "It would be best if you are willing to sell it to us at the price before the skyrocketing price."

"Chinese cabbage?"

"No, wheat flour."

"What about wheat flour?" Hawke thought for a while, then looked at the housekeeper Lu Jin: "How much wheat flour did you collect this year?"

"Counting the entire territory, there are almost 10 tons of wheat flour. Besides, there are some crops such as oats, barley, and potatoes." Lu Jin, the housekeeper, remembers clearly: "This year's harvest is good, and it is a good year."

Katerina frowned: "Why is it only 10 tons? I remember that there are thousands of acres of farmland in Uncle Hawk's territory, all of which are very fertile. According to the general taxation of nobles, there should be at least 50 tons. right!"

"Master is different from those nobles." Lu Jin, the steward, straightened his back, with a touch of pride on his pale face: "Master never extorts money, farmers in the territory only need to pay 1 per harvest, and there are no other extra taxes. Fu, the baking oven, mill and so on are free to use, the master only needs cabbage, and there are hundreds of tons of cabbage in the cellar of the manor now!"

"If you are short of food, you can go to the village to find farmers to buy."

Duke Hawke said: "They should have food in their hands, but compared with those big nobles, it's just a drop in the bucket, and it can't solve the problem of food rations for refugees."

Only then did Ma Wei realize that although Duke Hawke was jokingly referred to as the Duke of Cabbage, he was not stupid at all. He actually saw many things clearly and knew the purpose of their trip a long time ago.

"My niece hasn't visited me for 17 years. What's the reason for her sudden visit, or during the war?" Duke Hawke sipped his cabbage tea and said quietly.

"Uncle, it's actually me."

"Needless to say, my uncle understands everything. I'm busy, so I don't have time to come back to visit my uncle, right? I finally came here today, and I have to stay overnight. I have developed a lot of cabbage dishes over the years, so I have to show you my skills." Just do it."

"No, no, we have something to do, let's go, let's go."

Katerina got up suddenly, turned her head and wanted to slip away. It is hard to imagine what a princess who dared to fight with the enemy went through when she was 6 years old to leave such a big psychological shadow. Just as she was holding the doorknob , when planning to leave the manor.
Duke Hawke suddenly said: "Half a month ago, a young man from the United States of America suddenly found me."

After a pause, Katerina turned her head and asked doubtfully, "The United States of America?"

"That's right, his name is Finn Drost, he's from New York, and he's the head of Citibank."

Eyelids twitched slightly, and Katerina narrowed her eyes: "What is he looking for you for?"

"It's not me he's looking for, but you, Katerina Romanov."

Duke Hawke said in a deep voice: "He represents the Citibank Federal Bank and the Drost family, and wants to contact you through me. At first, I was also surprised why he asked me to be an intermediary. Later, I found out that you at that time , not in the Kingdom of Romanov."

Glancing at Mavi, who was frowning, Katerina sat back on the sofa: "What does this Finn Droste want to do?"

"He said that Citibank is willing to open up war loans for Katerina Romanov, without an upper limit." Duke Hawk said word by word: "Katerina, he is in the village, if necessary, I can introduce it to you, but you have to remember that there is no such thing as a pie in the sky."

Katerina fell into deep thought. After a while, she looked at Ma Wei who was sitting next to her, and asked, "Father, what's your opinion?"

"Wolf ambition, let him go."

"But we are short of money and food."

"Some things cannot be done, Your Highness."

Ma Wei picked up the cabbage tea on the table, but when he was about to drink it, he suddenly realized that something was wrong, and immediately put it down: "The United States of America is looking for you at this time. It seems that they are looking for help, but they are actually seeking greater benefits. We must not cooperate with him."

"Father you seem to have a strong animosity towards the United States of America"

"Hostile?" Ma Wei smiled: "It can be said that, from the very beginning, I regarded them as my biggest opponents."

"why?"

"because."

Ma Wei didn't know how to explain it to Katerina, so he sighed and said, "Since you think you can discuss it, Your Highness, then meet them, and you will understand the specific situation when the time comes."

(End of this chapter)