Father Mavie

Chapter 77 The key to breaking the game

"Do you know why I chose New Rose City as the starting point for the Church of Truth?"

In the warm study room, Ma Wei looked at the blue sky in the distance through the window, and said calmly, "Because the people living here need the guidance of the truth."

Levine pulled out of his bosom a bottle of labeled brandy, which he had bought just now while Mavie was gone, for 1.5 shillings.

Biting off the cork, Levin carefully filled the silver jug, took a sip, and said, "I've heard about the fourth prince Arthur, he's not the queen's own, but the king's illegitimate son, and he's very unpopular. , people are all famous names such as the Duke of Wales, the Duke of Sussex, and the Duke of York, but he named the little-known Duke of Ross, and was thrown to the city of New Ross, which is far away from the royal capital."

"He was expelled from the political center of power." Ma Wei said: "Arthur Windsor is a man who has lost his country. He has no background and no influence in the capital. He can only come to the backcountry to be a down-and-out prince."

Levin nodded and said, "He is also a poor man, but he is still much luckier than ordinary people. At least he doesn't have to worry about survival."

"Not only that, the royal family also gave him a position and territorial jurisdiction in order to allow him to better manage the land."

Ma Wei pointedly said: "Under his rule, the city of New Rose has been flourishing, and there is very little phenomenon of nobles oppressing commoners, and those nobles also uncharacteristically support him."

"Oh?"

Hearing this sentence, Levin couldn't help straightening his back, with a serious look on his face: "No wonder you want to contact him by any means, the fourth prince who was expelled to the borderland, as long as he has a good mind and a little ambition, he will definitely treat him The royal family is dissatisfied with the arrangements, if we can take advantage of this... Maybe the Church of Truth can really gain a firm foothold in Wexford County and gain a large number of believers."

"After he came to the city of New Ross, he opened relief regularly, personally funded the establishment of an orphanage, managed taxes, developed industries, liaised with nobles, recruited businessmen, and was proficient in government affairs. In just a few years, he made New Ross Rose City came out of the depression after the Great Famine and flourished again."

A faint light flashed in his eyes, and Ma Wei laughed: "How can a prince with such a great reputation like him have no ambition?"

"In my opinion, he is not only ambitious, but also very ambitious! He is the key to breaking the game!"

dong dong!

Boom boom boom!
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the study door.

"Father, someone is looking for you outside."

Mrs. Cecil opened the door and said, "It's a young man named Raymond Wood."

Raymond Wood?

Ma Wei and Levin looked at each other and smiled knowingly: "Let's go, go out and have a look."

In the church, Raymond Wood, wearing a white shirt and a dark wool jacket, was sitting in a corner, clutching a bonnet with both hands. His clothes were dirty and he was nervous. He glanced at the queue for registration from time to time.

When he saw Marvie walk into the church, Teng stood up, his muscles tensed, and his fingers almost crushed the bonnet.

"Mr. Raymond, we meet again."

"Father God!"

Lei Meng suddenly yelled, attracting countless gazes, and now he was even more nervous, hesitating and speechless.

"Come on, have a drink."

Levin handed the silver flagon in front of him: "In such a cold weather, I must drink some strong wine to warm up."

"Thank you."

Taking the silver wine jug with both hands, Lei Meng raised his head and took a sip. The spicy wine mixed with the aroma of oak and orange peel poured into his throat.

But what about this?

Cheaper wine is more expensive, especially fake wine.

Under the stimulation of the alcohol, Raymond's cheeks flushed slightly, and he suffocated for a long time before he breathed out the smell of alcohol, and he spoke a lot more quickly: "Father, I, I'm here to pay back the money."

He took out a folded handkerchief from his pocket, opened it, and there were a few clean gold coins inside.

Ma Wei smiled slightly, and was not polite, raised his hand to accept the gold coin: "It seems that you have already made a choice."

"Ok!"

Raymond nodded heavily, and said firmly, "I've made up my mind. I want to inherit the furniture store and learn a craft! I won't be fooling around on the streets anymore!"

"Does your father know about this?"

"I know." Raymond scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "At first he was so angry that he wanted to hit me with a stick, but he put it down as soon as he lifted it up, and then hugged me and cried. This is the first time I saw him cry. It turns out that he is really old."

"Yeah, parents always age beyond imagination, as if they are already old in the blink of an eye." Ma Wei sighed softly and smiled again: "Mr. Raymond, you want to be a furniture maker, right? "

"Yes, although it's too late to start learning now, I still want to give it a try!"

"Exactly, the church's confessional is broken, if you don't mind, how about you come to repair it?"

After a pause, Mavie added: "I will pay you 5 shillings."

"Really?!"

Raymond said in disbelief: "I'm just a beginner. My father said that I wanted to be independent very early!"

"Practice is the fastest way to grow. Five shillings can't hire a skilled carpenter." Marvey asked with a smile, "Would you like to restore the confessional for the church?"

"Will! Will!"

Raymond said excitedly: "I will definitely try my best to fix it!"

"Then I'll leave it to you, this is the reward."

Ma Wei took out 5 silver shillings from his wallet and put them in Raymond's hands.

"Also, and, Father, I want to join the Church of Truth!"

Raymond said loudly: "I want to follow the goddess Junia!"

"Of course, but there are too many people queuing up today, you'd better go home first and chat with Mr. Ronan for a while."

"understood!"

Putting on the hat, Raymond ran to the door as happily as a child, stopped suddenly, turned around, pressed his left hand on his chest, and saluted from afar.

"From today onwards, he will definitely follow the Church of Truth." After Raymond left, Levin, who had witnessed everything, said with emotion: "To be honest, compared to humans, I think you are more like a demon, a person who is good at using people's hearts. demon."

"Can't demons pursue the truth?" Ma Wei smiled silently: "At the beginning of human beings, nature is evil. You can never imagine what kind of evil a child will do to a weak creature. This is the law of the jungle engraved in the genes." , but as we grow up, we will gradually understand etiquette, integrity, morality, benevolence and filial piety, distinguish between good and evil, black and white, right and wrong, and then we will truly become a human being, an intelligent creature with the ability to think and distinguish for ourselves."

"Many times, I think deeply about human nature, but I always use human nature and struggle in pain. Perhaps as you said, I am more like a demon than a human being."

(End of this chapter)