Reborn as a small European country

Chapter 247 The Actions of the Scottish Nobles

In the evening, the Presidential Suite of the Nord Royal Hotel
"Marquis Weiss, I'm sorry, I can't do anything about it."

"Joseph disagrees with convincing his Countess?"

"Yes, I hope you don't act too aggressively. Although the Scottish nobles are very powerful, if you want to fight with King Nord...you are undoubtedly seeking your own death."

"But we can't just get caught, wait! We'll let Joseph compromise."

"Don't mess around, hey! Shit!"

The busy tone in the microphone made Duke Thomas very angry. He believed that the other party would do what he said, but once things went beyond imagination, it was difficult to avoid that his intermediary would also be involved.

Compared with Joseph here, Kate and the Princess of Morocco are very happy. Hermes and Chanel's various limited edition bags and new spring and autumn clothing are brought back to the palace like moving.

After Joseph and Thomas separated, they did not return directly to the palace. Instead, they found a restaurant for lunch, and asked Flender to go out for a walk together, and then returned at night.

"It's best not to mention today's matter with your mother."

"I know how to do it, Your Majesty."

"you……"

Seeing that his steady son would actually tease him, Joseph touched his head and couldn't help but be speechless.

"This is?"

When he returned to the palace and saw the servants carrying things at the door, Joseph looked at Abner with questions in his eyes.

"It was purchased by the Princess of Morocco, and a small part of it belongs to Her Royal Highness."

It is really scary for a woman to go shopping recklessly, no matter if the woman is an ordinary citizen, a princess or the wife of an official.

"Salma didn't follow them?"

"No, Miss Salma said that there is an appointment today, and it seems to be a fight... a dance fight."

"Salma is like this, I really don't know how to explain to cousin Singla."

Joseph is really helpless. After all, he was fine when he came here. Now he is fighting and dancing in the street, dressed in flamboyant clothes, and doesn't look like a noble lady or lady.Of course, Joseph didn't know it. Salma knew it before he came, and Earl Singola's family also knew it.

palace lobby
Looking at the Princess of Morocco who was chatting with Kate, Joseph stepped forward and kissed her hand: "This should be the second time we have met!"

"His Majesty's memory is very good. We are meeting for the second time, but Kate and I are old friends, just like you and Ali."

The Princess of Morocco is a woman who is not familiar with politics. She doesn't know that most of the relationship between Joseph and Ali is entangled in interests. The real relationship is about Joseph and Aziz.

"Presumably you don't know about the fact that Aziz and Bella are coming to the Nord Kingdom!"

"Aziz and Bella? It is true that no one told me that they are looking for your majesty to do something?"

Joseph looked at Kate meaningfully, and replied casually: "Maybe!"

It was getting late, so I said a few words casually and left to return to their respective bedrooms. After taking a shower, Kate was already lying on the bed and distracted. She looked at Joseph who was going to bed and said, "She is a good friend."

"But she is not a qualified princess."

"There is an old saying in China, you can't have both fish and bear's paw."

"That's right, just like Aziz, if he didn't have so much desire for power, I think we would be very good friends, but unfortunately...he doesn't want to pull his younger brother from the position of king all the time, and then himself Sit on."

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Scotland

"There are still many strangers around the castle in the past two days, you need to be vigilant." The person in charge of the security of the castle said to the subordinates on duty.

"understand!"

Seeing the security guards in black scattered around, the white guards came to Butler Allen's lounge. Butler Allen was adjusting the new red wine, and when he saw him enter the door, he nodded casually and motioned him to sit down.

"I've already ordered you to go on, but this is not the solution. It would be best if the countess can be persuaded to leave here. London is good, and the count has many good friends there."

Scotland is the territory of the Scottish nobles. The government here has far less power than these nobles. Even some nobles have private armed forces in their hands. They may not have heavy weapons, but it is not a problem to deploy hundreds of armed personnel with submachine guns.

Although he understood that the other party's courage could not be so great, he had to be on guard against everything. A single mistake could cause consequences that hundreds of people in the castle could not bear.

Allen, who had been concentrating on adjusting the red wine, trembled when he heard the words, and stopped going any further. He hesitated and said, "I'll give it a try, but the helicopter is still..."

"Helicopter, we will contact the London side and believe that the safety aspect is not an issue."

"Then I'll go now."

After saying this, Butler Allen stood up and went to the bedroom where Li Xiaohan was resting. It was well past eight o'clock. According to Li Xiaohan's custom in the past, he should not be sleeping at this time, at most he was just reading a book.

dong dong dong~
"Countess, I have something to ask you."

"Butler Allen?"

Although he was a bit puzzled about what Alan was looking for her so late, Li Xiaohan didn't have too many precautions. After all, the other party was first of all a loyal old servant, and secondly, if he really wanted to do something, no one in the castle would dare to stop him .

The guards are all from the Kingdom of Nord. They might, but don't forget that this is Scotland. Most of the security personnel are young people from tenant families of the Aberdeen family for several generations. In terms of relationship, they are still the closest to Allen.

Putting on a nightgown casually, Li Xiaohan said, "Come in!"

Butler Allen is a sensible person. Although the master has put on his nightgown, Allen still maintains the habit of "do not see or listen to evil" and lowers his head to describe the guard's proposal.

"The Scottish nobles seem to be making moves. We hope that you can go to London to relax. You can also go to Nord, and come back when things here calm down."

"Scottish nobleman? Any action?"

"Yes, our previous reduction of rent completely destroyed the traditional customs of Scotland and the interests of the Scottish landowners. Now it is not only the nobles who want to trouble us, but also some small landowners."

The nobles in Scotland must be landlords, but the landlords are not necessarily nobles. Therefore, it is normal for the interests of the landlords to be regarded as the interests of the nobles in the past, because those landlords without titles do not have that much influence and have no influence on the Aberdeen family. have too much impact.

"Calm down, what are you going to do?"

It has been a while since she came to Scotland, and she has also been a countess for quite some time, so she clearly heard that the words in Alan's mouth were full of blood.

"Madam also has some misunderstandings. Nobles are not ordinary citizens, and some methods cannot be used on them. We now have about 15 billion pounds in cash, and our weapons against them are these 15 billion pounds."

"What will happen."

"The price of food in Scotland will be reduced to a level that those nobles cannot bear. In addition, we will also target some of their listed companies. Most nobles in Scotland do not have much cash in their hands, and they cannot sustain it."

Scotland, in fact, not only Scotland, is a characteristic of the nobles in the whole of Europe. The income is stable but not much, and the cost of consumption and maintenance is high, which leads to the fact that the nobles rarely have surplus in their hands.

Some particularly wealthy nobles?Their cash comes from some profiteering industries, and such industries are often easily targeted and suppressed, and if they are not careful, they will end up in bankruptcy.

"Must it be done?"

"This is the only way to ensure that the Aberdeen family can live safely on this land in the future."

If the interests of the two parties are not in harmony, the outcome must be determined, because there is no balance point between the two, which means that it is impossible to negotiate peace.

Li Xiaohan is a kind girl, but she also has to think about her daughter, she can only choose the latter, and leave London just to relax.

In fact, it is not impossible to negotiate peace, as long as the rent price is raised back, it will be fine, but even if Li Xiaohan does this, Joseph and Allen Butler will not agree, because it represents the glory of a family.At the same time, officials can have no integrity, but nobles must not.

"When are you leaving?"

"In three days, madam, you are going to..."

"Hongkong!"

"Hong Kong? Well, then I'll arrange it."

It was an unexpected answer, but Butler Alan didn't say anything else. He has a good relationship with the current Governor of Hong Kong, and going to Hong Kong is also a good choice.

The Scottish nobles naturally don't know about Aberdeen Castle. At a banquet in an old castle, a group of Scottish nobles got together and started talking about the Aberdeen territory.

"A lot of our tenants have left this month, and the rest have asked for a rent reduction. This is a real headache."

Headache?There is no reason not to have a headache.Although the nobles in Scotland spend less than England, they also need a lot of cash to maintain every year. The rent is just right and maybe sometimes they have a surplus, but they only have it for a short time.

What does a rent reduction mean?It means that they have to live a tight life, which is something that the Scottish nobles cannot allow, so they can only fight.

"Marquis Weiss, what is your plan?"

"Burn their granaries, destroy their seedlings, until they compromise."

"This……"

Some extreme methods made many nobles hesitate. It is not that they are too soft-hearted to do such a thing, but they are afraid of being pressured by Nord.

"Don't worry, if the Nord Kingdom makes a move, won't our Queen and Your Excellency the Prime Minister just sit back and watch?"

It is true to say so, but the nobles still have a lot of worries. After all, no one knows how Joseph will react.

"As long as we are careful not to hurt the people in the old castle, then everything else is easy to talk about. It's just some seedlings and granaries..."

"What if they retaliate against us like this..."

"We didn't have much food last year. It was the Earl of Aberdeen who lost the most, not us. They are the ones who suffer the most."

The Marquis of Weiss thought well, but he didn't know that Li Xiaohan's annual dividends from Nord Royal Oil Company amounted to more than one billion pounds. If he knew this, he would have given up early, and there was no need to continue arguing.

　Thanks for the monthly pass for being in danger.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)