Chapter 303: Homeland Security Agency
On the huge virtual screen of Apple in the Nord Kingdom, there are advertisements for the iPhone 4 that rotate 24 hours a day, because the virtual screen is so large that the citizens of the entire Nord Kingdom can clearly see its contents.
The Nord Kingdom business administration believes that this will hinder the Nord Kingdom's traffic, so it fined Apple 30 million euros, and at the same time Microsoft said that if the 30 million euro fine can keep the ad going, then they are willing to pay 30 million euros for a year of screen advertising.
Although Audi is not a competitor of Apple, he can't help but stand up in the face of such a thing and express the same opinion as Microsoft on this matter.
In order to avoid the sky above the Nord Kingdom in the future, the Nord Kingdom will present the only huge screen in the Nord Kingdom on the roof of the House of Parliament, and any company that wants to pass the advertisement can go to the House of Parliament to discuss the specific cost.
For example, if the width of the office building is 40 meters and the height is 130 meters, then the size of the screen cannot exceed the area, because the area outside the sky, even if it is high, belongs to the Nord Kingdom and not the property company.
The House of Parliament is only a big screen approved temporarily, and in the future, including on the beach and sea, the Nord Kingdom will make some distribution arrangements according to its rationality.
Of course, now anyway, all in all, the iPhone4 has been a huge success, and it is indeed a new mobile phone in the reform century, Wi-Fi technology has matured, and the Nord Kingdom has Wi-Fi coverage in the whole city, and the login only needs to be purchased by month or hour.
Compared to the mobile network Wi-Fi, the speed is significantly higher, and because of the low price, many citizens are very grateful for this move by Royal Telecom.
However, this also creates a bad phenomenon. There are a lot of young people playing with mobile phones on the streets of the Nord Kingdom, because of this incident, there are many traffic accidents in the Nord Kingdom, and I am glad that there are no fatalities due to the speed limit.
There are a lot of traffic accidents in the Nord Kingdom every year, but only a handful of citizens die because of this, because the vehicles in the city generally cannot exceed 40 miles, and there are more lipstick street lights on the streets, and vehicles cannot stop and drive on the sidewalks, the Nord Kingdom has a strong control over this aspect, so there are only a dozen traffic accidents a year, and there are no deaths.
On the provincial roads of Western Sahara?
Trucks have trucks on the road, ordinary vehicles have roads with ordinary vehicles. Moreover, most of them are interchange systems, which makes traffic accidents in Western Sahara very rare.
The Nord Kingdom has always had its own declaration, and if 20 million euros can be exchanged for the safety of a road, then the Nord Traffic and Road Authority does not mind adding another 20 million euros to the budget.
The Nord Kingdom is a rich country, and rich countries tend to take human rights very seriously, no matter how large the population of the country is, no matter how financially strained.
With the advent of the new century, the most things in the Nord Kingdom are to vote, vote, vote! This is true not only for the prime minister's election, but also for any major national event.
For example, some time ago, there was a referendum on the Knight Bill. More than 70 percent of citizens agreed to the bill, which is why it passed so quickly.
Public opinion is a foundation, and if the cabinet and the royal family change public opinion strongly, then there is nothing. It's just that it is very difficult for the prime minister to be re-elected.
The hosting of the Olympic Games and the creation of the Olympic city were also voted for, and Marceau also asked the citizens of Western Sahara for their opinions on the cost of building the Olympic city.
If it is replaced by a Nord native referendum. Then they would naturally choose 6 billion euros or 8 billion euros, but the citizens of Western Sahara do not think that their lives are too perfect and should not invest so much in such things. More should be done to improve the welfare of citizens, so only 2 billion euros were approved.
The citizens of Nord also voted on this matter, and the initiator of the vote was the mayor of Nord, and the purpose of his initiative was how much Nord itself should fund this matter, after all, the Olympics are a matter for the entire Nord kingdom, not Western Sahara.
The native citizens of the Nord actually looked down on the citizens of Western Sahara and considered them to be natives of the Nord Kingdom, although they thought so, but they were also very welcoming to every visitor to the Western Sahara, but with some pity in their eyes, pity for the poor. This would not cause territorial conflicts, but it would make the citizens of Western Sahara very angry and try to develop their own economy.
This was also the case with the vote, where the mayor of Nord was worried that the low investment in Western Sahara would affect the international face of the entire Nord kingdom, so he decided to help, and the citizens of Nord also thought the same way.
The €1 billion rate was 3,000 per cent, while €4,52 billion was €4,52 billion, or 17 per cent......
It can also be seen from the vote that the wealth of Nord proper, a city can compare to the entire Western Sahara region for investment in the same thing, which has not yet been held in Nord itself, if it is Nord native, it is believed that the investment will be higher.
When the incident was broadcast on Western Sahara television, the citizens of Western Sahara called for a new vote, they could not be overpowered by Nord proper, and they hoped that Western Sahara would spend more money on building an Olympic city, fighting for Western Sahara proper, and not being looked down upon by Nord proper.
After some disputes, the situation turned out to be bigger and bigger, and finally the total investment between the two Olympic cities reached 8 billion euros, which was far more than Marceau expected.
The royal family's investment will not change, and the government's disbursement will come as promised, and the extra money will naturally be used to repay the bank loan, which makes the government of Western Sahara very relieved.
Of course, this was all two years ago, just an example, except for the royal affairs, most of the Nord Kingdom is relying on public opinion.
House of the Noord Nobles (Upper):
"Eric wants to start a DHS?"
"Yes, the proposal is already on Speaker James's desk, and the reason he gave is that terrorists appear too often, and the Nord Kingdom must also be prepared in time and even establish a special department."
"Attribution?"
Although Smith didn't say it explicitly, the assistant understood what he meant, and explained: "It will be managed by the cabinet government, but the bureau will have a special team of 200 people, and it will have the right to transfer an ordinary company of the military in case of emergency." ”
"What does His Highness Charlie mean?"
"This should be authorized by His Highness Charlie."
Smith didn't say anything more, but pondered how the matter would play out, whether James would agree or refuse, after all, it was likely to lead to a further increase in the cabinet's powers.
"Mr. Speaker needs to convene a meeting of all the members of the House of Representatives, should we ......?"
Glancing at his assistant, Smith shook his head helplessly, compared to several secretaries in the cabinet, this assistant was too far behind.
"Eric's meaning is the meaning of His Royal Highness Charles, and His Highness Charlie means the meaning of the noble councillors, even if we don't want to pass, it's impossible."
"The House of Parliament, we can start from the House of Parliament, although they don't have the right to decide, they have the right to make proposals, you can let them propose that this is not in the interests of the current Nord Kingdom, I believe that even His Royal Highness Prince Charles can't ignore the wishes from the citizens!"
"Morris? He is a Minister of Justice, and I believe that he would be very interested in seeing the country's commitment to the cause of counter-terrorism, which is unlikely to be relied upon. ”
"Then we ......"
"Why should we object to this? Is it because of injustice against His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? I want you to remember one thing, there are very few things that the Nord Kingdom must not do, but going against the royal family is one of them and the last thing you can do that. ”
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Charlie is naturally not clear about the affairs of the House of Lords, and now he has a headache when he sees the news that the Viper organization has infiltrated the Nord Kingdom, and the Homeland Security Agency has already been established, because it is wrong to expect either MIG or MOIA, because they themselves are intelligence services and not anti-terrorism departments.
"Your Highness, isn't the special squad of 200 people a lot, I'm worried about ......"
"Worried that the future cabinet will be too strong, and the palace will not be able to withstand the 200-person special team?"
"Yes, yes."
Charlie's assistant nodded a little alarmedly, he was suspected of provoking by doing so, but he couldn't help but do it, because it was his duty.
"You're right, but don't forget that the special squad is all military personnel, how can they gain control if they are rotated every three years?"
"Three-year rotation?"
"That's right, there is chaos every three years, and the military power is still in the hands of the military, they are only temporarily obeying the orders of the head of the Homeland Security Agency."
The assistant couldn't help but nodded, this is not bad, it is the most appropriate way to ensure that the DHS force problem can also make them have no threat to the royal family.
"The power of the House of Nobles is a bit too big, and it is ridiculous that someone has proposed that military power be placed in the House of Nobles!"
Although it was only a temptation, Charlie chose to refuse, if it weren't for the fact that it was William who spoke. Otto, Charlie has long since carried out a purge of the Ministry of Defense over this matter.
For William. Otto's proposal Charlie can also understand, because only in that way can the army of the Nord Kingdom exert 120% combat effectiveness, which has always been controlled by the Nord King, it is inconvenient to command and fight, and the restriction is too great and too great.
In fact, his proposal was fundamentally wrong, because even Charles did not have the right to command the army, and the military power was always in Joseph's hands and was not given to anyone. (To be continued......)