Catalonia has long been self-governing and can function well without a king.

Once the arrangements were made and the direction of the future, Alfonso left Catala by boat.

He first went to Biarritz, and Isabella was very happy with his success, and her words revealed that she wanted to abdicate and make way for Xian, but Alfonso refused.

After spending a week with the Queen, he took the train back to Paris.

Alfonso didn't receive a grand welcome when he got off the train, and was greeted only by Nasi and a few of his bodyguards.

"Ah, long time no see." Nasi, who had been absent from him for nearly two months, concealed the excitement in his heart, and pounced on him and arched in his arms.

At first sight, Nasi was taller than Alfonso, but now half a head shorter than him.

Alfonso patted the other person on the shoulder comfortingly: "Long time no see." ”

In the carriage, he was a little curious: "I controlled Catalonia, and I thought that the government would send at least a few officials to pick me up." ”

Hearing this, Nasi smiled bitterly and said: "They are too busy, my father only sleeps 4 hours a day these days." ”

Greeting Alfonso's puzzled eyes, he explained: "There are recent parliamentary elections, and the situation is very unfavorable for the Empire. ”

……

It wasn't until Alfonso arrived at the Élysée Palace and looked through recent information that he realized how unfavorable the situation really was.

After surveying, Liberal and Republican support remains high in many constituencies.

The former demanded the weakening of imperial power, while the latter directly sought the establishment of a republic.

Nas3, of course, did not allow them to sit big, and the whole government was mobilized to do everything possible to influence the electorate and increase the number of conservative seats.

But the election date is getting closer, and the current situation is not optimistic.

Nasi accompanied him to read the information, and said worriedly: "The empire will not be defeated by any external forces, but it is possible to be disintegrated from the inside by the rebels......"

The decline in Nasan's approval rating is mainly due to economic issues and the situation on the European continent.

Not to mention the economy, the main thing is that the people are deeply dissatisfied with the Austro-Prussian war and France's inaction.

But no French wanted a strong and unified regime in Germany.

In their view, the establishment of the North German Confederation was a matter of taking three and not being able to do it, and people were cowardly, dragging France back.

"If I weren't the crown prince of France, would you still like me?" He looked at Alfonso with four eyes.

He was a little helpless, and said casually: "Yes, yes, I like Eren the most." ”

Although he saw the other party's perfunctory, Nathan was still deeply satisfied, but in fact, he did not think that Bonaparte would be overthrown at all from the bottom of his heart.

Just beat Prussia up, and all problems could be solved.

Alfonso spent two hours at the Élysée Palace, originally waiting for the emperor to receive him and talk to him about Spain.

But after a while, the waiter came running to him and told him that the emperor had a temporary meeting with the party leaders, and that he had to change the day.

Alfonso was a little dissatisfied, I am the leader of a population of 3 million, and you don't take me too seriously.

Although the Bonaparte family had a good relationship with him, now he was the de facto monarch of Catalonia and was likely to be crowned King of Spain in the future.

This kind of attitude, to put it mildly, Nasan still treats him as a junior, not a foreign leader.

To put it mildly, it is contempt for Spain.

Alfonso, who was a little depressed, had to go to Walmart instead.

In the supermarket office, Zana was carefully working on papers.

At present, the Champs-Élysées supermarket has stabilized, and the turnover of non-holidays and non-activity periods is 2-30,000 pounds a day, and the profit margin is about 8%.

After all, the technology is not perfect in these years, and the variety of goods is relatively small, so it is normal for the profit margin to be a little lower.

In this way, the average daily profit is almost 2,000 pounds, and you can earn about 800,000 in a year.

It's just a supermarket, and it's no exaggeration to call it a hen that lays golden eggs.

The government has repeatedly proposed to raise taxes on some goods in supermarkets, and there are many people who support it.

Fortunately, the matter has been put on hold for the time being.

But it can't be delayed any longer, and the matter of letting the big guys buy shares must be done quickly.

"Hi Zana, long time no see!" With his physical fitness beyond ordinary people, Alfonso walked behind the other party and reminded him loudly, and the other party reacted.

"Your Highness!" Zana was very surprised, and quickly stood up, shaking his stomach that had recently lost some but still a big belly, and gave Alfonso a respectful salute.

With the support of Catalonia, Alfonso's identity changed, from prince in exile to a candidate for the king of Spain.

His men also grew to respect him.

"How's it going? I heard that another supermarket in Paris is about to open? Alfonso motioned for Zana to sit down and asked about the supermarket's development.

"The development is good, and we plan to open two more small supermarkets in some places outside the city, which will not be very large, mainly as a strategic complement.

After all, not everyone is willing to spend time and money shopping at the Champs-Élysées, and with these two supermarkets, we will be able to cover some of the farmers around Paris.

The two supermarkets are expected to open within a month. ”

Zana spoke eloquently, and when he mentioned this, he was confident that the supermarket was going well, and since the last parade, no one had come to trouble.

The bigwigs are all thinking about buying shares, and they don't have the intention of running their own supermarkets for the time being.

The current competitor is a small supermarket set up by a small businessman, not to mention the small scale, and due to cost and experience problems, they may not be able to open for another three months.

Alfonso chuckled and didn't continue to ask for details, when he was in Catalan, Zaner wrote a lot of letters to report, and probably he was still clear about the situation.

"It's okay, so let's do it, now that I'm back, you can find a time to meet with representatives of all parties in the next few days to discuss financing matters."

"Hmm." As soon as Zana agreed, he heard Alfonso say: "In addition, if you want to expand to Champagne and other regions, forget it, and then talk about it after financing it, and it is better to expand to the south." ”

"Huh?" Zana was a little puzzled: "But people in northern France are rich." ”

Alfonso was speechless, wouldn't these people consider the possibility of France losing?

"The Franco-Prussian war is about to start, and doing business in a war zone is not a wise choice."

Zana shook his head and said, "Your Highness, you may not know anything about France just now, but now that France's belligerence is becoming more and more intense, it is impossible for France to be defeated when everyone is united.

Moreover, the South German Confederations, which have recently spoken in favor of France, estimate that the battlefield will be ...... in South Germany and Prussia."

Before the other party could finish speaking, Alfonso interrupted: "We are not here to discuss the war, in short, temporarily stop the expansion to the north, expand the scale and start from the south, and the poor will be poor." ”

Zana smacked his lips: "Okay." ”