"Peggy, actually I don't think you need to stay in the Strategic Science Bureau. They don't pay attention to you at all. Except for the "torture" that day, no one even came to ask you. You might as well come out and help me. As long as
If you agree, the general manager of the New York Group branch will be yours!" Josie said while peeling an apple for Carter.
"Thank you, Josie, but I can't just leave. Bucky hasn't been found yet, and I'm not willing to do it!" Carter leaned on the hospital bed, took the apple and took a bite, but in the end he shook his head and refused.
It has been four days since Carter was hospitalized. Over the past four days, Josie has taken some time to see him every day, bringing her snacks and fruits. She also hired a young female nurse named Colin to take care of her.
The expensive medical expenses are also borne by Qiao Xi - American medical insurance is still a huge pit in the 21st century, let alone this era.
Although the salary of the Strategic Science Corps is good and there are medical subsidies, if you want to support the cost of the special care unit of a top hospital like Presbyterian Hospital, it is just a drop in the bucket.
If you want to say that Peggy Carter is not grateful to Josie, that is impossible. If it were an ordinary woman, she would have already thrown herself into Josie's arms.
It's just that it's still the early days after the war, Steve Rogers is still her "nightmare", and it's not that easy to get out of it. But now, Bucky, Steve's most important friend, has been captured inexplicably, and it's even more...
This deepened Carter's stubbornness.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Peggy Carter to leave the Strategic Science Bureau at this time.
And Josie actually strangled Carter's thoughts before making the above invitation. The purpose was to deepen Peggy Carter's feelings of indebtedness to him, and it was not sincere.
Including Peggy Carter's belief that Josie comes to see him every day, but recently Josie has been acquiring land along the East River in Manhattan - in fact, he is just choosing which places to buy, and he doesn't need to worry about the specific purchase and sale matters.
So I have a lot of free time, and I often hang out around the area, so I come to see Carter every day.
Of course, if Peggy Carter got mad and agreed to his invitation, Josie wouldn't mind going along with it.
As one of the oldest capitalist countries, the UK opened higher education to women earlier than the United States. For example, Oxford and Cambridge opened their doors to women in the 1920s.
Although Carter did not graduate from a prestigious university, he still went to college. He was considered a top student in this era and was more than capable of being a regional general manager.
"Okay, then I won't say anything more. But remember, if you encounter anything that can't be solved, you can come to me. We are friends!" Josie nodded and stopped trying to persuade. "I just bought it in Huntington, Long Island."
It’s a house. If anything happens, just go there. Even if I’m not here, the housekeeper there will notify me.”
The plot of land in Manhattan was intended for the United Nations. He planned to copy Rockefeller's actions in the original time and space and "give" part of it to the United Nations through the relationship with the Council.
Then drive the commercial value of the surrounding land.
Moreover, the entire area was originally a light industrial zone. After the acquisition, it had to be completely demolished and rebuilt before it could be used.
So Josie bought a manor on Long Island as his residence in New York.
"I will!" Carter nodded.
"Then you can rest. I have some things to do today, so I won't disturb you!" After chatting for a while, Qiao Xi stood up and left.
Just as Josie left, a young nurse came in.
The little nurse's name is Colin O'Brien.
It was the full-time nurse that Josie hired specifically for Carter.
"Wow, Peggy, Mr. Kahn is so kind to you. He comes to see you every day!" Colin said with some envy, "I wish there was such a young, handsome and rich man who could treat me like this!"
"Don't think too much about it, Josie has a fiancée and a child, we are just friends!" Carter rolled his eyes and said, I don't know where Josie found such a gossipy little cutie, but he is quite nice.
, I also took very good care of her during this period.
After hearing Carter's words, Colin curled his lips, friends? Who would believe it?
On the other hand, after Qiao Xi left the hospital, he headed straight for the port.
More than ten nautical miles away from New York Harbor, a small fleet headed by a mighty battleship flying the flags of Austria and the United States was slowly heading towards New York Harbor.
The battleship headed by it is the German-made heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen that Josie bought from the military after the Weimar Conference.
It is also the flagship of the new Austrian Navy, and this fleet is naturally the newly formed fleet of the Austrian Navy.
Taking a mere heavy cruiser as the flagship of the entire navy is obviously a bit shabby, but for Austria, it is undoubtedly a huge breakthrough.
You must know that the last time Austria had a large warship dates back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I.
Now, 27 years have passed since the Austrian Navy was carved up in 1918.
During these 27 years, let alone warships, there was not even an entrance to the sea.
And the reason why Prinz Eugen is the flagship actually has a reason.
The name of Prince Eugen originally comes from the famous general of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Prince Eugen von Savoy.
At the same time, during World War I, there was one of the only four Dreadnought-class battleships in the Austro-Hungarian Navy fleet, also named Prinz Eugen.
Therefore, this name has a very special meaning for Austria.
The purpose of the Prinz Eugen's visit to the United States is also very simple, just to pay homage to the dock.
However, Josie was not here to pick up the Prinz Eugen, but one of the ships in the fleet, a behemoth even larger than the Prinz Eugen - the Europa aircraft carrier/cruise ship.
The Europa was originally a giant luxury cruise ship built by Germany in 1930. On its maiden voyage, it won the Blue Ribbon Award—an award awarded for breaking the Atlantic voyage record.
And became one of the top cruise ships on the Atlantic Ocean at that time.
However, with the advent of the war, the cruise ship was requisitioned by the German army. It was originally planned to be used as a troop transport, but in the end there was no chance of using it - the Army did it to fight Finland and Norway, but there was no chance of using it to fight the United Kingdom.
So the German army tried to transform this giant cruise ship into an aircraft carrier, but just like the ill-fated Zeppelin aircraft carrier, this plan was ultimately not completed - after all, the Europa's tonnage was a full year larger than the Zeppelin.
Times, it's not that easy to modify.
Since then, this semi-finished giant ship, which is half a cruise ship and half an aircraft carrier, has been quietly moored in the Baltic Bay for three years. It was not discovered by the US military until the end of last year, and was then bought by Qiao Xi at a price close to scrap metal.
Come down.
Also purchased at the same time was a battleship named DeGrasse. This was also an unfinished battleship that was originally going to be converted into a light aircraft carrier. However, its tonnage was only one-fifth of the Europa. It was transferred directly to Qiao Xi.
It was given to the Austrian Navy and should still be undergoing renovation.
As for the Europa, Josie is planning to tow it back and convert it into a cruise ship, his own big toy.
These two battleships have a common feature in the original time and space, that is, after the war, they were both given to the French Navy by the United States as partial compensation for the German invasion of France in World War II.
Especially the De Grasse, which was originally a French battleship. After only half of it was built, France surrendered and it belonged to Germany.
It's just that this compensation is not required by any agreement. It depends entirely on whether the Americans are happy with it.
In other words, Qiao Xi bought these two warships from the Americans to intercept the French.
Well, yes, Josie did it on purpose.
Who taught you that the French like to be deadbeats?
Although under Truman's coordination, the French have agreed to repay the debt, does it prevent Josie from collecting some interest? No.
And this is just the beginning.
In the future, as long as there is a chance, the French will be the ones to suffer.