Father Mavie

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May 5, 28:5 pm, Lambeth District, general election polling station.

Ballots are free, and every citizen who has the right to vote can get them for free at the polling station. For convenience, there are only three names on the ballot, the names of the three candidates.

Voters only need to take a ballot, check the name of the candidate they support, and then sign or press their thumbprint to cast the ballot into the ballot box.

The general election is transparent and the information is open to the public. Each voter has only one chance to vote. Registration is required to enter the polling station, and the final counting stage will be reviewed again. Bettors can withdraw or check their votes at any time.

In addition, there is a special person to conduct public opinion statistics and give a rough probability range. When the result is far from the public opinion statistics, the government will intervene and recount the votes.

If you are illiterate, the betting shop will have someone to help you fill it out. Ma Wei is not worried about cheating. In a constituency with fierce competition like Lambeth, both the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party have arranged manpower. Report it immediately.

Of course, this is not to say that cheating cannot be done at all, just judging from the current situation.
Donal Pat, there's not much point in cheating.

When the last voter walked out of the gate, the bell rang at 5 pm. At dusk, the staff of the polling station removed the ballot box and went back to the background to count. With the efforts of more than a dozen people, the vote was completed within an hour. The results were obtained.

The ticket teller walked out of the backstage, and while writing the results on the bulletin board, he shouted loudly:
"Gus Mendy, 3112 votes."

"Donal Pat, 14917 votes."

"Nicholas von Manstein 83255 votes!"

"The 27th Member of Parliament for Lambeth is Nicholas von Manstein!"

There was a loud applause, and most of the people gathered outside the door applauded excitedly when they heard the names of the elected candidates. Among the votes that Ma Wei got, there was one of them.

Donal Pat also came to the scene. Although he had already guessed the result, when he heard that the votes were so disparate, he couldn't help but lower his head in despair.

He was still a powerful figure in the last election, but in just the past five years, things have changed and he has tasted the taste of failure.

"Go, Nicholas." The second prince said: "Go and accept the enthusiasm of the voters. This is what you have won back."

Holding Junia's little hand, Ma Wei stepped onto the high stage, and the applause was even more enthusiastic, just when he was about to express his thanks.
Among the crowd, a man wearing an octagonal hat and a black coat suddenly appeared. He raised his arm and pointed his gun at Ma Wei.

"Brother! Be careful!"

boom!
boom!
Sparks shot out, and two projectiles came out of the chamber, hitting Ma Wei's chest precisely, and the phantom of the armor suddenly appeared, blocking the two projectiles.

At the same time, the assassin's body fell heavily, and Levin knocked him unconscious with a single blow.

Screams rang out from the crowd, and the scene suddenly became chaotic. Ma Wei bent down to pick up the fallen projectiles, spoke to calm the panicked crowd, and after calming everything down, expressed his gratitude to the voters, and then led the assassins Get into the carriage.

As soon as he got into the car, the second prince hurriedly asked, "Nicholas, are you not injured?"

"I'm fine, the extraordinary item given to me by Archbishop Brandon stopped the bullet."

Ma Wei looked at the bullet and found that it was very ordinary and nothing unusual, so he couldn't help being surprised: "It's no secret that I have a demon hunter protecting me, it's impossible for ordinary people to kill me, so who ordered this assassin? "

The second prince opened his mouth and wanted to say the eldest prince Charles, but he swallowed the words again.

Thinking about it carefully, no matter how stupid the eldest prince Charles is, he shouldn’t have sent an ordinary person to carry out an assassination. There are followers of the goddess of health Wilde in the demon hunter team in charge of protecting Mavi. , bullets can't kill Mavi either.

Could the eldest prince be so stupid?
With his power, even if he sends an assassin, he should be an extraordinary person!
"Take it back and interrogate it!" The second prince said viciously, "He dares to assassinate a government official in the street, he's getting impatient!"

After being assassinated, Ma Wei didn't feel panicked. He had already prepared himself psychologically. He hadn't been assassinated once or twice. What is there to be afraid of?
"Could it be Donal Pat who did it?" Levine said: "He lost the election and had a grudge, so he hired a killer to kill his eldest brother. This makes sense!"

"Not very likely."

Ma Wei shook his head and said: "If Donnel Pat is a hot-blooded and desperate person, then he can't be a member of parliament. I don't think it's him."

After thinking about it for a while, Ma Wei didn't expect that anyone would send an assassin to kill him at this juncture. The key point is that this assassin is not a superhuman, but an ordinary person. Who would let ordinary people carry out the assassination if they are suspected?

News of the assassination spread like wildfire, and soon spread throughout Lambeth, even St Paul's Cathedral received the news, and even alerted the Pope.

King Ubli interrogated the prisoner in person. He thought the prisoner would be a tough opponent, but he didn't expect it.
As soon as he saw Ubli I, the middle-aged man who assassinated Ma Wei confessed tremblingly.

"What? The reason why he assassinated Nicholas turned out to be because his wife ran away?"

The second prince looked at the assassin's confession with a look of disbelief: "What does his wife have to do with Nicholas?"

"He had a big fight with his wife because Nicholas said that women should enjoy equal rights with men." Ubli I answered the doubts of the second prince: "It happened that the "Women's Rights Act" was passed not long ago, and his wife filed for divorce, and he thinks it's all Nicholas' fault."

"That is to say, there is no one else behind him?!"

"According to the results of the witcher's investigation."

Ubli I took a deep breath: "It should be the truth."

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The second prince glanced at Ma Wei, not knowing what to say.

Ma Wei is very calm, because the reality is not logical, and everyone thinks differently, no matter how outrageous things may happen.

"At the end of the day, he just wants to continue driving his wife as he did before, and blame me for the fault, and it's also because he doesn't realize where the fault is at all." Ma Wei said calmly: "There are still people like him There are many, and there are many who think I will die."

"Who told you to interfere with other people's interests?" Archbishop Camberley sneered and gloated: "You should have realized it before you did this."

"I just did the right thing and let them enjoy the freedom that should belong to them. Doesn't the Archbishop of Camberley think so?" Ma Wei narrowed his eyes: "Even if you believe in a goddess?"

"You and I didn't say that!"

"So you think women's rights should be improved?" Marvey nodded and said to Archbishop Brandon: "It seems that we need to promote it to Archbishop Camberley. He is so loyal to the goddess. He is worthy of being an archbishop. Openly support women."

Archbishop Brandon smiled and said, "Yes, it's time to publicize it."

"Humph!"

The Archbishop of Camberley snorted coldly, and left in a huff. He knew that this was Mavie's trap. Instead of continuing to defend himself and getting deeper and deeper, it was better to keep silent.

Seeing Archbishop Camberley deflated, Archbishop Liviu, who had dark eyes, laughed a few times, and the laughter was mixed with sarcasm. He obviously didn't like Archbishop Camberley very much.

"Okay, since there is no mastermind behind the scenes, let's end this matter, because the assassin is not a believer in the church, so I will hand it over to Scotland Yard for murder."

Umbly I said: "Are you satisfied with this, Nicholas?"

"Listen to the Pope's arrangement."

"very good."

After leaving St. Paul's Cathedral, Ma Wei followed the second prince to Kensington Palace. At this moment, many people gathered here.

The huge conference hall was full of people, many of whom were familiar faces. Ma Wei recognized them, and most of them were members of the Liberal Party in the previous term. They were also successfully re-elected in this term.

"Guys, I'd like to introduce you to a new friend."

In the upper position, the second prince invited Ma Wei to stand next to him: "Nicholas von Manstein, he has been elected as a member of the Lambeth District, starting today, he will attend regular meetings like us. "

There was a round of applause. All the members present here knew Ma Wei, and it was reasonable to be elected as a member and become the second prince's confidant.

Rather, with the addition of Ma Wei, everyone's confidence has greatly increased.

After being seated, the party leader, Baron Frederick, handed over a statistical report: "Your Highness, in this general election, the Conservative Party won 363 seats, and the Liberal Party won 319 seats."

"319?" The second prince's eyes widened: "How could this be? We still had 327 seats in the last general election. How come there are 8 fewer seats in this election? Obviously the number of seats for the Conservative Party has also decreased!"

"We and the Conservatives lost many remote constituencies because of women's unions."

Baron Frederick said in a deep voice: "In this general election, the Democratic Party won 89 seats, 57 seats more than the previous general election. It is the Duke Chevalier's credit. The current Democratic Party is the third largest party in the House of Commons. "

There are 1150 seats in the entire Congress, 500 in the House of Lords, and 650 in the House of Commons. The total seats include the upper and lower houses.

Whether it is the Conservative Party or the Liberal Party, it seems that they have more than 300 seats, but in fact at least half come from the House of Lords, the House of Commons that really controls the real power, and the competition between the two parties is extremely fierce.

In this general election, the Conservative Party has 259 seats in the House of Commons and is the largest party in the House of Commons, while the Liberal Party only won 216 seats, ranking second.

除了保守党和自由党，排行第三的是芙蕾雅领导的民主党，下议院席位65，接下来则是亚瑟领导的西岛民族党51席、威尔士党22席、中立党24席、统一党10席、独立党3席。

The party with the largest number of people will become the ruling party, and the remaining opposition parties will be collectively called the opposition party. The ruling party in the last Congress was the Conservative Party, and it is the same in this term.

The winner of this general election is undoubtedly Freya. Originally, the Democratic Party, which she was the leader of, only had 23 seats in the House of Commons, but now it has transformed into the third largest party with 65 seats.

"This time the ruling party is still the Conservative Party."

The second prince heaved a sigh of relief. Although he felt dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do about it. Even with Ma Wei's joining, he couldn't change the outcome of the general election. At most, he would have more say in the church.

"His Majesty also re-elected the cabinet. The prime minister is still Winston Churchill, and the cabinet members have not changed from the previous term."

"En." The second prince nodded, and glanced at the dozens of councilors present in the conference hall. They were all from constituencies around London, and councilors from other constituencies were too far away from London to be on call.

"Everyone, the new general election is over. First of all, I would like to congratulate you on being elected as members of parliament. Second, I would like to express my gratitude to you for your loyalty."

Clapping their hands, the maids brought champagne to celebrate. The second prince raised a glass and said: "Although there are 8 fewer seats than the previous session, this time we have Nicholas joining us. I believe that a bright future is waiting. Follow us! Praise freedom!”

After all, everyone drank the champagne in one gulp, and Mavi just touched his lips.

After the cup was removed, someone asked, "Your Highness, what is the next step for our party?"

"Expand the trade circle and give full play to our advantages!" The second prince said without thinking: "The potion market has been opened up, and the women's market is about to be opened. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! A huge cake is waiting for us!"

"Nicholas is in charge of the potion market. We don't need to worry about it. We can only assist in the acquisition of raw materials and sales. What is really worth noting is the women's market that will be opened soon. The promulgation of the "Women's Rights Act" has enabled women to own property. And everyone knows that women need to consume Girard in many places, your lover, you have to order more than a dozen dresses, countless perfumes and cosmetics every week, right?"

There was a faint voice in the room, and the MP named Girard said calmly: "Who is not like this? I spend dozens of gold pounds on her every week, and it is even more expensive to buy jewelry."

"That's it!"

The second prince snapped his fingers: "Giving gifts to your partner is a common thing, even for poor people at the bottom! There is an article in the "Women's Rights and Interests Act" about property inheritance. Now women have the right to property inheritance. This bill will make great fortunes for many women, and putting their money in our own pockets is what we're going to do next!"

"How to do it?" someone asked.

"Unmarried women, we lure them with beauty, make them spend a lot of money on grooming, and encourage them to invest, buy stocks like men do"

The second prince became more and more excited as he talked, and in the end he spat: "Married women, we can start with children, such as promoting baby food, clothing, medicine, marketing in newspapers, and housing, we can make them give up renting. the idea of ​​buying a house instead.”

"Buy a house?" Councilor Girard questioned: "The most ordinary 30-square-meter apartment costs at least 50 gold pounds in London. This price is not affordable by ordinary families."

The second prince smiled and said, "I have already discussed this with Baron Frederick."

"If they have no money, we will lend them money and repay them regularly. Of course, there will be interest on the borrowed money, which will make us earn more."

"What if they have no money to pay their debts?"

"Then we will take back the house and sell it for a second time. In the end, we will make money and own the house. As long as we cooperate with the bank, we will not lose money no matter what."

(End of this chapter)