Chapter 61: The Coming Blind Date Road
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"The Nord Metro Project?"
In November, when Joseph threw a plan in front of James, the words on it alone surprised James, who would have jumped if he hadn't been young.
"I know the financial pressure, but I hope to set up this project as soon as possible."
The subway is nothing else, and although it brings great benefits, the amount of money it takes to build a subway is incalculable, and even if it is not hundreds of millions of dollars in the initial stage, it will not be able to start at all.
"Your Highness, the three-year plan just started a few days ago, and now we will start the subway plan, if you bring another plan after a while, I really ...... it."
James's complaint made Joseph a little helpless, he understood that he was at fault, and in the position of prime minister, it was estimated that James could reduce his life span by more than ten years, but he couldn't help it, everything was imminent and needed to be done!
The subway can't get off in three or five years, and this is because Nord is relatively small, and if it is larger, the time is calculated for more than ten years.
"I don't need to say what benefits the subway will bring, you understand, this thing must be done as soon as possible, and if it can be completed within three years, the traffic in Nord will be ......"
"No money!"
It's not soft that James began to play tricks, and he spread his hands to show what you want to do, not to mention, Joseph really has no choice, after all, James can't be forced to ...... In fact, it is useless to force it.
"Gritted" his teeth, Joseph said with a blushing face: "I will pay 20 million US dollars, and the rest of the cabinet will find a way to make up the number." ”
In fact, James knew that all this was pretended by Joseph, after all, if anyone was more concerned about the construction of Nord, then only Joseph, after all, he was the master of the country, and the money in the treasury was not much different from himself, the only difference was that it was not very convenient to pick up now.
Joseph has indeed accumulated some wealth this year, Audi's dividends have ended, needless to say, most of the rest are the proceeds from mining gold and oil, and the Americans are very happy to settle in January, which also makes Joseph's hands much more relaxed.
Although James knew that Joseph pretended to be the appearance, he was still a little happy in his heart, after all, during this time, Joseph was just walking lions, playing with Joanna and a few little maids, and had no intention of sorting out state affairs at all, which made James look very unhappy, and now he was very happy to be able to make Joseph unhappy.
"The cabinet doesn't have much money, 50 million is no problem, and I can't do anything else!"
Happy to be happy, but I still have to tell Joseph the truth, in fact, the cabinet's finances are not so tight, but the rest of the money is the budget of other places that cannot be moved at all.
50 million dollars? With these things is already very satisfied, Joseph did not think about the full amount from the beginning, after all, this project is indeed a little nervous, and the cabinet can't get it out normally.
Maybe at this time, some people will think that Joseph is not in line with his identity as the owner of Nord, but in fact, Joseph has not been too involved in government affairs from the beginning, although he has been forced to set up the project, but the specific situation of the project is done by this group of people, he does not understand these and naturally will not take the initiative to point fingers.
This is like a public company, although Joseph is the largest shareholder, but James is the CEO, Joseph has the right to supervise and remove him, but there are still some things that need his consent.
What is the most important thing between people? It's trust, and it's the same between countries, especially the royal family and the prime minister, since you let people sit here, then you should let people do it instead of meddling in it. Joseph is actually also a lazy character, otherwise he wouldn't have had such a good time during this time.
The subway project is still short of 30 million US dollars, which is not a small amount at this time, and ordinary families cannot come up with this money, not to mention the Nord people, and the national bonds cannot be issued, because every household has no money in their hands, and some are only goods and immovable liquidity.
Seeing Joseph walking outside without speaking, James couldn't help but stand up and ask, "Your Highness, where are you going?" ”
"Go somewhere you can get 30 million dollars."
Looking at Joseph, who waved his hand and didn't turn back, James, who was stunned in place, couldn't help but murmur: "Where can you get 30 million dollars?" Where is that? ”
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Walking out of the cabinet building, looking at the guard who opened the door, Joseph hesitated and said: "I'm going to fly to England, book another hotel, I'll watch the fog in Paris tonight." ”
Is this a joke? But it's not funny at all!
The guard nodded depressedly and turned around to do what Joseph had ordered, which showed that Joseph was not going to go as the Grand Duke of Nord but as a private person, which made it very difficult for them to be guards, because the security issue was difficult to say.
Where do you get 30 million dollars? Naturally, it was in the hands of a group of nobles in England, and as for why he was given money, it was unpleasant to say that Joseph was ready to exchange his status as a princess for 30 million dollars.
Well, in fact, Joseph also has another meaning, his princess can only be selected from England or Denmark or Sweden, and an embarrassing thing arises in front of him...... He didn't have the help of familiar aristocrats.
The only nobles in Nord were the Ragnar family, and Ragnar II also had some French friends, but those friends were only general friends, and Joseph was not familiar with them at all, so this kind of thing was not suitable for him to come to the door on his own initiative.
What is Joseph going to England for now? Nominally, he was looking for financing, and by the way, he was able to get involved with some of Ragnar II's noble connections in England, and then waited for the group to pick themselves.
Yes, Joseph has no parents, so he can't come over and say I like you, let's get married!
This is not necessarily impossible, after all, it is normal for boys to pursue girls. But, Joseph's age is a matter of pursuing little girls...... It is estimated that the parents will just throw their faces and leave, and the older ones will fall in love with him as a little doll? And eighty percent thought he was joking.
More than a dozen years later? That's not impossible, but at that time, the good estimates were all picked up by the doll, and the rest must have a bad identity, which is not suitable for being the princess of Nord.
That's right, it's a bad identity instead of being ugly, because it doesn't matter if you're ugly among the nobility, but it's hard to marry if you have an embarrassing identity.
For example, some minor nobles, as if there is no suitable one in the same status, will not agree to marry a commoner, after all, they are nobles, and they are obliged to ensure the purity of noble blood and marry big nobles...... People look up to you?
Although the territory of the Principality of Nord is relatively small, it can't stand their great potential and their identity is not ordinary! You must know that the Ragnar family also had dukes, and even in the Middle Ages, there were counts.
According to this status, the future princess of the Duchy of Nord must at least be the daughter of the duke of a powerful country like Great Britain, and the succession must be at least the top three.
If it is changed to Denmark, it is not aggrieved that it is a princess, although the Danish royal family is more noble than the British royal family in terms of identity, but the Danish country is not as strong as the United Kingdom after all, which is an indisputable fact.
Joseph's trip was to start in England, and then go to Denmark and Switzerland, observe the noble ladies all over again, and finally decide which one to marry, of course, if the person is interested, this kind of thing is not suitable for Joseph to take the initiative to speak unless it is a last resort.
Forehead...... But forget one thing, 30 million dollars is also one of the tasks, just hanging on the shell of the big nobles of the declining aristocracy is not what Joseph wants, it is best to have money, titles, influence, and it is best to have some right to speak. Alas~ It turns out that aristocratic blind dates are also very hard.