There were all kinds of luxury cars parked in front of Christie's auction house, including some of the best cars such as Rolls-Royce, and it was in this environment that Joseph and Kate walked leisurely past.

"Hello, please show your invitation."

Invitations? Joseph didn't know that he needed this thing, but he quickly reacted, how can you prove that you have the wealth to buy things without this thing?

Glancing innocently at Kate, Kate grinned inwardly, handed over her invitation with a full face, and then pointed to Joseph to indicate that he was with him, which made the waiter step aside and make way for the door.

"I didn't expect His Royal Highness the Grand Convention of the Duchy of Nord to be blocked by the auction house, maybe the people in it add up to not as rich as you."

Kate's sentence is actually correct, Nord is equivalent to Joseph's private territory, tens of thousands of people, hundreds of square kilometers of land, the value created in this is not billions of dollars can be explained, these guests of the auction house are indeed not richer than Joseph.

Of course, this matter cannot be calculated in this way, Joseph only thought that Kate was joking, smiled slightly and walked inside, unaware of the light in Kate's eyes when he said this.

After all, Kate is one of the high-ranking nobles in London, and she also has a fixed room here, to be precise, this room does not belong to her but to the Fox family.

On the way, Joseph also ran into the Earl of Liverpool, and wanted to come forward to say something, but after thinking about it, he didn't go over in the end, just nodded and said hello and followed Kate to her private room.

The two friends around the Earl of Liverpool couldn't help but ask when they saw the Earl's movements: "That's the Marquis Kate of the Fox family?" ”

The Earl of Liverpool, who understood what his friend wanted to ask, replied directly: "He is the Grand Duke of the Duchy of Nord I said, but it is very strange that the relationship between the two of them is now, did they know each other for a long time?" ”

The second half of the Earl's sentence was more of a muttering to himself than to tell a friend, but this was quickly dispelled by him, as Carter clearly did not know Joseph and Joseph did not know Kate when they first met.

"Sure enough, it's a child, is it really as the American press says, he is the son of God?" It was an old friend of the Earl of Liverpool who spoke, although he was very old in a black suit, but he was very energetic, but his attitude was obviously very surprised at this time.

The words of an old friend, the Earl of Liverpool, visibly scoffed: "You also believe the words of a group of Americans? But it's really unusual, I've heard that the voice of the European Union formation is very strong, maybe in the past two years. ”

Another elderly nobleman also spoke: "That's right, I visited the Duke of Lington two days ago, and he also had the same opinion, and said that the possibility of the Duchy of Nord becoming an initial EU member is very high, and Germany has been recommending it." ”

The old friend of the Earl of Liverpool was a little puzzled: "Germany, shouldn't it be the United States?" ”

"Who knows if it was the President of the United States who provoked our little highness, some time ago the US Secretary of State visited Nord, and I heard that the atmosphere at that time was very bad."

The slight ridicule made the topic much easier, but they had different thoughts, and they wanted to understand what happened to the United States and Nord, and maybe there was something to make money or gain benefits.

"Kate and Joseph got together, maybe it wasn't a good thing for Abt." For some reason, another friend of the Earl of Liverpool suddenly talked about it.

"There's no way, who let our old friend treat his niece is really too unfair, not to mention the power of the family, and even wants to control the marriage leave object." The Earl of Liverpool's old friend seemed to be on Kate's side, and he was a little indignant about Kate's uncle, Baron Abt.

"Haha, don't forget that our old friend The Earl of Liverpool did the same.

……

Joseph didn't know what a group of old guys said outside, and when he saw the refreshments in the room of about seven or eight square meters, Joseph was a little curious and picked up a piece and put it in his mouth to taste it, well, the taste is not as good as the restaurant.

"It's just for show, this is an auction house, not a restaurant, so it's naturally not delicious." Seeing Joseph's appearance, Kate knew what he wanted to say, so she gagged him before she could speak.

What else can Joseph say? I can only shrug my shoulders to express helplessness, but the location of the private room is really good, and I can watch the whole field from here, and the only bad thing is that the venue is too big to see clearly.

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen."

Joseph arrived just at the right time, and it didn't take long for it to be quiet, and Joseph, who was chatting with Kate, looked up and saw that it was the auctioneer who came to the stage.

"Don't underestimate him, he is not an ordinary auctioneer, he is in charge of the London store, and even Her Majesty the Queen has met him, a very capable person."

Kate's voice was a little cold in his ears, but it was already very familiar, and the slightest coldness was no longer noticeable, and the only thing Joseph thought was that Kate spoke very well.

"London's No. 1 auctioneer?"

Originally, Joseph just said it casually as a joke, but he didn't expect Kate to nod very seriously, and when he saw this action, Joseph restrained himself and teased and glanced at the auctioneer very seriously, a middle-aged, somewhat handsome, and serious person.

This is what Joseph says to the auctioneer, and Joseph has always believed that a person who can be the first in any industry is worthy of respect, because he puts in far more effort than others.

"Now we are bidding for the first thing, a portrait of the Dutch royal family owned by William I, the Kingdom of the Netherlands founded in 1814. The territory included the present-day Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, and the first king was King William I, Prince of Orange-Nassau, who is the owner of our portrait. I think many of you here know the origin of William I, the son of the last governor, William V, who was also the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. ”

Speaking of this, the first auctioneer in London paused, breathed and gave the distinguished customer some suspense, and then said: "The starting price is 3,000 pounds, and each increase must not be less than 200 pounds, and the bidding starts now!" ”

With the fall of the hammer, the auction officially began, after all, it is the first item, it is still very valuable, especially for the Dutch royal family, can get a lot of goodwill. Don't say that anyone else, even Joseph has the meaning of bidding.

"Three thousand two hundred pounds!"

"Three thousand five hundred pounds!"

"Three thousand eight hundred pounds!"

"Four thousand pounds!"

……

The price rose quickly, and Joseph also made a price during this period, but it was quickly crushed by others, and Joseph could only shrug his shoulders helplessly at Kate.

"What's the use of you buying this?"

Kate was strange because she thought that such things were more meaningful than practical, and that Kate was generally not very interested in anything that had no practical interest.

"There are very few countries that Nord has good friends with, and the European Union is being formed, and the Netherlands has some say in Europe, although it is not very big, but if it is willing to speak for Nord, it will also be some help."

Joseph's words changed Kate's impression of him a lot, not good but not bad, but only that Joseph was a little different from the Joseph she knew.

"You are a very diligent duke, and I believe that Nord will develop greatly in the future and have its own voice in Europe."