Father Mavie

Chapter 215 A Free Dinner (Please Subscribe!!!)

As a multi-religious country, the United States of America can be said to be extremely free. Their newly established government does not prevent the entry of big religions, but strictly controls small churches and imposes high taxes.

This kind of policy has led to the United States of America becoming an excellent soil for the development of major religions. The Church of the Three Goddesses, the Church of Wisdom, and the Church of Judgment God have established a large number of churches in the United States of America. The situation is complicated. The kingdom, on the contrary, managed to avoid war.

This is also a small reason why Ma Wei did not choose the United States of America as a place of residence.

As for the bigger reason.
In the evening, the Blue Manor was lit up with dots of lights. In the restaurant, Duke Hawke personally cooked a table of sumptuous meals, including ham and cabbage soup, cabbage cake, roast goose with cabbage, salt-baked cabbage, and cabbage sashimi.
Looking around, the table is full of cabbage, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a full table of cabbage.

In order to show his culinary skills, Duke Hawke also made a cabbage cake with thick cream on the outside, which looked like a dinosaur egg.

Junia was quite interested in the cabbage cake and kept staring at it, while Katerina looked at the cake with a frightened expression.

She still remembers that at the age of 6, Duke Hawke also made a piece of cabbage cake, and the taste and stamina made her unforgettable all her life.

Thinking about it so far, my stomach still hurts.

Opposite the candlelit dining table, sat a young man in a suit and leather shoes. He had a shiny oiled head and kind leather shoes. It looks like the children of nobles who have received an elite education.

"Our Drost family has a lot of influence in the United States of America." He introduced his family while drinking the sour cabbage tea that was hard to swallow, with a vague smile on his lips all the time, as if he What I drank was not cabbage tea, but some kind of sweet syrup: "Although Citibank is a government enterprise, it is supported by the Drost family. Our family provides loans to tens of thousands of people every day. The interest is uniform, the contract is clear, and we never do deceitful or false acts.”

"On the other side of the ocean, I have heard about you, Her Majesty Katerina, more than once. As the daughter of Peter the Great, you are not only intelligent, beautiful, and skilled, but also the best candidate to succeed the throne. It is a pity that you want to implement His policy touched the interests of too many people, so he failed to sit on the throne."

"But there is a saying that temporary failure does not mean forever. We, the Drost family, are willing to provide you with a loan to help you carry out the next step. Well, I believe that with our help, you It will be smooth sailing in the future, and any enemy is not worth mentioning in front of you."

"How much loan can you provide me?"

"There is no upper limit."

Finn Drost raised a finger and said with a smile: "Our Drost family, on behalf of the Citibank Federal Bank, promises to you that we will do our best to help you, money, weapons, food, as long as you ask, no matter what How much, we will definitely meet your request."

"Okay, first lend me 1000 billion rubles."

The smile froze, and Finn Droste coughed and put down his teacup, "Your Highness Katerina, what I just said contains a lot of sincerity, please don't take it as a joke, and please don't make a joke at such a serious moment, The annual fiscal revenue of the Romanov Kingdom is less than [-] million rubles, so you won’t need that much money.”

"It seems that you have investigated us meticulously."

"As long as you are willing to spend money, there is no information you can't get." Finn Droste smiled: "The Kingdom of Romanov is an agricultural country with a weak industrial foundation. Crops are your main export products, accounting for your export trade. It is well known that there is a big gap between half of the country and the Windsor Kingdom, which relies on industry."

Katerina looked at him expressionlessly, and asked softly, "What's the price?"

"Here are the requirements we laid out."

A form filled with terms and conditions was pushed in front of Katerina.

She glanced at the terms listed on the form, and after reading it, Katerina handed the form to Ma Wei who was at the side, and said, "There is no interest, it seems that you are really full of sincerity."

"Given the current status of the Romanov Kingdom and the post-war reconstruction work, Citibank believes that interest is unnecessary." Finn said with a smile: "We give you generous help, but only when you succeed I don't think you have any reason to refuse this kind of condition."

Ma Wei looked at the clauses one by one, and it did mention that no interest was required, but...
In the following articles, Citibank mentions import and export trade quotas, lower tariffs, open ports, and the use of Federal Reserve Notes for trade settlements, among other requirements.

It is also clearly mentioned above that within 50 years, the prices of crops, minerals and other resources imported by the United States of America from the Romanov Kingdom must be based on the standards set by them, and shall not exceed 5% of the set prices.

Besides
The Kingdom of Romanov still needs to cede the land in the northwest corner of the Kingdom of Manitoba and incorporate it into the territory of the United States of America. For this, the United States of America is willing to pay 1000 million rubles.

Of course, all of this is based on the premise that Katerina can successfully sit on the throne, that is to say.
United States of America, wants to make a war investment.

"His Royal Highness Katerina, we have put the treasure on you." Finn said, "I think no one can offer such generous terms."

Hearing this sentence, Dino frowned, slammed the form on the dining table, pointed at Finn's nose and cursed: "Don't think I don't know what you want! Only fools agree to this kind of clause! You want us to Overdraft the future development potential of the Romanov Kingdom!!!”

"Don't be so excited."

Finn Droste took out a handkerchief, wiped the drool on his face, and said calmly: "The business is negotiated. If you are not satisfied, we can discuss it again."

"Father, now I know what you mean by wolf ambition."

Katerina said in Cyrillic: "They are really not a good thing."

"It really hurts me to hear you say that." Unexpectedly, Finn also began to speak in very fluent Slavic, "We are sincere, you can bargain, can't you?"

"A counter-offer?"

Katerina sneered, asked the housekeeper Lu Jin to bring a quill, crossed out all the clauses except no interest, and threw the form back in front of Finn: "This is my bid."

"Well, that's really an unfair term."

Finn nodded with a smile, "But it's okay, since your Highness has spoken, just follow what you said. There are no conditions and no interest. Citibank is willing to subsidize you unconditionally."

The candlelight was flickering, and the restaurant was suddenly quiet. Katerina and Dino looked at Finn Drost in disbelief. Even Duke Hawke, who was buried in his meal and didn't want to interrupt too much, raised his head, his eyes full of surprise .

"As long as you ask." Finn said with a serious look: "Money, food, delivered immediately."

"why?"

"To be honest, I don't understand either."

Finn scratched his head and spread his hands: "But my old man ordered it like this. Unconditional funding, this is the first time this kind of loss-making business has happened. He said that if you don't believe it, it doesn't matter, you will believe it when you see the money."

"Cough what?"

Duke Hawke, who was eating next to him, suddenly coughed twice, and said to the butler Lu Jin, "How much should I charge for the dishes I cooked tonight?"

The housekeeper Lu Jin understood immediately and said, "For relatives, it's free; for strangers, it's priceless."

"Oh" nodded, Duke Hawke continued to eat without further words.

If it's not relative, how can there be a free dinner in the world?

Katerina heard her uncle's reminder and did not rush to make a decision. After pondering for a while, she asked, "Father, what do you think?"

"I still say that."

Ma Wei sneered: "Let him go."

Taking a deep breath, Katerina nodded slowly, and said the answer that Finn Drost could never figure out in his life:

"I, Katerina Romanov, refuse your funding."

(End of this chapter)