ps: First of all, thank you for the reward, and secondly, explain why it was released so late today, gastritis + acute pharyngitis, flat prophysitis + eczema is the result of going to the hospital, very depressed, very uncomfortable, so if there is anything dissatisfied with this chapter, please forgive me, I can't concentrate!

Southern part of the Western Sahara region

"The army of the Duchy of Nord has retreated?"

"Yes, they have given up the rest except for a few important cities."

"Don't those immigrants either?"

"The city is locked down and no one is allowed to enter."

The bearded Middle Eastern man couldn't help but take a breath when he heard the report of his subordinates, he never thought that Joseph would do this, this is a civilian who ignores hundreds of thousands of civilians!

"Chief, should we expand our military strength?"

"Expanding the army? If you have the money, I don't object to you doing this, so catch some more civilians and come back! Many private armed forces in Africa now lack miners, and a civilian can be exchanged for a lot of money. ”

It would be nice not to be able to achieve his goal but to be able to exchange it for money, thinking about these middle-aged men bowing and turning away, but what he didn't see was the worry in his leader's eyes as he stared at his back.

In December, the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong was officially signed, at the same time that Joseph was reading details of the areas actually ruled by the Duchy of Nord over Western Sahara.

Joanna served a cup of tea very obediently, and then glanced fiercely at the young man of China standing behind Joseph and turned to leave, Joanna's hostility obviously made the young man a little puzzled, but he had just taken up this position, so he didn't dare to speak casually.

"200,000 people are still within the scope of acceptance."

Of the 200,000 people in the area under their actual control, 130,000 live in Laayoune, and the remaining 70,000 live in several oases scattered in Western Sahara, although it is clear that their lives are far worse than those of the inhabitants of Laayoune.

"How many citizens of NORD have signed up?"

"There are not many citizens, but the workers are very active, and if it weren't for some important units that don't allow them to sign up, the workers of the entire Nord principality would flock to it."

Joseph's expectations for the Duchy of Nord were eventually fulfilled, and even the laborers living in the Duchy of Nord were quite polite and helpful in this environment, although they also learned from the nod's lazy character.

After obtaining the Western Sahara region, in order to maintain the stability here, Joseph issued a decree that if the local workers of the Principality of Nod signed up to participate in the construction of the Western Sahara region, then the immigration application would be approved after review.

This is the welfare of the workers, but the welfare of the citizens is even higher, and when they come to Western Sahara, all kinds of commercial policies will favor them, and the local temporary administration will leisurely hire them.

Joseph wanted to have a 2:1 ratio between the officials and local officials of the Duchy of Nord in the area under the actual rule of Western Sahara, so that it would not cause resistance from the local citizens and would allow Joseph to deepen his control over the area.

Joseph was convinced that the army of the Duchy of Nord would never mutiny, and that as long as the army was in the hands of the army, the worst would be economic destruction, and Joseph had prepared for the worst from the moment he took possession of Western Sahara.

Of the 200,000 Nord citizens, about 60,000 of them were able to come to Western Sahara, not because only 60,000 were eligible, but because there were other important tasks, such as the Audi assembly plant, these laborers were relatively skilled workers, and there was no problem with a few dozens, but a large number of people left...... Joseph couldn't bear such a result.

Now Joseph did not have much idea of the areas under his actual control of Western Sahara, and if he could guarantee loyalty in these areas, it was a big problem and one that Joseph had to solve.

Of course, now Joseph is still very angry about one thing, that is, there are very few Nord citizens who sign up to participate under his own call, is it that his welfare over the years has been fed to the dogs?

"Inform the Principality of Nord that the benefits will be halved, if anyone is not satisfied...... Attention should be paid to increasing local security and army patrols. ”

Although Joseph didn't make it clear, who didn't understand what he meant? Having just served as Joseph's personal secretary, this poor little Chinese fellow was given such a difficult task that he did not know how to open his mouth to the cabinet.

However, no matter how much he didn't understand, no matter how worried he was, at this time he had to bite the bullet, and he didn't know how much hard work he had to work to be Joseph's personal secretary, and he even gave up his position as assistant to the head of the Nord Industrial Zone.

Joseph didn't care what the Chinese secretary thought, he only knew that his stomach was full of anger at this time, and the halving of benefits seemed to be unable to satisfy the anger in his heart, and a phone call came to James's desk.

"I want the Ministry of Commerce to set up a logistics company, a logistics company to deliver milk, and we have to prepare for the future milk charges."

James, who had just finished a meeting, was surprised to suddenly receive a call from Joseph, and when he heard the meaning of Joseph's words clearly, he almost let the phone fall out of his hand, and he did not hallucinate? His Majesty Joseph called just to get himself to inform the Ministry of Commerce and ask them to form a milk company?

No, wait, preparing for future milk charges? Could it be that His Majesty finally agreed to his request and began to reduce the welfare of the citizens of Nord?

James was very excited when he came to his senses, because he felt from the beginning that the welfare of Nord citizens was a little high, higher than the imagination of other countries, this is an abnormal welfare, which hinders the economic development of the Nord Principality in the future, and you don't know how tired the Nord citizens are at this time.

Excited, James wanted to say more, but at this time he found that Joseph had hung up the phone, and the somewhat stupid Prime Minister James could only call the office of the Ministry of Commerce.

And Joseph also regretted a little after hanging up the phone here, he was not worried that the citizens of the Duchy of Nord would rebel and rebel because of this, not to mention the loyalty of those citizens to the Duchy of Nord, the 100% loyal army alone was the basis of Joseph's fearlessness.

Of course, things turned out to be unexpected, with the halving of benefits and the establishment of milk, vegetable, and grain logistics companies reassuring them, and some guys were happy to run out into the streets to praise Joseph.

Why is this happening? In fact, the citizens of the Duchy of Nord did not think that these benefits would last forever, because most of them regarded these benefits as war compensation. As to why their compensation was higher and lasted longer than that of England and France, it can only be said that thanks to their great and merciful Archduke Joseph.

The fact that the benefits have been high and not canceled makes them very uneasy, for fear that one day they will suddenly disappear and are unprepared, which is a very bad feeling in their hearts.

Of course, everything is handled very well now, the benefits are halved, and the logistics company is formed, which makes the citizens of the Duchy of Nord understand that the benefits are about to be abolished, and although they are a little disappointed, they have no regrets and dissatisfaction.

After all...... They are not yet accustomed to a life of welfare.