Father Mavie

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As soon as Finn Droste left, Ma Wei and the others came to this snowy manor.

The butler opened the iron gate of the manor. There was no snow on the red brick path leading to the villa, and it was cleaned cleanly.
Baron Vladimir has already brought his son to wait in person.

As a royalist, Baron Vladimir should not be so enthusiastic. The other party's uncharacteristic attitude made Mavi believe even more that someone had come to Snowland Manor just now.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Baron Vladimir asked the butler to serve refreshments, and he took Ma Wei to the living room, and dragged his hopeless son, who was eagerly looking for Katerina, by the way.

Katerina did not follow Mavi to this snowy manor, she was surrounded by the eyeliner placed by Paul I, so she could not act rashly.

Even Mavi and the others lost their tails after changing their faces.

As soon as he walked into the living room, Ma Wei smelled a faint smell of smoke. Non-smokers are very sensitive to the smell of smoke, even if there is only a little smell, they can quickly detect it.

Before going to the door to greet him, Baron Vladimir had already opened the window of the living room, but it took time to ventilate, and Mavi could still smell the smell left by Finn Drost.

If it was just the smell of smoke, Mavi couldn't doubt anything, until he saw the water stains left on the carpet, he finally confirmed that before they arrived, Baron Vladimir received another guest.

And the mysterious guest
Also went to the snow.

If there is no accident, there is a high probability that it is the person who left the footprints.

"Father Mawei, you came to see me, what's the matter?"

After the butler brought the refreshments, Baron Vladimir took out a pack of cigarettes and lit them. While smoking, he observed the Mavics through the rising smoke.

"actually."

Ma Wei took out an invitation card from his arms, "We are ordering by Her Majesty Katerina to send your son, Mr. Goffman, a dinner invitation letter. Her Majesty Katerina wants to invite Mr. Goffman Attend the banquet tonight."

"real?!"

Goffman said with a look of surprise: "His Royal Highness Kakaterina invited me to dinner?"

"It's just an ordinary banquet, I don't have any other ideas." Ma Wei smiled.

Glancing at Goffman and motioning him to shut up, Baron Vladimir asked in a deep voice, "Who else did Her Highness Katerina invite?"

"And the eldest son of Earl Jorus, Captain Shevtsov, and Baron Kerbride."

Ma Wei read out a few names, these people all came from very famous military noble families, at the same time.
Without exception, all followed Peter the Great.

"Did they agree to the dinner?"

"Of course, they are very interested in Her Highness Katerina's invitation."

"Oh, I don't think so." Baron Vladimir sneered jokingly: "I know them well, they will not agree to Her Highness Katerina's invitation."

"They did not agree at first, but after my persuasion, their attitude changed greatly."

Baron Vladimir narrowed his eyes, flicked the cigarette ash twice, and said with interest: "How did you persuade them?"

"I asked them three questions." Ma Wei said lightly: "The first question is about the future technological development of the Romanov Kingdom, Baron Vladimir, how do you see the future of the Romanov Kingdom? "

The future of the Romanov kingdom?
Baron Vladimir frowned slightly, not intending to answer the question directly: "It's fine now, but no one can tell what will happen in the future. We will do what the above say."

"Do you know the Kingdom of Windsor?"

"...I don't think anyone doesn't know the Kingdom of Windsor."

"Then do you know how the Kingdom of Windsor became the most powerful country?"

"Of course I know, relying on the Royal Navy fleet to open the sea route, amassing a lot of wealth through commercial activities and some plundering behaviors, and continuously accumulating, finally formed the current situation."

"No, the most fundamental reason is that the Kingdom of Windsor has undergone a reform. Through this reform, they abandoned the decadent system and embarked on a giant ship to a new era."

Ma Wei stood up, walked to the window, looked at the snow-white scene in the distance, and continued: "Times have changed, Baron Vladimir, you must also be aware of this. Otherwise, the final outcome must be miserable.”

"The land area of ​​the Kingdom of Windsor is less than one-tenth that of the Romanov Kingdom, but their current economic strength is ten times that of the Romanov Kingdom. They rely not on agriculture, but on the industrial system."

Ma Wei tapped the glass inlaid on the window lightly, "For example, the cost of this window may be around 1 shilling based on the industrial foundation of the Romanov Kingdom, but the cost may only be 5 pence in the Windsor Kingdom with a well-established industrial foundation." .”

"Canned food, trains, railways. There are countless other examples. The Kingdom of Romanov is a large exporter of raw materials. It has unique advantages, but because of its backward industrial base, most of the profits have fallen into the Kingdom of Windsor. , They import your iron ore, wood, and crops, process them into ironware, wood carvings, and cans, and then sell them back to you. The money you earn from selling raw materials is all used to buy advanced products in the Kingdom of Windsor. What happened? Earned by them."

Baron Vladimir smoked a cigarette and said after a while, "The Kingdom of Romanov has a lot of resources."

"So can you spend it without limit?" Ma Wei shook his head: "Since the Romanov Kingdom has such a huge advantage, why not develop industry? You nobles, the benefits you get from selling a ton of wheat flour may not The half-day output of a factory in the Windsor Kingdom is high, so if the Romanov Kingdom processed this ton of wheat flour into products and sold them to other countries, wouldn’t it make more money?”

"His Majesty Paul I is also developing industry."

"joke!"

Ma Wei said loudly: "Who owns the land? The nobles! As long as the nobles don't nod, how can His Majesty Paul I develop industry? If things go on like this, the Romanov Kingdom will be completely over, and it will never be able to catch up with the large number of talents and advanced industries. The Kingdom of Windsor!"

"...We are happy to donate the land to allow His Majesty Paul I to build factories and develop industries." Baron Vladimir's voice subconsciously became softer, without the confidence he had at the beginning.

"But you don't have enough talents." Ma Wei sighed: "You blocked education, regarded education as a treasure, and hid it at home, making the Romanov Kingdom with a population of nearly [-] million people short of talents. Without these talents, how can we develop? Industry? Without core technology, how to strengthen the people and enrich the country? You have been daydreaming all day long with the title of aristocrat, and the result? You are only worthy of drinking the swill from the Kingdom of Windsor!"

"What the hell are you trying to say?!" Baron Vladimir raised his head angrily, and glared at Ma Wei: "Yes, you are from the Kingdom of Windsor, and you know how advanced it is, so you can come here to mock us?"

"I want you to sober up, see the situation clearly, and open up your own pattern, Lord Baron."

Ma Wei turned around and looked at him blankly: "Why do you want to be a noble? Just because the nobles are superior? No! It's because the nobles can get land and wealth! But the current era does not need nobles! You I only know that Her Highness Katerina’s first policy is to abolish the aristocracy, which has harmed your interests, but if you take a long-term view, what will happen after the abolition of the aristocracy?”

"The Romanov Kingdom, which has entered industrialization, is a golden mountain! You who have a lot of primitive wealth, with the help of this gust of wind, will gain several times, dozens of times or even hundreds of times the benefits before!"

"His Majesty Paul I is short-sighted because he wants to secure his position. You are short-sighted because you are stupid!"

"I don't understand why you support Paul I."

In the living room, Ma Wei interrogated his soul: "He wants to be the king, and he bets on your future. Instead of objecting, you're flattered to move forward. What a bunch of bastards!"

(End of this chapter)