Chapter 210: Charlie Joseph Ragnar
At the end of June 1989, news came from Western Sahara that Kate was about to give birth, and she hoped that Joseph would be present without the slightest hesitation, and Joseph took a private airliner to Western Sahara that night.
Four months had passed, and as the delivery date approached, even Joseph couldn't help but get nervous, if it weren't for Nord's too many official duties, he would have left everything and ran to Western Sahara to wait.
The great hero of this period of time is Gao Jingxuan, if it weren't for her appeasement, Joseph would not have been able to settle down to deal with official business, but this behavior made him feel a little guilty about Kate.
Four months is not a short time, enough time for a lot of things to change dramatically, and this is certainly the time period.
First of all, the issue of the French president's cancellation of the debts of 35 countries, which is a far-reaching economic matter in Europe, which no one can ignore, of course, it is estimated that Joseph thinks more about regretting how he did not owe some debts to France.
In comparison, the 45th annual meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) was held in Bangkok, the first trans-Pacific submarine optical communication cable was officially put into operation between the United States and Japan, and the first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer was held in Helsinki.
However, there are a few things that need to be mentioned, starting with Iran's announcement that it has severed diplomatic relations with Britain, and Joseph has been plotting how to gain some benefits in this matter. The second is the normalization of Sino-Soviet relations, which, to be honest, is no longer important for Nord, because the Soviet Union ...... Already a mortal camel.
The advantage of normalization is that it is much more convenient for many fallen masters to come to the Soviet Union, and part of the profits that belonged to Joseph were taken away by Huaxia. Of course, that little profit is estimated that Joseph can't see it.
Through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, several of the Nord's intelligence agents have been released, but Nord's relations with the Soviet Union have been reduced to a very poor level, and a large number of Nord businessmen have been expelled from the country.
Regarding some connections, Joseph is ready to hand over to Huaxia. The reason is simple. First, in the future, only China and the EU can contain the United States, and Nord is a member of the EU, and he understands that the EU's position is not firm, so in the end it can only rely on China, and it is in the interests of Nord to strengthen some of China's military strength.
And for these connections, if Huaxia wants to take it without paying anything, it is impossible to take it, first of all, some monetary payment is necessary, and secondly, some political concessions are also essential. For these things, the Chinese side naturally did not agree, and even promised some things that Nord could not take away. They can help get it out.
Cast it in return, how could Joseph not do such a good thing unless he was a fool.
Huaxia has no money, at least no money now, so Huaxia is still paying for these connections -- shares in some state-owned enterprises, of which Huaxia Telecom's General Administration of Mobile Communications and Posts and Telecommunications is the bright spot.
For this company, NORD even voluntarily gave up some other shares, and in the end only oil, steel, banks, automobiles, and the telecommunications industry were retained.
In fact, at the beginning, when Huaxia Telecom, the General Administration of Mobile Communications and Posts and Telecommunications was established, NORD held shares. And it is still 30% of the shares, but with the reform and capital injection over the years, Nord still has only 13%, and this time it is only back to 30%.
But depending on what may happen in the future. Joseph specifically asked the diplomat to add a condition, that is, when the Huaxia telecommunications industry is reorganized and split up in the future, the Nord principality has the right of first refusal to buy shares.
China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom are the three giants of China in the future. One of the most profitable companies, such a golden tiger if Joseph still spares then sorry for his identity as a traverser.
Of course, none of these shares will be in Joseph's in the future. It was Gao Jingxuan, and whether it was appropriate to do so was not in Joseph's thinking.
There are probably so many things outside the country, and the changes at home are also very big, first of all, the safe arrival of half of the fleet, which made Joseph, who had always been nervous, completely relieved.
There are 300 large and small ships, shore defense and air defense are fully equipped, and even fighter planes are not many staying on aircraft carriers, just look at the number and understand...... That naval commander was no longer simply selling strategic goods, but a real traitor.
In addition to the thousands of scientists and researchers on the fleet, the rest are the instructors of the fleet and their relatives, and there are more than 20,000 people in these alone, yes, more than 20,000 people.
The 300 ships, large and small, were almost entirely loaded with men, and except for the necessary shells, all the rest became places where people could be accommodated, and as for the heavy industrial equipment that had been transferred, only a small part of these things were in the fleet, and the rest were to be transported back to Western Sahara by other means of transport.
Fortunately, the Soviet Navy had a certain deterrent, otherwise it would not be easy to come back safely.
Most of these treasonous instructors were second lieutenants and lieutenant colonels, and some of them went to the Royal Naval College in Nord as instructors, while others were selected to serve as seafarer training officers or active duty officers.
This is the foundation of the future Nord Navy, and the last thing Nord lacks now is people, and all soldiers can apply for Nord citizenship, so that the recruitment office is almost crowded.
The first batch of navies that need to be trained is 10,000, which is about enough to meet the needs of the fleet. The project of a large shipyard in Western Sahara has been launched, where Soviet engineers and drawings are located, and with their help the first Western Sahara warship was able to enter service in three years.
Nord has a local shipyard, but because of the problem of the coastline, it has now been abolished, and in the future the main sea, land and air manufacturing bases will be located in Western Sahara, and Nord is a purely commercial city.
On July 3, 1989, Princess Nord gave birth to a son, and Nord celebrated the release of a large number of prisoners.
Naturally, the content of the comment is not about unmarried childbearing, but about Joseph's act of freeing prisoners, what is the difference between this and the feudal period? The Nord royal family did not respond in the slightest.
The citizens of Nord were not very happy with this, and of course they did not complain about Joseph, but were worried that this would lead to a decrease in the security of the city.
"Charlie, Charlie. Joseph. Ragnar, Abner, let the news of the crown prince be announced. ”
...... the crown prince, Abner, who came in a hurry, never thought that Joseph would be so direct, Charles was just born and was designated as the crown prince and the heir of the Grand Duke, which ......
Kate also felt that it was inappropriate, and now that she had not even married Joseph, was it a bit too hasty to set the crown prince so recklessly?
"Abner, go and make the announcement."
Joseph repeated it again, and Abner naturally did not dare to refuse, and even turned away without saying a word.
"Joseph ......"
"You don't understand."
Kate naturally didn't understand the meaning of Joseph's doing, because Gao Jingxuan was also pregnant, although it was a girl, Joseph didn't want Kate to feel uneasy. Of course, this is only one of the reasons, and the second is that the hearts of Nord citizens can be settled, and Joseph's safety is also guaranteed to a certain extent.
The former is easy to say, and the second one is a little confused?
There is no need to doubt, Joseph and Kate are not married after all, it shows that she is not in the right name and does not speak well, if Charlie does not have the identity of the heir of the Grand Duke and the crown prince, then if something happens in the future, then it is very likely that Charlie will not be recognized, but he will make up his mind now...... Then everything will be different.
Some guys who want to die themselves should also pay attention to whether it will have any effect on the Nord Duchy if they die, after all, he still has a new Grand Duke.
If the Nord principality is in a frenzied revenge under the control of a group of loyal cabinet members, how should the group behind the assassination respond?
Nord is the Nord of the Grand Duke of Nord, and those cabinet members are loyal to Joseph, and they are likely to abandon everything Nord has now to go to war, and the final winner, no matter who it is, is not what both sides want to see.
A living Archduke of the Nord is more in the interest of nations than a dead Archduke of the Nord, for it is impossible for him to give up his inheritance and die together, and this is not the case if he were replaced by someone else.
Without the crown prince, it is different, there is chaos below, fighting with each other, and internal friction alone can make the Nord principality completely non-threatening, which is the main reason why Joseph immediately made the crown prince.
On the richest heir in the world - Time Magazine
The first male god in Hollywood's heart - Hollywood Daily
The World's Youngest Billionaire - The Wall Street Journal
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Looking at the messy reports in the newspaper, Joseph couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Kate lay on the bed and asked a little lazily, "Why did Charlie become the first male god?" ”
Kate recovered quickly, but for a few days she was already active as usual, but she was too lazy to move and liked to lie in bed.
"Because the old first male god already has a son."
It was a shameless answer, but Kate nodded very seriously, because he was telling the truth.
"Are you really going to give Charlie the First Royal Island as a fief?"
"Sooner or later, this country will be his, just an island, and he should have learned to manage it since he was a child."
Kate didn't quite agree with Joseph's words, but she understood that it was not her turn to intervene in this matter, because it was the expectation and temptation of the monarch of a country for his heir.
Stretching his waist, Joseph suddenly said: "I will go back to England in a while, I haven't seen that group of friends for a long time, and I really miss it, let's spend the last half a year with them!" ”
Joseph was a man who had a beginning and an end, and he could not afford to give up his studies, 18 was the age of his marriage, and now he is 17, so he will spend the last six months of his adolescence in England. (To be continued......)
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