"Hello, His Highness Joseph."

In front of the banquet hotel organized by the auction house, Joseph saw Duke Hollis again, Duke Hollis was very enthusiastic and somewhat unexpectedly waiting at the door.

"Hello, Duke Hollis."

The scene of Joseph, who is about to be nine years old and about to be ten years old, shaking hands with the elderly Duke Hollis, is very strange, but the flat expression on Joseph's face greatly reduces the strangeness of the scene.

"Perhaps His Royal Highness Joseph is the only one who has the Duke of Hollis personally out to greet him, and of course Her Majesty the Queen is not among them."

The Earl of Liverpool watched a little joke on the side, and when talking about Her Majesty, both the Duke of Hollis and the Earl of Liverpool were mixed with a little respect, and it was obvious that the royal family still had a high status in their hearts. In fact, this is normal, after all, the royal family is the foundation of their aristocracy, and without the royal family, their titles would not be possible.

Joseph often wondered if Britain was able to maintain a constitutional monarchy because the upper class of England was composed of aristocrats, and the will of the commoners was mainly under the rule of the aristocracy, after all, they were all employees of these aristocratic bosses and directors.

The United States is a business society, and the election of the president needs the support of corporations, the first is money, and the second is that every company has a large number of votes, and the United Kingdom is similar.

Thinking of this, Joseph suddenly had a small sense of crisis, the rule of the Duchy of Nord was based on his own wealth, and eighty percent of the core industries were owned by the royal family, but was he a little weak?

Nord did not have an aristocracy, because at its peak it was only a small country with a population of more than 100,000 people, and it was somewhat unexpected to have a full cabinet. Aristocrat? Let's stay farther away!

The current situation in the Nord Principality is a bit complicated, although the citizens are only tens of thousands of people, but the remaining more than 100,000 laborers are equivalent to quasi-citizens, because most of the Nord Principality today is their labor. In this way, can you also get a quasi-noble title to give some citizens?

It seems that Joseph thinks a lot, but in fact it is only a blink of an eye, and the Duke of Hollis greeted the Marquis of Kate, and Joseph has already come to his senses.

Without saying much about the others, Duke Hollis led the group towards the banquet, and on the way Aldrich spoke of Joseph's bid for the racehorse, which he admired.

"Have you seen that horse?"

Aldrich's words made Duke Hollis a little strange, but in an instant he remembered that he had asked Aldrich to stay there and wait for Joseph, and since that was the case, he must have seen the horse with Joseph.

"We look forward to seeing you at the next Jockey Race, Your Highness Joseph."

"Definitely, but it's still unknown whether you can get good results."

Joseph's words made Duke Hollis laugh, and he didn't answer, because he knew that Joseph would not have good grades, and the Ragnar family did not have old horse trainers and dedicated knights, and it was too difficult to get good results.

At this time, there were already many people at the banquet, no one stepped forward to speak, everyone chatted in small groups, and occasionally a stranger participated in and introduced each other, all of them were elites, and the conversation was naturally full of interests and cooperation.

Joseph and Kate, Duke of Hollis, brought into their own small circle, although there were not many people, only four or five people, and they were all old guys, but Joseph was very respectful when they were introduced one by one.

These old guys may not be high in terms of titles, but their influence in London and even in the whole of Britain is extraordinary, and one of them is even a former British prime minister and a member of the royal family.

"When it comes to the economy of Europe at this time, I think Joseph has the most say."

Although Joseph was the Grand Duke of Nord, the age and status of the group were not much lower than Joseph's, so there was nothing inappropriate to call him by his first name.

"Nord's economic prosperity is due to the cabinet, and I don't contribute much."

Joseph's modest answer obviously did not satisfy the old guys, but the old guys are the old guys, although they were not satisfied, no one showed them in their faces, and they didn't even continue to ask.

The only Earl of Liverpool joked as if a little warning: "James's ability can only be regarded as moderate, and it seems that there are other capable people in the Nord cabinet." ”

What can Joseph say about this, he can only keep his mouth shut and smile bitterly in his heart, it seems that sometimes hiding clumsiness can also lead to trouble!

"Audi stock has recently risen to $29, Joseph, is there any interest in coming to London to raise money?"

Now there are still 70 percent of Audi shares left in the hands of the Nord principality and the royal family, in fact, it doesn't matter if 10 percent comes to be listed in London, but considering the current international environment, the United States may be the best choice.

Wanyan declined the invitation of the Earl of Liverpool, and the Earl of Liverpool did not continue, he himself was a kind of temptation, it was best to come to finance, and he could not and was not reluctant, after all, everyone knew that London was not the best choice for such a thing.

"There is a subway plan in the Duchy of Nord, a few old friends to see who is interested?"

It was not the Earl of Liverpool who spoke, but the Duke of Hollis, and it was clear that Aldridge had told him what had happened, and that the Duke of Hollis was also asking about Joseph, and he was interested in it.

"Plans for the Nord Duchy's subway?"

In an instant, a few British bigwigs saw the meaning, and they began to discuss it with a friendly glance at Joseph, after all, it was a business that would make sure that they would not lose money, so they discussed how much to invest rather than whether they should invest.

Duke Hollis glanced at his old friend, and suddenly said: "The three billion dollar market, the Nord Principality is responsible for seventy percent of it, and the remaining thirty percent is all out for financing, less than one billion, although it is not much, but it is profitable." ”

At this time, Joseph and Kate had already taken the initiative to walk towards other places, and at this time they were chatting with a lady, and it was obvious that Kate had introduced them to Joseph, and Joseph was talking a lot more casually when they were not there.

"And how much is Joseph going to leave to Britain?"

"I think they'll all stay! But with a billion dollars of financing, does he still want to put it in multiple places? ”

Although he said this, Duke Hollis was not very sure, after all, Joseph's intention was to expand his contacts and show his goodwill, not to really be a fortune boy.

"Try to convince him to keep all the financing in the UK, if I can, I think investing in NORD is also a good investment target, now NORD is developing very fast, although it was ...... some time ago"

Duke Hollis didn't explain, but they were all well-informed here, and how could they not know what happened in the Duchy of Nord.

"Duke Hollis, are you optimistic about Joseph?"

"I'm very optimistic about the current situation and the Principality of Nord, Europe is the top priority of the United States, this is not the Middle East and Africa, and it is a little more difficult for the United States to point fingers."

"That's right, although France has been targeting the Duchy of Nord, if the United States is involved, I believe that France will never sit idly by, and I believe that our Majesty the Queen will not allow such a thing to happen."

In fact, Joseph has many natural allies, such as the King of Spain, the Queen of the Netherlands, the Queen of England, the Prince of Monaco, the King of Sweden, etc., all of which are monarchies, and they will never allow the Ragnar family to lose power. Just like Louis XVI in the past, France overthrew the imperial rule, but in the end it caused discontent throughout Europe.

Unfortunately, there are too few monarchies, and the Queen of England, for example, has lost all the power in her hands, and there is too little help that can be given to Joseph. Fortunately, Nord is not very big, and even big countries such as the United States and France will not take it too seriously.