Father Mavie

Chapter 677 Honor Ceremony (Two in One, please subscribe!!!)
In the middle of the night, Ma Wei took out the key and opened the door of the grocery store.

I haven't been back for nearly a month, and the grocery store is already covered with dust, and all the furnishings are just like when I left, quietly, and you can hear needles falling.

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An invisible tentacle rested on Ma Wei's shoulder, wrapped around his body, lifted him up, bursts of joy came.

"Muir, we're back."

Muir had followed orders and guarded the grocery store, which was too good for a housekeeper to be found by thieves.

"This is your reward."

Patting Muir's tentacles to make him put himself down, Ma Wei took out the iron box from his arms, took out two green melon seeds and threw them to Muir. These green melon seeds were brought by Luo Jin, although they were stained with It drools, but Muir shouldn't care about such a small problem.

The thrown green melon seeds disappeared in an instant, and Muir ate them, and immediately followed Ma Wei and the others to the storage room.

Launched Siren's Tears, recovered the hidden goods one by one, counted the quantity, and after confirming that it was correct, the last worry disappeared.

"Go to bed early." Ma Wei put down the living statue in his hand and looked at Levin: "Tomorrow is the day of your entrusted nobleman, so you can't be late."

Umbly I was still very fast in doing things. It should be said that the church was already ready to confer titles on the Manstein family. Even if there was no "Paris Potions Agreement", it would be a matter of time to confer nobles.

After all, the Manstein family was an ancient Junker aristocrat half a century ago, and now they are citizens of the Kingdom of Windsor, and they are an important support that cannot be ignored by the church. Reasonably, they should restore their former glory.

Back in the room, Ma Wei removed the dust-proof cloth cover on the bed, opened the window for ventilation, and cleaned up the dust on the ground. After finishing all this, he stood alone in front of the window, staring at the moon in the sky that was covered by clouds and mists in a daze.

Manstein's identity was borrowed from them.

Half a year ago, they went to Lisa Village in person and promised to revive the name Manstein in front of the tombstone of the previous head of the family. Now, this goal is about to be realized.

"hope everything is fine."

The next day, Buckingham Palace.

The majestic palace is located in the center of the green garden. Although a corner has collapsed, it still retains the style of the royal family.

The matter of awarding nobles has been conveyed to the London nobles, and the high-class people who received the invitation rushed to the palace one after another to observe the first secular noble who was awarded by the church since the advent of the gods.

Strictly speaking, the church and the nobility do not belong to the same order. There is a clear difference between the two. However, in the age of theocracy, the rights of the church are above the royal power, and the nobility is no exception. Even in their own territories, they must obey the church. management.

Leaving aside the individual, rising to a certain organizational level, the church owns the most land, which cannot be compared with a certain nobleman. Take the Church of the Three Goddesses of Fate as an example. They came to Britain 2000 years ago, established a church, and developed believers. Over the long years, they not only bought land, but also territories donated by kings and nobles.

In the entire Kingdom of Windsor, about [-]% of the land belonging to the church is mostly ordinary towns. Major cities like London, Edinburgh, Oxford, and Birmingham are still in the hands of the king and nobles.

Even so, the church can grab huge amounts of money from land and various businesses every year to maintain various expenses.

The Church of the Three Goddesses of Destiny is very rich, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is incomparably rich, but it is usually not revealed.

The land that will be awarded to Levin today is the territory of the church. Obviously, Umbly I and Rhodes IV reached some kind of agreement. Rhodes IV gave the title of nobility, but the actual benefits will go to the "accounts" of the church. Who Is it proposed by Ubli I to reward the nobles?
In the palace chapel, Mavi, like other nobles, stepped into the auditorium to take a seat in advance, and he was not the one who received the award, so naturally there was no reason to wait outside the main entrance.

The chapel was noisy, and the high-ranking people who came to watch the ceremony were talking in low voices. It was not until Rhodes IV wearing a crown came out from the side door and stepped onto the high platform that the crowd returned to silence.

Rhodes IV appeared on the front foot, and Umbly I came out from the other side of the door on the back foot. His seat was higher than Rhodes IV. The two were one in front and one behind, and at the end were three statues of goddesses, implying Divinely granted class status.

After the king and the pope were all seated, the ceremonial officer took out a volume of documents, unfolded them, and began to recite aloud:

"Through Goddess Horn, Lord of Great Britain and other Dominions and Dependencies, Head of the Commonwealth of Windsor, Protector of the Church of Destiny, Lord IV, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Meriones, Baron of Greenwich, Duke of Lancaster, Isle of Man Lord, Duke of Normandy, Most Honorable Lord of the Order of the Garter, Most Honorable Lord of the Order of Bath"

The eloquent names and titles were chanted aloud, and every time a name was uttered, the praise officer would pause for a while, as if to let the listeners know the power and dignity of the king.

But in Mavi's view, these complicated and gorgeous titles are flashy, and it is a bit annoying to hear too much. No matter how many titles Rhodes IV has, it is not comparable to the title of Pope in the era of theocracy.

This can be seen from the indifferent expression on Ubli I's face.

He didn't care how long the title of Rhodes IV was at all, he just wanted to read it as soon as possible.

After reading for a few minutes, the tribute officer finally finished with 'Lord of the Knights of the Royal Police Order of Merit'.

"The Kingdom of Windsor has always adhered to the principle of rewarding meritorious deeds. In view of this, today I invite you to gather together to witness the honor of those who have made outstanding achievements."

As the praise officer's voice fell, the guards opened the main door of the chapel. Amidst the solemn music, Levin, wearing a red earl's dress, strode in, walked along the red carpet avenue in the middle of the chapel, and came in front of Rhodes IV. , kneeling on one knee, lowering his head.

Rhodes IV stood up, picked up the long sword held by the guard on the soft pillow, patted Levin's shoulder left and right, and said in a deep voice:
"In the name of the king of Britain and other territories and dependencies, I canonize Felix von Manstein today, as the Earl of Baconsfeld, to recite his meritorious service, and then canonize the members of the Garter Knights, award the Garter Knight Medal, the Empire Medal of Honor First Class, Royal Medal of Honor."

"Father, why did he tap Uncle Felix on the shoulder with his sword?"

Under the stage, Junia who witnessed this scene asked curiously, "Is this some kind of etiquette?"

"Well, this is the etiquette for honoring knights."

Ma Wei said: "The nominal meaning is to slap the honoree on the back with a sword, so that he can 'wake up from the nightmare and strive for lofty ideals', but it also has the meaning of testing and admonishing, testing whether the honoree is violent. Keep your ambitions in front of you, and warn them that they will encounter more brutal battles on the road of knighthood in the future."

"In addition to this important meaning, there is also a warning to the recipient that he has the ability and power to punish the other party."

Junia nodded: "Just let the recipient be his dog!"

As soon as these words came out, the nobles sitting around looked sideways, turned their heads, and looked at Junia in unison, with shock, surprise, displeasure and even anger in their eyes.

Ma Wei laughed, and soon realized that the occasion was wrong, and said with a straight face: "You should explain it as a subject, loyal to the king, and you can't call him a dog."

"Oh, I see." Junia replied nonchalantly, and lowered her head to eat the chocolate.

The nobles want to get angry, but this is a chapel, the king and the pope are above, and the award ceremony is not over yet, so you can't shout, besides
Junia is a little girl, and the gentlemanly demeanor she flaunts on weekdays makes the aristocrats unable to care about a little girl, not to mention that she is the daughter of Nicholas von Manstein, who is currently a prominent figure in London, with a bright future ahead of her.
forget it.

If you think about it carefully, what people said is right, isn't it just to be a dog, as long as you give him a lot of meat, you can be a dog's son!
On the stage, Levin had already stood up. The king picked up the Order of Knights Medal, opened the pin, and put it on Levin's chest himself. At the same time, he said: "From today onwards, you are a noble knight, Earl of Baconsfield."

"It is my honor, Your Majesty."

After the awarding ceremony, Ma Wei and the others left the palace. They were invited by the second prince to go to Kensington Palace to discuss matters. On the way, Levin kept fiddling with the medal on his chest and asked while observing: " Where is Baconsfield?"

"It's a medieval town located in the northwest suburbs of London. It has been connected to the railway." Ma Wei said, "The town of Baconsfield was originally the territory of the church, but now it has become your private land."

"Am I a landlord?"

"Yes, but the townspeople are not your slaves. They are free people living on your land. They pay taxes according to the tax laws you set, and you pay taxes to the kingdom's territory. The difference in the middle is your income. You can still Recruit a certain number of soldiers and have the right to govern within the territory."

"Recruiting soldiers?"

Levin's eyes lit up: "It sounds good!"

"Of course not bad!" Daniel pouted and said, "You are an earl now, or an earl in the suburbs of London. In the Middle Ages, you should be a frontier earl in charge of guarding the king's capital. Your status is higher than ordinary earls! You are also more valued by the king. !"

The church should have considered the special nature of the Manstein family and needed them to stay in London, so they awarded the land in the suburbs of London to Levin.

It is no longer the Middle Ages now. The title of Earl of the Frontier is no different from ordinary nobles. After the army is unified, the number of soldiers recruited is also limited, and they can only be used for self-defense within the territory.

Even the right to rule the law must obey the laws of the kingdom and be supervised by the church. It cannot act recklessly like in the Middle Ages and kill the residents in the territory at will.

However, what Ma Wei values ​​is not the right to govern the law. What he wants is the taxation rights of the nobles in the territory. With taxation rights, they can let the residents in the territory plant and breed potion materials, and start to sink the potion market. First shot!
This is much more important than the right to rule of law
Kensington Palace.

"Congratulations, Felix, oh no, I should call you Earl Baconsfield now!"

The second prince greeted him at the door with his butler. He did not attend the award ceremony, but he knew in advance what title Levin would be conferred.

"Your Highness is too polite." Levin smiled and said, "You should call me Felix. If you want to call me by title, you are Prince of Oxford."

"It's true. It's too alien to call each other by title. It's still as comfortable as before."

After fleeing together, the feelings of several people quickly warmed up. The second prince just teased and chatted a few words, then brought Ma Wei and the others to the living room, and brought up the business: "Nicholas, the general election every five years is coming soon. Here we go, I've submitted your name, but don't know which district you'd like to run for."

The election of the Kingdom of Windsor is a "small constituency system". Each constituency elects a member of the House of Commons to become a member. There are a total of 650 constituencies with 650 seats.

Although there are many places, a candidate can only choose one constituency. For example, the grocery store is in Newham, East London. Elections in other districts are up.

At the end of each general election, the leader of the party with the most votes automatically becomes the new prime minister and has the power to form a cabinet. The current prime minister of the kingdom, Winston Churchill, is a Conservative Party, and the Conservative Party supports Prince Charles.

With the start of the new general election, the second prince of course wants the Liberal Party who supports him to form a cabinet and strengthen his power, but the Conservative Party has more seats in the House of Commons than the Liberal Party. From the perspective of the situation alone, the next Prime Minister will still be Wens Don Churchill.

"Which constituencies are the most contested?" Mavie asked.

"Of course, the constituencies where the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party compete most intensely, such as London's Enfield constituency, Ealing constituency, etc." The second prince pondered: "We have two options, one is to go to the constituency of the Conservative Party or other parties Compete directly with them, and the second is from the constituency of the Liberal Party. I will control it internally and let other MPs give up the position to you."

"The second option is the safest, and it can guarantee that you, Nicholas, will become an MP."

From the expression of the second prince, Mavi could see that he didn't really want to get a seat, it wasn't that he didn't want to, but he felt that with Mavi's current influence, he could compete with the Conservative Party, defeat them, and win a constituency.

If Mavi didn't want to compete and wanted to be more secure, the second prince wouldn't say anything, anyway, the seat was still theirs, it was just a change of person.

To compete or not to compete, Ma Wei has already made up his mind: "Your Highness, I want to run for the Lambeth District Councilor."

"Lambeth."

The second prince said with a serious expression: "London's Lambeth district has always been a constituency for the Conservative Party. The people there will vote for the Conservative Party MPs. It is not a good choice because you have to compete directly with the Conservative Party. May I ask, Why did you choose Enfield?"

"Different from West London and East London, South London is most developed in industry and commerce, and most of the people living there are businessmen, elites, and skilled workers. There, I can completely let go of my fists and use Manstein's potion The company, to get the most votes for itself."

"But the situation there is very complicated. Businessmen, social elites and skilled workers all have different choices. The Labor Party, the National Party and the Conservative Party are intertwined. The Conservative Party is the most suitable for them. The Liberal Party's policy" II The prince licked his lips: "It is difficult to get large-scale support there, and they don't like reform."

"They don't like reform because they don't need to."

Ma Wei said lightly: "For businessmen, social elites and skilled workers, what is available is the best, and rash reforms may cause them to lose their existing social status and quality of life, so they choose to fight for themselves. Favorable Labor and Conservative parties."

"The Liberal Party is not popular in South London, but it does not mean that it is not competitive. As long as they realize that reform can bring them huge benefits, they will naturally choose the Liberal Party."

The second prince nodded, "What are you going to do?"

"Felix is ​​now an earl noble and has his own territory. We should take the territory as the core. The United Church is about to release the control of potions to stimulate the people's desire to compete."

Ma Wei said with a smile: "This is a big cake. Even if the main market is still under the control of the church, a little soup is enough to satisfy the appetite of many people."

(End of this chapter)