Reborn as a small European country

Chapter 75
"Hello, Your Highness Joseph."

In front of the banquet hotel organized by the auction house, Joseph saw Duke Hollis again. Duke Hollis was very enthusiastic and somewhat unexpected, waiting at the door.
"Hello, Duke Hollis."

The scene where Joseph, who is nine years old and about to be ten years old, shakes hands with the elderly Duke of Hollis is very weird, but the flat expression on Joseph's face greatly reduces the weirdness of the scene.

"Perhaps His Royal Highness Joseph was the only one who had the Duke of Hollis go out to greet him in person, and of course Her Majesty the Queen was not among them."

The Earl of Liverpool saw a small joke on the side. When talking about Her Majesty, both the Duke of Hollis and the Earl of Liverpool had a little respect mixed in. It was obvious that the royal family still had a high regard in their hearts. status.In fact, this is normal, after all, the royal family is the foundation of their nobility, without the royal family, they would not be able to obtain their titles.

Joseph often wonders whether Britain can maintain a constitutional monarchy because the upper class in Britain is composed of nobles, and the will of the common people is mainly under the rule of the nobles. After all, they are employees of these noble bosses and directors.

The United States is a commercial society. The election of the president needs the support of financial groups. The first is money, and the second is that every company has a large number of votes. The same is true for the United Kingdom.

Thinking of these, Joseph suddenly felt a little sense of crisis. The rule of the Principality of Nord is based on his own wealth. 80.00% of the core industries have royal shares in it, but is he a little weak?

Nord has no nobles, because it was only a small country with a population of more than [-] at its peak, and it was somewhat unexpected to have a complete cabinet.noble?Let's stay far away!

The current situation in the Principality of Nord is a bit complicated. Although there are only tens of thousands of citizens, the remaining more than [-] workers are equivalent to quasi-citizens, because most of the Principality of Nord today are paid by them.In this way, can I also get a quasi-noble title to give some citizens?

It seemed that Joseph was thinking a lot, but in fact it was only a blink of an eye. After the Duke of Hollis greeted the Marquess of Kate, Joseph had already come to his senses.

Without talking too much about the others, Duke Hollis led the group towards the banquet. On the way, Aldrich spoke highly of the racehorse that Joseph had bid for.

"Have you seen that horse?"

Aldrich's words made Duke Hollis a little strange, but he suddenly remembered that he had asked Aldrich to stay there to wait for Joseph. If that was the case, then he must have seen the horse with Joseph.

"I look forward to seeing you at the next horse race, Your Highness Joseph."

"Definitely, but whether I can get good results is still unknown."

Duke Hollis laughed at Joseph's words, but he didn't answer because he knew that Joseph would not have good grades. The Ragnar family did not have experienced horse trainers and dedicated knights, so it was too difficult to get good grades.

There were already many people at the banquet, and no one came forward to speak. Everyone chatted in small groups, and occasionally a stranger joined in and introduced each other. They are all elites, and the conversation is naturally full of interests and cooperation. .

The Duke of Hollis, Joseph and Kate, brought them into their small circle. Although there were not many people, there were only four or five people, and they were all old guys, but Joseph was very respectful when they introduced them one by one.

These old guys may not have high titles, but their influence in London and even the whole of the UK is extraordinary, and one of them is even a former British Prime Minister and a member of the royal family.

"On the European economy at this time, I think Joseph has the most say."

Although Joseph is the Grand Duke of Nord, the age and status of this group of people are not much lower than Joseph, so there is nothing inappropriate to call him by his name.

"Noord's economic prosperity is all the credit of the cabinet, and I have not contributed much."

Joseph's modest answer obviously did not satisfy the group of old guys, but old guys are old guys. Although they were dissatisfied, no one showed it on their faces, and they didn't even continue to ask.

The only earl of Liverpool jokingly said as if a small warning: "James's ability can only be regarded as medium. It seems that there are other capable people in the Nord cabinet."

What else can Joseph say about this, he can only shut up and smile bitterly in his heart, it seems that sometimes hiding clumsiness will cause trouble!

"Audi's stock has recently risen to $29, Joseph, are you interested in coming to London for financing?"

Now the Duchy of Nord and the royal family still have 70.00% of the shares in Audi. In fact, it doesn't matter if they take out [-]% to go public in London, but considering the current international environment, the United States may be the best choice.

He declined the invitation of the Earl of Liverpool politely, and the Earl of Liverpool did not continue. He is a kind of temptation in itself. It is best to come to raise funds, and it is not possible or reluctant. After all, everyone knows that London is not the best choice for such a thing.

"The Principality of Nord has a subway plan, some old friends to see who is interested?"

It was not the Earl of Liverpool who spoke but the Duke of Hollis. It was obvious that Aldrich had already told him the matter. When Duke Hollis asked Joseph, he also expressed his opinion to Joseph, and he was interested in it.

"The Nord Principality's subway plan?"

In an instant, several British bigwigs saw the meaning of it. They took a friendly look at Joseph and they started to discuss. After all, it was a business that was sure to make money, so they discussed how much to invest rather than whether they should invest.

The Duke of Hollis glanced at his old friend, and suddenly said: "The Principality of Nord is responsible for 30% of the $70.00 billion market, and the remaining 30.00% is all financed out, less than one billion. profitable."

At this time, Joseph and Kate had already taken the initiative to go to other places. At this time, they were chatting with a lady. It was obvious that Kate introduced Joseph to him, and they talked more casually when Joseph was not there.

"How much is Joseph going to leave to Britain?"

"It should all be kept! But with a financing of one billion dollars, does he still want to put it in multiple places?"

Even though he said so, Duke Hollis was not very sure. After all, Joseph's intention was to expand his network and show his goodwill, not to really be a boy who spread money.

"Try to persuade him to keep all the financing in the UK. If possible, I think investing in Nord is also a good investment target. Now Nord is developing very fast, although some time ago..."

Duke Hollis didn't explain, but here are all well-informed people, how could they not know what happened in the Principality of Nord.

"Duke Hollis, do you like Joseph?"

"I am very optimistic about the current situation and the Principality of Nord. Europe is the top priority of the United States. This is not the Middle East and Africa. It is still difficult for the United States to dictate."

"That's right, although France has been targeting the Principality of Nord, if the United States gets involved, I believe France will never sit idly by. In addition, I believe that our Queen can't allow such a thing to happen."

In fact, Joseph has many natural allies, such as the King of Spain, the Queen of the Netherlands, the Queen of England, the Prince of Monaco, the King of Sweden, etc. They are all monarchy countries, and they will never allow the Ragnar family to lose power.This is just like Louis XVI back then. Although France overthrew the imperial rule, it eventually attracted dissatisfaction from the whole of Europe.

It's a pity that there are too few monarchies now, and those such as the Queen of England have lost their power, and there is too little help to Joseph.Fortunately, Nord is not very big. Even big countries like the United States and France don't take it too seriously.

(End of this chapter)