Reborn as a small European country

Chapter 66 Aphra's Gaffe

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"According to the current prices, the total investment of the subway should be about 30 billion US dollars, but since the European recovery plan, the prices in Europe have increased rapidly, and no one can tell what the future will be."

"$30 billion? That much?"

"The main reason is that the subsea tunnel is expensive, and if it's just Nord, it doesn't matter much."

After Joseph finished speaking, the old earl nodded in understanding. In fact, he was not surprised by the 30 billion US dollars at the beginning, but was surprised by the fact that Nord's territory is small but it takes 30 billion US dollars to build the subway.I believe that no one knows the cost of the subsea tunnel better than the British, so they understand and agree.

"I can take out 5000 million US dollars. If it is less than 5000 million US dollars, Your Highness, you should understand that this is not in line with our investment rules and interests."

All investment rules are fake, mainly because the Earl of Liverpool saw the opportunity and didn’t want to give up. He invested 1000 million US dollars and recovered 3000 million, so what about 5000 million?At the very least, there must be [-] million!
Although $1000 million seems like a lot of money on the surface, it is hard to find such a stable and high-return project for the remaining $4000 million.

"The Hollis family can also offer 8000 million US dollars. If His Royal Highness Joseph is interested, he can go to the Hollis family and his party. I believe my father will be very happy with your highness' visit."

Aldridge also hastily opened his mouth. Although the presumptuous invitation was a little impolite, he did not care so much about his interests. Although his words made Joseph Joseph hesitate, he finally agreed.

Unknowingly, it was already lunch time while talking. The arrival of the old housekeeper caused all the noble gentlemen and ladies in the house to get up and go to the restaurant. Joseph's guards were naturally received by corresponding people.

"This is Little Weiss. His Highness will serve you during this period of time in the Liverpool family."

Little Weiss is a little guy of eighteen or nineteen years old. Of course, it is strange for Joseph to call him a little guy as a nine-year-old child.

Little Weiss is also a handsome guy by appearance, the only thing I don't like is that he is not talkative, in other words, he is a bit dull, but such a person is good to serve, and he is much more practical.

The lunch of the British aristocrats is not much better, a pasta, a roast goose, several roast beef, roast potatoes, oxtail soup and so on.

Compared with the wide variety of Chinese cuisine, no matter which country in Europe, there is not much food. Of course, some of them are comparable to Chinese cuisine.

The two aristocratic ladies ate very slowly and elegantly. On the one hand, their food could even be called art. Watching them eat was no different from appreciating art.

Although Joseph also came from aristocratic background, he lived in a different environment since he was a child, which caused him to have a sense of nouveau riche among the nobles, although Joseph's noble blood was not inferior to or even surpassed them.

"This is the collection of Burt Winery, very good!"

The Earl of Liverpool had only one comment on the red wine on the table, but looking at Aldridge's expression next to Joseph, he knew that the wine must be very good, otherwise, as the second son of the Duke of Hollis, he would not be so flustered.

The bright red liquid was poured into the crystal glass, and after a sip, a different taste filled the taste buds, but the taste was indeed good, with a light, warm and refreshing feeling.

Whether it's the UK or France!Chateau owners are always the most special group of people in Europe, most of the time their shareholders are members of the aristocracy.

Red wine needs a large number of grapes, and the status of the owner of the vineyard is very high in any period of European history. Simply put, there is absolutely no ordinary person behind a winery, especially for good wine, most of them are It was produced in the private wineries of the nobles.

After lunch, Aldridge proposed to go horseback riding. Although the Liverpool family manor was halfway up the mountain, they still had a small horse farm. After all, the Earl of Liverpool was not the same age as Joseph. Seeing Aldrich’s proposal, he agreed very much. Joseph expressed Very mature, yes, but there is indeed a generation gap.

He thought that Joseph would like horse riding very much. After all, European nobles liked this sport very much, but in fact Joseph could only say that being interested in horse riding was far from being a favorite.

"The Champion Thoroughbred was bought by Sotheby's Auction House in 76. At that time it was still a pony. Now it has just grown up. How about it?"

Aldridge was very proud to show off to Joseph, seeing the jealous look of Adonis next to him, Joseph knew that [-]% of the horse was brought by Aldrich himself.

This British thoroughbred horse, which Aldrich said has champion blood, is brown, with a white head mixed with it, with a shoulder height of about 1.6 meters and a head height of 1.7 meters. From the appearance point of view, this is a typical good horse.Of course, these words were told to Joseph by a guard who knew horses. He was not interested in this aspect, so he didn't know.

"Sotheby's did auction such a horse in 76, and the price at that time was 16 pounds. If there is no accident, it was bought by the Duke of Hollis."

It can be seen that this guard really likes horses, otherwise he would not be so clear about such things, even knowing when this horse was auctioned at Sotheby's auction house.

When Joseph was talking to the guards, Aldrich had already got on his horse, and Annie also rode a white pony. Adonis was indeed not of high status. Although he was also riding a horse, there was no one around him to serve him. It was far inferior to Annie's white pony.

There was Aphra beside Joseph. This quiet and beautiful young woman gave Joseph a very strange sense of intimacy, like a mother, like a sister. Anyway, Joseph liked it very much.

"Your Highness doesn't like riding horses?"

Just now Aldrich made an invitation, but was rejected by Joseph. Judging by Joseph's age, Aldrich did not insist. After all, he couldn't afford something to happen.

"It's okay, but there are no horses suitable for me here. The ones that are too small have no passion, and the ones that are too big can't get on."

It was a joke that made Aphra smile gently, and the slightly raised corners of her mouth gave Joseph a feeling of getting into her arms. Don't get me wrong, there is no love between men and women.

His face was a little red, and Joseph couldn't help but blame himself for being abnormal. Could it be that his sanity has also become smaller with this body after time travel?

"I have a lion, which was a gift from Prince Aziz of Morocco. I named it Xiqi. If you go to Nord in the future, Aphra, I will take you to see the lion."

It is undeniable that Joseph's sanity has indeed dropped a lot, and he actually started to show off his lion, which is like seeing other people have fun things, and he is not willing to show that he has more fun things.

Joseph was only nine years old and looked rather cute. Such childish words made Aphra want to touch his head, but before she raised her hand, she remembered that the other party was not her daughter.

Why did Joseph change so much before and after?Speaking of this, on the way to the racecourse, Annie accidentally revealed that Aphra's daughter died three years ago due to an accident. Joseph was very touched by Aphra's sadness and maternal love at that moment.

(End of this chapter)