Chapter XVIII: The Count of Singara
Early in the morning, while the servants were busy, Joseph got up and walked downstairs slowly, and the butler Abner had already stood respectfully at the table and waited, and after greeting Joseph, he began to bury his head in breakfast.
A glass of milk and a loaf of bread were all Joseph's meals, but today was a little different, Joseph clearly saw that Abner opened his mouth to speak, but for some reason he never spoke.
As if seeing Joseph frowning, Abner hesitated and said, "Your Highness, Count Singla wanted to visit you last night, but because you were already resting at that time, I asked him to rest in the hotel......"
"Count Singla?"
"Yes, your cousin, Count Singala."
"Cousin?"
Joseph became more and more puzzled, because from his memory there was no news of these relatives, and it was not surprising that a cousin suddenly appeared at this time.
"Count Singla is the old earl who inherited the title three years ago, and the old earl has not been mentioned because of his relationship with His Royal Highness Ragnar II, but he is undoubtedly your cousin."
Joseph is not in a very good mood, anyone who suddenly appears with such a cousin is probably like this, especially if the other party is still qualified to inherit your title, of course, Joseph will never admit that this is the most troublesome thing for him.
"Singh, which country is this cousin of mine earl?"
"Count of Spain, my Highness, whose mother was the daughter of a duke of Spain, the title that the old Count received only after he won the duke's daughter."
"So, my uncle eats soft rice?"
Abner didn't know what it meant to eat soft rice, but it could be seen from Joseph's appearance that this was not a good word, so there was no interface, after all, it was the master and he was just a servant, and as a servant, he had to look like a servant, which was his bottom line.
It's a pity that Abner's bottom line Joseph doesn't like it very much, he doesn't want a pedantic butler but a servant who is absolutely loyal to him, but Abner is the old man of the Ragnar family after all, frowning Joseph didn't say anything.
"Did he say he was looking for me for something?"
"No, but it seems that the Count of Singla does not seem to have a very comfortable life in Spain in relation to the grain trade, and besides, he seems to like Nord very much."
It seems that I like Nord very much, this sentence has a lot of meanings, it may be a simple liking but it may also mean that you want to stay here, but it is obvious that Joseph will never allow such a thing to happen.
"Abner, frankly, I haven't met this cousin, but I don't like him very much."
"Your Highness, I don't like Lord Singra either, but he is also a member of the Ragnar family."
As if seeing Joseph's meaning, Abner had to carefully remind Joseph that there were some things that could be done, but the impact of doing them was unknown, but one thing was clear, Joseph would be used by the French government as a gap to suppress Joseph's influence.
Abner's reminder was effective, and after much hesitation, Joseph still dispelled the thought in his heart, indeed, many things could not be done now, after all, the Principality of Nord had not yet reached the point where it could ignore any country, and the most important thing was that Joseph did not have a reliable ally.
Chinese? Huaxia may be reliable, but if it is too far away and once it is related to Huaxia, it is even more disadvantageous for Nord, after all, the Nord Principality is still in Europe.
He waved his hand to Abner in some annoyance, but as he said goodbye and left, he suddenly said, "Let the guard inform my cousin that I am going to invite him to breakfast." ”
Abner was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and hurried to inform the guards, and unconsciously a sense of sorrow appeared on Abner's face, which made the servants and guards in the palace nervous all day, for fear of accidentally offending the great butler.
When the guards arrived at the hotel, the cousin of the Nord Grand Convention Cerf was lying on the soft big bed and frolicking, and two beautiful Mediterranean beauties were playing with him affectionately.
"Your Excellency, Your Highness Joseph would like to invite you to breakfast."
The sudden knock on the door made Singera very unhappy, even if it was the invitation of his cousin that he had begged for last night and couldn't see, but the opportunity to return to the unhappy finally came, and he didn't want to miss it, especially not wanting the grand cousin to make a bad impression on him.
"See, I'm not talking nonsense! I told you that Joseph is my cousin, and you still don't believe it, this Nord family still has a share of my family, if it weren't for ......"
As if talking about something that could not be said, suddenly Singhella closed his mouth and smiled at the two beauties, hurriedly put on his clothes and ran outside, it was hard to imagine that a middle-aged fat man could run so fast.
Singla actually had a complicated relationship with Joseph, he was really the grandson of Ragnar I's younger brother, but because he died early, Singara's father was with Ragnar I since he was a child, and there was a saying that Singla was right, and the creation of the Nord Principality really had his share.
The old count is no more pure than his son, although he is indeed a little confused after middle age, but when he was young, he was also a young talent in France, otherwise there would not be a Spanish duke's daughter, you must know that he did not have a title at that time.
Before World War II, the population of the Duchy of Nord was nearly 100,000, and most of the credit should go to the old earl, who graduated from Cambridge School of Management and really contributed to the Duchy of Nord. It stands to reason that the old count should have stayed in Nord all the time, and should not have gone to live in Spain.
Here we have to talk about Joseph's grandfather, Ragnar I, that old guy is not a good man, and if he is a good man, he cannot be the founder of a country. Of course, if compared with people like Zhu Yuanzhang and Qin Shi Huang, Ragnar I can be regarded as a rare good person.
When the state was founded and everything was going in a good direction, Ragnar I began to drive out and suppress the heroes, which was actually a necessary process for a country to prepare for future generations.
Ragnar's approach was very gentle, but no matter how gentle it was, it could not escape this essence, and the old count saw this situation and his greatest threat as the Norder heir, so he had to marry the daughter of the Spanish duke, whom he did not like very much, and obtained a knighthood in Spain.
Of course, the old earl did not tell Singra about these things, otherwise Singhella would not be in this state at this time, but this is also a good thing, Joseph is not a good person, if he realizes Singra's attitude, it is impossible to say that he will not have a chance to leave Nord alive.
The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and such words are just words, who will allow the existence of violating their own interests in the real authorities? In Nord Joseph it is the law, and killing a person may not be the same as eating and drinking, but of course the impact of killing someone is another matter.
With a little nervousness, Singhella followed the guards to the palace in a straight suit, but his somewhat fat figure did not match the clothes on his body.
Abner was already waiting at the door, looking at him a little nervous and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, Abner knew what happened back then, although he was only the same age as Joseph now.
"Lord Count Singla, Your Highness is waiting for you in the dining room."
"Okay, good, lead the way, lead the way."
From here, it can be seen that Singela's life in Spain was not very good, because he was a little cramped when he saw the royal palace, which was not too luxurious.
The bright corridors, the famous and unknown paintings on the walls of the corridors, all show the wealth of the owner, but Singla did not know that they had been hung up recently, and that the place was bare just a few months ago.