The King smiled, while offering schools to poorer countries was a good thing he couldn't imagine too many Morelanders taking up the Fleur schools offer. That though was a matter for the general public to decide. While King David had been favoured with the best education money could buy he'd seen his fair share of half-wits at his school meanwhile at University he'd been able to see even those from the poorest economic and social backgrounds could make a success of themselves, one need only look at Alex Redfern. As a young boy he'd shown a flair for sports, shooting and swordsmanship and so doors had opened for him despite being brought up by a single parent who happened to work down a mine. There had been others too, one of David's first girlfriends, a sweet red-headed girl called Heather. She was a fisherman's daughter from Portworth and she'd recieved scholarships since the age of 9 to private schools because she was a Maths prodigy. The East Moreland system made a habit of finding the cream of the crop and ensuring it rose to the heights of its potential. David had gone further ensuring parents had a whole network of different schools to find a place with ease for their child to excel and that network wouldn't exclude any choice that conformed to the East Moreland government rules on education, even if it was backed by Fleur. "Well if you go ahead with these schools I wish them luck." The King said graciously.
"As for what we need to do to conclude here" The King continued, "I think the talk of visas for students we already have made a written agreement, that just needs signing off. I can do that on behalf of my Kingdom, would your signature bring it into effect in Fleur or would we need to have some approval back home?" The King asked unsure exactly when something would become law there if it involved a foreign treaty. "As for the museum exchanges I think we can leave that to our various aides and administrators to organise, after all I suspect they'll better know the inventory of our museum sectors better than us."
"I find that hard to believe" Stasya said dryly, "You would not believe how many museums he drags me to, every town or city we go to on official business he always sneaks a museum visit in. I've warned him I'm about to start going shopping for shoes each time he visits a museum but that would make East Moreland bankrupt within a month. I do believe there is not one museum in East Moreland he hasn't seen."
"There is the museum of
barbed wire up in the farming areas of Keepton I've been meaning to check out." The King chuckled as for a moment his wife seemed genuinly concerned that he was going to make her go and see it. "Perhaps we can send you some barbed wire in our first exchange." The King still smiling addressed their guest, "Although I suspect it best to leave the decision on what to send to our nation's museums themselves." The King concluded.
"Now in regard to opening your school that needs nothing from me. Legally anyone who can acquire a building, registers it as a school and completes all the paperwork and checks that go with that can be a school. Theoretically you could start the next academic year. That's almost three months away in September (This RP is based in June) so that would be ambitious but could be done although perhaps you wouldn't have many students at all that first year." The King took a small notebook from his inside pocket and ripped out one of the pages. "This is the e-mail address of a friend of mine, he operates a business locating suitable property for foreign investors. Helped Stasya find her home in Silverhills, helped her family find an estate to purchase. He could be of use to you." The King handed the paper over, "As for the paperwork that would need to go through our Ministry of Education who will perform all the checks and processes. So I don't think we need put that in writing, unless you believe there is something I've missed?" The King asked. "Otherwise we are done from our side of things, unless we can discuss anything else of your concerns, or if you wish to visit anywhere or speak with anyone else while in East Moreland. Naturally you are our guest for as long as you'd like?"