Reborn as a small European country

Chapter 3 No reason, I am the Grand Duke of Nord
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"I want to see Your Highness!"

"I'm sorry Your Excellency Prime Minister, His Highness is resting."

"The French ambassador is in a hurry to find His Highness, I order you..."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Prime Minister, I am the Nord Guard, directly under the Grand Duke, and I can refuse your order."

"I……"

If it was possible, Kress really wanted to say something wrong, but his identity did not allow him to do so, so he could only stand outside Joseph's door and wait dully.

Fortunately, the arrival of James solved the embarrassment here in time for him. Although Joseph has been appointed as the foreign minister of the Principality of Nord, he has not resigned from his position as the housekeeper of the Grand Duke's mansion, so he continues to live here, but there are many things to deal with Just add some diplomatic information.

"Morning, Your Excellency the Prime Minister."

"Morning James, I have something urgent to ask Your Highness. The French ambassador will be here at noon today. I hope His Highness can meet you..."

The reception was just a nice way of saying it, but it was actually intended to be greeted by Joseph. For this reason, before Kress finished speaking, James couldn't help frowning slightly and interrupted: "Your Excellency Prime Minister, this is not in compliance with the rules. If you are the ruler of Germany, there is no reason to welcome the ambassador of another country, you can let him wait first, if His Highness has time, he will naturally receive him."

James made it very clear that there is no reason to welcome the ambassador of another country. This sentence made Kress blush slightly, and he must have realized that his behavior was a bit inappropriate, but Nord is only a small country, and the status of the wheel really does not exist. A French ambassador of high stature made sense.

This kind of thing is that the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees the wisdom. Kress saw the determination in James' eyes, so he didn't continue to entangle him, and prepared to leave with a plea.

"Is it Kress? Come in!"

Waking up early in the morning and hearing the noise outside, Joseph was stunned for a moment before he remembered that he was no longer the college student Zhang Jun but the Duke of Nord Duke Joseph Ragnar III.

Joseph didn't know the specific content of what was said outside. His main purpose of letting the other party in was to clean up the northern city of Suno, which was already uninhabited, so Joseph planned to use it as the location of the new city.

Kress glanced at James outside the door as he straightened his suit and walked into the bedroom, and then James also walked in with worry in his eyes. He was worried that Joseph would rashly agree to meet the French ambassador's request.

However, his worries were of no use in the end. Joseph is not a fool, especially because his mental age is not that of the eight-year-old boy on the surface, so when he saw Kress enter the door, he said without waiting for him: "I I need someone to help me level the North District."

Looking at Joseph who was getting dressed, Kress only said one sentence: "The reason, my lord!"

Joseph couldn't help but pause for this question. Obviously he didn't expect Kress to refuse so bluntly, but it was only a pause, and he returned to normal in an instant.

Just when Kress was thinking about how he would evade after Joseph explained, a low-pitched sentence reached his ears, and at the same time, this sentence made James, who was about to come in, withdraw slightly.

"No reason, Prime Minister, I am Grand Duke of Nord."

There is no so-called domineering exterior, no overwhelming aura, just the deep voice of an eight-year-old boy, but with this low voice, Kress stood there for a long time in a daze.

"Follow your wishes, my lord."

Kress suddenly felt a little stuck in his heart. He found that things began to exceed his expectations, and he didn't even say anything about the French ambassador until he left.

Why didn't he change so much in one day?Could it be that coronation has such an effect, that little guy doesn't look like an eight-year-old boy at all, everything about himself seems to be exposed in his eyes.

After Kress left, Joseph pointed to the northern city of the Nord Principality map on the table, and said silently: "Everything will start from here!"

after half an hour
Joseph looked at the handsome little boy in a small black suit in the mirror, with blond hair and black eyes, and nodded in satisfaction. Everyone said that mixed-race people were more beautiful, and he really did not deceive me.Although the self in the mirror is not as good as some heavenly-looking princes in the Middle East, the term "Xiao Zhengtai" is suitable for him.

Walking out the door, two guards at the door hurriedly approached. One of them wanted to speak, but Joseph, who had a ruddy face, finally didn't speak.

"Your Highness, where are we going?"

The Nord Royal Guard is the only army in the Principality of Nord now, but it is said to be an army, but in fact there are only 30 people at full strength, and even the head of the Guard is temporarily held by James, which shows that the Principality of Nord distress.

"Walk around, don't tell James."

One sentence made the two guards interrupt the idea of ​​looking for James. One of them continued to follow, while the other ran to drive. Joseph's car was not a Les Royce Phantom or a Bentley saloon car. Most of the cabinet members are French officials. From top to bottom, most of the vehicles here are Renault or Peugeot.

Naturally, Joseph was no exception. When Joseph reached the door on the first floor, the black sign car had already parked there. He shook his head a little aggrieved, and Joseph got into the car under the guard of the Guards.

This can be said to be the first time Joseph saw his own palace. Although there are many related pictures in his memory, the memory belongs to memory, which is completely different from facing it with his own eyes.

As a ruler whose territory is only more than 20 square kilometers, his palace is naturally not comparable to Versailles and Buckingham Palace, but in the eyes of ordinary people, this is also one of the best mansions.From south to north, from east to west, there are thousands of square meters, of which the construction area is [-] square meters, and the rest is a small green square in front of the palace.

Nord Palace doesn't just represent Joseph's residence. In fact, Kress's cabinet government also works here, but they occupy the first floor.

The location of the royal palace is on the only mountain in Nord, and there is only one building in the mountain. In Eastern terms, it means the emperor guards the gate of the country.

Driving down the mountain, he came to the main road in the central area of ​​Nord. What Joseph saw were the desolate streets, the sallow and thin passers-by, and the civilians holding signs looking for jobs. Seeing this scene, Joseph's mood suddenly became heavy.

"Your Highness, this is not your fault, and this situation is not only in Nord, even in France, even in eastern France, some cities are not as good as our Nord..."

Joseph did not doubt what the Guards said. After all, this is a remote area of ​​war. Compared with eastern France, there are mainly a large number of young people who have been threatened, and there is not much damage to the buildings.

After walking around, Joseph's originally good mood disappeared. There are not many shops on the main road, and the industry is almost zero. At this time, Nord... has a long way to go!

"Let Kress come over here."

Before entering the study, Joseph asked the guards to call for Kress, and during the time before Kress arrived, looking at everything in the study, he could imagine that the nominal father was here for Nord. Developing and worrying, he could have been a carefree playboy, but the responsibility of the country completely overwhelmed this kind prince.

Flipping through the works on national economic construction that Ragnar II hadn't finished reading when he died suddenly, Joseph fell into deep thought for a while, and he didn't even know that Kress came in.

"Sorry, I'm a little distracted."

"The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, a favorite book of His Royal Highness Ragnar II."

"I heard Kress, you and my father are good friends?"

"I have escaped together and been captured together. What I admire most about your father is that he can maintain an optimistic heart no matter what time he is. He is a good person."

"But it's ironic that such a person who was always optimistic died suddenly in the study, isn't it Uncle Kress?"

"Your Highness..."

"Today I went to the Central District, and it gave me a bad feeling."

"sorry!"

"No, it's not your fault. You have done your best to be able to do what you are doing now, but I want to know how many people in our country have no jobs, how many people have no place to live, and how many... young people."

Kress was silent for a long time when he heard Joseph's words. Just when Joseph was a little impatient, a decadent voice came: "Now most of us in our country are middle-aged and elderly people and children, and less than one tenth of the young people live. It can be satisfied, after all, there are a lot of people fleeing, and the vacant houses can fully meet the needs, as for the people who have no jobs... there are many."

Less than a tenth, a lot, such vague words can only explain one thing, and the matter is so bad that Kress is unwilling to mention it, or it is impossible to say it at all.

Taking a deep breath, Joseph did not force Kress to explain the detailed situation, and said with a slight smile: "Everything will be fine, the war is over, isn't it? My Mr. Prime Minister."

"Yes, the war is over and everything will be better."

"I'm talking about the Duchy of Nord."

"Yes, it is the Principality of Nord."

"Go and get busy! Deal with the matter in Beicheng District as soon as possible."

Hearing Joseph's words, Kress promised to leave, but just as he was about to close the door, a similar whisper came to his ears. The content of the words made him stunned, and he left in a hurry after a long time.

"I have dismissed the doctor in the palace, Uncle Kress, I don't want the same thing to happen again."

(End of this chapter)