Reborn as a small European country

Chapter 125 Returning to the Palace
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"His Majesty!"

At the gate of the palace, dozens of servants stood on both sides. Seeing Joseph getting off the car, Abner saluted Joseph in unison. It was a little excited to see Joseph in the palace after seeing him for a few months.

"Abner, have you been in good health recently?"

Abner used to be Ragnar II's personal servant. Although he was not very old, he was not in good health. Originally, it was not his turn to be the butler, but he couldn't find a suitable candidate, and he was also Ragnar He is an old man of the Na family, so he was pushed out to take charge of these matters.

In the past few years, Joseph has always felt guilty towards Abner. After all, he has already retired due to illness, so he didn't have to worry about these things, but because of his words, Abner finally stood up...

"Thank you Your Majesty, you are in good health."

Abner just dealt with it casually, and Joseph could naturally see how his body was. Compared with when he left, Abner was much older at this time.It seems that the palace was not stable during his absence, at least these servants made Abner very worried.

Those are all Abner's affairs. Although he intends to help Abner, he understands that his identity and status are not suitable for participating in these matters.

"Your Majesty, Earl Singola invited you to the dinner in three days' time. I don't know you..."

"A dinner party?"

"Yes, Baron Agata is engaged to Princess Belén."

"Princess Belén... the youngest daughter of King Alfonso?"

"Yes, Earl Singara sent a letter saying that King Alfonso also hopes that you can attend the dinner, and if possible, invite you to have breakfast the next day."

Although Singola has made a lot of money in these years, it is almost impossible to invite King Alfonso to his dinner party. Even if it is a dinner party before the engagement, it does not matter to invite Joseph, after all, they are related.

King Alfonso obviously looked down on Earl Singra. If it wasn't for his surname Ragnar, then it is estimated that Baron Agata would even have been given a chance to get close to Princess Belén.

The success of the engagement is actually related to the province of Western Sahara. The Principality of Nord bought the Western Sahara region and has already qualified to become the Kingdom of Nord. It is still the Principality of Nord because Joseph was not ready.

The Kingdom of Spain is no longer the period of the Spanish Empire with the Armada, so don't talk about the Nord Kingdom, even the Nord Principality, he just treats it equally. After all, the Nord Principality before the Western Sahara region is already close to the first-class national economy economically. .

The new century is an economic century, and whoever has money can dominate everything. Of course, there must be a foundation here, a foundation that can protect one's own property.

King Alfonso hesitated before because the relationship between Agata and Joseph was too distant. If it was Joseph, then it is estimated that King Alfonso would marry his daughter to him without any hesitation.

The situation at this time?Following the events in the Western Sahara region, Alfonso already understood that the rise of the Principality of Nord is inevitable. In the future, it may become a first-class economic and military power like Britain and France, which is incomparable to the Spanish royal family that has begun to decline.

Although Agata's relationship is far away, how many people are there in the Ragnar family?So King Alfonso didn't hesitate anymore, he was afraid that if he hesitated any longer, he wouldn't even be able to catch this one.

In fact, the Spanish royal family is still very strong at this time. After all, the Kingdom of Spain is still among the top ten in the world in terms of economy alone, with a GDP of more than 3000 billion euros, more than six times that of the Principality of Nord.However, in terms of country, the Principality of Nord is indeed inferior to the Kingdom of Spain, but the Ragnar family is much stronger than the Spanish royal family. After all, the Spanish royal family has no real power.

Thinking about this, Joseph nodded and agreed to the banquet invitation from Spain without much hesitation. Although the distance is not close, it only takes a few hours to take a private airliner.

"His Majesty!"

Suddenly a thin, blond-haired, somewhat cautious young man appeared in front of Joseph. This sudden appearance frightened Joseph, and so did Abner, so he stared fiercely and wanted to reprimand him.

"Abner! Do you have something to do?"

Joseph was in a pretty good mood today, so he didn't want Abner to reprimand these somewhat reserved young people because of this trivial matter, although it was a bit strange for a 13-year-old boy to call a young man in his twenties a young man.

"Your Majesty, this is your personal servant. He served England..."

"It turns out that you are the servant who pushed Joanna away. Be careful, Joanna has always hated you."

Abner was interrupted by Joseph before he finished speaking. Abner, who understood Joseph's character, followed him and didn't bother to explain the servant's previous work experience. He understood that Joseph didn't care about it at all.

Joseph took off his coat while the personal servant was distracted, and then came to the study. During this period of time, he still had some things to deal with, especially some things in the aristocratic circle.

After serving Joseph, James came to a servant's room, glanced at the servant who was watching, and asked hesitantly, "Why does the housekeeper Joanna hate me?"

As soon as he saw the servant James, he knew the purpose of his arrival, but he still had the psychology of teasing James, and he didn't take the initiative to speak, but waited for him to ask before explaining the cause and effect in a funny way.

"You mean I'm taking Joanna's place of housekeeper?"

"That's right, Joanna was in charge of all of His Majesty's life before you came."

"But she should be happy, because now she has been promoted..."

"No, the best position here is not the housekeeper but His Majesty's personal servant, because only this position can always follow His Majesty's side. To be honest, there is no one in this palace who does not envy you."

Fortunately, the two were in the same room. If it wasn't like this, the servants probably wouldn't have explained these things to James. After all, Abner didn't have Joseph's personal servant among the servants, which made them very dissatisfied.

"Then what should I do now?"

Thinking of offending his predecessor and boss before he had a job, James still felt a little uneasy and nervous even though he was not the boss in charge.

"To be honest, I don't know either!"

It's not that the servant deliberately concealed it, but that he really didn't know what to do. Joanna seemed to have a bold personality, but only Marceau knew how to get her forgiveness in such a matter.

Naturally, Joseph was not clear about the conversation with the servant below. When he saw the recent activities of some nobles in England and France, he felt very sorry that he had missed so many gatherings.

These gatherings are a group of people who have nothing to do to chat. Joseph admits that he can't understand such gatherings, but it is undeniable that he can bring enough contacts to the family.

What does high society do?In fact, it's eating, drinking, and playing. They no longer lack money and don't need to work hard for power. The rest is naturally to get together to have fun and increase their contacts.

This time was not before World War II. The aristocrats did not have any privileges to participate in politics, and there were no corresponding policies for doing business. The only thing they had to do was to marry and increase contacts to make their family survive. If possible, it would be best to become stronger and more prosperous.

The Duke of Linton won the first place in the Jockey Club, the Earl of Liverpool just auctioned off a medieval oil painting, and the Duke of Hollis just went to the United States to attend a gathering of several business families and won several contracts. Most of the things Joseph saw were Something like this, boring but useful.

(End of this chapter)