Reborn as a small European country

Chapter 218 Arrival in 1990

On August 1989, 8, Japan's foreign exchange reserves ranked first in the world.

Some cooperation between Japan and Nord has been reached. A large number of Japanese AV films have traveled across the ocean to Nord. At the same time, Nord Microsoft has reached a project strategy of cooperating with several Japanese Nintendo game companies to develop PC games.Of course, Nord is the main one.

On August 8, Iran and Iraq formally ceasefire, ending the eight-year Iran-Iraq war.

The Iran-Iraq War had a relatively heavy impact on the Principality of Nord, mainly in terms of oil. The Iran-Iraq War allowed the Principality of Nord to occupy 13.00% of the market share in Western Europe, which seriously hindered the economic development of the oil exporting countries in the Middle East. For the Principality of Germany, this is an important starting point.

France and Spain are important oil-importing countries, especially France, which is close to 500 million barrels per day, and Spain is slightly worse, but still around 350-400 million barrels.

The number of oil wells in Nord has increased significantly, but now the output is only 150 million barrels per day. However, according to the announcement of the Nord cabinet, next year, in 1990, the oil output of the Principality of Nord will be able to reach 300 million barrels.

The result of this announcement is that even if the Iran-Iraq War ends, some oil-importing countries in Western Europe will not increase their trade quotas. They will leave the import quota to Nord. Good choice.

How much is 300 million barrels of oil?3000 million euros per day, more than 100 billion euros a year, even if some mining costs are removed, the rest will have a profit of 90 billion euros.

Nord Royal Petroleum Company will occupy an important share and position in the world in the future. There is no doubt about this, and Joseph has no doubt.

The royal family of Nord owns 70.00% of the shares of Royal Petroleum Company, and Royal Petroleum Company is also one of the few companies in Nord that is not listed, and the remaining 30.00% is in the hands of the government.

Since Joseph decided to lease 20.00% of the shares of various companies to the Nord cabinet, Joseph's Forbes rich ranking has obviously declined. However, with the strong rise of Nord Royal Petroleum Company, it is only a matter of time before he regains the richest man in the world, but... …

20.00% of Royal Nord Petroleum’s shares changed hands mysteriously. It is reported that the owner of the shares is a Chinese woman who studied at the University of Cambridge in England and likes to be called the countess by her alumni.

When this news was reported all over the world, the time had come to October 1989. There was no news of the Earl at Cambridge University in the autumn, but there was an extra Countess here.

Li Xiaohan perfectly replaced everything about Joseph at Cambridge University, including his identity, status, and influence in the circle. Her wealth of 5000 million pounds was enough for her to hold her position at this time.

And when she was found to be pregnant and shares worth tens of billions of euros were sent to her as a gift, the name Li Xiaohan began to appear frequently in major newspapers around the world.

very beautiful. ——This is Kate’s evaluation of Li Xiaohan.

Not bad, looks easy to get along with - this is Gao Jingxuan's evaluation.

Joseph has only had three women so far, and the three women gave birth to him with great dignity, although after testing, the little guy in Li Xiaohan's stomach is very likely to be a girl.

Girls are also good. Britain no longer restricts women from inheriting titles. Joseph already has two sons (the child in Gao Jingxuan's womb has been determined to be a boy), and now it is not bad to have an extra girl.

Fortunately, none of the media knew that the 20.00% of the oil group shares were given to the child in Li Xiaohan's womb, otherwise the title of Europe's richest woman would be firmly worn by the unborn little guy.

The media always likes to create various firsts to attract people's attention. Although it is indeed useful, as the number of first titles on his body increases, Joseph has begun to feel a little disgusted.

Nothing major happened in the next period of time, such as the visit of the British prince and princess to Hong Kong, the establishment of the Asia-Pacific Cooperation Economic Organization, the successful breakthrough of the virus researched by American hackers into the Pentagon, and the meeting between the President of the United States and the leaders of the Soviet Union, which symbolized the end of the Cold War.

Although these are relatively influential internationally, they have no impact on the Principality of Nord. Development continues, oil exploration continues, and PC game production continues.

At the end of 1989 and the beginning of 1990, Prime Minister Nord James officially resigned as Prime Minister of Nord, and Minister of the Interior Smith served as the third Prime Minister of the Principality of Nord after World War II.

On January 1, the new Prime Minister Smith came to the Nord Palace under the live broadcast of the media, and personally met Nord Grand Joseph and Nord Crown Prince Charlie Joseph Ragnar. (Kate is not yet a princess and cannot attend.)
In the live broadcast, Joseph kindly gave some blessings to the new prime minister, and at the same time hoped that he would be loyal to his duties, loyal to the emperor and patriotic during his term of office. Of course, this is a rough translation of Chinese, but it is not actually the original words.

The succession of the new Prime Minister of Nord has a certain impact on the Principality of Nord. The cabinet members have not changed much, but the ruling philosophy has become tougher. For some domestic and foreign trade, economic and military cooperation, Smith and the former Prime Minister James attitude is completely different.

It is also understandable that James was born as a butler of the Nord Palace. He is humble, a gentleman, and does not like too many disputes. This has allowed him to make many concessions in his ruling career and to show the tolerance of the country. , the same will never happen to Smith, as the acting prime minister has demonstrated for some time.

The price negotiated in the trade between Spain and Nord was 19/barrel, but when Smith took over, the price was instantly raised to 20. The Spanish government was dissatisfied, but Smith ignored it.

The same thing happened with regard to the robbery of a merchant ship in the Caribbean Sea. James has been delaying it, mainly because the other party threatened to either redeem the person with money or take away the body.

The money has been given to the other party but the other party has not released it. For this reason, James is very hesitant. He does not know whether to arrange military activities or continue to send money to the other party. However, this hesitation did not continue because Smith has taken over as the Prime Minister of the cabinet Deal with this first.

"The air force and navy of the Principality of Nord have always been in a weak state, but now that the navy has achieved initial results, I hope to see a day when they will be successful."

"This requires the approval of the Ministry of Defense and the permission of the Grand Duke. There is no problem with the Ministry of Defense, but His Majesty the Grand Duke..."

"Your Majesty also has the same opinion. One's weakness will only make them think that Nord is also a weak country. Regarding those hostages, the family members should give [-] euros!"

What does one hundred thousand euros mean?Obviously there, one hundred thousand euros per life.

"Will this have a bad effect?"

James has already been Smith's confidential secretary. He has jumped from the secretary of the Grand Duke of Nord to the secretary of the Prime Minister of the Cabinet. It seems that he is not as good as the former, but in fact the development potential of this position is really great.

"Bad influence? Let the media of various countries broadcast it casually, and this is what they want."

Smith sneered and didn't answer directly, but his attitude has already shown everything. The Principality of Nord is serious this time and will never back down because of anything.

"I believe the group of proud soldiers in the navy will be very happy."

James was not restrained in front of Smith, leaving such a sentence like a joke, turned and left to arrange what Smith ordered.

The arrogant soldier...that's just His Majesty's arrogant soldier!
On January 1th, the day Microsoft Corporation of Nord announced the launch of a new generation of operating systems in 5, the Royal Navy Department of Western Sahara Nord...

"Your Excellency, a warrant from the Ministry of Defense."

"Ministry of Defense? Is there any order from the Grand Duke?"

This sentence is very important, if it is so unconditional, but if it is not... You need to ask the royal family before you can make combat arrangements. This is the unspoken rule of the Principality of Nord after several civil strife.

"There was no Grand Duke's instruction, but the Ministry of Defense stated that..."

"It goes without saying that no Grand Duke has instructed us to refuse any military activity."

"Yes, Commander!"

……

Nord Defense

"Refused to execute."

A lieutenant general smiled wryly and said to the Minister of Defense, Admiral Bach Heisenberg.

"Normal, please contact His Majesty again! If it is not possible, His Royal Highness Kate can also sign."

"His Royal Highness Kate? This..."

"Forget it, continue to contact His Majesty!"

The sudden change of mind was because Bach Heisenberg understood that the Western Sahara Naval Command had a very high possibility of rejection, and there was no reason for His Royal Highness Kate to be humiliated for nothing.

"Now is not the time for emergency preparations. No matter how anxious we are, it is useless. We can only wait for His Majesty's instruction."

He understands the mood of his lieutenant general chief of staff, but he has no choice. Unless it is an emergency preparation time, he has no right to mobilize any army of the Nord Principality, even though he is nominally the commander of the Nord military and the Minister of Defense.

bell bell~
When the phone rang, the Lieutenant General's Chief of Staff's face flashed with joy, but what came on the phone was not Joseph's voice, but Cabinet Prime Minister Smith's impatient reprimand.

"Why hasn't the Western Sahara Navy moved yet?"

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, but we don't have His Majesty's instructions."

"If you don't have permission, then uh... there is no instruction?"

"Yes, we have not found His Majesty's whereabouts, and the Security Bureau will not answer, and we are also waiting."

What can Smith say here?He could only hang up the phone silently, because there was nothing he could do about it, and it was still his fault that he didn't greet Joseph in advance, or that he didn't have time to say hello.

"Prime Minister Smith?"

"Well, he forgot that it's not just him but us who are in a hurry."

"just wait!"

At the same time, in the coastal villa area, looking at the baby in Gao Jingxuan's arms, Joseph was very happy to tease the little guy. He and his brother have completely different personalities, one likes to be quiet, the other loves to laugh, saying that he loves Joseph He still loves his second son who likes to laugh at him.

(End of this chapter)