Father Mavie

"Katerina?! The King of the Romanov Kingdom?!"

There was an exclamation in the room. If these words did not come from Ma Wei's mouth, who could believe that a king would personally lead a team to participate in the Olympics?

But this also proves the importance Katerina attaches to the Olympics.

In fact, in addition to personally leading the team, Katerina also personally selected the athletes participating in the Olympics this time.

Ma Wei, who first heard the news, was as surprised as the presidents. He even asked Katerina why she wanted to personally lead the team to participate in the Olympics and hold a training match with the Kingdom of Windsor. Katerina's answer was, 'This is beneficial. She learns more about the athletes she selected and provides targeted help.'

Ma Wei didn't know if there were other reasons behind it.

A year ago, the Romanov Kingdom was in a state of manpower shortage. Katerina could not leave at all and had to do everything herself. Today, many suitable officials have been found, and the pressure of running the country has been greatly reduced. She occasionally leaves Mosk. it is also fine.

Especially after the technology sharing in the Kingdom of Windsor, the Romanov Kingdom established many new factories, continuously incubated talents, added a large number of jobs, and there were still some labor shortages.

Regarding the Olympic Games, although Arthur also attaches great importance to it, he is never as concerned as Katerina. The reason is very simple. The Romanov Kingdom needs this opportunity to introduce itself to the world, and the Windsor Kingdom does not.

As an old industrial power, the goods produced by the Kingdom of Windsor are sold all over the world. Even the primitive tribes in the southern continent can find cans produced by the factories of the Kingdom of Windsor. Some tribe members even grind the cans into pieces and use them as knives.

The development direction of the Kingdom of Windsor is completely different from that of the Romanov Kingdom, and the emphasis on the Olympic Games is also different.

Arthur will not personally lead the team to participate in the Olympics.

"There is talk today that you are going to hold the Magic Olympics."

At dinner time, Mrs. Cecil prepared fried herrings with cream soup for Mavi, a small cake with cranberry fruit frosting and a cup of boiled milk for Yunia. While eating, she mentioned the newspaper. on the news.

Mrs. Cecil was very proud of what Mavey had done, and the neighbors, including the surrounding people, were also talking about the Olympics.

In the past, the Olympic Games were an event that belonged exclusively to the aristocracy and the middle class. It was out of reach of ordinary people. How could they have the opportunity to do specialized training when they had difficulty even having food and clothing?
  Whether it's track and field or football, both require a lot of time. The lack of information, the long distance, and the unknown of the results also bury many talents.

For many, what they need is a chance to prove themselves.

No one has ever been willing to spend their own money to conduct nationwide auditions. As long as there is a Church of Truth or a Church of Destiny, you can register without spending a penny and there is no threshold.

In order to ensure that people who are busy with life have the courage to sign up, local towns, villages and other small areas will conduct the first audition, and the best candidates will be selected and sent to the city for the second round of selection, with increasing levels until the finals.

In this process, each player represents his hometown, and the local diocese will be responsible for all expenses. If he can win in the end and become a representative representing the Kingdom of Windsor, he will not only receive a bonus from the Holy See, but also become a professional Athletes have since received salaries from the Royal Government and become stars.

Although there are not many places, the real thing is better.

Even if you fail in the parish competition, you will still have the opportunity to be selected for the professional team formed locally and you can also receive salary.

How many people can resist such a huge temptation?
  All it takes is a little courage to go to church and write or say your name and address.

At the same time as the audition, Mawei also issued a census order. The United Kingdom government required each parish to count the number of residents under its jurisdiction in detail.

If you ask about the population of the Kingdom of Windsor, the current official answer is [-] million people. This is the result of the census ten years ago, excluding Scotland.

In this regard, the Kingdom of Windsor is obviously not as good as the Kingdom of Romanov. Since Katerina came to the throne and cut off those nobles, it has conducted a comprehensive census. If a government does not even know how many people there are in its own country, then That's ridiculous!
  The population of the Kingdom of Windsor has been growing. Ma Wei estimated that the current population of the Kingdom of Windsor is about [-] million, and there is still a lot of room for development.

As for the Romanov Kingdom, its population is approaching [-] million.

Ma Wei has always believed that reproduction is a personal choice, and whether a couple chooses to have offspring often depends on their vision for the future.

If you are pessimistic or have great pressure to survive, you will naturally not choose to have children because you cannot afford to give birth to children.

On the contrary, the population will gradually grow and there is no need to worry about the fertility rate.

Of course, childbirth is not something that can be explained in a few sentences. There are also very complex factors. For example, people with higher education rarely give birth to more than three children, while ordinary farmers sometimes have seven or eight children or even more. More so, the more difficult the years, the more so.

If there is no popularization of education, no education reform, and no comprehensive literacy, perhaps the population of cheap labor will never decrease. But is this correct?

Wanting everything means getting nothing.

To get something, you must pay a corresponding price. Even the devil knows this truth.

If we want to give a reason why labor force must be cheap, Ma Wei can only start from the perspective of benefiting the country. But if this country and this government are established for the people, then the cheap labor force obtained by hurting the people seems to have changed. smell.

Mavey and Levin once discussed "delayed justice". Mavey's answer was that if the delay is due to lack of ability, then delayed justice should be regarded as justice.

If you already have the ability but deliberately do not do it, but deliberately delay it, is this still justice?

The former is about wanting to do something but not being able to do it, so if you have the ability, you should do it; the latter is about being able to do it but not doing it, and still using the slogan of justice.

That's kind of disgusting.

Ma Wei chose the former.

He would rather give up the benefits that cheap labor brings to the country and the government, but also choose to improve literacy in all aspects, build schools, and provide basic education.

"Are there many people signing up for Flower Street?" Ma Wei cut off a piece of herring, dipped it in some sauce and stuffed it into his mouth.

"More! The owner of the tavern across the street has also signed up!"

"he?"

Ma Wei was stunned for a moment. Opposite the Potion Grocery Store is the Dirty Duck Beer House. The owner is a middle-aged man. Although he is not a big belly and has a relatively strong body, he has also begun to gain weight at such an old age.
  Participate in the Olympics?
  "He signed up for the javelin throw event!" Mrs. Cecil smiled: "When I saw him this afternoon, he told me that he was very strong, no worse than the workers outside."

There are many people like tavern owners. After all, there is no registration threshold. You can come whenever you want. It all depends on your ability. The publicity is also in place and attracts many people. It is a good thing to get a ranking. It doesn't matter if you don't get a ranking. Just treat it as entertainment. .

After eating, Mavi wiped his mouth, put on his coat, picked up the prepared suitcase, and was about to leave with Yunia.

"Father, it's so late, do you still want to go out?"

Mrs. Cecil, who was clearing the table, heard the noise and came out of the kitchen.

"I'm going back to Moscow. I've been in London for half a month. I have things to deal with there."

Mavey put on his hat and leather gloves, held Yunia's hand and said, "Katerina asked me to go back. She has already selected a group of suitable candidates."

"Then when will you come back, Father?"

"I don't know, I'm not sure yet. If nothing happens, it will be in half a month."

Swish!
  After activating the Heart of the Jungle, Ma Wei and Yunia disappeared instantly, and multiple teleportations were carried out using the teleportation points left by the Heart of the Jungle.

near midnight
  Swish!
  In the prayer room of St. Basil's Cathedral, Mavie and Junia suddenly appeared. There was heavy snow outside the window, and the silver moonlight reflected the snow like stars. Tonight was a full moon night. Luo Jin had already hid, huddled in the room and did not dare to go out. Lang Tou Wu could keep him in human form, but the pain could not be reduced and he could only resist.

Multi-stage teleportation consumes a lot of energy. After taking off his hat, Ma Wei walked into the lounge and collapsed on the sofa. Levin walked in with a bucket of ice cream and was startled when he saw Ma Wei: "Boss, when did you come back?"

"Just came back." Glancing at the ice cream in Levin's arms, Ma Wei raised an eyebrow: "Aren't you afraid of diarrhea after eating ice cream in the middle of the night?"

"What does diarrhea have to do with eating ice cream?" Levin was confused.

"Of course it does matter, forget it, there's no point in explaining it to you, just eat."

Yunia stared at the ice cream in Levin's arms and drooled. After a while, the ice cream bucket was transferred from Levin's arms to Yunia's hands, with wine flavor.

"You came back just in time."

Levin closed the door, blocking the cold wind blowing in the corridor, and sat in front of the fireplace: "Fat Orange told me the day before yesterday that the secret police established by Her Majesty Katerina sent a small team towards Berlin. It seemed that they wanted to Infiltrate."

"This is normal, don't make a fuss."

After a pause, Levin continued: "What would you think if I told you that an informant from the secret police had infiltrated St. Basil's Cathedral?"

The hand holding the tea cup tightened and then relaxed again. Ma Wei said calmly: "Who is it?"

"Odyev, a young monk."

"Is that the one with the mustache?"

"It's him that's right."

"Oh"

Ma Wei nodded, but still had no reaction.

"What are you going to do?" Levine asked.

"How to do what?"

"To put it nicely, they are called eyeliners, but to put it unfavorably, they are spies!" Levin said seriously: "Katerina placed a spy beside us! What does she want to do?"

"Spies are spies, don't be so excited."

"Boss, her ambition and desire are too great, I'm afraid of her"

Ma Wei suddenly interrupted: "Some words, you should think them over before you say them. Once you say them, you can't take them back."

Levin choked and said, "Bodelnov has done too many things recently. The secret police has infiltrated the entire country. If this continues, Katerina will know all the secrets!"

"Look at what you're saying."

With a smile on his lips, Ma Wei said lightly: "Isn't Fat Orange also monitoring Katerina and the secret police? What is the difference between what we do and what they do?"

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The secret police infiltrated the church. It is not clear whether this action was caused by Katerina or Bodlinov, but what is certain is that Katerina most likely knew that the secret police was actually no match for the Cat Legion.

Cats are everywhere, monitoring everyone, and every move will be transmitted to Fat Orange's ears. The actions of the secret police are indeed mysterious in the eyes of ordinary people, but in front of the Cat Legion...
  Some are not enough to see.

This is possible mainly because the secret police cannot stop the actions of the Cat Legion, including in the palace, where the cats will follow you arrogantly. What can you do?
  Perhaps, Katerina was using this method to express her subtle protest to Mavi.

Trust is mutual.

Sending cats to monitor is an act of distrust in the other party.

"Tell Fat Orange to withdraw all the cats monitoring the palace." Ma Wei said.

"what?!"

Levin was startled: "Why? Katerina has planted spies in the Holy See, and we still want to give in?"

"Do you trust Katerina?"

"I trust you."

After thinking for a long time, Levin gave an affirmative answer: "Without Katerina, the Truth Church would not be what it is today."

"So why do we send cats to monitor the palace?"

"This is because we are afraid that the ancient gods will invade the palace!"

"That's true, but everyone needs privacy." Ma Wei lowered his eyes and said, "Of course Katerina has her own private life. Not to mention sending cats to keep an eye on the palace to prevent the ancient gods from invading. Isn't this? Do we doubt Katerina's judgment on people? For a monarch, this is equivalent to an insult."

Levin was silent for a moment. He didn't think so much. When it comes to the level of delicate thoughts, he is indeed not as good as Ma Wei.

"The kingdom is the kingdom, and the church is the church. The two must not be confused." Mawei said: "Even in the age of theocracy, we must respect others."

Before Levin could speak, Yunia, who was immersed in eating ice cream, raised her head and spoke: "Dad is right! I will not call those gods orphans anymore! We must respect them!"

Oh, there was an unexpected bonus
  Ma Wei nodded: "That's right."

"Luka and Wilder must not call each other anymore. From now on, just call your opponents!"

Yunia said seriously: "They are not human anyway! Orphans should not be able to harm them!"

Reaching out to scratch his head, Ma Wei didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"Do you want to withdraw it on Friday too?"

Levin suddenly asked: "Those cats that monitor Buckingham Palace."

"No, they won't withdraw. This is what Arthur and I have agreed upon."

Ma Wei narrowed his eyes:

"There is probably a demon lurking around Arthur. London is no better than Mosque. It is like a sieve, full of loopholes."

(End of this chapter)