Father Mavie

Chapter 228 Alcohol Prohibition (Please Subscribe!!!)

On the evening of January 1st, Ma Wei cooked for himself and made a sumptuous dinner.

The New Year is a traditional festival that can be found everywhere. The date of the New Year may vary, but in everyone's heart, there is their own way of celebrating.

Not many people received invitations to the dinner. Apart from the current main members of the Church of Truth, there were also Katerina, Liseld, and Bodlinov.

The cake baked in the afternoon was also prepared for this moment.

Katerina was very surprised by the fact that Mavi cooked in person, she had no habit of cooking by herself, or
She doesn't need to cook herself at all.

As a princess and the Grand Duke of Mosk, she only needs to order what she wants to eat, and it is not in line with court etiquette to cook by herself.

But Katerina is not a person who follows the rules. She was invited to come and prepared a New Year's gift for everyone, including Mavi.

Levin received a box of good brandy from the Georgia region. Originally, Katerina wanted to give him vodka, but considering Levin's love for brandy, he simply chose what he liked.

Dino received a special pass for the surrounding areas of Moscow. With it, Dino became a special merchant of the Romanov royal family, and he could operate wholesale sales of all goods within the scope of the law.

Edward's gift was a coat made by the royal tailor. Maybe Katerina took care of him because he was too cold to walk around in a thin monk's uniform all day long. In fact, Edward didn't have any troubles about this at all.

Selina received an expensive evening gown, also from the royal tailor.

Christopher’s gift was a bowler hat. Wearing it and holding a book of truth made him look more like a priest. At first Christopher didn’t like this hat, but seeing Selina smiling happily, he He also accepted it frankly.

Junia. Received one.

That's right, Katerina sent a royal chef named Weil, a pastry master - a Bourbon.

Sending a pastry chef over was indeed something Mavi never dreamed of, but Katerina did it, and for a good reason: the goddess cannot be hungry.

Finally, when it was Mavi's turn, Katerina invited out her personal maid, Marussa.
Marusa took out a small red gift box, which contained a silver semi-automatic revolver.

"This is a weapon produced at the Tula Arsenal in the south of Moscow." Katerina said, "The flintlock pistol you used is too old, no different from an antique, and it is no longer suitable for future wars, so I put it on It's for you."

Ma Wei subconsciously touched the flintlock pistol on his waist and smiled slightly.

Of course he knew that the weapons he was using were outdated. Now even the local policemen in the Kingdom of Windsor were equipped with revolvers, so where else would anyone use old-fashioned flintlock pistols?
The reason why Ma Wei has kept this gun is because it was a weapon he got when he first joined the Royal Navy, and he has kept it with him for so many years and maintained it carefully.

He didn't intend to throw away the flintlock pistol, but he didn't refuse Katerina's gift either.

After all, Katerina was right. The semi-automatic revolver was far more advanced than the flintlock pistol, and it was a cross-age weapon.

During dinner, Edward kept staring at the revolver in the small red gift box, which he obviously preferred to the thick overcoat.

"That's mine." Mavi said intentionally or unintentionally.

"I know, just to see." Edward said.

"Didn't you bring a case of Dreiser bolt-action rifles? How's the research going?"

Ma Wei suddenly remembered that the speed at which Edward disassembled the rifle and his vision for firearms, if realized, would definitely change an era.

"It's already been disassembled."

Edward was holding a goblet, sipping the bright red liquid inside, and said lightly: "I drew all the structure of the Dreiser bolt-action rifle on the blueprint, and based on its design concept, I further conceived the idea of ​​what I said before. The gas-conducting structure has been completed."

"finished?"

With a pause in his palm, Ma Wei turned his head and looked over: "Why didn't you tell me when it was finished?"

"It's just a design drawing. Without tools, I can't make the real thing." Edward shrugged: "The actual product may be different from what I imagined. You have to practice it to know."

practice?

Is this not easy?
As long as the imagination is rich enough, with the Siren's Tears, what parts cannot be reproduced?

Even if the precision of the parts made by Siren's Tears is not enough, it is not difficult to imitate the general shape.

Among all the people present, I am afraid that only Ma Wei knows what kind of changes Edward's gas-guiding structure theory will bring to the weapon manufacturing industry. Once familiar weapons can be produced.
With firepower alone, other kingdoms can be completely crushed.

Ma Wei is an absolute admirer of science. He has enjoyed the benefits brought by technology and knows how technology can change people's lives. He will not let go of any opportunity.

"In a few days, the kingdom will issue a ban on alcohol."

Katerina, who was eating dumplings, suddenly said: "My brother and the nobles plan to promulgate a ban on alcohol in the next year, closing most of the workshops and prohibiting private wine making. Violators will be punished heavily."

"Prohibition of alcohol?" Christopher asked in surprise: "Isn't this shooting yourself in the foot? The Romanov Kingdom is famous for its wine-making power. It exports a large amount of wine every year, and the domestic sales are even more exaggerated. Among the ten men Nine and a half are drinking, and the remaining half are allergic to alcohol, and prohibition will not do the kingdom any good!"

"For ordinary people, there is really no benefit."

Katerina said indifferently: "But for nobles, the benefits are not so great."

How many people in the Romanov Kingdom were alcoholics and alcohol dependent?
Thousands of thousands.

Not letting them drink is worse than killing them.

Give alcoholics 1 ruble and let them choose whether to buy bread or beer, and they will not hesitate to buy a glass of beer, even if the price is extremely expensive.

It is by grasping this demand that Prohibition can bring huge benefits to the nobles.

"Father, if I'm not mistaken, the Prohibition should be a compromise made by my younger brother to the nobles. He gave the nobles a golden key. There must be some purpose. It's not for you, it's for me." Kajie Lina said.

"It's for me." Ma Wei smiled, and he learned about the prohibition order from Fat Orange in the afternoon.

Prohibiting private brewing of wine and closing most of the workshops is one of the benefits that Paul I gave to the aristocratic faction. The purpose is to make them spend money and distribute more food and supplies to refugees.

Refugees who have received practical benefits are of course somewhat dissatisfied with the prohibition of alcohol, but they will not say much. After all, it is an extraordinary period now, and it is inevitable to introduce some extreme policies.

Katerina saw through the prohibition, the harbinger before the storm.

"Is there anything you can do about it?"

"Yes." Ma Wei patted Xiao Hei, who was buried in the canned food, and asked, "Am I right?"

"Master is right, meow!"

(End of this chapter)