"I want to see His Highness!"

"I'm sorry Your Excellency the Prime Minister, His Highness is resting."

"The French Ambassador has urgent business for His Highness, I order you to ......"

"I'm sorry Mr. Prime Minister, I am a Nordic Praetorian Guard, directly under the Grand Duke, your orders I can refuse."

"I ......"

If I could, Crixus want to say an I grass, but his identity does not allow him to do so, for this reason, can only stand sullenly outside Joseph's door and wait.

The arrival of James solved the embarrassment for him in time, although Joseph has been appointed as the foreign minister of the Duchy of Nod, his identity as the Grand Duke's housekeeper has not been removed, so continue to live here, but only to deal with the matter more diplomatic information.

"Good morning, Your Excellency, Prime Minister."

"Good morning Jemez, I have an urgent matter for Your Highness, the French ambassador will be here at noon today, I hope Your Highness can receive ......"

The actual word is to let Joseph meet, for this Crixus's words have not finished Jemez could not help but frown slightly interrupted: "Your Excellency, this is not by the rules, His Highness is the ruler of the Nord, there is no reason to welcome the ambassador of another country, you can let him wait first, His Highness if there is time, will naturally receive him. "

Jemez said very clearly, there is no reason to welcome the ambassador of another country, this sentence makes Crixus blush slightly, must have realized that his behavior is a little improper, but the Nordic is only a small country, the status of the wheel is not as high as the status of a French ambassador, so it is reasonable to do so.

This kind of thing is benevolent and wise, from Jemez's eyes Crixus saw determined, for this reason, he did not continue to dwell and apologized for a ready to leave.

"Is that Crixus? Come in!"

Joseph woke up early in the morning to hear the noise outside, and he remembered that he was no longer the student Zhang Jun, but Joseph Ragnar III, the Grand Duke of the Duchy of Nod.

The specific content of Joseph is not clear, he let the other side in the main purpose is to clean up the northern part of Suno, which has long been uninhabited, so Joseph is ready to use it as the site of the new city.

Outside the door, Crixus took a look at Jemez, straightened his suit, and walked into the bedroom, and then Jemez came in with a worried look in his eyes, worried that Joseph would rashly agree to meet the French ambassador.

But his worries were not used in the end, Joseph is not a fool, especially his mental age is not this eight-year-old boy, so sees Kress enter the door without waiting for him to open his mouth and said first: "I need someone to help me level the North Side."

Looking at Joseph, who was getting dressed, Crixus simply said, "Why, my highness!"

This question caused Joseph to pause in his movements, obviously, he did not expect Crixus to be so blunt in his refusal, but it was only a pause, and he was back to normal in just a moment.

Just as Crixus was thinking about how to excuse himself after Joseph's explanation, a low voice reached his ears, and at the same time, the corners of Jemez's mouth lifted as he was about to enter and back out.

"There is no reason, Prime Minister, I am the Grand Duke of Nod."

There is no such thing as a domineering exterior, there is no aura of oppression, there is only the low voice of an eight-year-old boy, but it is this low sentence, Crixus stood frozen in place for a long time.

"By your wishes, my highness."

Crixus suddenly felt some blockage in his heart, he found that things began to exceed his expectations, and even until he left he did not say anything more about the French ambassador.

Why hadn't he changed so much in a day? The young man was not at all like an eight-year-old boy, everything about himself seemed to be exposed to his eyes.

After Crixus left, Joseph pointed to the map of the northern part of the Duchy of Nod on the table and said silently, "Everything will start from here!"

Half an hour later

Joseph looked at the mirror in a small black suit, clean-cut, blond hair, black eyes, a little thin little boy is very satisfied nod, everyone said that the mixed-race is more beautiful, it is true that I do not deceive me. Although my mirror self is not as good as some prince in the Middle East, the term "little square boy" is also appropriate for my body.

The two guards at the door hurriedly approached me, and one of them wanted to talk, but finally did not open his mouth when he looked at Joseph, who was blushing.

"Your Highness, where are we going?"

The Royal Guard of Nord is the only army in the Duchy of Nord, but it is called an army, but in fact, there are only 30 people, and even the regimental commander of the Guard is temporary James, which shows the embarrassment of the Duchy of Nord.

"Feel free to go around, no need to inform Jemez."

Joseph's car is not a Leslie Phantom or Bentley Saloon, as a country where most of the cabinet members are French officials, from top to bottom, most of the cars here are Renault or Peugeot.

Joseph naturally is no exception, when Joseph walked to the door of the first floor, the black logo has been parked there, and some internal stifled shake Joseph in the guard's waiter to get into the car.

This can be said to be Joseph's first time to see his palace, although there are many related images in the memory, memory is memory, it is completely different from face to face.

As a ruler of a territory of just over 20 square kilometers, his palace is naturally not as good as Versailles or Buckingham Palace, but in the eyes of ordinary people, it is also one of the best mansions. From the south to the north, across the east and west also has thousands of square feet, of which the building area is 600 square feet, and the rest is a small green square in front of the palace.

The Nordic Palace does not only represent the residence of Joseph, in fact, the cabinet government of Cress also works here, but they occupy the first floor.

The palace is located on the only mountain range in the Nordic territory, and the only building in the mountain range is the palace, which is the first line of contact between the east and west of France.

When he came down the hill by car to the main road in the central district of the Nord, Joseph saw the depressed streets, the yellow-faced passers-by, and the civilians holding signs looking for work.

"Your Highness, this is not your fault, and such a situation is not only in the Nord but even in France is also the same, even in the east of France, some cities are not as good as our Nord ......"

Joseph did not doubt the words of the Praetorian Guard, after all, this is a remote area of the war, compared to the eastern part of France, where mainly a large number of young people were levied, the building side is not too much damage.

Strolling around, Joseph's originally better mood disappeared, the main road can not see a few stores, the industry is almost zero, at this time the Nord ...... is a long way to go ah!

"Let Crixus come over."

Before entering the study Joseph asked the Praetorian to call Crixus, and Crixus has not yet arrived in this period, looking at everything in the study, he could imagine that the nominal father here for the development of Nod and worry, he could have done a carefree playboy, but the country's responsibility completely overwhelmed this kind prince.

Opening the book on the economic construction of the country, which Ragnar II had not finished reading at the time of his sudden death, Joseph was so deep in thought that he did not even know that Crixus had entered.

"I'm sorry, I'm a little distracted."

"Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, one of His Highness Ragnar II's favorite books."

"I heard that you and my father were good friends, Crixus?"

"We fled together, we were captured together, and what I admire most about your father is his ability to remain optimistic at all times, he is a good man."

"But it's ironic that such a man, who was always optimistic, died suddenly in his study, isn't it Uncle Crixus?"

"Your Highness ......"

"I went to the central district today, and it gave me a bad feeling."

"I'm sorry!"

"No, it's not your fault, you've done your best to make it this far, but I wonder how many people in our country still don't have jobs, how many people don't have a place to live, how many ...... young people."

Kress heard Joseph's words silent for a long time, in Joseph some impatient time, some decadent voice came: "Now most of our country are middle-aged and elderly and children, young people less than one-tenth, the place to live can be satisfied, after all, many people fleeing, the spare house can fully meet the demand, as for people who do not work ...... a lot."

Less than one-tenth, a lot, such vague words can only explain one thing, things are so bad that Cress is reluctant to mention, or simply can not say.

Taking a deep breath, Joseph did not force Crixus to tell the details of the situation, said with a slight smile, "Everything will be fine, the war is over, is not it? My Prime Minister."

"Yes, the war is over, and everything will be fine."

"I'm talking about the Duchy of Nod."

"Yes, the Duchy of Nod."

"Go to work! Take care of things in the northern district as soon as possible."

Hearing Joseph's words Crixus replied and was about to leave, just as he reached the door and was about to close it, a similar murmur came to his ears, the content of which made him freeze for a long time before he hurriedly left.

"I have resigned as the doctor of the palace, Uncle Crixus, and I don't want the same thing to happen again."