Chapter 17: Misunderstanding
Huaxia Yanjing Zhonghai
"What do you think about things in France?"
"That little ruler is one of our own! What's more, people take a lot of risks in this matter, and we can't go too far. ”
"The Prime Minister means yes?"
"A promise is naturally a promise, but we don't have so much foreign exchange in our hands, Mr. Li, what do you mean?"
"It's best if you can exchange other things, there is already news from the United States, Nord's aid is about 530 million, if we agree, it is impossible without 800 million, but it can be put together, but this will cause our foreign exchange to be tight......
"What Elder Li said is right, it would be best if we could exchange other things, but these instruments are not rare, what do we have?"
The Prime Minister's words made the No. 1 Hall of Zhonghai silent, and only after a long time did a faint sigh come from the first old man with a serious face said: "We need to negotiate urgently!" But our main direction is whether we can exchange dollars for things, and Li Lao will take a trip to Europe? ”
"Okay, the old man will go this way, and let this little ruler see the sincerity of our mother's family."
The old man surnamed Li was not talking nonsense, he had already thought of a gift in his heart, a gift that Joseph could not refuse.
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Naturally, Joseph is not clear about the affairs of China, the four communities in the southeast, northwest and northwest of the central district are under construction, and each community can accommodate 10,000 people, and each community is equivalent to a small living area, which is equipped with primary schools, middle schools, supermarkets, restaurants, cafes and other facilities.
In the center of the central ward is the government building, and the surrounding four small streets are divided into a commercial street, an entertainment street, a food street, and a culture street......
Of course, at this time, these are just plans, and it is expected that it will take a year to two years to be fully completed, and since the countries are watching here, Joseph does not dare to act as recklessly as before, and a slight slowdown in progress will not affect anything anyway.
Workers in Germany and Eastern Europe are already living in apartments, but because they are not Nord citizens, the Royal Nord Bank, or the tax office, deducts $10 from their salaries every month from their housing funds. No one has much of an opinion on this, after all, they all have a salary of about $1,000 a month, which is nothing.
Because of the relocation policy, more and more old people and women came to the Duchy of Nord, these are Germans and Eastern European relatives who came to work, and James thought it was a trouble for him, but as the details of this group of people were placed in front of him, James's complaint turned into surprise.
As mentioned earlier, the cultural level of the Germans is almost the best in the world, and the group of old people and women who came for this reason are actually typical representatives of teachers and scholars, at least when there are not many highly educated talents in the Nord principality, they can indeed afford such a job.
Joseph's maid Joanna is one of them, her mother and father are now in the Duchy of Nord, and she is still approaching the middle class of the Duchy of Nord.
Compared with the Germans, the relatives of the workers in Eastern Europe did not have such a level of education, but fortunately, the Soviet Union had a strong control over Eastern Europe, and some young people were able to smuggle into Western Europe, but it was not a simple matter for the old people.
In mid-August, the coastal zone of Nancheng District
Dozens of guards began to block the beach, and Joseph, James and several cabinet members walked slowly on the beach, looking at the trees with a hint of pride in his smile.
"In the future, this area will be our agricultural base, Calaves, remember to put five million dollars into my bank account."
It is also possible to use the money from the Nord Royal Bank directly to build the system, but Joseph feels that this is easy to expose, so he asks the president of the Royal Bank to transfer the money he needs to his bank account every time, and then use his account to pay for the construction costs.
"It's still the same old rules, I know how to do it, Your Highness."
After getting along for a long time, this group of officials understood that Joseph was usually very talkative, so they were ridiculed at this time.
"Reclamation is not a small project, our grain is enough to support two years, which country will we sign a grain trade with next?"
Food is the lifeblood of a country, and although money can buy anything, it is better to keep such a deadly thing in your own hands, so James did not say anything about it, even if he felt that it was really inappropriate.
Nord is a very small country, and the small size of the country makes it impossible for him to have much success in food and animal husbandry, after all, these require a large amount of land.
Reclamation is one way, but according to the international cost at this time, the amount of money reclaimed in the reclamation is indeed huge, and the economy of Nord is simply not able to support such a large capital project. But the mystery that Joseph has always shown makes James can't help but look forward to it, otherwise he will risk suspicion to persuade Joseph to abandon the project.
To get back to the point, World War II had just ended, so the price of grain was still very high, and it was very important for the Duchy of Nord to sign a grain trade with any country next, even countries like France and Britain could not ignore the grain trade contracts of nearly 10,000 people.
You must know that they do not know the plans of the Duchy of Nord, in their opinion, such a grain trade contract will continue forever, and it is not obvious that it will be a year or a year, but it can be seen how much money it will be in ten or twenty years.
"Two years? Two years is enough, we don't need to talk about these things now, let's talk about it later! James, when did the cabinet reshuffle start? ”
Raising eyebrows, Joseph began to change the topic casually, and James also heard the meaning of Joseph's mouth, but he didn't believe it, he still had dignity and humility, and he didn't want to say more about this matter, so when he saw Joseph change the topic, he took the opportunity to talk about the cabinet reshuffle.
"We are a dual monarchy and a cabinet reshuffle would have begun long ago, if not for the French ......"
"Don't say that this is useless, I suggest that the cabinet reshuffle be carried out at the same time as the parliament, and if there are no problems, I hope to see the results of the reshuffle by the end of this year."
"There is no problem with the cabinet at the end of the year, is the House a little hasty?"
As soon as James finished speaking, Joseph looked at him with a meaningful gaze, and when he saw this look, James understood that Joseph had misunderstood what he meant, but he had no way to explain this kind of thing, and he opened his mouth to speak, but he never knew how to explain it, so he couldn't help but pause there.
Several other cabinet members who followed him looked at James with concern, especially Robert, the only former defense minister and current health minister among the French officials left.
What is the biggest role of the House? It is to reduce the power of the government and give it a lock, if this sentence Kress said it, it would be nothing, after all, everyone understands what his purpose is in Nord, but now that James said this, can Joseph not be disappointed in his heart?
Does James want more power as Prime Minister, or is he ambitious or does he have other intentions? Joseph was not a god, and he didn't know what James really thought, but as the ruler of a country, there was no reason why he couldn't be wary of his subordinates, especially James in a crucial position.
Of course, Joseph also understands that the possibility of betrayal by the other party is quite small, but sometimes having his own ambition and careful thinking is actually a betrayal, even if his purpose is not to hurt Joseph and damage Nord's interests.
"I hope to see the House formed by the end of the year, James, you have no problem!"
"No, no problem!"
"That's good, I don't want a second time!"